Chapter 1258: Extension

When the police appeared in the private room and looked at the unrecognizable gang leader, everyone knew that the city, which had just stabilized, was going to become chaotic again.

However, this was also good for the police, because the "gang era" was becoming a thing of the past, and the federal government's push in this regard was unprecedentedly strong.

Some people said this was because President Potter was a man who kept his promises; he was practicing the things he had promised voters before, wanting to solve the harassment of the public by gangs.

But some people also thought this was a means for him to evade; after all, among all the promises he made to the public, cracking down on gangs was the easiest thing to do.

But no matter what, this was a change, a change of an era. The power of law enforcement departments was being strengthened, and the police were also going to play a more important role in the city, rather than just being simple supporting roles!

The deputy sheriff who arrived at the scene picked up the Golden Lion wine bottle that had fallen on the table. He carefully brought the bottle mouth close to his nose, shook it, then smelled it, and then put the bottle back on the table.

"It's water." He pursed his lips and shook his head. "I heard they also found a large amount of bottled water in the warehouse over there."

"Without a doubt, this is a case of gangs eating gangs."

"And the group of people who killed them is very likely... people from the Lans family."

As police, a profession that was half-black and half-white in this era, their understanding of the underground world and their understanding of the changes in the underground world could be said to be very deep and very sharp.

They knew very clearly where the Golden Lion wine came from. They also knew that this gang leader had been in contact with the Lans family recently, supposedly to do some alcohol agency business, monopolizing the alcohol market here and in several nearby cities.

Because he had hooked up with a big shot, the police here knew about these things but didn't have any further measures. After all, he also had a big shot behind him.

Unexpectedly, he was finished so quickly. The things this implied had significance for them to think about.

His assistant beside him asked in a low voice, "Then this case..."

The deputy sheriff watched two police officers put the gang leader's corpse into a body bag, preparing to transport it out. He didn't answer his assistant's question, but shouted "Wait a moment," then walked to the side of the body bag and took the gang leader's arm out of the body bag.

He lifted the gang leader's wrist, took a look at the gold tag on his wrist, and then took it off.

He even wiped the blood-stained mirror surface on the jacket on the gang leader's chest, and then the gold chain, and even the money in his wallet.

The police officers in the room just watched like this, watching him put all the valuable things on the gang leader into his own pocket.

Their eyes didn't reveal any... unbelievable expressions, only faint depression, because they couldn't get a share.

In fact, the things on these dead people would be completely cleared away at the morgue.

According to the procedures and rules of the police here, this part of the things would be handed over to the family of the deceased, but this is a procedure.

A procedure is just a reminder, just like the "Do not urinate in the swimming pool" sign next to a swimming pool; it can only serve as a reminder.

If someone is willing to follow this reminder, then they will very likely ensure they don't do these things again, but in reality, many people will urinate in the swimming pool. This is not an isolated case.

So the property on the dead at the morgue would be put into the pockets of the coroners themselves. If family members asked, they would say that these things were not found at the scene.

After all, their family members had no evidence to prove that their relatives had those properties on them during the time between their death and the police arriving at the scene to discover the corpse.

Nor could they accuse those police officers of embezzling the things of their deceased relatives.

Based on the idea that handing these things over to the families of criminals would become an indulgence for them to enjoy the proceeds of crime, it was better to put them into the pockets of the city's guardians, at least it could make them more attentive in their work.

"Let's go." He signaled the two police officers to carry the corpse out. Just as the two police officers carried the corpse out of the room, the gang leader's leather shoes and belt were pulled off by them.

These two things could also be worth a hundred or so dollars.

The deputy sheriff of course knew what those people would do. He wasn't interested in this. "What do you want me to do?"

"Go investigate who finished them off, and then apply to the chief or the mayor to form an investigation team with you as the core, to go to Laizhou to investigate the Lans family case?"

His assistant was stunned for a moment, his eyeballs suddenly bulging. "What the fuck?"

"I didn't fucking say that!"

The deputy sheriff looked around the room and saw there were no other valuable things left. He rolled his eyes at his assistant. "But the things you just said sound like you want to do that."

He paused. "Alright, this matter has nothing to do with us. Gang fire fight, then some people died."

