Chapter 174: No Compromise and Value and Black Shadow

"Lanse is a person who doesn't reason!" Sam's voice on the phone was very aggrieved. "I've already apologized to him and promised to compensate for the medical expenses of his subordinate, but he still refused to hand Lisa over to me."

"Sir, I don't have any foundation here. I can't force him to do anything. Will this make Mr. Hou feel dissatisfied?"

Sam was scolded and threatened by Lanse. After thinking about it, he still called the Mayor.

He knew doing this would lower his rating in the Mayor's heart, but damn it, the work hadn't fully started yet, and he had encountered a big hurdle. He didn't even know how to say it.

He even regretted coming to New Jincheng now. If it weren't for the introducer telling him that the Mayor would value this job very much, he wouldn't have been tempted.

If he were still in Paradise City, how good would that be!

At least he wouldn't be troubled because someone tried to provoke him and even threatened him!

The Mayor listened quietly for a while and pondered. "I will talk to Lanse. You arrange another girl for Mr. Hou."

"He isn't dissatisfied because you didn't send Lisa over. His dissatisfaction is that when he needed to vent some emotions, the toy you promised him wasn't delivered."

"Since you lost one, then send him a better one, plus your sincerity. Do you understand what I mean?"

An opinion leader of the Social Party in New Jincheng couldn't possibly have any "true love" for an illegal Imperial immigrant engaged in the flesh trade.

His anger was just because he had already taken a bath, pushed away some unimportant work, and prepared various props to vent his emotions, waiting from the afternoon until night.

Several hours of time, not only was it wasted, but he even walked around at home like a fool wearing a bathrobe!

What he was angry about was that he had been fooled, not the problem of whether a certain girl came or not!

His assistant had always been telling Sam about "a reasonable explanation," not "bring Lisa."

Sam could actually figure it out if he thought about it carefully himself, but these things happened too fast, so much so that he didn't have time to settle down and think.

Being angered continuously, perhaps deep in his heart, there was even an idea of "letting Mr. Hou be furious, triggering the Mayor's anger, thereby helping him solve Lanse."

It was just that obviously, politicians in cities with such important economic and political status like New Jincheng were more rational than politicians in cities developed by relying on gambling and pimping.

The words the Mayor said already made Sam realize that his idea of borrowing the Mayor's power to clean up Lanse had fallen through. He could only agree.

But he also said at the same time, "Lanse said he doesn't allow us to use Imperial girls, otherwise he will find trouble for us again."

The Mayor was slightly displeased. "Pay attention to your wording. What he said must be finding trouble for you, not for us."

"Since he put forward a requirement, then you change some girls. I don't believe that in New Jincheng, besides Imperial girls, other ethnic girls can't be found."

Sam was still struggling. "But they are cheap, and..."

The Mayor very rudely interrupted his words. "Some things shouldn't be said on the phone, and remember, this is your job, not mine."

He paused for two or three seconds, letting Sam have a process of acceptance, and then his voice recovered somewhat to normal. "Alright, I will communicate with Lanse and let him not go and find trouble for you."

"The next two years are very important for us. I don't hope some plans deviate from the track. Can you understand my words?"

Although Sam was unwilling, he could only agree. "Yes, sir, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, he glanced at Bu Ke, walked back and forth a few steps, and picked up the phone. "Are there any good spot goods now?"

The voice coming from the other end of the phone was buzzing. "Yes, what price range do you want, and what other requirements?"

Sam recalled Mr. Hou, who was like a hero in some people's hearts, and his little hobbies, and said, "Young, don't be too tall, the figure must be good, making people have a desire to bully her."

"Skin must be white, dark brown hair, not so easy to compromise. You know, some people like to resist."

"Two thousand to three thousand are all okay."

He thought of something. "By the way, don't be Imperial, including other Imperial girls."

The person on the opposite side couldn't help but laugh. "Did you fall in love with some Imperial girl?"

Sam cursed a few times. "In short, don't be Imperial girls, Federation ones don't want either. I don't want to cause trouble. It's best if they are illegal immigrants..."

The person on the opposite side waited for a while. One could hear him flipping through something like a picture book. After about three minutes, the sound ended.

"Three thousand dollars. Originally this one was three thousand five. When do you want it?"

"Immediately!"

At the same time, in Creek Valley City, an immigrant girl from abroad who was yearning for life in the Federation and big cities was serving plates in a restaurant.

Lunchtime was very busy. Creek Valley City was becoming very popular because of the pleasant climate here.

Many people came here for tourism, or lived here, and it was located not far north of New Jincheng, creating the still-prosperous city center here.

Creek Valley City had more than three hundred thousand people, but the population growth rate was very fast, and the local city hall believed that in ten years, the population of Creek Valley City might break through five hundred thousand.

Doubling in ten years was already the limit of their imagination!

