Hardy and Nixon returned to Los Angeles. Nixon was about to leave when Hardy smiled and said, "Mr. Nixon, give me a call when you need help. Whether it's campaign funds or publicity resources, I can provide you with any assistance."
That's what Hardy said.
"I believe it won't be long." Nixon's confidence in running for election in the future increased.
"By the way, my airline will officially open in a few days. I will invite celebrities and upper-class people in Los Angeles to attend. Mr. Congressman, do you have time to come?" Hardy asked.
"There's time," Nixon said immediately.
Hardy knew mostly wealthy people, and Nicholson could take the opportunity to get to know these people and become friends with them, which would also broaden his channels for campaign funds.
"It's settled. Please come over when the airline opens." Hardy escorted Nicolson onto the plane.
......
san francisco.
Mayor Whelan called San Francisco Police Chief Scott, "Scott, you should have seen the report on the drug case in Los Angeles, right?"
"Yes, Mayor, I have seen it."
"I've learned that the security company called 'HD Security' made the biggest contribution to this drug case. The Los Angeles Police Department and HD Security signed a cooperation agreement. HD Security is responsible for assisting the police in maintaining local security. I think this approach is very good." Huilan said.
Shi Ge understood what the mayor meant and guessed that the boss of the security company had asked the mayor for help.
"Mayor, if you hand over the security of a city to a company, I'm afraid other situations will arise."
"What's going on?"
"That security company will become a new force in this city. Once they gain a foothold, I'm afraid they will act recklessly and undermine legal justice," said the director.
Mayor Whelan frowned.
"I've looked at the data for Los Angeles this year. All kinds of cases have shown a significant downward trend. The public is very satisfied with HD security. Are your concerns unnecessary? Also, it's not good to speculate on something that hasn't happened."
Scott still insisted on his own ideas: "Mayor, I have reported to the city government, hoping to increase municipal funding, recruit new police officers, purchase police cars, and increase patrol forces. I believe the police department is sufficient to maintain law and order in San Francisco."
The two parted on some bad terms.
Originally, Shi Ge was appointed by Huilan, but now he doesn't listen to her, which makes Huilan a little annoyed.
He thought about it and picked up the phone to call Hardy.
"Mr. Hardy, the chief of the San Francisco Police Department, Scott, has his own ideas and is somewhat resistant to the joining of HD Security. I'm afraid this matter will have to be put on hold. In the second half of the year, when I'm reappointed, I'll find a way to replace him." Huilan said.
Huilan was ready to kick out a disobedient subordinate.
After hanging up the phone, Hardy called Henry and said, "Henry, take your people to San Francisco to investigate the police chief named Scott. I hope he is a completely upright and honest person."
Henry took the order and went to San Francisco.
After arriving in San Francisco, Henry and his friends disguised themselves as telephone company employees again and checked the telephone situation at Scott's home.
In the end, he even went into the police station and placed a wiretap on the director's office phone. You can imagine how brave Henry was.
After two days of monitoring,
It is obvious that Director Steve is not as upright and honest as he appears to be, and he has serious problems. There is actually a reason why he dared to reject Mayor Whelan's request.
Henry reports to Hardy.
"Boss, we overheard some information and took some photos."
"This Director Steve is a good friend of the Mafia's Selton family patriarch. They talked about HD Security on the phone. It was the Selton family patriarch who prevented HD Security from signing a contract with the San Francisco Police Department in order to prevent our security company from affecting their Selton family's business in San Francisco. The Selton family patriarch also mentioned you."
Hardy narrowed his eyes.
He knew without asking that the patriarch of the Selden family would not say anything good about him and would probably tell Scott that he was the biggest gang boss in Los Angeles.
"Go on."
"We took photos of Scott and Leib Seldon meeting and recorded their conversation."
"The patriarch of the Selden family promised Scott that as long as he prevented HD Security from signing a contract with the police department, he would support him in running for city council election next year and would also support him as mayor."
That's very clear.
Although Huilan promoted Shi Ge, Shi Ge now has greater ambitions and is ready to abandon his old boss and choose to carve out a path for himself.
After hanging up the phone, Hardy called Mayor Whelan again.
Hardy smiled and said to Mayor Whelan: "Tomorrow's newspaper will publish a news story about the close relationship between the San Francisco Police Chief and the head of a Mafia family."
Mayor Whelan was shocked.
"You mean Scott has connections with the Mafia?"
“There are photos.”
Huilan gritted her teeth and said, "I understand."
The next day.
A piece of news shocked San Francisco.
san francisco morning post.
Front page headlines.
"San Francisco Police Chief Scrub is a good friend of Mafia patriarch Leib Seldon. Can the safety of San Francisco be guaranteed?"
A large photo above.
The two men were sitting next to each other in a club, chatting. From the photo, we can see that they have a good relationship and look like long-time friends.
"The man on the left is Leib Seldon, the patriarch of the notorious San Francisco mafia family, the Seldon family, and the man on the right is the chief of the San Francisco Police Department. Reporters saw the two chatting and laughing for half an hour."
