Chapter 1176: Arrested

Lans spent these two days on the train, from Jincheng to New Jincheng. Although he had been on the train, he could also read the latest newspapers.

Whenever the train stopped at stations in some cities, someone would send up the latest newspapers, letting him understand what changes were happening in this world.

The domestic situation is relatively stable. The new President has been elected, and the old President doesn't have any other movements. Recently, he has been very low-key and is moving house.

Moving his personal items out of the Presidential Palace, and some work handovers are also proceeding in an orderly manner.

More than half of the new cabinet members have been released, and the candidate for Vice President has also been selected, a senior Liberal Party high-level official, who is said to only serve as Vice President for four years, and then another person will serve four years later.

The country is very stable, but in the Xiang Yalan region, new "international problems" are constantly expanding.

After Lapa joined the federal political system, it has ushered in huge development. A large amount of investment has poured into this place where labor is almost free, which has made Lapa's economy achieve rapid development that neighboring countries cannot imagine.

For federal people, giving them twenty dollars a month is a ruthless humiliation, exploitation, and oppression.

But if you give a Lapa person ten dollars a month, they will kneel on the ground and kiss your toes, and even be willing to call you "Dad."

As long as this job is stable.

Capital is always like this, it is profit-seeking. When they discover that the cost of producing things in Lapa and then transporting them back to the country or to other parts of the world is far lower than producing them in the country, they will begin to invest in these backward places.

The good days of the Lapa people are visibly coming, but the brothers around them are still living a hard life. Some countries' actual per capita income per month is less than five federal Sol, which makes them jealous and sad?

Plus, the current Secretary of State and the Department of Defense and Congress have inherited some of Lans's ideas and thinking on how to treat these places. The surrounding countries have already shown obvious internal contradictions erupting.

Riots and internal strife have appeared in many regions. Some government officials and traditional forces' chieftains have been killed in their mansions.

These constantly erupting riots are like sparks being ignited, constantly igniting more sparks under the influence of the "economic growth" trend pushed by the federal government, and also letting the sparks eventually become a big fire.

More and more problems have erupted in a short period of time, which has caused problems in the entire Xiang Yalan Alliance. What's more fatal is that the President of the Makan Republic has recently applied to visit the Federation and conduct negotiations on deeper cooperation.

The Jiede Republic criticized in non-public occasions that all this is a conspiracy of the federal government, but it is of no use.

Internal strife consumed a lot of energy of the Xiang Yalan Alliance countries, plus Lapa's withdrawal from the Xiang Yalan Alliance did not receive any substantive punishment. The Xiang Yalan Alliance, an alliance organization once pushed out by the Jiede Republic to oppose the Federation, basically has no future.

The silent invasion of the Federation into the Xiang Yalan region has taken another leap forward.

Watching these domestic and international news, the train finally arrived at the New Jincheng train station in a release of steam.

Lans took a special car. The entire train only had five carriages, so there was no one on the platform at this time, and even if there were, they were cleared.

Half an hour later, he appeared in Senator Cleveland's manor.

"You look a bit haggard," Lans observed for a while and said his true thoughts.

Senator Cleveland couldn't help but laugh twice, "I haven't rested well these past few days. You know, after Potter won, we still have many problems to deal with."

"We definitely can't compete with them for Senate seats, but we can still fight for the House of Representatives, and we must fight for it."

"If we lose the right to speak in both houses one after another, it will be a heavy blow to us. Even if we have the ability to overthrow Potter, the consequences may not continue to develop according to what we imagine."

Both houses are a place that complements and checks each other. As long as we can control Congress, the highest ruling body of the Federation, it doesn't actually matter who the President is.

There hasn't been a lack of puppet presidents in federal history. During wartime, Congress might not have much power.

But in peacetime, if Congress and the President really fall out, the President might not be able to hold on for long.

So controlling Congress, even if the requirements are relaxed, just the House of Representatives, appears exceptionally important.

Listening to Senator Cleveland's complaints, Lans laughed and said, "Then what can I do for you?"

Senator Cleveland lit a cigarette, took a puff, and quickly exhaled with a "hiss" sound, "Prepare some money, and some collectibles. In addition, we may have some people who need to be persuaded, and I need your help."

Lans nodded, "No problem, what I am best at is physical persuasion."

Senator Cleveland paused for a while. It took him several seconds to realize what "physical persuasion" referred to, and he couldn't help but laugh, "You are still so humorous and witty, Lans."

He paused, "I read the newspaper. How do you plan to handle Luo Bu's matter?"

Lans looked at the watch on his wrist and laughed, "It should be about time."

"About time?" The Senator had a look of confusion on his face, "These words make me even more unable to understand."

"This is a... small surprise. At the latest by the afternoon, you will know what happened."

