Chapter 214: Beaten Again
Ailike has always looked down on Lans. If it weren't for Lans being very "honest," he would have found a way to make Lans get out long ago.
However, looking at his interest and knowing how to make money for himself, he thinks he is actually quite good to Lans—I can tolerate you continuing to appear in front of me, isn't this the greatest mercy?
For... superiors, it is like this.
From the time Ailike understood things, the rumors about the relationship between him and the mayor have always existed, and he has also become the object of many people's flattery.
The mayor is married, but he and his wife have never had children, which makes Ailike's position more important.
Those people who look decades older than him are like a... child in front of him, which makes his self-confidence expand unprecedentedly.
He knows what this is for, and he often tells himself not to be too proud, but no way, it is impossible not to be proud.
One thing he remembers most deeply is when he was a child, about six or seven years old.
Because age is far less important to him than what happened later.
At that time, his uncle the mayor was not the mayor, but a municipal councilor, but this municipal councilor had a backer and a heritage behind him.
It is equivalent to Congressman Wade, Congressman Williams, and the like in New Jincheng, with great power.
That day, he was playing at the door, and an adult who looked about forty years old found him and gave him many toys.
He knew what the purpose of these adults doing this was. At that time, he made a very excessive request—I want to ride on your body and play a game of riding a horse and fighting.
The green grass under his feet was tender and pleasant, but the mud soaked by rainwater made people feel uncomfortable, just stepping on it felt like the shoes and feet were slowly sinking.
Under his gaze, that "adult" first wanted to laugh, but the smile only laughed out half, and it froze on his face.
His expression became very complicated, and it became very fast. At that time, he didn't know this was a psychological struggle, but it became a bit impatient.
"If you don't play with me, I'll go find someone else to play!", he said so.
A person similar to a butler who was responsible for taking care of him also intended to drive this guy away.
Then he, this adult, knelt on the grass with a plop, the mud stained his hands and expensive clothes, but his face was full of smiles.
Until now, Ailike still remembers how he pleased himself, "Young Master Ailike, please ride up!"
That day he played very happily, and the "horse" also played very happily. He served Ailike very comfortably.
This guy is now a big man with power and influence in another city because he passed the relationship of his uncle the mayor.
This incident brought Ailike a very special value. In front of his uncle's power, no one can stand forever.
Even if some people can still stand and talk to his uncle now, one day, they will kneel down.
Even those big people once served as toys for him, so why can a Lans in a mud pond stand and talk to me?
This is the source of Ailike's arrogance.
Of course, he will also maintain respect for those governors, state congressmen, and bigger people, because he knows that in the eyes of bigger big people, he and those "toys" in his eyes are no different.
But Lans is clearly not a big man yet.
He could feel the impatience in his tone, but this is his most real thought.
Why the hell are you looking for me?
Lans was not angry at all, but smiled, "Young Master Ailike, I heard a piece of news. Fleming didn't know where he learned that our casino is still in business."
"He plans to bring people to smash the casino and the nightclub in two days."
"I don't know how to deal with such a big thing, so I can only tell you first. Maybe you will have any good way."
Ailike paused, "You are not joking?"
His tone carried a trace of doubt. Do they really dare to do this?
Lans guaranteed, "I swear by Qiaoni, everything is true."
Ailike didn't ask who Qiaoni was. That must be an important person to Lans, right?
Federal people usually swear by people or things that are most important to them, such as swearing by family, swearing by their toys, etc.
Ailike was silent for a while, "Well done, I see."
He paused, "Arrange some people there by then..."
This time Lans interrupted him, "Young Master Ailike, I am just a small character, but this time our opponent is one of the five major families. I feel scared when I think about it now, and I don't even have a desire to fight."
"If it weren't for this being your industry, and having you and... Mr. Mayor as a solid backing, I would have escaped overnight."
"So I think it's best for you to handle this matter yourself..."
After Ailike heard it, he felt a bit absurd, then cursed "waste," and then asked, "It's in two days, right?"
"Yes, Young Master Ailike."
"Good, I will handle it myself by then, I'll see if they dare to do that!"
The casino is too important!
Ailike cannot lose it. The "windfall" brought by thousands of dollars every day makes him unable to extricate himself.
If he loses this part of the income, he will soon lose the happiness of spending money and drinking every day.
Since he hasn't been around Shaina these days, he found that he actually has a lot of money to spend every day.
This money can make him get many times more happiness than getting Shaina, which also makes him not so entangled with Shaina.
Moreover, he now regards this as a challenge from locals to their uncle and nephew. Facing the challenge, he has no possibility of escaping, because he represents not only himself, but also his uncle!
