Chapter 455: 458. Chapter 451: Attitude

458. Chapter 451: Attitude

Lanse's original intention was to meet Bandi in a relatively... hidden place, but Bandi invited Lanse to meet in his office at the "Jingang Casino," so Lanse could only go to the appointment happily.

At the same time, he also wanted to see what was different about this casino, which is known as the most luxurious in Jingang City.

Jingang Casino is located between the Starlight District and the Bay Area; it is not a square building, but designed by a well-known designer.

It is said that it looks like a huge gambling table and stacked chips, which well points out the nature of the building used.

Here, it is open 24 hours a day, all day; as soon as the motorcade entered the internal road, someone came to actively lead the way.

The huge parking lot is full of people; Lanse also saw two buses parked in the parking lot; people who looked like tour guides waved flags, started calling names, and brought them into the casino.

Jingang Casino has more than 40 buses going back and forth in Likalai State to pull customers; the port wharf is the main place they go.

As long as you get on the bus, you will be sent to Jingang Casino for free and get 10 yuan of non-redeemable gift chips, and you can enjoy a free lunch.

During the period, cigarettes and drinks in the casino are free, as long as they sit at the gambling table.

There are also some strategies related to tourism in the Federation that mention Jingang City; these tourism strategies all say that the first stop in Jingang City is to take a free bus to the casino in the city center.

If you are lucky, you can win a little with the free gift chips, then the travel expenses for the next few days are all there.

Even if you lose, it doesn't matter; anyway, this 10 yuan is free, and they can rest here for a while and eat a free buffet lunch.

These strategies mostly tell people how to spend the least money to do these things, but in fact, as long as many tourists come in, they will more or less be infected by the atmosphere here.

Those gambling dogs waving chips and constantly shouting will make people's adrenaline soar, dry, tongue dry, and then come to the gambling table, turning the money in their pockets into chips and throwing them on the gambling table!

No matter whether they warned themselves not to cross the line before doing these things, most of them will eventually forget these warnings they gave themselves.

Hearing that Lanse came here, a middle-aged man took the initiative to welcome Lanse and them.

He was wearing a black flat-collar dress, a white shirt, and a bow tie, looking very gentlemanly.

"Hello, I am Gao Li, you must be Lanse!", Gao Li had a warm smile on his face; he had heard many rumors about Lanse and had some good feelings about Lanse.

Gao Li's own work is to handle the casino, as well as some underground world things, so he will show more closeness to Lanse, this kind of "gang leader."

He will feel that they are people of "the same world."

Lanse nodded. "I am Lanse, hello, very happy to meet you!"

The two shook hands, and Gao Li greeted others.

Lao En, Hailamu, and Alan.

He didn't know Ma Duoer, and Lanse didn't introduce him, which made him think Ma Duoer was just Lanse's bodyguard, just nodded, and didn't shake hands with each other.

"Bandi is meeting a visitor, maybe wait a while, I will take you to turn around in the casino, hope you don't mind."

Even if Lanse minded this kind of thing, he wouldn't say it; he nodded and entered the casino with Gao Li.

The moment he entered the casino, someone immediately walked over with two trays; the trays were chip trays made of red velvet cloth, with stacks of chips placed inside.

"Jingang Casino has existed for more than 60 years; this is the result of several generations of our family; we are all proud of it!"

Gao Li raised his chin slightly; this is indeed something that is enough to make him feel proud.

It is producing a lot of money every day, and what it brings to them is not just money, but also status, power.

Lanse nodded slightly, and the two continued to walk inside.

They came to a gambling table; the guests here saw Gao Li and greeted him one after another.

Gao Li often appears in the casino; sometimes he even sits at the gambling table to gamble with these gambling dogs, or becomes a dealer to host the game.

So he is very popular here, and many people know him.

"Want to play two hands?"

Two people carrying chip trays stood on his left and right sides; he said very generously, "If you lose, it counts as mine!"

The gambling dogs around all showed different emotions and eyes such as "amazement," "envy," "jealousy," "curiosity."

They don't know Lanse, but they know that Lanse is definitely not a small character, otherwise Gao Li wouldn't do this.

But what surprised everyone was that Lanse looked at Lao En. "Is there a dollar?"

Lao En took out a dollar from his pocket. "Yes."

Lanse held this one-dollar banknote with two fingers, put it on the gambling table, and signaled the dealer to continue.

The dealer was a bit at a loss as to what to do, looking at Gao Li; Gao Li frowned slightly, but still nodded slightly, signaling him to deal the cards.

This is a very simple way of playing, which is to compare size; Lanse's cards were not big or small, but he lost.

"Interesting."

He used a dry "interesting" to evaluate this gambling game, then shook his head and stood up. "The game here is not very suitable for me."

Gao Li looked at Lanse with deep meaning; he vaguely felt that Lanse was making a statement, a display of stance.

But he didn't understand these, perhaps Bandi could understand.

