There are two phones at the Grande House, and this slight change has given Zach a harmless little hobby: guessing who is calling. Especially when the phone ringing is the one on his desk.

Most of the time, of course, it will be James Lance, the young police detective with a prestigious surname, who says something in a low tone that makes Zach just want to roll his eyes. Occasionally, the over-drunk mayor of Barton, Anthony, muttered something in the middle of the night that even a vampire would have to recognize to hear clearly......

It seems that there are basically just two people, and of course, Zach keeps his mind open. Aren't there people like Quinn, Barton, Herman, uh, and Quest, who have also made this call?

Zach picked up the earpiece, "Zachary Grande." ”

"Very well, it's you. The human voice in the earpiece is unfamiliar, and it seems to be a very attractive middle-aged bass, "I was still hesitating how to speak if it was someone else." ”

"Sir......" Zach used a questioning tone, and the last name behind it needs to be made up by the other party.

"Smith. "The response of the other party," Stuart Smith. The person in the earpiece politely said his full name.

"Mr. Smith. As a result of his open-mindedness, Zach put the face of a wealthy old man with Quinn and Mrs. Barton to this surname, but at this time the person on the other side of the earpiece was obviously the second generation, and as for the third generation, he was lying on Lola's shoulder and weeping for his early death.

Zach smiled into the microphone and said, "Please call me Zack, is there anything I can do to help you?"

Smith was one of the city's earliest building materials merchants. Initially, when the founders of Barton built the skeleton of transportation in Becky, the Smiths made great efforts to keep the waterways, railroads, and highways open. This is what is now Barton.

There was a reassuring laugh coming from the earpiece, which was completely different from the hurried excitement of Herman and Quest, and there was a feeling that it was just a greeting call between friends, "Yes." My parents recommended you and they said you were a very efficient person. Now I've found out too. ”

Zach smiled and nodded into the air, "Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, for the compliment." The only few times we met because of the occasion, I didn't formally introduce myself, which is really a pity. ”

Of course, it's all funerals, so should vampires go up and hand out business cards when a few old people mourn the death of their friends?

"No, their friends often talk about you Grande, as if they're already familiar with each other." ”

Zach raised an eyebrow. It is often mentioned that this makes the vampire have some inexplicable thoughts, and he can't express it in words for the time being, "Mr. Smith, is there something wrong?"

"Smith is good, we are not far apart. The voice in the earpiece was not in a hurry, "There is indeed something that needs to trouble Grande." Of course, I will pay the deposit upfront. We're not Quest. ”

The other party told a joke, and Zach laughed in response. "Thank you, let me hear your commission. ”

As Smith narrates, Zach sits back at his desk with an address written on a piece of paper in front of him.

Things aren't complicated, and there have been a series of thefts in Smith's warehouse recently. It's not uncommon, and there are always some cheap people who will sell the best building materials as scrap. Smith didn't care about such trivial things that didn't cause real damage to interests. But in the early hours of yesterday morning, although there were no more thefts, something happened that people couldn't ignore it.

An employee turned into a corpse.

Zach could already think of James frowning, wondering if this could be done by an alien race. But since now, this detective has not harassed Grande. It seems that this is ruled out.

"So, Smith ...... first," Zach paused and smiled, "You want me to confirm that it wasn't 'Yuri' who did it, right?"

"Yes. The voice on the other side of the earpiece was still calm and gentle, "Competition doesn't matter, but hurting my employees is a bit beyond the scope of friendly competition, right?So if it is confirmed, I want Mr. Grande to ......" The other party smiled, he himself asked the other party not to use honorifics, but he was used to using formal titles, he smiled and changed his words, "I hope you are as my parents said, it has nothing to do with the process, if it is confirmed that it was 'Yuri' who did it, and directly give the same punishment, there is no need for my follow-up commission." ”

'Equal punishment' came from the gentle bass, and there was a feeling of involuntary approval.

Zach smiled, he wasn't surprised by the direction, Pooch was Quinn's grandson, Kyle was Barton's grandson, look where they were now.

"It's been a pleasure working with you. Zach kept smiling.

"Me too. ”

Hanging up the phone, Zach picked up the address he had jotted down, the smile on his face was gone, and he began to realize the problem he hadn't thought about before. Of course, it's not the so-called 'equal punishment' that makes Anthony and James uncomfortable, but the people in the West End seem to naturally put Grande in their box.

Meaning, too much trust, like now. Smith did not hesitate to inform him of the true intention of the commission, which was due to competition with Yuri. This is already a commission that is closely related to Smith's interests, and it is fundamentally different from the previous restrictions that Zach took over in 'family disputes'.

It is important to explain what is happening in the city of Barton right now.

Do you remember the cemetery near Paisying? The cemetery that originally belonged to the [Ford Funeral Home], the development of North Park has started, but North Park is only a small part of the entire cemetery, what really matters is the rest of the part.

The city is planned by the city government, and after the land is planned, the merchants buy it and start building new buildings and facilities. Now that this step has been completed, it is time for building materials manufacturers to start competing. The two sides of the competition, do you still need to guess, Smith, the patriarch of Barton City, and Yuri, who will always be the later guy in front of the patriarch.

Herman was not accepted into the circle of Quinn and Mrs. Patton, and Yuri's impression in their minds can be imagined.

In such a competition, a small scandal is enough to affect the final outcome.

Zach tossed the address aside, he was not preconceived of Yuri as he crossed the line, the vampire leaned sideways, his fingers lifted the curtain behind him, squinted at the warm sunlight outside the window, pouted, and stood up. Picking up the empty plate on the workbench, he walked out of the office.

The commission can wait, and now Zach is also a person with internal resources, and waiting for James's news before acting is the right decision. (To be continued......)