Chapter 322: Disposal Methods and Talks

Countless people had gathered outside the City Hall door. They were saying something loudly in panic, and a large number of police had already rushed here, forming a wall outside the City Hall.

They held small round shields and wooden sticks in their hands, and some people's hands were already pressed on the holsters. Everyone looked extremely cold?

Perhaps using this word is not quite correct, because they were not facing those gang members, nor were they facing thugs, but the cold look on their faces indeed appeared.

That kind of look that they should have shown when facing criminals and crimes was revealed when facing ordinary citizens who suffered losses.

This is a fantasy world. Sometimes people can't tell whether the police are really police, just as they can't tell now whether those citizens who hope to recover losses and ask for an explanation are good people or bad people.

The defense line composed of police firmly blocked those citizens outside the City Hall. They attacked like a flood, but each time they were repelled.

Thank God, the police finally played the role they should have!

Terrified and angry crowds were everywhere. They were cheated out of all their wealth, and now the only hope of getting back all their wealth was pinned on the City Hall.

The mayor stood behind the office window looking at the chaotic square in front of the City Hall. The secretary notified him that the people attending the meeting had all arrived.

He didn't leave immediately, but stood here, looking at everything below.

After about two minutes, he turned and walked toward the conference room. They did give him a difficult problem, but this problem wouldn't be the one that knocked him down!

Most of the office chiefs of the departments gathered in the conference room. They were also discussing this matter, but it was unclear whether the direction of the discussion was those citizens who were defrauded and suffered losses.

It was also possible that they were discussing how the mayor would survive this crisis.

The moment the mayor entered the conference room, the whole conference room became quiet.

Some people greeted him, but some just looked at him, with a faint smile on the corners of their mouths.

They liked to see the mayor eat a loss.

For most people here, the mayor's existence had always been a hidden danger.

While they were receiving the wages issued by the federal government, they were also receiving other benefits from the local interest system.

The mayor raised his hand to count as responding to them, and then sat in his position, "I didn't really know what happened in this city until this moment."

"I trust each of you very much, and I also trust the professional quality that each of you has."

"You are government officials, and your work is to solve problems for the people living here."

"I didn't see many scenes of you solving problems, but instead saw scenes where you couldn't solve problems and let it become a bomb!"

"I do have to bear a certain responsibility for this matter. As mayor, I am clearly derelict in my duty."

"But some of you also have to bear the same responsibility. In the process of your specific city management work, you actually didn't discover this problem and let it become a hidden danger and trouble. This is your dereliction of duty!"

"I am not a patient person. I will go to apologize to the public in a while. After I come back, I hope to see your resignation letters placed on my desk."

He said and stood up, "This is the last decency I give you."

After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for the officials who had already started to say something, and walked out of the conference room with big strides.

The secretary followed closely with a smile. They had already summoned a large number of reporters. The mayor was going to apologize to all the citizens of the city, and take responsibility, and conduct accountability.

Those scammers were very likely not to be found, and that money was very likely not to be recovered, but he could solve some officials to vent everyone's anger.

Actually, this crisis was a trouble for him, but it was also an opportunity!

He had a reasonable name to carry out a large-scale cleaning of the government officials in the entire City Hall, cleaning out all those who didn't stand on his side originally.

As for the defrauded public?

He had a way to solve it.

At 10:15, in another hall of the City Hall, the reporters who had gathered were all ready to "interrogate" the mayor.

From the moment he entered the hall, almost every reporter raised their hands high and said the questions they wanted the mayor to answer!

The mayor walked to his position and looked at them arguing quietly. After lasting for two or three minutes, the reporters finally became quiet.

"Finished talking?" His one sentence made the scene, which originally had some sounds, truly become silent.

He looked at the other reporters, "This press conference today mainly needs to solve a few things. First, I need to apologize to all the defrauded citizens!"

He walked to the side of the podium, bowed, lasted for a while, and then slowly straightened up.

He was already old. Although it was just bowing, it also made his face flush red.

He took a deep breath, and his complexion looked a little better, "I also felt extremely shocked when I heard about this matter just now, especially that our government officials actually didn't realize its risk."

"I knew some details about it for the first time, such as super-high rebates. This kind of situation that clearly didn't conform to common sense had existed for a long time, but no one questioned it, no one did review work. This is our dereliction of duty, the dereliction of duty of government officials."

"All officials related to this matter will have corresponding punishments. There will be a more formal explanation later."

"At the same time, I also believe that someone will always discover some clues from their operation, just don't know who to tell, how to tell."

