Shadow Empire

Chapter 569 An old case
No matter how strong a fortress is, it can be easily breached from the inside.

Stone is the key that opens the door.

Stone's betrayal threw the entire Kodak family into a state of panic.

"We need to find out his current status immediately. Has he betrayed us, or has Lance learned the secret of the safe for other reasons?"

Most of the family members sat together. This was a big event that concerned every family member, so Bandy gathered them all together.

He held his chin and watched their heated discussion, hoping to gain some inspiration from it.

Someone asked, "What are you going to do if he betrays you?"

The man's tone became a little grim, and he looked at Gao Li at the same time, "Then we can only do everything we can to make him shut up."

"I'm sorry, Gao Li, I know this makes you uncomfortable, but he has caused us too much trouble now."

"Even if we have to sacrifice some interests or something else, we must get rid of him!"

Shi Dong indeed knew too many secrets and a lot of family crimes.

Gao Li's face has been very ugly since he knew that Shi Dong might have betrayed the family.

He glanced at the man, then turned to look at Bandy, "I'll investigate. I'll do it."

Bandy looked at him, their eyes locked with each other. He saw the firmness and determination in Gao Li's heart. He hesitated and was about to nod when someone interrupted him.

"You should stay away. He is your son. We don't know if you will do anything that would harm the interests of the family."

"I think this matter should be left to...to do."

He mentioned a person who had a good relationship with him and ranked relatively high in the family. Even at this moment, the struggle for power and profit was not put aside by them temporarily.

They are still fighting for power!

But this is not surprising. The profits brought by the casino every year are astonishing figures. The more powerful one is in the family, the greater the dividends and power one will control.

These are all interests, naked interests.

Bandy looked at the man he was talking about. It was a young man about the same age as Stone. He met Bandy's gaze and nodded, "I can handle it."

As long as Gawli didn't do it himself, Bandy had no objection.

"Sure. Just go get whatever you need, manpower, weapons, explosives, or anything else, including connections."

"I only have one request, don't let things get any worse!"

He clapped his hands and said, "Let's stop here for now. We have another matter to discuss, which is the transfer of property and family members."

Someone in the crowd asked, "You also think we are no match for Lance?"

The voice was familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a moment. "I never thought that we were not a match for the Lance family. This was just a backup plan."

"What if, what if we are faced with a desperate situation and have already prepared a way out, or have no preparation at all, that would be two completely different situations."

"We need to be prepared for the possibility that this thing doesn't go as well as we imagined. We need to give ourselves a way out."

Those people looked at Bandy, as if they wanted to find some traces on his face.

But unfortunately, they were not able to do this.

Bendy's expression remained the same, he had mastered the art of not letting his emotions show on his face.

Asset transfer does make people think of many bad situations, but it has to be done now.

This was a big deal and involved the interests of many people. They had been arguing over matters that concerned their own vital interests and had never stopped.

After the discussion, Gowri and Bandi returned to Bandi's house, "You should have let me go."

Bandy shook his head. He knew that Gao Li was talking about the murder. "You are more important to the family than this matter."

"So just let others do it. We are all family, they won't be so stupid as to not know what to do."

"I'm actually not too worried about it if Lance intends to use legal means to deal with us."

Seeing the confusion on Gowrie and Fleming's faces, he explained, "If they want to collect evidence of the family's crimes and use it to accuse us, it will take a long time and legal process."

"We are not a small player. We have money, power and influence. We can hire the best lawyers to defend us."

"It may be many years before they want to deal with us in this way."

"What worries me now is that I'm not sure what insidious tricks Lance will use. He can always find some unimaginable ways and methods to bypass our defense."

"Gori, you have something very important to do."

Gao Li nodded. Bandy spoke so carefully, and he also knew that this matter was different from other things.

Bendy looked at him, "You... need to find a way to assassinate Lance."

"He is the core figure of the Lance Family. If he dies, the Lance Family will collapse without us having to do anything."

"But Lance's personal security force is very strong. You only have one chance, and I don't want you to do it yourself." Bandy looked at Gowri with a very complicated look.

If nothing had happened to Shi Dong, then his life wouldn't be so complicated.

His son betrayed him, and Gao Li was asked to do a very dangerous job. It seemed like he was using this accident to eliminate dissidents.

But in fact, both he and Gao Li knew that this was not true.

Gao Li nodded and said, "I won't do anything without full preparation, don't worry."

