Even though the old man Aoki gave him his business card and claimed that he was his savior, Luke didn't hold out much hope for the bonus.
He is quite familiar with the people of Neon.
In the previous life, the Chinese argued about the Japanese over and over again, almost talking about both the good and the bad of the Japanese to death.
The people of this country are usually humble, trustworthy, respectful to others, polite, and pay attention to the relationships between superiors and subordinates and the order of seniority.
But the people of this country also have the potential impulse to overthrow all the above behaviors, and they will erupt as long as there is a suitable opportunity.
They become brutal and bloodthirsty beasts without any restraint from etiquette or civilization, capable of committing all kinds of atrocities, including patricide and matricide, or overthrowing their superiors.
These will be recorded by themselves and passed down as legendary stories, from generation to generation.
This nation is complex and extremely dualistic.
Therefore, Luke had no idea about Aoki. Even though he bowed to him respectfully twice, it was just habitual politeness and did not mean that he really took him seriously.
The report on TV continued, and suddenly old man Aoki appeared: "We will transfer the bonds and upgrade the security measures of the vault. However, I want to make one point again. The power supply system in Los Angeles is really terrible. A place like the Central District can actually have a large-scale power outage. This is the reason why the robbers opened the last layer of electromagnetic protection of our vault. We will sue the power supply company."
Luke and Selina looked at each other.
After a long while, Luke managed to utter, "So, this is how the robbers opened the vault. I was wondering why they didn't ask for Aoki's password."
He also knew that the power outage was the FBI's idea, otherwise a large-scale power outage in downtown Los Angeles would be difficult to accomplish, as ordinary people didn't even know where the power hub was.
Only the FBI or the police can force the power company to cut off the power supply.
After listening to Luke's brief account of what the FBI had done, Selina laughed out loud: "Aren't they going to take the blame?"
Luke shrugged. "In this case, the LAPD has me, McClane has his wife, so who can Zhongfu Company turn to? Of course, we can only blame it on the fact that it was useless and almost helped the robbers steal $640 million from the FBI."
He also roughly understood why the FBI people had that attitude.
Because they caused trouble but got no credit at all, the person in charge of this case might be demoted.
Luke was pleased to hear this.
Just these stupid subordinates were fired at him by the helicopter.
If he hadn't reacted quickly, the body would have been cold by now.
He doesn't add insult to injury, that's all... He doesn't have the ability to cause trouble for these FBI people, that's something only the big guys in the police department can do.
After chatting with Selena for a while, they both took a shower and went back to their rooms to sleep.
A new day arrived, and Catherine also called and said that they were preparing to leave for Los Angeles tomorrow.
Luke asked and found out that the whole family was flying here together. Of course he welcomed it and said he would pay for their airfare and accommodation.
Selena was also very happy to hear that.
Robert is half her family. She has been working under Robert since she entered the industry, and they are very familiar with each other.
She volunteered to pick them up at the airport tomorrow and take them to find a hotel.
Of course Luke didn't mind, and it would be even more convenient if Selina was willing to help.
They both have to go on duty in two days, so they can avoid the shift and take Robert and his family out to play.
Just as he was thinking this, his cell phone rang. After answering the call, Dustin asked, "What medicine did you give that old man Aoki? He actually said he would personally reward you with one million US dollars."
Luke: “Huh?”
Dustin smiled bitterly, "Yes, he gave it to you personally, not Zhongfu Company. So you will become a millionaire soon, Luke."
Luke frowned. This was not a good name.
After thinking for a while, he asked, "What can our police department get?"
Dustin: "Zhongfu Company is willing to donate $500,000 to our police department to improve the police officers' equipment, such as walkie-talkies."
Luke: ... Are Zhongfu Company making fun of us? The last time we reported a crime, we relied on Detective John's walkie-talkie, and in the end, we only succeeded after we threw the body of the criminal down there.
During this time, Detective John first called the fire department, and then called for help using the emergency channel of the walkie-talkie, but the Los Angeles operator thought it was a prank and simply ignored it.
If it weren't for Detectives Luke and John, dozens of people from Zhongfu Company would have died, and a lot of people in the Los Angeles Police Department would have been in trouble, including those operators.
Of course, it is generally acknowledged how unreliable American police operators are.
This may be because there are too many unreliable people who call 911 in the United States. When operators encounter too many of these people, they will inevitably mistake real emergency calls for prank calls.
Luke was silent for two seconds before asking, "Boss, what suggestions do you have?"
Dustin was also scratching his head.
The United States is a country of money, and money is more real than anything else. What can he say
But what old man Aoki did is really a slap in the face to the Los Angeles Police Department.
So, he said, "If possible, can Mr. Aoki keep your personal reward to you low-key? Just let the two parties know about it?"
Luke thought about it, and suddenly his eyes rolled. He agreed: "Okay, boss, I'll try."
He found the business card given to him by old man Aoki and called the other party.
After a moment, a deep male voice sounded: "I'm Aoki, who is this?"
Luke: "Luke Coulson, the detective from the West District Police Station, do you remember him?"
Aoki's voice immediately softened: "Oh, Mr. Luke, I was just about to contact you."
Luke chuckled: "Hello, Mr. Aoki. I heard from my colleagues that you are going to give me a bonus personally?"
Aoki said solemnly: "Yes, it's just a small gift, please accept it."
Luke didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He also knew very well that this amount of money was not easy to collect and was by no means a small amount.
He pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Aoki, please change your personal reward to me. My family will come to Los Angeles tomorrow and may stay for a week. You can help arrange their accommodation and travel for the week. How do you think?"
Qing Mu was silent for a moment: "This is just a small thing, not enough to repay you for saving my life."
Luke chuckled, "Mr. Aoki, I'm a police officer, that's just my job."
Aoki also laughed: "No, Mr. Luke, I know very well. American police have no obligation to protect specific people. It is not your responsibility to save me."
Luke was stunned. He had never thought about this before.
In his previous life, he lived in China for a long time and felt that saving lives was the police’s job, and that American police also often saved lives.