Elsa nodded: "That's true, but his young wife Margaret Halle Johnson ran to the police station and asked us to solve the case as soon as possible."
Luke laughed hard, "What kind of background does she have? She wants us to avenge a gang leader? And as soon as possible? Doesn't she know how many enemies and rivals her man has?"
Elsa looked strange: "She...maybe she really doesn't know."
Luke was stunned: "What's going on?"
Elsa: "From the information I gathered, she really thought her husband William was in the legitimate real estate business. Moreover, she is an art student at USC and is only 21 years old."
Luke: "... Are you trying to say that there is a pure love between a 45-year-old gang leader and a 21-year-old art girl?"
Elsa shrugged: "Who knows, there are all kinds of weird things in this world."
Luke continued to flip through the files: "So where do we start?"
Since Dustin asked them to investigate this case casually, they didn't need to take it too seriously. Luke thought that if there were no clues in three days, they could call it a day.
As for William Johnson’s female college student widow, is she trying to make trouble
Whatever! Los Angeles was overrun with gangs, and although William left her a large inheritance, she couldn't make a big deal out of it.
The boss of wd-36 is also very rich. Can he go to the media and cry about the Los Angeles Police Department not caring about the case where his men were killed
No! Because whether it is the media, the general public, or even the wealthy class, as long as they understand their identity background and work style, they will only gloat over the death of these scumbags and applaud.
Only a fool would sympathize with these gang members!
Elsa shrugged. "Let's go to USC. We have to meet the widow anyway. She may be a little... naive, but she's not a bad person. If she really makes a fuss, it won't matter to us. But she may be targeted by other gang members. In the end, it's hard to say whether she will disappear after handing over all her assets, or become a plaything of some gang boss."
Luke nodded to show that he understood.
Is it so easy to be the gang leader’s woman
If she were to be replaced by a very capable and resourceful woman, she might be able to take over her man's position and it would not be surprising for her to be in control of the gang.
But the widow of this art university student will become the target of other gangs along with her assets.
Wealth obtained through violence can certainly be taken away by others through violence. This is the rule among gangs.
It would be difficult for gang members to legitimately seize patents like those that Luke has obtained through violence.
Because Luke has too much evidence to prove that he is the legal owner, the judge will not believe the gang members. As long as there is any doubt, he will support law-abiding inventors like Luke instead of the gang members.
Most of William Johnson's wealth was held through certain hidden channels to avoid the worst-case scenario of agencies like the police and the IRS. Other gang members could obtain the wealth by simply taking over these hidden channels.
If the widow doesn't restrain herself and makes the matter known to everyone, she will die soon.
Now Luke finally couldn't use Elsa's car anymore, so they both drove their own cars out to USC.
Not long after, Luke looked at the surrounding environment and muttered to himself: I came here to investigate for half a day yesterday, and I came again today. Well, this place is destined to be with me!
Entering USC, Elsa found a studio somewhere: "She studies oil painting and usually has classes here."
After pushing open the door, there was a naked female model in the room, and then seven or eight young people who were concentrating on painting. Only a middle-aged man in his forties looked over and immediately frowned.
Luke still looked more like a student, but Elsa looked like an adult who had entered society. She came casually and opened the door of his studio, which made him very unhappy.
Elsa showed her police badge, and the man's face became even uglier, and he walked out quickly.
After he went out, he closed the door and asked, "Who are you? What's the matter?"
Elsa: "Detective Elsa from the West District Crime Squad, Los Angeles, this is Agent Luke. We are here to look for Margaret Halle Johnson."
The man said: "This is a school. If you want to find her, come back after class." Then he was about to go back to the classroom.
Elsa narrowed her eyes, "Is it important to go to class?"
The man looked startled: "Of course, this is a university."
"Can a dead person go to college?" Elsa asked.
The man looked grim: "Are you threatening me?"
Elsa sneered. "You are irrelevant. Didn't you hear our introduction? We are the Crime Squad."
The man held his chin high and said, "What's wrong with the serious crime team? This place is not under your jurisdiction."
Luke couldn't stand this man's slowness. Could it be that he became stupid from learning to paint
"This person should be a teacher, right? The serious crime squad is really nothing special, they just deal with criminal cases, such as homicide, shooting, kidnapping and the like. Do you think we come here just to talk nonsense to irrelevant people?" Luke said.
The man's expression changed, but he didn't say anything.
Luke continued, "We have to take over a serious criminal case every one or two days. We mostly eat fast food and work overtime every day. So, can you help us go in and call someone to save us some time?"
The man's expression changed for a moment, and he finally decided to go in and call for help.
It's not like he's really an idiot.
It was made very clear that they came here for some serious criminal cases and he was not a party to the case. However, he insisted that the two time-pressed detectives wait for the student to finish his painting. This was not the way to act cool.
Margaret is not a famous painter whose works cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. She is just practicing here.
His previous actions were more about demonstrating his absolute authority in the classroom, but the person he was demonstrating to was not appropriate this time.
Elsa glanced at Luke and said, "Next time, you will be the one to do all the threatening and persuasive work."
Luke nodded, but asked, "Don't you like to deal with those dishonest guys the most?"
Elsa laughed and said nothing, but she was thinking about what Dustin said.
Give the tasks that need to be assigned to the subordinates you trust! This is how leaders should do things.
If she adapts to this operation in advance, it can also speed up Luke's growth, killing two birds with one stone.
In less than a minute, Margaret came out and, as usual, Elsa went up to talk to her.
This is a moment when she needs to play to her female advantage. Women's sense of threat and oppression is not as strong, which is more conducive to normal investigative conversations.