But regardless, the rapid growth of population and city scale made this place full of opportunities.

"This is the meal you ordered..." After sending two portions of tomato beef macaroni to the table, the female customer at the table seemed to be doing other things. The moment she turned around, she bumped into the meal tray in the girl's hand.

It fell onto the woman's skirt, and also dirtied her own pants. Two screams rang out in the restaurant.

The girl was full of despair. She felt she was extremely unlucky, and didn't know how much compensation this skirt would need.

Now she could only apologize while trying to help the guest solve it. The manager also walked over.

"I'm sorry, I will compensate you," she said very sadly.

The female guest revealed a smiling face. "It doesn't matter. I've also been a server, and I've also encountered these things."

"The last time I stood in your position, a lady forgave me. Now I want to pass on this tolerance, so I won't let you compensate for my skirt."

"But you have to accompany me back to change clothes. I don't live far, just next door..."

This surprised the girl. The manager also breathed a sigh of relief. He gave the girl a "you have to handle this" look, indicating that today's dishes would be discounted, and then left.

The girl agreed immediately. She took off her apron and went out of the restaurant with the female guest.

The large stain on the snow-white skirt made the girl herself feel very embarrassed. She tried her best to help the female guest cover the sight of people looking over.

Perhaps it was because the female guest said she had also served plates, which made the girl not have a single bit of vigilance toward her, and she even chatted a lot with her.

The location where she lived wasn't far, passing through two streets from the alley to arrive. After they entered the house from the back door to avoid being discovered by neighbors, soon they arrived at the female guest's "home."

As soon as they entered the door, the girl felt a bit strange. All the furniture here was covered by a layer of cloth, and the floor was also covered with newspapers, just like it had just been renovated, or was being renovated.

She looked back at the female guest in confusion, but what greeted her wasn't the female guest who was very polite to her, but two adult males who looked very fierce.

She had already realized something was wrong. She looked at the woman with a look of disbelief for a moment, turned around, opened her mouth, and wanted to call for help, but an arm strangled her neck.

She beat that thick arm hard, but it was meaningless and useless. In the lack of oxygen, she gradually fell into a coma.

The male guest who was still dining in the restaurant saw something outside the kitchen window, then got up, paid the bill, and left, leaving only an empty table, unfinished lunch, and a girl who never returned.

A box truck quickly left the city and ran wildly toward New Jincheng.

Perhaps the manager or boss of the restaurant would report to the police because the girl never returned, but the greater probability was that they wouldn't do that.

Because they hired illegal immigrants here. Once the police started investigating this case, they would definitely investigate the employment situation here.

At that time, they wouldn't get anything, and would also face fines that weren't cheap, so they wouldn't do that!

As for the girl's roommate, or other people?

It was possible, but the probability was equally not high. No one was willing to cause trouble, regardless of the reason.

So basically, her disappearance couldn't even stir up a ripple like a small stone thrown into a lake.

Her disappearance was like a speck of dust falling into the water, without a single ripple.

The girl who was still on the way to apologize for her behavior—the Mayor's side had already dialed a phone to Lawyer Aosen. The Shengda Law Firm, like the Jinzuan Law Firm, was a large-scale national law firm and had always been in a cooperative relationship with the Mayor.

The Mayor had many collaborations with their firm and Aosen himself, and Aosen helped the Mayor handle some things outside the law, so he could be considered one of the Mayor's confidants.

This was a very important interpersonal relationship. For Lawyer Aosen, it could even be said that if one day he got tired of being a lawyer, he could directly enter the political circle with the Mayor's status.

Lawyers entering politics had always been a super hot topic in the Federation, and they also had great advantages.

Those Federation voters and taxpayers who didn't understand the law always foolishly believed that lawyers who understood the law would be more careful to follow the rules than those incompetent politicians and dangerous capitalists.

But what they didn't know was that the authority and strictness of the law didn't make lawyers careful and cautious; instead, it made them learn to drill loopholes in the law.

Letting lawyers who could break their moral bottom line for money or other things, and were accustomed to drilling loopholes, enter politics... I hope the Federation people can be happy!

"Sam told me some things. You go and chat with Lanse, and let him figure out who is in charge in this city!"

Lawyer Aosen looked at the receiver in his hand and felt it was very interesting.

Although the Mayor's voice didn't sound very angry, he was definitely unhappy.

He thought for a while and went personally.

This was the second time he saw Lanse. In his eyes, Lanse was a very interesting young man.

After a simple handshake, he sat opposite Lanse's desk. "I heard you and Mr. Sam had a very unpleasant time."

Lanse opened the cigarette case and pushed it over. "We had some differences in some concepts."

Lawyer Aosen laughed. He felt Lanse's wording was very interesting. "For example?"

Lanse shrugged. "For example, I at least still think I am a person, but he obviously doesn't act like a person anymore."

