Chapter 661: Escaping and Curiosity

When Police Chief Bulu received the questioning from Mayor Williams, a layer of sweat was visibly visible on his forehead. He couldn't sit still anymore, standing by the table and grabbing the receiver. "I... should I know something?"

Mayor Williams shook his head slightly after listening. This was also a fool, but on second thought, for Lans, or even for him, it didn't make any difference whether it was a fool or a smart person.

As a tool, whether it could achieve a better use effect completely depended on its user, not on itself.

It wasn't that he was bragging, among the users, he, or Lans, were the best batch, so even if this was a stupid tool, it could still play the effect they wanted.

Thinking of this, his tone softened slightly. "Did you see today's 'Today's New Jincheng'?"

Police Chief Bulu shook his head repeatedly. "I was on duty until very late last night..."

"It doesn't matter. Wait a while, you go find a copy and take a look at the news on it."

"Mr. Hoff is an important member of New Jincheng, and he has great influence. People cannot distinguish the truth from the falsehood of the news. As the law enforcement agency of New Jincheng, you must take on this responsibility."

"Announce to the outside world that you will immediately set up an investigation team to investigate the exposed cases and restore the facts as much as possible."

"If someone tries to smear a famous gentleman by manufacturing fake news, we must find this person!"

"Remember the tone I just used with you. When facing the media, you must express the kind of indignation of 'not wanting people to be deceived,' and your sense of justice. Do you understand?"

Police Chief Bulu's brain gradually cleared up, from the intimidation of the Mayor towards him.

He sat back in his chair and said softly, "But the final result may be...", his brain quickly flashed many words. Sometimes being at a loss for words was just so inconvenient in communication, "... unable to satisfy everyone?"

Although it wasn't expressed completely, Mayor Williams still praised it quite approvingly. "You have talent, Police Chief Bulu. This is what I want you to do, to create a kind of contrast."

After all, the few people exposed in the report were famous celebrities in New Jincheng. You came up without any evidence and said they were soliciting prostitutes, trampling on moral bottom lines. The public wouldn't necessarily believe it.

The best way to deal with these famous people was to lift them high.

Lifting high conformed to the current attitude of the public, neither offending ordinary people nor leaving a tail for their possible failure.

If there was really a problem, then the higher they were lifted, the heavier they would fall.

No matter if it was these ordinary people, or those people with status, or anyone, they all hoped they were deceived and didn't hope their kindness was used.

These public opinions that might have become resistance would be used by them at this moment.

Later, Lans exposed more evidence and scandals, and public opinion would fall to their side, which was very helpful for controlling the situation.

"Since we started investigating these things, it is also appropriate to invite Mr. Hoff to the police station to cooperate with the investigation, let him cooperate with us to prove his innocence."

"And the other two 'victims'."

"Now they might be slandering, framing, maybe later they will use some violent means, arrange for people to protect them from harm, understand?"

Before Police Chief Bulu could react, he made the final summary. "I hope they are all under control before the matter is investigated clearly. You must give people the truth and don't let innocent people suffer harm they shouldn't suffer!"

"But don't let those who have done illegal things escape the sanctions of the law!"

After saying this, he didn't wait for Police Chief Bulu to say anything else and hung up the phone directly.

In the Federation law, both parties to prostitution violated the law, and the crime of sex trading was a charge that both parties needed to bear.

If Mr. Hoff was made to bear this charge, then he would have ways to concoct this person!

Since they kidnapped Arthur, then now he had to use this plan to directly control these three people in his hands.

Since Lans decided to start, and threw out these pieces of evidence, the competition between the two sides would become white-hot, and they had to consider the possibility of escalation.

He thought for a while, and on one hand, he actively strengthened the safety level of himself and his family, and on the other hand, he also let Lans arrange for some people to protect them.

Those people, if they were pushed into a corner, might directly flip the table. He had to be prepared for any response.

After hanging up the phone, Police Chief Bulu immediately picked up the "Today's New Jincheng" in the morning and read it simply. After reading it, sweat was coming out all over his body!

As a local, he knew very well what the meaning behind this report was.

Both sides had blown the horn of attack, and this wasn't the kind of mutual probing that still had room for compromise and trading. They were going to be real, and they came up with a "kill shot."

A politician was confirmed to be unfaithful, cheating, soliciting prostitutes, abusing, although some of them might be problems of personal morality and character, they still had destructive power and could directly destroy Mr. Hoff's political career.

For politicians, you can hurt his family, you can take away the money in his account, but you absolutely cannot threaten his political life!

The former things, if lost, were lost, and for politicians, it might even be a good thing.

But the latter was a forbidden zone that no one could touch!

