Manhattan Reborn 1978

Chapter 947: The Fully Expanded Invisible Giant Net (VII)

Austin, the capital of Texas, USA.

Morning, half past eight.

Mr. Pine Grimaud, who had just changed his name, met with the main management members of the current DA Security Company in the conference room of a well-known law firm, including Louis, Cohen, Jackal, John Rambo, Edward B. Tryon who was specially brought over by Louis, and four representatives selected by the soldiers.

"Everyone~ I have finished explaining the documents you are about to sign."

"If you have any questions, please ask them now." An elite lawyer in a neat suit spread his hands and smiled to everyone present.

"We have no problem." Louis, the head of the DA security company sitting in the main seat, shook his head at the lawyer with a complicated expression, picked up a pen, and signed his name on the last page of several documents.

A few minutes later.

The lawyer took back the document and checked it carefully. After confirming that it was correct, he smiled and nodded at Pine.

"OK~" Pine raised his eyebrows without surprise, watched the lawyer leave with the legal documents, looked at Louis and others and said.

"When David planned to set up a mutual fund for you, he had already opened individual accounts and joint public accounts for all of you in multiple banks in New York."

"According to the agreement just signed, the money will go into the common account this afternoon, and it is up to you to decide how to distribute it."

"From now on, you and DA Security Company have nothing to do with us."

"Gentlemen, I have something else to do."

"If you have any more questions, Mr. Parker will answer them for you." Pine said, nodded slightly to the few people, stood up and left.

After hearing what Lawrence and the others said, they silently watched Pine leave, and then looked at Audis Parker who stayed behind, as if they had a lot to say.

Mr. Parker, who had been watching from the sidelines, now smiled in a very formal manner and looked at the few people.

"Congratulations~ Each of you will get at least 100,000 Miyuan."

"I can guess that you all have something to say..."

"Although DA Security Company was a semi-non-profit organization jointly established by David and Mr. Pine from the very beginning..."

"David always likes to say that he is a businessman and will not do business at a loss."

"But the money he invested in you was all real money, not a single bit of fraud!"

The smile on Mr. Parker's face gradually turned cold, and he looked directly at Cohen, the original manager of DA security: "Mr. who deliberately concealed his real name, I will call you Cohen for the time being..."

"Haha~"

Mr. Parker observed the changing expressions of the people opposite him, tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and sneered.

"You should have all seen the bills generated by DA Security Company in the past six months or so."

"David and Pine used various connections to find several psychology experts and asked them to help the soldiers treat and alleviate the pain and distress caused by PTSD."

"The bills for medical treatment, medicine and treatment alone cost them more than one million yuan."

"As far as I know, there is no cure for PTSD and it is still possible for it to relapse throughout life."

"So everyone, I advise you to put away your last bit of luck and greed, take the money and disappear!"

"Okay, do you have any questions?"

"..." The people sitting opposite Mr. Parker were obviously divided into two camps.

The four soldier representatives did not speak, but subconsciously looked at Cohen. However, Cohen frowned, lowered his head and remained silent.

Old Trin, John Rambo and the Jackal all looked at Louis, who was sitting in the "main seat" with a calm expression, obviously wanting him to stand up and say a few words.

After a while.

Louis, who had calmed down, did not remain silent any longer. He looked up at Mr. Parker and asked, "DA Security Company, New Jersey Training Base, will they still exist?"

"Yes!" Mr. Parker nodded.

"David never thought about writing them off or giving them up, he just didn't want to be hurt and taken advantage of by greedy, stupid and ungrateful people anymore."

Louis took a deep breath and smiled bitterly: "We want to donate the money we got to the DA Security Company. We just hope to go back and continue to work for the boss."

"Oh~ Do you really think so?" Mr. Parker tilted his head and looked at the Jackal, Rambo and Old Trien. Seeing that the three of them nodded silently, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"I believe you don't want to see this situation develop to this point, and I believe you and your friends have never thought of leaving."

