Chapter 581: New Boss

Chief Bulu didn't hide the fact that Bandi was silenced in the police station and directly disclosed this matter to society.

Although it brought a lot of discussion, as the police chief, as long as the mayor didn't decide to remove him, his power wouldn't be shaken.

The mayor wouldn't remove him; the mayor also had other transactions with Lan Si, and he would soon lose his power.

Once he lost the power in his hands, some "anti-trend" things he was doing now might retaliate against him after he lost his power.

So he didn't have the idea of replacing the police chief, and Chief Bulu also indicated that the police station had been infiltrated, so cleaning up the police force was necessary and had to be continued.

Lan Si provided him with this little idea, and he used it very smoothly—

This wasn't his responsibility; it was the responsibility of the previous police chief, who made the entire police station full of those who had been bought.

So his work was to find these people who had been bought, and then clean them out of the police force, maintaining the purity of the police force.

In his public speech, he used "this is a war between justice and evil" to summarize everything that had happened from the moment he took office until this very moment.

Who represented justice and who represented evil was clear at a glance.

The public actually bought it, because along with those corrupt police who were cleaned out and their evidence of corruption being selectively disclosed, all the citizens of Jincheng were stunned!

They couldn't believe and didn't dare to believe that these guardians who should have been protecting their lives and property had become executioners who harmed them!

Severely punishing corrupt black police had become one of the trends in Jincheng and even Likalai State recently.

However, regardless, Bandi was dead, the people of the Kien family had run away, and the people of the Tita family were also packing their luggage.

The era of the five great families came to a full stop at this moment.

But the influence produced by all this and the subsequent changes were still continuing.

Compared to Shi Dong's silence after knowing Bandi was silenced, the interior of the Koda family didn't seem so sad.

As soon as Bandi died, they couldn't wait to start holding a family meeting, seemingly wanting to discuss the next head of the family to lead the family through the difficulties.

But in reality, what they were discussing was how to divide the family's property.

Not to mention those that had been transferred, just the operating licenses of the five casinos were enough to make people unable to hide their greedy desires!

They knew better than those outside how profitable these casinos were!

Before, when Bandi and Gao Li, the two brothers, controlled the family, they only allowed the opening of three casinos, and most of the profits were sent to other places by Bandi under various names.

Washing white, making friends with dignitaries, he always had various reasons to find an outlet for these funds.

This led to the family being able to obtain about 15% of the casino operating profits, and the rest of the money was all sent to the hands of those powerful people.

This 15% definitely wasn't distributed equally to everyone in the family; not everyone was that important, nor did everyone have the qualification to get dividends.

People who played a relatively large role in the family, for example, those who worked in casinos or worked in gray industries with Shi Dong, all of them together could share about 25% of the dividends from the total income.

As for those who worked in other industries of the family, they could only share about 15%, and this group of people was the largest.

Not everyone was willing to fight and kill, and casinos weren't that easy to enter.

In order to wash themselves white and wash the family white, Bandi actually acquired quite a few enterprises. These enterprises needed family members to watch them, even if they didn't intervene in specific work, at least they needed some family members there to watch them so they wouldn't mess around.

Compared to becoming criminals, quite a few people were willing to engage in legitimate work.

However, they shared less money—15%.

In this way, 40% of the total annual profit had a place to go. Of the remaining 60%, about 40% joined the family fund.

The family fund was an institution used to develop family businesses, for example, acquiring enterprises, acquiring factories, or other things that needed money but hung the family name.

Then this was borne by this part of the funds.

Finally, there was about 15% left, which was shared by the two brothers Bandi and Gao Li.

As for the remaining few percent, it was a reward for those who had made contributions to the family.

In short, everyone in the family was dissatisfied with the current profit distribution method.

The place they were dissatisfied with was that the proportion of the two brothers Bandi and Gao Li was too high, the proportion of the family fund was too high, and the money they could share was too little.

This was actually a problem that not only a big family had to face; many startups also had to face such problems.

If the profit distribution method cannot satisfy people's demands, then there must be contradictions and conflicts.

Before, Bandi and Gao Li held everything in the family firmly, saying one thing and not another. Even if they had opposing opinions, they could only hold them in their stomachs.

But now, Bandi and Gao Li were both dead, Fleming had run away with some money and family clansmen, Shi Dong had become a tainted witness, and the entire line of the head of the family was finished!

They didn't even have time to feel half a bit of sadness; their brains were full of benefits!

The benefits of the casino!

The money in the family fund, there was still a lot!

Every branch in the family was arguing endlessly in the family hall built by Bandi. This side said they were very close to a certain head of the family from the bloodline.