At the same time, the cousin, the director, had already arrived outside the Federal Prosecutor's Office with a suitcase. He looked at this agency that didn't seem very special, turned his head, and looked at the cars parked on the roadside.

In the car were his family and some other things. Dai Wen promised him that as long as he went in to surrender, his family would be released immediately and receive the best treatment and protection.

There will be big shots to help him plead, and he doesn't need to stay inside for long. Maybe he can come out in a year or two.

After all, he is just an accomplice, not a principal offender, and hasn't actually harmed anyone.

The cousin, the director's gaze stayed on his wife and children for a moment, and then he sighed and walked into the Prosecutor's Office. He knew that he couldn't fight these people, and his cousin, Director Luo Bu, couldn't fight these people either.

The only result of continuing to resist is that they will be covered in bruises and then welcome death. He doesn't want to die; he wants to live, wants to live a good life, he has to save himself.

Doing so might be a bit... despicable, but he really had no other room for choice.

The first-floor lobby of the Federal Prosecutor's Office is also a large comprehensive office. The receptionist saw someone come in and immediately stood up, "Is there anything I can help you with, sir?"

For a place like this, people who can come to such a place, no matter what they are doing, must have a reason, so maintaining an attitude is very important.

The cousin, the director, put the suitcase on the front desk. He said calmly, "I am here to surrender, and at the same time, I am also here to report."

Several staff members working behind the front desk looked at him at the same time. At the same time, several guards also came from the side to behind him.

He slowly raised his hands high and just stood there.

Half an hour later, Senator Cleveland received a call from his friend. His friend talked about this matter on the phone and seemed quite happy.

Director Luo Bu is clearly Mr. Potter's person. Now his subordinate took the initiative to surrender and provided some key evidence that could accuse Luo Bu. Regardless of how this matter ends up, and whether it will implicate Mr. Potter, it is a matter worth celebrating for them.

As long as it is something that can make Potter lose face, they will support it.

Senator Cleveland, who put down the phone, looked at Lans, "How did you persuade him?"

In his view, such a key figure shouldn't be so easy to be bought. From the words his friend said, he knew that this local police station director was absolutely trusted by Luo Bu.

Letting such a person betray Luo Bu probably required paying a lot of price.

Lans said with a smile that was not a smile, "I said, I am very good at physical persuasion."

"Luo Bu is very likely not to implicate some of Potter's things, and even if he did some shady things with Potter, I'm afraid he won't confess them."

"But we need to create an illusion that we are trying to make him open his mouth, and an illusion that he might open his mouth at any time."

Senator Cleveland immediately realized the meaning of his words, "You mean, you want to make Potter unable to help but take action to make him shut up?"

"This is indeed a good way. I will instruct them."

The news spread very quickly. At this time, any news related to Mr. Potter would spread very quickly, and now it is not "his era." He hasn't been sworn in yet, doesn't count as the President of the Federation, and doesn't hold the privileges that only the Federal President holds in his hands.

The moment Director Luo Bu was taken away by the Prosecutor's Office, at the first moment, he knew about this matter.

Mr. Potter was also in his office. As the son of the next President, Mr. Potter was clearly already arranged for a new job, and just now they were discussing this new job—Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Mr. Potter intends to appoint his son as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such an important position cannot be placed in the hands of others. He intends to continuously increase the power of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during his tenure, letting it become a law enforcement agency that can intervene in local affairs more strongly.

Only in this way can the Liberal Party open up a rear area belonging to them in the Social Party's continuous twenty-year rule.

Politics is the kind of thing where that kind of intrigue often only happens between relatively high levels, between leaders.

At the lowest level, political means will evolve into the most basic violent means.

You can't engage in political intrigue with a lowest-level clerk. There is no environment for political intrigue, so you can only simply find a reason to take this person down and then replace him with your own person.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation will be an important bargaining chip for his individual, family, and the entire Liberal Party to break the ice, so he can only arrange someone he can trust and also completely trust in this position.

Originally, Luo Bu was qualified, smart, took the initiative to lean toward himself, and was easy to use.

But he has made mistakes one after another in this year, making Mr. Potter lose his last bit of patience with him. In the end, he is an outsider, unreliable and not smart enough. Sometimes there are some problems that are not clear, and it is not easy to say clearly. It is not as easy to use as his own family.

He was originally considering how to remove the director title of Director Luo Bu, but he didn't expect him to have an accident first, which made Mr. Potter a bit passive.

Luo Bu has also participated in some private matters more or less. Will he talk nonsense inside? This has become a heart disease for him.

After all, he is not the President yet, everything still has the possibility of change!

"I'll go make him shut up." Mr. Potter couldn't stand the dullness in the office and took the initiative to say this, "I'll find some people and just create some accidents."

