Empire of Shadows

The conversation with the lieutenant governor did not last for too long. The lieutenant governor did not keep Lance for dinner. He was leaving soon, and it was best not to be labeled as part of Lance’s faction.

To come clean, and to go clean. This way, when he had changed to a new place to work, it would be easier to get started.

With the label, the people over there would look at him with a wary eye.

At this point, Lance’s trip to Manteno was more or less over. What was next was the results of the gubernatorial election, and also the matter of going to the Lawrence Farm for the festival.

During this period, he had also continued to pay attention to the situation on the Rapa side. Diego seemed to have tried to leave, but Albert had discovered it. Then they had dispatched three large trucks, and had directly forced him back to the Presidential Palace.

It could be said that this operation was completely aimed at taking his life, which had made Diego break out in a cold sweat.

After he had gone back, he had killed two of his maids, and had announced to the public that it was these two maids who had stolen his things, and had also looked through the documents in his study.

But there was also another saying, which was that he had been so scared that he had peed himself.

Because he was too fat, he couldn’t change his pee-soaked pants himself, so the two maids had helped him to change his pants, but had also, because of this, been killed.

The president had been scared to the point of peeing himself. This kind of a thing, which had destroyed his majesty, once it was leaked, would be a heavy blow to his personal image and authority.He had tried his best to keep it a secret, but for some reason, it had still been leaked.

Besides this, the struggle between the government army and the rebel army had also become increasingly intense. The rebel armies had, one after another, begun to band together, forming five large-scale ”battle groups.” They were already able to fight back and forth with the government army.

The government army’s consumption was constantly increasing. Seeing that they were about to be unable to keep up, Lance believed that it might not be long before Diego would have to contact him again, to borrow money from him.

After all, this was the only thing he could do to continue his rule and his life.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t considered surrendering to the rebel army, but he also knew the result of his surrender. Besides death, there was no other possibility!

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On September 25th, Morris got married.

The wedding was held on Golden Beach. Lance had had his men clear out a large area of the beach. Although these beaches were government resources, he could use them as he wished.

In the Federation, sometimes when you should be exercising your privileges, you just have to.

It’s like a boxer. If his fists are heavy enough, he should swing his fists more, instead of just standing there motionlessly.

If a boxer doesn’t swing his fists, others won’t know how formidable he is, and in their hearts, they will breed a very contemptuous attitude.

But as long as he swings his fists from time to time, and hits a punching bag or something, and lets people see how heavy his fists are, only then will people respect him.

On the wide, clean, golden-like beach, by a little after nine in the morning, a large number of people had already gathered.

The number of members of the Lance Family had now exceeded 6,000. As for the outer members, those who were not counted as part of the Lance Family, there might be another 7,000 or 8,000, or even 10,000. All of them added up could exceed 15,000.

This was still the result of Lance’s constant control. If he hadn’t controlled, the number of family members would have soon exceeded 10,000, and would have been rushing towards 20,000 or even 30,000!

This was not a good thing. Before, he and the people in his family had all talked about it. After the war was over, the Federation would have more confidence and strength. They would definitely not continue to let the gangs and their ”rule the world together.” They would definitely free up their hands to deal with these gangs that were entrenched in the Federation.

At that time, whoever had a larger scale would be the first to be sent to the chopping block, so Lance had been controlling the number of people.

When the war was in its final stages, he would send a considerable portion of the family members to the Yalan region.

At that time, Yalan should have already begun to integrate into the Federation, but in the local area, there would definitely still be resistance organizations, and it would still be in a chaotic stage.

The federal government would certainly not send an army to suppress these illegal organizations, which were composed of ordinary people, but a gang could.

Lance stood on the beach, looking at the line where the sea and the sky met in the distance. His whole soul seemed to have become much lighter at this moment.

He turned his head and looked at the people on the beach, and took a sip of the sparkling wine in his hand. This might be the last glorious moment of the gangs in this world!

”Why are you here alone?” Lance turned his head and saw Barbara. She was wearing a beautiful dress and was walking over from a distance. The charming aura on her body was even richer than before.

Lance smiled and turned to look at her. ”I didn’t know you were coming too.”

Barbara shrugged. ”Gerald said Morris was getting married. If I remember correctly, the groom should be called Morris. He also said that you would be here, so I asked for a leave and came over.”

Now, in the entire federal film industry, Barbara already had her own place. She was very beautiful, and her figure was also very good. She exuded that kind of charming and alluring temperament, which was fatally attractive to many men.

Maybe her acting skills were not good enough, but her face and her figure were good enough, which had made up for this shortcoming.

Barbara herself was also willing to make a certain degree of concession in this aspect. After all, this thing called acting, if you did it more, you would slowly improve.

But your face and your figure, if you don’t use them now, they will expire and be void.

She didn’t know how long her flowering period would be. She could only, when she had it, to use it first.

She walked to Lance’s side and very naturally, linked her arm with Lance’s. ”Where’s Pat?”

”She didn’t come with you?”

Lance shook his head. ”Patricia and Emily are still on the farm and haven’t come back. It’s much safer there than here.”

The things he was doing were indeed a bit too scary. What if some people couldn’t deal with him, and went to deal with his family? That would not be good.

So when he was not in the Federation, he had had Patricia and Emily all go to the farm and not to come back. Anyway, now they didn’t need to work to prove that they were excellent and independent women.

And even if they wanted to work, whether it was at the city hall or at the state government, wasn’t it just a matter of a single word?

To be able to take her child and to have a vacation on the farm, Patricia was still very satisfied. She actually liked the farm more than others, because she had grown up on a farm as a child, and she was also very much liked by her grandfathers.

So she had no complaints, except that she couldn’t see Lance.

In fact, this matter was also very easy to solve. Now there were many toys. As long as she wanted to solve it, she could always!

Listening to Barbara talk about these things, Lance also asked with great curiosity, ”What about you?”

”Is anyone pursuing you?”

Barbara pursed her lips. ”Yes, many. But I don’t like any of them.”

She turned her head to look at Lance, her eyes filled with a kind of infatuation.

She had originally, towards Lance, actually not had any other thoughts, and had just felt that this was a very ordinary kid.

But as Lance had, in Golden Port City, in Likalai State, and even on the stage of the Federation, had his own place, she had begun to look at Lance in a new light, and had been attracted by him!

In the many years that she and Patricia had grown up together, she had always been the ”big winner.” Whether it was in studies, work, appearance, figure, or other things, she had completely crushed Patricia.

But in this aspect of choosing a spouse, Patricia had not only surpassed her, but had also made it impossible for her to catch up.

She had read a book before, which had said that if, when you are young, you meet a person who can amaze you for a lifetime, then in this life, you will be in this person’s shadow.

In the past, she didn’t know, and she didn’t think that there was anyone who could amaze others for a lifetime.

But the moment Lance had turned his head and had looked at her, she had understood everything!