That side said they were cousins with Bandi and also cousins with Gao Li, so obviously they should be the ones to preside over the family.

There were also people who said they had worked in the casino for twenty years and had very rich experience in operating casinos; they believed they should be the general manager of Jincheng Casino.

Everyone had their own demands, their own claims, and some even proposed using a method similar to a "parliament" to govern the family.

Anyway, everyone couldn't discuss a conclusion now.

The head of the Koda family was "hereditary," and the old head of the family designated a successor for the family, so this system often led to the position of the head of the family only being inherited within one family.

Now Bandi was finished, and everyone thought they had the qualification to become the next head of the family, and they were also very clear that if they didn't fight at this time, they might not have a chance for the rest of their lives, or even for generations to come.

So everyone's argument was very intense, which led to the idea of "parliamentary governance."

It had to be said that the person who proposed this suggestion was indeed a smart person.

If they always couldn't argue out a result that satisfied everyone, then very likely they would establish such an institution similar to a parliament within the family to jointly rule the family.

Some people were arguing for themselves with red necks, and some were sitting in the corner, coldly watching all this.

I don't know how long they argued, the noisy sound in the hall was much lower. At this time, someone suddenly pushed the door and walked in.

They all knew this person; he was one of the family members, responsible for the security issues of Jincheng Casino.

His face was panicked as he ran to the stage in the hall, grabbed a microphone from someone else's hand, and shouted, "Quiet down!"

The hall quieted down for a while under his shouting, but immediately after, some people started cursing at him.

His seniority wasn't high; there were many of his uncles or grandfathers here. They were clamoring that this junior had no qualification to stand above.

But he couldn't care about that anymore. "Jincheng Casino has been sealed, and the other two casinos also seem to have been required to suspend business..."

In an instant, the arguing hall finally became completely quiet.

At the same time, Lan Si gently patted the armrest of his chair, held the receiver of the phone in the other hand, crossed his legs, and looked at the scenery outside the window through the window.

Actually, the scenery here wasn't that good-looking. Here you couldn't see the seaside, let alone the sea level; you could only see the surrounding buildings.

The buildings in the Imperial District weren't that beautiful. After all, this wasn't the city center or the Bay Area, which were all beautiful buildings.

This was one of the poorest areas in Jincheng. It was already very difficult to have some high-rise buildings around, so his gaze fell more on the sky.

The weather these two days was good. The upcoming summer made the weather suddenly become better, and the temperature was constantly rising. Everything became as pleasant as people remembered.

The high temperature and sunshine in the afternoon made people lazy and unable to raise a bit of energy. The old men on the side of the road would also choose to sleep for a while after lunch.

The entire city seemed to be permeated with a lazy energy.

"... The situation now is like this."

"Bandi is already dead. Before he died, he had already transferred the licenses and the operating rights of the casinos to my hands."

"In other words, now the five casinos in Jincheng are all my industries." "This month might not be okay; we still need some time to rectify and clean up the internal problems of the casinos."

"Starting from July, we should be able to officially operate."

"July, August, September, and then October, November, December—two quarters."

The person on the other end of the phone listened very carefully, and of course, there was a smile on his face.

"You did very well, Lan Si, much better than I imagined."

"You didn't bring trouble to yourself. Some idiots helped you solve the most troublesome thing. You are a smart person!"

"Like this, I will let Tang Mu give you an account, and you just transfer the money directly into this account."

"Our expenses have been very large recently; there are places to use money everywhere. You did very well."

This sentence was actually a hint, hinting that he was currently short of funds, and Lan Si could naturally feel these things.

Lan Si nodded. "No problem, do you need me to transfer a sum of money to you first to use?"

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Senator Cleland listened and the tone from the receiver didn't have any emotional changes. "Didn't you say you had to wait until after July to officially take over the business?"

Money—no one would think it was too much, and he was in the stage of expanding his power in Congress, needing money in many places.

Although he also had other channels for interest transmission, funds were constantly being transported to his hands.

But those funds were indeed a bit insufficient compared to the millions of dollars in funds from the casinos in Jincheng every quarter.

Lan Si smiled and said, "I believe the Koda family will be happy to advance this part of the money first."

Senator Cleveland froze for a moment after listening, then laughed. "Do I need to thank them for their 'willingness'?"

Lan Si also smiled and said, "They are good people, not seeking returns, so I feel... not quite necessary!"

Senator Cleveland was very satisfied. Being able to obtain a sum of money in advance was better than not having it, but he also felt a little something else from these words.

Lan Si wouldn't unconditionally obey him. He originally thought this money would be paid by Lan Si himself, but now it seemed the money should be squeezed out of the Koda family.

