Chapter 245 Settlement, Breach of Contract and Defendant
Vaughan left quickly with the good news, and even paid the three yuan lunch money before leaving.
Maybe that's why he's willing to eat in a small restaurant, it's not too expensive.
I just hope that people from the Federation of Trade Unions and the Federation of Labor will not be taken aback by the excellent "security" in Golden Port City.
The end of Red High Heels also heralds that both sides are one step closer to the "decisive battle".
Lance heard two gunshots on the way back, coming from the port area.
There have been constant gunshots in the port area recently. The fall of the Brotherhood did not make Bill the biggest beneficiary. This is the funniest thing.
Many gangs are watching the Red Dog Gang's jokes. The rapidly rising neighborhood families and outside gangs are rapidly encroaching on the empty territory in the port area, and they have even begun to test the territory of the Red Dog Gang.
I hope Bill and the others can hold on. This is a tough battle. I wonder if they learned how to shoot when they were pimps.
When Lance returned to the office, he saw Johnny standing outside the door. Johnny looked a lot more haggard.
He slapped his head and forgot about it. Originally, he planned to hire a lawyer to sue Johnny for not paying back the money. According to the procedure, the court would support Lance's request and auction his house to pay back the money.
It's just that something suddenly happened and he didn't have time to deal with it, and he almost forgot about it, if he hadn't seen Johnny.
"Mr. Lance, I will transfer the house to you..."
It took great courage for Johnny to say this, because this was all the glory and confidence he had in his life so far.
He has a failed family, a failed upbringing, and a failed marriage. The only thing that can make him feel that he is not a complete failure is the facade and his own bakery.
Now, he was losing it forever.
He didn't dare to bet whether the bank would sell his house for more than a thousand yuan. This was his only choice.
Lance seemed to give him a choice, but in fact he didn't give him any choice. Just like when he decided to hack Lance's salary, he didn't give Lance a choice or retreat.
Looking at the document bag in Johnny's hand, Lance showed a heartfelt smile, "I'm glad you made the right decision, Johnny. When the house is transferred to the company's name, everything will be over. "
Johnny was a little dazed and dazed. He moved his lips slightly a few times and said, "It's all over."
Lance repeated with certainty, "Yes, it's over, and everything will be fine."
He called a lawyer, and Lawyer Robben came over quickly. After reading all the documents, he drafted a contract for both parties to sign. He also asked Lance to give him an authorization contract. He would negotiate with Qiao Together with Ni, we completed the transfer procedures.
For this, Lance needs to pay him 70 yuan, which is the smallest fee that Lawyer Robben has ever paid him since he got to know him!
Even Lance found it a bit incredible!
Robben didn't seem to mind telling the truth, "I will keep fifty yuan for myself and give twenty yuan to a rookie, and he will do better than me!"
Lance looked at Lawyer Robben's shameless look and was speechless, "You're not lying."
"I never lie!" Lawyer Robben chased after him, but when he met Lance's gaze, he seemed to realize that there was something wrong with saying this, and then added, "Unless it is necessary for work."
Seeing his shameless look, Lance was about to let him leave, but then he thought of something, "I have a friend who plans to go to university to study law. Is there any way to squeeze him in?"
Lawyer Robben was stunned for a moment and frowned, "You asked me to ruin my job."
However, his brows soon widened, "Even if a lawyer successfully graduates from university, he still has a long way to go before he can independently take over your case, Mr. Lance."
"For 10,000 yuan, I will write him a letter of recommendation and I will ensure that he can enroll."
"I'm not lying. I keep two thousand for myself and eight thousand belongs to others."
He didn't forget to add, "You can pay me in cash."
Lawyer Robben has a lot of connections. He just puts a person into college. Whether he has a high school diploma or not does not matter to those who play with power.
Not even everyone can!
After agreeing on a time to pay the money, Lance returned to the office and called Rojef (an old man from the Imperial Chamber of Commerce), "Rojef, do you know Johnny?"
"...Yes, it's Johnny from Johnny's Bakery. His shop belongs to me. Ask the people in the Chamber of Commerce if anyone is willing to do some small business there."
"Yes, it is only for members of our chamber of commerce. They either pay a fixed monthly rent or a proportion of their income, 10% for less than 500, 5% for more than 500..."
Kill them all?
No, this is kindness, even generosity!
At least Lance didn't kill him and let him leave with the few hundred dollars he had left, right?
Lance believed that someone would soon come to inquire about the situation of this shop, and the rent would be paid based on a percentage.
The reason is simple, cost minimization.
After he handed this matter to Rojef, he no longer cared about it. He would have more similar resources in the future and share them with the people in the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. He would organize the Imperial Chamber of Commerce into the largest one in the federation, with the people of the empire A leading comprehensive business group!