"Police, judicial departments, prosecutors, don't seem to have any suitable departments that can handle this matter, so they can only watch many people being deceived."

"So this is the second thing I want to mention. Starting today, we will set up a multiple reporting and supervision mechanism."

"Citizens can tell us the problems and events they think are dangerous and have potential risks by filling out forms, calling, etc."

"We will open a dedicated line for the City Hall to handle these complaints from citizens and solve the problems of citizens."

The mayor said and paused, "You can ask questions now."

For a time, all the reporters raised their arms high and shook them hard. The mayor chose a reporter he had seen several times, from the "Today New Jincheng" newspaper.

That reporter stood up, first thanked the mayor for letting him be the first questioner, and then asked a question that people were very concerned about, "We currently don't know how much money this financial fraud case involved. According to inaccurate calculations, it may have exceeded ten million."

"If this money cannot be recovered, it will inevitably have a great impact on people's lives. How do you plan to solve the problem of these people returning to life?"

A very neutral question, the mayor was very satisfied, and remembered this person. In the future, when calling for questions, he could let him stand up and answer first.

"Good question!"

"We will ask the bank to help us trace the flow of funds as much as possible to see if we can regain control of them before they disappear."

"In addition, I will talk to the bank to provide necessary low-interest or interest-free loans to some victims who have invested all their funds."

"This money can help them stabilize their current lives first. In addition, next, we will conduct a safety assessment of financial companies in the city."

"Eliminate similar things from happening again from the source!"

Lanse sat in the office listening to the radio broadcast from the City Hall press conference scene. He looked at the brilliant and beautiful city outside the window, and what he was thinking about in his brain were the words the mayor said.

If he had doubts about whether the mayor could control this city before, then now, he could feel that the mayor was gradually disintegrating the city's defense.

Just because he had a helper, a helper who could leverage huge interests and had law enforcement power!

While thinking about these problems, the phone ring on the desk in front of him suddenly rang. He picked it up, "This is the Wanli Office."

"Hi, Lanse, are you free tonight?"

It was Alberto's phone, "Not necessarily free. What's the matter?"

"Baoluo invited some other gangs that are still standing with us. We need closer contact. Everyone will sit down and chat tonight."

"You are also invited."

Lanse considered it, "Location?"

"On the top floor of the Dingsheng Hotel in the city center."

Dingsheng Hotel might be the best hotel in New Jincheng, none of them. Once, two presidents and dozens of senators stayed here briefly.

It was precisely because of these special "experiences" that more big figures would choose Dingsheng Hotel as the place to stay when coming to New Jincheng, and it was also because of the choices of these people that it became more legendary!

It is said that until now, Dingsheng Hotel has retained some daily necessities used by the two presidents when they lived here, and even newspapers they read and pens they used!

Once someone hoped to buy one of the pens used by the president for three hundred dollars, but was refused. Now someone has offered two thousand dollars, but they are still unwilling to sell.

Negotiating in such a legendary hotel, or doing other things, will have an inexplicable historical heaviness.

Baoluo chose a good place!

After considering it again and again, Lanse agreed, "I will bring people, and in addition, the time should be as late as possible. I think nine o'clock is a good time."

Alberto immediately replied, "No problem, I will talk to Baoluo about the time issue. Bringing people is also no problem, but it's best not to have too many people."

"Baoluo's side won't bring too many people either, and at the same time, the three major families guarantee your safety..."

After hanging up the phone, the news on the radio had ended. He twisted his ankles a few times. He could feel that Pasiletuo and the other two families felt huge pressure!

They didn't seem to have any particularly good methods, but the mayor's footsteps didn't stop!

They had to hug together, otherwise, it was very likely they wouldn't be the mayor's opponent, even though they had been suppressing the mayor all along!

Perhaps this is the true meaning of this world. No one can occupy the peak forever. The predecessors will always be caught up by the latecomers, and even surpassed.

Every time the wheels of the era roll forward, they will crush those who were once glorious under the wheels, crushing all pride into pieces!

The problems and influence brought by the Balzi Investment Bank thunderstorm were still spreading, and people in the entire city were discussing these.

Some people had lost hope for the future and life. They invested not only the wealth they had in their hands, but also borrowed a large sum of money to invest.

Some people suddenly became a bit gloating from anger and fear, because compared to those who were more unlucky, their losses didn't even count as anything.

Of course, the happiest were those who didn't have money to invest. They escaped a disaster because of poverty, and were full of smiles discussing this scam with people around, as well as other things.

