Chapter 1157

Boring Meeting

People have been staring at this matter. Unfortunately, they didn't see the two brothers, only saw two oil drums being transported away from here.

Their destination is very likely still Angel Lake, which has become a holy place for dumping corpses.

This is not to say that dumping corpses in Angel Lake is safe, but that there are too many corpses there, and salvaging is not as good as not salvaging.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has gone deep into the bottom of the lake to observe. Roland will definitely let Director Du Ke try this kind of rumor that obviously has a chance to accuse Lans.

But after trying once, they gave up. Countless oil drums have piled up like a mountain over decades. Just looking at it makes people feel scalp-numbing.

There are at least thousands, or even thousands of oil drums below.

Although they didn't see the two people, they also roughly knew Lans's attitude.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, this year's Federal Gang Council was officially held in a grand conference room.

The four major families will certainly not appear so early. Those who arrived first were those with insufficient influence. Their abilities, forces, and strength were too weak, and there was no reason for those big gangs to come and wait for them first.

Lans and the four major families will appear at the end, but in this process, some small problems still occurred.

"The gang in Laizhou withdrew from this activity." When Lans was preparing for the next activity, Mero leaned over and told him such a thing.

"Because of those two dead ghosts?", Lans didn't look nervous at all, and even made a joke.

Mero nodded, "They came to us for people, I ignored them, and then under the leadership of a few people, they decided to withdraw from this activity."

"And...", Mero paused when he said this, he observed Lans's expression, "... they claimed that in the future, as long as there is an activity you participate in, they will not participate."

This is a very obvious targeting, and it is also a behavior that does not give face at all.

Mero thought Lans would feel unhappy, but Lans had no extra performance.

"They still think there will be a 'future'?", he sneered twice. This is the stupidest point of most gangs in this era. They always take themselves too importantly.

Lans stood up, holding a cigar in his hand and walked to the window, looking at this city that belonged to him. Of course, in name it belongs to the Federation, belongs to the Williams family, but in reality, it belongs to him, belongs to Lans himself.

Only when standing at such a perspective that can overlook the entire city to observe this city can one feel the beauty of that "power". That is the charm of power!

He bit the cigar and took a puff, enjoying the rich taste changes in his mouth. More nicotine was quickly absorbed through the oral mucosa, entered the brain, and became the source of happiness.

"This world can be the politician's, can be the capitalist's, but it will never be the gang's."

"We have some defects innately, so we have to hide in the sewer, while those people can stand on the ground."

"Maple Yuan has basically locked the victory, which means that among the many troublesome things he mentioned in the election, the best one to solve is this de-gangsterization policy."

"Compared to touching the interests of capitalists and touching the interests of political groups, gangs are the dough that is easy to handle."

"Next, the anti-gang actions in various states will expand rapidly, and this is a long-term work. Now how arrogant these gangs are, soon they will be how embarrassed."

Mero stood behind him listening to these words he said, and couldn't help but show some worry on his face, "Will we also be hit?"

Lans nodded, "The Freedom Party will certainly not sit idly by and watch us always transfuse blood to the Social Party. They will certainly find ways to find our trouble."

"But, Mero, we are not gangs in the pure sense. Although we do some illegal things, killing people, manufacturing and selling alcohol, we don't do other bad things, and we don't attack ordinary people."

"If they think our behaviors can be used, let them come and find evidence."

"Without evidence, no one can send me to the dock!"

"As long as I don't go to the dock, the Lans family will always exist."

"But those people, not necessarily."

Lans is considering some things. He wants to find a way to get Director Roland off the stage, and then replace him with his own people.

This is a very bold idea, but it is not impossible.

Now there are two senior agent supervisors in the Federal Bureau of Investigation who have leaned over. Who can guarantee that there will not be more agent supervisors leaning over?

And if Director Roland is brought down because of a scandal, then the Congress here has a way to nominate a new director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, rather than being appointed by Mr. Maple Yuan's side.

As long as the newly appointed director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is not still staring at himself, then the problem is not big.

He can use these senior agent supervisors to hollow out part of the director's power and let them work for himself, such as dealing with this gang in Laizhou or something.

After the president takes office, he always has to make some achievements. Let's sacrifice this gang in Laizhou.

Of course, he won't tell Mero about these things. It's not that he doesn't trust Mero, but mainly because Mero is too far away from these things. Telling him will only increase his worries in vain.

Time quickly pointed to the start of the activity. Lans also packed up his dress, took people away from the office, and walked toward the conference room.

