nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 236 The trade union changed hands

I don't know if it's Leo Vanta's conscience or the negligence of the other party.

When the Sunshine Industrial Group and Tao Xi were being whipped by all the citizens of the United States, the business of the Neal Group was still going on normally.

The grassroots employees of the Neil Group are actually okay, because they don't know who they are working for.

But people at high levels may not be so peaceful.

When the Sunshine Industrial Group was first established, many people held the responsibilities of several companies at the same time. It was not until the rise of the Panama Commercial Bank that these talents relaxed.

Old West watched the ABC news on TV with a calm face.

"ABC executives are stupid!"

"If it wasn't for Tao Xi's help, how could they keep pace with Fox News!"

Jin Xizhen wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and accused Barbara, the host of the TV news program, with dissatisfaction. The old West looked like someone who had experienced it: "Actually, you are complaining here, why don't you care about Sophie? After all, people all over the world know that Sophie Marceau has a good boyfriend who loves her."

Jin Xizhen pouted and said with dissatisfaction: "Old West, do you still need to be more conscientious? I was beaten by two damn fools when I went out today. Don't you care about me?"

"Oh my god!"

"Kim! Kushner is your real father!"

"I don't want to delay the operation of the Neil Group because I care about you at this time."

Jin Xizhen, the CEO of the Panama Business Sports Group, muttered indignantly: "What does it have to do with Tao Xi that the pirates robbed the American shipment? I think they are hating the rich!"

"You're right."

"It's hatred of the rich! But what can you do with him?"

"This deck of cards is basically a dead-end game. The entire content of the Disney Family Entertainment Channel is explicitly and secretly talking about Taoxi's skin color and his status as the godson of the Blood Gang."

"The source of the money is not right and secretly colluded with pirates to monopolize the shipping business in Central America. This sentence is actually true."

Old West calmly analyzed the piece of news word by word combining pictures, text and other related chain evidence.

On the contrary, Jin Xizhen was very angry when he heard Old West's words!

Yes, just angry.

The public opinion of the whole society is like a big net covering Sunshine Industrial Group in place, and Tao Xi, who just came back, was "invited" by the Los Angeles Police Department in front of the cameras of the news media before he got home and got off the plane past.

You know it's someone else's frame, but you still have no way to refute it and can only lie flat!

but
At this time, Tao Xi lay down beside Bolton with a relaxed face.

"You grow up very fast, I haven't seen you like this for a long time."

Bolton sat on the lawn with a cigarette in his hand and looked at the blue sky with a relaxed face.

"Uncle~"

"I was imprisoned because I worked so hard outside to earn money for you. Don't you plan to compensate me?"

Bolton has big hands and a long wingspan.

When Bolton pulled Tao Xi up very easily, Tao Xi replied with a helpless face: "Well, Uncle Bolton, I know you put me in prison in advance to protect me, but you are too good to let me go back." Make arrangements at home!"

"If you go home, can you still find your enemy in the shortest time?"

Tao Xi shrank his neck helplessly when he heard his godfather's words.

That's right, Tao Xi didn't even know who the person behind Caden Walker was who gave him information!
Even Prince took the risk of being beaten up by his grandfather and found no suspicious people inside the CIA.

"Do you have any plans?"

Tao Xi didn't respond for a while when he heard his godfather's question: "What?"

"I said, if your enemy shows up, do you know how to counter him?"

Tao Xi shook his head helplessly.

"Oh, then you are finished. It seems that my godson will also be reduced to living with me in Prison No. 86."

"Since some people don't follow the rules, they don't want me to go to the poker table."

"Why am I still sitting on the table?"

"The big deal is to overturn the table. If you don't let me play, don't even try to take advantage of it."

Bolton nodded seriously when he heard Tao Xi's words: "It makes sense, let them see the consequences of the poker table without you."

Seeing the indifferent expression on his godfather's face, Tao Xi was not in a hurry but replied calmly: "I'm ready to stay in Prison No. 86 for a year."

"Wow, it looks like you're going to spend Christmas with me in prison this year."

Seeing that his godfather didn't know when he started talking to Jin Xizhen, Tao Xi had no choice but to return to his cell.

A cell of less than 8 square meters can be said to have complete facilities.

There are not only TVs, bathrooms, Simmons, but even one of the latest Microsoft computers.

This is not the treatment of such a privileged class as Tao Xi, but because the privately contracted prisons in the United States will set up several different levels of cells according to the value of the prisoners.

In other words, as long as you have enough money, you can drive a yacht in prison.

