Chapter 254: 255. Chapter 252: Family Gathering

255. Chapter 252: Family Gathering

For something like feelings, if you want to be able to deceive people, the first thing you have to do is deceive yourself first.

You have to be invested in having emotional collisions with someone you don't necessarily like, and you have to find some advantages from the other party.

Professional emotional scammers can pull themselves out of the role they are playing in time after the other party is hooked. Lisa is obviously not such a professional emotional scammer, she is a bit immersed in the role she is playing.

The moment Pang Da gave her the money without reservation, she fell.

Maybe she didn't fall that deep, but she had already fallen.

The difference between standing on sand and standing on quicksand is actually not big at first, but with the flow of quicksand and people's struggle, it will only get deeper and deeper.

At the same time, Lisa also began to feel a kind of worry, a kind of fear, if one day... Pang Da knew her identity, knew all this...

In order to ensure that Lisa could complete the task she entrusted well, and of course, also so that she could find her ideal destination, Lansi made a suggestion. "I will find someone to play your parents, and then let them disappear when necessary."

Lisa covered her wide-open mouth in disbelief. "You want to kill them?"

Lansi rolled his eyes. "I just let them have an accident, and then disappear from your life, but they won't have anything to do, they will live in other cities."

In an era when information dissemination technology is not developed, people living in two cities, if there is no special contact, it is almost impossible to meet in this life.

Lisa was very moved, but she also knew that although these things were free, free things were more expensive. "I will help you handle Pang Da..."

The next day, Erwin followed Lansi's instructions and divided the people recruited recently, and sent them to work in different bars, saying it was to let them get familiar with the business.

The Viper Gang had become history, and now the nightclubs and bars, Lansi intended to take them back.

In name, they indeed belonged to Eric, but Lansi believed that Eric would be willing to sell them to him at a very low price, for example, one dollar.

So this required a large number of people to get familiar with these jobs in advance. This excuse was very appropriate, and no one had any strange associations.

Finding undercover agents is actually a very complex thing. This also requires observation for a period of time, or Pang Da can get the information of those undercover agents.

In the afternoon, Patricia called Lansi, inviting him to attend Barbara's family gathering together in the evening.

She had a little admiration for this cousin in the financial company, because Barbara always wore the most fashionable clothes, put on the most fashionable makeup, and plus she had a good job that everyone envied, she was almost the object of envy for most girls in the family!

Including Patricia, she always felt that her work was very boring and boring, and she spent her days helping others fill out forms, not cool at all, and not cool at all.

Lansi drove to pick up Patricia in the afternoon. He didn't expect William and Emily to go together. Of course, they would drive their own cars.

William now had some of his own supporters in the Imperial District. He could put down his posture more than Councilor Rus, and knew what the underclass wanted more than Mr. Qiaobafu.

Now every time he has street activities, there will be many followers who admire him and cheer for him. This is actually a kind of success.

When people around him know him, or when some people around him support him, his winning the constituency is a foregone conclusion!

As a family member who is about to become a city municipal councilor and achieve class leap, William now has a status that is not low in the family.

It can also let others surround him to chat, instead of him surrounding others to chat.

Although everyone is a family, even if it is a family, it will be divided into three, six, and nine grades.

Two cars parked in the parking lot one after another. There were no parking spaces outside Barbara's big villa. Many people came today.

On the way, I met some relatives of William's family and greeted them. Patricia introduced these people to Lansi.

Some of them didn't know Lansi originally, but when Patricia moved his name out, the smiles of these people became more sincere!

They also suddenly understood why William, a guy who hadn't made any progress in twenty years, suddenly wanted to run for municipal councilor.

When they arrived on the lawn of the villa, there were already many people here. Emily immediately let go of William's hand and went to learn tea art with the women of the family!

And William also gave Lansi a hint, and then walked toward the middle-aged people who were chatting about national affairs.

Lansi and Patricia got some food, and then stood with other brothers and sisters.

Jack saw Lansi and walked over actively. After the two shook hands, they stood aside.

"There is a piece of news you will definitely be interested in.", Jack shared a cigarette with Lansi.

Lans tapped his cigarette against the matchbox to pack the tobacco, "I hope it's good news."

Jack smiled and said, "It's hard to say whether it's good news or bad news..."

He dragged a tail sound slightly, and then said this news. "The Congress feels that the Coast Guard hasn't played its role. Now smuggling merchants all over the world are transporting alcohol to the Federation."

"So the Coast Guard will receive key support in policy and resources, and focus on increasing the intensity of cracking down on smuggling ships."

He lowered his voice slightly, although no one would eavesdrop. "They also equipped the patrol with gunboats."

