Shadow Empire

Chapter 822 You Come and I Go [666+13]
Before becoming a chess piece and being picked up from the chessboard and thrown out of the chessboard, each chess piece does not consider itself a chess piece, and even believes that it has the opportunity to change its own destiny and jump out of the chessboard to become a chess player.

In fact, most chess pieces don't have this opportunity.

People like Lance are, after all, a very small minority among the very small minority. Although he traveled through time and space without carrying anything on him, the knowledge in his mind surpasses everything.

If these things are removed, or if one temporarily removes him from the group of successful people, no one can do this easily except for a very few lucky people.

The director does not have such ability. He is a chess piece. He was one at the beginning, he is one now, and he will be one in the end.

The fate of the chess piece is so straightforward that it can be seen from the very beginning.

If you are not on the road to endangering yourself, you have already endangered yourself.

Duizi.

Seeing that the director was silent, the deputy governor continued, "The governor even called me and asked about this matter."

"You want to protect him, but you absolutely cannot, and he must be severely punished by law."

"Only in this way can we shut some people up."

"Only in this way can he suppress this matter."

He stared at the director's face as he finished speaking. Feeling the burning sensation on his face, the director finally nodded and said, "I'll have them relieved of their duties."

"It's not enough to just release them. You need to control them first and hand them over to the prosecutor."

"This case will go through very quickly, so you have to be prepared."

As for what kind of mental preparation he should make, the deputy governor did not say anything. After all, it was not appropriate for him to say it out loud now.

There are certain rules for sending people to die.

You can't say "Go to hell", that's not good, you have to let him bring it up himself, "I... can."

The deputy governor has been giving the director this kind of hint, hoping that he can understand this and accept this reality.

The chief nodded, "I understand."

The deputy governor was very satisfied with his performance, and thus Lance's problem was solved.

As for Mayor Wade's request, he will not really do it seriously. What is his purpose in taking the initiative to contact some media to expose this matter?
After all, isn't it all about leaving the passive "victim" position and becoming the one who holds the initiative?
This kind of thing, which obviously poses a huge threat and impact to the deputy governor himself, is impossible for him to do it according to the thinking of most normal people.

When people don't know who is behind the incident, the easiest way to find out who is behind it is to see who benefits the most from it.

Whoever gains the most, even if that person is not the mastermind, must have a special relationship with the mastermind.

The news got out, but it was still under control.

The state government’s reputation has been damaged, and the two governors are both “victims.” It seems that there is only one person who can really benefit from this, and that is Mayor Wade!

In order to increase his chances of success in his campaign for governor, he constantly challenged the bottom line of the entire Indeno state political arena. As the biggest beneficiary, he stood on the opposite side of everyone!
Politics and politicians have always been dirty, ever since they came into this world.

If he is the only beneficiary, then he will become the person in the eyes of the governor who is trying to destroy “all is well” and he is destroying the good situation in Indeno State.

This will make the governor very dislike Mayor Wade, and the governor will not make Mayor Wade's request for the lieutenant governor to withdraw from the election come true.

The election hasn't even started yet, but Mayor Wade is already jumping up and down. When the election really comes, will Mayor Wade use even more despicable means to win?

It's very possible!
As long as the governor hates Mayor Wade, as a qualified ruler, he must find a way to check and balance Mayor Wade's power.

Even if the lieutenant governor agrees to publicly state that he will not run for election, the governor will find a way to stop him from saying it, and will also encourage him to continue fighting Mayor Wade to balance the relationship.

No ruler would want to have an existence that could influence or even threaten his rule, even if that rule is not long-lasting.

But at least while they are still rulers, they don't want anyone to challenge them.

On the surface, the exposure of these news is a heavy blow to the deputy governor, but if used well, it may become a knife in his hand!
After the director finished speaking, neither of them said anything immediately, but remained silent.

After about two minutes, the deputy governor leaned back and said, "When the governor and I were communicating, he also mentioned your case."

The director sighed in his heart, but he knew that this result was inevitable.

He had tried hard to reject such an outcome, but to no avail.

These days he has also been thinking about the cause, promotion, development and outcome of the whole thing.

