On the evening when the parliamentary vote ended, the twilight in Chicago was wrapped in humid moisture.
The elderly Edward, leaning on a cane, walked out of the door of the City Hall for the last time. The sound of his leather shoes on the steps gradually faded into the bustling street.
At the same time, Ribs stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the Speaker's office, looking at the endless stream of cars downstairs, with a meaningful smile on his lips - his era has officially begun.
For the new Council Speaker, Ribbs, manipulating City Hall's security contract is as easy as taking candy from a quilt.
He lightly found a high-sounding reason and announced a re-vote.
Silver Shield Security was ruthlessly kicked out without any preparation. Soon, the city government's security work was completely taken over by Black Rabbit Security.
Good things should be kept within the family. The huge contract of 50 million US dollars a year fell into Ribs' pocket like a huge piece of fat meat.
Of course, Ribs cannot neglect the municipal engineering sector.
Municipal engineering is a lucrative industry, but it covers dozens of industries including construction, transportation, drainage, bridges, etc.
The guys under Ribbs all came from street gangs, and few of them are capable of working in these industries.
After much thought, I decided that setting up an engineering company on my own would be too much trouble, so I might as well just invest in one.
That day, Reeves made a phone call and asked Fox to bring the Daly family's butler to see him.
The Daly family's butler is named Alfred, who has managed the Daly family's engineering company for 20 years.
Although this company is huge, without the protection of family power, it becomes a piece of fat meat.
Many people in Chicago were watching the company, waiting for an opportunity to take a bite. Any number of the 237 counts against the Daley family would be enough to bring down the engineering firm.
At present, the company can still survive because everyone is afraid of Reeves' power, so no one dares to touch them.
Butler Alfred also knew that they had no other choice but to cling to Ribbs's thigh to survive.
To show their loyalty, they have begun to help Liebs build a manor. At the same time, they are also looking for land to help Liebs build another group building.
In Reeves' office, the butler Alfred stood hunched in front of the mahogany desk, while Fox stood beside him with his hands on his hips.
"Brother, the person has been brought here."
"What did you say?" Ribbs glanced at Fox.
Fox quickly changed his tone: "Oh! Mr. Speaker, the person is here."
Reeves nodded in agreement, then looked at the butler and asked with concern: "Alfred, how is the company's operation going recently? No one is harassing you, right?"
"Thank you for your concern, Speaker!" Alfred replied immediately. "Under Mr. Fox's protection, the company has been running very smoothly recently."
"Well, that's good." Ribs nodded.
Fox interrupted, "It's not me who's protecting you! It's Mr. Speaker who's protecting you! Otherwise, your company would have been gone long ago, and you'd be in jail for decades!"
Alfred agreed repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes! I understand, I understand! It's all thanks to Mr. Toribus!"
This butler seems to be a sensible man, but he still needs to be taught a lesson.
Ribbs stood up with a smile and walked to the Chicago plan on the side of the office. "I heard that the Daley family's engineering company undertook the Michigan Avenue tunnel project?"
"Yes, Mr. Congressman," Alfred agreed respectfully. "That was two years ago, and the project has been completed."
"Of course I know the project is finished," Reeves said nonchalantly, "but I heard that a landslide killed over 30 workers. How was it handled afterwards? Where's the accident report?"
Alfred was shocked: It's over, Reeves doesn't really want to deal with me...
"I... I don't know anything about this..." Alfred said in a trembling voice, "Those matters... were all handled by Daley Vincent... They have nothing to do with me!"
Liebs lit a cigar, smiled, and said, "Don't be nervous! I want someone who can handle trouble. I'm very interested in your company. How about we work together?"
Alfred was not mentally prepared at all and suddenly froze in place, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
Seeing this, Fox went up and kicked him: "The Speaker is talking to you! Are you deaf!?"
"Ohhh! Great, great!" Alfred reacted. "Good cooperation! It's my honor to work with Mr. Speaker!"
"Okay! Please give me a detailed report on the situation of your company! I want to hear it!" said Ribs.
Alfred wiped the sweat from his forehead and pulled a stack of documents from his briefcase. "Mr. Speaker, the company's annual revenue is approximately $1.2 billion, 78% of which comes from municipal projects, including the Michigan Avenue Tunnel and the third phase expansion of O'Hare Airport. However... the Daley family has taken 95% of the profits, leaving us with only $2 million in liquid funds."
"Yeah, that's good," said Reeves. "Having no money is no big deal. I have plenty of money. Now, I just need a cooperative engineering company to take on the project."
Reeves is the Speaker of the Parliament, and the Parliament is responsible for approving various budgets. It is a piece of cake for him to carry out some engineering projects.
Alfred immediately agreed: "Okay! Mr. Speaker, you decide how to cooperate! I will do whatever you say."
"I'll let the Black Rabbit Foundation invest 10 million US dollars and hold 90% of the shares. How about that?" asked Reeves.
When Alfred heard this, he thought, "This is just like seizing the public space! How can this be called cooperation?"
But at the moment he had no ability to refuse, so he could only agree: "No problem! Mr. Congressman, I agree with your proposal!"
"Good! Very good!"
Ribs immediately took out the equity agreement he had prepared long ago from the drawer: "Come on! Sign it!"
Alfred didn't even dare to look at it for long. He immediately signed his name and then pressed his fingerprint.
"Okay!" said Ribs, "Now I'm the major shareholder, and everything in the company has to obey me!"
"Yes, boss! You have the final say."
"Okay, let's call the company Black Rabbit Engineering from now on!" Ribs said, "Alfred, you will be the general manager, and Fox will assist you."
"Okay, boss!" they both agreed at the same time.
Now that I have the engineering company, it’s time to start my real plan.
"Listen up, Alfred," Reeves said. "I'm going to push forward a proposal to build a number of public housing projects in Inglewood with government funding. Do you think there's money to be made in this?"
Upon hearing this, Alfred straightened his back, his eyes gleaming. "The Inglewood public housing project? This is a fat piece of meat! If they use concrete imported from Dahua and low-quality steel bars smuggled from Vietnam, and then use subcontractors to subcontract the project, the profit margin can be squeezed to at least 70%!"
"Gift crab!" Fox excitedly slammed his cigar ash on the desk, sending it tumbling down. "As expected of the Daly family's old dog, this account is quite ruthless!"
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