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Lansi's eyes widened slightly. "In this way, I have to congratulate you, Jack, the role of customs will become more important."

If the Coast Guard drives gunboats to patrol, and Congress allows them to attack those smuggling ships, this means the difficulty of smuggling from the sea will increase.

Especially that kind of large-scale smuggling, the target is too large, and it is easy to be discovered.

If smuggled goods are seized by the Coast Guard, it is almost impossible to get them back, so in the end, they will very likely still find ways to smuggle through customs.

Disguise goods as other things, or enter the Federation by borrowing roads from other places by land.

So no matter what, customs will become more important, for smuggling groups.

Jack had a reserved smile on his face. He knew Lansi could understand this. "This news might not be released until late June. I heard that some details haven't been negotiated yet."

"However, generally speaking, there won't be any changes, only the vote after solving the problem remains."

Lansi nodded slightly. "This is indeed a very important piece of news, I have to make some preparations."

Once maritime smuggling is curbed, the price of alcohol will usher in a new round of skyrocketing. He has to do something, this is another opportunity to get rich.

It is not beyond Lansi's expectation that Congress wants to do this. After all, strictly checking smuggled alcohol on one side and almost no defense against maritime smuggling on the other, Congress will definitely notice it here.

Once they notice it here, it means the good days of maritime smuggling are over.

Those Coast Guard driving speedboats definitely dare not fight with heavily armed smuggling ships, but when they change to gunboats, they have no worries.

The two chatted for a while about other things. Jack asked about the contradiction between Lansi and the Liji Group. After learning that they were in a lawsuit, he followed up and cursed the capital groups of the Federation.

They have always been a group of people who are most disgusting and enviable. In fact, everyone hopes to become a hunter instead of prey, but this can only appear in their dreams.

Lansi's "success" made many of Patricia's brothers and sisters take the initiative to come over and greet him. They also heard their parents talk about it sometimes, and the family joined Lansi, which might go up a level.

Especially after William becomes a municipal councilor, status, power, wealth, including force.

These things can allow the family to have the foundation for rise, so they are very enthusiastic about Lansi.

After chatting with everyone for a while, I felt a long-lost relaxation. Although the topics discussed by most people were relatively boring, this is the true face of real life.

No power struggle, no bullets and death, only complaints and yearning for life and work.

As dinner was ready, everyone came to the table. They had prepared four large dining tables, and everyone sat at different dining tables.

Lansi was invited to the first table unexpectedly—here are the backbone of the family, they are civil servants in various departments, or middle and lower-level management of enterprises.

He was arranged to sit beside William, in the fifth position on the right.

The person hosting this family gathering today was Barbara's father. He had a big belly, and his formal wear and bow tie made him look slightly ridiculous, especially the federal formal wear was slightly loose, looking like a black cloth piece on his body.

He delivered a series of speeches generously, roughly meaning that the Lawrence family has existed on this land for 150 years, and will continue to exist.

Although they are not as prominent as the Wade family or the Williams family, he believes that under the efforts of some family members, the family will eventually achieve leapfrog development.

He also named William, saying that William will become the hope of the family's rise.

This made William's mouth not close during the whole process of eating. In the past, they didn't call him that!

Dinner was very rich. In fact, from a practical point of view, the Lawrence family can be said to have touched the edge of the privileged class. Now there is one last step, and William and Lansi are the last piece of the puzzle.

The atmosphere of the family dinner was very relaxed, and there was no saying that young people were not allowed to speak. Everyone was discussing food and other things.

At Lansi's table, the discussion was relatively "high-end." They were discussing the international situation.

Because recently, the first batch of insurgent armies in the Empire was eliminated. The head of the insurgent leader was sent to the Emperor's hands, and the picture of the Emperor holding the head of the insurgent leader standing on the city wall was also widely circulated in many countries.

In the Empire, they used "His Majesty the Emperor is suppressing the rebellion" to report these news, but in the Federation, the "International News" used "The cruel Imperial Emperor wantonly kills civilians" as the title, looking at the picture and speaking, compiling a story that the Emperor kills civilians every day to relax.

Federal people believe this, and they also believe that it is a cruel, brainless, brain-damaged emperor who has suffered from infantile paralysis or even possibly royal incest and has obvious genetic defects.

But it is this emperor who is gradually regaining everything he lost!

Then they talked about the war in Tanfit. The smell of gunpowder between several major countries has become stronger and stronger, and some areas have even had military friction.

A group of civil servants sitting at the dining table in New Jincheng on another continent are discussing the development possibilities of the war here, as well as the development trend if the war breaks out.

Everyone has their own ideas, but on one point, everyone's views are consistent.

"Lansi, do you think the war will break out?"

