Chapter 287

The Mayor was holding a meeting. As his control over this city became stronger and stronger, those capitalists who had been driven away by local forces, as well as capitalists from the capital and other places, also began to gather again.

If they could uproot the stubborn local forces, then they could not only obtain a portion of the benefits of the New Jincheng Wharf but also obtain future benefits from the New Port Wharf.

Capital is always chasing profits; even if there are risks here, as long as the profits are enough, big enough, they are willing to take risks!

Even if there is only a one percent chance of winning!

His personal secretary interrupted his meeting and whispered in his ear, "John is dead, his partner is also dead, and there are some others."

The Mayor was slightly distracted; he turned to look at his secretary, the distrust and disbelief in his eyes making him think this might just be a joke.

But his reason told him that his secretary wouldn't joke with him about such things, and it was at this time!

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and then the Mayor stood up, "Sorry, I have an important phone call..."

Others expressed that they could understand; after all, this was the Mayor!

He pursed his lips, picked up the things he needed to take with him, and turned to go to another room with the secretary.

"John was shot and killed while dining in a restaurant. Witnesses claim that at least three gunmen stood outside the restaurant and strafed him with submachine guns..."

The Mayor lit a cigarette; his expression management was on the verge of losing control, and he needed to use the cigarette to cover up his inner self.

"The Lans family," he said.

The secretary didn't give an opinion of agreement or opposition, "It's very similar in style, but it can't be ruled out that it was done by someone else."

"Continue."

"His partner died at the door of the branch. At that time, he intended to buy donuts on the roadside, and then a car pulled over, and two gunmen opened fire on him—pistols, twenty-two shots in total, hitting seven."

"When the ambulance arrived, the person was already gone; almost all the bullets hit his lungs."

"There were also some people related to John who were shot and killed. Rumors outside say that the Five Great Families made a move."

The Mayor smoked, one puff after another; in fact, this was also the thing he least wanted to see. He had been using some means to continuously dismantle the Five Great Families.

For example, this time the Keda family's withdrawal was because he gave up a portion of benefits to people in the State Assembly.

The State Assembly and the Keda family had a deeper friendship, and both sides reached some compromises. They wouldn't take away the actual results of the Keda family's monopoly on New Jincheng's licenses—

From the surface, in order to avoid being accused of monopoly, these casino licenses were under different companies, but ultimately, these companies were controlled by the Keda family.

Federation people know how to make monopoly look reasonable and legal; anti-monopoly is often just a joke.

He used this method to turn the Five Great Families into the Three Great Families. Under the dual pressure of the Immigration Bureau and the law enforcement system, the Kasiya family also couldn't withstand the pressure.

Everything was developing in a good direction. He would solve these three thorn-in-the-side families first, and then solve Councilor Wei De—

He had already contacted some people through the Mike Party representative; they would nominate Councilor Wei De to succeed the Mayor's position in another city. That city's Mayor had a small accident, and they were selecting a temporary successor.

This way, New Jincheng would only have two gangs that were timid, and one Councilor Weilian.

With his means, solving Councilor Weilian and his lackeys wasn't difficult; after all, he was just a City Councilor. Even if he had prestige locally, he couldn't pry the entire city to resist the Mayor!

Before, they could let the Mayor do nothing because these interest networks were entangled together; dealing with any one of them was equal to challenging this city.

But with the appearance of the Hazardous Materials Administration, the entire city's defensive circle was torn open, using their urgency to silence people, letting Chali take the initiative to resign to take the blame.

He was using all his power to pry this city bit by bit!

Seeing the dawn of victory already shining, suddenly... it dimmed a bit.

"Do you think they killed Erik?", the Mayor asked.

The secretary frowned, "I don't know. I've seen Lans; I can't see through him. He doesn't look like a young man."

The Mayor rubbed his temples, "Their actions are very decisive. Now that we've lost John, our control over the police system has weakened to the lowest point, and what I'm more worried about is..."

He paused, "We can hardly find people who can work for us again."

The secretary had the same view, "John is dead."

"Yes, John is dead. They will be afraid that they will be the next one!"

The Mayor hammered the armrest, "They found a good breakthrough point. Find a way to investigate!"

Losing John isn't scary; what's scary is losing control over the police system.