Seeing that Gao Li didn't seem very sad, Bandy could only sigh. He didn't know what to say about this matter, and he couldn't even say words of comfort.

I could only nod and say, "Just keep it in mind. Also, it's best if you don't do it yourself."

"We've already lost Stone, I don't want to lose you again."

Gao Li forced a smile and said, "Don't worry."

The room fell silent, an awkward silence, and Bendy didn't know what to say to ease the atmosphere.

Finally, Gao Li took the initiative to stand up and said, "I'll go and prepare these things. If there is anything, call me."

The Bandy family has a lot of gunmen, some of whom are good at shooting, but this time Gao Li plans to find a retired soldier to do this.

Most of the gunmen in the family are half-baked. They spend their free time on smoking, drinking and sex. Their proficiency with weapons is only enough to avoid hurting themselves and their own people.

With a gunman, he also needs to study Lance's daily schedule and then create a suitable opportunity for a sniper attack, which is indeed not an easy task.

After Gowrie left, Bandy shook his head. He felt sorry and regretful for Gowrie, and was also angry and dissatisfied with Stone's betrayal.

After quite a while, he had been dealing with family affairs. Whether it was the impact caused by Lance or the sparse number of guests in the casino, everything gave people the illusion that they were going to be finished!

If they did not need to borrow money to operate their business, perhaps their creditors would be urging him to pay back the money now.

He had just put down the phone and lit a cigarette when the housekeeper knocked on the door. "Sir, is it convenient now?"

"Duke and some police officers want to see you."

It would be surprising if this guy Blue became the police chief, but it wouldn't be unexpected.

Then it was obviously a bit surprising that Duke became the deputy director. He actually didn't cooperate much with Lance and completely took advantage of Blue.

Now when talking about the police force, Blue and Duke, some people will use "Charlie and Hunter" to describe their relationship.

He is also a very important character.

"Let them in." Without giving it much thought, Bendy decided to meet them.

As the most basic federal law enforcement agency, when it is not on your side, it is best not to give it any handle to catch you, and at the same time not to openly oppose it.

Soon several policemen came to his office, with Duke walking in front.

He stood up as if he knew nothing, walked around the table to the door, shook hands with them, and invited them to sit in the room. He also sat on the sofa with them, "Several officers, and Chief Duke, please wait a moment."

"My lawyer is on his way."

Federal constitutional amendments and related laws empower anyone to seek professional legal services from a lawyer. After he asserted his demands, the police could only express their understanding.

Of course, this is also directly related to Bandy's reputation, status, and wealth in Jingang City.

If he were an ordinary person, he might have already fallen to the ground and slapped the floor to show that he was giving up his power.

But he is Bandy and he has the power to do whatever the law allows him to do.

In fact, he will do it even if it is not allowed, so who cares?
Soon lawyers arrived at the scene. The Kodak family's trouble was definitely a good thing for the lawyers, as it meant that a large amount of commissions were beckoning to them.

After a brief greeting, Bandy returned to his chair behind his desk and watched the lawyer negotiate with Duke and the others.

He first checked the police badges of these people and registered their names, then checked the legal documents they brought, and after confirming that they were all authentic, he asked, "What do you want to ask my client?"

Duke did not show any impatience. "It's like this. After Chief Blue took office, he decided to clean up a number of old cases that had not been solved for many years. We found some clues in one of the cases recently, and this case may involve Mr. Bandy."

"So you see, here we are."

The lawyer glanced at the legal documents again. Although there was no arrest warrant, subpoenas and other documents were already there.

This also means that at least in terms of process, there is absolutely no problem. They do have evidence that can convince the judge, and the judge will sign these documents.

The lawyer glanced at Bandy, who nodded. Then he said, "You may ask questions, but my client has the right not to answer."

The police officer next to Duke took out a notebook and pen and asked at the same time, "Mr. Bandy, do you know Himmler?"

A bubble suddenly appeared in Bandy's mind. The bubble rose from the deepest part of his memory, moving upward little by little, and finally exploded at the highest point in his mind.

A series of memories about this name appeared in his mind in a coherent manner.

Himmler was a manager of a bookmaker.

The main job of a bookmaker is to open the market for various content that can be opened, and then adjust the odds in a timely manner, ultimately making a lot of money for the company.

This was actually not a very troublesome job. Himmler mainly did two things.

First, find content that can be used as a gambling handicap that does not involve any moral risk and does not violate the law, bring it out, promote it, and then accept bets.

For example, in an election, they will set odds for different candidates and then accept bets.