Perhaps it is just a "little bug" in a short period of time, but Lance believes that as opportunities arise and break out, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce will eventually play an important role on the federal and even the world stage.
A little later, Hiram came to the company with about twenty young people.
"Is the boss here?"
he asked.
The girl Corinda pointed to the door of the office, "He is on the phone inside."
Hiram knocked on the door, and when he heard Lance's response, he opened the door and poked his head inside. Lance was sitting on a chair, looking a little unhappy.
"We have talked about this before and we agreed to wait until at least the second half of the year before raising prices..."
"I know, but my drinks are sold at a lower price than others. We talked about this before I left!"
"I will help you promote it and even recommend people to buy goods from you..."
"Are you playing this with me now?"
His tone was already a little impatient, but it could be seen that he was still holding the receiver while holding back his emotions.
After about another minute or two, he suddenly said, "Fuck your friendship!" After the last sentence, he pressed the receiver to the base of the phone.
Hiram knew that now was not the time to bring the novices in. He went out first and let the novices look around and turn around. Then he returned to the room alone and closed the door.
"Lance, what happened?"
Lance had just lit a cigarette and was playing with the matchbox in his hand.
He used his index finger and thumb to hold a corner of the matchbox, then swung the matchbox outward. When the matchbox was about to fall out of his hand, he added some strength, pinched it, then slid it down, and repeated the action.
This is just a subconscious behavior, just like a person who likes to play with lighters, there will be various ways to play with lighters (just with the hands, not involving other organs).
Although he didn't like matches, he didn't like the smell of kerosene either, so he could only play with matches.
"The price of Luigi's wine is going to go up." He glanced at Hiram, "Our wine is almost sold out, and I was going to order another batch. He told me that the price is now going up."
Hiram walked across from Lance, pulled out a chair and sat down, "Didn't we negotiate with him for six months and 800,000 yuan last time?"
The last time they went to Alan, Lance and Luigi were talking about ordering at least three batches of goods from Luigi within six months.
The price is two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand, at least three hundred thousand.
Luigi agreed readily at that time, saying that he was willing to give Lance a cheap price in order to open up the federal smuggled alcohol market.
As a result, the first batch was barely sold, and Luigi no longer planned to fulfill his promise.
There is actually another reason for this.
With the issuance of federal prohibition, the entire world discovered that the huge profits from smuggling alcohol into the federal government were much higher than other things. No matter what you smuggle into the federation, it's better to send a box of wine there. Even the people who smuggle people are secretly transporting wine when they have nothing to do.
When the profits of a business exceed people's psychological endurance, they will rush into the industry crazily.
In addition to the fact that the distance is too far and not very cost-effective, there are already many gangs and even countries in Asia that are smuggling to the Federation on a large scale.
Luigi originally thought that this market needed to be cultivated and maintained, but he didn't know that after the more stringent prohibition measures began to be implemented, the market for smuggled alcohol exploded in an instant!
The federal government helped light the fire, and profits from smuggling alcohol continued to double.
The current situation is that Luigi can make two or three times as much money by selling wine to others, but Luigi can only make twice as much money from Lance.
From a capitalist's perspective, this is not actually a loss, but a loss!
He didn't want to do Lance's business anymore than the other people had offered him.
The Sumuli people are a piece of iron to the outside world, but there are many factions internally. Luigi's faction and Mr. Pasretto's faction are not the same thing. He doesn't need to sell face to Mr. Pasretto. .
Moreover, some contradictions, frictions, and conflicts began to brew within Sumuli Island.
The relationship between the four major families has become more tense than before.
Luigi's decision to increase prices was prompted by a number of factors.
If Lance accepts his new offer, he will still give priority to supply to Lance, and they will still be very good friends.
But if Lance doesn't accept his offer, then he can only say sorry. Although everyone is friends, they can't stop him from making money, right?
Just like what he said to Lance at the end, "If you think you are more attractive than money, you can try someone else!"
This made Lance very angry. He was a man of his word, and he also wanted others to keep their word.
"Do you want to talk to Alberto?" Hiram was not very worried about not being able to keep up with the drinks.
Nick has already brewed a lot of wine, which can fully meet the current daily consumption, but if he wants to expand the scale, he must continue to increase the scale of brewing, which requires more wine-making crops.
Of course there is a little bit of risk.
Now the Dangerous Goods Administration has been investigating this matter. It is said that they have begun to search those home brewing workshops. Even private brewing and drinking are no longer allowed.
The goal of the ranch is relatively large, so maybe Lance should think about it again.
As for whether or not to talk to Alberto, there is no rush yet, even though Luigi was introduced to Lance by Alberto.
