Chapter 394: 396. Chapter 390: The Winner's Party

396. Chapter 390: The Winner's Party

"I'm a little nervous!" Patricia gripped Lans's hand, her palms covered in sweat.

Lans soothed her emotions from the side. "William and Emily will be here later too, and you should know many people here. There's nothing to be nervous about."

Patricia looked at him. "But that's a Councilor!"

"My God, do you know how shocking this is to me?"

"I'm actually going to attend a party that a Councilor will attend. God, I'm going crazy!"

She was indeed going crazy, and Lans was also about to go crazy because she had spent over two hours just picking out clothes.

If it weren't for the fact that time was running out, she might have continued picking!

She had to try on every piece of clothing and then try different combinations. She didn't want to lose face at the party.

Lose her own, and Lans's.

Actually, from Lans's perspective, her cleanliness and beauty surpassed everything!

"No one will mistreat a beautiful girl."

Patricia rolled her eyes. "Do you think the Councilor hasn't seen beautiful girls?"

"Those girls in the special zone have more temperament and are more beautiful than me!"

Lans gripped her hand. "But they are inferior to you in one way."

Women seemed to be very interested in similar topics. They hoped they were unique or better than others. "In what way am I inferior?"

Lans said with a smile, "Only you are on the tip of my heart!"

"God!" Patricia hurriedly covered her cheeks. Although she rolled her eyes at Lans, she still felt beautiful inside. "You made me blush, Lans. Later they will think my makeup failed!"

Lans laughed out loud. "It doesn't matter, because in my eyes you are always perfect!"

Although the girl kept rolling her eyes, it had to be said that her emotions gradually stabilized.

The luxury motorcade arrived at Councilor Williams's manor. They were actually acquaintances. Councilor Williams and Councilor Cleveland had at least been in contact before.

Before they even approached the manor, police had already started patrolling the roadside.

Some people said that federal politicians never abused their privileges. Actually, it wasn't that they didn't abuse them; it was that ordinary people were simply not qualified to see them.

The motorcade was intercepted by the police. The police bent down to look at Lans sitting inside, saluted, and then took the initiative to step back.

They didn't have the guts to let Lans get out for inspection or questioning, and he was indeed on the list.

Further back, police would patrol every distance. Today, anyone not on the invitation list wasn't even allowed to walk on this road, just to ensure the quiet and safety here.

Lans's car slowly entered the manor gate and stopped at the entrance. When James saw Lans, he immediately ended his conversation with the people around him and walked over with a smile.

"Lans, you're here!" He supported Lans's arm, shook hands with him, and then his eyes fell on Patricia. "Is this beautiful girl Ms. Patricia?"

He bowed slightly and didn't reach out to touch Patricia because Patricia wasn't married to Lans and was still an unmarried lady.

Unless she allowed it herself, no one could take the initiative to touch her. This was very impolite.

Patricia also returned the salute. "Nice to meet you, Jam... uh, I mean Mr. Williams."

After James heard it, he laughed out loud. "No need to be so formal. You can call me James. Lans and I are very good friends!"

Lans also nodded slightly, which made Patricia's rapidly warming face feel a little better. "Sorry, I might have made some jokes, James."

Lans turned to look at her. "This is your privilege. No one will blame you!" He then turned to look at James. "Will you blame her?"

James hurriedly raised his hands in front of his chest. "No, no, of course not!"

After joking for a while, he mentioned the general personnel who had arrived, and then took Lans into the manor together.

Actually, Lans didn't really know the people here, but many people here knew him!

Councilor Williams was also chatting with others. When he saw Lans, he raised his glass to signal. Lans also nodded in return, which focused more people's attention on Lans.

Councilor Wei De had already taken office as mayor. He took away everyone he could take away. Now the only political face that could be brought out in the whole city was the mayor and Councilor Williams.

The mayor was finished. Today, such an important occasion didn't even invite the mayor. You know, today's main guest was a Councilor from the Assembly!

There were the Secretary of State, the State Attorney General, and some state government officials.

Added to the local celebrities, it could be said that the recognized socialites and upper-class people all appeared here today.

People from the Five Great Families all came, but only the mayor didn't.

He was abandoned. He messed everything up. The Assembly side communicated with the Governor, and the tone was very severe because they almost triggered a nationwide strike.

The sudden appearance of the Labor Union and the news revealed by Lans showed that they were indeed preparing for a nationwide super strike.

Regardless of whether this strike could be avoided, at least for the Governor, it shouldn't appear in the state where he was.

So he also felt strong dissatisfaction with the mayor in his heart. He felt that he had been deceived by the mayor. The purpose of the mayor telling him to let the militia enter the city was just to suppress those gangs!