This behavior neither involves moral risk nor violates the law, so it is a good project.

But if a gunman appears in a certain place, he will use "how many people the gunman will kill in the end" and add "how many men will be killed", "all women will be killed", "the last person killed will be a man or a woman" and so on as the content of the gambling.

Then these clearly involve moral risks and may even be illegal.

He can't let the company bear such great risks and responsibilities, that's one of his jobs.

Second, integrate some industry resources, study how some bookmakers play, and then see if there is any chance to surpass them.

A bookmaker is a bookmaker, and a casino is a casino, and both require their own separate operating licenses.

Moreover, the business scope of a gaming company may involve the entire world, so the objects they have to compete with are definitely not just the enterprises in Jingang City, but the gaming companies in the entire federation.

This requires specialized personnel to collect the latest information of other companies, analyze it, and ultimately formulate business strategies for the company that are in line with the company's development direction.

In short, Himmler is definitely not an insignificant little character.

He is an important member of the company.

Any company has the concept of "professional ethics". For example, a doctor's professional ethics is to save the patient and not give up on the patient because of certain factors.

As the manager of a gaming company, his professional ethics is that he should not use his position to participate in gaming.

Because he is the referee himself, if he goes and buys the company's products for profit, it will obviously be too bad for the company.

I don’t know whether it was because there was something wrong with his financial situation or he simply wanted to make some money from the company.

He frequently purchased the company's products and used his status and influence to make a lot of money.

At the beginning, his movements were very small. Amid the changes in funds of millions or tens of millions, thousands or tens of thousands of dollars were not noticeable at all.

It was precisely because his movements were so small at the beginning and not discovered that he became more and more courageous.

In the end, they may even buy bets worth tens of thousands.

If it weren't for his work competitor discovering that his financial situation had become extremely unreasonable and then reporting it to the company, he might have violated professional ethics and abused his position for personal gain.

Maybe he is still madly amassing wealth now instead of being sunk into Angel Lake.

In the end, his tearful plea became the last memory of this person in Bandy's memory.

He shook his head. "I know this person, but I'm not familiar with him. He used to be an employee of the company, but he seems to have disappeared later?"

The lawyer glanced at Bandy. He knew that Bandy must be lying. In a company with a gangster background like this, once the management disappeared, there was a high probability that they had been dealt with by them.

However, as a qualified lawyer, he always believed that his employer was innocent, and his job was to help his employer win the case.

The police officer continued, "I have some information here, which mentioned that he might be suspected of using his work convenience to place bets and influence the final results for his own benefit."

"His behavior was discovered by you, and then he disappeared."

Before Bandy could say anything, the lawyer frowned and stopped him from asking further, "Do you have any evidence to link these two things together?"

The police officer shook his head. "It's just a reasonable guess."

The lawyer sneered, "The law is about evidence, not speculation. You'd better ask some questions based on evidence, not such speculative questions."

The officer nodded and asked some more questions, involving more than one person.

Bandy either didn't know or said he didn't know. In short, he didn't actually answer anything.

Seeing that there seemed to be no more questions to ask, Duke simply stood up, and the police officer next to him put away his notebook.

"Okay, that's all for today."

"Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Bandi. If there are other questions that need to be verified, I hope you can continue to cooperate with our police."

Bandy came out from behind the table again. He smiled and walked over to Duke and shook his hand. "Of course, if you need anything."

He asked people to send Duke and his group away, and the lawyer also left on his own initiative.

Before he left, he told Bandy not to answer any of their questions with "yes" or "no" and to refuse to acknowledge any statements that were unfavorable to him.

If you have any questions, be sure to call him over.

Of course, he gave so many instructions not because he was so responsible, but simply because it allowed him to make money.

After he asked the butler to send the lawyer away, his face quickly turned gloomy. Now he acted as if he was relaxed, but he knew that these problems were very bad.

Because these people were dealt with by Shi Dong. In other words, if Shi Dong really betrayed, no matter what the reason was.

The entire Kodak family will be in a super passive situation!

He couldn't help but frown and pounded the table. He really shouldn't have let Shi Dong go out that night.

Otherwise, the subsequent series of events would not have happened.

But if Shi Dong is really not allowed to go, who should go?

It seemed inappropriate to ask anyone to go, and he would never feel at ease if there was no key figure on the scene of such a large-scale gunfight.

He picked up the phone and called the person who was going to do this, "Shut him up as soon as possible, we can't wait too long."

(End of this chapter)