A staff member at the Imperial Bank put the originals back in the filing cabinet and returned to his desk to work on some of the backlog of papers, laughing and talking to a few of his colleagues in the process. When the bell rang for the end of work, he packed all his personal belongings into his briefcase and lined up to leave the bank through the employee aisle. He didn't go straight home, drank a little wine and ate a little with his colleagues, then got on the bus in the opposite direction to his home and got off at the bottom stop.

He had walked two kilometers, and it was almost eight o'clock, when he took two ten-dollar coins from his pocket and entered an enclosed public telephone booth. As the heart of the Empire, all advanced technology will always be the first to spread here. In some remote places, the telephone may only exist in town halls or important institutions, but in the imperial capital, public telephone booths have appeared on the streets.

Of course, although there are public telephone booths, the usage rate is not high, and 20 cents are needed every three minutes, which is unaffordable for ordinary people, and they would rather write a letter than make a phone call. For these people at the bottom of society, time is not as valuable as money.

He dialed a number, and there was silence on both sides for a moment before he said a quick word, then hung up the phone booth, put on his hat, lowered the brim, and left the phone booth.

At the other end of the phone line, a white-collar man in a formal suit sitting in a bright office put down the phone, he walked out of the office door, walked to the end of the hallway, picked up the phone and dialed the administrator on the upper floor, and reported his name, job number, and application code, and two minutes later, the elevator door opened. He straightened his outfit and stepped out of the elevator ten seconds later.

There are only six offices on the entire 19th floor, and it is very difficult to meet the partners of the company. If it weren't for the fact that he had a one-time application code, he wouldn't have come up at all.

He knocked on the door of the innermost office, the dull sound made his heart beat a little, and only pushed the door open when he heard the word "come in".

A young man sat behind his desk, his back to him, and all he could see was the man's shiny hair. The man faced the night view outside the floor-to-ceiling glass wall, as if enjoying something mysterious.

"Sir, there was an informant who discovered a little bit of a situation just now......

After he restated the sentence, he took the initiative to leave. He knew that his goal had been achieved, and that staying would only be counterproductive.

After he left, the plush chair turned back, and with a cynical smirk on the young man's face, he pursed his lips and lifted the phone to dial a number, and soon there was a busy ...... on the phone.

"I'll pick it up!", Durin shook his hand, stopping Dove who was about to answer the phone, it was already nine o'clock in the evening, and ordinary people would not come to disturb him at this time. The people who can still call him at this time are either in a hurry or are very important partners of their own.

"This is Doolin. Durin dragged a long line of telephone outside the house, the sound of the wind drowning out his voice.

A voice on the other end of the phone that made him want to laugh a little bit was Kevin, "I'll sell you a message, 10,000 yuan, you think about it." ”

Du Lin laughed, and he couldn't help but joke: "Have you raised the price recently? Now it's going to be 10,000 yuan an hour, or are you asking for 10,000 yuan for a word?"

Kevin didn't care about Durin's teasing, just like Amp knew Kevin, he was a shameless person who asked for money and made a clear distinction between business and private affairs. Even sometimes things that others think are private matters will be summed up by Kevin in official affairs. He asks for money for business, but it's definitely worth it, and he doesn't want money for private matters, but he sometimes doesn't want to talk about it.

"It doesn't matter, I think this news is worth 10,000 yuan, of course, you can also choose to refuse, let's talk about something else, such as the recent economic situation?"

Durin thought about it for a moment and decided to spend 10,000 yuan to hear what Kevin had to say, but he had one request, "If your message isn't worth 10,000 yuan......"

"Bastard, do you want to say you're going to give me a bullet?", the earpiece laughed too, the laughter quickly subsided, and Kevin's voice became serious, "Someone is investigating your money accounts, including the flow of a jewelry company and many more accounts that have funds with this jewelry company. If you think this news is worth 10,000 yuan, I know my account. If you don't think it's worth it, then give me a thousand and a half. ”

"You're right, I'm raising the price now, one thousand and five an hour!"

Durin pursed his lips, "I see, is there anything else?", and before Kevin could reply, a busy sound appeared in the earpiece. He shook his head and put the receiver back on the phone, placed it on the grass, and walked alone to the edge of the cliff.