It happened that Lansi had also read some "International News" recently. When reporting on the conflict in the Tanfit continent, they were obviously more neutral.

At least no brain-damaged emperor suddenly declared war on the Federation, causing some people to suffer from serious mental illness.

Lansi put down his knife and fork and thought for a while. "It will definitely break out, and I think that once the war breaks out, the scale will be very large, and it may even spread to the whole world."

"I don't hope for the war to break out, but obviously, my personal hope or not will not change its trend."

In fact, at first, they asked Lansi's opinion, just based on the idea of not neglecting him. This is like everyone is chatting hotly about something, and someone didn't speak as if they were marginalized.

But this person has value, so the host will definitely want to let him say something, not let him feel that he is isolated.

As a result, as soon as this person opened his mouth, he used a very affirmative tone, even with some disturbing descriptions, attracting their goals.

At this time, these gentlemen have to consider whether this is Lansi's real idea, or whether he deliberately said it so alarmingly to attract attention.

"Is there any evidence?"

Lansi didn't answer "yes" or "no," but talked about the development speed of technology.

"The speed of warships is getting faster and faster, and so are ships."

"We used to take two or three days to go to Yalan, but now one day is enough."

"In other words, under the rapid development of technology, this world is shrinking." 【254-9

"The friction between several countries in Tanfei cannot be resolved—racial, cultural, historical, and geographical issues, coupled with constantly accumulating internal contradictions."

"In these years, they have always maintained a readiness to open fire at any time. The people's inner desire for war is far greater than their fear of it; everyone is holding their breath, waiting for the outbreak of war!"

"So once the war starts, it will be a total war. It won't just be a war between these few countries; it could also trigger a chain of diplomatic reactions, and might even trigger a world war that engulfs the entire world!"

"As the federation with the fastest economic growth and the most significant economic achievements in the world today, it has already qualified to be invaded."

"Wealth!"

The gentlemen at the table were all considering the possibility of what Lans had said; some even frowned.

He hadn't spoken in great detail, but these civil servants had already understood Lans's worries through those words.

William was also thinking about it; perhaps this was the merit of the Lawrence family—having the life of a low-level civil servant but the heart of the Presidential Palace.

"If it really does break out... a world war, that's how it's put, right?"

"That would surely be the most terrifying thing. The location of New Jincheng might not be very good; we have a high probability of suffering a heavy blow."

"Gentlemen, we cannot sit idly by; we must do something."

Lans looked at William, picked up his soup spoon again, scooped a spoonful of soup, and said teasingly, "Are you planning to call the President?"

"I hope you have his number."

William didn't seem to care much, "Lans, that is the difference between you and us."

The others also showed some smiles. These smiles made Lans feel baffled, while William looked at him with a slightly proud expression, "You are an independent, and we are all party members."

"We can contact local opinion leaders or directly contact party representatives. As long as they approve of our views, they will pass them upward."

"Eventually, these issues will be placed on the desks of members of Congress, becoming one of the problems they have to solve!"

"This is the benefit of being in a party. Although I don't have Mr. President's number, I have a way to influence him!"

"And, after I become a congressman, I will have greater influence, both within the party and outside of it."

Lans was also a bit stunned; he really hadn't thought of this link, "Alright, Congressman William, you've convinced me, but I won't join the Federal Party!"

The gentlemen around them suddenly burst into laughter; some were laughing so hard they were almost in tears. This joke was hilarious!

William was also laughing, "What we are missing is an opportunity!"

Barbara's father laughed and said, "You were saying that a hundred years ago!"

William couldn't help but start to counterattack, "At least the Federal Party hasn't been split into two parties; we are very united!"

He was referring to the fact that the Liberal Party split into the Liberal Party and the Socialist Party. For a long time, this was a huge blow to the Liberals, even making them question whether the Liberal Party's platform was meaningful.

But fortunately, they persisted, and it looks like the Liberal Party has a high chance of winning the election in three and a half years!

Emily, who was sitting at another table, looked back at the first table where the volume was clearly louder than the others, shaking her head while shrugging, "I really can't understand why he is always so passionate about politics, even more so than putting his energy into me!"

The other ladies immediately giggled when they heard this. Compared to the gentlemen's world situation and nationalism, they talked about more mundane things.

For example, what positions to use, how long they can last—those men didn't know that their most important private secrets had long been revealed by the people closest to them.

Someone couldn't help but ask, "Emily, are you showing off?"

Emily raised her eyebrows and said without hesitation, "Showing off?"

"A little bit!"

"William is full of energy now, like a dog in heat. We do it at least several times a week, and sometimes even back-to-back!"

The ladies immediately let out gasps of envy and jealousy...