This huge sum of money from Wilander was not used to bribe Lex, but was used as compensation to the families of the deceased team members according to the contract.
In Weiland's words, the tragedy has already happened, the dead cannot be resurrected, and he will try his best to make life a little better for the relatives of these people.
What could Lex say
No matter how much verbal condemnation there is, it will not be as effective as the real money that Wilander spent.
Money cannot solve all problems, but it can solve most of them.
The cunning Weiland calmed down the African Madonna and persuaded her to go back to her room to rest, then he walked to Luke who was eating candy silently.
Luke had no interest in the conversation between the two. He had been sitting there with his legs crossed, looking up at the sky, thinking about his own things, and even turning the lollipop in his mouth around.
Weiland pulled a chair next to him and sat down. Looking at him leisurely, he finally said, "Thank you, Luke."
Luke turned his head and smiled, "No, Mr. Weiland, I got paid for this job."
Weiland smiled bitterly.
If everyone could be reasonable like this, he wouldn't have so much of a headache.
When the expedition team was recruited, it was stated that the mission was extremely dangerous and a formal contract was signed.
Now that an accident has occurred and many people have died, some people are blaming Weiland.
But like Luke said, they all got paid, and the money was five to ten times the normal remuneration.
A mission with this kind of reward would definitely be extremely dangerous, and Weyland could not predict what would happen along the way.
Weiland admired Luke even more in his heart: he was a man who could see the essence of things.
Of course, this kind of person is both easy to deal with and difficult to deal with.
They are hard to fool, but they will do their best to complete what they have promised.
"This time, I can see the efforts you have made. Your salary will be increased by an additional five million. How about that?" Weiland said.
Luke nodded calmly: "The 500,000 stipulated in the contract has been received. It doesn't matter how much extra compensation Mr. Weiland wants to give me."
Weiland was not surprised either.
He also looked at the basic information before hiring Luke.
This young man does not value money as much as most people do. He has millions of dollars at the age of 18, but he does not like luxury and waste.
He gave Luke an extra 5 million in salary for other reasons.
Luke is such a smart man, he would probably understand.
Not refusing Weiland's money would mean that Luke had tacitly agreed to something.
For example, regarding the unknown object and the follow-up handling of this expedition, Luke would avoid causing trouble for Weyland.
The five million is both a reward and a hush money.
After receiving this assurance, Weiland stood up and said, "You can go to rest early. Your room is A03. Just ask anyone on the ship."
Luke: “Thank you.”
The icebreaker went back faster than it came.
It would be much easier to return along the original route and crush the thin ice that had just formed. Moreover, after driving a few hundred kilometers, the thickness of the ice layer also decreased rapidly.
The icebreaker took five days to return to Ushuaia.
Luke didn't call Wells or Flagg either.
The ruins were blown down and buried under hundreds of meters of ice. Even if he informed Wells and others that aliens had appeared in Antarctica,
Where are these monsters? All the aliens are dead, and they were destroyed by an alien x-bomb, leaving nothing behind.
Where is the alien Predator? He left on a spaceship.
Isn’t this fucking funny!
Since he had promised Weiland to let the big guy handle it on his own, Luke remained silent.
After returning to Ushuaia, Luke went straight back to Los Angeles with Weiland on his private plane.
Luke was taken home by the special car of Weiland Company. He walked into the house and sighed comfortably: "Home is still the best."
At this moment, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening, but the house was empty.
Luke scratched his head: "Are these two guys going to do something outrageous again?"
He was too lazy to worry about those two guys.
He's already out, there's no point in him worrying now.
He just sent a text message to Selena and went to take a shower.
After sitting on the sofa, drinking two cups of tea and watching the local news in Los Angeles for a while, the door finally opened and two guys covered in black rushed into the room.
It's Selena and Meidao!
The man and the dog were both wearing black clothes and hoods on their heads, which looked like parent-child outfits at first glance.
Seeing Luke sitting there, the two guys involuntarily shrank their necks.
Luke continued to watch the news: "Okay, let's talk about it after closing the door."
As soon as the door closed, he asked, "Have you cleaned up everything?"
The two guys nodded in unison.
Luke: "Okay, go clean yourself up and come back to talk."
A few minutes later, Selena changed into her everyday clothes at home and came over with a smile on her face, while Gold Nugget hid behind her, looking timid.
She sat down next to him and asked, "You came back early?"
Luke nodded: "Once we're done with the work over there, of course we'll go straight home, what about you?"
Selina hesitated for a moment, but answered honestly: "Yes, I went out and beat up a few people."
Luke raised an eyebrow: "No one died?"
Selina shook her head directly: "How is that possible? It's just a beating."
Luke said, "Okay then, go to bed early."
Selina and the guy hiding at her feet both widened their eyes: "Huh?"
Luke picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said leisurely, "Beating people is a daily routine for us Los Angeles detectives! When we detectives stop beating people, we will be on the news, right?"
Selina looked at the dog head at her feet and felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said.
But she couldn't help but whispered, "Are you really okay?"
Luke smiled and said, "Don't forget the safety regulations. Review the situation at least three times after you come back and don't leave any clues behind. In fact, even if you want to beat up all the tens of thousands of gang members in Los Angeles, I don't object."
This answer once again exceeded the imagination of the two guys beside him: "Play them all?"
That’s tens of thousands of people.
Luke shrugged. "Don't bad guys deserve to be beaten?"
At this point, he was no longer interested in talking about these trivial matters, and smiled, "My schedule was too tight this time, so I didn't buy you a gift. I'll make one for you when there's some progress in a while."
Selina was still shocked by the "play them all once" operation idea and just nodded blankly.
The guy at her feet suddenly brightened up his eyes and started to sob.
Luke looked at the pair of bright, black and shiny eyes and slapped his forehead.
He was talking to Selina, but "you" can be understood as both "you" and "you guys".
A certain alien dog-head is obviously being too sentimental.
But after thinking about it, Luke still didn't want to attack this guy.
"You probably won't need those things." As soon as he said this, a certain dog head drooped his big head.