Shadow Empire

Chapter 494 Do as I say this time

The sound of the phone ringing made Fleming pause for a moment. He walked to the window in the living room and answered the phone.

"This is Fleming."

Fleming has his own villa, his own garage, his own luxury car and even his own company.

Bandy was determined to whitewash himself, or rather his family.

Perhaps it was because Bandy saw that the mafia family had no future at all, so after he took over the family, the first thing he did was to find a way to clean it up.

So Fleming has been living in the spotlight and the focus almost all the time since he was a child.

He attends the best private schools, makes friends with the richest and most powerful peers in Jingang City, attends an elite league university, and plans to try to make some breakthroughs in politics!
He is not Bendy's remote control toy. He has his own life and work, but all of this must follow one principle——

He can't touch the family mafia business.

Perhaps he will not be able to achieve the transformation from a mafia family to a political family in his lifetime, but the next generation born from his political marriage will begin to get involved in family affairs.

Then the Kodak family will finally be able to fulfill Bandy's lifelong dream!
"Fleming, it's me."

"Dad, what's the matter?"

He raised his glass to his friends sitting on the couch.

These people will help him in the future.

"Is there a man named Eugene with Stone?"

"Yes, I know this guy, what happened to him?"

The family's gray industries are all managed by Stone and his father Gary. Gary is mainly responsible for all matters in the casino, while the rest are handled by Stone.

He cannot be responsible for all the industries and businesses in his hands by himself, so he will have a few people around him who are like think tanks.

Eugene is one of them.

"He got into some trouble.", Bendy sighed softly.

Perhaps sensing Bandy's depression, Fleming took the initiative to ask, "Do you need my help?"

Fleming also had his own connections and social circles, and everyone knew that he would be the next "Mr. Money" of the Kodak family.

Mr. Qian is an informal title, mainly used to refer to people who have a lot of money and wealth in their hands.

Like Bandy now, in the eyes of many people, he is "Mr. Money", the person who controls wealth.

No one would complain that they have too little money, and the Kodak family are locals of Jingang City, so they are willing to make friends with him.

As the next generation heir trained by the family, Fleming also wants to do something for the family——

This is actually a very interesting phenomenon.

Children from poor families often yearn for an independent life, but children from rich families hope to do something for the family.

Therefore, the gap between the poor and the rich is so huge that they can no longer understand each other.

Bandy was pleased that his son took the initiative to share the problem. All his efforts over the years were not in vain. He smiled and said, "Don't get involved in these things until I ask you to do so."

"Have a nice day with your friends, and leave the rest to me and Gori, got it?"

"Okay!" Fleming was a little disappointed, but decided to follow his father's decision. "Call me if you need anything."

After he hung up the phone, he returned to the living room, where his friends were chatting animatedly. "I watched a very interesting movie these days, 'Underwater Secrets'. You really should watch it."

"It will definitely sell for a high price at the Spring Exhibition. In my opinion, we should also set up a production company. The bonus period for movies has arrived..."

Look, Fleming, who comes from a gangster family background, has successfully mixed into the upper class, and these young people with prominent backgrounds have begun to think about investing and making money.

Some other young people of the same age as them have just adapted to their jobs which require them to work eleven hours a day and earn forty dollars a month!
After hanging up the phone, Bendy called Stone. This nephew was like a half-son to him.

He hopes that the two brothers can support each other throughout their lives like he and Gao Li, and eventually allow the family to achieve the transformation they want.

When people talk about the Kodak family, they will no longer say that it is a "gangster family", they will say that it is a "chaebol" or a "political family", which is what he wants.

It was also because he was very kind to the two brothers that he didn't speak so tactfully or politely.

He got straight to the point right away, leaving Shi Dong no chance to refuse.

"You have a young man named Eugene. Is he in any trouble?"

Shi Dong didn't react at first, "I don't know what you mean."

"Lance just called me and asked me to hand Eugene over."

Bendy told them why he called, but he kept the deeper details to himself.

Eugene cannot make the decision. The one who can really make the decision is Stone. Now that Eugene has offended Lance, was this decision made by Stone?

Shi Dong's brows were tightly furrowed. He hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth.

"Lance and his team have a boxer named Ethan. This guy is very talented and always wins the matches."

Bendy said "hmm" and motioned for him to continue.

"Now, almost all customers will bet on him to win in any of his matches, so we are under great pressure to make a profit."

"I lose 200,000 or 300,000 yuan in each issue. After clearing all the accounts in this issue, I will still lose 700,000 or 800,000 yuan."

