After breakfast, Lance called William to remind him that the situation had changed.
“The Wolf Gang’s men are following Jobav now. I’ll arrange for some people to follow you later, in case anything unexpected happens.”
William was a little nervous when he heard this, “Whose men are the Wolf Gang?”
“Will they hurt me?”
“They are the mayor’s men. As for whether they will hurt you, I don’t know, so I will arrange for people to protect you.”
He actually already had some premonition, but when he heard this answer, he still seemed a little… shocked.
The mayor controlled some gangs. Although William had heard many similar stories, when it happened around him, it still made him feel incredible.
The mayor was not an ordinary councilman; he was the ruler of this city, but everything seemed very reasonable.
He was not the kind of young man who had just come out of school and was full of hot blood. He knew very well that if there was white in this world, there must be black.
When the white is whiter, the black is also blacker. This is a two-sided coin, and no one can change these things.
“Will they hurt me?” he asked.
Lance could feel that when he asked this question, he was a little nervous, but he was also unwilling to tell a lie to comfort him, “I’m not sure, so I have arranged for people to protect you.”
“Ethan, that big guy, you know him. He will take people to protect you. It’s best if you discuss your comings and goings with him.”
“Also, you need to learn how to use a gun soon.”
William took a deep breath, “Okay, I will make preparations. By the way, I actually know how to shoot.”
Lance chuckled twice, “Shooting and firing are two different things, William.”
“You can shoot at a target, but you may not necessarily shoot at a person. You’d better learn it systematically!”
After giving some more instructions, Lance hung up the phone. He didn’t think Mr. Jobav could defeat William in the election.
Just his cooperation with the Federation people was enough to make a portion of his supporters abandon him.
Although the Empire people had been discriminated against and bullied to a certain extent in the Federation, the Empire people themselves were still relatively united.
In the past, when there was no strong character, their unity did not seem to play any role, but now with a strong character, this unity will become more and more obvious.
Mr. Jobav was undermining unity, and he would lose people’s support!
After finishing his work here, he took a car to Parkway Bank. He talked with Jonathan about the auction of ownerless assets.
Parkway Bank was also qualified to participate in this matter, but Jonathan told Lance that it couldn’t be auctioned now.
“We have to wait until the end of the year for the Treasury Department to count these ownerless assets and arrange for a working group to distinguish which assets need to be auctioned and which assets will be kept.”
“If I remember correctly, the Red High Heels case happened this year.”
Lance nodded, and he continued, “Then the earliest we can have a sealed-bid auction is next February, after the Treasury Department’s list has reached all localities.”
“If you hope to win it at the auction, you’ll have to wait.”
Lance heard another meaning in his words, “Then what if I don’t go through the Treasury Department’s property auction?”
Jonathan fumbled in his drawer, found a business card, and handed it over.
Lance took it and glanced at it. There wasn’t much on it, a name and two phone numbers.
The name was Richard Jenkins. The phone number, looking at the code, was from the state capital. He then looked up at Jonathan again with a questioning look on his face.
“This is the official from the State Treasury Department’s Asset Disposal Office. He is in charge of the disposal of assets belonging to the Treasury Department in this state.”
“If the house you want is indeed ownerless now, then Richard’s office will have a file on this house.”
“What you need to do is to contact him and then spend money to buy this house.”
“The price will be calculated according to the market price, it won’t be too cheap. After all, we are not the ones operating this!”
“And even at the beginning of next year, it won’t be too cheap, because there will be many people participating in the auction, and it must be made public.”
For this kind of large-scale auction, involving the “income” of the Treasury Department, the bank would not act recklessly. They knew what they could tamper with and what they could not.
At that time, many people from all walks of life would participate, so there was basically no hope of buying this house for a few dozen or a few hundred dollars.
It would be a blessing if its price didn’t exceed its market price. Sometimes at an auction, if a bidder gets angry, they will get hot-headed and push a thing to a height it shouldn’t be at!
Lance did not take the business card but memorized the card and the number.
Jonathan invited again, “Are you free this weekend?”
“We can go play together?”
This was his second or third invitation, and Lance couldn’t refuse, “No problem, do I need to bring anything?”
