Chapter 984: The Person One Wants to See in a Lifetime

Lans stayed in Mantenong for a few days and even took the time to meet with Commissioner Dai Er.

Commissioner Dai Er's work in the State Prohibition Committee was currently going very smoothly because he was able to bring everyone more intuitive income!

Sometimes, corruption is something where, from zero to one hundred, one thousand, or ten thousand, all that is missing is a small "breach."

Commissioner Dai Er himself was that breach in the Prohibition Committee. Through him, the entire Prohibition Committee soon compromised completely under the offensive of Lans's "gold bullets."

Indeed, there were some who did not want to compromise, but in the end, they did. After all, as long as they lived in the state of Likalai and in the Federation, Lans's influence was everywhere.

Perhaps his influence in other regions was slightly weaker, but that did not mean he could not arrange for people to work in those places.

When those commissioners received calls from their families, and when their families told them that strangers had appeared around them, coupled with some intimidation, some invitations, and even some reprimands from the Congressional Prohibition Committee—

Soon, these people joined in as well.

If they didn't join, not only were they in danger, but their families were as well.

But after joining, not only did their own income increase, but their families would no longer be under any threat!

When seventy or eighty percent of the people became good friends with Commissioner Dai Er, they would participate in various activities together outside of work and even organize some exciting parties.

The fact that one or two people did not join would not make them appear so incorruptible or independent in the eyes of others.

In the eyes of others, they could only be detestable!

Everyone has taken black money, so what, you are the only ones who won't?

What are you trying to do?

Are you trying to use the corruption of your colleagues to set off your own incorruptibility?

The more this situation occurred, the more they would be targeted.

Human thought and action are very interesting things. When they have not yet undergone a change in thought, they often tend to be able to hold onto their original intentions.

Once their thoughts change, they become even worse than those bad people!

It is as if they are taking revenge on their past, righteous selves!

Director Dai Er and Lans did not talk for very long; his current work, to put it bluntly, was in a state of having nothing to do.

The Hazardous Materials Management Bureaus in various places reported their various prohibition achievements to them regularly. Large batches of confiscated alcohol were sent to Mantenong from different regions in the state, and then they would destroy them in front of media reporters and many members of the public.

Every once in a while, newspapers would report on their prohibition achievements in Likalai State, and Congress would also call to praise them for the efforts and contributions they had made to the cause of prohibition.

Since things had already reached this point, if one still wanted to stir up trouble, that would truly be not wanting to live well!

Director Dai Er was very satisfied with his current work and life. At the same time, he knew that he had taken Lans's money; he was now not only a person in Lans's circle, but this was also the ceiling for his life.

Wanting to obtain a higher status had nothing much to do with whether he worked hard or whether Lans was willing to help him.

Congress certainly knew the situation here and knew the situation of these people. The fact that Congress pretended not to see the terrible situation here did not mean they were not clear about it in their hearts.

They would not let a person with a stain like Director Dai Er continue to advance, so the highest point of his political career was this moment!

However, his son still had the opportunity to climb higher!

But it was a pity that Director Dai Er did not have the opportunity to attend the Saint Nong Festival party. To Lans, he was just a person who could be replaced at any time; he was not qualified enough to enter the core.

Besides these two people, Lans also went to meet the Deputy Governor.

The Deputy Governor was also very happy about Lans's visit. He was now considered a big shot, and the fact that a big shot could take the initiative to visit could only mean that the other party still had him in mind.

The Deputy Governor invited Lans into his study and personally poured Lans some coffee. "I heard you have already been to see Te Li?"

This news had been spreading in Mantenong for the past few days, saying that Lans had decided to support Te Li. The city, which originally had a slight feeling of an election, suddenly lost that tension before the election.

Because people already knew the result of this election—Attorney General Te Li would win the Likalai State election with an absolute advantage and become the next Governor.

Since the result was already there, why waste money?

Wouldn't it be better to put so much campaign funding into one's own pocket?

The atmosphere and heat of the election had dropped, and people could certainly feel it.

Lans nodded and said, "I have already talked to him, and he also expressed his deep gratitude for your withdrawal."

The Deputy Governor laughed twice, "Te Li has already called me twice, and both times he was talking to me about his gratitude."

Lans nodded, "Do you intend to serve another term as Deputy Governor here, or do you intend to transfer to another state after Te Li takes office?"

The Deputy Governor leaned back in his chair, appearing exceptionally relaxed, "I will transfer and leave after Te Li takes office. Everything over there has already been arranged."

As a high-level member of the Social Party, such a transfer was relatively easy for the Deputy Governor.

Moreover, the new Governor of another state controlled by the Social Party was his friend, and after making some interest exchanges within the party, he could smoothly go to another state to serve as Deputy Governor and participate in the gubernatorial election four years later.

