Chapter 1217: Always a Way to Stuff Money to You

Some people habitually treat Lansi as an ordinary gang leader, thinking he is a character pushed to the front by Senator Cleveland.

But there are also people who treat Lansi as an equal, worthy of respect or guarded opponent.

Different angles can see different results. Chester's wife's father is obviously an excellent observer. He clearly recognizes this point. Any success may have luck, but luck cannot make a person always succeed!

Just like at the gambling table in a casino, luck can make you win once or twice occasionally, but if someone always wins, it must not be luck!

With his support, Chester went to Denuozhou.

Mainly because he also heard the news that Lansi was attacked recently. With Lansi's personality, if he doesn't press this matter down, it is highly likely he won't leave that side and return to Golden State.

Chester is now having a headache because his budget was cut by the federal government. Seeing Lansi might have a chance to reverse the current situation.

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A few days passed very quickly. He found several agents and went to Denuozhou with him, driving in shifts twenty-four hours a day.

Denuozhou is located between two states in the south. If you drive fast for twenty-four hours, it is at most three days.

Three days later, he saw Lansi in Hongshi City.

"Looks like you recovered well." He observed Lansi's arm. It didn't need to be hung on his chest, and the movement of exercise also looked very natural.

Lansi invited him to sit down and also glanced at his injured arm. "Fortunately, it didn't hurt the bone, but it drilled a hole."

He said and shook his head. "Before, I heard that the federal government significantly reduced your budget, and they also planned to re-establish a new law enforcement department to compete with you."

Chester lit a cigarette, his expression somewhat solemn. "Yes, it is very obvious that President Porter does not intend to let us continue to develop and grow. There are some normal work and tasks, they will definitely hand them over to the new law enforcement department, that so-called Security Agency."

"Now the situation on my side is very bad."

Lansi nodded. "The Federal Bureau of Investigation is a very important law enforcement agency for us, for the Social Party. They should have given you some appropriations."

Chester shook his head. "They gave, but not much. Adding up, it might be about 10 million or a little bit more. This money can only be said to barely maintain basic expenses."

"How much of a funding gap do you still have?" Lansi suddenly asked.

Chester was stunned for a moment. He looked at Lansi somewhat confused. For a few seconds, he seemed to be unsure whether what he heard and what he thought were the same thing. "Sorry, I didn't pay attention just now, what did you say?"

"I said, how much of a funding gap do you still have?" Lansi repeated this sentence again.

This time, Chester finally understood completely. He took a big puff of the cigarette through the action of smoking, then held it for a while, and then slowly exhaled it.

"This is a large sum of money."

He paused and observed Lansi's expression. "There is still a gap of about eight million."

Currently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has a total of forty-three branches. Except for the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the number of people in each branch is not too many.

Like the New Jincheng branch, everyone, including civil servants and logistics, adds up to seventy or eighty people.

The total number of registered personnel in the entire Federal Bureau of Investigation adds up to less than seven thousand people.

With a salary of 120 dollars per person per month, including all welfare, the expenditure of wages for one year is about 10 million.

But now they can only get this money, which can only ensure that they maintain it without firing or laying off any agents, which cannot let them continue to carry out various work very well.

"We have many plans, such as planning to build a new agent special training center to conduct regular professional ability training for our agents."

"This plan needs about 2 million, but because the funds are tight, this plan has been stopped."

"We also plan to establish an equipment research center to provide us with some equipment that can help us work, such as... wiretaps, small cameras, pistols that cannot be checked out by people, etc."

"These tools can help our agents better face some special work content, and of course there are some other equipment research and development work."

He said a lot. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has actually been established for many years, twenty or thirty years.

But "truly" from a dispensable department to a law enforcement department, it is a matter of recent years.

Since Roland took office, it has been just these few years.

Roland actually has some ability. After he took office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ushered in a period of rapid expansion. In a few years, it went from a department with a scale of only a few hundred people to a department with thousands of people, and covered every state in the Federation and some important cities.

Of course, his ability is only shown here. In other aspects, it might be a mess.

If it weren't for Lansi's existence, perhaps under Roland's leadership, the Federal Bureau of Investigation would have ushered in another big explosion development period.

President Porter can give him more appropriations, and he can make the entire Federal Bureau of Investigation more perfect, in terms of functions and authority.

Unfortunately, he chose the wrong opponent, which led to none of this being realized.

What Chester is currently facing are actually the medium and long-term plans formulated by Roland before. He doesn't need to do anything and has obtained the best development blueprint.

But he also faces a problem, which is no money.

"I can give you 10 million, this year, and this number will continue to rise tomorrow."

When Chester heard this number, he took a big puff of the cigarette again. "This number... makes me not know how to say it. I really want this money, but Lansi, we talked on the phone, if I accept this money, I am highly likely to be suspended for investigation."

The "Federal Donation Act" has not yet appeared. Federal government departments can accept private donations, but this donation will be very troublesome.

The highest head of the department will be investigated, and the use of this money will also be supervised. The federal government and Congress will send people to watch this money in necessary circumstances to determine that it is not used for bribery.

So if this money is a private donation, Chester doesn't want it very much. If he wants it, it will be a huge trouble, which might bring some bad changes to the current situation.

In case President Porter arranges some people to enter the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it will definitely trigger a series of unpredictable results.

