Free Web NovelChapter 564: Where On Earth Does Christian Hide His Safe?
It was Wendy’s pregnancy examination the next day.
Michael originally planned to go together with Wendy.
But he received a phone call just as they were about to leave the house.
It was from Evan Boyle from the anti-drug department.
Michael frowned slightly and picked up the phone immediately.
"Mr. Lucas, is it a convenient time for you now? I need to talk to you about Christian right now." Evan directly told him the purpose of this phone call.
Michael looked at Wendy.
Before he had time to say anything, Wendy nodded at once and whispered," You should go."
Michael frowned more tightly.
"Okay, you can decide where we meet, and I will come to you now," said Michael.
After he hanged up the phone, he held Wendy’s hand and sounded apologetic," I promised to accompany you for the pregnancy examination."
"What are you talking about? Your business is more important," Wendy smiled light and pushed him," You should go. I am alright. I will ask Zess to accompany me. And I am very well now. The doctor said that everything was good with me the last time I did the pregnancy examination. Both my physical health condition and the baby’s health are very good."
Michael was pushed out of the door by Wendy. He turned around and spoke loudly to Zess in the room, "Zess, please accompany Wendy to do the pregnancy examination in the hospital. Contact me at once if anything."
Zess came out of the room immediately when she heard him and nodded," Yes, I will."
Evan sent the address to Michael very soon.
It was an out-of-the-way cafe. Michael found out that there were not many people there when he arrived.
It was a good place for discussing business.
This time Evan did not take anybody with him, neither did Michael.
There were only two of them.
Evan was already there when Michael arrived.
They ordered some coffee. Evan started the conversation," I asked you to come today, mainly to talk about the feedback from the international anti-drug department."
Michael nodded, signaling Evan to continue.
"The investigation group had found out that the source of Christian’s five hundred million dollars was ambiguous. They had also found out that a man called Clement transferred the money."
Even continued," This is in alignment with the information you provided us earlier.
We had a long meeting with the anti-drug department and the investigation group.
The national committee decided to establish a specific anti-drug group for Christian’s case, and many top-level anti-drug police officers will be gathered together."
Hearing this, Michael nodded again.
The national committee treated this issue seriously, which was great news for Michael.
It also meant that the national committee trusted what Michael said.
Then everything would be easier for the next steps.
"However, I also contacted people from the international anti-drug department yesterday," Evan looked more serious," I showed them the transfer record and the documents indicating the source of Clement’s money discovered by the investigation team.
But the people from the international anti-drug department thought that the evidence was not sufficient.
Because we are unable to prove that Clement and Christian are in long-term cooperation in dealing with drugs.
According to what they said, a mere transfer record cannot prove anything.
And investigating Clement’s ambiguous funding source was not the obligation of the international anti-drug department but the obligation of the investigation team in the Rheinsville city.
Since Clement is a citizen of Rheinsville city, it is very difficult for the investigation team of our country to cross the border and directly investigate him.
You should understand this point well, don’t you?"
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Michael looked down slightly and nodded.
There was originally a significant obstacle to do anything cross-border.
Michael thought that Christian must have considered this point and thus set up his headquarter for drug dealing in Rheinsville city.
Then he went back to Lake City to develop his business.
In this case, even if he was discovered to be a big drug dealer, it would be not so easy to arrest him.
"What is the opinion of the anti-drug department?" asked Michael.
The waiter served two cups of coffee at that time, and Evan was silent.
After the waiter went away, Evan started to speak," We cannot determine what the international anti-drug department will do. So we want to ask you if you have any further evidence that shows the long-term private cooperation to deal with drugs between Michael and Clement. Or evidence showing that they break the law, not necessarily about dealing with drugs.
If we cannot provide further evidence, I am afraid it is hard for the international anti-drug department to take further action.
If the international anti-drug department does not take action, we can arrest Christian according to our original plan.
As long as Michael deals with drugs in Lake City, we still have the authority to arrest him.
As for the authority to deal with Christian, we can discuss with the rheinsville city.
We can also prosecute Christian regardless of the laws in Rheinsville city if we have sufficient evidence.
We can also apply to the international court and ask them to allow our country to deal with Christian anonymously.
Of course, it depends on how wide and deep Christian’s business is in terms of drug dealing.
If he is only a simple drug dealer, court country won’t go this far.
But if he is influential enough, the government will do anything to prosecute him.
How dare he tries to harm our country? We will never compromise."
Evan spoke the last sentence very strongly.
Zeilheim city was constantly bullied in the international society before when it was not strong enough.
But now, Zeilheim city was not afraid of any country.
Evan stopped for a moment and then continued," But in this case, we cannot deal with Clement. He belongs to Rheinsville city and currently is not in our country.