As the Red Foundation is one of the largest prison contractors in the United States, Tao Xi can of course do whatever he wants, but he is still a little unwilling.

He needs quiet and a place that can provide him with temporary shelter.

It seems that the person standing behind Caden Walker didn't know much about Tao Xi, not even Tao Xi had been a night walker for many years.

If the other party knew, the relationship between him and the Los Angeles Police Department would definitely be exposed!
In this case, the scope of suspects is narrowed down again.

At least it wasn't the blood gang or people around him who betrayed him!
Tao Xi picked up a piece of paper full of handwriting and seriously pondered all the recent [public opinion points].

[North American locksmith union may be reduced to a tool for outsiders to control the US military]

[The division of interests behind the North American Locksmiths Union and the composition of its managers]

[Panama Commercial Bank under the Sunshine Industrial Group controls 50% of the US dollar deposits in Southeast Asia, and Tao Xi is the biggest spy in the United States]

The recent overwhelming news has basically revealed Tao Xi's past.

All kinds of critical news have classified Tao Xi as scum and scum. Tao Xi probably imagined that if he himself broke something to the New York Post, would it be possible for the New York Post to claim [news true] How about getting a large number of subscribers?
But he saw that Murdoch wrote his friendship with the British royal family into a small composition.

That's called making good use of everyone around you to make money.

In fact, it can be analyzed from the recent public opinion points that it is nothing more than the huge territory of the North American Locksmiths Union and the Panama Commercial Bank.

In fact, it's normal, Tao Xi is not short of money, his companies have no plans to go public except Neil Group.

The group of people on Wall Street have already inquired with him several times, both openly and secretly.

But Tao Xi's unified caliber to the outside world is "I am not short of money."

If it was in the past, it might be nothing, but now it is the reason for those people to stand aside and "watch him die".

As for the North American Locksmiths Union, isn't it because of the US election?
The reason why the National Rifle Association stands at the top is because he can have both sides, and the huge annual lobbying expenses and public relations expenses can make people's lives very good.

But Tao Xi didn't have such background.

So if we analyze it now, the person who picks up his old background is not only someone he knew after he made a fortune, but also this person is likely to have a certain official identity!

"Well, the target is small now."

"I just need to filter out everyone I know!"

"Oh, that's right! These people have to have a grudge against me!"

Tao Xi picked up a pen on the ground and began to seriously recall the people he had known in recent years.

With the "screening method", the original list of more than 100 names gradually reduced to only two names!
【Leo Vantaa】

【Little Adams】

"But who are the two?"

"Little Adams should have been expelled from the inner circle of the family by now, and the power in his hands should not be so great."

"Leo and I are basically in a life-and-death situation. It is very likely that he found something in the car factory in Nicaragua last time."

Tao Xi looked at the names on the paper and seriously thought about who was the most likely.

Robert Adams held a bottle of red wine worth $8000 in one hand and a remote control in the other, proudly watching the news that the Los Angeles police and the FBI were jointly investigating [Tausi collaborated with Somali pirates to rob ships] on the TV.

The old butler didn't seem to know how to smile, he always had an expression on his face.

"Look, I just said it, the FBI must have no problem!"

"Did my father say when to do it?"

"Tao Xi is like a canoe sailing on the Pacific Ocean. As long as we give him a little push, he will surely capsize!"

The old housekeeper just replied flatly: "It's not yet time, Tao Xi earned his first pot of gold from the night walker, and the police in the whole of California are receiving subsidies from the Sunshine Industrial Group every month."

When Robert Adams heard this, his expression became gloomy again.

"So, the current news is all fake? The Los Angeles police are actually protecting a businessman?"

"Master, don't forget that when you made a mistake in Waltham, you also had the protection of Massachusetts!"

The old butler didn't seem very happy when he talked about it.

Robert Adams also realized the trouble caused by that incident, so he stopped talking.

Finally, on TV, Fox News Channel announced that tomorrow Long Beach, California may usher in its first tornado of the year, and then changed the program.

But the old butler and Robert Adams remained silent.

Thomas rubbed his cheek wearily.

Since he came to the [North American Locksmiths Union] to work in the Department of Veterans Administration, he finally discovered how rich this place [North American Locksmiths Union] is.

Not to mention the 12-story building in Los Angeles County.

The [relief money] approved by him alone is as much as 200 million US dollars every week!
The entire department of the [North American Locksmiths Union] is very simple, with a total of five departments and 180 staff members!
【Membership Inspection Department】【Member Management Department】【Veterans Employment Department】【Flexible Employment Department】【Welfare Hospital】.