Outside the conference room, he saw the leaders of the other four major families. They had already gathered here.

"Go in together?", Lans suggested, which is also the reason why they gathered here.

Several people modestly entered the conference hall. The originally noisy hall suddenly became quiet.

After several people modestly yielded, Lans sat in the most marginal position.

It's not that he can't sit in the middle, but it's not necessary.

As the oldest leader among the four major families, Kai Wen naturally gave a speech and then started the formal "discussion".

Lans originally thought this was a relatively serious occasion, but in fact, from the beginning, it seemed a bit chaotic here.

There will always be friction between gangs and gangs, especially now that the profit of alcohol is so large, every gang hopes to occupy more markets.

They have a lot of turf and interests in their own cities, but every gang will not be satisfied with what they have now. They want more.

If they want more, they can only expand outward, and the surrounding cities are obviously the turf of other gangs, and there will be some friction between each other more or less.

Some relatively strong ones directly insert their own people into other cities. The friction between these gangs will be relatively direct and escalate very quickly.

There are also some relatively gentle ones who will secretly smuggle alcohol to other cities and impact the market with lower prices to make quick money.

But whether it is strong or gentle, the final result is the same. The gangs between the two cities, or the gangs between more cities, have contradictions and develop to the point of fighting.

Since Kai Wen's speech ended, these people began to argue around these things, which made Lans look down on these people even more.

The people of the four major families started to mediate skillfully. They would make certain rulings based on these people's statements, such as asking some people to withdraw, or asking some people to take out part of the interests to distribute with those who have contradictions.

In the words of these four major families, the profit is high, and there is no need to fight for these profits. Basically, it is mainly about muddying the water.

It's not that they don't want to manage more carefully, but they don't have this ability.

For these unruly gangs, if what you say is beneficial to me, I will listen to you.

If what you say is not good for me, then I will pretend not to hear it.

The four major families are just a kind of "glory", not a kind of "power"!

Watching them solve people's problems here, Lans felt that it was actually very interesting. They had never touched power, but by relying on their imagination of power, they created a false appearance that they possessed.

"Don't you feel it's very noisy?", Mr. Ke La Ke, who was sitting next to Lans, took the initiative to talk to him.

Lans shook his head, "No, just feel it's ridiculous."

He didn't deliberately collect his voice, just said it plainly. The first to quiet down were those people sitting next to him, and then more people began to quiet down inexplicably.

Mr. Ke La Ke also looked with an expression of surprise, as if... unable to understand the purpose of him saying these words.

"I don't know...", Mr. Ke La Ke shook his head, "Can you explain in detail?"

At this time, the room became quiet. The huge conference room and the people sitting at the huge conference table, their eyes were focused on Lans.

Lans crossed his legs, looking very calm and composed, and didn't show a fearful side because such fierce guys were staring at him.

He seemed not to know what pressure was.

"I said, I think what you are doing, the content of the noise, is ridiculous."

At this time, a guy who looked to be in his forties and wearing a floral shirt stood up immediately, "Why do you say these things of ours are ridiculous?"

"Because you are richer than us?"

"Or do you think we are ridiculous because you know more senior big shots?"

Other gang leaders also voiced their support for him one after another. They also felt that Lans's attitude was a bit... making them uncomfortable.

Lans shook his fingers twice, and then put his hands on his legs, "I don't mean to mock you. I just expressed an attitude of mine, my point of view, you are very ridiculous."

"Don't be unconvinced.", he pointed to the floral shirt.

"What are you arguing about?"

He pointed to the few people who were shouting the loudest just now, "You said they invaded your turf, making your annual income less by 20% or 30%."

"You said the guy opposite you sold alcohol into your turf and beat your people."

"You are almost arguing about these things, who grabbed whose turf, who grabbed whose business, and then made a scene without stopping."

"Is this what you think is very important?"

"But in fact?"

Lans's fingers tapped on the desktop twice. Although the sound was not particularly loud, accompanied by the overall vibration of the wooden table, even people sitting at the other end could hear this tapping sound and feel that slight, yet heavy vibration!

"Maple Yuan talked about de-gangsterization in the election. In the polls of his election, more than half of the people are interested in this topic."

"What does this represent?"

"This means that after Maple Yuan takes office and swears to become president, the first thing he will do is to increase the comprehensive crackdown on criminal groups. At that time, what you need to consider is not who grabbed whose turf, who grabbed whose business, but how to continue to exist in this huge social change!"

