Municipal Council Meeting.
Listen to Bucklo's reasons for opposing the "Cooperative Apartment Plan".
Lu Ming seemed to be thinking about something else, as if his mind was wandering.
Bucklo believes that the "cooperative apartment plan" is actually poisonous honey. It tastes good at first, but after ten or twenty years, whether it is the unclear property rights or property management problems, they may become serious social problems in the future, especially if a large number of such apartments are built.
Obviously he came well prepared this time, had done his homework, and consulted many experts who held opposing views to get their opinions.
"Qianhang, last time you said that the property rights were very clear, but that was only based on our current legal concepts. Legal principles change very quickly. Qianhang, you should understand this very well."
Gao Wangshi smiled and said, "Chief Commissioner, I think that if we follow this inference, we don't have to do anything. No matter what policy we implement now, it may be considered a bad policy in the future, right?"
Bucklo smiled and said, "Okay, let's put it this way. There's no point in continuing the debate. Let's just vote by raising our hands, okay?"
"Raise your hands if you object." Bucklo raised his hand first.
The second person to raise his hand was Dong Wenquan.
Sherlock hesitated and kept looking at Lu Ming secretly until Bucklo looked at him with a slightly stern gaze. Sherlock then sighed softly and slowly raised his hand.
"Okay, let's put this plan on hold for now and not vote on it in parliament!" Bucklo nodded with satisfaction.
Looking at Lu Ming again, Bucklo smiled and said, "Qianxing, it's good to have the enthusiasm to do things, but each of our proposals involves the welfare of hundreds of thousands of Beiguan citizens, so we still have to be cautious."
Lu Ming smiled and said nothing.
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The Empire State Building has a tower restaurant and observation point on the 99th floor, and the Empire Hotel from the 70th to the 98th floor. After all, there are not so many top companies moving in nowadays, and it is the period of high-rise building boom. Super companies will build skyscrapers themselves, and weaker companies are reluctant to pay high rents. Most of the tenants entering the Empire State Building are medium to large enterprises. They have many choices, and the Empire State Building's office space has never been rented out for more than 70%.
There are observation decks outside the hotel rooms on the 90th to 98th floors of the Empire State Building, where guests can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the blue sea, blue sky, and the glass-walled buildings in the city. Therefore, the room rates are extremely high, and it is also the favorite residence for dignitaries from all over the empire when they come to the East China Sea.
Today, Lu Ming is standing in the VIP elevator, holding an extremely simple black key card with the suffix 9802.
The elevator attendants who work in shifts 24 hours a day in the VIP elevator are all blondes with blue eyes wearing beautiful uniforms like those of flight attendants. They are quick-handed and can tell the VIP's key card number at the first sight.
The words 9802 surprised the blonde girl so much that she even wanted to ask the young man if the key card was a counterfeit.
It was strange enough that people from Zhongzhou were qualified to go to the 98th floor, let alone Room 1 or Room 2.
However, the longer she served here, the more she realized that the imperial nobles had too many unknown secrets. Some of the things she could see with her own eyes were already absurd, not to mention the secrets behind the scenes.
Therefore, no matter how strange the things you see here are, you must pretend that you did not see them, and you must not talk about them with anyone, otherwise, it may be a sudden disaster.
The elevator dinged and the door slowly opened. Outside, a beautiful and smiling housekeeper was already waiting. She was a blonde with blue eyes, wearing a red beret, a beautiful bow tie, a light purple suit and black stockings. Her temperament and appearance were obviously two levels higher than the waitress in the elevator.
The elevator attendant was relieved and bowed deeply to escort the distinguished guest down the elevator.
The long beautiful legs in black stockings took confident steps, and the red high heels embellished with flowers tapped on the thick carpet.
Lu Ming felt that if she took off her high heels, she would definitely be shorter than him, but her legs would probably be about the same length as him.
This figure is almost comparable to Pamela's, except that her legs are a little round and a little thick from my aesthetic point of view. I still prefer Pamela's slender and long legs.
Then she shook her head. If Pamela knew that I dared to compare my figure with other women, she would definitely pinch herself.
The magnificent and spacious wooden door was slowly pushed open.
