Shadow Empire

Chapter 580 Another Family [666+26]
In the evening, Lance's car stopped outside William's villa. He and Emily had been waiting for him at the door.

After hugging the two of them, William said awkwardly, "They knew you were coming, so they followed along."

Although it was a bit embarrassing, Lance saw a blush on Emily's face!

There was no doubt that she was a vain woman, but Lance didn't see anything wrong with that.

Everyone has their own ideas and personality, and also needs to express their emotions and other things. For Emily, improving the family is the happiest thing for her.

Now she sometimes returns to live in the Priscia area because she is more familiar with the social circles there.

In the past, she was not the center of the social circle. She would probably sit in a relatively marginal position, occasionally saying a few words and getting people to pay attention to her for a minute or two, and then someone else would take the attention away from her.

She could only smile and express her thoughts occasionally, but not all the time.

But now, it's completely different.

Since she had attended some of the more exclusive social occasions with Mrs. Williams, she had become a well-deserved centerpiece of the community's social circles.

Even the seats were moved from near the edge to the middle.

She would lie lazily on the sofa, showing off her clothes and accessories, and then everyone's eyes and attention would be focused on her.

No matter who is talking, as long as she doesn't like it, she can interrupt others anytime and anywhere, and no one will feel uncomfortable.

Even if there is, you have to hold it in.

No matter what she said, the ladies would smile and applaud her, even though they would not bring her any real benefits.

But the emotional value they provide outweighs everything!
It wasn't William who changed her life, she knew who it was!

If everyone in the family is crazy about Lance, then if we rank them by fanaticism, Emily would definitely be at the top.

She held Lance's arm and complained to William, "He wants everyone to know you're here now!"

Lance turned to look at her, "I think that's more like what you think, Emily."

William laughed after hearing this, "You guessed it right, they were going to have a party tonight..."

As William's family gets better and better, it's only natural that family members would like to have more frequent contact with them.

Even if I can't get anything from William, what if I need help from them in the future?

So now family activities have become more frequent, and since he and Emily have moved into a new big house, they also hold family gatherings frequently.

Lance was not unhappy about this. After all, they would soon become a family, and the label of "local" on him would become clearer and clearer.

As soon as he entered the lawn, people kept coming to greet him, shake hands, chat, and exchange a few words. This didn't feel like a family gathering, but more like an informal social gathering.

First the older ones, then those around his age.

Barbara and Patricia came out of the room together. When the girl saw Lance, she screamed, ran over and hugged Lance.

They hadn't seen each other much during this period of time. Lance had a lot of things to do, so Patricia didn't care about other people's eyes. She hugged Lance's waist and took a deep breath of his scent.

The familiar smell made the whole person seem to relax at this moment.

William and Emily watched all this happen with great satisfaction, without any intention of preaching.

The others also watched with smiles.

It’s no secret that the Lance family has replaced the five major families to become the most powerful gang in Jingang City. The newspapers have even reported it!
And everyone knows that the police chief and deputy chief both listen to Lance, and the next mayor will also have a cooperative relationship with Lance, which puts the Lawrence family in a stable position.

There are many low-level civil servants in the Lawrence family. If these low-level civil servants do not have any other forces to add to or push them, there is a high probability that they will only be low-level civil servants for the rest of their lives.

But because of their relationship with Lance, they will soon get opportunities for promotion and begin to occupy important positions in various departments of Jingang City.

These changes not only brought about an increase in their personal power, social status, and influence, but also led to the improvement of the entire family!

Their agricultural products will be more competitive——

Lawrence Farm does not just refer to a single farm, it is more like a trademark. At the same time, the farms, ranches and plantations around Lawrence Farm will also sell their agricultural products to the Lawrence family and transport them to Jingang City and nearby cities for sale.

In the absence of intervention from larger forces, this kind of sales is a race to the bottom.

But when the Lawrence family's strength increases, they will have more initiative in the market!
For example, they can find any reason to say that competing brands or even shopping malls are not up to standard on certain issues.

Some stupid rumors and some proper suspension of sales or closure for inspection would allow the Lawrence Farms brand to expand rapidly and go global.