After hanging up the phone, he returned to the living room, where there were many young people who were clearly drunk.
These people have come from "hometown" in the past two days. Their fathers and the mayor were once very good partners. Some knew Ailike before, but some were new friends.
Launching a challenge to locals is not a simple matter. Dai Er's joining only gave the mayor the qualification to challenge the local order.
Although qualification is also a manifestation of strength, you can't let Director Dai Er bring his agents to be thugs for the mayor, right?
These dirty jobs must still be found by others, and this time the mayor has a strong desire to vigorously develop the Xingang District again.
Now it is no longer a question of whether developing the Xingang District has development value, but a final battle between him and the local order!
So the people who came to support him this time are not only capitalists, but also some gang members from the hometown, who are rushing over in batches.
With the mayor guaranteeing them, what else do they have to worry about?
The prosperity and wealth of New Jincheng have long made people covet. Now that there is an opportunity to share a piece of the pie here, no one will fall behind!
Adults socialize with adults, and these young people naturally socialize with young people. Most of them surround Ailike, which is what they often did before.
"Ailike, you don't look very happy?"
Watching him return cursing, someone asked.
Ailike told what he encountered, "These locals have bullied us for several years, and now they even have to make a phone call to me before doing it. They are too not things!"
Others followed suit, and someone suggested, "Ailike, we will bring some people to help you by then, just let us see how majestic these 'locals' are."
The sorrow on Ailike's face disappeared, holding the wine glass high, "Haha, good, it's settled, let these locals see the strength of our brothers..."
After Lans hung up the phone, he looked at the old tailor on the side. The old tailor's health has not been very good during this period. Because of the cold weather, he has been coughing.
The plan to open a tailor shop for him in the city center has been delayed until now, but as the weather began to warm up, his situation improved.
After his health improved, Lans would help him realize his wish and open a shop of his own in the Federation.
At this time, he was wearing glasses and staring intently at a few photos. After Lans sat down, he asked, "How is it, is it easy to do?"
The old tailor blinked his dry eyes and looked up, "Mr. Lans, there is no technical difficulty. If you don't require the fabric to be exactly the same, we can make at least four sets if we rush tonight."
Lans showed a smile, "Then I'll trouble you with this matter."
He looked back at the four people standing by the wall. These four people were all veterans who had just come from the Empire. They were tired of the civil war. After being contacted by Ervin's people, they came to the Federation.
Before, this guy named "Ma Duoer" who led them had chatted with Lans. For the sake of fighting for power, the insurgent army actually gave up attacking the last bit of resistance force of the royal family at the last moment, and instead began to kill each other.
So he took these dozen or so veteran soldiers to defect to Lans. He couldn't stand those villains who used people's enthusiasm to overthrow the royal family for their own profit.
During this period, he has been helping Lans train those gang members, letting them learn to use firearms correctly.
Not everyone knows how to use firearms, and not everyone knows how to use firearms correctly.
It just so happens that these people made up for these shortcomings.
This time Lans gave them a new task. Because they don't show up often, no one knows they are Lans's people.
The people in the photos in the old tailor's hands are all people from the Koda family. They also wear roughly the same clothes. Lans needs a few sets of these clothes.
And this is also a test for Ma Duoer and others.
The old tailor took two new apprentices to measure the size for Ma Duoer and others, and then recorded it in the notebook. The next work became much simpler, just waiting!
Two days passed in a flash. On Thursday morning, Ailike got up early and brought a large group of people to the Empire Night Nightclub at ten or eleven o'clock.
Lans was not there, hiding far away, so as not to splash blood on himself.
They turned around on the first and second floors. At this time, it was not open yet, and it couldn't be seen whether it was lively or not. It wasn't until they arrived on the third floor that they felt the taste of "every second is money"!
It's only morning, and five gambling tables are already crowded with people; they are clutching handfuls of banknotes, shouting at the top of their lungs, and throwing money onto the gambling tables.
This made some of the people in their group want to participate.
Ailike looked at the lively scene and couldn't help but be proud, "Small business, just earn a little pocket money."
Then they went to the office on the fourth floor.
Sitting in Lans's chair, they chatted for a while, and someone suddenly had a suggestion, "Ailike, you fire that Lans, I will arrange for someone to do it, you just give him a salary, so you can save some money, and you can be more at ease."
"After all, we are all our own people."
Ailike didn't even hesitate for a few times, and agreed, "No problem!"
He has begun to fantasize about things like "Ailike Family." He is just an illegitimate child. He will not inherit his uncle's "political legacy," so he didn't expect himself to become an amazing politician from the beginning.