Politics is indeed a very complex and difficult thing to understand for those who do not understand it.

But for those who understand it, there is nothing complex about it at all.

"Is there anything you need me to do?", Lans asked.

The Deputy Governor took the initiative to make concessions, so he certainly had to show something; this was a kind of etiquette, a kind of politeness.

The Deputy Governor smiled and said, "When the time comes, I might need you to support me."

As he said this, he sighed. Going to a new place meant everything had to start over. Although it was somewhat difficult, it was also a challenge for him.

Lans said this while taking an envelope out of his pocket and handing it over.

The Deputy Governor was somewhat surprised to see the envelope he handed over, but he also felt that everything was within reason.

He did not decline. In the last three years in Likalai State, he had watched Lans gradually cover the entire Likalai State from Jincheng.

The support from Congress had also played a huge role, and it was the key among keys!

He would not be too polite with Lans; in fact, in the deepest part of his heart, he had the thought, "This is what I deserve."

He picked up the envelope and glanced at Lans, "Can I open it?"

This was a very clever inquiry. If Lans let him open it now, it meant that the things inside would definitely satisfy him.

As for Lans saying he couldn't open it now?

He did not think such a possibility existed. After all, everyone knew Lans's style; he was a very generous person who was never stingy with money!

Sure enough, Lans nodded, "Of course!"

The Deputy Governor opened the envelope, took out the check, and looked at the long string of zeros on the check. At this moment, he felt that he was a flower in full bloom, completely bloomed!

"Three million!", the Deputy Governor smiled and placed the check on the table in front of him. He joked, "I didn't know I was worth so much!"

Lans also kept his smile, "Part of it is to make up for your losses, and the other part is my support for a friend!"

"Contact me when you need to run for Governor, and I will continue to support you."

This was equivalent to a promise, a promise that would allow the Deputy Governor to calmly face the election in another state.

He nodded, "Then I won't be polite."

Lans made a gesture for him to put it away, and he put the check back into the envelope.

For a person like the Deputy Governor, he had plenty of ways to handle this money cleanly, so he did not need Lans's help to handle it. At the same time, this also had something to do with the fact that he was not considered a core member of Lans's interest group.

Small investment returns could not produce such a huge "dividend profit" of three million. If Lans used the foundation he was currently using to handle these bribes to pay him three million, it would mean that others would also have to pay according to this standard, otherwise, there would be a loophole.

Why did the Deputy Governor get an obviously non-compliant investment return when his investment share was not large?

And why did others not get this extra investment return? Was there a situation of using investment to transport benefits?

The masters of the Federation sometimes have brains that are not very easy to use. While they try every possible way to open back doors for themselves to legally collect black money, they also prevent obvious black money transactions. Perhaps this is also a way for them to protect their own collection of black money.

As for how the Deputy Governor would handle these three million, it was highly likely that it would still be in the form of investment returns. After all, at his level, there would always be someone willing to help him handle this money that looked unreasonable.

The conversation with the Deputy Governor did not last too long, and the Deputy Governor did not keep Lans for dinner. He was leaving soon, and it was best not to be labeled as part of Lans's faction.

Come clean, leave clean; this way, it would be easier to develop after changing jobs.

With a label, people over there would look at him with wary eyes.

Up to this point, Lans's Mantenong trip was more or less over. Next was the gubernatorial election result and the matter of spending the holiday at Lawrence Farm.

During this period, he also continued to pay attention to the situation in Lapa. Diego seemed to try to leave, but Albert discovered it, and then they dispatched three large trucks, directly forcing him back to the Presidential Palace.

It could be said that this action was completely aimed at his life, which scared Diego into a cold sweat.

After he went back, he killed two maids, claiming to the outside world that these two maids had stolen his things and had also looked through the documents in his study.

But there was another version, saying that he was scared to the point of peeing his pants.

Because he was too fat, he couldn't change his pants that had been peed on from fear, so the two maids helped him change his pants, but they were killed because of this.

The President was scared to the point of peeing his pants; once this kind of thing that damaged his majesty was leaked, it would be a heavy blow to his personal image and authority.

He had tried his best to keep it secret, but for some reason, it still leaked out.

Besides this, the struggle between the government army and the insurgent army was becoming increasingly white-hot. The insurgent army began to huddle together, forming five large-scale "combat groups," and they were already able to fight back and forth with the government army.

The consumption of the government army was constantly increasing, and it looked like it was already unable to keep up. Lans believed that it might not be long before Diego would contact him again to borrow money from him.

After all, this was the only thing he could do to continue his rule and life.

It was not that he had not considered surrendering to the insurgent army, but he also knew the result of his surrender; besides death, there was no other possibility!

On September 25th, Mo Lisi got married.

The wedding location was on Golden Beach. Lans had people clear a large part of the beach. Although these beaches belonged to government resources, he used them if he wanted to.