The room was very quiet, only the sound of smoking, and occasionally the sound of some lighters being lit. People's expressions gradually became solemn.

Lans spread his hands, "Look, this is the real big thing, it is a matter related to your life and death, not who grabbed your turf, I grabbed your business, who beat whose people."

"Not immersed in your seemingly calm, but actually already full of surging undercurrents of false prosperity!"

"You need to wake up and face the worst situation!"

Mr. Ke La Ke couldn't help it, he said, "The federal government has said more than once that it wants to limit the activities of our gangs, but until now, they still haven't achieved any practical results."

"The city is still in our hands. They control the day, and we control the night!"

These words can boost morale, and immediately someone stood up to applaud and support Mr. Ke La Ke's point of view.

Lans shook his head and said, "Those people who said they wanted to deal with gangs before were just small tricks they used to deal with the public and fool public opinion, but this time it's different."

Mr. Kai Wen sat in the middle position, he licked his somewhat dry lips, "What's different this time?"

Lans glanced at her, "This de-gangsterization is the election declaration, it is the promise he wants to fulfill to the public."

Mr. Kai Wen nodded without denying, "Every president will promise many things, but most things they cannot fulfill. I don't think he can eradicate the gangs of the entire Federation."

Some people agreed, and some people were thinking.

"You also said that most things cannot be fulfilled, but there are always things that can be fulfilled."

"Among the three choices of dealing with capitalists, dealing with politicians, dealing with gangs and grassroots law enforcement personnel, if you were the president, which one would you choose?"

A simplest question made Mr. Kai Wen, Mr. Ke La Ke, and other gang leaders who had a bit of brains silent.

Any president will seek re-election, and the basis for re-election is that the public support rate in the mid-term election is still leading other candidates.

If a president can't do anything, in the first four years, then he can't get the next chance at all.

Every president who can get a second chance, observing the things they do, they will try their best to complete some "face projects" in the first term to gain continuous support from the public.

Compared to moving the cake of capitalists and moving the interests of politicians, the connection efficiency between gangs and grassroots law enforcement teams is the simplest.

"So, I think you are ridiculous. A matter related to your life and death is not far away, and there is more than a month left until the election."

"You are discussing these boring things here now, isn't it ridiculous?"

Mr. Kai Wen coughed twice, "Lans, do you have any good response methods?"

Lans shook his head, "I don't have any good methods. To be honest, I don't even know how the federal government can lose!"

"Every gang here, you have too many criminal records, witnesses, testimonies, evidence, it's just that you might have gotten along well with local politicians and celebrities before."

"They wouldn't take these things that can cost your life to kill you, or maybe you fed them full."

"But it's different next. If they don't stab the knife into your body, Mr. President will stab the knife into their bodies."

"This is an unsettling future, and there is no good solution."

"So discussing this together is more meaningful than discussing who hits whom, don't you think?"

Under Lans's "guidance", the discussion soon began to revolve around de-gangsterization.

I have to say, these gang leaders or representatives have some sayings. Some people even proposed to organize a parade of all federal gangs to protest the encirclement and suppression of them by the federal government.

Some people also said they wanted to destroy the ballot box so that Mr. Maple Yuan could not get enough votes to win, and let the election results constantly fail.

There are always some people who can say some amazing remarks. Some people also suggested that everyone should go on strike, so that no one in the entire city would sell alcohol and beverages, and all alcoholics would count this account on Mr. Maple Yuan, and then they would not vote for him.

After discussing for more than an hour, no answer could be discussed. Of course, with the ability and level of these people, they could not discuss any results.

The Gang Council needs two or three days, not something that can be solved in one afternoon.

After they rested for a while, they temporarily shelved this problem and began to talk about the experience of each gang making money.

Listening to these people showing off their low-tech criminal businesses, Lans felt more and more bored and uninteresting.

The meeting lasted until after five o'clock in the evening before it ended. This was just the first day. Lans was sometimes very curious about what they had to say to be able to open for two or three days in a row.

Originally, he planned to go to Mayor Williams to chat in the evening. During this time, Mayor Williams's body was gradually not so good. He called Lans and planned to retire two years early and let James take over his work.

But this matter must be agreed by Lans before James has a chance to become the next mayor, so he hopes Lans can come over when he is free.

But Mr. Ke La Ke held Lans back, wanting to sit down with him and the other four major families to chat.

(End of chapter)