Chapter 1166: The Proper Way to Use a Lackey and Some Changes on the Farm

The Proper Way to Use a Lackey and Some Changes on the Farm

Seven or eight minutes later, Director Luo Lan walked in from outside the door after obtaining permission.

He appeared very careful and very cautious. He knew he had messed up many things, so he was very careful in front of Mr. Maple Yuan.

The only one who could ensure his ideals could still be realized now was this Mr. Maple Yuan.

He appeared a bit constrained because of the terrible things he had done; otherwise, he would be another way.

"Sit down, this is not a place full of crises." Mr. Maple Yuan pointed to the sofa on the other side casually.

Director Luo Lan smiled and sat on the sofa with his waist slightly bent, but it was not that kind of very natural, very comfortable sitting posture, leaning on the back of the sofa. He leaned his body forward as much as possible, making him look a bit careful.

"Finding you over here is because there is a matter that needs your help. The specific matter...", he glanced at Mr. Maple Yuan. "You two communicate with each other. I have other activities tonight and need to rest for a while."

He said, yawning, and then raised his hand to stop Director Luo Lan from standing up, and returned to the rest room further inside.

Mr. Maple Yuan looked at Director Luo Lan and stated his request.

"I need you to help me find someone. This is some of his information. You take a look first." Mr. Maple Yuan handed over the reporter's personal information.

Director Luo Lan took this information and read it seriously. As he read, his brow slightly knitted because this was a reporter.

He didn't like dealing with reporters. These people exuded a disgusting smell. They always wrote some content indiscriminately regardless of the facts, guiding the public to think in the wrong direction.

And reporter articles often have great lethality to them, these federal government employees, making them very passive.

If possible, he was unwilling to deal with these people, including arresting a reporter.

Who knows if this reporter will write some articles to smear him in the future.

Reporters like this often have their own friends and colleagues who have good relationships. They will also become accomplices to fake news.

"Can I ask, what did he do?" Director Luo Lan still cautiously raised a question after reading these things.

Mr. Maple Yuan looked at him with a smile. "He stole my things."

This is a pure, undisguised lie that shows his perfunctory attitude. However, at this time, Director Luo Lan did not have the ability to see through this lie; he only accepted it.

"I see, I will immediately arrange for people to look for him, but... I cannot guarantee that I can find him in the first time. After all, I don't even know if he is still in New Jincheng."

Mr. Maple Yuan also didn't force him to make a promise to find this guy within a certain time limit, just let him try his best to find him.

"Try as much as possible not to cause too much influence to find him, do you understand what I mean?"

"For me, this is obviously not a glorious thing, and I don't hope it can become a joke, or a story people use when chatting."

Director Luo Lan nodded. "I know how to do it."

Mr. Maple Yuan gave him his business card. "After finding him, call this number. I will take him away. You can rest assured, no matter what, this matter will not affect you and your work."

This sentence looked like a very simple promise, but it also made Director Luo Lan seem to hear something from it. He looked at Mr. Maple Yuan again and nodded. "I see."

He was unwilling to delve into what was inside, whether he was implying something. For Director Luo Lan now, keeping his position and keeping his value was the most important thing.

Being able to continue to be used by the Maple Yuan family, to a certain extent, was the best embodiment and expression of his current value. If he didn't even have the qualification to be used, then that was the worst thing.

After coming out of Mr. Maple Yuan's office, he got into the car with a gloomy face. He didn't know what kind of matter he was involved in, but he knew that he had better handle this matter as soon as possible and pray that it wouldn't have any follow-up matters.

After returning to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he found all his confidants. Currently, he is still the "restorer" of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, so everyone still respects him very much and is willing to listen to his arrangements.

Looking at these senior agent supervisors, he took out the reporter's identity information and placed it in front of them. "Arrange your people, find this guy, start by investigating his life information, investigate his check usage situation recently, as well as past ones."

"He is highly likely still hiding in New Jincheng. Investigate his social interpersonal relationships, see if you can find any clues. In addition, it is best to investigate all his real estate, perhaps you can find some other things."

Supervisor Aike was also within the scope of being recruited this time. Although he messed up the last matter, it was obviously not his fault, and he himself was also seriously injured.

At least until now, Director Luo Lan had not suspected this subordinate. He had read the report, and the doctor took out more than a dozen large and small shrapnel from his body. If it weren't for his relatively good luck, he might have already died in the grenade explosion.

He didn't believe that someone who betrayed him could bear such a risk to manufacture such evidence, so he still believed in Supervisor Aike.

But to say completely, thoroughly believe, actually it wasn't quite so.

