Chapter 130 You have no right to bargain
"Mr. Lin, we meet again."
As soon as he entered the door, Barry gave Lin Zehao a warm hug, as if they were old friends who had not seen each other for a long time.
Barry didn't wear a uniform today, but an old-school black tuxedo and a cane in his hand.
Coupled with his appearance, he looks like a medieval nobleman, giving people a feeling of being old-fashioned and stubborn.
"Barry, please sit down."
After the hug, Lin Zehao took out a bottle of whiskey from the wine cabinet and asked, "Would you like a glass of whiskey?"
"The Macallan Grand Reserve, a single sherry cask, costs at least three thousand pounds a bottle. I can't afford it with my salary. Since you're treating me, I must drink to my heart's content."
Barry made a joke at first, and then his eyes were fixed on the bottle of whiskey, as if he was looking at some rare treasure.
Whiskey culture has a long history in England.
Among the world-famous whiskey brands, there are several from England, and Macallan is undoubtedly the best!
Although Barry has a high income, he can't afford the whiskey in Lin Zehao's hands on a regular basis. He can only afford to try it during festivals.
"Okay, if you like, I'll give you a few bottles." Lin Zehao said generously as he sat on the sofa, holding two glasses of iced whiskey.
According to the original plan, today was supposed to be a day for an inspection at Rediffusion Entertainment and a meeting of management.
After all, now that the company is in Lin Zehao's hands, many rules and development paths need to be re-established. He even wants to buy out the shares held by other small shareholders to achieve absolute control.
However, due to the agreement with Barry, they could only let Ama and Gao Jin, with twenty younger brothers, protect Li Wenbin, Gao Lihong and others, and take over the relevant business first.
If Gao Lihong was around, Lin Zehao would definitely not have to do things like pouring the wine himself.
"Then I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your generosity."
Barry said this, and then he couldn't wait to pick up the cup and take a big sip.
After drinking a glass of wine, his face instantly turned red and he burped.
"Enjoyed!"
"If I could drink this kind of top-quality whiskey every day, I would be willing to live ten years less."
"Your life, my dream."
Barry's face was full of enjoyment and his tone was full of emotion.
In fact, for John Bull men, the world-famous gentlemanly manners are not really important.
There are only two things that most English men really care about.
Football and alcohol.
Barry is no exception.
"Lin, I won't hide it from you. I will retire in a few years. I want to settle down in Hong Kong Island, but with my current income, I am far from meeting the standard."
"I don't know, can you help me?"
After a glass of wine, Barry started talking without hiding his inner thoughts.
Most importantly, he knew that telling lies was absolutely a stupid choice when facing a top figure like Lin Zehao.
As he spoke, Barry poured himself another glass.
"Isn't it?"
"Anyway, you are the police chief of a single administrative area. You shouldn't have such a miserable life, right?" Lin Zehao took a sip of wine, lit a Marlboro, and pretended to be surprised.
As we all know, John Bull is the United Kingdom, a constitutional monarchy.
Excluding colonies, the mainland is roughly divided into England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
These countries are collectively known as John Bull, but there are actually four countries.
Among them, England and Wales are closer and are integrated in many aspects.
But Scotland and Northern Ireland, apart from defense, education and diplomacy, are their own systems.
Scotland even prints its own currency.
Take England as an example. Because of its national system, it has two administrative systems.
The royal family and the government.
In the context of the royal family, Bristol is an honorary county.
Under the government system, it belongs to the urban county, also known as the unitary administrative area, which can be understood as a municipality.
As the director of a municipality's violence agency, Barry's salary aside, how much is the power in his hands worth?
After all, who among those who hold any official position really lives on their salary?
Nowadays, everyone knows that power is money!
"Who made me have such an unpromising son..." "Besides, my requirements for the quality of life are also a bit high..."
"If you can help me, I will reward you."
Barry shook his head, obviously not wanting to talk too much about family matters.
After all, family scandals should not be made public.
It would only make him a laughing stock to talk about his disappointing son.
Especially in front of such an outstanding young man like Lin Zehao, Barry didn't want to mention it even more.
"Barry, it seems that we met at the right time. For me, as long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem."
Lin Zehao waved his hand nonchalantly and spoke with great confidence.
He had already investigated Barry's situation yesterday and knew that he was not lying.
Barry's eyes lit up immediately after hearing Lin Zehao's words. Before he could be happy, he heard Lin Zehao continue, "However, friends are friends and business is business. Since you mentioned rewards, it means that we are talking about business."
"I don't know, what can you give me in return?"
Lin Zehao knew that when dealing with these British guys, he couldn’t be too polite, nor be too roundabout.
If you are too polite, they will take advantage of you and think you are easy to bully.
If you beat around the bush, they will be confused and won't understand at all.
Hearing this, Barry was silent for a moment, and then said, "I can suppress the matter of the Blitz family and define it as a power struggle within the Skull Gang."
"The truth of the matter should be that the second-in-command of the Skull Gang wanted to replace Gaddis, so he took this opportunity to launch an assassination."
"Ultimately, members of the Britts family were believed to have supported Geddes and died by manslaughter."
"Are you satisfied without knowing the truth?"
Barry has been able to sit firmly on the position of director for so many years, so he certainly can't be a fool.
He has already mastered this method to perfection.
"I admire your insight. It is a blessing for the citizens of Bristol to have a chief as perceptive as you."
"However, this alone is not enough."
"I have a suggestion, I wonder if you want to hear it?" Lin Zehao raised his eyebrows and asked back.
With these words, he seemed to acknowledge the affairs of the Blitz family, but in fact he said nothing.
No matter what time, it is always right to be cautious.
Since Lin Zehao dared to kill the Blitz family and Geddes in broad daylight, he must have already thought of relevant countermeasures.
So, although Barry's conditions seem very tempting, they are actually not important to him at all.
Moreover, Barry's few words determined the fate of the second-in-command of the Skull Gang, which shows that if you just hang out in the underworld, there is absolutely no future.
You never know when someone might be unhappy and use you as a scapegoat.
Only if someone like Lin Zehao constantly increases the chips in his hands and turns himself into a behemoth, these people will naturally become obedient and dare not act rashly.
Blacksmith need its own hardware!
"Of course, just go ahead." Barry nodded repeatedly and said.
He was not so naive as to think that Lin Zehao would agree to this condition alone.
You know, in this country, these wealthy tycoons are definitely at the top of society.
In a case like the Blitz family, not to mention the lack of substantial evidence, even if there was evidence, the conviction process would be extremely long.
Under such circumstances, Barry actually had no bargaining power with Lin Zehao.
Barry has to listen to whatever Lin Zehao says.
"How many prisons are there in Bristol?" Lin Zehao asked, handing Barry a Cuban cigar.
"Thank you." Barry thanked him, picked up the cigar cutter on the table, trimmed the cigar, lit it, took a puff, and looked very enjoyable.
"There are three prisons in this city now. The prison with the same name as this city is the largest and has the most criminals. It not only holds prisoners from this city, but also prisoners from surrounding cities. There are currently more than 30,000 people, and the number is still increasing."
"The rising crime rate has caused headaches for the Ministry of the Interior."
"After all, the more prisoners there are, the more budget will be invested. I'm afraid those gentlemen in the House of Representatives will have to sell their butts."
Although Barry didn't know why Lin Zehao brought up the topic of prison, he still talked about it as if he knew everything about it.
He even made a little joke, trying to get closer to Lin Zehao in this way.
(End of this chapter)