Lance shook his head slightly, "You don't need to tell Alberto yet, I'll see how to teach them a lesson first."
He was already thinking about how to teach Luigi how to be a man, and then after thinking for a while, he remembered the reason why Hiram came, "A man is here?"
Hiram pointed to the door, "Everyone is waiting outside."
The Lance family is still recruiting people from outside, and the smell of gunpowder for the decisive battle has begun to appear. Now recruiting people is not only to protect themselves, but also to obtain more benefits from this chaos.
The more people there are, the more powerful Lance becomes and the louder his voice becomes.
"Let's go and see our new brothers first!"
The two of them left the room one after another, and Hiram shouted, "Come here, everyone!"
After a while, more than 20 young people came. Most of these young people looked like they were from the bottom of society.
Almost all of them were wearing shabby old-fashioned formal clothes that had been washed white, which should have been inherited from their fathers or even their grandfathers.
Some would wear gray peaked caps, and a group of young people would stand together. The only thing that gave Lance the feeling was that he was young and full of energy!
Even though they were wearing old clothes, they still couldn't hide the clear vitality and heat emanating from them!
Lance shook hands with them one by one, and then expressed his happiness that they had joined the Lance family.
Now they are recruiting a few more people, either alone or with brothers and sisters at home.
The Lance family will not accept someone who still has his parents and relatives alive, but he is the only child in the family.
Although he accepted a lot at the beginning, there was nothing he could do about it. Now that the Lance family has gradually stabilized, he will no longer recruit these people.
After all, losing your only child is one of the scariest things in any era!
These young people were particularly excited when they saw Lance. Lance was the idol of many young Imperial people. Being able to get in close contact with and talk to their idol made some of them unable to express their excitement clearly.
Lance shook hands with them, hugged them, and encouraged them. For these young people, this is the most exciting voice of this era!
After saying goodbye to these young people, Lance always felt that there were two or three people inside who were weird, but he didn't pay much attention to them.
After all, in this era, the only one who can give them wages and respect is themselves.
For two or three days in a row, the entire Golden Port City seemed to be quiet again, but relatively speaking.
A lot of things actually happened in the past two or three days. For example, the new young people began to perform their duties and began to receive military training with Madol.
And this incident also made Lukar and the others feel secretly frightened, because not only did they receive formal military training, but now Lance and his group also started to conduct military training.
This made some agents of the Dangerous Goods Administration feel nervous. The special title of agent could no longer provide them with a sense of security.
Another example is that Johnny has left his house with his luggage... No, it's not his house, it's Lance's house. His things have also been thrown out, and the new tenant has no intention of doing so. bread.
He quickly got rid of all his scraps. He heard that a bakery hired him and gave him a salary of forty-five yuan a month.
For another example, the firefights in the port area have become more intensive than in the past few days. The sound of gunfire can often be heard during the day. It is said that there are also foreign forces invading the city center, but it has not yet reached the time of fighting.
The entire city has been invaded by foreign forces, but the Imperial District seems a lot quieter. Even the housing prices in the Imperial District have increased slightly recently.
Finally, the new commissioners of Liji Group arrived in Golden Port City. They had determined that Bridge's death was a traffic accident, and at the same time they refused to admit that Bridge died at work.
Liji Group stated that the company will get off work on time at 6:30 every day, and they have not forced anyone to work overtime. Therefore, anything that happens in Bridge after 6:30 has nothing to do with Liji Group.
Whether it was workers' compensation or pension, they refused to pay Bridge's family, and even planned to sue the deceased Bridge and his family, using this incident to affect the image of the group company. This caused abnormal fluctuations in stock prices.
Maybe Bridge himself didn't expect that not long after his death, the group company he fought for until the last moment did not let the slightest warmth fall on him, but instead wanted to sue him...
If he knew, he might crawl out of his grave and spit blood on the faces of those directors.
The first thing the new commissioner did after arriving was to continue the cases left by Bridge. The Imperial Chamber of Commerce and Lance were accused.
This was the first time that Lance stood in the dock as a defendant. The legal team of Liji Group presented some evidence, claiming that their price evaluator admitted to colluding with Lance to create this contract fraud.
Lawyer Rob invited his schoolmate to defend Lance. Both parties and even the judge knew what the situation was. It was like a very tacit delaying method.
The two sides quarreled with each other, and then expressed that they wanted to add evidence. The judge also banged the gavel and left some questions until the next court session.
In fact, it is not just the Liji Group, other consortiums also use this method to rob the public, and the methods may be even dirtier!
There have been cases in the past where group companies hired scammers to defraud their employees and bankrupt them in order to solve these problems at once.
This may sound like...an incredible made-up story to some other countries.
But in the Federation, this is what happens every day.
(End of chapter)