He didn't know who exposed these news, but he knew that this was aimed at the fatal vital point of the other party!

Police Chief Bulu's heart was beating fast. The situation in New Jincheng was going to undergo huge changes again!

He didn't know how to conduct himself in this storm. He could only do the things the above told him to do as well as possible. This was also the only thing he could do.

He called Deputy Chief Du Ke to his office and repeated the content of Mayor Williams's phone call just now roughly.

"I'm going to hold a press conference, you take people to see if you can invite these three people over, just routine investigation and questioning."

"Even if they try to refuse, you have to keep an eye on them!"

Deputy Chief Du Ke glanced at the photos of the three people side by side in the newspaper, feeling a bit painful in the balls. They were all big shots, and they were all existences he couldn't afford to provoke.

But he also knew very well that whether it was Mayor Williams or Lans, he couldn't afford to provoke them even more.

This was the most tragic thing about small people. They could never do things according to their own ideas.

He nodded. "I'll go right away."

The two discussed a few more sentences and then separated. It couldn't be considered morning yet, it was just a little past early morning, and the Police Chief of New Jincheng publicly expressed to the outside world that he hoped the newspaper office and the people who exposed it could actively contact the police station and cooperate.

At the same time, he asked everyone to try not to believe news that hadn't been verified. The police station would start an investigation as soon as possible to verify the truth of these news.

At the same time, Deputy Chief Du Ke also brought police officers to the outside of Mr. Hoff's villa. He walked to the door and rang the doorbell. Not long after, Mr. Hoff's butler appeared inside the gate of the villa.

"What's the matter with you?"

Deputy Chief Du Ke bit the bullet and said, "We are here because of the news on 'Today's New Jincheng.' Someone reported that Mr. Hoff had solicited prostitutes, and there are some words we want to chat with Mr. Hoff face to face."

The butler shook his head. "Very sorry, sir, Mr. Hoff went out early in the morning."

Deputy Chief Du Ke looked directly at the other party. The butler didn't have any avoidance or retreat, meeting his gaze. The butler smiled and lowered his head to avoid his gaze. "After Mr. Hoff comes back, I will contact the police station as soon as possible."

These orders were just Mayor Williams's meaning. Deputy Chief Du Ke didn't have a search warrant here, let alone an arrest warrant. Just an "absent" really stopped him.

His brain spun wildly, and even the police officer standing beside him looked at him with a look of surprise—they also heard the sound of his brain moving!

"I'll let my people stay here. If Mr. Hoff comes back, we can also contact us as soon as possible."

The butler looked up at him for a few seconds again and chose to compromise. "Whatever."

Deputy Chief Du Ke left two police officers and then went to the residences of the other two "victims."

The butler returned to the villa from the courtyard, and Mr. Hoff was sitting there.

"... that's what they said, wanting to invite you to the police station to cooperate with the investigation." Mr. Hoff nodded with a solemn face. Could he go to the police station?

Of course he couldn't go to the police station. What was the difference between him going to the police station and sending himself to them?

He originally planned to arrange some things properly before considering whether to leave.

Yes, he still kept a glimmer of hope, hoping that he could not leave here, but now it seemed that Mr. Charles was right, he had to leave.

Once he was invited into the police station, it might bring him huge trouble.

The trouble came not only from Mayor Williams, who might use some legal or illegal means to force him to tell some secrets, but more likely from the interest group in the Bay Area.

He was one of the core members and understood many specific things. Those things were enough to make more people lose their reputation and be arrested.

In order to avoid this situation, they would very likely enable the silencing program against himself.

Just like when they discovered that someone would affect them, they, he, would all suggest enabling the silencing program.

The longer he stayed here, the greater the danger. He didn't want to leave, but he had to leave.

At this moment, his whole person was a bit decadent. This departure represented that he had already lost in this game of game.

He could only hope that Mr. Charles and the others could hold on for a while longer.

After sitting for a few minutes, he called Richie. "There was a small accident, I might need to leave temporarily."

!

"If you have any questions after I leave, and don't know what to do, call this number..."

He gave the other party Mr. Charles's phone number. By rights, he shouldn't have given it, but he didn't care anymore now.

He had already been eliminated. Giving Mr. Charles's phone number was also his dissatisfaction with some of Mr. Charles's previous decisions.

He shouldn't have been discarded like a discarded piece. He should have taken more and more important responsibilities in this game of game!

All losers were like this. They always felt that their failure had nothing to do with their ability.

Richie on the other end of the phone also had doubt in his tone. "Where are you going?"

"Also, when are you coming back?"

"How should we execute these plans after you leave?"

Now they didn't live with Mr. Hoff. From the time they kidnapped Arthur, they changed to a place to live.

