Eight o'clock in the evening on the last day of the workday, which is about the same time Blake usually leaves work, but this time he was given a week off. To be exact, it's a nine-day holiday, and we have to count the next Saturday and Sunday, plus the next week.

Blake went home in a different direction than usual, usually he went home directly from the mayor's office, today, he came out of a fancy restaurant on Liszt Street, and was ordered by the mayor to send a certain 'young master' home before going home.

"How. Caesar (Aethra's son, Anthony was his last stepfather) put his hand in his pocket and raised his chin at Blake, "Do you have a problem with sending the teenagers home, looking impatient?" ”

"He's not in a problem with sending you home. Jackson, who swirled and floated around Caesar, said something that only Blake could hear, "He has an opinion about going home by himself after sending you off, and then starting a boring and boring single life." ”

Blake pursed his lips, deciding not to respond to anyone's words, and motioned to the waiter in the parking space, silently waiting for his car to be delivered.

"You're the new guy next to Anthony, aren't you? Caesar didn't mean to shut up, and looked Blake up and down without manners, "Just graduated, how old are you, twenty-four?"

"Twenty-two. It was Jackson who answered. When a person's sense of existence is low to a certain level, he will find something to enjoy himself, such as what Jackson is doing now, "Although he studied law, he is the 'golden boy' of the Stone family, and things like studying are very simple for him." ”

"Don't speak?" Caesar shrugged, "no wonder you don't go to be a lawyer or something, to be Anthony's sidekick, dull character." ”

"You're wrong. Jackson circled Blake, "He's not dull. "Do you know what's interesting? Jackson's words were clearly only heard by Blake. However, every word of this little guy was said to Caesar, "It can be said that he is talkative, otherwise he would not be considered an example to all the people of the Stone's generation, well, the West End." You know what the Stone family does, politicians who talk. At least he wasn't like that before, and he didn't know what was going on, and now he's such a boring person, I think I'm following the wrong person. ”

Blake's brows furrowed, but fortunately, the waiter handed over the car keys and saluted respectfully by holding on to the door.

Blake sat in the driver's seat and calmed his mind. Glancing at Caesar, who was wearing a seat belt, he finally spoke, "Where is your home?" ”

"To the south. Caesar tilted his head and replied, "You drive, I'll show the way." ”

"I think I've heard of his house. "Jackson 'sitting' in the back seat...... Of course, he's not going to shut up," he said. His father (Caesar's now stepfather, Athera's now man.) When a merchant from Newton first came to Barton, he was going to buy a manor in the West End, but my mother (Scheer, now the evil spirit) discussed with the family and deliberately raised the price of the land, forcing him to give up, and finally chose a villa in Knoll. (Bishop was Barton's landowner.) You haven't forgotten that...... Jackson, a young master who is better than Sharp, still knows something. ）

"I said heading south. Caesar looked sideways as Blake turned east, "Not to Knorr...... Tut. He snorted, tugging at the corners of his mouth, uh. I said I slipped out.

"The mayor asked me to take you home. Blake said his mission in a non-critical tone.

"Cut. Caesar looked away at the streetlights illuminated by the streetlights, "Anthony was afraid that I would steal that guy's car again and run away." "Caesar's current stepfather, heh, it seems that in Caesar's heart, Anthony still has a higher status than his current stepfather, and Caesar doesn't even bother to call his name.

Remember, the last time Caesar was having dinner with Anthony and Ethella, he took his stepfather's car and ran to Grande (the real son of Old Grande, Drake's father-seeking incident).

Blake frowned and glanced at Caesar in the passenger seat, "You steal? "I don't know why, adults always can't help but pull when they see a child in trouble.

Caesar rolled his eyes and leaned against the backrest, "Oh, well, Anthony is glad I did." Not only did I steal it, but I also smashed it (the car). ”

Blake shook his head helplessly, not because of Caesar's words, but because of Jackson. Ignoring the physical collision, Necronomicon floated to the front passenger seat, floating cross-legged in front of Caesar, looking at the teenager who was not a few years older than him with a little curiosity.

