shadow empire

After discussing the second order, Alberto put the chips on the table back into the brown paper bag. His salesperson at the Kodak Family Casino would take the chips over to exchange them for cash and then bring them back.

He then took out two twenty-dollar bills, placed them on the table, pressed them with his index finger, and pushed them toward Lance, "Take your friends out for a drink, and buy some clothes to dress up."

"Now you not only represent yourselves, but also the face of the company."

He saw the appearance of this group of people and could imagine how bad it was. Fortunately, Lance did not bring his friends in.

Otherwise his nose would surely suffer.

It seemed that he gave Lance only one hundred and ninety dollars today, but in fact, this money was earned by Lance for him and could be considered an investment.

If he could take care of Mr. Anderson, Alberto would give Lance more debts to work on.

He always felt that Lance would have greater fame and stage in Ji City in the future. The current investment would not cost much, but would definitely bring rich returns in the future.

Even if the investment fails, there is no loss.

Not long after, Lance said goodbye to Alberto, and when he arrived at the lounge, the boys had already started playing with the company's staff.

Ethan and Fordyce sat at a table dedicated to arm wrestling. There were people around them, all cheering loudly for them, and some of them were holding handfuls of one-dollar bills in their hands.

The faces of the two people at the table turned red. Ethan tried his best, but still couldn't suppress Fordyce.

Of course, the same goes for Fordyce. Facing a young man, he couldn't even win the game!

Both of them were trying so hard that the table was shaking back and forth as they exerted their strength.

Slowly, Ethan's arms were crushed bit by bit, and amid the boos of the people, Fordyce won!

He seemed very happy as he collected gambling money from others. It wasn't much, just one or two dollars basically.

Although the money is not much, I feel very good.

He took out five dollars from his winnings, handed it to Ethan, and patted him on the shoulder, "You have the potential to become a strongman, Ethan."

"You can come to me when you have nothing to do. I will take you to the gym. You will like it and the atmosphere there."

Lance couldn't help feeling a chill when he thought of the two burly men wearing those tight-fitting suspender-shaped jumpsuits that brought out the shape of their testicles.

"Have you finished talking to the boss?" Fordyce and Lance bumped shoulders. "I can see that you are in a good mood now."

Lance smiled and did not deny it, "Where is the Kodak family's casino?"

"You want to exchange chips?"

"certainly."

Fordyce gave him a seat and said, "There will be someone at the door to verify your identity. Just show him the chips. If he asks who introduced you, just say my name."

"The Kodak family has a very high status in LOS City. Don't cause trouble when you go there, otherwise no one can save you."

There are five major families in LOS City——

These five major families do not refer to political families, or "interest families" formed with a certain big man or big capitalist as the core. Here they refer to five powerful gangs with family clan characteristics.

The Kodak family is one of them.

These five families jointly established the framework of the underground world order in LOS City. Although they do not behave like gangsters most of the time, if you underestimate them or despise them, you will definitely pay the price for your stupidity.

Of the new oil drums added to Angel Lake every year, one-third are thrown there by them, and another one-third are indirectly related to them.

LOS City has so much wealth that it has attracted the attention of people all over the world. Without any skills, it is difficult to gain a foothold here.

The Kodak family monopolizes 70% of the casino business in LOS City, and they also provide opportunities to form card games for high-rollers or celebrities and politicians.

When they are not doing bad things, it is difficult to define them as "good" or "bad" because most of their casino businesses are legal and licensed.

Moreover, the current head of the Kodak family is very keen on charity.

Yes, charity.

While they were prying every last dollar out of the mouths of those gamblers, they were also donating money to charities. Incidentally, two of the charities they donated to were also related to the Kodak family.

After repeatedly reminding Lance of things he should be careful about, Lance left with his friends.

In the car, Ethan suddenly said, "Actually, I can beat him."

Maybe the others didn't react, or maybe he wanted his words to be more convincing, so he continued, "If I just use a little more strength, I can defeat him."

"But I felt that I shouldn't win, so I held back a little at the end."

Lance was a little surprised that Ethan actually used his brain, but it was also possible that it was simply his intuition.

"Well done, Ethan. You really shouldn't have defeated him in front of so many people."

"He has a high position in the company. If he loses to you in front of so many people, he will lose face. So you did the right thing."

"Of course I'm not saying that it's right or a good thing for you to lose face. You should analyse the situation, which is more important than winning or losing."

Just then, the red light at the intersection came on. He returned the gas stick and stepped on the brake. "Mr. Coty just gave me 150 dollars. For every job we complete for him, he will give us 5% of the debt collected as a reward."

"I'm going to rent a house and give each of you five bucks. Is that a problem?"

Everyone shook their heads and said that it was okay. They were actually very satisfied that they could get five dollars just by riding in the car!

Erwin had some questions, but they had nothing to do with the money. "It's actually quite good for us to live in the culvert. There's no need to rent a house."

"No, it is necessary."

"We need a safe place to relax and rest, a place to wash and brush your teeth, and a wardrobe and bed."

"Although the culvert is free, it is not a place to live permanently. I plan to rent a single-family house in the western suburbs."

LOS City is built on the sea, and the most developed areas are almost all on the seaside and in the city centre. The future development direction of the city is to give LOS City as much coastline as possible.

The city as a whole is developing eastward, which has led to the development of the western part of the city lagging behind the city centre, the bay area and the port area.

In backward areas, housing prices will naturally not be too high, whether for selling or renting.

When Lance said this, everyone naturally had no objection. If you can sleep on a bed, who would want to sleep in a culvert?

Although the culvert was really cool at this time!

It was already afternoon and it was too late to go to work, so Lance took them to buy a lot of food and delivered it to the culvert.

The friends were delighted to see the large amount of food. When Ethan was drinking beer and bragging about how bravely he solved the first business deal, the friends couldn't stand the loneliness and ran to Lance, asking him to take them with him the next time he worked!

Lance did not refuse this. These people are the backbone of the future and definitely need to be trained with emphasis.

He also talked about renting a house and how to distribute income.

Thirty percent of the income belongs to Lance, and thirty percent is deposited into a public account, which of course is temporarily held by Lance.

The remaining 40 percent will be distributed according to work.

This distribution method determines that wealth is distributed with Lance as the "core of the group". At the same time, it also allows the group to have a public fund account and ensures a fair distribution mechanism in which whoever works hard gets the biggest share.

If you want to get more, you must give more than others.

If you want to stay at home and do nothing and still get paid every month, don't even think about it!

The enthusiasm of the friends was rekindled, with the help of money.

Money is really a magical thing. It can make a depressed person cheer up again and make a proud person bow his damn head.

Lance could sense that his income and the way he distributed his wealth made these people more cohesive.

The discussion lasted until dark, and Lance got up and left. Although it was a bit late, he came by car.

The security in LOS City is very bad at night, but even if it is not very good, there are only a few car robberies after all. After all, you have to stop it first.

Stopping a car at night is a very dangerous thing in itself. Most people will not only not stop, but will step on the accelerator and crash into it.

He returned to the bakery without any problems. When he pushed the door open, the apprentice who was mopping the floor said without even looking up, "Sorry, we're closed..."