"The chief of the San Francisco Police Department should be someone who fights crime, but he has become friends with the head of the Mafia. Is it possible for such a chief to protect the law and order of San Francisco? Will he become an accomplice of the Mafia?"
"The reporter got some internal data from the San Francisco Police Department. Let's take a look at the public security situation in San Francisco. Last year, there were 4,560 robberies, 6,501 burglaries, 468 shootings, and late-night stalking and rapes... The total number of cases in the year was more than 20,000, and 384 people died."
"That means there are 68 serious cases in San Francisco every day, with an average of more than one death per day."
"Scott was the police chief for two years. During his two years in office, the crime rate increased year by year. Can we speculate that it is because he became good friends with the gangs and condoned the crimes, which led to the high number of vicious cases?"
......
You can be dirty in private.
But now that the truth is out in the open, there is no way the people can accept it.
The purpose of hiring police is to maintain public safety and fight crime and evil forces, but now the police chief is involved with the gang.
Countless people are angry about this.
When Shi Ge got up in the morning, he came to the police station, but he found that many people looked at him with strange eyes. Shi Ge was a little puzzled, so he walked to the mirror in the lobby and found that he was dressed neatly and there was nothing wrong with him.
Come to the office.
His secretary glanced at the director and said cautiously, "Director, I have already placed today's newspaper on your desk."
"I understand." Shi Ge said nonchalantly.
He had just walked into the office when the phone rang. Scott went over to pick it up and answered it. "This is Scott. Who is this?"
"I'm Mayor Huilan. Come to my office right now," Mayor Huilan ordered in a stiff tone.
Scott put down the phone in surprise, wondering why Mayor Huilan's tone was so cold today, just because he refused him and refused to allow the police department to sign a contract with HD Security?
At this moment,
His eyes suddenly swept over the newspapers on the table. On the top was the San Francisco Morning Post. When the secretary saw the newspaper in the morning, he felt that something big was going to happen, so when he sorted the newspapers, he deliberately put the San Francisco Morning Post at the front.
After just a few glances, Shi Ge seemed to be struck by lightning, and his body froze there.
The photos in the newspaper showed him shaking hands intimately with the boss of a Mafia family and sitting together to have a conversation. Even if no one knew what they talked about, just based on these two photos, his career as police chief was probably over.
No wonder the police officers looked at him like that when he entered the police station.
No wonder Mayor Huilan was angry and asked me to go to the city government to find him.
He now felt his heart throbbing.
Who is it?
Who took the photo of them? The place where they met was a private club, which ordinary people could not enter unless someone deliberately investigated and followed them.
Suddenly, Shi Ge realized a more terrifying situation.
Is the FBI investigating itself?
But why wasn't he taken away for questioning directly, but was exposed in the newspaper instead?
Mayor Huilan arrived at the city government with great trepidation. When she saw Director Scout, she flew into a rage in the office and scolded Director Scout for more than ten minutes. Mayor Huilan's voice could be heard throughout the city government.
"I'm telling you now, you're fired, forever!"
Director Steve left the city government in disgrace.
the next day.
Mayor Whelan reappointed a new chief. The new chief was named Brown, who was the former deputy chief of the San Francisco Police Department and was a relatively smooth person.
Hardy saw the newspaper report and smiled softly.
If someone doesn't want to be your friend and wants to be your enemy, the best way is to find a way to deal with him.
But this matter is far from over.
As this might be a corruption case, the FBI took action, started an investigation, and brought Director Steve in for questioning.
When Leib Selton, patriarch of the Selton family, heard that the FBI had been called in, he felt that something was wrong and immediately handed over family affairs to his second-in-command and flew to Columbia.
As an old mafia family in San Francisco, the Selden family has been rooted here for more than a decade. Many people in San Francisco know of its existence, but people have become accustomed to it.
However, this incident with Mr. Scott put the Selton family in the media spotlight. Many newspapers reported on the Selton family's dark history, such as robbery, market monopoly, drug trafficking, and gang business.
The Selton family's reputation quickly became bad.
Of course Hardy is involved here. When he wanted to seize the Flamingo Casino, did he think Hardy would forget so easily?
This is a good opportunity to deal with him.
There were also newspapers that published reports on the security situation in San Francisco and compared it with Los Angeles. The security in Los Angeles is much better now than before, and it is all thanks to HD security. The newspapers said that many people are calling for San Francisco to introduce HD security.
Mayor Whelan submitted a motion to support the police department to sign a contract with HD Security to make San Francisco safer. The proposal was passed by the City Council without much resistance.
The new chiefs Brown and Lanster held a simple signing ceremony. From now on, HD security will become a supplementary force for San Francisco police.
Responsible for patrolling and assisting the police in combating violent crime.
This order is worth one million dollars. HD Security will deploy 200 patrol officers in Los Angeles. Excluding all expenses and wages, HD Security can earn $400,000.
Compared to Hardy's other businesses, this money is not much, but compared to controlling the security of a city, this money is nothing.