In the end, he couldn't even find the slightest solution, unless Sheriff Matthew hadn't touched the goods from the beginning, or had intercepted the goods and handed over all of them that he didn't want to the Administration of Hazardous Materials.

Only in this way can we avoid the current situation. If he had any greed, the current situation would have occurred.

The Lance family was still too powerful, and what they did was not covert enough. He could already guess that the problem lay in the sale of stolen goods.

If Sheriff Matthew transported this batch of wine to other states for sale, these problems would not arise. However, this would give rise to a new problem: how did he know the sales channels in other states?
So this is a dead end. It would be fine if we are not discovered, but once we are discovered, this is the only possibility.

To the point that he himself was implicated.

The director knew that the deputy governor was waiting for his statement. He was very reluctant, but he had to pretend to be generous and considerate of the overall situation. He lowered his head slightly and said, "I will announce my resignation."

The deputy governor smiled. "It's possible that resigning is not enough. I know Mayor Wade. He will definitely try his best to escalate the situation."

"So you have to be mentally prepared..." He looked directly at the director, but the director did not look up or meet his gaze. "...It is possible that the prosecutor will talk to you, but it is definitely not because you are involved in their criminal problems, but for minor crimes such as malfeasance."

"I know you may feel a little unwilling..."

The director shook his head, "No."

The deputy governor laughed twice and said in a gentle tone, "Well, we have known each other for many years, and I have always trusted you, otherwise I would not have recommended you to become the director of the State Police Department."

"You don't have to pretend or anything in front of me."

"I hope you can continue to believe in me. As long as I don't fall, you won't fall."

"It seems to me that it is a waste of your talents to be confined to a small position as chief of state police."

"This opportunity can help you get rid of this shackle, allowing you to have a brighter future and a broader space."

"The sentence for malfeasance won't be too long, maybe one or two years. I'll make some arrangements then, and you'll be released on parole in six months at most."

“You’re going to be very busy because you’ll have more new work!”

The promises that should be made should be made, and the big pie should be drawn. Although they all know that these things may not be true or may not be realized, they still play an important role at this time.

The director nodded, "I understand."

The deputy governor was very satisfied with the handling process and results of this incident. "Go and make arrangements and be mentally prepared."

The chief then stood up, excused himself, and left the room.

The next day, two small newspapers reported the news. The governor finally lost his patience and called the governor again, "Do you want to deal with this as soon as possible, or do you want it to become the biggest scandal since the founding of the country so that I can announce my resignation in the state assembly?"

The tone was already very impolite, and he even used the threat of resigning as a bargaining chip, but this was exactly what the deputy governor wanted.

There was a hint of embarrassment in his tone. "I'm already dealing with it, but the media..."

The governor interrupted him directly, "I'll handle the media, you clean your ass first, idiot!"

When the deputy governor heard the sound of the phone slamming down in the receiver, he was not upset at all. Instead, he couldn't help laughing. The governor was angry.

This is a good thing!

He called the director, then called the State Attorney's Office, and soon the prosecutors began to take action.

Some of Sheriff Matthew's men were also asked to report to Red Rock City as soon as possible. Although they didn't know what had happened, they still had some understanding in their hearts.

At this time, Mayor Wade was preparing for a new round of negotiations with the deputy governor, but he did not expect that the governor would call first.

Although the two are in a superior-subordinate relationship, if a mayor is really powerful, he can ignore the governor.

It's like in a state in the Socialist camp, there may be one or two, or two or three cities whose mayors are Liberals or Federalists.

The governor cannot directly appoint the mayor, but he still has a certain influence, which is why politicians strive to gain public opinion and support.

It really comes in handy at critical moments!

Although Mayor Wade was not afraid of the governor, he was unwilling to offend this guy. After he greeted him politely, the governor's impatient voice came through the receiver.

"Did you give the materials to those newspapers and media?"

"Wade, I know about the competition between you and him, but I never thought about stopping you or stopping him. This is your war."

"But don't involve me!"

"Some of your actions have put me in a difficult position and made me feel passive. My personal advice is that you should stop now. If you continue to move forward, you will only push yourself and us further away!"

(End of this chapter)