blackstone code

Chapter 2190

Connor greeted the head of the FBI in person, perhaps this was his first and last time.

He must show his "wiseness" at this time, and the first impression is especially important.

"I don't know what to bring, I hope these fruits won't look too shabby!", the director general can talk, and the fruits in the fruit basket in his hand add up to hundreds of dollars.

In fact, for someone like Connor, or someone at his level, there is not much difference between a few hundred yuan, a few thousand yuan, or even tens of thousands of yuan.

What they care about is not what the visiting person can bring, but the visiting person himself.

Connor took the fruit basket and handed it to his wife, then shook hands with the director-general, "My daughter likes these fruits very much. It's too cold outside, let's go in and chat."

The director general shook the few snowflakes on his shoulders, thanked him and entered Connor's manor.

Luxurious estate.

There are many similar estates on the outskirts of Boupen, all hidden among thick vegetation, making it difficult to get a glimpse of them.

In some areas, barbed wire fences are directly pulled up, telling passers-by that the barbed wire fences are private areas, and unauthorized entry will be dangerous.

Rich people and these politicians are sometimes very high-profile, on TV, or in public, when they do certain things.

They want the whole world to know who they are, where they are, and what they are doing.

But sometimes, they are very low-key, so low-key that they don't even want to let others take a look!
When he took off his coat and handed it to the young and beautiful maid, the Director General couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is class.

He wasn't referring to himself and the maid, or the owner of this house and the maid, but the huge class that existed between him and Connor.

Connor is a good friend of Gladstone, and Gladstone is the heir to the political legacy of the short old man, and the short old man took over the job of the previous chairman of the committee...

These top-level scepters are always circulated among a few people. In the eyes of outsiders, he is a very majestic director-general of the FBI.

But among these top political figures, he was actually not much different from that maid.

They all belong to the type that can be replaced as long as they don't like it.

Perhaps only Mr. Lynch is really different from these people.

What suddenly appeared in his mind made the corners of his mouth twitch. Then he lowered his head slightly and followed Connor into the house.

The restaurant is on the first floor, but it has to pass through a promenade of more than 30 meters. There are some portraits of people hanging on both sides of the promenade.

Connor briefly introduced the people on these walls, they all belong to the first generation of immigrants.

They have also participated in the mass genocide against the aborigines. They held slaves, opened plantations, and actively participated in current affairs and politics.

Connor paused for a moment in front of the last portrait. He pointed to a huge painting on the wall and asked the director, "Do you know this painting?"

The Director-General looked at it twice, and felt it was very familiar. After thinking for more than ten seconds, a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he almost blurted out, "When the Federation was established?"

"On the Formation of the Confederacy" is a historically significant painting, painted by a well-known painter of the Confederacy.

There are a total of 74 people in the picture. Except for a dozen businessmen, the others are the first executives of various departments of the federal government.

And what this painting shows is the moment when the federation was officially established!
The first president stood in the crowd and read the proclamation of the Byler Federation when it was officially established as an independent and sovereign country. The people around him rejoiced.

But only these 74 people have a clear appearance, while the others are similar to abstract methods.

I only drew an outline, a general idea.

The authentic copy of this painting is in the collection of the Federal State Museum. This one is obviously a fake, but only in a limited way.

This is actually a copy of the original work that was made by a very famous painter. Connor pointed to one of the people with a face and said, "This is the first patriarch of our family..."

The Director General didn't even know what to say other than his amazed expression.

In fact, he knows more, because he holds many secrets that others do not know.

He knows that the federal Congress and the president, including the top leaders of the three major parties and two major committees, as well as the current heads of large financial groups in the federation, their ancestors are almost all in this picture!

There is a saying that the Federation is a "country of 74 people", and this statement comes from this painting!

In addition to the disappearance of some people's "inheritance", about two-thirds of the people and their families are at the top of the current federal pyramid!

Including Gladstone, the chairman of the Bipartisan Committee, and about 20 to [-] presidents, they are all descendants of someone in this painting!

A lot of people who try hard and don't get the results they want are told it's because they haven't tried hard enough.