And Thomas is in charge of the [Department of Veterans Employment]. Since he began to be in charge of the [Department of Veterans Employment], the number of veterans applying to join the union has reached 470 million!

If it wasn't for the logistical support of the [Welfare Hospital], Thomas would definitely have the confidence to gather the remaining millions of people into the union he manages.

In this regard, he has complained to Tao Xi many times in the internal meeting of the trade union.

Because the damn U.S. government is really unfair to those veterans, in addition to prescription drugs and a damn psychiatrist, even a basic CT scan needs to be reported.

When a veteran goes home with anticipation and waits for a month, he gets a response from the Veterans Affairs Office that he agrees with the treatment, and if he needs a CT scan, he needs to pay $300.

That's $300, enough for their meals for a month.

But if they join the [North American Locksmiths Union], the first item is free medical examination and free CT. If you can’t find a suitable job due to past reasons, [North American Locksmiths Union] will provide you with free training and help you start a business !

For example, a hot dog shop, a convenience store, and a CD rental store, all of which are divided into operations.

Who doesn't want to have such a good thing, if you have a job, but your life is very difficult, as long as you have no bad deeds, you can enjoy the best medical treatment at [North American Locksmith Union Welfare Hospital] for free.

When the veterans first heard the news, they didn't believe it.

But with the first hot dog shop owned by a veteran, the first veteran discharged from a welfare hospital, the first .
I'm angry!

The rich and powerful [North American Locksmiths Union] became popular, but Thomas became more and more depressed.

Tao Xi was arrested.

[North American Locksmiths Union] The application for joining the union has been stopped.

Thousands of veterans who came from other places lived nearby every day. When the hotel was full, they rolled up tents and slept at the door. There were more and more people.

Thomas opened the roller blind and glanced at the crowd of people at the door and asked worriedly: "Are you sure these people at the door won't do something impulsive?"

Marco sat on Thomas's table with half his ass, wiping a pen seriously.

"Shouldn't you be worried about my brother being caught?"

Thomas sighed helplessly and replied, "I know, but isn't the company still operating normally?"

Marco turned his head and glanced at the minister who was recruited by Tao Xi himself, he was simply an economic idiot.

"Did you know that the [North American Locksmiths Union] is a union with extremely low profitability?"

"Do you know that 30% of Sunshine Industrial Group's monthly income is subsidized here? Don't you only have your comrades in your eyes? Don't you know why Taoxi is a prison?"

Just as Marco spoke louder and louder, Sophie Marceau suddenly opened the door and yelled at Marco.

"Mr. Thomas, I'm sorry, my brother is more worried about Tao Xi."

Thomas just nodded blankly.

When Marco was dragged out by Sophie, Thomas clearly heard the sound of Sophie and Marco arguing.

"Marco, you're crazy! Do you know what you're talking about!"

Sophie Marceau's angry voice came in, followed by Marco's rebuttal.

"Fxxk! You are all a bunch of idiots! You are nothing without my brother putting pressure on you! Now that my brother is in prison, you are still eating, drinking and chatting there!"

"My brother spent so much money, what's wrong with asking those people to help my brother go to the streets to seek justice!"

"I'm going to discuss with Thomas! Discuss! Discuss!"

"Sophie, don't order me, you are not married!"

"You are nothing!"

Sophie Marceau was stunned when she heard Marco's words.

Everything Marco said is true, but now Tao Xi is in custody, and the media all over the United States are staring at Prison No. 86, and no one can visit the prison.

Is she not in a hurry?

She is in a hurry!

But Old West's mission is to maintain stability, and Jin Xizhen's mission is to find upper-level connections, and she can't do anything.

When she heard that Marco had asked the [North American Locksmiths Union] to stop the union application entrance, Sophie Marceau rushed over immediately because she was the vice president of the North American Locksmiths Union.

When Marco said that he was going to take all the members to a demonstration, her first reaction was to refuse.

At that time, Marco left without saying anything. Who would have thought that Marco would continue to persuade Thomas while she was away.

Sophie Marceau, who took a deep breath, tried to stabilize Marco: "Marco, yes, you are right, but I hope you can make a decision after hearing your brother, don't take your brother's

"To shut up!"

"To shut up!"

Marco looked around at the staff who were watching the scene with anger: "I want to save my brother! Do you understand? If you can't help, then disband!"

After saying this, Marco turned around and left.

Before leaving, Marco shouted to the whole building with a serious face: "Disband! Do you understand? Disband!!!"

"starting from today."

"No, starting now, [North American Locksmiths Union] don't want me to sign for a penny!"

Thomas, who was sitting in the room, clearly heard the conversation.