Mr. Potter didn't agree immediately. The Prosecutor's Office and the Department of Justice have been controlled by the Social Party for twenty years to the point of some "generation gap."

It's not that the Liberal Party has no ability to intervene at all, but the movement of their intervention will be very large and will be noticed by people.

If it were other things, ordinary favoritism, doing it would be done, but this matter is different. Its nature is not that simple.

"Let me think about it." He pursed his lips, "Let people keep an eye on him. There is still a month left before I am sworn in. Try to drag it until after a month."

"After I enter the Presidential Palace, dealing with this matter will be very easy and won't leave any problems."

Mr. Potter nodded, "Then I'll go do things."

He also made friends with some government officials through Mr. Potter's relationship, among whom there were also those from the Prosecutor's Office and the Department of Justice, but the levels were not very high.

Mr. Potter nodded, "Communicate with me in time if you encounter trouble, go."

After his son left, he sighed. Other people are presidents as if everything is very smooth. How come when it is his turn to be president, he keeps encountering trouble?

He is a bit worried now. What he is worried about is if the next President is still from the Social Party, will these people of the Social Party settle old scores?

He is very contradictory and has no way. People within the party require him to take back what belongs to them from the Social Party after taking office, but this will inevitably deepen the rift and contradiction between him and the Social Party.

Plus now there are these unexpected troubles, this president, may not be as easy to be as he imagined!

At this time, Director Luo Bu, who was "invited" away, hadn't realized what had happened. The Prosecutor's Office just said that they required him to go over to cooperate with the investigation of a case. He didn't take it to heart at all, still thinking it was a case that had nothing to do with him.

When he arrived at the Prosecutor's Office, he found that those prosecutors and guards were all focusing on him, and he realized that he was not here to "cooperate with the investigation," he was here to "accept the investigation."

"Is there any misunderstanding?" Sitting in the interrogation room, Mr. Potter looked at the several prosecutors in front of him, and his expression was slightly unnatural.

This was the first time he sat in the interrogation room as a person under investigation. The prosecutors sitting opposite him had no expression. The one in the middle said while organizing the documents on the table, "Do you think if we didn't have directional evidence, we could invite you here?"

He said and took out a photo and handed it over, "Do you know this person?"

The person in the photo was his cousin, the director. When he saw this photo, Director Luo Bu became a bit depressed. He was silent for about ten seconds, "I know, we are cousins, and the relationship is still pretty good."

"Only these?" The prosecutor pursued, "Is there any other relationship between you, for example, a relationship similar to superior and subordinate, you remotely controlled him to do some illegal criminal things for you?"

Director Luo Bu couldn't help it, "Is he here with you?"

He couldn't get through on the phone a few days ago. He didn't expect that the person was actually caught by the prosecutor. He could only pray now that his cousin didn't say anything nonsense.

The prosecutor smiled and didn't answer his question directly, "You are also a law enforcer, and you should also know our procedures and processes. If we didn't have solid evidence, do you think we would be sitting here discussing these things?"

"Luo Bu, you are a smart person. I have heard people say that. I hope your intelligence won't become stupidity at this time."

"Confess your problems, and we can apply to the judge for a sentence reduction for you."

"If you try to confront us, the result will definitely not be what you want."

Director Luo Bu was a bit silent. He now completely didn't know what his cousin, the director, had confessed. He couldn't open his mouth himself. This is the information gap.

It is often used in the interrogation of group criminals, and he also often used it, but he didn't expect that one day these things would be used on himself.

He remained silent and unwilling to open his mouth. The prosecutors didn't force him, just continued to interrogate. They had nothing but time.

At the same time, the Presidential Palace also welcomed a guest.

Senator Cleveland sat opposite the President's office desk, looking at the key figure who "usurped" the President's position for several years and facilitated the Social Party's election failure. He didn't have much dislike or like on his face.

After all, this is the Federation. Even without this matter, the result of this general election would very likely not be optimistic. The Social Party has controlled the President and both houses for too long, and the Liberal Party and the Federal Party, including the Labor Party that appeared recently, have already formed an alliance on some issues.

So the Social Party didn't even question the results of the general election, didn't ask for a re-vote or anything, and directly admitted the fact that the Liberal Party won the election.

But to say there is no dislike at all is not entirely true.

"Are you here to see how miserably I leave?" The President curled his lip, though he did not show much tension.

Anyway, he extended his good days for several years longer than planned. During these few years, all the deals that should have been done were done. Even if someone wants to settle old scores, it won't cause any actual harm to him and his family.

Senator Cleveland shook his head, "I came here this time to ask you to handle something. You should have heard that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been caught."

"Now we need you to appoint a new director."

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