In fact, what effort does it take to be successful?

In other words, if you want to be successful, how can you achieve it with your own hard work?

This is not something that can be accomplished in one, two, or three or five generations. This is an ambitious goal that may take dozens of generations or one or two hundred years to accomplish!

Connor is very satisfied with this small "interactive link". He is relatively low-key. Before Gladstone came to power, people only knew that he came from a political family, but it was not clear which political family he came from.

After all, for some people nowadays, there are three or five generations who have had governors or congressmen, so they can be said to be a political family.

But his background is far beyond what ordinary people call ordinary "political families".

The director-general is Lynch's man, he will not deny it, nor will he change it, but he must make the director-general understand one thing.

Lynch could protect him, and he, Connor, could destroy him.

Walking through the promenade and turning a corner, there is a big restaurant.

Bright lights.

Seeing these light bulbs, the Director-General thought of a previous joke.

It is said that a greedy couple hoped that their rich relatives could help them, so the rich gave them a big house.

Before the couple had had time to be happy for a few days, they had to accept the fact that they couldn't afford this house.

The various expenses of a house are definitely not a small amount, and coupled with the expensive property taxes, their current income cannot support these expenses at all.

So they planned to sell the house and directly exchange it for a sum of money.

But soon this idea failed to become a reality, because they have not paid the "gift tax". Only by paying the tax first can they truly inherit the house and sell it...

The end of the story is that the greedy couple not only did not get any benefits, but the house was completely bankrupt.

The story may not be true, but it may not be false either, because this kind of thing happens every year.

The first thing for those rich people who were once rich, but now they are down, is to sell all the mansions in their hands to avoid high property taxes and become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

With such a big house and so many electric lights, the electricity bill for just one day may cost hundreds or even hundreds of thousands!
"I don't know what you like to eat, so everyone prepared some."

Connor sat in his seat, shook out the napkin and laid it on his lap, "Beef and mutton include pork, chicken, duck, goose, and fish."

"It's well prepared, you can just order what you want."

The butler sent a menu to the Chief, who was the first to hear that he could order food at home.

He casually ordered a steak and lamb chop pair and started chatting.

"Lynch has always told me that you are a very capable person. I have also learned through my own methods. During your years in the FBI, the FBI's detection rate has reached a record high!"

"This proves that you are indeed very capable, and what my team needs are capable talents..."

In fact, the rate of solving crimes is always getting higher and higher, because more scientific and technological means have been invented and can be involved in solving cases.

For example, the collection of fingerprints, people didn't think about it before, but after the collection and comparison of fingerprints, the detection rate will obviously increase significantly.

Recently, the federal medical science has made new progress in blood. It is said that some important information can be judged based on blood.

If these technologies can be quickly applied to actual crime detection, the detection rate will definitely increase significantly.

The director-general modestly stated that he was only responsible for arresting the general manager, and it was the front-line agents who made the specific contributions.

These are all content without much nutrition, but such communication is necessary.

The more high-end the meeting, the more nonsense will be said.

Many people may be very curious often, why do you say so much meaningless content in such an advanced conversation?

In fact, this is all about testing each other, testing each other's personality, preferences, etc., to prepare for the next in-depth content.

There is a saying in the Commonwealth——

"If you don't know a person well enough, it's best not to say anything about him and his interests."

The dinner was very sumptuous, but Connor's wife did not accompany him. Women basically would not attend such an occasion, and the director-general did not bring a female companion.

After the meal, they went to Connor's study together. In the study, they drank light scented tea, and the greasy feeling caused by the food quickly disappeared.

"I have something a little tricky to do by myself. I want to trouble you, but I don't know... Would you like to?"

Connor opened his mouth to hit the target directly, and the director general agreed, "I will try my best to do it."

This attitude cannot be said to be unreserved, but it is still a pass. Connor said a few names, "Help me check these people."

"I need some scandals and black materials about them, including their family members."

The Director-General immediately memorized these names. Without exception, they were all Connor's "competitors".

Among them are three presidential candidates from the Conservative Party and two candidates from the Socialist Party...

(End of this chapter)