“You may not like fishing, so we will go play golf. You first need a set of clubs, preferably also a set of sportswear, and a related set.”
“You can go to those shops to see these things. They will recommend suitable ones for you.”
“By the way, do you know how to swing?”
Lance made a joke, “If you mean attacking someone with a golf club, I’m very good at it!”
Jonathan couldn’t help but laugh and said, “For the first time, I hope you don’t hit the ‘ball’ away!”
He paused, “Actually, it doesn’t matter if you can or not. Just use some strength to hit the ball out. We are just for recreation, not for competition.”
They agreed on a time, and then Lance took his leave.
After he returned to his office, he immediately dialed this number, and it was quickly connected.
“This is the Asset Disposal Office, I’m Richard Jenkins”
“Mr. Jenkins, hello, I am a friend of Mr. Jonathan from Parkway Bank.”
“I know Jonathan. How should I address you?”
“Lance, Lance White.”
“Mr. White, is there anything I can help you with?”
To be able to call over, and through the vice president of a bank, Richard would not underestimate Lance.
He had vaguely heard this name, and it was also because he had this feeling that he seemed to have heard it somewhere, so he was also very polite at this time.
With his current social status, it was unlikely for him to have heard the names of those unknown people.
Those who could be mentioned in his social circle were definitely not ordinary people.
“It’s like this, Mr. Jenkins. There is a house in the Empire District of Golden Port. It has no legal heir, and at the same time, the last owner did not make a will, so it has now entered the asset disposal process.”
“I want to do some business and have taken a fancy to its location. I hope to be able to buy it from you in advance.”
“Of course, I know this is not an auction. I will buy it at the market price.”
Mr. Jenkins on the other end of the phone, after listening, had Lance wait for a moment, then he had his secretary bring the asset disposal list for Golden Port.
These lists were updated every once in a while. In a pile of lists on the property page, he found this property.
“I see it. The price on your local newspaper is about $40,000. Are you sure you want to buy it?”
Lance said unhurriedly, “Yes, I confirm I want to do this.”
“Then how should I pay you?”
“Transfer, or cash?”
Mr. Jenkins wrote a note with a pen, but not for Lance, but for his secretary, “You can ask Jonathan. He has the account of the state treasury department. You can have him transfer the money over.”
“After the money is received, I will notify the Golden Port City Hall, and they will change the information of this property. Any problems?”
“No, thank you very much for taking my call, Mr. Jenkins. You’ve been a great help!”
Mr. Jenkins chuckled softly, “You and Jonathan are friends, which means you are my friend. It’s only right for friends to help friends!”
Lance was also a person who liked to make friends, “If you have a chance to come to Golden Port, please be sure to contact me. I would like to host you as the host.”
“No problem, if there’s a chance.”
The two exchanged a few more meaningless pleasantries and then hung up the phone.
He pondered for a while. This Richard Jenkins was a bit useful. He decided to maintain this connection well.
This was the first time the two had contacted each other. He didn’t know this person very well, so he still had to talk to Jonathan again.
$40,000 was just a drop in the bucket for Lance at this time. He quickly called Jonathan and asked him to help with the transfer, and then to notify Mr. Jenkins by the way.
The transfer handled by the vice president was naturally very fast. All the transfer procedures were completed in less than an hour. Mr. Jenkins also didn’t expect this Lance to transfer the money over so quickly.
He directly drew out the file and had his secretary contact the Golden Port City Hall to change the information.
Lance had William find a friend in City Hall to help handle all the documents. At this time, if Lance appeared at City Hall, he might be considered a provocation by the mayor.
Whether in another world or this world, having someone, especially someone in the privileged class, is just convenient.
For ordinary people, they might need to wait for twenty days or even a month or longer for the procedures, but with the push of these people, it was all done in less than a few hours.
People like power and are keen to drill into the privileged class. There is always a reason!
After getting the proof of ownership of the property, Lance had Elvin get some workers over.
There were many temporary workers on the docks. They were willing to do anything. Some even didn’t want money. As long as they were given a little something to eat, they could work for you for a whole day!
This world is so unfair, and has never been fair.
With their hard work, this somewhat decayed building was about to take on another appearance.
An appearance that they would most likely never be able to enter.
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