Sophie Marceau is the vice president, yes, although she said a lot of calming words after Marco left.

But after Tao Xi went to prison in the Sunshine Industrial Group, Marco was in charge of all financial work.

If Marco doesn't sign it, no money will be spent.

The North American Locksmiths Union has spent day after day in a precarious state.

The frowning Thomas finally ushered in his vacation. When he sent his newly pregnant wife to the hospital for an examination, he ran into an old friend of his.

"Hey! Kerry!"

"Thomas, how are you doing?"

Kerry hugged his former captain and comrade-in-arms enthusiastically.

After a brief greeting, the two sat in a coffee shop at the entrance of the hospital.

"Wow, Thomas, I heard you went to the North American Locksmiths Union and became the boss of the Veterans Office, right?"

Thomas was actually very afraid that someone would intercede with him at this time and help them settle something that violated the rules.

Seeing Thomas' embarrassed face, Kerry immediately explained: "Hey, Thomas, you know, no one in my family is a soldier except me, don't worry!"

"That's good, you know, it's not easy for me to sit in this position."

"Kerry, are you still in Team E?"

Kerry heard Thomas ask about his job, and Kerry replied with some embarrassment: "I may apply to be discharged from the army recently, and I got a job that pays very well."

"Oh, that's actually quite good. I remember that you and I joined the army not too long ago."

Thomas picked up the coffee in his hand and took a sip, but seriously thought about all the things that happened in the union recently.

On the other hand, Kerry looked melancholy and didn't know what he was thinking about.

"Thomas, I heard that there seems to be chaos in your union recently?"

"Ah? It's okay!"

"I also heard that Tao Xi's own brother stopped all your funds, and the welfare hospital of your trade union seems to have been cut off because of arrears of money."

After hearing what Kerry said, Thomas turned his head and stared at his former comrade in arms seriously.

Kerry replied with some embarrassment after being looked at by Thomas: "Don't be angry, my employer asked me to ask. He hired me because of the general election."

"They heard that you are very responsible, as long as you can give me the roster of union leaders you have arranged in each state."

Thomas looked at his former colleague in surprise when he heard Carrie's words.

"Kerry, do you know what I learned the first day we enlisted?"

Of course Kerry knew, and he still remembered it very clearly, he couldn't betray his colleagues, comrades-in-arms, and friends behind him!
But now he can't even live anymore. His wife lost all the money their family had saved for ten years in the stock market.

If the boss behind him hadn't promised him a ten-year, $200 million security contract, who would want to do such a disgusting thing.

"Thomas, I have three kids and I need to support my family."

"And the other party also said that it is impossible for Tao Xi to get out of prison. The most optimistic situation is to live in prison for a lifetime. Sunshine Industrial Group is already the fat in those people's mouths."

"Don't rush to reject me, you can seriously think about it."

"Captain! Let me call you team leader again. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about those veterans, right?"

"As long as these people can support the gentleman behind me, isn't the money from the US federal government enough to subsidize those people?"

"And he is the first candidate in China to advocate improving the treatment of veterans."

Kerry's three consecutive questions made Thomas fall into deep thought, even Thomas didn't notice the many customers coming in the coffee shop.

Bolton was very surprised to see that his godson Tao Xi could still sit in the prison and eat calmly.

You must know that the news of the [North American Locksmiths Union] announcing its dissolution has been announced by the damned politicians all over the world.

"Can you still eat?"

"Oh! Uncle Bol squatting."

Tao Xi wiped the rice grains from the corner of his mouth and said hello with a smile on his face.

But Boer squatted, tilted his head, pinched his nostrils and asked in surprise: "You really don't feel bad? The North American Locksmiths Union has been disbanded!"

"Let's just dissolve it. Emilio Adams paid me 1 million dollars for hard work on behalf of the leader of the Democratic Party."

Boer squatting now really can't understand his godson a little bit.

You must know that the only person around Tao Xi who can help him in the United States is the [North American Locksmiths Union], although the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal, which can affect the economic situation of some regions, are also in the hands of Tao Xi .

But that thing is useless.

Tao Xi ate everything in the bowl, and ate the pork knuckle brought to him by the prison guard from Chinatown with beer.

Bolton waved to a younger brother behind him, and the cell that was originally full of prisoners was instantly emptied.

Tao Xi wiped his mouth slowly and replied, "Do you know how to backlash?"

"Backlash?"

Tao Xi saw that his godfather didn't understand, but instead he patiently made a metaphor.

"Let's talk about it now. Although the Blood Gang is still the Blood Gang on the surface, he has actually become a river worker derived from the Panama Canal."

