The standoff between Rimmer and Gangaro in the office is over.
The reason for the end was not that the two old secret alliances were intimidated by Nick Giovanni, a senior member of the Sabbat. But Grande has a visitor.
Mr. Smith got off the car in the Grand backyard. The moment he saw Zach, he showed the wine in his hand with a smile, "I was taking inventory of my wine library, and when I found this bottle of good wine, I immediately thought of it. you."
Taking inventory of the wine vault? Haha, it would be funny if Mr. Smith is in the mood to do such a thing. This is nothing more than an excuse. Still a 'wrong' excuse. We know that to Zach, any good wine is just... red liquid.
"You're too polite." Zach naturally wouldn't point out Mr. Smith's mistake and led people upstairs. When he passed by Nick Giovanni, Smith glanced at Nick and misunderstood, "I'm disturbing you. Is your job done?"
I won't know until you enter the office if you're bothering me. Zach pushed open the office door, and Rimmer and Gangro were no longer there.
But there were two suitcases left on the desk.
Zach took the cup directly, took Mr. Smith’s wine, and poured it. Smith saw the box on Zach's desk and looked back at the direction Nick went out, "Commission?"
"No, that's just a guest of Grande." Zach casually took away the two boxes that must have contained the deposit, smiled and clinked glasses with Smith once, "A friend of mine from the west."
"Oh." Smith took a sip of wine and looked around Grande's office. It was no different from the last time he came. Mr. Smith seemed not to waste time. He opened the wine, didn't he? "Have you watched the news?"
Wes hasn't left yet, and is doing the job of disciplining the new employees for Hank in the living area. Zach knew that Smith's visit to Grande at this time must be about the case at Seaside Park.
"I saw it." It was a reminder to Smith, "Seaside Park, right?" He smiled, "Actually, I just came back from there." Seeing Smith raise his eyebrows, Zach pointed to the living area sideways. , "Detective Weiss is also in Grande now."
"Wes?" Smith was confused, "Not Detective Lance?"
"James should still be at the seaside park." Zach deliberately gave Smith information.
Smith took the message. It can be understood that Smith already knew from Zach who the police officer responsible for the Seaside Park case was.
Now that both parties could guess where the conversation was going, Smith put down his glass of excuses for coming to Grande. "not me."
Zach raised his eyebrows when he opened his mouth, "What is not you."
"The large number of deaths caused by drugs in Seaside Park has nothing to do with me." Smith frowned, "I already canceled all pharmaceutical bases except for 0711 accidents last year." The corners of Smith's eyes twitched, "I don't want Kai Puller lives the same life as me..." Without warning, Smith is about to reveal the reason why he whitewashed the Smith family. "Her personality is not suitable for her, so I tried my best to promote the legalization of drugs before she reaches adulthood. The Smith family I want her to inherit is a family engaged in legitimate business."
Zach said nothing and took a sip of wine.
"You should know." Smith looked at Zach, "I don't need to deal with these illegal drugs now. The development of Barton has made Smith's building materials business very smooth. Now the restoration of Port Massa, and the South The construction of the new port in the district uses all the building materials of my Smith. The legalization of 0711 and other ancillary drugs under the previous shelter project has also made very satisfactory progress, and the city government is also very supportive of my pharmacy. I There’s no need to get involved in those dark-side businesses anymore.”
That's wonderful.
Arthur robbed the batch of Republican drugs from Riemer in Smith's drugstore. Now, Smith said, it had nothing to do with him?
Zach observed Smith for a while and said the conclusion of his observation, "You... didn't lie."
Smith looked at Zach speechlessly, "When have I ever lied to you?"
Zach also put down his wine glass. Zach didn’t like drinking this thing anyway, “Okay.” Zach gestured towards the living area again, “Before you came, I happened to chat with the detective for a while. Wes’s My opinion is that if there are no surprises, what happened at the Seaside Park this time is the Smith family’s daily operations against your competitors... "
Before Zach could finish speaking, Smith waved his hand and said helplessly, "Daily operations? I wouldn't choose a place like Seaside Park for my daily operations. Upper North Side? The Reiput where my Capt goes to school?? Uh." It was really helpless, "I'm very happy that the police have a rookie detective who understands Barton's situation." Never mind, to Smith, James and Wes are just rookie detectives, "But I must say, this is them I’m overthinking it. My daily operations won’t be so out of control!”
Zach has determined that Smith came with a commission, and this commission has nothing to do with the reason why Rimel and Gangro entrusted him. Mr. Smith seems to really not know that Rimel is trading in his drugstore. The drug of the republic. The reason Smith came to Grande was because of Zach's experience in dealing with the Barton police.
Zach responded to Smith's interruption and continued, "I don't know if the police are overthinking, but I know they all noticed one thing. You were beaten up by a gang of gangsters in a drugstore in Becky this morning. Yes. Do you know about this?"
"I know." Smith shook his head, but it was just because of emotion, "The legalization project is implemented in the hands of the city government. Any safety incidents in pharmacies will be resolved by the city government, but I will also receive a briefing from the city government. "Smith must be a little irritated, "Such a small thing happens every few days, it's not a big deal." Looking at Zach, "What I'm irritated about now is the seaside park. If I did it, that's fine, but the problem is Yes, it's not me at all. When I was watching the news today, I suddenly realized that I have been having such a smooth life recently that I didn't even notice the hidden dangers happening under my nose." His face became gloomy, "It seems that I let it go. After the drug business, some people in Barton started to feel itchy."
It seems that Smith is completely unaware that the one person who may be itchy is none other than the Rimmers in his family.