In the Federation, sometimes one should engage in privilege when one should.

Just like a boxer, if his fist is heavy enough, he should swing his fist more, instead of standing there honestly without moving.

If a boxer doesn't swing his fist, others won't know how powerful he is, and a very contemptuous attitude will grow in their hearts.

But as long as he swings his fist from time to time, hits a sandbag or something, and lets people see how heavy his fist is, people will respect him.

On the wide, clean beach that looked like gold, a large number of people had already gathered at nine o'clock in the morning.

The members of the Lans family now exceeded six thousand. As for those members on the outer periphery who were not counted in the Lans family, there might be seven or eight thousand or even ten thousand. Adding everyone together, it could exceed fifteen thousand people.

This was still the result of Lans's constant control. If he didn't control it, the number of family members would soon exceed ten thousand, rushing toward twenty thousand or even thirty thousand!

This was not a good thing. He had talked to the people in the family before. After the war ended, the Federation would have stronger self-confidence and power, and they would certainly not let the gangs and their "shared world" go anymore. They would certainly free up their hands to deal with these gangs entrenched within the Federation.

At that time, whoever had a larger scale would be the first to be sent to the chopping block, so Lans had been controlling the number of people.

When the war reached its final stage, he would send a considerable number of family members to the Xiang Yalan region.

By that time, Xiang Yalan should have begun to integrate into the Federation, but there must still be resistance organizations locally, and it would still be in a chaotic stage.

The Federal government would certainly not dispatch troops to suppress these illegal organizations that used ordinary people as members, but gangs could.

Lans stood on the beach, looking at the line where the sea and sky met in the distance. His entire soul seemed to become more relaxed at this moment.

He turned his head and glanced at the people on the beach, took a sip of sparkling wine from the glass in his hand. This might be the last glorious moment for gangs in this world!

"Why are you here alone?", Lans turned his head and saw Ba Ba La. She was walking over from a distance wearing a beautiful dress, and the charming aura radiating from her body was richer than before.

Lans smiled and turned to look at her, "I didn't know you were coming too."

Ba Ba La shrugged, "Jie La Er said Mo Lisi was getting married. If I remember correctly, that groom should be called Mo Lisi, and he also said you would come, so I asked for leave and came."

Now, Ba Ba La already had a place for herself in the entire Federal film industry. She was very beautiful, had a very good figure, and radiated that kind of charming and seductive temperament, which was full of fatal attraction for many men.

Perhaps her acting skills were not good enough, but her face and figure were good enough to make up for this shortcoming.

Ba Ba La herself was also willing to make a certain degree of concessions in this regard. After all, for her, acting skills were something that would slowly increase the more she acted.

But if her face and figure were not used now, they would expire and become invalid.

She didn't know how long her flowering period would last, so she could only use it while she could.

She walked to Lans's side and naturally took Lans's arm, "Where is Pa Te?"

"Didn't she come with you?"

Lans shook his head, "Pa Te Li Xia and Ai Mi Li are still at the farm and haven't come back. It's much safer there than here."

The things he did were indeed a bit too terrible. If some people couldn't deal with him and went to deal with his family, that wouldn't be good.

So when he was not in the Federation, he let Pa Te Li Xia and Ai Mi Li go to the farm and not come back. Anyway, they didn't need to work to prove that they were excellent and independent women now.

And even if they wanted to work, whether it was at the City Hall or the State Government, wasn't it just a matter of a word?

Pa Te Li Xia was still very satisfied with being able to take the children on vacation at the farm. She actually liked the farm more than others because she grew up on the farm when she was young, and she was also very much liked by the grandfathers.

So she had no complaints, except for not being able to see Lans.

Actually, this matter was also very easy to solve. There were many toys now. As long as she wanted to solve it, she could always solve it!

Listening to Ba Ba La talk about these things, Lans also asked curiously, "What about you?"

"Is anyone pursuing you?"

Ba Ba La curled her lips, "Yes, many, but I don't like any of them."

She turned her head to look at Lans, her eyes filled with a kind of obsession.

She originally didn't have any other thoughts about Lans; she just felt that he was a very ordinary kid.

But as Lans had a place for himself in Jincheng, in Likalai State, and even on the Federal stage, she began to look at Lans squarely and was attracted by him!

In the many years she had grown up with Pa Te Li Xia, she had always been the "big winner." Whether it was study, work, appearance, figure, or other things, she had comprehensively crushed Pa Te Li Xia.

But in terms of choosing a spouse, Pa Te Li Xia not only led her but also made her unable to catch up at all.

She had read a book before, saying that if one met a person who could amaze her for a lifetime when she was young.

Then for the rest of her life, she would be in the shadow of this person.

She didn't know before, and didn't think anyone could amaze someone's life.

But the moment Lans turned his head to look at her, she understood everything!

(End of chapter)