Chapter 236 Dinner Troubles
“I understand, Director.”
Lahan immediately stood up and left.
And Obadiah looked at Donald again and said: "Call David and ask him if he has any countermeasures."
Nor did Donald. Nonsense, he immediately took out his cell phone and dialed David's number, asking: "David, do you have any plans over Pips?"
"We are still studying it."
When he heard this, Donald was speechless, but at this time Obadiah waved his hand to bring the phone over, and Donald had to hand it over.
Obadiah, who got the phone, said: "No matter what, Pipps is a member of Congress. He represents the dignity of Congress. You can't act rashly against him now. Do you understand?" ?”
“I understand.”
“Okay, that’s it, please contact me if you have any ideas.”
It's not a big problem that David has no solution for the time being, because he has now asked people to talk to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. As long as the Speaker of the House of Representatives understands the situation, Pipps will definitely shut up.
At the Western Suburbs Branch, David put down the phone and held his chin in deep thought.
In fact, even if the General Administration did not tell him, he would not blatantly engage a member of Congress.
After all, Congress is the source of all power in the country of the United States, and members are the ones in power. This will affect the whole body, like a domino effect, let alone the consequences. He may not even be able to afford it.
However, he won’t do it openly, but he didn’t say he won’t do it secretly!
Of course, he has heard that the General Administration has some solutions to this matter. There is no rush now. He can wait and see for the time being.
While thinking, the door was pushed open at this time, Hakeem walked in and said: "I just received the news that Pipps has left for our Los Angeles and will be at 8 o'clock tonight A dinner will be held at the Georgian Hotel in Long Beach, and celebrities from all walks of life in Los Angeles will be invited to attend.”
“Oh?”
David showed some interest.
“As the largest and most populous city in California, Los Angeles is probably trying to use the momentum of attacking the black tax bill to quickly gain a wave of support this time.”
David nodded slightly and agreed with Hakeem's view. After pondering for a moment, he replied: "Get ready. Let's go to this so-called dinner party tonight."
The first thing he wanted to do when he went there this time was Take a good look at this Pips and see how to deal with him.
Secondly, he also wanted to see who in Los Angeles currently supported Pips. In addition, he wanted to give these people a warning!
……
Five o’clock in the afternoon.
On an aisle from Sacramento to Los Angeles, a Cadillac was driving at high speed.
“Sorry ma’am, I have already announced my political opinions to the whole country through Twitter. If I take it back now, my political career will be over. I’m sorry...”
"..."
A few minutes later, watching Pips put down the phone, his confidant Peristerdam immediately asked: "What did the Speaker of the House say?"
< br>"The IRS is using its finances to put pressure on Congress."
Peristerdam's expression changed, but he soon felt relieved, and then replied: "After all, this is the backbone of the IRS. It is normal for them to have such a big reaction."
"Haha. , They think they can suppress me with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, they are so naive!”
It’s true that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the boss of the House of Representatives in name, but there are two major parties in the House of Representatives, MZD and GOD, so in fact! , in terms of absolute influence, the Speaker of the House of Representatives can only absolutely influence his own party.
And he, Pips, is from GHD and belongs to a different party than the current Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In the last voting session of the black tax bill, most of the GHD people voted against it. However, because the number of yes votes exceeded 218, the black tax bill was passed.
In addition, this time he attacks the black tax bill. As long as he can win the support of millions of criminals across the state, he will most likely be elected to the Senate.
When elected as a senator, he will directly enter the Senate, and then the Speaker of the House of Representatives will have no control over him.
That’s why even if the Speaker of the House of Representatives calls him personally to ask him to stop attacking the black tax bill, he still dares not to do anything!
"Welcome, welcome..."
While thinking, a series of noisy sounds came from the front, making Pipps and Peristerdam in the car couldn't help but look up.
It turns out that the front is the boundary of Los Angeles, and on both sides of the entrance, there are already a large number of people, to be precise, lawless elements. They are holding plaques and banners and constantly shouting support and welcome to Pipps. .
"Farke, how many people are here..."
Looking at the dense crowd of supporters on both sides of the road as far as the eye can see, around them was Peeps, who was used to seeing big scenes. He couldn't help but take a breath.
“This Los Angeles, oh no, it should be said that since the introduction of the black tax bill, lawless elements throughout the United States have suffered greatly. Now it’s not easy for you, Mr. Peeps, to stand up and preside over them. It's fair, how can they not be excited?"
Pips thought the same thing, and then he gradually became excited. It doesn't matter whether he is a criminal or not, as long as these people will vote in their hands when the time comes. If you vote for him and help him become a senator, you are a good citizen, and if he stands up to criticize the black tax bill, it will naturally become the right choice!
……
Seven o’clock in the evening, Long Beach District, Georgia Hotel.
"Congressman Peoples, we love you!"