For some very key and important tasks, he always avoided him with various excuses that Supervisor Aike needed to rest. However, no one talked about this matter, and no one opened up this possibility of suspicion.

This matter was not considered a confidential matter, so he let Supervisor Aike participate in it too.

At this time, another supervisor asked, "What happened to this person?"

Director Luo Lan glanced at the supervisor who asked the question. "He took things he shouldn't have taken and did things he shouldn't have done."

"This matter relates to whether our Federal Bureau of Investigation can obtain more power later, so you must handle it, and handle it beautifully."

"I have a requirement, that is, after catching the person, while controlling him immediately, don't look through anything around him, don't interrogate him, stuff a ball in his mouth, put a hood on him, and then detain him separately until someone comes to take him away, understand?"

This kind of dirty inside story that might involve the meaning of the soon-to-be "presidential family," he didn't want to touch at all now. He hadn't realized his plan yet and didn't have the ability to challenge evil, so what he needed was forbearance, and even merging with evil.

Deep in his heart, he had considered it. When he possessed power, he would re-investigate this case.

As for whether it was true, he hadn't even thought about it himself. He just used such wording as an excuse to perfunctory himself.

All senior agent supervisors took their own share of materials and left. Director Luo Lan specially exhorted them one sentence, which was that they must be "low-key."

After Supervisor Aike returned to his office, he called Lans for the first time.

Currently, he and Lans are people on an absolute line, and he has fatal evidence in Lans's hands, so he can exert stronger subjective initiative.

He didn't know if this reporter had any connection with Lans, but he knew that this kind of case that could make Director Luo Lan very nervous and specially made various instructions should be shared with Lans.

Soon the call was connected. Lans didn't have anything to do these past few days, just waiting for the upcoming Saint Agriculture Festival, and then returning to the farm to spend the holiday.

This year's Saint Agriculture Festival will be unprecedentedly lively. The state government is still organizing some grand festival activities in various places, and the local agricultural committee is also preparing to hold a "Big Pumpkin Competition," searching for the entire state's biggest pumpkin king from local farms.

The owner of the pumpkin king will receive a bonus of 1,000, which can be considered a not-so-small number for many farm owners, and they are all actively participating.

Including the Lawrence Farm, they have also been checking and selecting those big pumpkins on their farm recently, and are considering whether they can win an award.

So he had a lot of time at this time. After receiving Supervisor Aike's call, he listened to the other party explain the matter, just smiling and indicating that he knew.

Although he was in Jincheng, everything that happened in New Jincheng was within his expectation and control.

After putting down the phone, he considered for a while and called Supervisor Ford.

Supervisor Ford, who had just returned from Director Luo Lan's side, picked up the phone and was stunned for a moment when he heard Lans's voice. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Lans's voice from the other side of the phone.

"Luo Lan let you find that reporter's matter, you didn't tell me, this made me have some doubts, Ford."

"Will you have more things you didn't tell me?"

Ford clearly had some nervousness, and also had doubts. This matter happened less than ten minutes ago, and Lans already knew the news, and this matter must only be known by the supervisor now.

Could it be that among the supervisors, there are Lans's people?

He immediately explained, "I thought this matter had nothing to do with you. What could a local reporter have to do with you?"

"You don't even know if it has anything to do with me, why did you conclude it had nothing to do with me?"

"Listen, Ford, we are not only friends, but also a cooperative relationship. You want me to trust you, then first you must be able to gain my trust."

"I am not doubting or questioning. Making this call, I just want to tell you that when you find any matter about me on Luo Lan's side, as well as anything you are not sure about, you can call me, I will wait for your call!"

He paused, and then asked, "The matter of letting you recruit some people last time, did you recruit them?"

Wanting to insert more people into the Federal Bureau of Investigation to avoid Supervisor Ford being exposed, so when some things made Director Luo Lan have doubts, by protecting some small roles, he diverted his attention, which can also be considered a defensive measure.

Supervisor Ford heard that Lans didn't blame him too severely, so he felt relieved. "I have already found a few people and am further discussing this matter with them."

"Very good, after getting it done, I will meet them once, let them feel our sincerity. In short, let's leave it at that for now. If there are any new discoveries, remember to call me."

After putting down the phone, he shook his head and called the person in charge of this matter, letting them watch that reporter well to ensure that they could shoot more useful photos or even videos, and it would be best to drag the Federal Bureau of Investigation into it together.

Think about it, a scandal involving the presidential family, involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation director and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, once public opinion explodes, Luo Lan, this running dog of the presidential palace, won't even have the last chance!

