Luke took out his phone and sent two text messages: "We now have specific suppliers for our meat and seafood."
Selina: “What?”
"Molly Johnson, the girl on the high school diving team, her father Richard Johnson, do you remember her?" he said casually.
Of course Selina remembered that it was because of Molly's case that the two of them went to find Mrs. Kilgrave.
She was so furious that she smashed the Bian Tai into its folded form.
"Richard runs a seafood business in Boston. Most of his goods are directly supplied to major restaurants in New York. He delivers several truckloads of goods every day. The ingredients are absolutely authentic and fresh." He explained: "So, I just need to send a message to the person in charge of his cold storage to prepare the goods, and then have someone pick them up."
Selina nodded.
They all paid for the items they bought, so Richard wouldn't lose anything. The only thing that happened was that the people in the cold storage would have more work to do.
Richard, whose daughter was saved, would certainly not refuse such a free gift.
"Should I drive to get it?" she asked.
Luke shook his head. "Our meat supplier will help. Fudge's parents and brother run a butcher shop in Clinton. I've already communicated with them and will order directly from them. His brother will also help us get the seafood from the cold storage. You just need to take a detour from his butcher shop on your way home."
Selina was stunned: "When did you make this? Why didn't I know about it?"
Luke couldn't help but sigh: "How many times a month do you go to buy seafood and meat by yourself? On average, once at most. What's the point of me telling you this?"
Selina chuckled.
Most of the time, she followed Luke to buy seafood and meat.
It’s not that she is lazy, but that she has no confidence in her buying vision and bargaining ability.
She still remembers the high-priced king crabs sold by the Chinese owner in the San Gabriel Valley Seafood Market in Los Angeles.
She is not short of money, but her family education since childhood tells her that if she can avoid being cheated or get cheated less, it is better to leave it to professionals.
Luke, of course, is that professional.
In fact, Luke has little bargaining power.
His favorite place to shop in his previous life was the supermarket. He would just pick up the items, scan the code, pay and leave. Any discounts were marked on the price tags, and he didn't have to argue with anyone.
Now, even without using telepathic communication and Spirit 40, he could still test the psychological bottom line of most bosses relying only on basic psychology.
So he became Selena's bargaining expert.
But Luke doesn't care about the money now.
At Fudge's butcher shop, he ordered only good quality meat, which was already expensive, and the price he offered was 10% higher than the market price.
Therefore, it was only reasonable for Brother Fudge to stop by when purchasing goods and bring back seafood, which was equivalent to Luke paying the tip in advance.
Exchanging money for time is almost an instinct for him now.
Don't save money on things that can be solved with a little money.
He just spent five million dollars last night to find someone to lure monsters and gain some experience points. Today he gave an extra two hundred dollars, saving him the trouble of running away and having no pressure at all.
Watching Selina happily collecting ingredients for dinner, he sighed and walked into the interrogation room.
It’s better for him to deal with this kind of mess today.
Selina usually takes on most of the meaningless but necessary conversations and communications.
For example, if a colleague who came close to him said hello, would he chat for a while? Luke would just say hello to most of his colleagues and would not go out of his way to chat.
For example, when questioning witnesses, there are important ones, unimportant ones, and some who are verbose or not. He questions the important ones, and Selena questions the unimportant and verbose ones.
There are also trivial tasks such as comforting the injured and calming down some naughty children, which are of no use to the case but have to be done, and these are basically handled by Selena.
If it was a partner like John, then Luke would be the only one to do this kind of thing, but he hated dealing with this kind of thing the most.
Therefore, it is really difficult to find a partner who is trustworthy and has no complaints.
If this partner is in the detective department, Luke can't find a suitable one.
Either they are unwilling to take on all the chores, or they will compete with him to do the important things.
These two thoughts are unavoidable for most detectives, at most to a minor degree.
Selena, on the other hand, has plenty of money, holds a decent position, and has almost no ambition to succeed. Most of her time is spent on training, beating people up, and eating delicious food after get off work.
This is the top-level assistant that Luke has cultivated intentionally or unintentionally over the past year.
If Selina must be replaced, perhaps Elizabeth can achieve 50% of Selina's role in police affairs.
In other aspects... Luke couldn't help but shake his head.
It is really difficult to find someone with whom he can confide in, even if it is just part of the basics.
However, the biggest problem of this dilemma has been solved, but he needs more time to verify his idea.
When they reached the door of the interrogation room, Javier and Ryan were standing there, and when they saw Luke coming, they straightened up slightly.
Luke: "How's the situation?"
The two smiled bitterly: "If this continues, it is unknown whether we will have time to ask today."
Luke shrugged: "You can think of something good."
The two were surprised: "What good news?"
Luke: "At least they are my problems first, and then your problems. And if I can solve their problems, then your problems won't be that big of a problem."
The two were confused, and their minds were still confused: So, what exactly is this problem? Whose problem is it
Luke had already opened the door of the interrogation room, and the noise came rushing in.
The situation is similar to that in the previous exhibition hall, still a family of three, parents and their daughter.
One of the main characters, the painter Monroe, continued to sit there in a trance, as if the three people quarreling in the room did not exist.
As for the beautiful detective Beckett, who was standing at the door with her arms folded and standing straight, she was also among those being ignored.
The three people who were arguing seemed to have reached a fever pitch and were unaware of Luke's appearance.
Luke asked in a very low voice: "How is it?"
Beckett's soft lips curled up, but it was obviously not a happy meaning: "This matter, is troublesome."
Luke didn't care: "It is said that even John and Joe don't want to take this job. It's impossible not to cause trouble."
Beckett nodded slightly, "What should I do? Do you want my help?"
After all, she is a woman, and in such a tense family dispute, she should be more suitable to be a peacemaker than Luke.
Luke shook his head: "Not for now, wait a minute."
Beckett: “Hmm?”
Luke: "They can only quarrel for another twenty minutes at most. It's time for them to drink some water and rest."
Beckett: …
This is indeed a solution.
Of course, we can't argue any further after arguing until we are exhausted.