At the same time, more than a dozen cars were traveling fast on the road. If it weren't for the license plates they hung telling those traffic police whose cars these were, they might have been stopped more than once.
Everyone in the car had no expression. They carried sticks and some pistols.
This action is mainly "smashing," not complete destruction or killing, so there is no need for so many firearms.
Before noon, the motorcade stopped outside the steps of the Empire Night Nightclub. For a time, many pedestrians felt something was wrong and ran away around.
A large group of people, wearing roughly the same clothes, with sticks or hand axes in their hands, didn't look like good people. They gathered first, and then walked towards the steps together.
Lans was in a house opposite at this time. He held the fried small fish that was still emitting heat, eating while watching the performance here.
He didn't intend to kill Ailike today. Ailike still has some use, but he will collect a little interest first!
When this group of people entered the lobby of the nightclub, at the moment when the light and shadow intersected, their eyes would be temporarily unclear.
It was also at this time that four people who were dressed similarly, also carrying baseball bats of the sailing team, walked out from the visual blind spot behind the open door and joined them.
No one would doubt how there were people next to them. The people in front couldn't see them, and the people behind could only see the back of their heads.
And the people beside them couldn't see clearly.
They just mixed into this group of people so simply and easily.
A group of people went to the first floor. There were not many people. They were responsible for smashing and destroying all the performance equipment on the first and second floors, making it impossible for the nightclub to maintain normal operations.
And more of them went directly to the third floor.
When Ailike heard the news, he had already brought a large group of people to guard the lobby on the third floor. They also had dozens of people here, so Ailike was not afraid at all.
Why, do they still dare to beat him?
You know, because he was beaten, the chief of the Starlight District branch has been dismissed!
Even Director Charlie was scolded by his uncle!
This was when both sides restrained their emotions. If he was beaten again, it is conceivable what kind of consequences it would cause. Even the Koda family had to be cautious!
When the door of the lobby was violently pushed open, Wofuli's cousin didn't realize that Ailike had brought so many people. How did they know?
His cousin didn't know very well, but he knew that there was a little trouble now, because Ailike was also here.
Ailike was a little panicked, but seeing that this group of people didn't dare to continue because he was standing here, he became arrogant again.
He pushed away the bodyguards who were protecting him and walked between the two groups, "This is my territory!"
He pointed to the red carpet under his feet. He has especially liked to use the tone and wording of these gangs to speak in the past few days. He thinks this is very cool and can reflect his masculine spirit.
"If you are here to play cards, I welcome you."
"But if you are here to make trouble, I can only say you came to the wrong place."
"I'm standing here today, let's see who dares to move me?"
His arrogance made those people behind him laugh out loud, and even Ailike himself couldn't help laughing. He found it very interesting.
He didn't know if others could feel his happiness at this time, but he was really happy.
Until... a buzzing sound rang in his ears, followed by a severe pain that not only stopped his laughter, but also stopped his thinking ability.
He instinctively fell down, lying on the ground, his head blank!
Ma Duoer didn't know Ailike, but he had seen Ailike's photo. He didn't care who Ailike was, who the mayor was, and who these people were.
He only knew that to live well in this city, at least he has to listen to Lans now.
Lans gave them a very high salary and a place to live, and even promised to find a way to pick up their families.
With their own ability, they couldn't do it.
The wharf is full of people who can only save a few dollars a month. If they also become like that, it is unlikely that they will pick up their families in their lives.
So don't say Ailike is Ailike, even if Ailike is the president, they won't stop the baseball bat in their hands.
But it has to be said that the quality of the federal baseball bat is really good!
Ma Duoer swung hard, listening to the wind whistling in his ears. This little scene is far worse than the battlefield!
Ailike's screams and their four people's crazy swinging seemed to break everyone's nerves. Four or five seconds later, when Ailike made a cry for help, the pause button was released!
"Fuck, do them, save Ailike back!"
Wofuli's cousin didn't know how things developed into this until now, but since both sides started, he had no chance to retreat.
Because he not only represents himself, he also represents the face of the Koda family.
It's just that his face was very ugly at this time. He glanced at the four guys who were still besieging Ailike. After going back, he must make these four guys accept punishment!
But now... he waved his hand and said "do it," and the family members around him joined the battle immediately. Soon it became a melee.
Lans threw the last small fish into his mouth and chewed it with bones. He picked up the phone and covered the microphone with a handkerchief.
"Is it the city police station?"
"I want to report a case. A Mr. Ailike was attacked by a group of people from unknown places at the Empire Night Nightclub..."
"Yes, it's that Mr. Ailike!" ===== CHAPTER 215 =====
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