The mayor was in a meeting. As his control over the city grew stronger, those capitalists who had been driven away by the local forces, as well as capitalists from the capital and other places, began to gather again.
If they could uproot the stubborn local forces, then they would not only be able to get a share of the profits from the Golden Port docks but also future profits from the New Port docks.
Capital always chases profits. Even if there are risks here, as long as the profits are large enough, they are willing to take the risk!
Even if there is only a one percent chance of winning!
His personal secretary interrupted his meeting and whispered in his ear, “John is dead, his partner is also dead, and some other people.”
The mayor was slightly dazed. He turned to look at his secretary, the disbelief and incredulity in his eyes making him think that this might just be a joke.
But his reason told him that his secretary would not joke with him about this kind of thing, and at this time!
The two looked at each other for a few seconds, then the mayor stood up, “Sorry, I have an important phone call…”
The others all expressed their understanding. After all, this was the mayor!
He pursed his lips, picked up the things he needed to take with him, turned, and went to another room with the secretary.
“John was shot and killed while dining in a restaurant. Eyewitnesses said that at least three gunmen were standing outside the restaurant and strafed him with submachine guns…”
The mayor lit a cigarette. His expression management was on the verge of losing control. He needed to use a cigarette to hide his inner feelings.
“The Lance Family,” he said.
The secretary did not give an opinion of agreement or disagreement, “In terms of style, it’s very similar, but we can’t rule out that it was done by someone else.”
“Go on.”
“His partner died at the entrance of the precinct. At that time, he was planning to go to the roadside to buy donuts, and then a car pulled up, and two gunmen shot at him with pistols, a total of twenty-two shots, seven of which hit.”
“The person was already gone when the ambulance arrived. Almost all the bullets hit his lungs.”
“There are also some other people related to John who were all shot and killed. There are rumors outside that the Five Families have made a move.”
The mayor smoked his cigarette, one after another. In fact, this was also the thing he was most unwilling to see. He had been using some means to constantly disintegrate the Five Families.
For example, the withdrawal of the Kodak family this time was because he had given up a portion of the benefits to the people in the state legislature.
The relationship between the state legislature and the Kodak family was deeper. The two sides had reached some compromises. They would not take away the actual results of the Kodak family’s monopoly on the Golden Port licenses—
On the surface, in order to avoid being accused of monopoly, these casino licenses were all under the names of different companies, but in the end, these companies were all controlled by the Kodak family.
The people of the Federation know how to make a monopoly look reasonable and legal. Antitrust is often just a joke.
He had also used this method to turn the Five Families into three major families. Under the dual pressure of the immigration bureau and the law enforcement system, the Cassia family also could not withstand the pressure.
Everything was developing in a good direction. He would first solve these three thorny families, and then solve Councilman Wade—
He had already contacted some people through the party representative Mike. They would nominate Councilman Wade to take over the mayoral post of another city. The mayor of that city had had a small accident, and they were selecting a temporary replacement.
This way, Golden Port would only be left with two black gangs that were holding back, and one Councilman Williams.
With his means, it would not be difficult to solve Councilman Williams and his lackeys. After all, he was just a city councilman. Even if he had great prestige locally, he could not mobilize the entire city to fight against the mayor!
In the past, they could make the mayor do nothing because these interest networks were intertwined. Dealing with any one of them was equivalent to challenging the city.
But with the appearance of the Bureau of Hazardous Materials, which tore a hole in the city’s defense circle, they used their eagerness to silence people to make Charlie take the initiative to resign.
He was using all his strength to pry open this city bit by bit!
Just as the dawn of victory was about to break, suddenly… it dimmed a little.
“Do you think they were the ones who killed Eric?” the mayor asked.
The secretary frowned, “I don’t know. I’ve met Lance, and I can’t quite see through him. He doesn’t act like a young man.”
The mayor rubbed his temples, “Their actions are very decisive. Now that we’ve lost John, our control over the police system has weakened to its lowest point again, and what I’m more worried about is…”
He paused, “It will be very difficult for us to find people who are willing to work for us again.”
The secretary had the same opinion, “John is dead.”
“Yes, John is dead. They will be afraid of becoming the next one!”
The mayor slammed his fist on the armrest, “They found a good breakthrough point. Find a way to investigate!”
Losing John was not scary. What was scary was losing control of the police system.
The police can intervene in anything.