Blake's helplessness came from here, and Jackson said something like, "Caesar, you're so cool." ”

Caesar naturally didn't know what was floating in front of him, felt the helplessness exuded by Blake, and with a little disappointment of witnessing the growth of a troubled teenager, he opened the window to breathe, "You still don't drive to Noll, I won't tell you the specific address." ”

Blake frowned, and Caesar added, "You don't expect to ask your neighbors about this kind of thing, the only thing the residents have to do with each other is 'your party is on my beach'." ”

Blake tugged at the corners of his mouth, and the steering wheel spun, but instead of going south as Caesar had hoped, he turned around altogether and went back the way he came.

"Ugh. Helplessly, Caesar said, "As for you!"

Blake planned to go back to the restaurant and ask for the address, and before the long holiday, the last task assigned by the mayor was completed with the intention of him.

"Look. Jackson, who was floating in front of Caesar, shrugged his shoulders, "He's such a boring guy now." As if thinking of something, Jackson looked back at Caesar who was looking at Blake speechlessly, "You know no, he was still running naked on Liszt Street when he first returned to Barton...... "That's not the case at all! But it doesn't matter, Blake can't argue with Jackson here."

Jackson's translucent face put on a look of disappointment, "I don't know where that funny Blake is." ”

Blake took a deep breath and quickened the pace of his return trip.

"I advise you not to go back and disturb Mother and Anthony. Caesar frowned, he was trying, "You are Anthony's subordinate, don't you know him? How can you be so eyeless. ”

The throttle that continues to accelerate is slightly loosened. Caesar was right.

Maybe it's time to explain the reason for this dinner.

Herman was gone, leaving Patton. Before leaving, Herman personally went to the mayor's office, gave Anthony two documents, and then drove the 'Hermann flagship', which was destined to be out of print in the future. Swaggering under the flashing spotlight of the reporters, he left the city of Barton with a relaxed and complete appearance.

Blake, as an employee of the mayor's office, backed up the materials while Anthony read both materials.

The first document contains a complete list of records of negotiations for the sale of Hermann's enterprises. The seller is naturally Herman, and the buyer is Aethera's man.

Although now, after the explosion at the Hermann factory, there is nothing left to sell, sell scrap metal. Hehe. But the fact that Herman was going to sell the factory was well known to Barton above.

The mayor got the material, but it happened before the explosion, and even before Grande poked Herman out of his attempt to buy the factory. The documentation in the materials has been completed for the valuation of the equipment, the site and all the resources of the Hermann plant, and a detailed plan for the disposal of the employees!

Suffice it to say if Grande hadn't been involved in the sale of the Hermann factory in a weird way. Now, Herman's enterprise. The name has been changed.

But there is something abnormal in this material, that is, the price, which is ridiculously high, is completely above the level of normal corporate acquisitions. This has nothing to do with Herman's ability to handle the team for sale, which is clearly documented in the materials. All of Herman's demands were passed directly, and Esera's men didn't bargain at all for what they were about to buy!

Think of it this way, before Grande reveals that Herman is about to sell the factory. The Pattons had no knowledge of the matter. And Herman did all this in secret, and quickly. The negotiation of the sale was completely smooth, which was very much in line with Hermann's needs.

Perhaps it was this gesture that fully satisfied Herman's needs that made Herman completely unaware of the appearance of the second material.

The content of the second document, which is also a record of the negotiations, is that the bargaining for losses took place at a time when the fact that the Hermann factory was to be sold had begun to spread through the upper echelons of Barton. That is, after the attack on Grande.

The acquirer, Aethra's men's team, conducted this second negotiation on the grounds that the secrecy of the acquisition had disappeared to prevent someone from breaking the deal and preventing Barton's local business from being bought by outsiders!

The details of this material make people laugh at the exorbitant price in the first material.

See, 'In order to prevent the destruction of the factory facilities by activists who maintain Barton's local business, the acquirer requires the seller to maintain and protect all the affairs of the factory until the closing is completed. In the event of a sabotage, the price of the final transaction is reduced by a percentage'!