"Suddenly, one day you saw that I was not pleasing to the eye and wanted to get rid of me. Will you lead all the gang to get rid of me?"

Bolton thought for a long time after hearing Tao Xi's words.

The current blood gang is actually not the blood gang of three years ago!

Since the Panama Canal was operated on behalf of Tao Xi, Tao Xi has divided the channel maintenance, channel dredging and channel widening of the Panama Canal into three parts.

In addition to the widening of the river, the maintenance of the river and the dredging of the river are basically the responsibility of the members of the Blood Gang.

The Panama Canal is about 81 kilometers long, and there are 81 desilting ships on this 81-kilometer river.

And each desilting ship needs 4-7 staff members.

These workers are all members of the Blood Gang. The money is borrowed from Panama Sunshine Commercial Bank by these people. They work and repay the loan by themselves. Because of the interest-free loan, it will take three years for these 4-7 people to repay. Pay off the loan and get a desilting boat.

The development of the land along the Panama Canal and the consolidation of the soil along the coast were also internally digested by the members of the Blood Gang.

As for restaurants, gas stations, ship repairs, etc., the members of the Blood Gang are in charge of their own affairs.

If you go to a corner and say that you want to use the Panama Canal to sell drugs, a large group of blood gang members will sink the river for him that night.

There are about 4000 people in the current Blood Gang relying on this canal for their livelihood.

Not to mention the Suez Canal that was just taken by Tao Xi, let alone 4000 people, there must be 2000 people.

If Bolton said that he would kick Tao Xi out now, he would really say nothing.

Bolton touched his freshly shaved chin and replied, "I'm not stupid! And why should I get rid of you?"

"Yeah! That's what the Democrats do, they always think money will solve everything."

"But they have never noticed the importance of the Yellow Pages to the [North American Locksmiths Union]. Every month I rely on the Yellow Pages to provide nearly 7 temporary jobs for members of the [North American Locksmiths Union] in California, and There are also nearly 4000 small companies, large and small, relying on the [North American Locksmiths Union] to receive orders."

"They just think that with the support of Congress, they just need to provide veterans subsidies to those people. They never realize that the community college under the Neal Group can not only give them a degree but also give them a degree. Skill."

"I can also help them become self-employed."

After Tao Xi said these words seriously, he asked his godfather: "Then if you kick me out from the Blood Gang, what will those gangsters do when their desires are satisfied?"

Bolton couldn't help shivering when he heard Tao Xi say this.

This is obviously a realistic version of "fishing from the pond" and "teaching a man to fish is worse than giving him a fish".

"Sigh~"

"I really can't imagine what so many people will do after losing their jobs!"

Tao Xi nodded seriously and replied: "Yes, this is a backlash, and even I can't stop it when the time comes, but I can get respect and freedom!"

"Let them go, they will spit out what they ate me by then."

"I just sold MGM too, didn't Disney want it? Give it to him!"

Bolton seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly leaned close to Tao Xi's ear and asked in a low voice, "Why don't we sell Neil Motors United Cinemas to him as well."

Tao Xi replied calmly.

"Okay, sell it! Give him what Disney can eat."

"At that time, I will let them invite me in the prison!"

The entire public opinion environment in the United States changed instantly because of the change of ownership of the [North American Locksmiths Union]. As for Tao Xi, a businessman known as a "traitor", no newspapers have mentioned it for a long time.

It’s not you breaking the news about the Democratic Party’s problems every day, but tomorrow it’s me breaking the news about the Republican Party’s problems.

No one cared about the interests of Leo Vantaa, the mastermind behind it. His apprentice Kaya was standing on the streets of Los Angeles County with a livid face, waiting for someone.

Just when the sky was getting dark, a man with a hasty face walked over, stuffed a note into Kaya's hand, and left.

Kaya looked around and left.

Leo Vantaa, who lived in a motel, kept watching the surveillance video on the TV.

When Kaya just entered the door, Leo Vantaa asked with concern: "How is it? Did you find it?"

"No." Kaya's answer can be said to have shattered the last illusion of Leo Vantaa, and Leo Vantaa, who was paralyzed on the bed, kept thinking.

"It's just a thief. He probably doesn't know how to use that floppy disk?"

"It contains my account book in the Soviet Union. If someone finds out, I will be finished."

Kaya looked at the booklet that Leo Vanta put on the table. Not only was there nothing recorded in it, even the video tapes were torn several times.

"Leo!"

"Is there no clue in the monitoring of that street?"

"No."

"Not really"

"I found none."

(End of this chapter)