These days, Mr. Hoff had been connecting with them. Now that he suddenly wanted to change people, Richie was also a bit uneasy.

During these few days, they also understood some news about the Lans family more deeply from the side. This kind of understanding was far from being as unreliable as they had heard in the western region of Licalai State.

A large amount of news related to the Lans family gathered, which also made them realize that this wasn't an easy opponent to deal with.

"Call the number I gave you and ask Mr. Charles what to do."

"As for me... if there is a chance, we will meet again."

He didn't say the words to death. After saying this, he hung up the phone directly and went back to tidy up simply.

Not long after, a car suddenly drove out of the garage in the villa's courtyard, looking like it was about to leave.

Two police officers immediately noticed something wrong. They tried to intercept the vehicle, but were stopped by the butler and the people around him.

The reason was also very simple—

"You don't have a search warrant and have no right to inspect this car."

The judicial process of the Federation was hard to say whether it was good or wrong. Things like this had happened more than once. Because there was no legal authorization, law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers had watched criminals walk away openly more than once, but couldn't catch them.

These two police officers could also be considered flexible. One immediately returned to the police car, drove the police car to follow the car in front, and the other ran towards the outside of the community.

He needed to contact the police station and let them continue to send reinforcements.

But he didn't know that when he left the villa, the second car drove out of the garage of the villa and soon entered the internal road, driving towards the outside of the city.

The influence produced by the scandal exposed by "Today's New Jincheng" was still spreading constantly. The police station's timely statement also made people in the entire city pay attention.

Except for a few people who realized that the contradiction between the two interest groups suddenly began to escalate, and it was very likely that the winner would be decided in a short time, others were completely in a state of watching the fun.

Mr. Charles heard from his subordinates that Mr. Hoff had left the city, and he breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Mr. Hoff didn't fall into the hands of Mayor Williams, it would be fine.

"... Wade, we have been friends for many years, and our friendship has always been quite good, is that so?", he let the person who came to deliver the news leave, and then picked up the phone and said to the receiver.

This phone call was made to Mayor Wade, because the account book found from Red High Heels fell into the hands of then-Councilor Wade.

Everyone trusted him, and he was equivalent to a "leading big brother" role, always a pioneer of mountain-topism in New Jincheng.

He also destroyed the account book in front of everyone, so people didn't care about this matter at all.

But now a "notebook" suddenly appeared, which made it hard not to suspect whether the account book that Councilor Wade destroyed at the beginning was really true.

Did he secretly keep it, or what happened.

Mayor Wade didn't know what happened in his hometown. He worked quite well over there, and his ability itself was very outstanding.

He had been tossing with Mayor Williams and these celebrities in New Jincheng, as well as the state government for half his life, and he didn't fall behind, and he was vaguely the "number one person in New Jincheng."

In the new environment, he soon controlled the situation and began to try to continue to infiltrate the surrounding cities.

Mr. Charles's phone call originally made him very happy. If he could win over Mr. Charles to invest over there and provide him with some help needed for the later campaign for Governor.

Then his chance of running for Governor would be even greater!

Once he became Governor, then a "Wade family" that only local people in New Jincheng knew would rise to the level that people across the country knew.

The sudden questioning after pleasantries made him a bit confused. "We have always been friends. What happened on your side?"

Mr. Charles didn't answer his question directly. "When the notebook was found in Red High Heels, are you sure you have already destroyed it?"

After Mayor Wade finished listening, he increased his tone, but he was also a bit confused and curious. "I swear to God, I destroyed that thing in front of your people. You should understand that that thing is a trouble, not a good thing!"

Mr. Charles didn't choose to believe him immediately, but asked again, "But why, now some things on the notebook appear here?"

"Someone exposed a part of the content. Hoff just left New Jincheng. Later, I don't know how many people have to leave, and I don't know how much content of the notebook that person possesses. I am very passive now."

After Mayor Wade finished listening, he didn't know what to say for a while. This was like being hot in the pants pocket. You said it wasn't shit, but someone had to believe it.

"I don't know how to

He also asked curiously, "It seems some extraordinary things have happened in New Jincheng. What happened after I left?"

Mr. Charles did not have time to chat with him there, so he simply mentioned some of the changes and hung up the phone.

Although it was only a few brief sentences, it left Mayor Wei De with a deep sense of curiosity about all the changes occurring there.

He was curious about the development of his little brother Williams, and about the Lansi family that had pushed the five great families to their destruction!

Now was not a good time for him to call and build rapport with Mayor Williams, but he would definitely call back; he felt that he, Mayor Williams, and Lansi had common topics to discuss!

If they could withstand this round of attacks and crush Charles and his people!

(End of chapter)