He laughed twice. "Gambling is like this, there is winning and losing, luck determines everything."

He signaled the two staff members carrying chip trays beside him to leave. "If you are not interested in these, we can continue to turn around inside."

"There is not only a casino here!"

Jingang Casino is the largest and most luxurious casino in Jingang City, and even Likalai State; this is a whole place to spend money!

In addition to the casino, there are nightclubs, theaters, various performance activities here, to enrich everything people want to get to the greatest extent.

You can also shop here; almost all luxury brands that can be seen in the Federation have storefronts here.

Those gambling dogs who won money love to squander the most; after all, the speed of making money is too fast, so they don't care about the price of those luxury goods at all; what they care about is the happiness brought by spending money.

Swimming pools, indoor ball courts, and other leisure projects with characteristics of other countries, as well as the highest-standard call girl groups.

Those girls who are tall and beautiful to the point that ordinary people outside only dare

People always say youth is priceless, but youth, in fact, often has a price.

Just like here.

I have to say, the Koda family is truly putting their heart and soul into running the casino here, and Lanse is also amazed by the results of their management.

After wandering around here for half an hour, and with everyone having their eyes opened, Bandi finally "has time."

In fact, Lanse had known for a long time that there were no visitors at all; this was just their visitation procedure.

When Bandi invited him to the Golden Port Casino, it meant that they would inevitably have to go through such a process before they could see Bandi.

As for why they do this, the reason is very simple—

To use immense wealth and status to intimidate Lanse.

This also made Lanse realize that the matter Bandi wanted to mediate with him probably wouldn't be so easy to settle.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to use such a scheme at all.

Bandi's office is large, spacious, and has many facilities.

The huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows allow his office to overlook the entire casino, which gives people a feeling of "everything is under control."

He is a person with a strong desire for control; after shaking hands with him, Lanse sat in the chair opposite him.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. I had something come up just now. I hope I didn't keep you waiting too anxiously; this is my fault."

"Gao Li is my brother. Has he treated you well?"

Lanse nodded, "Mr. Gao Li took us for a tour around the casino. Everything here is amazing, Mr. Bandi."

Bandi couldn't help but burst into laughter after hearing this; he likes to hear such compliments.

It's like being the father of an excellent child; if you say how much money he earned or how amazing he is, he is only ordinarily happy.

But when you praise his proudest masterpiece—that is, his child—he will feel that you are a decent person.

"I am just building on the foundation of the family's predecessors to make it even better!"

"I am very glad you like it."

He paused for a moment, "You must be very confused as to why we are gathered here today."

Lanse nodded. He shifted backward to sit firmly, clasped his hands together, and placed them in front of him, "That is indeed the case."

Bandi went straight to the point, "I have a friend who feels there is some misunderstanding between you."

Lanse emphasized the keyword in his sentence slightly, "Misunderstanding?"

Bandi nodded in agreement, "Misunderstanding!"

Lanse smiled and gestured for him to continue. In fact, he could feel that this misunderstanding was definitely not a small one.

"Hailike—you might not have heard of this name—he is the vice president of the Liji Group and one of the company's shareholders."

"It was he who entrusted me to mediate the conflict between you."

After listening, Lanse shook his head, "I'm afraid this misunderstanding is not so easy to mediate."

Bandi showed a look of confusion, "Can you tell me about it?"

Lanse did not refuse, "He owes me about four million. If he can give me this four million, then I guarantee I will not look for trouble with them again."

"But if they can't give me this four million...", Lanse looked at Bandi, "For your sake, Mr. Bandi, I can accept just three and a half million."

"If they can't even give me three and a half million, then I'm sorry, I will keep looking for trouble with them."

"The first time I heard someone tell me that Golden Port City is the Golden Port people's Golden Port City, a thought arose in my heart: 'They are right'."

He was telling Bandi that this is Golden Port, not Golden State, and he wouldn't care that much about the Liji Group.

Bandi had heard about the general conflict between them; in some respects, the Liji Group was indeed at fault first.

It was indeed a bit excessive to tear up the contract with Lanse just because they felt they earned a little less money.

Lanse's current attitude seems very firm. He pondered for a while, "You also caused them to suffer losses."

Lanse remained unmoved, "They owe it to me."

He looked at Bandi, "When someone tries to keep the wealth that belongs to you in their own hands, the best response is not to tell them, 'You can keep it,' but to let them understand how stupid what they did is!"

"This is my condition, and it will not change."

No emotional change could be seen on Bandi's face; he is better at hiding his emotions than others, "The Liji Group has considerable weight throughout the entire Federation. They have deep cooperation with members of Congress and industry associations."

"It is no exaggeration to say that when they make certain decisions, even the governor needs to consider whether to make concessions."

Bandi tried to use the Liji Group's influence and their status within the Federation to persuade Lanse, "You are a smart man, Lanse. I have always been paying attention to you."

"From the beginning, when I inadvertently heard Paul mention this name, to now, you have already become an amazing leader."

