Chapter 448: 450. Chapter 444: Promotion, Salary Increase, Sprouting, and Engagement

450. Chapter 444: Promotion, Salary Increase, Sprouting, and Engagement

Pang Da came out of the elevator. He stood in the lobby and looked around, and soon his face was filled with a happy smile.

He walked towards the small sofa group where Lisa was sitting. His gaze fell on Lisa's slightly protruding lower abdomen, inside which was his child.

He actually once fantasized about his marriage and family, but the objects of his fantasy at that time were some students in the girls' school next door, and even... a nun.

He would have very shameful dreams, with these girls who once appeared around his life. He would fantasize about living a happy life with them.

But life was obviously not that simple. He had girlfriends, and in the end, they all ended in failure.

Only Lisa gave him a crazy feeling. He liked this woman and also looked forward to the children of the two.

Until Pang Da sat down, Lisa didn't seem to notice him, but her gaze fell outside the glass wall.

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

Lisa suddenly turned her head to look at him, her face still carrying a trace of solemnity and anxiety. The two looked at each other for two or three seconds before she hurriedly rearranged her expression. "No, nothing."

"You seem very worried?" Pang Da didn't believe it. "Your expression tells me what happened."

Lisa was silent for a while. She actually saw Mr. Hoff.

She had considered that there would be such a situation before, but she told herself self-deceptively that this was unlikely.

Because Mr. Hoff, as an opinion leader, was highly unlikely to have a chance to meet her face-to-face.

She was just the wife of an ordinary Hazardous Materials Administration agent. They were not big figures, and there would be no chance or occasion to meet.

But just now, she really seemed to see Mr. Hoff, which made her feel a bit terrified!

She was afraid that one day Pang Da would know about these things.

But now, she needs to prevaricate first.

"I...", she was a bit tongue-tied, but soon found a reason. "I'm worried about the child in my belly. I don't know if he is healthy."

The expression on Pang Da's face soon softened. He moved to Lisa's side, hugged her shoulder, and kissed the hair beside her temple. "Don't worry, everything will go smoothly."

He paused as he spoke. "I heard that a film crew is filming, and they are recruiting some temporary actors. You are very interested in movies. Why don't we go and experience it?"

"We might have a few shots in the movie, a few seconds or ten seconds," he said as if claiming credit.

Actually, going to the film crew to guest star is not as simple as he said. He found a colleague, because the indispensable thing in the movie is liquor.

Prohibition didn't ban the appearance of drinking scenes in movies. The explosion of movies was too fast, so the Prohibition Committee hadn't made corresponding countermeasures.

And some people think that if the appearance of drinking scenes in movies, especially the content of the filming time is before the issuance of the prohibition order, then it is appropriate and does not need to be banned.

So they might use "prop liquor" as props on the filming site.

The Hazardous Materials Administration has the right to supervise their use specifications for this type of prop, including determining whether the prop liquor is real liquor, or just drinks or clear water.

There will be a Hazardous Materials Administration agent on the scene. He obtained a guest star opportunity through this agent.

And the price is that they can use real liquor.

This is equivalent to opening a small mouth for them, allowing them to drink once.

It is conceivable that from the director to the actors, they will definitely drink a cup in the name of "trying the play."

This is a favor. He didn't tell Lisa, because he was afraid that Lisa would feel that he... cared about her.

Lisa didn't know these, and even if she knew, she would refuse.

Her main customer in the later period of Red High Heels was Mr. Hoff, but before Mr. Hoff, there were several other guests.

If she appeared in the movie and was discovered by these people, that would definitely be a terrible thing!

So Lisa directly refused him. "I don't really want to go."

Pang Da was still trying to persuade her. "Just for a while."

"Pang Da!" Lisa shouted his name, and he wilted immediately.

"Fine." Recently, he also read a lot of books related to pregnancy and childbirth. He knew that women's tempers would be a bit bad after pregnancy.

After the two agreed on where to play, they left the hotel. Lisa's mood seemed a bit wrong all day, but Pang Da thought this was just her pregnancy reaction.

Only she knew that her mood was wrong, entirely because of lies.

The lies she told Pang Da.

A lie has to be rounded with countless lies. She didn't know whether this lie would be punctured in the end, nor did she know whether Pang Da would still love her after knowing these things, and whether he would divorce her.

She didn't know, wanted to know, and was afraid to know.

Past experiences and pain tortured her. After going to a few places, she returned to the hotel with the excuse of being a bit tired, and suggested going home early.

She is very uneasy now, and only after returning to Jincheng will she feel better.

Pang Da didn't think much, directly checked out, drove the car, and carried her to start returning to Jincheng.

From Xigu City to Jincheng, it was a few hours. The atmosphere in the car was a bit dull. Perhaps to make Lisa happy, he took the initiative to say, "There is good news."

