Before the car got close, from a distance, Ribbs saw a dozen people in black robes holding submachine guns standing at the door of the lair.
"These guys are really dressed in black!"
When they arrived, Reeves got out of the car and surrounded the believers with everyone.
This is led by the Black Rabbit Gang's strongest fighter, and followed by a group of Black Rabbit Gang bosses. Even if the FBI comes, they would be afraid of this momentum. This is considered to give enough face to these believers.
A Black Rabbit Gang member saw the boss coming and immediately rushed over, "Boss! Boss!"
"What's going on?" asked Reeves.
"This group of believers wanted to break into our lair and arrest people! If I didn't let them in, they would beat people!" the younger brother cried.
When Reeves heard this, he was furious and fired a few shots into the sky, scaring the believers present.
"Hou Lixie! Are you rebelling? There's no law anymore?" Ribs cursed. "I said I'd send the people back to you, but it's not your turn to snatch them away! How dare you attack our Black Rabbit Gang!"
"Come here!" Ribs asked the crying brother, "Who hit you just now!?"
The younger brother pointed at a white-haired priest on the other side and said, "That's him!"
"Go give him two slaps to teach him a lesson!" said Ribs.
With the support of the bosses, the younger brother immediately became arrogant and walked up to the leading priest and slapped him twice.
The priest was slapped twice in public, his eyes widened like bells, but he didn't dare to fight back at all.
Reeves walked up to his younger brother, pointed at his nose and scolded him, "You are such a jerk! Remember, next time you see someone hitting you, beat him up first! If you don't fight back after getting hit, don't join my Black Rabbit Gang! I can't afford to lose this guy!"
"Yes! Got it, boss!" The younger brother answered brightly.
At this time, the believers at the door were so frightened that they dared not move.
"What are you still standing there for! Get out of here!" Reeves yelled, "If you want someone back, tell your boss to come and apologize to me in person!"
The believers finally reacted and got into the car dejectedly, leaving with their tails between their legs.
With Ribs' current status, he doesn't even need to use a gun to deal with such a small matter. He can intimidate them with his temperament alone.
After driving away the believers, Reeves took everyone to the gang's lair for a tour.
If the Black Rabbit Security Company is established, this nest will be useless.
After all, this was also the place where he had started his business. Ribs took a lingering look at it and turned around to leave.
Fox came up and asked, "Boss, what about the pastor?"
"If those believers come to apologize, send him back to them. If they don't apologize, let him go and let him fend for himself!" Reeves replied.
......
A few days later, at his first city council meeting as an elected councillor, Ribbs appeared in a suit and tie.
The midday sun shone through the stained glass of the dome of the City Hall and onto the parliamentary badge on Ribbs' chest.
He placed his right hand on the Constitution and solemnly swore in front of everyone: "I, Reebs, swear on the Constitution that I will defend the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and execute the powers granted by the Chicago Charter. I hereby solemnly promise... to lead Chicago to glory!"
Bang bang bang!
After the oath was completed, applause broke out immediately and all the members of parliament stood up and applauded him with smiles on their faces.
Blair was sitting next to Reeves, clapping and whispering to him, "I never thought you would actually snatch this position from the Daly family..."
"That's nothing, it's just the beginning," Reeves replied.
There was nothing special about the first day's meeting. Several council members took turns reporting on the areas they managed and the general situation of various industries in Chicago.
On the surface, everyone seems to be having a good time, but in reality, there are undercurrents.
As a typical American city, Chicago's government structure also follows the mayor-council system.
Although the city council does not have executive power, it has very broad powers in other areas, including legislative power, financial power, supervisory power, personnel appointment power, land planning power, etc.
The Speaker has even greater power. Although he cannot decide whether a proposal should be passed, he can choose to discuss or shelve a proposal.
To some extent, as long as the Speaker does not want to pass a proposal, he can just put it on hold.
In addition, the speaker can also supervise and review the mayor's executive power through council resolutions or hearings. It can be said that the speaker's power is comparable to that of the mayor.
After several meetings, Ribbs had a general idea of the situation in the parliament.
The current Speaker, Mr. Edward, is nearly 80 years old and suffers from some form of Alzheimer's disease. During meetings, he often becomes dazed, forgets words, and sometimes even falls asleep.
He often didn't understand many of the issues discussed in parliament and would simply abstain from voting.
And letting Edward, who has Alzheimer's disease, sit in this seat is simply like occupying the toilet without doing anything.
Everyone in parliament wants to replace the member.
However, for Liebs, since he had just been elected as a senator, he couldn't rush into anything. He had to gain a firm footing first and see how things went.
Among the seven members of Congress, there are five Democrats and one Republican, and the other is the independent Reeves.
If we divide them by policy, there are exactly three radicals and three conservatives.
Therefore, several other congressmen were secretly guessing which faction this Ribs belonged to.
Needless to say, Blair, no matter what party he belongs to, as long as Ribbs speaks, he must stand on Ribbs' side.
The first thing Reeves had to do after becoming a senator was to start his own security company.
Illinois requires that any private security company must obtain permission from the police department.
Therefore, Ribs made an appointment to meet with Chicago Police Chief Daniel through his identity as a congressman, and also called Jerry.
In the Chicago headquarters office building, Jerry gave Reeves a big hug as soon as he saw him: "Great, buddy! You're elected to the Senate. There's hope for us in Chicago again!"
Reeves put his arm around Jerry's shoulders and said, "Don't worry! Don't worry, I will protect Chicago from now on!"
Arriving at the office, the three of them sat down together, and Director Daniel respectfully asked, "Mr. Congressman, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Oh, it's nothing serious." Reeves said, "A friend of mine recently wanted to open a private security company, so I came to ask, how can our police department handle it?"
Of course, Ribs does not have the right to manage the police chief, but as a member of parliament, he has a lot of power and can exchange interests with the chief.
Daniel is a veteran who can become the chief of the Chicago Police Department. He naturally understood Reeves's thoughts immediately.
"Mr. Congressman! It's not difficult to obtain a license for this security company," Daniel said. "It's just that our police department is in a difficult situation right now. Not only are we short on staff, but our patrol cars are all 20 years old..."
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