Shadow Empire

Chapter 568 You are doing great things! [666+22]
"...Okay, let's play ball together when we have time."

Senator Cleveland hung up the phone with an impatient look on his face.

Although they are all senators, not all senators are exactly the same.

For example, there are differences between senators from the majority party and senators from the minority party, between core senators from a small political circle and those who are marginalized in the political circle, and between committee members and executive members. These are all different.

They are all senators in Congress, but can you say that their identities, status, and power are the same?
No, it's not the same.

Several people called him in the past two days, and their words and deeds revealed their desire to find out some information.

He sat at his desk in a daze for a while, or maybe his mind was wandering. After about ten seconds, he pressed a few buttons on the phone and said, "Ask Tom to come over."

Five minutes later, Tom knocked on the door and entered the office with his consent.

Senator Cleveland did not deal with Tom immediately, but took care of the documents in his hand first. After another seven or eight minutes, he threw the documents in his hand directly into the file basket marked "Return" and then looked up.

"How's things going with Lance?"

"Several people have called me these past few days to ask about this matter. Did he come up with some news that I'm not aware of?"

He leaned back in his chair while drinking his coffee, and used the strength of his toes and ankles to slightly rotate the chair back and forth.

Tom nodded. "He has now cleaned up the police force in Jingang City. I heard that only the Kodak family is left of the five major families..."

Senator Cleveland couldn't help laughing when he heard this. He raised his hand and said, "Sorry," "I couldn't help it."

"The five major families... a very funny name."

It feels like... a master in a big city heard that his dog and a farmer's dog in the countryside had the same name. He laughed not because the two dogs had similar names, but because he laughed at the fact that the farmer's dog dared to have the same name.

He was laughing at the farmer and his dog's arrogance!
He laughed several times, "Okay, I've laughed enough, please continue."

Tom then nodded and continued to recount what had happened recently. However, he was not quite sure how Lance was going to deal with the Kodak family. Lance's series of actions also aroused Senator Cleland's interest.

Looking back at these things from a God's perspective, you will have a feeling that Lance handled the recovery of the problem very well.

He is not a stupid man, a fool who only knows how to solve problems with violence. There are such fools everywhere in the Federation and they will not attract his attention at all.

On the contrary, Lance's clever way of handling the matter aroused some interest in him. The most important thing was that Lance did not leave any bad handle for himself!
This means his value has increased once again!

Thinking of this, he asked Tom to call Lance. After changing two numbers, the call was picked up.

"I'm Tom," he said quickly, saying his name as soon as the phone was connected. He was afraid that Lance's words would displease the senator.

"Tom?"

"Is there a problem?"

Tom glanced at Senator Cleveland, who shook his head slightly. Tom then continued, "How are you handling it?"

"It's only a few days until June. I remember you said everything would be resolved by June. Have you done it now?"

Lance didn't know why Tom called suddenly. Maybe Bandy was looking for help from Congress again. He immediately replied, "It's almost done. They will be finished soon."

Tom looked at Senator Cleland again and asked carefully, "How are you going to deal with them?"

When he asked this question, Lance knew that this was not the question Tom wanted to ask.

Tom was actually a handy tool, just like him.

Tools don't ask how another tool works, and they don't care about each other. Tom only cares whether Lance's work is done well, and Lance only cares whether Tom can provide him with assistance.

He doesn't care how Tom usually handles work problems; that has nothing to do with him.

But now that Tom asked, it could only mean that someone had instructed him to do so.

There was only one person who could have instructed Tom to ask these details, and that was Senator Cleland.

He adjusted his thoughts and said, "I plan to use legal means."

"Legal means?" Tom felt that he had heard it wrong, and Senator Cleland couldn't help laughing.

Today, two jokes made him happy for the whole day!
Lance also heard the laughter. Although it was not loud, he really heard it. However, he continued as if he did not hear it, "Yes, legal means."

"The core figure of the Kodak family who is responsible for dealing with gangs and crimes is now in my hands. After friendly communication and persuasion, he is like a lamb lost in heaven, and has found his way home."

