Zach's gaze only met the opponent's collar, and Zach had to raise his head slightly. This is an unusually tall middle-aged man.
"Falken." The other party said his last name naturally.
Zach reacted quickly and stretched out his right hand, "Zachary Grande, call me..."
"Zach is fine, right." Falcon held Zach's hand, and gently shook his hand to finish Zach's lines naturally, "I asked Smith about you before, and Smith said you like to emphasize this sentence. .”
The corners of his eyebrows were raised inadvertently. This kind of conversation opened up an expression. Zach had already had a hunch that this would not just end with a 'nice funeral'.
Zach turned slightly sideways, looked in Smith's direction, and nodded slightly. It's not a courtesy, it's a job - entrusted. It's reasonable to express gratitude to the person who introduced you.
"But we West Enders are used to calling me by our last name." Falcon also waved in Smith's direction, then looked at Zach, "Just call me Falcon the same way you call Smith."
There was obvious arrogance in his tone, but of course Zach wouldn't mind. 'Falcon' means the same thing to Barton as Smith, Quinn, Barton, Stone, Bishop... He is the founder of Barton and the upper class of the West End. The highest circle of people.
If we want to describe Falcon's career, everyone already knows that Falcon and Smith, a 'building materials' merchant, are partners. In fact, it is very obvious that Falcon is the person who turns building materials into buildings.
Exclude the software-political and cultural aspects of a city, such as families like Stone, Quinn, and Patton. It could be said that Barton was built with Bishop's land, Smith's bricks and tiles, and finally, Falcon's men. Put it this way, it’s clear. Falcon is Patton's largest engineering contractor!
"Well, Falcon." Zach kept smiling, "Do you need anything?"
Zach's eyes swept around, and many people were already looking here, including Stone and Anthony. And Zach was disappointed to find out about Anthony's conversation. Anthony cunningly turned around again and began to ask, "What is Falcon going to do recently?" 'It seems that he was deliberately telling someone like Zach who goes against common sense.
Zach's eyes fell on where the old man in West End was, and he was observing. Among the group of old people chatting, only Mrs. Quinn looked back at Zach impatiently and nodded.
"Hmph." He hummed with a smile, no malice, but a trace of contempt. Falcon obviously noticed Zach's gaze, "Don't look." The voice was slightly lower, "I know you guys Grande accepted the commission within a limited scope.”
Zach still didn't mind. These guys in the West End have continued to prove that they are a tight unit. Everything, even private matters such as Grande's commission, every detail is passed on to each other within this group of people -
Mrs. Barton quoted and complained about what Mrs. Quinn said in front of Zach. Smith followed the habit of explaining Zach to the previous generation. The same happened to Falcon just now, directly quoting Smith's description of Zach.
When facing a whole body, if you care about one person, it will affect the whole body, which is not cost-effective.
But Zach didn't honestly stop looking around. Instead, he moved even more, shaking his head and looking around in the church where social activities were taking place everywhere. "Then, it's about..." Zach was searching but couldn't find it, "Where are the children?"
Grande's business scope - the third generation of the West End, but except for Stone beside Anthony and Porky, who obviously will not be released by Mrs. Quinn, is now in the church. There was no sign of Laura or Kyle, let alone Falcon's daughter, whom Zach had met once.
"Outside." Falcon looked at Zach, said nothing, turned sideways and walked out of the main entrance of the church, "Follow me."
Zach pursed his lips. I can only leave this church filled with all kinds of high-end news with great reluctance in my heart. This is a big loss, considering that Zach has been trying to provide some information that can be shared during Sunday night bar gatherings to increase, or at least solidify, Grande's status in the gray professional circle. But now Zach could only watch as this opportunity was thrown behind him.
Falcon really didn't know the sorrow in Zach's heart. He left the church, walked out of the front porch, and walked through the church front yard full of parked cars. It wasn't enough, so he kept walking... until Zach's ears couldn't hear at all. No sound was heard in the church, and a figure appeared in front of him. As Zach said, they are children who neither want to be in the same room with a corpse nor get involved in the adult world, so they quickly come out to let loose.
An obvious block separated the children of political figures in the North District from the children of the West District. Falcon was obviously not interested in that side of the North District, so he led Zach towards the West District.
Among the somewhat noisy crowd, the only adult Kyle glanced at Zach, frowned, saluted Falcon, and continued to accompany Laura. Kepler was also there, and the two girls seemed to be in a bad mood. What made Zach a little speechless was that the undead Jackson was also floating aside. After discovering Zach, it seemed like a bee had seen the nectar and quickly floated over.
"Why are you with Falcon?"
Zach ignored him and didn't know whether Jackson was kicked out by Blake again or for some other reason. All Zach knew was that it was impossible to rely on this guy to obtain the conversation between Anthony and Stone.
Falcon and Zach stood on the edge. He smiled and waved his hand in the opposite direction to Laura and Kepler, "That's my daughter and son."
Zach looked over and saw that at Quinn's dinner, the brother and sister who were bullied by Kepler were waving their hands from a distance. They seemed to be having a great time, with smiles on their faces. On the other side, Laura and Kepler looked gloomy. contrast.
Before Zach could speak, Jackson said in a nonchalant tone, "I'm not familiar with them."
Zach still didn't want to pay attention, "I was lucky enough to meet him once at Mrs. Quinn's dinner party." A person like Falcon should not be naive to expect others to praise his child for being cute.
"Are you talking about the dinner party where Smith's daughter made my son lie in the hospital for three days?" Falcon said this with a fatherly smile on his face.
"It's true." Jackson added next to him, "Kepler put half a bottle of hot sauce on the sandwich, and Cody (the younger brother and sister) was sent to the hospital that night."
Zach didn't respond. He decided to figure out where the conversation was going before he spoke.
This means that it is certain that Grande will receive a commission by the end of this conversation. However, with this strange opening, could it be that the content of this commission is for Kepler to go to the hospital and lie down for three days
Zach glanced in the direction of Laura and Kepler, and then in the direction of the Falcon siblings. The space his vision spanned was a bit far. Zach pursed his lips. He began to hope that this commission would be real and that it would be as simple as asking Kepler to lie down for three days.
But is it possible? Didn't I just say that the top guys in the Western District are a whole.
Zach may be about to receive the most troublesome commission in his gray career! (..)