After more than a hundred years of waiting, they finally got a chance to rise, and the person who created this opportunity was Lance. So they had no dissatisfaction with Lance, and a family interest group with Lance and William as the core was slowly taking shape.

"I know you need to be together, but shouldn't you put it off for a while?"

"He belonged to you alone for the rest of the night, but now he belongs to all of us!"

Barbara's voice made Patricia feel a little embarrassed. She glared at her sister, but it had no deterrent effect.

She let go of Lance's hand and stood aside, "We just haven't seen each other for a while, so we can't help it!"

Barbara nodded perfunctorily, "Yes, yes, I can't help myself now!"

As she said this, she also hugged Lance, and it was a very firm hug.

A polite hug is a "hollow" hug, in which there is little direct contact between the two parties except above the shoulders, especially between opposite sexes.

But Barbara's hug was very real, she almost pressed her whole body against him, but luckily she let go very quickly, otherwise Patricia would have been furious!
Barbara has been doing well recently. Angel Lake was well received at the film festival and has begun to be screened on a larger scale.

As the silly and naive heroine of this movie, she portrayed the role very successfully, and of course it can be said that it was a true to her character.

The core of the horror thriller when the silly and innocent people make multiple-choice questions is vividly expressed——

Hiding in the tool shed by the lake, she faced Jason who had been chasing everyone. She did not choose the scissors that could easily cut bones when pruning branches.

I didn't choose a steel chisel that could easily penetrate the soil, nor did I choose a hunting knife that looked very well maintained.

Instead, he chose a baseball bat that no one could understand...

But the audience likes her because she is beautiful, sweet, has a good figure, and is a little bit... bitch.

Being bitchy is not a bad thing for the Federation people, which also explains why they prefer cheerleaders instead of ordinary girls.

In short, this movie has enabled her to gain a lot of resources. Many production companies are already negotiating with her for cooperation. She is going to become a big star.

But she knew very well who gave her all this, and it was because she was truly devoted to this industry that she realized that people praised her beauty and figure, but these things were worthless in this circle!
Every day, outside the doors of the production companies in Valley City, there are dozens, hundreds or even more girls who are younger, prettier, better-looking and more willing to take risks than her, waiting for opportunities.

But there is a high probability that the opportunity will not fall in love with any of them. It is not that they are not good enough, but that there is a layer between them and success that they cannot break through on their own.

The key is to hold Lance's thighs tightly!

Patricia's little fists loosened when she saw Barbara let go of Lance. She glared at Barbara, who just smiled back.

Many other people then came over to shake Lance's hand or hug him.

There was still some time before dinner, and people spontaneously started chatting around Lance and William.

"I read today's newspaper, but I still find it hard to believe that all casino franchise licenses are in your hands, including the Golden Harbor Casino, right?"

Some people still found it hard to believe and couldn't help but ask.

Lance nodded while holding his glass. "Yes, in fact, in addition to these casinos and licenses, I am also considering taking over some legitimate industries from the Kodak family."

The others walked closer and listened to Lance with serious expressions as he continued, "If I don't want these industries, then there is a high probability that they will be divided up by the Bay Area. But you know, there are still some frictions and conflicts between me and the Bay Area."

“I wasn’t too interested in running these companies, but I also knew that they shouldn’t be allowed to fail.”

"So if any of you are willing to be a manager and manage these companies for me, you can come to me."

"By the way, the casino is also short of managers."

"Bandi has only opened three casinos. The market was really that big before. If we open too many, the cost will increase but the profit will not."

"But as this place is transformed into a port that is half commercial and half military, there will be more opportunities and an influx of people, so I plan to fully open all five casinos, which will also require a lot of people..."

How can it be easier and more convenient to hire your own people than to hire people you don't know from outside?

Moreover, many of them are civil servants or middle class and have rich experience, so it would not be difficult for them to manage Lans' businesses and casinos.

As for whether someone will interfere?

Lance believed that they would not do that. Even if someone was really brave enough to mess around in his territory, Lance would not mind turning this guy into the chicken!

Hearing that there were a lot of opportunities, and they were good opportunities, many people immediately became interested.

William relied on Lance to become a member of parliament. Can they also take a step further by relying on their "relative relationship" with Lance?
(End of this chapter)