Even the Federal Bureau of Investigation might be pressed to the bench by them personally before it truly rises.

On the evening of that day, when Lans was watching "Jincheng Evening News," the host mentioned that Congress passed the proposal to postpone the general election date, and it started to be implemented from now on.

The voting day for the general election is the Monday of the second week of November. It might be November 2nd, but it might also be November 8th. Of course, this is from other times.

This year it is November 5th, which is the Monday of the second week.

The voting cycle has two weeks, iJan, and it ends completely on November 19th. Three days later, all ballot boxes will be sent to New Jincheng, and then counting will begin.

On November 25th, the results will be released, announcing the final winning presidential candidate, and after one month and one day of the coming year, the power will be taken over from the previous government.

The reason for such an arrangement is to avoid the Saint Agriculture Festival, this important holiday, letting federal voters spend the Saint Agriculture Festival well first, and then wholeheartedly invest in the election.

This news actually didn't have anything worth noting for Lans. After all, the president or the general election had nothing to do with him. He was just curious about the passing of this proposal, which highly likely had something to do with Senator Cleveland knowing those things.

Perhaps this is why Director Luo Lan was so hurried to find that reporter—

They mistakenly thought that the source of the news in Senator Cleveland's hands came from that reporter, rather than someone else.

Following that, in the next two or three days, the Federal Gang Council also ended smoothly. The council content this year was a bit unsatisfactory. First, the gangs of one state collectively withdrew, and a saying similar to "Lans family and other gangs are not on the same path" spread in the underground world.

They seemed to want to let the entire federal gang exclude and oppose the Lans family.

This is exactly the result Lans wanted. He didn't want to get mixed up with these gangs that had no technical content either.

Secondly, it was about some issues of whitewashing. The four major families had already obtained some experience provided by Lans. After they went back, they would also try to whitewash themselves, at least not so easily caught by the federal government.

And Lans, took some people back to Lawrence Farm together.

It was actually still a period of time away from the Saint Agriculture Festival, but the atmosphere of the holiday here had already been completely set off. Everywhere were farmers and farm wives with smiles on their faces.

Because Lans spent his own money to build a train track connecting Lawrence Farm to the main railway network, Lawrence Farm became the place with the most convenient transportation around.

The gathering effect produced by these is very terrible. Farms further away would take the initiative to send agricultural products to Lawrence Farm to be packed and shipped away, or even simply sold directly to Lawrence Farm.

They are much more conscientious than the prices given by those enterprises (monopoly groups of agricultural product sales channels) like Bailide, and the transportation costs are also very low. Only some horse-drawn carriages and roadside forage are needed to transport the agricultural products piled up in carts, without paying extra fees.

On the way here, Lans saw those transport carriages. Several horses pulled a very long and wide cart, and the agricultural products were neatly piled on it, forming small mountains.

Looking from a distance, it was like small mountains moving slowly on the road, having a joy of harvest that was very fitting for this moment!

After Lans arrived at Lawrence Farm, he saw William chatting with others in the family in the open space. It became more lively here than before.

Seeing Lans get off the car, almost all the men of the Lawrence family put down what they were doing and took the initiative to walk over to welcome Lans.

William walked at the very front. He hugged Lans. "You look like you haven't changed at all!"

He was a bit emotional. Lans looked about the same as when he saw him a few years ago.

Lans smiled and let go of him. "Actually, the change is very big, if compared with when I was young."

"Young?"

"Come on, Lans, you are still young!"

Lans liked this sentence. He smiled and patted William's arm. "I am already thirty, William. I am no longer young, but I feel my state is still not bad!"

Then he greeted others together, everyone came over to shake hands with him, and then greeted him.

Then they left here and came to the construction site outside the farm. Just now they were standing here chatting.

"I just heard you talking about the town and the mayor?", Lans asked.

William immediately explained, "Because there is a train station here, many people have gathered here. Now there are more people living here around the farm. The state government is asking us if we intend to establish a town here."

"If we intend to build a town, then we can elect a mayor ourselves. We were just discussing this matter just now."

In the Federation, as long as there is a fixed settlement point and a certain number of residents, they can establish the most basic federal administrative unit.

It looks like doing so doesn't have much significance, but in reality, it is not, because the town also has a "compilation," especially in such a place, which is equivalent to increasing greater power for the Lawrence family.

For example, the sheriff.

To put it more bluntly, in such a remote town far from the city, the sheriff is equivalent to a multi-enforcer of police plus prosecutor plus judge. They can directly judge whether a person is guilty and how to punish them.

It is equivalent to giving the Lawrence family the legal power of life and death within a small range.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1167 =====