Sedar was a wholly owned private transportation company. A few years ago, they had won the rights to operate Saibin City's public transportation for the next four years through a bid.
Why was it four years plus four years of operation rights? The explanation to the public was that if Sedar didn't do well in the first four years, they wouldn't renew the contract for the next four years.
But in fact, this contract was decided by the Federation President's term of office. Every president's inauguration and re-election wasn't his or her own business. It was related to the operations of the entire Federation government.
The ministers chosen by the president would also choose their own deputies. This was a rather complicated and simple process. To put it bluntly, it was an act of choosing sides.
Perhaps at the beginning, many people didn't realize that becoming the president would give them something other than power. But now, they knew that it was wealth.
Every president, every eight years, there would be an economy that was born around the president's rule, but the public never knew about it.
These consortiums that were originally born with the president's name or surname would often be hidden in other consortiums. For example, the previous president, Jotson, had such a Jotson Group in a place where the public couldn't see.
Outside this company, there was another financial group that acted as a cover. Most people wouldn't see the name "Jotson" directly, but it was a subsidiary of a certain financial group. The people at the bottom would never know the truth.
Sedar was a company that took advantage of a similar situation. Sedar's boss had a relationship with one of the president's aides. It was a relationship that was neither close nor distant. Obviously, it wasn't close to that extent, but it could be said that they were estranged from each other.
Therefore, he easily obtained the rights to operate Saibin City's public transportation and showed his loyalty to his superiors in some places that couldn't be seen.
Don't look down on the city's public transportation. This was a big business. Saibin City only had a total population of 760,000 people. About 200,000 people needed to use public transportation to move around the city every day.
Assuming that these people were traveling short distances, which was within five kilometers, the ticket price was only 25 cents. Just the ticket sales alone would be more than 50,000 yuan in a day. That was more than a million yuan in revenue in a month.
Perhaps when faced with this figure, Sedar's boss would even say that it was the operating costs, such as fuel, staff salaries, losses, and even the initial investment.
Some people would be fooled by him, but some wouldn't because the city hall would give Sedar Transportation Company a certain amount of subsidies every year.
The so-called bid was not about how much money they had to spend to contract the entire city's transportation plan, but how much money the government had to give them to be able to "support" them.
Yes, Sedar Transportation Company's spirit and dedication were touching. They were trying their best to reduce the financial subsidies even though they knew that it wasn't profitable. What was their purpose?
This was the spirit of dedication, the spirit of burning oneself for others.
Alright, the above words were pure bullshit.
At this time, in Sedar's company, people from the Financial Crimes Investigation Division under the FBI and the Federal Tax Bureau of Saibin City were gathered together. Sedar's boss was not very willing to cooperate with these people's requests until he received a phone call. He reluctantly began to cooperate.
He signed several agreements for the camera and camera money, and watched as these people threw baskets of coins into a pool and fished them out to dry.
He also saw with his own eyes that these people dipped some transparent colorless ink in a roller and rolled it on one and two dollar bills. As for the rest, he didn't need to cooperate.
The Federation's higher-ups were very dissatisfied with the law enforcement scandal that broke out in Saibin. The Federation Federation Bureau of Investigation also began to interfere with the criminal activities here. It was said that the higher-ups of the Federation Bureau of Investigation were also very angry. Some people confused them with the tax bureau, although most of the time, it was indeed the bureau that caused trouble.
This also made them decide to cooperate with the Federation Tax Bureau to suppress the uproar and scandal in Saibin. As long as they could prove that Lynch was guilty, everything would be easy to handle.
First of all, according to the usual procedure, in a business that targeted Lynch and Mr. Fox, the first thing they needed was to confirm that Lynch was providing the necessary "ammunition" for Mr. Fox to clear his name.
His legality could be explained as taking advantage of a loophole in the law. The tax bureau could easily come up with a local bill to deny the legality of Lynch's business and throw him in jail.
This required a complete chain of evidence. The "evidence" created by a third party or more witnesses would naturally flow into Lynch's hands. Then, this "evidence" would be personally sent by Mr. Fox to the tax bureau for verification. The income that Mr. Fox sent for verification would be the evidence that the tax bureau had leaked into the market. As long as it exceeded a certain percentage, the judge would approve the entire criminal process and the illegal transaction between Lynch and Mr. Fox.
In order to gather a large number of coins without alerting these people, they deliberately went to Sedar Transportation Company. A few dollars of change every day was enough to create enough evidence to prove these crimes.
Under such circumstances, the investigator who had been watching Richard for a few days decided to lead the transaction. He received 5,000 dollars in one go and the other party promised to provide long-term support.
Every day, Sedar needed at least one vehicle to send the money to the tax bureau for registration before it was transferred to the bank. It wasn't because they had nothing better to do, but because the amount of money was too 'much'. If someone could convert it all into cash, it would save Sedar Company's extra expenses in a certain way.
There was also a huge profit to be made. Even if half of the coins were to be converted, which was about 20,000 dollars, the person in charge of the transaction would receive at least 200 dollars in private.
It wasn't illegal, it wasn't illegal, and it wasn't embezzling. Just by exchanging his left hand for his right hand, he would have an extra few hundred dollars in his pocket. Why would he refuse?
The money didn't just flow to Lynch but to the entire Saibin City. The anger of the Investigation Bureau and the tax bureau would have to burn the entire city to calm down.
Under the ultraviolet light, the dazzling fluorescence of the coins seemed to turn into smiling faces. Lynch poured the chemical cleaning agent into the coins. Soon, the fluorescence on the coins began to be corroded by an invisible force.
He washed the coins a total of four times before all the fluorescence was washed away, but it was worth it.
He wiped his hands and walked out of the warehouse. He smiled at Vivian, who looked back at him. Then he walked to the table and picked up the phone. "Mr. Fox, you can arrange for someone to pick up the goods now!"
After hanging up the phone, he tore off the check stub and gave it to Vivian. A check wasn't just a check. Other than the things that couldn't be seen with the naked eye, it was composed of a check and a ticket stub. When necessary, the tax bureau would go to the bank to clear the cash check deposit based on the ticket stub. That was the check that Lynch gave Richard, to determine whether there was a problem with the relevant numbers in the account book.
In addition to the ticket stub, there was also a legally valid ticket stub registered by the company. Since he had made it, he couldn't leave any loopholes.
After Vivian was done, Lynch put his hand on the back of the chair behind her. As their bodies touched, Vivian subconsciously moved forward. Lynch pretended that he didn't notice anything and asked about her recent situation. "You look …" He pursed his lips. "… a little haggard. Did something happen? Do you need my help?"
Vivian forced a smile. "It's nothing …" She looked away and tucked her messy hair behind her ears.
Lin Qi placed his hand on her shoulder and said sincerely, "We're friends. If there's anything you need me to do, or if there's anything I can do for you, you must let me know. Anytime!" Lin Qi's face was covered with a few strands of hair, which gave off a refreshing fragrance.
Vivian looked back at him gratefully and nodded subconsciously. "I will."
Everyone was unique and precious. This sentence was true most of the time. However, when people began to compare people with each other, some people were as precious as treasures, while others were as scum.
Lynch's eyes seemed to be able to speak. They looked at each other for about three to four to five to six to seven seconds. Then he nodded and turned away decisively.
Vivian looked at his back and opened her mouth slightly. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't say anything.
She looked at her palms on her legs with a dull look. She looked at the wedding ring on her hand and felt that it was all a joke.