Lisa took her gaze back from the wild outside the highway. She looked at Pang Da. "What good news?"

"Actually, I originally planned to tell you tonight, I'm going to be promoted."

Lisa didn't speak, and he continued, "My work has been done well during this period. I caught a lot of private liquor sellers, and the liquor they smuggled."

"After Lucar left us, there was a senior agent position vacant. Director Dale thinks my performance is very good and has decided to promote me. It is currently going through the process."

"When I go to the office to report, I will be promoted!"

He seemed a bit excited. Becoming a senior agent not only brought him emotional joy.

He obtained positive feedback through his own efforts, which made him feel excited and happy.

At the same time, promotion will also allow him to obtain more resources and opportunities!

At this moment, he selectively forgot that some of the credit, and important credit, was given to him by Lanse.

He just wanted to share this news with Lisa now. However, for some reason, although Lisa was smiling and saying good, the things she expressed were not quite right with her mood.

She didn't seem very happy about Pang Da's promotion.

Pang Da didn't know why she behaved so strangely and couldn't find a reasonable place, so he could only treat all this as her pregnancy reaction.

But only Lisa herself knew that the faster and higher Pang Da was promoted, the greater the probability of her "exposure."

If one day Pang Da becomes a director or something, then she will inevitably be exposed in front of the Bay Area!

No, now, she will be exposed!

During this period, because of Pang Da's work, she came into contact with many things she couldn't contact before, and she also began to gradually understand the importance of the Hazardous Materials Administration.

Once Pang Da becomes a senior agent, someone will inevitably collect his information and then put it on the desks of those Bay Area powerful figures.

Those who don't know her might just treat her as Pang Da's wife, and those who know her and have had in-depth exchanges...

Thinking of this, she felt a sense of chilling!

But she couldn't tell Pang Da, she couldn't tell her husband—

"I used to be a high-end solicitation, and the kind with heavy taste."

"There are quite a few powerful figures in the Bay Area who have traded with me. You have to be prepared to face them!"

She couldn't do these, and she didn't know what to do.

Pang Da took the time to look at his wife, who seemed to have little interest and was even a bit unhappy. He decided to give up this topic, drive quietly, and not touch the bad luck.

After the cocktail party in the afternoon, the hotel manager personally handed a small card to Mr. Hoff, which recorded the information of the room opener.

Although he is only an opinion leader in Jincheng, in Xigu City, he also has great influence.

The hotel shouldn't have disclosed this information to others, but this is Mr. Hoff, and they couldn't refuse!

After thanking, he looked at the card, which had two names on it.

"Mr. Pang Da Green."

"Ms. Lisa Green."

The previous Lisa was already very attractive to him, and now the woman-like Lisa who seemed to be pregnant was even more attractive to him!

However, he was not in a hurry. An excellent hunter would never act as soon as he saw the gift. This is an interesting game of chess, and he will devote himself to it!

Lisa didn't know that she had become Mr. Hoff's prey again.

This time, perhaps together with her husband, they would all become prey.

At this time, it was after the Holy Farming Festival, and there were not many days left for the Liji Group to deliver grain to the Garden Trading Company.

They have started to fulfill the contract according to the contract, and a large amount of wheat has been transferred to Jincheng from other places.

The Liji Group also rented quite a few warehouses on the pier. They have a lot of trade that needs to use the Jincheng pier, whether it is buying or selling.

Agricultural products generally have a common feature, which is "large quantity."

No one will buy a cargo ship's cabin for a ton of wheat and then transport it to other places. The freight exceeds its own value.

The agricultural product trade carried out on the pier must be very large.

This requires many warehouses, long-term warehouses. They have cooperated with the pier management company for many years, and everyone trusts each other.

Because of this, the Liji Group also doesn't have a strict management system for its own warehouses, unlike some companies that even specially set up a warehousing department to be responsible for entry and exit procedures and security patrol supervision, so that no one enters the warehouse to steal.

For them, besides the trust in the safety on the pier, they are actually not very afraid of someone stealing in the warehouse.

Piled up like a mountain of agricultural products, moving is very inconvenient, and the unit price is also very low.

A wooden barrel of wheat is only a few dollars, far less cost-effective than stealing some high-value things.

Plus, in order to save costs, the Liji Group didn't use the container "wooden barrel" to pack it.

All wheat is piled up naturally. If someone really wants to steal wheat, they need to prepare too many things, and it is not so easy to steal.

These wheat were dumped into the warehouse by trucks. After they did moisture-proof and insect-proof treatment, they didn't continue to manage much.

After a few days, the things will be loaded on the ship and transported away, and it will have nothing to do with them.

Even insect-proofing can be done, because those insects don't have time to breed on a large scale in a few days.

It is also because of their negligence that Lanse's people easily entered here.

