Confident

Seddall is a privately owned sole proprietorship transportation company that won the operating rights for Sabine City's public transportation for the next four plus four years through bidding a few years ago.

The explanation to the public for the four-plus-four-year operating rights is that if Seddall Company does not perform well in the first four years, the contract for the next four years will not be renewed.

But in reality, this contract is determined by the term of the Federal President. The inauguration and re-election of each president is not just his own affair, it is related to the operation of the entire high-level Federal government.

The ministers selected by the president will also select their own deputies. This is a rather complex yet simple process. To put it bluntly, it is an act of choosing sides.

Perhaps many people did not realize at first that becoming president could bring things other than power, but now people know that it is wealth.

Every president, every eight years, has an economy born around the president's ruling power, but the public never knows.

These consortia, originally named after the president's name or surname, are often hidden within other consortia, such as the previous President Mr. Choteson. In places invisible to the public eye, there is such a Choteson Group company.

On the periphery of this group company, there is also a consortium acting as a cover, so that most people will not directly see the name "Choteson", but rather a subsidiary of a certain consortium. The people at the bottom can never reach the truth.

Seddall is a company that has taken advantage of something similar. Seddall's boss has a relationship with a certain staff member in the president's faction, not too close, not too distant. It can't be said that they are close, but they can still exchange a few words.

So he almost effortlessly won the operating rights for Sabine City's public transportation, and in some invisible places, he transfused blood to the higher-ups to show his loyalty.

Don't look down on urban public transportation, it's a big business. Sabine City has a total population of only 760,000, and about 200,000 people need to move within the city through public transportation every day.

Assuming that these people are all short-distance, that is, moving within five kilometers, and the fare is only twenty-five cents, the ticket sales alone exceed 50,000 yuan a day, which is millions of yuan in monthly revenue.

Perhaps when faced with this data, Seddall's boss will still argue about the operating costs, such as fuel costs, personnel salaries, wear and tear, and even initial investment.

Some people will be fooled by him, but some people won't, because the City Hall also gives Seddall Transportation Company a certain subsidy every year.

The so-called bidding is not about how much money it costs to contract the entire city's transportation plan, but how much money the government has to give them at least for them to "survive".

Yes, the spirit and dedication of Seddall Transportation Company are touching. Knowing that it is not profitable, they still try to reduce financial subsidies as much as possible. What is it for? This is the spirit of dedication, a spirit of burning oneself for others.

Okay, the above is pure bullshit.

At this time, in Seddall's company, people from the Financial Crime Investigation Department under the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Sabine City Federal Revenue Service are gathered together. Seddall's boss was not very willing to cooperate with these people's requests, until he received a phone call, he reluctantly began to cooperate.

He signed several agreements in front of cameras and cameras, and watched as these people threw large baskets of coins into a pool, and then fished them out to dry.

He also watched those people use rollers to stain some transparent colorless ink and roll it on one-yuan and two-yuan banknotes. As for the rest, he didn't need to cooperate.

The Federal high-level officials are very dissatisfied with the law enforcement scandal that broke out in Sabine City. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has also begun to intervene in the criminal behavior here. It is said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation high-level officials are also very annoyed that someone confuses them with the Revenue Service, although the Bureau of Investigation is indeed causing trouble most of the time.

This also made them decide to cooperate with the Federal Revenue Service to suppress the public outcry and scandal caused by Sabine City. As long as Lin Qi can be proven guilty, everything will be easy.

First of all, according to convention and procedure, in businesses similar to those of Lin Qi and Mr. Fox, the first element is to confirm that Lin Qi is providing the necessary "ammunition" for Mr. Fox to launder himself.

His legality can be explained as exploiting legal loopholes. The Revenue Service can completely deduce a local law to deny the legality of Lin Qi's business, and then throw him in jail.

This requires a complete chain of evidence—"evidence" created in the presence of a third party or more people, flowing into Lin Qi's hands through natural behavior, and then this "evidence" is personally delivered by Mr. Fox to the Revenue Service for verification, and then the income sent by Mr. Fox for verification is seized on the spot, which is the evidence of the Revenue Service flowing into the market. As long as it exceeds a certain proportion, the judge will recognize the entire criminal process and recognize the illegal transaction between Lin Qi and Mr. Fox.

In order to collect a large number of coins without alarming these people, they specially found Seddall Transportation Company. A few yuan of change every day is enough to create enough evidence to impact these criminal activities.

Under such circumstances, the investigator who had been staring at Richard for several days presided over this transaction. He got 5,000 yuan in change at one time, and the other party promised to provide it for a long time.

Seddall Company needs at least one armored truck every day to send the money to the Revenue Service for registration and then deposit it into the bank. This is not because they are idle, but because the money is too "much". If someone can exchange them all for whole bills, it will save Seddall Company's extra expenses in some ways.

And there is also a huge profit in it. Calculated at one point, even if the coins are only half, that is, about 20,000, the person in charge of this transaction can privately get at least 200 yuan in benefits.

No breaking the law, no violating regulations, no misappropriation, just changing hands, and a few hundred yuan more in your pocket, why refuse?

These funds didn't just flow to Lin Qi; they flowed to the entire Sabine City. The Bureau of Investigation and the Revenue Service's fury would need to burn the entire city to be quelled.

Under the ultraviolet light, the glaring fluorescence of the money seemed to turn into smiling faces. Lin Qi picked up the chemical cleaner and poured it in. Soon, the fluorescence on the coins began to be corroded by an invisible force.

He washed them four times in total to clean off all the fluorescence, but it was still worth it.

He wiped his hands, walked out of the warehouse, smiled at Vera, who looked back at him, and then walked to the table and picked up the phone. "Mr. Fox, you can arrange for someone to pick up the goods!"

After hanging up, he tore off the stub of the check and gave it to Vera—the check wasn't just a check. Besides the things invisible to the naked eye, it consisted of the check and the stub. When necessary, the Revenue Service would use this stub to reconcile the cash check deposit at the bank, which was also the check Lin Qi gave to Richard, to determine whether there were any problems with the relevant numbers in the books.

In addition to the stub, there were also legally binding stubs for company registration, triplicate forms. Since he was doing it, he couldn't leave any loopholes.

Watching Vera take care of these things, Lin Qi casually pressed his hand on the back of the chair behind her, with a slight physical contact. Vera subconsciously leaned forward a little. Lin Qi asked about her recent situation as if he hadn't noticed anything, "You look...", he pursed his lips, "...a little haggard. Did something happen? Do you need my help?"

Vera forced a smile. "It's nothing..." She shifted her gaze to other places, and incidentally used her hand to smooth the stray hairs around her temples, tucking them behind her ears.

Her fair cheeks, with a few strands of hair, exuded a refreshing fragrance. Lin Qi put his hand on her shoulder and said sincerely, "We are friends. If you need anything from me, or if there's anything I can do for you, be sure to let me know, anytime!"

Vera looked back at him gratefully and nodded subconsciously. "I will."

Everyone is unique, and everyone is precious. This sentence is mostly correct, but when some people start comparing people, some are as precious as treasures, and some are as worthless as scum.

Lin Qi's eyes seemed to speak. They looked at each other for about three, four, five, six, seven, eight seconds. He nodded and turned to leave decisively.

Watching his departing back, Vera's lips parted slightly as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she said nothing.

Her gaze returned to her palms resting on her legs, and she looked at the wedding ring on her hand, feeling that it was all a joke.