But now, they told him that he even intended to let the militia suppress the strike!

Although the Governor himself thought that this possibility wasn't actually very large, everyone was a political figure and understood the pros and cons, but many times politics wasn't one plus one equals two. It existed in connection, but it didn't necessarily exist in inevitability!

In other words, even if the militia didn't suppress the strike, they would also publicize to the outside world that they had suppressed the striking workers.

These things shouldn't be put together!

You pulled up your pants and came out of your sister-in-law's bedroom, and you happened to be seen by your brother who was working and came back temporarily. You just couldn't explain it clearly!

In short, he was finished.

Councilor Williams declared in private occasions that he wanted to run for mayor. This was basically a nail in the coffin.

The Socialist Party's Licalai State Committee would surely nominate and support him. Within the city, people would also be more inclined to the rise of a local ruler because he would protect the interests of local people more than others!

Lans was now very close to Councilor Williams, and it was very likely that they would form a complementarity in power.

Councilor Williams handled the work during the day, while Lans helped him handle the work at night.

It could be foreseen that once Councilor Williams became mayor, he would definitely be the mayor with the strongest ruling power in recent years.

Added to Lans's help, they would definitely be able to control the whole city to the maximum extent!

This made people have to look at Lans twice more.

This was power!

It was the power that made people look sideways!

Patricia was stared at by so many people for the first time. Her body seemed to be slightly trembling from nervousness. Lans tried his best to raise his arm slightly to support her body.

"Imagine them as pigs in a pigsty, and you won't be so nervous." He whispered, and Patricia couldn't help laughing out loud after hearing it.

She had already imagined that scene because her family really had a pigsty!

Or rather, the Lawrence family, a great landlord, farmer, and rancher family, still had large farms and ranches to this day.

There were cattle, sheep, and pigs inside. She had seen them when she played at her grandfather's house when she was a child. She could imagine those pictures!

Once these people were brought into those pig heads, she didn't seem so nervous!

She hit Lans. "How can you be like this?"

"If they knew, this would be too offensive!"

Lans laughed twice. "Offensive is offensive. At least my princess won't feel nervous!"

Patricia's eyes looking at Lans were drawn. If there weren't too many people here, she would even want to kiss Lans. "Honey, you are too sweet!"

The two talked and entered the party scene. The Councilor hadn't arrived yet, but the people around him had already arrived.

Although these people didn't have any specific party positions or government positions, there were still many people around them.

When Tang Mu saw Lans, he took the initiative to walk over and handed an envelope to him. "This is the Councilor's business card. You did this very well. You are a capable person, Lans."

Tang Mu was now acting very "equal" and didn't have the arrogance when they first met.

Capable people were worthy of people's respect everywhere, and the Lans family's execution was very strong. Cooperating with the police to solve the riot of thousands of people in one day was ability!

Lans put the envelope into his pocket. "Thanks to the Councilor's recognition, it is my honor to work for the Councilor!"

Tang Mu couldn't help laughing out loud after listening. "Has anyone told you that you look very obvious when you lie?"

Lans blinked. "Is it obvious?"

Tang Mu nodded and said, "I can't see awe in your eyes!" He paused and took out his business card and handed it to Lans. "This is my business card. You can call me if you have anything in the future."

Lans looked at his business card and didn't quite understand, but Tang Mu just smiled and said, "You will know."

He patted Lans on the arm and then turned to leave.

In fact, Councilor Cleveland was also one of the "beneficiaries" of this incident. One of the benefits transported from New Jincheng to the Assembly would be his share. This was one of the reasons why he came to New Jincheng!

Councilor Williams wouldn't handle such a large benefit transport personally. This was a bit... not very good. Once discovered, it would be a big trouble.

So this part was very likely to be done by Lans in the end. He was responsible for sending this money into everyone's hands.

Obviously, Councilor Cleveland wouldn't receive this money personally either. They would stay in the hands of people he trusted, so it seemed that Tang Mu should be the one handling this matter.

This involved millions or more in capital flow every year. They would definitely deal with each other, and many times!

Later, William and Emily also came. They were completely taking advantage of Lans.

Because this list invitation was responsible by Councilor Williams and James, Lans let them add William and Emily's names. This was to facilitate William's campaign for municipal councilor for advance warm-up and momentum.

It could be seen that the couple was also a little nervous. After all, from this moment on, they were truly entering the upper-class society of New Jincheng!

Everywhere were gentlemen and ladies dressed appropriately. Under the environment of Prohibition, everyone held a wine glass. This was the most desirable and eye-catching life. Here they had everything they wanted, everything!

