Shadow Empire

Chapter 577 New Owner

Chief Blue did not hide the fact that Bandy was silenced in the police station, and he made the matter public directly.

Although it has caused a lot of discussion, as the police chief, his power will not be shaken as long as the mayor does not decide to remove him.

The mayor won't take him away. The mayor has other deals with Lance, and he will soon lose his power.

Once he loses the power in his hands, some of the "against the trend" things he is doing now may take revenge on him after he loses the power.

Therefore, he had no intention of replacing the police chief, and Chief Blue also said that the police station had been infiltrated, so the cleansing of the police force was necessary and must continue.

Lance provided him with this little idea, and he used it very smoothly -

This is not his responsibility, it is the responsibility of the previous police chief, who filled the entire police station with bribed people.

So his job is to find these bribed people and then purge them from the police force to maintain the purity of the police force.

In his public speeches, he used the phrase "this is a war between good and evil" to outline everything that has happened from the time he took office to this moment.

It is clear at a glance who represents justice and who represents evil.

The public actually bought into it, because as the evidence of the purged police officers and their corruption was selectively made public, the entire citizens of Jingang City were stunned!

They couldn't believe it and dared not to believe that these guards who were supposed to be protecting their lives and property had actually become the executioners of some people who hurt them!
Severely punishing corrupt police officers has become one of the recent trends in Jingang City and even Likalai State.

But anyway, Bandy is dead, the Keanes have fled, and the Titas are packing up.

The era of the five major families came to an end at this moment.

But the impact of all this and the subsequent changes are still continuing.

Compared to Stone's silence after learning that Bandy had been silenced, the Kodak family did not seem that sad.

As soon as Bandy died, they couldn't wait to hold a family meeting, as if they wanted to discuss the next head of the family to lead the family through the difficulties.

But in reality, they were discussing how to divide the family property.

Apart from those that were transferred, the licenses of just five casinos are enough to make it impossible to conceal one’s greedy desires!
They know better than those outside how much money these casinos make!

When the two brothers Bandy and Gowri controlled the family, they only allowed the opening of three casinos, and most of the profits were sent to other places by Bandy under various names.

He always has various reasons to find a way out for these funds, such as laundering them and making friends with politicians.

This resulted in the family only being able to obtain approximately 15% of the casino's operating profits, with the rest of the money going into the hands of the powerful.

And this 15% is certainly not distributed equally to every member of the family. Not everyone is so important, and not everyone is eligible to get dividends.

For example, those who play a relatively important role in the family, such as those who work in casinos or those who work in the gray industry with Stone, all of them together can get a dividend of about 25% from the total income.

Those who work in other family businesses can only get about 15%, but this group of people is the largest.

Not everyone is willing to fight and kill, and casinos are not easy to enter.

In order to clear himself and his family's name, Bandy actually acquired quite a few companies. These companies needed family members to keep an eye on them. Even if they didn't get involved in the specific work, at least some family members had to be there to watch over them and prevent them from messing around.

Rather than becoming criminals, many people are willing to do legitimate jobs.

But their share was relatively small, 15 percent.

In this way, 40% of the total annual profit will have a destination, and about 40% of the remaining 60% will be added to the family fund.

A family fund is an institution used to develop family businesses, such as acquiring companies, factories, or other businesses that require money but are held in the name of the family.

So this is borne by this part of the funds.

Finally, there was about 15% left, which was divided between the two brothers Bandy and Gowri.

As for the remaining few percent, it will be rewarded to those who have made contributions to the family.

In short, no one in the family is satisfied with the current way of distributing profits.

What they were dissatisfied with was that the proportion held by the brothers Bandy and Gowri was too high, the proportion of the family fund was too high, and the money they could get was too little.

This is actually not just a problem that a large family has to face, but many startups have to face this problem.

If the profit distribution method cannot meet people's demands, then there will inevitably be contradictions and conflicts.

In the past, Bandi and Gaoli had a firm control over everything in the family and their word was final. Even if they had objections, they had to keep them to themselves.

But now, Bandy and Gowrie are both dead, Fleming ran away with some of the money and family members, Stone became a tainted witness, and the head of the family is all finished!
They didn't even have time to feel a bit sad, their minds were filled with only profit!
Casino benefits!
There is still a lot of money in the family fund!

Every branch of the family was arguing in the family hall built by Bandy. Those on this side said that they were very close to a certain head of the family in terms of bloodline.