"So Eugene made a suggestion before. He said he knew a very good boxer who could snipe Ethan, and I agreed."

"If we had won, we would have made about 700,000 or 800,000 yuan, but in reality we failed."

"I don't understand. Why should he cause trouble? It's not like they lost!"

Bandy was silent for a moment, "I see. I'll talk to him."

After he hung up, he called Lance again, "I just talked to Stone. Your people won the game and took away the profit. I don't understand the meaning of your request."

Lance laughed a few times after hearing this, very hearty, but the laughter and the things hidden in the laughter made Bendy a little irritated, "What are you laughing at?"

Lance responded, "What else can I laugh at? Of course I'm laughing at you!"

"Fake!"

"Lance, watch your words!"

The last time the tough Bandy faced Lance, he chose to give in, which made Gao Li resent him for a long time and even suspected that he had become a softie!
He is not a wimp!
He also came out of a bloody situation, but now the direction of the family has changed, and he can no longer use his fists to do everything like he did in the past.

However, this does not mean that he will not be angry, nor does it mean that he will always remain "weak" when facing the young man Lance.

Lance didn't care about his sudden outburst of temper at all. "Every city has its own rules. This is a regular boxing match. Your people started fighting. It doesn't matter whether we win or not, or whether we take away the money that belongs to us or not. Your people started fighting."

"You cheated, Bandy, and we caught you!"

"My request is not high. Just hand over the person and the matter will end here."

While they were talking, Gao Li walked in from outside.

After Bandy and Stone finished their conversation, Stone called and told his father about it.

Although Bandy was really good to him and really treated him as his own son, he was not Bandy's biological son after all.

Bandy wanted to clear his name, but he couldn't use his own family as bargaining chips. Stone didn't know how this matter would turn out in the end, but he called Gao Li and briefly and quickly told him the time.

So Gao Li walked directly from another office and pushed the door open.

He walked over to Bandy, pressed the speaker button on the phone, and sat down opposite Bandy.

Bandy looked at Gao Li with some surprise. After the two brothers looked at each other for a moment, Bandy continued, "We can't hand him over. You won't lose anything!"

Lance still didn't give in. "You don't forgive a thief just because he sneaked into your house and left without taking anything."

"I believe that once you find the thief, you will make him die miserably!"

"Bendy, I still say the same thing, you cheated, you were caught, and you will pay the price for it."

"You don't have to give it to me, but I will definitely find him!" Gao Li couldn't help it, "You can try!"

Lance was stunned by the sudden voice on the phone, and then he realized who this person was, "Gory?"

"Honestly, you're nowhere near as good as Bandy. At least Bandy is more of a ruler than you are. You're just a villain!"

"I don't care whether you agree or not, I have already said what I want to say."

"You are the ones who set the rules, and now you are the ones who break the rules. Remember every choice you make, and don't regret it."

"I'll give you one day, but only one day!"

Lance hung up the phone after he finished speaking, which made Gao Li’s lungs almost explode!

As a person who has been dealing with gray industries and gang affairs, he must not be a person with a good temper.

Even the best temper will be worn out by the things you need to do every day, but he didn't lose his temper immediately. Instead, he looked at Bandy and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Bendy put his hands on his chin and thought about how to end this matter without causing any bad effects.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Gao Li frowned and said, "You're not really going to hand Eugene over, are you?"

"If you really do this, what will they think of us, what will those people in the city think of us?"

"They contributed when they were needed, but were thrown away when they were done. Who would dare to work for the family in the future?"

Bandy was a little unhappy, "I didn't say to hand Eugene over!"

"But you must have thought so just now!" Gao Li didn't give Bandy any face at all, choking him so much that he widened his eyes and couldn't speak.

"We already made some people laugh at us last time. If you give in again, we will become a complete joke!"

"Bandy, what allows us to gain a foothold in Jingang City is the guns in our hands and the money in our pockets. As long as we always keep these two things in our hands, we will always be the Kodak family respected by everyone!"

It cannot be said that there is anything wrong with what Gao Li said, but it does not fully meet the requirements for processing.

After all, the gang is a gang, and the ceiling of the gang is too low. If he does not want his family to eventually perish in a political struggle, then his best way is to make changes.

"I'm doing this all for the family!" He emphasized, as if he was protecting his last bottom line, but Gao Li didn't listen at all.

Gao Li looked at him, "Did your concession last time bring you respect and authority?"

"Listen to the boy's arrogant voice on the phone. He doesn't respect you at all!"

"Before you hurt him, he will just think you are trash."

"We are not afraid of anyone, no matter who he is, the other families, or Lance and the others."