"You look beautiful today, dear!" Emily hugged her daughter, and then Patricia affectionately linked her arm with hers.

"You don't know, Mom, I'm nervous to death!"

"I've only seen these people in the newspaper."

"Everything is like a dream!"

Emily stroked the girl's hair. "You have to adapt to all this." She glanced at Lans. "In the future, Lans will often appear in such occasions and interact with people here, and female companions are also the most important part of social interaction."

"If you don't adapt to these, other bad girls will snatch your position!"

Her eyes stared at Lans as if they could speak, and the purpose was self-evident.

Lans hurriedly raised his hands. "I only have Patricia in my heart."

Emily shook her head. "Some things are hard to be transferred by human will, Lans."

"Cough... I don't think this is a good place to discuss this issue." William knew that if he continued to talk, it would be his turn.

Patricia might not know what they were talking about, but Lans could read it. He glanced at William with an expression of "your life is really fucking wonderful."

William rolled his eyes and didn't speak.

Emily took the initiative to say, "Pat, I'll take you to meet the ladies here. They are actually more eager to meet you than you think!"

"Give the gentlemen some space."

After the two women left, Lans poked William with his elbow. "Do you have an affair?"

William took out a cigarette and gave Lans one. "Previous social engagements at work. The people who were received specified that they wanted to go to that kind of place. I couldn't not take them there, right?"

"After going in, you couldn't just watch them play and not play yourself."

"Sometimes being sober is a sin, do you know?"

Lans took out a match and struck it. After the two leaned together to light the cigarette, he squinted his eyes and smoked, while flicking the match to extinguish it. "Yes, I understand."

"You are not there to monitor them, you are there to accompany them to play, but I am very curious how Emily found out?"

William shook his head. "I don't want to talk about this."

But Lans really wanted to know. "Then I'll ask her later."

"Holy crab, is your curiosity so heavy?" Facing Lans's inquisitive gaze, he sighed. "A bitch stuffed her panties into my pocket, and I didn't find it."

People who are drunk never know what is in their pockets, nor will they care about this.

Then he went home drunk, and Emily found a pair of panties that didn't belong to her from his pocket.

After the couple had a cold war for a few days, they reconciled. This is also the most common situation among the middle class. Their understanding of "loyalty" is a bit different from the understanding of loyalty among the lower-class people.

For the lower-class people, the body is the only thing they can be loyal to.

But for the middle class, family, career, these are the core of loyalty, not just the body.

If William going to bed with another woman could bring about a leap in class, making them richer and more powerful, Emily wouldn't care at all!

Lans patted his back when he heard this. "Remember to wear clothes without pockets next time you go out for social engagements!"

Some handmade formal wear pockets are sewn together and cannot be used directly. If you want to use them, you must cut the thread with scissors.

The purpose of doing this is to ensure that the version of these clothes will not change because the pockets are opened.

Like some clothes, if you put some things in the pockets, it will deform them.

This is also why many people put small things in jacket pockets, not outside formal wear pockets.

William nodded, but suddenly looked at him. "Damn, what the fuck are you talking about?"

Lans laughed and hugged his shoulders. "You are going to be mayor in the future. Do you think these temptations can be less?"

His expression froze, and suddenly it became a bit unclear. After a while, he said, "You have to protect Patricia. She is my angel. Don't hurt her."

"Otherwise I won't let you go, although I may not be able to beat you!"

Lans nodded and said, "Actually, you don't need to say the last sentence. It sounds like you are compromising with me in advance."

While talking, Councilor Cleveland arrived at the scene, and everyone surrounded him, including Lans and William.

He was the absolute core of the party tonight. Councilor Williams stood by his side, talking to him about some things first, and everyone's face had a flattering smile.

This is the value of peak power. Everyone is a good person, and you are the focus of everyone!

Lans stood in a relatively peripheral place. As a "gang leader," he obviously couldn't talk to Councilor Cleveland at close range in such a public occasion.

Even if he wanted to, the Councilor wouldn't agree. This involved many problems, so he didn't take the initiative to want to go over or anything.

Always in the marginal zone.

"Just now I talked with Councilor Williams, and we are all very happy to be able to solve this thrilling crisis and rescue it from the hands of evil!"

"New Jincheng has a very long history and plays a very important role!"

"Politics, economy, international influence, all are like this."

"I am very honored to be able to stand here today, stand among everyone to say these words. I also hope it and you can become better, and I hope the Federation can become better!"

He raised his wine glass. "Tribute to the better and better Federation and people!"

People raised the wine glasses in their hands one after another, just as if Prohibition didn't exist at this moment!

"Respect to the Federation and the people!"

"Cheers!" ===== CHAPTER 395 =====