The guy over there said that they are cousins ​​with Bandi and Gowri, so it is obvious that he should be the one to run the family.

Another person said that he had worked in a casino for 20 years and had extensive experience in running a casino, and he believed that he should be the general manager of Jingang Casino.

Everyone has their own demands and opinions, and some even suggest using a "parliament-like" approach to govern the family.

Anyway, no one can come to a conclusion after discussing it now.

The head of the Kodak family is "inherited", and the old head of the family designates a successor to the family, so this system often leads to the position of the head of the family being inherited continuously within a family.

Now that Bandy is finished, everyone thinks they are qualified to be the next head of the family. They also know that if they don't fight for it now, their line may never have another chance in this life, or even in the next few lives.

So everyone argued fiercely, and the idea of ​​"parliamentary governance" came about.

I have to say that the person who made this suggestion is indeed a smart person.

If they cannot argue to a conclusion that satisfies everyone, then there is a high probability that they will set up a parliament-like institution within the family to jointly rule the family.

Some people asserted themselves with red necks, while others sat in the corner, watching it all coldly.

I don't know how long the quarrel lasted, but the noise in the auditorium became much quieter, and suddenly someone pushed the door and walked in.

They all knew this person, who was a family member responsible for the security of Jingang Casino.

He ran to the stage in the auditorium with a panicked look on his face, snatched a microphone from someone else, and shouted, "Everyone be quiet!"

The people in the auditorium were quiet for a while after hearing his shouting, but then some people started yelling and cursing at him.

He is not of a high generation, and there are many uncles or grandfathers here. They clamor that a junior like him is not qualified to stand there.

But he couldn't care less. "Jingang Casino was closed down, and the other two casinos seemed to have been asked to suspend operations..."

In an instant, the auditorium, which had been filled with endless quarrels, finally became completely quiet.

At the same time, Lance patted the armrest of his chair gently, holding the receiver of the phone in one hand, crossing his legs, and looking at the scenery outside the window.

In fact, the scenery here is not that beautiful. You can't see the seaside, let alone the sea level. You can only see the surrounding buildings.

The buildings in the Empire District are not that beautiful. After all, this is not the city center or the Bay Area, which are full of magnificent buildings.

This is one of the poorest areas in Jingang City. It is very difficult to have any tall buildings around, so he paid more attention to the sky.

The weather has been nice these two days. The upcoming summer has made the weather suddenly become better, the temperature is constantly rising, and everything has become as pleasant as people remember.

The high temperature and sunshine in the afternoon make people lazy and unable to muster any energy. The old men on the roadside will also choose to take a short nap after lunch.

The whole city seems to be filled with a lazy energy.

“…This is the situation right now.”

"Bandy is dead. Before he died, he transferred the license and the operating rights of the casino to me."

"In other words, the five casinos in Jingang City are all my businesses." "This month may not be a good time. We still need some time to rectify and clear up the problems within the casinos."

"We should be able to officially open for business starting from July."

“July, August, September, then October, November, December, two quarters.”

The person on the other end of the phone listened very carefully, with a smile on his face.

"You did great, Lance. Much better than I thought."

"You didn't get into trouble for yourself, some idiot helped you solve the most troublesome thing. You are a smart person!"

"Well, I'll have Tom give you an account number, and you can just deposit the money directly into this account."

"We have been spending a lot lately, and there are places to spend money. You have done a great job."

This sentence is actually a hint, suggesting that Lance is currently short of funds, and Lance can naturally feel these things.

Lance nodded, "No problem, do you want me to transfer some money to you first?"

Senator Cleland's tone did not change after he heard this. "Didn't you say that we can only officially take over the management after July?"

No one can have too much money, and he is in the stage of expanding the power of Congress, so there are many places where money is needed.

Although he also has other channels for transferring benefits, funds are constantly flowing into his hands.

But those funds are indeed not enough compared to the millions of funds that the casino in Jingang City has every quarter.

Lance smiled and said, "I believe the Kodak family will be happy to advance this part of the money."

Senator Cleveland was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he laughed, "Should I thank them for their willingness?"

Lance also smiled and said, "They are good people and don't ask for anything in return, so I think... it's not necessary!"

Senator Cleveland was satisfied that getting some money in advance was better than no money at all, but he also felt something else from these words.

Lance would not obey him unconditionally. He originally thought that Lance would pay for it himself, but now it seems that the money should be squeezed out of the Kodak family.