In fact, the Ilian at night is more beautiful than during the day, the silver moonlight is sprinkled on the entire beach, the waves are silver, the beach is silvery, everything is so secluded, so holy.

There is no doubt that Juan and Luke began to vomit after they were captured, and they confessed everything they thought was valuable to them, including him. Durin didn't even need to inquire to know that they must have pointed the finger at themselves.

Since he dared to give these two people to those people from the Investigation Bureau, he naturally dealt with all the hands and tails. It's just that he didn't expect the other party to start investigating the jewelry company so quickly, and it seems that there is a very powerful guy among those people.

Doolin considers himself flawless in all his operations, including the jewelry company. But there is no such thing as absolute perfection in this world, and there must always be something that cannot be handled cleanly, such as the registrant of a jewelry company. The Chamber of Commerce requires that all businesses, companies and institutions must be registered by a living "natural person", because this involves a special situation in business, so he randomly found a gambler and asked him to register the jewelry company.

At that time, I came to Illion because it was more convenient to go to sea here, and once someone really caught him and was unreasonable to take him down, he would be able to leave Illian and abscond to the Federation as soon as possible. It's a pity that the level of those case-handling personnel is limited, and they didn't touch his tail, giving him the opportunity to develop and grow. To this day, there is no evidence that you want to move him?

His total investment in the 8th arrondissement is already close to 20 million, not to mention that he has also hired 10,000 "poor" people in the 5th arrondissement to work for him.

A project of 20 million, 10,000 or more jobs, a large amount of annual taxes and predictable profits and taxes in the future, moving Duhrin means cutting meat on the body of the city hall. There is no need for him to resist, the city hall will protect him, and the rich people who have a good relationship with him can say a few words, this is influence, this is the value and meaning of money.

Is this news worth 10,000, Du Lin thinks it is, and what is worth it is not the content of the news itself, but Kevin's special intelligence channel.

He welcomed the Bureau of Investigation to find him, he wanted to see what tricks they could play, and he was confident that he would survive this "crisis" without incident.

Time is always slipping through people's fingers unconsciously, and in the blink of an eye, the streets of Ilian are very deserted, and the winter break has arrived. At this time, the outdoor temperature is only about ten degrees, and the wind on the beach is still strong, and few people are willing to go to the beach to blow the wind in such weather, which is not enjoyment, but suffering.

During this time, two small news events took place, the first of which was the first professional training school for actors in the empire, which was born in Illion. In addition to Frena, Durin hired several well-known supporting characters with very good acting skills and some older protagonists who would become the first teachers in this school. Not long after the announcement of the school's enrollment of the whole society, many students came to report, some arranged by Duhring, and some real students.

In addition to this incident, the second thing is that Doolin's winery is completed. His request was to build the factory as quickly as possible and then produce wine, and they put up the frame first, and then get it later after the decoration or something.

At this time, Durin was in the winery, and the intoxicating fragrance was everywhere, and staying here for a long time was like drinking a meal.

After a while, Rhodes, who had been appointed general manager of the distillery, walked over with a smile and handed the glass to Dorin, who carefully looked at the liquid in the glass. Some are cloudy and pinkish-white, which is the so-called "puree". Since there is no distillation process, the liquid is the real "puree", and he takes a small sip, and there is a distinct smell of wine, which seems to be a little heavier than the taste of the fruit wine outside.

He nodded, although it was still a little sour, but it was already a good wine, "Where's the high wine?"

Rhodes was very glad that Dührin did not criticize or talk about the new wine, which meant that he was very satisfied with the wine, and the old man said with a smile: "It will take about a week for the wine to be high, and the dracaena should absorb the impurities and water in the wine as much as possible, so that the color can be transparent and the degree will be high!"

Dühring, who was unaware of the "traditional" brewing process, did not interject in the matter, he returned the glass to Rhodes, "Strain it, add a little pulp and spices, and it is ready to be bottled!"

"By the way, how many bottles of wine can be produced this time?"

"About 80,000 bottles, a lot of the equipment is new, we are still in the process of getting acquainted, this is just a try. When we are all familiar with it, the production will be about doubled, and about 150,000 bottles will be produced every month. ”

Rhodes has a lot of treasures about his "turf", but Durin is not satisfied!

Too little!