Our country is indeed stronger, but we need to respect the laws and the background of the other countries.
If people from other countries do not cause great cause harm to our country’s interest, we cannot deal with them.
Suppose Chrisitan is constantly dealing with drugs in other countries and is not targeting the market in our country. In that case, we will not establish a specific anti-drug department this time."
Michael understood this point well.
<Countries had to respect each other.
If our country asked for people forcefully, Rheinsville city would regard it as an aggressive challenge.
It would be hard to wind up if we get into this stage.
It is not that we are afraid of the Rheinsville city. It is only because this is unnecessary.
In case the situation gets worse and incites a war, the citizens will suffer. frёeωebɳovel.com
Our country always prioritizes the interest of the citizens and is unwilling to go this far.>
"I can understand the concern and the action of the government, but as someone from the anti-drug department, I hate all drug dealers. Therefore, essentially I hope to find sufficient evidence to ask the international anti-drug department to take action and to destroy the entire black production chain."
Evan frowned and said seriously," As long as we have further evidence, the Rheinsville city will not be able to protect Clement and Christian even if it wants to.
After all, Rheinsville city does not control the international anti-drug department. If their crimes are exposed, but Rheinsville city still protects them, it will arouse international rage.
Although the rheinsville city is a developed country, it cannot stand the joint boycott of dozens of countries."
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"The Rheinsville city is asking for evidence from us. Is it because it wants to protect Clement and Christian?" said Michael. "Even as a businessman, I know that Rheinsville city is the biggest headquarter of drug dealers globally.
The Rheinsville city government may know about this. In other words, they do not want to destroy the drug dealers totally, do they?"
After pausing for a moment, Michael continued," The Rheinsville city is considered a developed country in the intentional society, and the social welfare there is very good.
Then, where does social welfare come from?
Some citizens in the rheinsville city even deliberately choose not to work and live on the stipend allocated by the government. They can live a decent life with a stipend.
And the rheinsville city cannot afford to withdraw the social welfare. If it removes social welfare, it will lose its position in the international society.
But to provide such good social welfare for so many people, lots of money is required.
The rheinsville city plans to keep these drug dealers so that those drug addicts who have no control over themselves can be eliminated from society.
Firstly, in the government’s eyes, those drug addicts cannot become the pillars of the country. They can only be useless parasites.
Secondly, these drug addicts spend a significant amount of money purchasing drugs. They are actually paying back to the government in this way.
Although they pay the money directly to the drug dealers, as the money needs to be laundered, the country can get back partially the money through several actions like taxation and others.
In addition, perhaps there exists some grey transaction between the Rheinsville city and the drug dealers."
After saying that, Michael looked at Evan’s eyes and asked," Am I correct?"
Evan nodded," I did not expect that Mr.Lucas can perceive the situation so clearly, even though you are just a businessman.
Indeed, this is the plan of the rheinsville city, and that is why it is very cruel.
Most people are ordinary, and they have their emotions. Once they are in despair, they cannot control themselves when they get in touch with the drugs.
Also, some people would drag others to join them to make money.
But the rheinsville city does not care about the life of these people at all, while our country cares. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
Our country will destroy all the drug dealers as long as there is an opportunity.
Of course, this might be the thoughts of certain people in Rheinsville city. It might not necessarily represent the national decision.
We can only make a guess of the other countries’ situations."
Michael briefly answered yes, and then he lowered his head to think about the evidence that Evan was talking about,< evidence...>
Christian carefully calculated every single step that he took.
It was indeed challenging to find evidence against him.
They were able to succeed this time was because Michael had made preparations for several months.
"There is no evidence, right?" Evan sighed and said," It is alright if we do not have evidence now. Let’s look for evidence together; we will finally be able to find it."
It seemed that Evan was saying this to himself to encourage himself.
"I know that Christian has a safe, my wife saw it somewhere previously, but it cannot be opened without the password. Christian put the safe somewhere else after discovering it," said Michael," If we can find this safe, then perhaps we can find the evidence we need inside. I have been asking people to search for this safe for a long time, and it is not yet found until now."
"A safe?" Evan said," It is good to have a direction. We will also send people to search for it."
Michael nodded.
"Let’s keep in touch anytime." Evan stood up since he had said everything that he wanted to say," I will leave now. I will try my best to convince the international anti-drug department. You should also hurry up to search for evidence."
"Yes," Michael also stood up and saw Evan off.
After Evan was far away, Michael finally started to leave.
It would be troublesome if Christian’s men saw them together.
Sitting in the car, Michael’s mind was occupied by the safe.
<Where on earth does Christian hide his safe?>