"He was willing to testify against the Kodak family for some criminal behavior, and with his allegations and some of the evidence he presented, they were like lambs in a noose, and they couldn't escape."

“When to tighten the ropes is just a matter of seeing when I want to finish them off.”

Senator Cleveland showed a satisfied look on his face. This time, without waiting for Tom to speak, he took the initiative to ask, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

After all, this involves the transfer of tens of millions of benefits every year, and even he is looking forward to the arrival of this money. He said this sentence as if it was meaningless, but in fact it was not.

Because if the lawsuit goes through normal procedures, it might take two or three years before they are finally sentenced and the Kodak family's assets can be liquidated.

And he obviously didn't want to wait that long. If he intervened, he could use his political connections to quickly advance the case.

But Lance didn't need it. "Not for now, Senator. The Attorney General gave me some help..."

"Do you know Bob?" Senator Cleave frowned. Bob was not in the same group with him.

If Lance and Bob both come into contact, does that mean he is not necessarily on his side?
Fortunately, Lance explained quickly, "You misunderstood me. I was talking about Mr. Terry, the Attorney General of Likalai State."

Senator Cleveland's mind flashed with a figure, a little blurry, "I remember, Terry, yes, he is also the Attorney General, but he is the State Attorney General."

"Why, are you familiar with him?"

Lance's laughter came into the receiver, "For your sake!"

Tom felt a little emotional. He had seen many interns, congressional interns, or office interns who were placed here by some people with connections.

These interns graduated from elite alliance colleges, and many of them have prominent family backgrounds.

Without a prominent family background, they cannot get letters of recommendation to intern in Congress or a senator's office.

These people started from a very high level, and they and their parents probably usually come into contact with politicians or big capitalists of roughly this level.

But even so, when they first arrived, it was difficult for them to communicate smoothly with the Senator, let alone flatter him.

But look at Lance, he spoke so fluently and implicitly praising the Senator, and you can tell from the smile on the Senator's face that he really likes Lance's flattery.

"You didn't promise him anything, did you?" Although Senator Cleland liked Lance's flattery, he did not completely fall into it and lose his mind.

"Of course not, Senator."

"I didn't promise him anything, and I didn't even mention you!"

This pleased Senator Cleveland even more, and he didn't mind if the little fox wanted to usurp his majesty as a lion.

But you cannot promise anything outside in his name, as that will only bring a lot of trouble.

Lance did a great job on this, and he liked him very much.

"Very good. You are the most capable young man I have seen in recent years. Your future should not be limited to Jingang City."

"Do it well, do it beautifully, you will have face, we all have face, do you understand what I mean?"

"Any problem you can't solve, call Tom. You have his number."

Senator Cleveland put his hand on the end call, "That's it. Let me know when there's good news."

He said that and hung up the phone without waiting for Lance to respond.

Then he thought for a while, "Terry...", he looked up at Tom, "Who is he?"

An attorney general, the third-ranking official in the state government, took the initiative to approach him. Although it might be a bit blind from Lance's point of view, he believed that there must be a reason for it.

If there is no one behind him, how can he sit in the position of the third most important person in a state?
There won't really be people who are like foreigners and believe that as long as they have the ability, they will be reused in the federation, right?

What a fucking joke!
Tom shook his head. "I don't know. I can look into it."

Governors, presidents, secretaries of state, cabinet members, and many senators in Congress, all of these people may have been his former backers.

The third-ranked person in a state does have some value, but one cannot take risks or be reckless.

On the other side, Lance also put down the phone. He looked at the stunned Shi Dong and said with a smile, "Look, I have someone above me too!"

"So you're not harming your family, you're protecting it."

"Without you, it will face utter destruction."

"But because of you, some of them who would have died are now eligible to survive. You are greater than Bandy, Gory, Fleming and others!"

If Lance had said this before, Stone would never have believed it, but now, he believed it.

Bandy talked about whitewashing every day, which made them understand in whose hands the country was actually controlled.

Anyway, it is not in the hands of the people.

It was precisely because he knew this that he realized how terrifying the phone call just now was!
(End of this chapter)