The Royal Suite 9802 is a luxurious suite that looks like a grand banquet hall upon entering. There is also a spiral staircase that leads up to the upper floors, which is a super deluxe suite with at least 20 to 30 rooms upstairs and downstairs. From the second floor, you can directly enter the tower restaurant through the VIP corridor.
"Sir, my name is Shirley. From today on, I will be your internal recorder here! I am the final winner among the 100 competitors in the special supermodel class of the Imperial Capital Royal Etiquette School. But if you are not satisfied, I will recommend other candidates from the top five to you."
The pretty girl bowed deeply again.
Neijishi... Lu Ming was stunned. It was a special name for the royal family. Of course, it was not really called Neijishi, but a very obscure royal term. He felt that Neijishi, translated into the language of his previous life, was very appropriate.
Generally speaking, she serves as an administrative secretary and maid to a male noble figure of the royal family. It is also possible that she also serves as a lover.
My elder sister is really good at putting pressure on me.
Because she would come to Donghai once every one or two months, Room 9802 was the long-term room for her and her husband in Donghai. As the payment was made by the royal financial institution, from the hotel operator's point of view, this was naturally a long-term room for the royal family.
Mrs. Windsor said that she only comes to Donghai once every one or two months, and this suite is empty anyway, so she will give it to you, my friend, from now on.
My sister has had enough of living there. When she comes to Donghai next time, you can just help me arrange her food, accommodation and transportation.
Lu Ming was still a little curious about this place. This time, he happened to be able to use this room to do something, so he came to take a look.
Of course, I called Mrs. Windsor in advance and asked her if she had any personal belongings in the room and if there were any rooms that I couldn't move into.
But I didn't expect that this elder sister had already arranged everything for me in the "Internal Records Office".
I don’t know if he is a spy.
This thought came to Lu Ming's mind subconsciously, but he also knew that with Mrs. Windsor's cleverness, she would not play such a low-end game. Her current arrangement was just to show her kindness to her younger brother. For the time being, she would not think about controlling herself, as that would only backfire.
"Well, no need to change! You are fine." Lu Ming looked at Shirley and nodded. The royal suite with dozens of rooms does require a butler who is familiar with the situation and has received special training.
It seems that Lady Windsor selected the best of the best for herself from a school that specializes in training top service talents.
Shirley's blue eyes flashed with a hint of relief. After all, the salary here was too high. It was an astronomical figure for her who came from a poor family. If she won the cruel and fierce competition but was finally fired by the employer, it would really be the cruelest tragedy.
However, she had known since childhood how superior her innate capital was, but for the first time, she was picked and chosen like a commodity, and in the end, she was examined like an object by this Central Asian employer. While waiting for his answer, she felt inexplicably sad in her heart.
But now that the dust has settled, it seems like it was all worth it.
"Sir, there are ten maids working under me, but the maids' room is separated from here. I will only unlock the room and let them clean when you are not here. Or when you have a lot of guests, I will choose appropriate people to serve you and your guests." Shirley's tone became a lot lighter.
Lu Ming nodded: "I will have a few guests coming in a while, you go to meet them and then leave." After thinking for a while, "No, you can stay after you meet the guests."
"Yes sir!" Shirley replied sweetly.
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Outside the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the reception room is the blue ocean, and you can vaguely see a few small islands on the sea in the distance.
Sitting on the sofa opposite Lu Ming was a Western noblewoman dressed in jewels. She was about fifty years old and was none other than Madeline, wife of Bucklo.
Sitting there, she looked a little uneasy.
He picked up a slender ladies' cigarette from the coffee table and tried to light it, but his hands were shaking and he couldn't get the lighter to light after several attempts.
Shirley, who was standing nearby, took two steps forward, squatted gently, took the lighter from Madeline's hand, and lit the cigarette for her.
"Thank you..." Madeline forced a smile at Shirley.
Although she was in extreme fear, her education since childhood enabled her to maintain a certain elegance.
It's like the queen who was sent to the guillotine would apologize for stepping on the executioner's foot.
It’s hard to imagine what kind of motivation this woman had to have to fight with her daughter-in-law in a barber shop.
Although the hair salons that today's ladies go in and out of are not public places and have a certain degree of privacy, they are definitely not private clubs where gossip cannot spread.