Lansi shook his head slightly. "Since I can give it to you, there must be a way to make it enter the Federal Bureau of Investigation's account very reasonably, and ensure that it will not bring any bad consequences."

"However, it is not free. You should know that this is a large sum of money."

Chester's expression became serious, and he took another puff of the cigarette. The cigarette that could usually be smoked for more puffs had been smoked almost enough.

He pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray. "What do you need me to do?"

He knew very well that this was the condition of the "transaction." He wanted to get that 10 million in funds, continue to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation well, and sit firmly in the position of director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, so he definitely needed to pay a little something. His wife's father talked to him about this matter before he came, Lansi could give him money, so there must be a request. Don't rush to refuse, even if it is an unbelievable request.

He asked Chester to delay for a while, call him, and then the two discussed and made a decision.

"Please say..."

Lansi pondered for a moment. "I need the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the three southern states to listen to my orders."

"Of course, I don't want to compete with you for the control of these three states. I just require them to listen to my orders when I need them."

"In most cases, I actually don't need them, but when I need them, they must listen to me."

This matter... Chester thought for a while and didn't agree rashly. "I need to consider it."

Lansi didn't urge him to agree immediately, but stood up. "Okay, you can go and rest for a while, we still have enough time."

He found someone to take Chester to his room. After returning to the room, Chester immediately called his wife's father.

"I have arrived in Hongshi City and just met Lansi. He is willing to give me 10 million in funds every year, but also put forward a request."

Hearing so much money, his wife's father also couldn't help but gasp. This is 10 million, not 1 million, not 100,000.

Now many large enterprises don't necessarily have 10 million in net profit a year. This money is definitely not a small amount.

"What request does he have?"

"He requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the three southern states, Laizhou, Denuozhou, and South Ya'an State, to listen to his command when he needs it."

The old man on the other end of the phone pondered for a while. "I have heard some rumors these few days, and it has a relationship with Lansi. The specific content is not very clear, but the chairmen of the committee and the representative committee have all participated in it. This must be a very important development."

"I now have a question to ask you, Chester."

"Do you think that in the current situation where you haven't done anything, is the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Laizhou, especially the New Jincheng Federal Bureau of Investigation branch, still under your control?"

After listening, Chester gave a negative answer. "No, these people were all promoted by Roland. I am not familiar with them, and I heard... heard some supervisors say that the New Jincheng branch has already leaned toward Lansi."

The old man nodded and said, "That's right. The people here are not the people you promoted. They don't owe you any favors, and they don't necessarily have to fully obey your command."

"And under such infiltration by Lansi, how long can these people persist?"

"If Roland were still there, he would still be the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, maybe these people could continue to persist."

"But now Roland is gone, and they are not familiar with you. They are much more eager to stabilize their power, status, and strength than in the past."

"They have a much higher probability of contacting Lansi, so in fact, regardless of whether you agree or not, if he wants to do it, he can eventually do what he wants."

"Then why not agree to him?"

"Anyway, you can't get these things, so just give them to him, in exchange for sufficient budget this year, so that your position is stable. You have earned it!"

Hearing the old man say this, Chester also had a decision in his heart. "I know how to reply to him."

The next morning, Chester was invited to Lansi's front again, in the dining room.

The table was full of newly cooked breakfast, still steaming.

When winter comes, meat and high-fat foods become things often seen on every family's dining table, especially some poor people. They will specifically buy some fat meat to eat to increase heat and ensure that they work with high intensity for a long time in a cold environment.

"Taste it, I think the taste is good." He pointed to several beef production methods with local characteristics.

Chester tasted it and also tasted some other food. "Very delicious."

The two chatted for a while about food, and then Lansi asked, "How is the consideration?"

Chester didn't pull too much and said straight to the point. "No problem."

"I considered it. You can give me a list, and I will appoint the people on this list to these places to serve as directors, so that you can better control them."

Lansi looked at Chester with deep meaning. This guy was more willing to give up than he imagined, but it was obviously better this way. His control over the Federal Bureau of Investigation in these three regions also increased by multiples.

This made his face full of smiles. "You are a person suitable to be a friend, Chester."

Chester put down his knife and fork, with a smile on his face. "I only know that since I have made a decision, don't consider so many gains and losses, be honest."

Lansi pointed at him twice. "I like your attitude."

"Before you asked me how this money should be given to you, it is actually very simple."

"You apply for more financial appropriations to Porter and Congress. They will definitely reject your request, and then you go to Senator Cleveland and ask him for a permit."

"In the process of solving cases, the stolen money seized, after removing various compensations, will all be collected into your own accounts."

"Then I arrange for people to commit crimes, and when you catch people, this money can smoothly enter the Federal Bureau of Investigation's account."

"Do you understand?"

Chester looked at Lansi, his eyes full of surprise. "I understand, self-raised funds."

Lansi smiled. "Very good understanding. I will talk to Senator Cleveland, and he will let you pass."

"If it doesn't pass on the President's side, you'd better make a fuss."

"Pretend to fire some federal investigation agents, let them go outside the President's mansion to hold signs. With Porter's personality of liking decency, he will definitely agree to your self-raised funds."

"The rest is waiting for my news..." ===== CHAPTER 1218 =====