Chapter 550: Interest Exchange and Newcomer Reporting

"They thought... that with Chali dead, we would no longer be a threat to them."

Sitting behind the desk, Councilor Williams held a cigarette in his hand and said.

He knew why those people initially agreed to come to tonight's party; it was because everyone knew Chali had been caught.

Chali had been doing dirty work for the Bay Area for nearly forty years, and he held too many secrets related to the Bay Area in his hands.

Those big shots in the Bay Area didn't move against him before, purely because this old dog was too useful, and for a while, they couldn't find anyone to replace him.

Hunter might have been a candidate, but Hunter was still not as good as Chali. When Chali and their interests were highly bound together, they allowed Chali to exist for so long.

It was even just a little bit, and Chali had the opportunity to truly enter their circle as a person, even if it was just the outermost periphery.

But it was just that little bit, and in the end, he failed, so he had to die.

Even if those two large trucks couldn't stop him, they had other backups behind them.

There were still their people within the Highway Police Bureau, and they would do their best to make Chali finish.

Of course, in case Chali didn't finish and fell into Lanse's hands, it would be equivalent to falling into Councilor Williams' hands.

So when Councilor Williams invited them to a party, basically everyone agreed with a smile.

Then the subsequent things happened naturally. Chali died on the side of the road, and those secrets were no longer known to anyone, at least on the surface, no one knew them.

Councilor Williams couldn't grasp their leverage, and they no longer needed to feel fear and threat, so they held a party themselves.

Councilor Williams knew the reason, so he said it very directly, which also meant that the rift between him and the Bay Area had become even larger.

Lanse nodded and said, "Dealing with them doesn't necessarily require Chali."

Councilor Williams laughed loudly, "You said it too correctly. Dealing with them indeed doesn't necessarily require Chali. Even without their leverage, we have ways to deal with them."

"It's just that with Chali, some things could become easier." He paused, "What do you plan to do about the Koda family side?"

Lanse also held a cigarette in his hand. Lighting a cigarette after eating and drinking to his heart's content was as happy as God!

The satisfaction brought by the desire for food and drink merged with nicotine; this was double the happiness!

"Chali is finished, and the cleanup on the police side will end soon."

"Once it ends, I will move against the Koda family."

After hearing this, Councilor Williams nodded repeatedly, "Right, the more it is at this time, the more one needs to be steady and cautious."

"In that case, the Koda family can't hold on for much longer?"

Lanse laughed and said, "The countdown to life has already begun."

Councilor Williams closed his eyes and pondered for a while, "What are your thoughts on the licenses in his hands?"

The reason why the Koda family was left to be dealt with last was because of the licenses in their hands.

These licenses represented huge interests, and people from the state government and Congress would all be eyeing these interests. They could be replaced, but the interests they transported couldn't stop.

Dealing with the Koda family wasn't that complicated, but how to continue maintaining the entire interest transport link was a more troublesome matter.

As an old New Jincheng person, an old Likalai State person, Councilor Williams' degree of understanding of the political ecological environment here far exceeded Lanse's.

Lanse knew he said these things because he wanted to provide some help, because he would need more help from Lanse later.

This was actually a form of transaction.

Why is it said that only when the classes are the same can a normal social relationship be established?

Just like Lanse at this moment, he was completely not in the same class as Councilor Clilanfu. For him, very thorny problems could be solved by Councilor Clilanfu with one phone call.

Conversely, if Councilor Clilanfu encountered certain problems, even if he ran his legs off, he wouldn't be able to provide any help.

Even if he could provide help, that would require paying a huge price.

Under these circumstances, the input and return of both sides were not equal, so they couldn't have an equal relationship.

But Lanse and Councilor Williams had already reached the same class.

He controlled the police force in the city, mastered the largest gang, and controlled the workers at the terminal.

He already possessed the ability to arm-wrestle with anyone, at least in this city.

If one wanted to get his help, then there must be input, and Councilor Williams' input was the complex relationships behind him.

Now, he needed to know what Lanse's considerations were, and then give suggestions.

Lanse pondered for a while, "The interests transported to Congress will remain the same overall, but there will be some changes in the direction of delivery."

He glanced at Councilor Williams, "Tom's people will be responsible for the subsequent interest transport issues."

Councilor Clilanfu was still introduced to Lanse by him. Now he seemed to have a closer relationship with that side. Councilor Williams, more or less, would definitely have some strange uncomfortable feelings.

Because they bypassed him to interact, but he couldn't say anything. This was Lanse's ability. He could skip him as a springboard to contact Congress. That was Lanse's capability, and he couldn't stop Lanse.

He could only nod slightly, "What about those in the state?"

Lanse didn't hide anything either, "Need to reorganize a bit. Those valuable to us can continue to be our friends."