Lu Ming crossed his arms, looked at Madeline, and sighed softly, "Commissioner Bucklo and I are colleagues. Although, as you may know, our relationship is not very harmonious, but I still don't want to see you like this, because your behavior is humiliating Commissioner Bucklo and our entire municipal committee..."
"Don't tell him, okay?" Madeline looked up, with panic and pleading in her eyes.
"I will temporarily help you pay off the money you owe. Here is the IOU." Lu Ming handed a note with a red handprint and neat handwriting signature to Madeline.
Not only did Madeleine sell off most of the family business shares, she also owed high-interest loans.
According to the IOU, the amount owed was over a million, but Lu Ming only used 100,000 to get it back, and the rest was just an imaginary number that was compounded with interest.
"You dare not tell your husband, nor your son, but you would rather sell the family business's shares and borrow high-interest loans. Did you encounter a scam? Tell me, and I will help you solve it." Lu Ming sighed, "In fact, although you are addicted to drugs, you can't afford so much money."
Madeline lowered her head and said nothing.
Lu Ming leaned back on the sofa. "Actually, Maggie and Anderson are both dangerous members of extremist organizations. You have been supporting them. Have you been bewitched? Or, because of your daughter-in-law, you hate everyone who is from a different ethnic group than you?"
Madeline looked up in astonishment: "Aren't they professional killers?" Then, her face suddenly turned pale.
Lu Ming smiled. So that’s it.
Today, there is actually no evidence that the money from the sale of Madeline's stocks was given to Maggie or Anderson.
I guess both parties have always done transactions in cash.
Madeline's family business stocks were sold for more than half a million dollars, plus the money borrowed from loan sharks, and perhaps the money from the sale of jewelry, various gray incomes and private money, etc., the total amount must be at least one to eight hundred thousand dollars. If all this money was given to Maggie or Anderson, it has only been over a year, and the money should not have been used up. However, no money was found in Maggie's residence.
Without any evidence, I can only lie. This is also a technique used in interrogation, as if I know everything and have sufficient evidence.
However, this is not an interrogation room, and the conversation between me and her will certainly not be any evidence.
I asked Shirley to be there because I didn't want to chat with Madeline alone in a room for too long. Also, I knew what kind of person Shirley was at first glance, and she should be able to ease Madeline's mood.
What's more, since she is temporarily left here as the housekeeper, it is also important to let her understand what kind of person I am.
Come to think of it, I really don't have a suitable housekeeper here. After all, a blonde girl like Shirley who has received special etiquette training would not be conspicuous here.
From Lady Windsor's perspective, since she had chosen her, she naturally had to go through all kinds of careful investigations before sending her to her side.
This suite can help him do many things. For example, he has already made an appointment with a potential business partner, who is also an empire-level business tycoon, to meet here.
Taking advantage of the situation is sometimes very important.
This suite can give rise to a lot of fantasies in others.
For example, Madeline knew that she was her husband's competitor, but when she came here, she subconsciously felt that her status was much higher than her husband.
After all, she was barely considered upper class and knew some of the rumors here.
Lu Ming looked at Madeline and sighed: "They are professional killers, but they are not the kind you think."
"You've expressed your resentment towards your daughter-in-law to Maggie more than once, right? This made them target you."
"They told you that they could help you get rid of your hateful daughter-in-law, and you, in your excitement, agreed to pay them a generous reward."
"Then, well, more than a year ago, your daughter-in-law's maid was killed in a car accident while buying groceries."
Lu Ming's mind was spinning rapidly, and all the events that had happened to the Baklo family over the past year flashed through his mind quickly, and gradually a clear outline emerged.
"They did this, but I'm telling you, they got the wrong person. In fact, they did it on purpose and tied you to them. From now on, you've become their accomplice in the murder. And until your daughter-in-law, Madam Jia, is eliminated, she can legitimately take money from you."
Madeline was stunned: "They, they thought that the vicious woman was in the car?"
Lu Ming continued, "They took money from you again and again, saying that they wanted to get rid of your daughter-in-law, but each time, they failed and you got deeper and deeper into trouble. When you wanted to stop, they started to threaten you. They have recordings and may even have videos. It was you who ordered them to kill their daughter-in-law. You were also the one who instigated the maid's death!"
Madeline listened blankly, her heart filled with horror. She never imagined that the man opposite her knew clearly about this terrible nightmare that had troubled and tormented her for such a long time.