The police can intervene in anything.

Even if you speak a little louder, others can call the police, and the police can manage it.

It's not just this; it can be said that as long as someone calls the police, the police have the right to investigate, even if it's just a trivial matter.

But the Hazardous Materials Administration can't; this doesn't belong to their management, so when John became the Mayor's last piece of the puzzle, he felt he had won!

But what he didn't expect was that the local gangs were so tough, so unreasonable!

He took the last puff of his cigarette and looked at the secretary, "Let them get rid of Lans; I've had enough of him jumping around under our noses."

"I have a premonition that Erik was killed by them!"

"Although I don't have any evidence."

The secretary nodded, "I'll go arrange it now."

The Mayor suddenly stopped him, "Let Wolf's people go too; I want to thoroughly see them disappear from New Jincheng!"

The secretary knew this was a manifestation of his anger to the extreme.

Gangs assassinating politicians, politicians assassinating gangs, or they assassinating capitalists, or capitalists assassinating them.

This kind of thing is too normal in the Federation, but politicians don't easily make such decisions, because Federation people hate "dictators" and "tyrants"; terror rule is the characteristic of these two types of people.

Erik nodded with a mournful face. "Yes, yes, I regret it."

In this country where approval ratings are very important, for politicians, physical means are always the lowest.

The Mayor still hoped to be able to force them into a dead end step by step through some political means.

But now it seems he was still too idealistic!

He adjusted his emotions and returned to the conference room, a calm and confident smile on his face, "Where were we just now?"

Someone took the initiative to bring up the topic they were discussing just now, and the discussion in the conference room unfolded again.

It was also at this time that the Professor received a call.

He felt a bit surprised by this call and also realized that this must have something to do with what happened today.

"I know... okay, I will do it immediately... no problem!"

After putting down the phone, the Professor came to Wolf's office; Wolf was reading a newspaper.

He raised the "Tide Newspaper" in his hand. This is really interesting; why doesn't Fides have this kind of newspaper?

The Professor's expression was very serious, which made him hurriedly sit up straight again and throw the newspaper on the table, "What's wrong?"

The Professor looked at him for a while and sighed softly, "They want us to go to war with the Lans family."

"Now?", Wolf's voice was much higher, "We haven't handled those little bastards yet, and we haven't digested the territory in our hands!"

"The remaining forces of the Red Dog Gang haven't been cleaned up either. If we move against the Lans family now, we might suffer a great loss!"

The Professor pushed his glasses, "This was decided by the people above."

"Fuck!", Wolf slapped the table. He stood up, couldn't sit still, and turned around, "Fuck!", he cursed again.

"Is it possible we can only do this?"

The Professor nodded, "We can only do this, but I believe we aren't the only ones sent out; there must be others cooperating with us."

"In addition, I'll talk to those small gangs. We'll first show the appearance of going to war with the Lans family, letting the person above feel that we aren't dragging our feet."

"After I handle them on my side, we can move."

Wolf could only nod after listening, "There is no other choice."

He was a bit puzzled, "Why did we suddenly have to move?"

The Professor took off his glasses and rubbed his somewhat stiff face, "Because John is dead!"

"The Mayor is losing law enforcement power again. Once law enforcement power falls into the hands of the Five Great Families or two Councilors, he will become passive again."

"I don't know what role the Lans family played in the whole thing, but it must be a very important role."

"Actually, no matter what role he played, it has no connection to what we are going to do. We just need to find a way to get rid of him and his people, and that's enough!"

John is dead; the huge changes brought about by the matter are far greater than people imagined!

John died in the morning, and Hunter returned to the office in the afternoon.

The expressions of many people looking at him were a bit wrong, because everyone knew John was dead.

Actually, it wasn't just John who died; the few police officers promoted by John also died.

For example, the new police officer in the Criminal Investigation Division; it should have been that his informant gave him a clue, and then he followed the clue to find a place that was said to have possibly held Erik.

Together with him, the four of them were shot into sieves as soon as they got out of the car.

Another police sergeant was found drowned in a toilet.

Now Hunter suddenly returned, and everyone seemed to realize that the flames of the high-level war had finally begun to spread downward!

"Chali misses everyone very much recently. If you have time, we can go over; he has some things he wants to tell you!"