"We listened to you last time and ended up losing face."

"Listen to me this time, and let me make up for the loss we made with interest!"

Bandy sat in the chair and thought for a long time before nodding slowly. "Recently, some people in the Bay Area have some opinions about Lance. Unite their forces."

"Either don't do it, or if you do, you must pin him to death!"

Only at this moment did Bandy reveal his hidden ruthlessness, which was rare.

Gao Li smiled, "I know."

Eugene knew at the first moment that Lance was looking for him, and he was also very panicked.

From a practical point of view, he did come up with the idea for the sake of the company's affairs, and then he contacted the boxer and mentioned the cheating issue.

He didn't consider his own interests at all, he didn't buy any boxer's betting tickets, nor did he gain much benefit from this matter.

If the company decided to hand him over, he would be helpless and probably just feel deep despair towards the company.

At this moment, every second was torture for him.

Shi Dong looked at Eugene who was sitting on the sofa and wiping his sweat, and said impatiently, "Why don't you take off two pieces of clothes when you are so hot?"

Eugene managed a small smile and took off his coat.

The phone suddenly rang, and at this moment, both of their eyes were focused on the ringing phone.

Shi Dong answered the phone, and after a while, a smile appeared on his face.

He looked at Eugene, "You're lucky. The family decided to keep you."

Eugene exhaled heavily, "Thank you, thank you Mr. Bandy, thank you Mr. Gowrie, and thank you, Stone."

Shi Dong lit a cigarette and waved his hand, "You work for me, and if you get into trouble, I will hand you over. Who will sincerely work for us in the future?"

"Although we will protect you, don't give Lance and the others any chance. It's best for you to stay in the company during this period of time and don't go anywhere else!"

Eugene nodded, "I know."

The day passed quickly, and some people called Lance, such as Alberto.

During this time, Francesco's control over the Pasretto family became stronger and stronger.

Mainly because his uncles, aunts, grandparents found that their idea of ​​gaining family power by suppressing Francisco was impossible to achieve. The young people in the family identified more with the equally young Francisco, so they gave up the idea of ​​fighting for power.

After all, two people of their generation have gone to see God. It turns out that Francisco is not such an obedient child, and he has Alberto, who is like a vicious dog, by his side.

So Alberto's job became a lot easier.

"Are you planning to go to war with the Kodak family?" Alberto asked a big question right at the start.

Lance smiled and denied his statement, "If they hand Eugene over, I'm willing to follow the rules of this city."

If you make a mistake and get caught, you have to admit it. The rules are actually very simple.

Lance will arrange a fight between Eugene and Ethan. Either he knocks Ethan down, or Ethan kills him. Someone has to fall.

That’s in line with the city’s rules, but not in the interests of someone who made them.

"If you need anything, tell me and we will stand by you."

In fact, Lance didn't need Alberto's help, but he still thanked him for calling and asking.

Sometimes these inquiries and attitudes are more comfortable than what he can do.

The next morning, Lance called Bandy, but the call didn't go through. He then called Gowri, but the call didn't go through either.

He asked someone for Fleming's phone number. Fleming said he didn't care about family affairs, and asked Lance to call Stone directly, and gave him a number.

When the call was connected, Lance had just said who he was when an arrogant voice came from the other end of the receiver, "Send Q!"

Then the phone was hung up. Lance stared at the receiver in his hand for a while, then couldn't help laughing out loud.

Everyone in the office was looking at him seriously. He was the only one smiling.

After laughing for a while, he said, "I haven't heard anyone talk to me like this in a long time."

The smile on his face gradually faded, "It seems that our friends don't take our words seriously."

He groaned for a moment, "Eugene must be under their protection now. Go find his family and capture them."

Lance looked at Alan, who stood up, "I'll go now."

Lance nodded, then looked at Hiram, "Distribute weapons to the brothers and prepare for battle."

Then he looked at Erwin, "I remember we have a few people whose contracts are about to expire?"

Items that are about to expire usually refer to food and goods, not people.

The "about to expire" here actually refers to those who are terminally ill. They have all registered with the Lance family and are ready to take the blame at any time, or even sacrifice their lives!
Those who had done so before showed them the way, and after their death Lance gave their families a large sum of money and also had someone take care of the lives of those people's families.

Their wives have jobs and their children will not be discriminated against or bullied by others, which frees them from any worries.

Since you are going to die soon anyway, why not exchange your life, which is about to end, for a better future for your family before you die?

Some people may not be willing to do that, but there are more people who are willing to do so!
(End of this chapter)