And this percentage, in the records of the negotiations, went from 80% to 70% to 60%, and then terminated, the negotiations were not completed, and on the second day of the last negotiations, the plant exploded.

Perhaps, everyone remembers the expression that once described the woman Ethra, this woman who played dirty tricks. At the end of the second document, Herman attached a slightly fragmented repair sheet of the plant's equipment.

After reading all the materials, Mayor Anthony put off his schedule for the evening and arranged this dinner, Subject, Aethera.

Athera was smart enough to take her family to her ex-husband's appointment this time, and for an hour before dinner, her conversation was limited to Caesar's schoolwork, grades, and friendships with female classmates......

"I'm not stupid. Caesar felt Blake's wavering, "I know I'm the tool my mother used to change the subject. Caesar continued, "You really want you to go like this, hmph, let that woman say goodbye to Anthony on the grounds that she is not worried about my troublesome son." ”

The speed hand on the dial had been lowered to 10 yards, and Caesar continued, "You subordinate, you also understand a little bit of your boss's thoughts. Caesar looked out the window, "Look, it's so dark outside, even if you send me back to that no-man's house, can you guarantee that I won't run out again?" ”

Blake parked the car directly on the side of the road, and sighed in Jackson's unhelpful exclamation, "Caesar! You're good! ”

"A friend's house. There seemed to be a play, and Caesar regained his expression, "They can look at me, you can rest assured." ”

"It has nothing to do with me not being at ease. Blake tugged at the corners of his mouth, and he didn't even bother to ask who the other party's 'friend' was. After all, the other party is just a teenager, or a teenager who obviously has a tendency to have problems, looking at the look of imminent success, the only thing that inspires Blake is Blake's sense of responsibility as an adult, "Don't say anything, you just stay with me, and we'll go back to me." ”

Blake's restarted car, turned, and drove in the direction of Blake's location in the Bakery district near the North Upper District, in order to facilitate the call of Mayor Anthony, in order to find a bachelor apartment, which is Blake's current home.

"Ah!" Caesar wrinkled his face again, "what's the matter with you, what's wrong!who's going to go to your house!...... where are they going to find me when they go home after dinner?"

"You don't have to worry about it. Blake interrupted the other party's obviously impatient rebuttal, "I'll leave a message to the mayor, saying that you are with me, and your mother will naturally ask the mayor when she comes home and doesn't see you." When your parents are home, I'll send you back!"

"Uh...... Give it up. Jackson was still floating in front of Caesar's eyes, which made the co-pilot's space, in Blake's eyes, very crowded, so Blake no longer looked at the co-pilot and concentrated on driving.

Jackson continued to express his feeling that he would not get any response, and said to Caesar, who was banging on the car door in his seat in anger, "It seems that you can't say that you can't move this guy, but don't be too sad, you've already shaken him, it's good, I can't even shake him......"

"Park!" Caesar seemed to be making a last-ditch effort, "I'm not going to your house! I'm going to the Southside!"

Blake ignored it and drove at a constant speed.

"I'm going to the cemetery in the Southside, I'm going to see my real father!" Caesar continued to shout, "see that woman take her current man to meet her former man......" Don't care about this statement, Caesar is a teenager after all, or a teenager with problems, he speaks quickly and hurriedly trying to turn around, "I miss my real father! I'm going to see him at the cemetery! Can you be a little human! Take me to see my father! I don't want to go to your house! Take me to the Southside cemetery!"

The bodies of the two people in the car leaned forward under the action of inertia, fortunately, there are seat belts, don't worry.

Blake, who stepped on the brakes, turned his head again to look at Caesar, whose face was a little flushed after shouting, "Did you say the cemetery in the South Side?

"Now Barton has a cemetery but there!" Caesar replied with a gloomy face, "Take me there, that family is my friend, you can look at me if you don't worry, whatever you want!"

Blake pursed his lips and thought for a moment, and the car started moving again, heading south.

Jackson wouldn't shut up, of course, spoke again, but this time, he returned to the back seat and finally said to Blake, "I was wrong, Caesar is really good, he really moved you." It just so happened that I also wanted to go to Grande and hope for something interesting to do. (To be continued.) )