At night, several workers on the pier didn't leave directly after the night shift. After turning around outside, they returned to the pier.

There will be a large number of personnel and cargo coming and going on the pier every day. In order to ensure its cleanliness and tidiness, almost everywhere you can see water pipes and faucets, including outside every warehouse.

After the warehouse lease expires, the things inside will be withdrawn, and the next tenant may have certain requirements for hygiene. At this time, they will redo the warehouse, so water pipes and faucets are everywhere.

Several people used the keys given to them by others to open the side door of the Liji Group's warehouse. Inside was wheat piled up like a mountain, which was dumped together directly.

The room was a bit stuffy. Several people only turned on the small light, and then began to work. 【448-10

They connected the water pipes they brought to the faucet, then went up the high stairs of the warehouse and started watering the wheat here from above.

They had been doing this kind of work for two days, and today the temperature in the warehouse was significantly more stuffy than outside.

The group watered in silence; they were all adults and knew the consequences of doing so very well.

One of them didn't water the wheat like the others; he took a shovel and started randomly turning the wheat grains at the bottom.

Some of the wheat further inside had already started to sprout, and the root systems had also begun to grow.

With the watering over the past few days, more wheat would sprout.

This sprouted wheat was obviously not the wheat the Garden Trading Company wanted, and the contract was very strict. There was a time limit for loading the ship. They couldn't temporarily transfer so much wheat over, so they had to pay liquidated damages for breach of contract.

After more than half an hour, they went to the second warehouse and started watering.

There were four warehouses in total. After all the warehouses were watered, the few people were exhausted.

After doing this, the few people left. No one knew what they had done, except for themselves and Lanse.

It was already the evening of the 27th when Lanse returned from New Jincheng. After sending the Lawrence family back, he planned to leave.

But William kept him, saying he had something to talk to him about, and everyone would talk together.

After Emily prepared some food, when the family sat at the dining table, William appeared a bit awkward, so awkward that he didn't know where to put his hands.

"I declare first, it's not that I want to ask!" He emphasized his tone a bit, first distancing himself from this matter.

Lanse looked at his expression and already roughly knew what he wanted to ask, "Say it, I will answer."

"They all want to know when you plan to get married. Of course, if it's too early to mention marriage now, we can get engaged first." He stared at Lanse. Emily and Patricia also stopped what they were doing, both staring at him.

In the Federation, one can get married at sixteen. Lanse was also twenty, and would be twenty-one before long. Getting married at this age in the Federation is not considered early; it can only be said to be just right.

Most people get married at about this age. After graduating from high school, they work for two or three years, and after stabilizing, they start considering the issue of marriage.

Lanse and Patricia had also known each other for a year. With a year of settling, their relationship should have stabilized.

Proposing this idea at this time is not too early.

But they were a bit worried about whether Lanse would set the wedding date.

When they were at the farm, when these "elders" chatted privately, they talked about the marriage of Lanse and Patricia.

For William and Lanse, who are developing rapidly now, whether they are a gang is not the reason why people can or cannot accept him.

On the contrary, the family members hope more that they can set the wedding date as soon as possible. Only in this way will the cooperation between the two sides become more stable.

William needs Lanse's help, and other Lawrence family members may also need Lanse's help.

At the same time, Lanse can also use their connections to continuously deepen his influence on this city.

This is a correct political marriage, not to mention that Lanse and Patricia like each other.

The couple discussed it for several days and finally asked it tonight.

Patricia looked at Lanse nervously. Lanse pondered for a while, "It might be too late this year, let's do it in the spring."

The whole family obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile quickly climbed onto Patricia's cheek. She took the initiative to reach out and hold Lanse's hand, holding it tightly.

The Lawrence couple also became full of smiles. Emily said with surprise, "This is news worth celebrating!"

William nodded repeatedly, "We need a grand ceremony, and these must be prepared in advance."

"If it's in March or April next year, we have to start preparing after the New Year."

The atmosphere at the dining table immediately became very harmonious, and the connection between them and Lanse seemed to become a bit tighter.

After dinner, Lanse was about to say goodbye. Patricia sent him out, "If you are worried that it's too fast, we can actually drag it out a bit longer."

She was afraid that this would make Lanse feel pressured. Not everyone hopes to get engaged and married early.

For the new generation of young people, they think they haven't played enough and are still children.

As the level of social development becomes higher and higher, people's choices for the age of marriage will also become later and later.

Lanse shook his head and kissed Patricia, "Everyone, at least the vast majority of people, have to take this step. Walking a little earlier or a little later won't change anything."

"I am not afraid of marriage, and you are my best choice, why refuse?"

Patricia hugged his waist, feeling incomparably at ease at this moment.

After lingering for a while, Lanse left by car. Through the rearview mirror, he saw Patricia standing outside the house for a long time, until he couldn't see her.