The mayor once again became the core role of public opinion. People were discussing his apology to the citizens, discussing some of his arrangements and disposal methods. It is said that several major banks took the initiative to stand up and expressed their willingness to obey the mayor's arrangements and provide low-interest or interest-free loans to the deceived people.

People felt the mayor was very powerful. Although this money had to be repaid, it indeed solved the problems of many people, allowing the work and life of these people to continue.

The scale of people deceived this time was too large, and statistics still needed a lot of time.

Barbara was very unlucky to be taken away by the police for investigation. As one of the company's employees, even if she was also a victim, she had to go through the entire investigation process.

I don't know if it was because of the influence of this matter, but almost all the bars in the city were full tonight.

Some people were gloating and holding wine glasses, loudly showing off to people around them content like "I have a friend who lost everything." It seems that such topics can always attract many people, and can also attract more people to say things like "What does this count as" and "I also have a friend who lost more."

Of course, there were also some people around them, sitting alone in the corner, holding wine glasses and pouring the wine in the glasses into their stomachs in large mouthfuls.

They didn't join the small circles of those people around them because they were the "I have a friend" in the mouths of those people.

Allen was also drinking. They were arranged to enter the bar first. Beinuo had consumed here and had become familiar with the gatekeeper, so he could bring more people in.

He squeezed out of the crowd. He had just gone to the bathroom, and when he came back, he almost couldn't find them!

His expression at this time was a bit strange, with a hateful and disgusted expression, and his complexion kept changing.

"What's wrong with you?" Beinuo asked.

Allen's complexion was a bit flushed. After a long while, he exhaled, "Someone just touched my little brother when I was walking back!"

"Fuck, if I find him, I must kill him!"

He didn't tell these people that the bitch also pinched him.

It was a bit painful, but also a bit... inexplicably comfortable.

He was a bit embarrassed and used anger to cover these up.

The three laughed loudly after hearing it. Beinuo hugged his shoulders, "Think about it, maybe it's a girl?"

Allen said in a muffled voice, "That arm was full of hair!"

After the three finished listening, the laughter was even louder. Only he was sulking alone, but as he sulked, he finally couldn't help but laugh.

"Did they come?" Beinuo asked.

The bathroom had a small window where you could see outside. It couldn't be opened, but you could talk or observe. Allen had already seen Hailamu and the others.

The four put the wine glasses on the small round table next to them and turned to walk toward the security guards standing in the corner. The wine glasses they left behind with wine were snatched away in less than a few seconds.

At this time, the bar door was patted again. The gatekeeper cursed and pulled open the observation window. He would let the professor raise his salary sooner or later.

Doing this job every day could drive people crazy. There hadn't been any quiet for long, and it was the pat-pat-pat sound of the door, and then the same repetitive action.

He was a gang member, not a damn person specifically looking at the door!

He glanced at the two people outside irritably, "It's full, go to another place."

Saying that, he pulled it shut again with a click, but soon the patting sound rang again. He pulled it open again, and just as he was about to curse again, he suddenly stopped.

In front of him was a five-dollar bill, and the person behind the bill, "You dropped five dollars here. If you don't take it away, I will put it in my own pocket."

He watched the bill fall to the ground. He only hesitated for two seconds before he pulled open the bolt, "That's my money, you sons of bitches don't touch it!"

He opened the door, bending over happily, his hand already touching the five dollars on the ground, but unexpectedly discovered that there was more than just two people in front of him.

There were more pairs of shiny leather shoes. He even felt a bit of cold air behind his head. He straightened up slowly and saw a scene that made him feel cold to the bone.

Twenty or thirty people had already gathered at the door, maybe more. They were all staring at him, clearly looking unkind!

With a gunshot, soon the people in the bar ran out like crazy. The bodyguard beside Allen just pulled out a pistol, and he took out a gun and killed the other party. In an instant, the bar became even more chaotic.

A few minutes later, Hailamu sat in the chair of the manager's office, took the phone on the table, and made a call to Lanse, telling him that everything was done.

As for the manager?

He was lying in a pool of blood next to him.

After ending the call, the group left quickly. By the time the professor and Wolf brought people over, only a ruin remained here!

At the same time, Lanse, riding in his luxury car with added materials, appeared outside the Dingsheng Hotel.

Today's Dingsheng Hotel is a bit different from usual. From outside the main gate, there are groups of three or five people gathered together. They are wary of each other and guard against each other. ===== CHAPTER 323 =====