However, regardless, Senator Cleveland didn't have any guilt about these things. It wasn't him who did it, and it had nothing to do with him at all. And this money would enter his hands very cleanly, so how could he have any guilt or even unease?

Only being poor, having no money, would make him uncomfortable, not having money.

"I have other things; you can talk to Tang Mu about the rest."

"You can come to Jincheng during the New Year; we have a year-end party. You understand what I mean."

Lan Si didn't refuse. "I will come."

"Good, talk later."

Not long after, Tang Mu called in and gave Lan Si an account. "From now on, you just transfer the money into this account, and we will handle the rest."

Then he congratulated Lan Si for solving this big trouble and hung up the phone quickly.

He was also very busy. As one of the Senator's aides, his daily work was more than those Congressmen!

Lan Si put down the phone, stood up from the chair, and walked out of the room.

There were already quite a few people standing in the corridor. They all had excited expressions on their faces, all waiting for a signal.

Lan Si looked at them and nodded constantly. "Let's go see our casinos!"

The corridor suddenly became lively and vivid, whistling, cheering, and the most laughter.

Soon a large number of cars headed toward the largest casino in Jincheng. Before this, Lan Si had already had people seal the casino.

His people, and some police, the reason was that now the casino and the license were his industries, and he wanted to officially take over, so he had to suspend business first, complete the docking work of the casino, and then he could reopen.

This was also a normal demand.

During this period, there weren't many gamblers in the casino, plus Bandi's death made the people in the casino even fewer. When they weren't clear about how the future would develop, they didn't dare to gamble in the casino.

For fear that if they encountered something like gang revenge, they would be implicated.

The news of the casino suspending business spread throughout Jincheng in the first instance. In an instant, not only did the internal calls in Jincheng become frequent.

Even the calls to Manton (the capital of Likalai State) became more frequent. Many people wanted to know who these licenses were in the hands of now!

Over these years, the Koda family used these licenses to monopolize the casino business of the entire city and earned countless money.

If because of Bandi's death and the decline of the Koda family, these licenses could flow out, that was absolutely a great opportunity for many people.

Even many wealthy dignitaries in the Bay Area were calling to inquire about this matter, to see if there was a chance to get a license, or do some other things.

At this time, the long motorcade finally stopped outside Jincheng Casino. Quite a few people had already come here, arguing with the police at the casino entrance.

Lan Si was sitting in the car and hadn't come down yet, but someone had already figured out the situation. "It's the people from the Koda family. They said the act of sealing the casino is illegal, and they are confronting the police."

Hearing this, Lan Si didn't have too many surprises, after all, the matter of Bandi transferring the casino and licenses to him was only known to a few people so far.

However, soon, everyone would know.

He then pushed open the car door and got out of the car.

The Koda family members who were confronting the police on the scene also discovered these "outsiders," and their gazes were all vigilantly focused on these people.

Lan Si walked in the middle of the crowd. Those police who originally wouldn't let the Koda family in and wouldn't talk much to them, after seeing Lan Si and his people, actually took the initiative to clear a path.

"What qualification do they have to go in?!" suddenly one of the Koda family members shouted.

Lan Si's footsteps paused slightly, he stopped and turned around to look at that guy who was shouting.

Being stared at by Lan Si and more fierce gazes, he suddenly felt a scalp-numbing sensation, and a sudden urge to urinate rushed to the top of his head!

The arrogant and domineering aura on his face also became restrained.

Lan Si shook his head slightly. He didn't intend to explain to these people and stepped forward again. This time, no one stopped him, and no one said anything about what was reasonable or unreasonable.

"That is Lan Si..."

The Koda family members looked at Lan Si's departing back, their eyes having different emotions.

Some were disdainful, some suspicious, some indifferent, some curious, and of course, some had dissatisfaction and disgust hidden in their eyes.

But no matter what emotions they had, in the end, they couldn't affect Lan Si; they could only affect themselves.

From the moment he stepped into the casino's main door, the word "gilded and brilliant" appeared in Lan Si's mind.

This wasn't Lan Si's first time coming to Jincheng Casino, but it was his first time coming here as the owner.

Regardless of what identity, everything here gave him the same feeling, and that was that it made people degenerate!

Looking at those flashing various gambling game machines, looking at the chips placed in the quiet counter, looking at the gambling tables in the gambling hall in the distance.

Everything, everything, was filled with the taste of money that made people fascinated!

Lan Si turned around in the casino and then came to Bandi's office.

"I don't like the decoration here." He didn't sit in Bandi's chair, but stood at the office door and shook his head. "Find someone to redo this place in these few days, and also those floors and walls."

On it was the abbreviation of the Koda family, showing the "bloodline" here.

It was no problem to do this before, but now it wouldn't do.

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