"We don't have any clues in our hands. Whoever the fuck loves to investigate can go investigate. Anyway, I won't intervene in this matter. I have a wife and children, and the car I just fucking bought..."

He patted his pocket to make the things in his pocket fit better, then walked out of the room. His assistant looked at his superior's back and shrugged. Since that was the case, he wouldn't say anything more.

A gang fire fight, no clues, probably outsiders.

The police station released this news on the morning of that day, and would form an investigation team with only three old police officers who were about to retire in half a year, specifically to investigate this case, which could be considered giving the taxpayers an explanation.

As for the Lans family, whom they knew very clearly in their hearts?

Who cares?

The news that the gang leader had been finished off was also sent to Lans in the morning. Lans actually didn't care about these small things, but he had to arrange for people to do it.

This was like a cycle. He went from a challenger of authority to eventually becoming a maintainer of authority. Everything, including life and history, was a cycle.

The scenes of the past, having changed their appearance, were being staged again at this moment!

The new city outside Sheer City had officially started breaking ground, and it had been for some time.

Under the effect of banknotes, countless workers gathered here. The mountains and plains were full of workers. They used miraculous speed to quickly turn the uneven ground into flat, rammed ground, making full preparations for the subsequent hardening.

This was not an industrial miracle; this was a miracle of "people"!

As for the union side, there was no longer much sound in Sheer City. Under the joint impact of many parties, the union had completely realized that the opponent they were facing this time was completely different from those opponents in the past.

Wealthier, more connected, and more dangerous.

The Wanli Group was like a super war fortress speeding on an endless highway. The end of blocking it was only being crushed by it!

As for the trust crisis that broke out between unions and the working class in other places because of mutual distrust, Lans didn't care much either, as long as it didn't affect him.

In this large-scale "trust crisis," many problems existing in the unions began to be exposed. Workers were angry, protesting, and even striking.

Capitalists might be the unluckiest group of people in this strike activity. Originally, they were still watching the fun of workers and unions, but they didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, this knife fell on them.

However, many capitalists still supported this strike, because this was the first attack launched by capitalists, including federal political parties, against the union group, the disruptors.

And this attack was very fatal. For the past twenty years, unions had always "fought" with them under the slogan "everything is for the interests of the working class." Both capitalists and the federal government had been tossed around by them!

They had been looking for ways to fight back, not allowing unions to gain an obviously transcendent status in labor-capital relations.

Now, it was a good opportunity.

Various scandals about unions were frequently exposed, and mainstream media were also "reflecting" on these problems. The Federation had always adopted a relatively "indulgent" management style toward unions. They established unions themselves, formulated industry standards for workers themselves, and pushed these standards to become the standards benchmarked in the federal judicial interpretation references.

There was no agency specifically supervising union crime and corruption. Many times when things happened, they also self-checked internally. Was it time to put a collar on the union?

In a relatively well-known current affairs newspaper, an editor expressed the image of the union in the form of a cartoon, drawing them as a group of vicious dogs, while the federal government appeared in the image of a person, holding a spiked collar and a whip in their hands.

These problems triggered relatively intense discussions in society because it really harmed the interests of workers. Just as Lans said, unions could directly subsidize the subsidies given by capitalists to workers in the form of cash.

They could also turn this money into meat patties for every piece, distributing them to every worker every day.

But the meaning of meat patties and money was completely different for workers!

Workers were more eager for cash, even if it was only three dollars, but unions were more inclined to distribute meat patties because they could intercept some.

Senator Cleveland also called Lans and talked about this matter.

"Recently, the Assembly intends to introduce some new bills to solve this matter. We are discussing it very intensely."

"You know, unions have always been a part that is not managed by us, and the working class is very sensitive. Any action, as long as the magnitude is a bit large, will be interpreted by the union as harm to the entire working class."

"We have always wanted to intervene in the management of unions but have never had the opportunity. This incident has given us such an opportunity."

"As an Assembly advisor, you can write a report and submit it, talk about your thoughts. Maybe we can use it in the Assembly!"

Senator Cleveland didn't know if Lans could write a report that the Assembly could use, but this was an opportunity to let Lans show his face in the Assembly and brush up his presence.

It could also be considered laying some groundwork and making some preparations for the future. ===== CHAPTER 1259 =====