"You should know better than those people what we need to move up."

"You can gain their friendship. After resolving this conflict, we will all become good friends, sharing resources and connections."

Lanse looked at him. Their eyes met. After about ten seconds, Lanse said clearly, "They owe it to me."

"Whatever I want, I will work hard to get it myself, rather than relying on the charity of others."

Gao Li had been watching the people inside the casino, but at this moment, his gaze shifted from the floor-to-ceiling glass window to Lanse's face.

Even he could tell that this sentence was extremely impolite.

He seemed to be saying that because Bandi was trying to persuade him to bow his head like a beggar due to someone else's charity, even though Bandi is very sophisticated, he was somewhat annoyed at this moment.

After all, he is now the head of the Five Great Families... no, the Four Great Families, while Lanse is still just the leader of a lower-level gang.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became different. The gazes of Lao En and Hailamu, who were sitting on the sofa in the distance, were fixed here, and Ma Duoer, who was standing by the wall, walked to the door and stood still.

In case a fight broke out, he had to control the main entrance, whether to escape or to block them here.

A clear look of displeasure appeared on Bandi's face. He felt that with his status, he had already communicated with Lanse so humbly, yet Lanse still couldn't understand him.

This made him a bit angry.

"I actually meant well," he said first, "but it is clear that I may not have the ability to handle this well."

"Lanse, has anyone ever told you?"

Lanse asked, "What?"

A hint of playful ruthlessness appeared on Bandi's face, "Your bones are very hard."

Lanse burst into laughter after hearing this, not taking his words as a threat at all, but instead seeing it as a compliment, "Thank you for thinking so. My bones are indeed very hard!"

"Someone wanted to press me down to my knees, but in the end, he drowned in his own office."

"Someone wanted to break my bones, but they are still swimming under Angel Lake."

"My bones are very hard. If there are no harder bones, it's best not to go head-to-head with me!"

Gao Li had already stood up. He looked at Lanse; the entire casino was full of their people.

As long as Bandi gave the order, he would keep them here completely.

Bandi's expression was no longer as calm as before, "Aren't you afraid?"

Lanse shook his head, "Everyone will be afraid. But Mr. Bandi, you have lived in such a luxurious building and enjoyed everything that ordinary people cannot enjoy for too long, to the point that you have forgotten."

"Although lives have different prices, in the face of death, they are equal!"

"I will die, I know. Then what about you?"

"Have you ever thought that one day, you will also die."

Gao Li couldn't help it, "Lanse, watch your tone."

Lao En and Hailamu both stood up, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became somewhat tense.

Lanse turned to look at Gao Li in a leisurely manner, "Do you want to try my hard bones?"

He grabbed both sides of his clothes with his hands and stood up, supporting himself on the armrests, "Do you want to?"

The contempt in his tone made Gao Li's fists clench!

If it were up to him, he would give Lanse a taste of his own medicine right now, but Bandi is in charge here.

Bandi couldn't sit still either; the situation was clearly developing in a direction he hadn't considered. He stood up, "Lanse, can I understand this as your attitude toward us?"

Lanse turned to look at him, "You asked me to give up a loss of four million to agree to whatever hellish compromise plan you offered. You have already expressed your attitude, Mr. Bandi."

"Your compromise plan and your attitude are worth exactly this!"

"I have decided now: I won't even give you the face of fifty thousand. Four million—not a cent less, no way!"

"You don't need to think about threatening us. From having nothing to where we are now, what we relied on was our daring to challenge and our lack of fear of death."

"If you feel my bones are not as hard as you imagined, or not as hard as Mr. Gao Li's here, we can try—any time, any place."

He looked at Bandi, pointed at him, and turned to walk toward the door.

Ma Duoer pulled the door open directly. Lanse walked out of the main entrance with his head held high. Lao En followed closely behind. Hailamu tossed his hair, made a pistol gesture with both hands toward Bandi and Gao Li, and then left as well.

Ma Duoer's gaze remained on Gao Li. After Lanse and the others left the room, he was the last to leave.

Gao Li immediately looked at Bandi, "I can have people keep them here."

Bandi also had a headache now, "Keep them here, and then kill them?"

Gao Li looked as if it were a matter of course. Bandi asked again, "And then?"

"Face the crazy retaliation of the Lanse family?"

"They still have several core figures, including that number two, Aierwen. If Lanse dies, they will definitely retaliate crazily."

"And there's Alberto. Because Paul helped him, he supported Francisco in dealing with those people in the family."

"How will he deal with us for Lanse?"

"Have you considered how much we will lose by then?"

"I was only acting as a middleman to mediate this matter; this is not our business, unless we are sure we can pin them down directly without giving them any chance."

Gao Li's temper flared up, "So we just let them leave so swaggeringly?"

Bandi was also somewhat annoyed, "They won't have an easy time. The Liji Group has other methods."

Gao Li showed a very obvious look of disappointment, "Bandi..."