Of course Zach wouldn't tell Smith about Rimmer's situation. I understand Smith's irritability.
It can be seen how concerned Smith is about cleaning up his family. As he said, Smith no longer needs to engage in illegal private industries. The world is like this. Don’t be afraid of bad people doing bad things, just be afraid that bad people can’t help but do bad things.
This should be Smith's mental state now. It's rare for him not to do those terrible things, but he is thought to be doing them.
"What do you need me to do?" Zach asked after thinking.
"I want to disassociate myself from this matter." Smith looked at Zach, "I have discussed Barton's political trend with everyone in the West End." The people in the West End are really united now, "The Stone family is very convinced that when our When the child takes charge of the family, the person in charge of Barton will be James Lance." There is nothing much to say about the wisdom of the West End people, "Especially after James Lance's wedding, hum, that luxurious guest group , it’s a pity you didn’t see it.”
Yeah, Zach could have been to that wedding.
Smith leaned toward the desk and looked at Zach seriously, "The relationship between you and James Lance has always been something that we in the West End are curious about." Hehe, hehe, everyone is the same, "After seeing the original We have some speculations about North District Director Colon's attitude towards General Lance around James Lance's wedding..."
Zach raised his eyebrows. Colon's misunderstanding about the relationship between Zach and James seemed to have expanded. Among the West End people, such as Barton and Falcon... these families knew about the existence of alien races, and they probably contributed to the misunderstanding of expansion.
"...So. Zachary Grande, this time I really want you to help me do this." Smith was very serious. "I don't want the future people in charge of Barton to have any prejudice against the Smith family." Smith Seriously, "My daughter, Kepler, deserves a better future."
After all, Zach 'disdained' Smith's motive for coming to Grande this time. Value Grande’s experience with the police? This is true, but more importantly, this is no longer a simple commission, but a plan for the future of the entire Smith family. Smith is indeed a person similar to Zach, he has a vision for things
Smith wanted to use this case to completely erase the Smith family's once private property in front of James Lance, the future mayor.
Zach was quiet for a while and said something off-topic, "Did you do it on purpose when Capt ran away from your family and came to live in Grande?"
Smith was stunned for a moment, then, "Yes."
Zach nodded.
I don’t know if everyone feels it. Although with Capt's character, it seemed very reasonable for him to 'dedicate himself' (literally) to his boyfriend in front of a bunch of elders, and then fall out with his family and run away from home.
But the West End family is a West End family after all. We all know how the last third generation of the West End who went against their elders was dealt with, Kyle. Kyle was thrown directly into a boarding school far away from Barton to receive religious discipline!
Although Mrs. Barton is a cruel person in our eyes, can she compare to Mr. Smith
Mrs. Barton just said a few arrogant words that the West End family can represent everything about Barton. Mr. Smith personally used bloody means to prove that he was the representative of Barton.
If Mrs. Barton doesn't allow her grandson to do outrageous things, will Mr. Smith allow his daughter to do whatever he wants
Oh, the result is that Smith really allowed Capt to do whatever he wanted.
And the reason for this connivance, Zach now understands, it turns out that Grande is the most fundamental reason. Smith, from the beginning, had made up his mind to let Capt get close to the Grand Funeral Home, which had a close relationship with James Lance, the future leader of Barton.
Zach was a little sad. It seemed that the mutual admiration between Smith and Zach probably also had this impure motive.
"Okay." Zach nodded, "I'll help you watch from the police." Zach couldn't finish his words.
First, of course, after knowing the selfishness of Smith's motives, Zach felt that there was no need to satisfy Smith's desires too much. Smith made such a decision because he misunderstood the relationship between Zach and James. But Zach knows that the future progress of the Smith family will not depend on James Lance.
Gee, James Lance is already quite marginalized in the current federal structure. The future development of Capt Smith after he takes over the Smith family will not depend on who Mayor Barton was at the time, but on the high school group friends around Kepler now, as well as Rimmer within the Smith family!
Zach will not let his little hurt feelings stop him from caring about the Smith family. Now he is just trying to help Mr. Smith deal with him as much as possible within the acceptable range.
Second, Smith's current abacus is actually quite good. As soon as he discovered the incident at the Seaside Park, he made the decision to deal with the incident. The Smith family is planning future actions. But Zach also knew another thing. In the Seaside Park case, there was a factor that was very detrimental to Smith. Arthur. Zach will not let his little hurt feelings stop him from caring about the Smith family. Now he is just trying to help Mr. Smith deal with him as much as possible within the acceptable range.
Second, Smith's current calculations are actually pretty good. As soon as he discovered the Seaside Park incident, he took action to plan for the future of the Smith family. But Zach also knew another thing. In the Seaside Park case, there was a factor that was very detrimental to Smith. Arthur.
If Smith is really related to Republican drugs, fine, Arthur, who has already started taking action, is not a threat. But now Zach has confirmed from Smith that Smith has no idea that Rimmer in his family is doing these things that he expects from his family behind his back!
Think about it, how does Smith deal with his own family? While he was trying to clear his daughter's name, his sister and others were pulling the Smith family back to the dark side of the city
Does the relationship between humans and vampires in the Smith family need to be handled by Zach, Toredo, for Rimmer
Even if Zach wanted to intervene, Eve probably wouldn't allow it.
So, what Zach can do is intercept some things.
Zach has already guessed that Arthur is trying to pull Smith's line, so what Zach can do now is to stop Arthur's hand from reaching out to Smith. As for the interception method, we cannot enter from Smith's perspective and can only rely on the Barton police.