"So, about the identity of the assassins..."

"There's no need to track it down." Back in the office, Douglas interrupted Lily's debriefing, "There's no need for that, just a killer of unknown origin, even if we find any clues, we can't use this to entangle the Snoopy royal family." ”

Douglas didn't like wasting time on things that were destined to be fruitless, so he decisively gave up on pursuing the assassination.

What's more, with his current development of the fruit's ability, this level of sneak attack alone was not a threat to him at all.

In the past four years, in addition to the "card magic" at the beginning, Douglas has successively developed two new ability systems, "air control" and "rabbit top hat".

Of course, "don't care" doesn't mean "don't respond".

These four years of relatively stable life did not make Douglas change his temper and become the kind of rotten good guy who is lenient with the murderous mastermind behind the scenes.

In fact, as Douglas wielded more power, so did the reprisals for such provocations.

"How many other projects does Golden Rose currently have on Peanut Island?"

"Including road construction and underground pipeline arrangement, there are currently four municipal projects and 17 civilian-funded projects are underway."

Taking the catalogue from Lily's hand, Douglas glanced at it briefly, and said, "Is there a project in the name of the crown prince or the seventh prince?" ”

"The Qingshui Bridge is a project approved by the prince from the city hall, and there are two other private enterprises behind the prince's retainers."

"The Qingshui Bridge project is trying to delay the construction period, casually creating some unfavorable news for the prince, and as for the two privately-funded construction projects, they directly ask the other party to modify the contract."

"Yes, President."

Lily nodded, then ran her finger over the white paper at the top of the folder, and soon the minutes of Douglas's instructions automatically appeared on the paper.

"Also, this is the financial report for this quarter, please take a look."

"That's right, the other vice presidents sent to the family also make copies of each of them, and then transfer the family's draw as soon as possible."

With the expansion of its scale, Golden Rose is no longer a small tourism company in the corner of the past.

Douglas used the large wealth accumulated in the gold powder business to open up a lot of new business areas, and now Golden Rose has become a large consortium covering construction, finance, logistics, services, catering, medicine and other departments, and its power is incomparable.

But from another point of view, the rapid expansion of the company has also caused the loss of absolute power of Douglas himself... Not to mention the newly recruited office staff in various departments, the various management "talents" that have been shoehorned in within the family alone have dismantled the old situation of young people to a certain extent.

Douglas did not show much revolt.

On the one hand, for Douglas, who has been exposed to the modern business management model, this situation can actually be regarded as a certain inevitability, and on the other hand, whether it is the Golden Rose or the Osiris family, it is a springboard for him to continue to be promoted

Douglas never intended to be a landlord and a rich man in guarding the one-third of an acre of land in the West Sea, so he didn't care too much about this kind of thing that some people valued more than life.

- In order to accumulate real weight for the future, he keeps Lily by his side as secretary, while Hagrid, Wright, Albert, and the rest of the boys' army form a single force and add a humble insurance company under the many divisions of the Golden Rose.

Over the course of four years, the young people have deliberately used this unworthy company to conduct a number of unprofitable, but definitely "risky" businesses.

The intent is self-explanatory.

"President, one more thing, the client that Albert sent to Peanut Island earlier asked to see you at noon."

"Is this necessary?"

"The other party said that he was an old man on the island of Scampala..."

"Oh?" Douglas raised his eyebrows slightly, as far as he knew, most of the "old people" who were caught in that bloody and cruel chaotic battle are no longer alive, and the few who can continue to bounce in the West Sea are the Capone bandits who lost their territory and could not gain a foothold, and had no choice but to become pirates... But if it's Capenbeck's person, Lily must have reported it just now.

"Have you checked the other party's background?"

"There is no result yet, and the name used by this guy when he commissioned the business is also fake."

"Where are the others now?"

"The office's reception room."

Lily certainly doesn't bring such an unidentified figure directly to Douglas's office, and she doesn't even have any key people in the company meet in person — which minimizes the possibility of important information leaks.

"Do you need to ask Simon to check it out?"

"No, don't get him involved in anything without my orders."

In the past six or seven years, Douglas has not stopped sponsoring Simon, no matter what difficulties he encountered, and now he has successfully graduated from the military academy, completed the three-year recruit training period, and officially began to serve in the naval combat unit.

Simon's ability is excellent and modest, although he did not directly become an officer in the Navy Headquarters because of his seniority, he was still sent to serve in an important base in the first half of the Great Voyage, and I believe that as long as Douglas secretly operates, he should be able to become a general in two or three years.

This will be a huge help to Douglas in his long-term strategy going forward, and because of this, he doesn't want to add any risk to Simon, let alone any stain on his resume.

Therefore, over the years, the contact between Simon and the Boys' Army has only been carried out through Lily or Douglas himself, including Hagrid, Wright and other cadres, who are not aware of Simon's current situation, let alone get in touch with each other privately.

- This pattern will not change until Douglas completely whitewashes his identity and even brings his entire power with him.

"That's about this person."

"Tell Wright to pass this guy's power of attorney."

"It will take about 30 minutes."

"Okay, after that hour, arrange to meet directly at the office."

"You're going in person?" Lily hesitated, she knew that Douglas was planning more important plans lately, "Do you want to think again, in case..."

"No, if I'm right, this mysterious guest won't bring bad news."

"Yes, then I'll arrange it right away."