"Those without value to us, then kick them out."

Councilor Williams had a bit more smile on his face, "I can help you reorganize."

Lanse nodded, "Then I'll trouble you."

He waved his hand, "Help each other."

The reorganization here didn't mean telling Lanse who could continue to obtain benefits from these licenses and who couldn't.

Although he would indeed give Lanse a list, at the same time, he would also introduce Lanse to these people.

This was the sharing of connections, and it wasn't easy to achieve this.

Bandi had done it for so many years. His connections in the state government and Congress were also maintained by relying on the interests he transported over.

Once these interests were to be cut off, the higher the status of these people, the faster they would cut ties with him. For example, those people in Congress.

Perhaps the first time Councilor Cleveland intervened, they would wish they had never known Bandi, and hope that someone could make Bandi shut up forever.

Relationships that relied solely on the most superficial interest connections would never last long.

What Councilor Williams wanted to do wasn't just to let Lanse be able to transport interests out, but more importantly, to let him establish a more stable relationship with these people.

Lanse looked at him. He knew these were definitely not free lunches, and the value of these connections was far higher than what he did for Councilor Williams. He was waiting.

Besides the two of them in the room, there were also James and Arthur.

He was begged by his wife until he couldn't take it—

Sometimes when dealing with these old men, especially old men, young wives often have more advantages.

She only needed to put on beautiful lingerie and show a demanding appearance, and Councilor Williams surrendered.

He was so old, he couldn't hold on anymore, and it wasn't just a problem of not being able to hold on; he needed to use more energy to maintain his health, and he needed more time.

So Arthur could now follow him and James, but one thing wouldn't change, and that was that he wouldn't let Arthur join the family's political work.

Arthur's start was too late, and he was completely unqualified to inherit these. If he had talent, utilizing the family's advantages, he could completely manage a future belonging to himself in the future.

Councilor Williams looked at James and said, "My original plan was to serve as mayor for four years."

Lanse nodded. This was indeed his plan, and he had said so more than once.

"But now, I've changed my mind." Councilor Williams flicked the cigarette in his hand, and in James' surprised gaze, said, "I intend to be re-elected once."

The federal government had no hard requirements for the age of officials. Even if you were shitting in your pants, as long as you thought you could do it, and others thought you could do it, then you could continue to serve the people.

So even if he might be nearly seventy or eighty years old eight years later, that was no problem. "I want to lay the most solid foundation for the Williams family!"

James almost subconsciously stood up, and Arthur, who was in a daze, also hurriedly followed his star big brother and stood up, although he didn't know why this was.

"Father...", James' expression was somewhat excited, somewhat moved. He knew very well the reason his old man said this.

Eight years later, he would be in his forties, just the prime of his life.

With these eight years of foundation, he could completely follow Councilor Williams' footsteps and directly connect!

By that time, the entire city would have already been floating at the feet of their family. They would be the kings in this city!

With such a foundation, the Williams family's influence and social status would also be greatly improved.

Maybe there would be an opportunity for a governor to appear in the family in the future!

That was a governor...

Thinking that Councilor Wade only got the promise that he would be nominated as a gubernatorial candidate to participate in the gubernatorial election, he directly gave up everything here.

At this very moment, he also had that kind of ambition!

Once a governor appeared, plus the basic disk they possessed in New Jincheng, after one or two generations of accumulation, they could also become a true "political family."

No one could refuse such a beautiful future, and Councilor Williams couldn't either.

And James also knew clearly that this wasn't an easy thing. His father would use all the strength of his remaining life to pave the way for him. Besides being moved, he had no other thoughts.

Oh, right, there was another thought, which was to make the Williams family even more glorious and great!

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He wanted to be re-elected, and it definitely couldn't be without Lanse's support.

Because while Lanse mastered huge funds, he would gradually control the underground world of the entire city.

If his goal was to become the "ruler under the sun," then Lanse was walking on the path to the "emperor of the underground world."

Everyone was singing and advancing. By that time, he would need Lanse's help more than he needed Lanse.

So some words, from the beginning, had to be made clear, to avoid unpleasantness later because of some information gaps.

Lanse nodded slightly, "I will help you."

Councilor Williams laughed loudly, "It's a pity I don't have the fate of having a daughter in this life, otherwise I would definitely let my daughter give birth to one for you."

He suddenly looked at James. James was stunned for a moment, and he laughed and said, "I'll try my best."

James didn't have children yet. If it weren't for him running for councilor, he might not have even gotten married until now.

On the contrary, Arthur was flirtatious everywhere.

Actually, at this moment, a thought flashed through James' mind inexplicably, but it was quickly pressed down by him, because there was actually a suitable one in the family, but thinking so was too offensive.