"Congressman Peoples, when the midterm elections begin, I will definitely vote for you!"
"Congressman Peoples, you are our savior!"
Seeing that the dinner was approaching, a large number of criminals had gathered at the entrance of the hotel, holding up banners and shouting various slogans.
“Hello everyone, this is the Los Angeles Times. Now you can see that many people have arrived at the door of the hotel to express their support for Congressman Pipes. A dinner will be held here tonight. , celebrities from all walks of life will be invited to participate, let's see if there will be any 'special circumstances'"
"..."
Except for the illegal ones who come to express their support. In addition to the criminal gangs, all major well-known TV stations were also present and were broadcasting real-time reports.
Since Pieps publicly tweeted this morning, the IRS and the Western Suburbs Branch have not spoken out.
And now, Peoples has come directly to Los Angeles and hosted a dinner here to invite celebrities from all walks of life. In fact, this is considered a provocation to the IRS.
According to the past behavior of David and the Western Suburbs Bureau, it is impossible to remain indifferent, so many people are speculating that there may be some changes in tonight's dinner.
“Director Hancauson is here.”
“Deputy Mayor Florenzo is here too.”
“Congressman Caari is here.”
As the time approached eight o'clock, the arrival of celebrities from all walks of life also aroused cheers from the media and the public.
At this time, in the hotel lobby, as the inviter, Pieps came down the stairs wearing a brand new black suit and a slicked back hair, and began to greet people from all walks of life.
Seven or eight minutes later, Peristerdam came over with two men and one woman, and introduced: "Mr. Pipps, this is Mr. Riquel Camorra, and this is Mr. Bowison Camorra, this is Ms. Victoria Camorra.”
Hearing the names of these three people, a sharp look flashed in Pips’ eyes, and then he laughed. said: "It turns out that they are the three brothers and sisters of the famous Camorra family, whom we have admired for a long time..."
"Congressman Pipps, I am very happy to meet you."
While the dinner party was in full swing, there was a commotion outside the hotel gate.
"The 'Eagle Dog' from the Western Suburbs Branch is here!"
"The 'executioner' David is here too." "..."
< br>Yes, the troops from the Western Suburbs Branch and David did arrive at the scene. Seeing their arrival, the lawless elements who were holding up plaques and shouting slogans of support at the door also stopped.
And when David got out of the car and cast a warning look at them, many people involuntarily took a few steps back. The timid ones even threw away the plaques in their hands that said they supported Pipps.
Although they hope that Pips can push for the abolition of the black tax bill, as the saying goes, David has a notorious reputation, and he has arrested members of human rights organizations on the street before and sent them to prison. The feat of going to court for sentencing is something no one dares to do in person.
"Dear viewers, as expected, people from the Western Suburbs Bureau came to the dinner party. Let's see what happens next!"
In the Lawless Elements While they were shrinking their heads, the media squatting here became excited, because David definitely didn't just come here to eat and drink. I'm afraid there will be big news next!
"I'm sorry, everyone, this is a private dinner venue today. You can't enter without an invitation."
The lobby manager of the Georgia Hotel had already heard the news and rushed to the door. Although he was very reluctant to offend David and the people from the IRS, he knew that David and the others were definitely looking for trouble today, and he did not dare to rush in and offend the people inside. people.
“What do you mean, our IRS still uses invitation letters to handle cases?”
Nissen stood up aggressively.
After hearing this, the lobby manager was speechless. He had already used his "case handling" skills. If he still dared to stop him, wouldn't he be obstructing official business?
After thinking for a while, he had no choice but to cast a look at the waiter on the side. The waiter immediately understood the meaning and immediately trotted into the banquet site, found Pips and said : "Congressman Pipps, Chief David from the Western Suburbs Bureau has brought someone here and said he wants to come in."
"David is here?"
Pips raised his brows, but soon returned to normal. He had already gone to Los Angeles to hold a party with great fanfare. If the western suburbs branch didn't react. If so, how shameless would that be?
Forget it, come on, can you do anything to him?
Thinking of this, he said: "Since you are here, let's invite Director David in for a drink."
A few minutes later, David walked into the banquet and saw Upon his arrival, people from all walks of life who were happily clinking glasses and chatting stopped their movements and focused their attention on him.
"Chief, that's Deputy Mayor Florenzo of Los Angeles, that's Police Chief Hancauson, that's Congressman Caari of the State Assembly... As for those three, they are the three brothers and sisters of the Camorra family..."< br>
"Three brothers and sisters of the Camorra family?"
Listening to Jerome introducing these three people next to him, David couldn't help but cast his eyes over, and at this time the three brothers and sisters also did the same She looked at him.
Although it was only the first time that the two parties met, David could see that there was a trace of hatred towards him in the eyes of the three brothers and sisters.
But he was not surprised.