Even if you speak a little louder, others can call the police, and the police can handle it.
Not just this, it can be said that as long as someone calls the police, the police have the right to investigate, even if it’s just a trivial matter.
But the Bureau of Hazardous Materials can’t. This is not under their jurisdiction. So when John became the last piece of the puzzle for the mayor, he felt he had won for sure!
But he didn’t expect that the local gangs would be so tough, so unreasonable!
He took a final drag on his cigarette and looked at the secretary, “Let them go and get rid of Lance. I’m tired of him jumping around under our noses.”
“I have a hunch that Eric was killed by them!”
“Although I have no evidence.”
The secretary nodded, “I’ll go arrange it now.”
The mayor suddenly stopped him, “Let Wolf’s men go too. I want to see them completely disappear from Golden Port!”
The secretary knew that this was a manifestation of his extreme anger.
Gangsters assassinating politicians, politicians assassinating gangsters, or them assassinating capitalists, or capitalists assassinating them.
This kind of thing was too normal in the Federation, but politicians didn’t easily make such decisions because the people of the Federation hated “dictators” and “tyrants.” A reign of terror was the characteristic of these two types of people.
Once a politician was discovered using means that were out of line, or even not discovered, as long as someone speculated about it, his approval rating would drop.
In this country where approval ratings are very important, for politicians, physical means are always the lowest form.
The mayor still hoped to use some political means to force them into a desperate situation step by step.
But now it seemed he was still too idealistic!
He adjusted his emotions, returned to the meeting room, with a calm and confident smile on his face, “Where were we just now?”
Someone took the initiative to bring up the topic they were discussing just now, and the discussion in the meeting room started again.
And at this very moment, the Professor received a phone call.
He was a little surprised by this call, and at the same time realized that this must be related to what happened today.
“I know… okay, I’ll do it right away… no problem!”
After hanging up the phone, the Professor came to Wolf’s office. Wolf was reading the newspaper.
He waved the “Tide Newspaper” in his hand. This was really interesting. Why didn’t Fides have this kind of newspaper?
The professor’s expression was very serious, which made him quickly sit up straight and throw the newspaper on the table, “What’s wrong?”
The professor looked at him for a while and sighed lightly, “They want us to go to war with the Lance Family.”
“Now?” Wolf’s voice was much louder. “We haven’t even dealt with those little bastards, and we haven’t digested the territory we have!”
“The remaining forces of the Red Dog Gang haven’t been cleaned up either. If we make a move on the Lance Family now, we might suffer great losses!”
The professor pushed up his glasses, “This was decided by the higher-ups.”
“F—k!” Wolf slammed the table. He stood up, unable to sit still, pacing back and forth, “F—k!” he cursed again.
“Is this all we can do?”
The professor nodded, “This is the only way. But I believe we are not the only ones making a move. There must be others cooperating with us.”
“In addition, I’ll go talk to the other small gangs. Let’s first show that we are going to war with the Lance Family, to let the person above feel that we are not dragging our feet.”
“When I’ve handled them on my side, we can make a move.”
Wolf could only nod after listening, “There are no other choices.”
He was a little puzzled, “Why are we suddenly making a move?”
The professor took off his glasses and rubbed his slightly stiff face, “Because John is dead!”
“The mayor is losing his law enforcement power again. Once the law enforcement power falls into the hands of the Five Families or the two councilmen, he will become passive again.”
“I don’t know what role the Lance Family played in the whole thing, but it must be a very important role.”
“Actually, no matter what role he played, it has no connection with what we are going to do. We just have to find a way to get rid of him and his men, that’s enough!”
John was dead, and the huge changes brought about by this matter were far greater than people had imagined!
John died in the morning, and Hunter returned to the office in the afternoon.
Many people looked at him with a slightly strange expression because everyone knew that John was dead.
In fact, it wasn’t just John who was dead. Several police officers promoted by John were also dead.
For example, the newcomer officer in the homicide division. It should be that his informant gave him a clue, and then he followed the clue to a place that was said to have possibly held Eric before.
Along with him, four people were riddled with bullets as soon as they got out of the car.
There was also a sergeant who was found drowned in a toilet.
Now that Hunter had suddenly returned, everyone seemed to realize that the flames of war at the high level were finally starting to spread downwards!
“Charlie has been missing everyone lately. If you have time, we can go for a visit. He has something he wants to talk to you about!”
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