Lawyer Aosen didn't react at first. It was the first time he heard this kind of statement, but soon he realized this had a relationship with Sam's work. Associating it with his damn work, Lawyer Aosen seemed to understand.

"What you said doesn't have any big problems."

"However, Mr. Lanse, animal trainers can work with wild beasts because that is a job, not anything else."

"We didn't ask the animal trainer to sleep with the wild beast, or even breed. Outside of work, you can be a person, and he can be a wild beast."

"But during work, you are colleagues. There are no people, no wild beasts, only who does well, or doesn't do well."

Lanse shook his head slightly. "I heard that lawyers' bottom lines are very flexible. It seems that is indeed the case. Is work more important than being a person?"

Facing Lanse's sarcasm, Lawyer Aosen wasn't annoyed at all. As a lawyer, being pointed at the nose and scolded with ugly words was too normal.

There were also some people who lost lawsuits because of him; they would scold all kinds of dirty words, but he didn't care at all.

If he cared about these, he would have been angered to death long ago.

He slightly restrained his chin, even looking somewhat like he was proud. "I'm just more focused on work than you."

"Besides, work is work, life is life. Outside of work, I will also donate to charities, or help those who need help."

"Only people who distinguish clearly between work and life can walk further in this great era."

Lanse listened as if he was thinking seriously, and then said, "I will consider it seriously, and try to do it, but whether I can do it, and when I can do it, I'm not very clear."

This was a typical perfunctory response. Lawyer Aosen still had that very gentle appearance. "You have plenty of time to think about your life and future, but you can't delay other people's time."

"Mr. Sam's, mine, and even his."

Lanse remained unmoved. "I don't intend to interfere with Mr. Sam's work. I've already told him, as long as he doesn't use Imperial girls, I won't find trouble for him."

"Besides, this relates to work of a more important level. If you are really focused on work, you should stand on my side!"

He paused as he spoke. "I am integrating the Imperial District. I believe the one or two tens of thousands of votes here are very important to the Mayor."

"Plus, the votes of the pier workers I can handle soon, at least twenty thousand valid votes. Lawyer Aosen, can these make you more focused?"

Lawyer Aosen's expression changed slightly. He pondered for a moment. "I will convey your thoughts to him, but if you lied..."

"No one will lie, Lawyer Aosen!" Lanse said very firmly.

Not long after, Lawyer Aosen left. Although Red High Heels' work was also important, it was the kind of importance that could only see results in the long term. In the short term, it couldn't exert any effect.

You couldn't directly and blatantly use these things to threaten others; that would make the Mayor the common enemy of everyone.

On the contrary, the votes Lanse mentioned were the key things that could directly and effectively determine the distribution of power within the city. The priority level of this was obviously higher than Sam's work.

Lawyer Aosen went directly to the Mayor's office and simply stated these things. The Mayor pondered for a while and nodded slightly.

"If he can handle these, then don't worry about it."

Lawyer Aosen nodded to show he knew. If he could handle this, then nothing would happen. Then what if he couldn't handle it?

No one said anything, because they all knew the outcome of not being able to handle it.

During this period, Sam also made a phone call to Lanse, asking for the two subordinates who were kidnapped, with a very bad tone.

In these years, he had been smooth sailing in Paradise City and had already developed the habit of not wanting to be rejected by others. Now Lanse made him feel unhappy, so he certainly wouldn't have a good tone with Lanse anymore.

In the end, the two parted on bad terms on the phone.

In the afternoon, the new toy had already arrived. He personally brought this new toy to see Mr. Hou.

Just as the Mayor said, Mr. Hou was just dissatisfied that he had been deceived by a pimp, not that he had any true reluctance toward Lisa.

When he saw the new toy, and Sam hoped he could help Red High Heels tame this new toy, Mr. Hou very generously forgave him.

The girl was fixed on an iron frame, with a face full of unyielding, as if she hadn't realized what kind of fate she would face next.

But these had nothing to do with Sam. He returned to Red High Heels to continue ordering goods. Since Bu Ke's group of people couldn't be used anymore, he had to get the toys organized as soon as possible.

Busy until past ten o'clock in the evening, he finally went back.

These few days, Red High Heels was full of the smell of paint. He had renovated a new house.

When he took a bath, ate something, and prepared to sleep, he suddenly heard some movement on the attic.

His heart turned cold. He took a weapon and found two subordinates, and the three of them went upstairs together to build up their courage.

One of his subordinates was forced to poke his head and look around in the attic, but felt nothing.

A subordinate suddenly said, "The sound seems to be coming from outside. Is there something hanging on the roof?"

"Electric wires, or something else?"

The three went up to the attic. Outside, it was pitch black. Sam walked to the window, and before he had time to push open the window, suddenly a black shadow *bang* hit the glass!

This was already scary enough, and what was even scarier was that that thing, it seemed to be a person... ===== CHAPTER 175 =====