The harmonious atmosphere made the vibe very relaxed. Councilor Williams didn't ask Lanse how to deal with the remaining forces of the other five families.

Because he knew one point very clearly: as long as Lanse handled the Koda family, the remaining ones were simply not his opponents.

In this mode of gangs plus police, who could withstand them?

No one!

When Lanse was about to bid farewell, Councilor Williams spoke to him alone for a few words. He raised a question.

"Do you think... Chali might also have something like a notebook?"

Lanse looked at him for a while, and the old man smiled and moved his gaze away. He seemed to have said something, but it also seemed he hadn't said anything.

After returning to the villa, Lanse found Enio, "Go check where Chali's family went."

Looking at Enio's blank expression, he explained, "Chali's son and daughter have their own careers, they have their families. They left very smartly this time; it's impossible that they didn't leave any clues."

"Go inquire about the community service company where they lived, ask those mailmen, ask if there was anything delivering tickets for cars or ships recently."

"Also, send some people to watch their relatives, especially the side of his son's wife and daughter's husband. They left so smartly; those people will definitely find ways to contact them."

"In short, do everything possible to find these people."

Enio listened very seriously and nodded continuously, "After finding them, is it directly... or bring them back?"

Lanse thought for a while, "Bring them and their things back."

Enio nodded and agreed.

He was the "housekeeper" of the Lanse family, specifically responsible for dealing with outside gangs. Although he was unwilling to admit it, he did inherit a portion of the "sales" ability from his father.

He knew how to deal with those strangers. Now, the Imperial gangs in various regions of Likalai State all had good relationships with him.

Having him go find Chali's family would be more convenient than others.

Afterward, Lanse also had Elvin send some people to search Chali's house to see if there were any safes or secret rooms, including Chali's old house and office.

But this time, the people Elvin sent out returned quickly. They brought back a piece of news: Chali's office and house had already been ransacked by others. They went and searched through it, but nothing of value was left.

Without a doubt, it was done by people from the Bay Area. Maybe they were also chasing the whereabouts of Chali's family.

Perhaps Chali knew from the beginning what his future would be like. When he first faced his "future self," he might have already read the arrangement of fate.

It was just that when a person stood in such a position, sometimes it wasn't that they didn't understand their choices might not be good, it was just that they had no other options at all!

The next day, Chali returned to New Jincheng, in the form of a corpse.

He was packed in a body bag. The Highway Police side didn't perform an autopsy on him, but left this task to their forensic counterparts in New Jincheng.

However, they took away a bullet head to do ballistic trace recording. This was just to prevent accidents.

In case the killer who killed Chali used that gun to commit crimes on the highway again, and happened to be caught by them, they could accuse the other party.

This situation looked like the impossible among the impossible, but what if?

Seeing Chali again, Director Chief Bulu was somewhat sentimental, and there was also a grotesque texture after being teased by fate.

Chali's complexion was very pale. He was bled at the first opportunity. This was to avoid the body accelerating decay, and the body decaying after the blood vessels ruptured and polluted the body, and let the body accelerate decay.

So when the body was sent to the medical examiner, even if he didn't intend to dissect, he would immediately drain the blood.

This also caused Chali's complexion to be unbelievably white at this time.

Director Chief Bulu had seen corpses; he wasn't afraid of this. After looking at him with a complex expression for a while, he sighed and zipped it back up.

After handling Chali's matter, he looked at an officer standing by the car.

This guy was wearing the uniform of the Highway Police, wearing toad glasses, and was somewhat restrained.

Director Chief Bulu walked over and took the initiative to reach out, "Chief Bulu, Police Department Director."

That person also hurriedly reached out to shake his hand, "Walker, Walker Kingston."

"I saw your reply, so... when do I start working?"

This police officer was the officer who was attacked while escorting Chali back to the Highway Police Bureau that day. He viewed this as the shame of his life.

This time applying to transfer to New Jincheng was just to find out who wanted to silence Chali, and then send these people to court.

For his idea full of justice, Director Chief Bulu felt it was a bit ridiculous, but also very supportive of him.

He hoped this guy could create a miracle, although it wasn't very likely.

"You don't have a place to live yet, right?"

"First find a place to settle down, then take a turn around the city, rest for two days, and then I'll send you to report for duty."

Walker hurriedly said, "I can start working immediately."

Director Chief Bulu shook his head, "No, not now, because we..."

He pursed his lips, "are doing a big cleanup!"

Every day, police officers were arrested and taken to some place to let them explain the problems.

This also made the police force somewhat panicked now. People didn't know if this huge cleanup would affect themselves, and could only bite the bullet to welcome the "storm" from the upper level.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 551 =====