But no matter what, Senator Cleveland has no guilt about these things. It wasn't him who did it, and it had nothing to do with him. Moreover, the money would go into his hands very cleanly. How could he feel the slightest bit of guilt or even uneasiness?

Only being poor and having no money would make him uncomfortable, not being rich.

"I have other things to do. You can talk to Tom about the rest."

"You can come to Golden State during the Chinese New Year. We have an end-of-year party. You know what I mean."

Lance didn't refuse, "I'll come."

"Okay, let's talk later."

Soon Tom called and gave Lance an account number. "Just deposit the money into this account, and we will take care of the rest."

Then he congratulated Lance on solving this big problem and quickly hung up the phone.

He is also very busy. As one of the senator's staff, he has more work to do every day than those congressmen!

Lance put the phone down, stood up from his chair, and walked out of the room.

There were already quite a few people standing in the corridor, all with excited expressions on their faces, waiting for a signal.

Lance watched them nod their heads, "Let's go check out our casino!"

The corridor suddenly became lively and bustling with whistles, cheers, and most of all, laughter.

Soon, a large number of cars headed towards the largest casino in Jingang City. Before that, Lance had already ordered people to close the casino.

His people, including some police officers, said that the casino and the license were now his property and he wanted to officially take over, so he had to suspend operations first and complete the casino docking work before he could reopen.

This is also a normal request.

There were not many gamblers in the casino during this period, and Bandy's death made the number of people in the casino even smaller. When they were not sure how the future would develop, they dared not go to the casino to gamble.

They were afraid that if something like a gang vendetta happened, they would be implicated.

The news of the casino's suspension of operations spread throughout Jingang City immediately. In an instant, not only did calls within Jingang City become more frequent.

Even the number of calls to Maintenon (the capital of Licare State) has increased, with many people wanting to know who has these license plates now!

Over the years, the Kodak family used these licenses to monopolize the casino business in the entire city and made countless money.

If these licenses were to be released due to Bandy's death and the decline of the Kodak family, it would definitely be a great opportunity for many people.

Even many wealthy politicians in the Bay Area have been calling to inquire about this matter, to see if there is any chance to get a license or do something else.

At this time, the long convoy finally stopped outside the Jingang Casino. Many people had already arrived here and were arguing with the police at the entrance of the casino.

Before Lance got out of the car, someone figured out the situation first. "It's the Kodak family. They said that shutting down the casino is illegal. They are confronting the police officers."

Lance wasn't too surprised to hear this. After all, only a few people knew that Bandy had transferred the casino and license to him.

But soon, everyone will know.

He then opened the car door and got out.

The Kodak family members who were confronting the police at the scene also discovered these "outsiders" and their eyes were vigilantly focused on these people.

Lance walked in the middle of the crowd. The police, who had originally refused to let the Kodak family in and had not said much to them, actually made way for them after seeing Lance and his people.

"How can they get in?!" suddenly a member of the Kodak family shouted.

Lance paused, stopped, turned around and looked at the yelling guy.

Being stared at by Lance and many other ferocious eyes, he suddenly felt his scalp tingling and a sudden urge to urinate rushed to his head!
There was still some arrogance on his face, but it became restrained.

Lance shook his head slightly. He didn't intend to explain to these people and started moving again. This time, no one stopped him, and no one said anything about whether it was reasonable or not.

"That's Lance..."

The Kodak family members looked at Lance's departing back with different expressions in their eyes.

Some are disdainful, some are suspicious, some are indifferent, some are curious, and of course there are also people who have dissatisfaction and disgust in their eyes.

But no matter what emotions they have, in the end they cannot affect Lance, but only themselves.

From the moment he stepped into the gate of Las Vegas, the word "magnificent" appeared in Lance's mind.

This was not Lance's first time to come to Jingang Casino, but it was his first time to come here as the owner.

Regardless of his identity, everything here gave him the same feeling, which was to make people degenerate!

Looking at the flashing lights of various gambling machines, looking at the chips placed on the quiet counter, and looking at the gambling tables in the gambling hall in the distance.

Everything is filled with the fascinating smell of money!
Lance walked around the casino and then came to Bandy's office.

"I don't like the decoration here." He didn't sit in Bandy's chair, but stood at the door of the office and shook his head. "I'll find someone to redo this place in the next few days, including the floors and walls."

There is the abbreviation of the Kodak family on it, highlighting the "bloodline" here.

This was no problem before, but not now.

(End of this chapter)