And now she has to take hallucinogenic drugs to fall asleep.
Seeing Madeline's expression, Lu Ming knew that his analysis was almost correct and shook his head.
From this line of thought, it is impossible to find out whether Baklo has any connection with the extremist organization.
He must have been involved in old Renault's revenge. Whether it was for political reasons or other reasons, perhaps only he and old Renault knew.
But no matter how you look at it, the Baclo family is pretty weird.
The mother-in-law hates her daughter-in-law so much that she wants to find a killer to kill her. The family relationship is too chaotic.
In my previous life, I have seen cases where father-in-law and mother-in-law killed their daughters-in-law, but the reasons were very different from the case in front of me. I can only say that every tragic family has its deep-seated reasons.
"Why do you hate Mrs. Jia so much? She is smart and capable. In Commissioner Bucklo's eyes, she is the successor of the family. And as far as I know, Mr. Bucklo has absolutely no improper behavior towards her."
Hearing her daughter-in-law's name, Madeline's eyes flashed with hatred, "This vicious woman, the first time I saw her, I knew she was here to destroy my happy life!..."
Lu Ming knew immediately that it was probably because of various trivial family matters. In fact, many conflicts have accumulated over time. If they are not resolved early, they will go in an extreme direction and the couple may really wish the other person to die.
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Rubbing his face helplessly, Lu Ming looked at the scenery outside the window.
Madeline seemed to have finally found someone to talk to. She told her from the beginning how her daughter-in-law had disrespected her when they first met, and all sorts of other things. She talked for more than two hours, and it made her head hurt.
What made Madeline most angry was that her daughter-in-law deprived her of the right to make coffee.
In the past, making fragrant coffee for her husband and son was Madeline's happiest moment.
But ever since the daughter-in-law came into the house, the husband and son both started to like the coffee she makes, saying it tastes much better than the one she makes.
To this end, Madeline once spent a lot of money and time to hire the best barista professor, but every time she wanted to regain her position, she was met with deeper disappointment.
The daughter-in-law smiled sweetly and told Madeline that in the future, she could just leave small things like making coffee to her, as she was a better cook than her mother-in-law.
At that moment, Madeline wanted to strangle this vicious woman to death.
Lu Ming felt helpless after hearing this, but what Mrs. Jia destroyed was Madeline's last sense of existence in family life. It was just that she, as a daughter-in-law, was completely unaware of it and still thought she was very filial.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Mrs. Jia wanted to replace her mother-in-law and become the new mistress of the family.
Everything that was done was a change of dynasty for the new mistress.
Human psychology is sometimes a profound subject.
Although these messy things were a headache to listen to, in order to get a deeper understanding of this family, Lu Ming still endured the pain and listened. Many details of family trivial matters were very useful for further understanding of Baklo.
Now, my ears seemed to still be buzzing, as if Madeline's chattering was still echoing.
The only gain was that Madeline told Anderson a secret hiding place, and Sherlock Holmes had already taken people there.
Lu Ming was lost in thought as he pondered over Madeline's description of the family life involving Bucklo and Mrs. Jia.
"Sir, you seem a little tired. Would you like me to give you a massage to relieve your fatigue? There is a massage room here. I have prepared the best essential oils."
Shirley had been standing quietly beside him. She watched Lu Ming rubbing his face and moving his shoulders, then she spoke in a low voice.
He added, "I have written down what Ms. Madeline said. You can read it again from the beginning when you are tired. Perhaps it will bring you some inspiration."
Huh? Lu Ming was slightly startled. This housekeeper is really good. The elder sister is quite good at choosing. As a clerk, she is also top-notch. As a maid, she is even more first-class. However, his face darkened. "In the future, without my order, you are not allowed to record the content of my conversation with anyone. Now, go and destroy this record immediately! If you do it again, I will fire you immediately. If you violate the confidentiality agreement, you will be burdened with huge debts!"
Shirley's face turned pale immediately, and beads of sweat appeared on her high nose bridge. Her confidence and elegance disappeared. She said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, sir, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She turned around and ran towards the study room quickly. She even twisted her high heels accidentally and limped into the study room.
Lu Ming shook his head, picked up the microphone beside him and started dialing.
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