The Camorra family originated from a mafia family in Sicily, Italy. The father of these three brothers and sisters, the old Camorra, came across the ocean to Los Angeles to work hard in the last century. With his ruthless skills and With his extraordinary mind, he gradually became the underground emperor of Los Angeles.
As time enters the 21st century, the Camorra family knows that it can no longer survive by relying on traditional fighting and killing, and gradually begins to transform and bleach.
In fact, they did succeed. For example, these three brothers and sisters are now celebrities on the surface.
However, no matter how successful they are in bleaching and how much celebrity status they have, what is black is black. What they wrap up in that glamorous appearance is still all kinds of filth such as drugs, violence, and murder. things.
The Rodgorski Group in the western suburbs of David's jurisdiction originally had a cooperative relationship with the Camorra family.
David destroyed this group and punished drug dealers large and small in the area, which can be regarded as indirectly affecting the interests of the Camorra family.
So it is normal for the other party to hate him.
However, David feels that these three guys should feel lucky that their base camp is not in the western suburbs. Otherwise, when he first took office, he would not have operated on Rodgorski, but It's the so-called Camorra family that's being targeted!
The atmosphere at the scene had become tense since David came in. At this time, Pipps, as the protagonist, of course couldn't sit still. He immediately came over and said: "Tsk tsk. , I didn’t expect that our famous Director David would have time to come here today, which really made my dinner party brilliant!”
[Name: Pips Pumpey. 】
[Occupation: United States Congressman. 】
[Income: US$16,000, illegal income of US$600,000. ]
[Income details:...]
[More details:...]
[Tax payable: US$237,600. 】
After reviewing the information of Pipps calmly, David sneered: "Congressman Pipps, your dinner party was really grand and had many supporters."
"Hahaha."
Pips became proud. After all, he was a congressman from a country, and he could be said to be a very powerful person. Who in the political and business circles in Los Angeles dared not give face to his invitation?
What's more, these people who came today are not just giving face. After the introduction of the black tax bill, in fact, in addition to the real criminals, officials also suffered greatly from it.
After all, all crows in the world are black. Which official dares to say that he has not confiscated some black money?
As long as you collect it, you have to be careful of being targeted by the IRS. The key is that even if you are targeted by the IRS, you still have to pay taxes, and it will also be entered into the archives of the IRS. This is equivalent to handing over your handle to the national tax. It's in the Bureau's hands.
So to be honest, these officials came here today not only to give Mr. Pipes face, but also to hope that he can push it in Congress to see if this bill can be repealed. .
Even if this bill cannot be repealed, it would be great for them to cut off some of its regulations, such as the fact that bribery is not included in the conditions for taxation.
“But I just don’t know how much will be left later.”
Pips, who was still proud at first, was stunned when he heard this, but when he was about to ask David what he meant When he arrived, he found that David had already walked towards Deputy Mayor Florence not far away, and he could only frown and watch.
Here, Florenzo from the Los Angeles City Hall saw David walking towards him, and suddenly felt uneasy in his heart.
"Deputy Mayor Florenzo."
"Director David."
Seeing that David had arrived, Florence had no choice but to He put away his thoughts and stretched out his hand.
"Deputy Mayor Florenzo..."
David waved to him and motioned for him to turn his ear. Although Florenzo was a little dissatisfied, he still did so.
Soon, David’s whisper reached Florenzo’s ears, and Florenzo’s expression suddenly changed. He suddenly raised his head and looked directly at David, and finally mixed With a hint of uneasiness, he said: "What do you want?"
"Deputy Mayor Florence, is this dinner important to you?"
Florenzo After a pause, he replied: "Not really."
"Then what are you waiting for?"
At this time, Florenzo finally understood what David meant. After struggling in his heart, he finally did not dare to say anything to refute. Instead, he walked up to Pips and said: " Sorry, Councilor Pips, I have some urgent matters to deal with, so I can’t stay here any longer.”
Doing so may make Pipps dissatisfied, but David is now holding him accountable. In his hands, and it was not like David had never sent other deputy mayors to jail, he did not dare to take such a risk.
After saying this, Pipps was stunned. After a while, he said with a face: "Deputy Mayor Florence, this dinner has just begun..."
"I'm really sorry. The situation is really urgent. Farewell!"
After leaving these words, Florenzo didn't stay any longer. He turned around and left directly, leaving only the dark place. Smiling Pipps.
But soon, Pips thought of something and suddenly looked up in the direction of David. It was because David went to talk to Florence just now, and now Florence suddenly left. Leave.
Could it be... that he was threatened by David?
While he was still speculating on this possibility, he discovered that David moved again and came to Los Angeles Police Chief Hancauson.
Not long after the two of them talked, Hancauson also walked towards him with a dark face, which made Pipps' heart thump again.
(End of this chapter)