"But you can't deny the huge temptation of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, and you can't know the true thoughts of everyone when they see it in front of them."

"Louis!"

"You have an ex-wife and children, and this money is enough for them to live a better life without having to worry about not having a fixed income and college tuition."

"Are you sure you've thought about what it means to give up this money?"

"Yes, I've thought about it." Louis nodded vigorously to Mr. Parker, stood up and looked at his friends around him, then turned to look at Cohen and the people around him, and said as he turned and walked out.

"Legal documents related to the donation should not be difficult to find here. I will be back soon."

"Wait a moment, I'll go with you." Mr. Parker stood up, took out a small envelope from his pocket, threw it in front of Cohen and others, and accompanied Lawrence out of the meeting room.

in the corridor.

Mr. Parker did not go with Lawrence to find a lawyer. Instead, he led him to an empty corner and whispered calmly.

"As for Cohen, we no longer care who he is, who he works for, or what they are up to."

"I know that he has a good personal relationship with the female drug dealer Griselda Blanco, and she may not pursue the matter for the money."

"But even if she doesn't pursue it, the FBI will not continue to investigate your shooting of those drug dealers for the time being. This case will still leave unpredictable hidden dangers for everyone who took the money."

"Because every piece of this money is stained with blood!"

"There's nothing wrong with clearing out some trash."

“But those drug dealers are also human beings.”

"Cohen led a raid in Miami to kill Blanco's men, kidnapped her and then extorted her. These are all federal felonies!"

"If one day in the future, a soldier who participated in that operation made a mistake after drinking and leaked the matter to others, leading to an investigation by the FBI or the police..."

Mr. Parker tilted his head and looked at Lawrence, whose expression kept changing, and said with a smile: "Things that only a few people know are secrets!"

"Now, not only the 400-plus DA security company soldiers know about this, but there are countless people outside who know about it."

"If you were David, what would you do?"

"..." Lawrence frowned and looked at Mr. Parker, his lips moved a few times, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

"Haha~" Mr. Parker raised his hand and patted his shoulder, then looked back at the conference room and found that no one had followed him out, so he shook his head slightly.

"You can't represent everyone, you can only represent yourself."

“This matter itself is not complicated.”

“It’s just human nature that’s complicated.”

"I bet~"

"The equal distribution plan you are going to implement this time will definitely be questioned."

"Those who participated in the Miami operation feel they deserve more money than those who did nothing."

"And among those who have not participated in any action, there are also people who feel they deserve a share."

"You should be clear about all this, right?"

"Um.."

"OK~ Now that you know what you're about to face, I can only wish you good luck."

"When you're all done, you can call me on this number," Mr. Parker said, pulling out a business card from his pocket and handing it over.

Lawrence took the business card, glanced at the phone number on it, put it in his pocket, and sighed, "Soon, everything will be over."

"I'm waiting for you."

"Okay!" Lawrence nodded. When he saw Mr. Parker was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly reached out and grabbed him, whispering.

"The last time I met David, he reminded me - don't let your kindness become worthless."

"Otherwise, the only person who will be hurt in the end is you."

"..." Mr. Parker stared at Lawrence in a daze for a few seconds, a look of realization appeared on his face, and he smiled and shook his head.

Lawrence, like him, smiled complicatedly and shook his head slightly, "Do you know the Marine Corps' anti-drowning training?"

"No, I don't understand."

"Haha~"

"In order to train the new Marines to quickly gain the ability to stay calm and make judgments in extreme situations, the Navy has specially set up a somewhat inhumane training course."

“Drowning prevention training is one of them.”

"They would tie the recruits' hands behind their backs, tie their feet, throw them into a three-meter-deep swimming pool, and give them five minutes to do whatever they could to avoid drowning."

"Many recruits tried to keep their heads above water to breathe the first moment after being thrown into the water, but they quickly failed."

"Because except for those recruits who are very good at swimming, no matter how hard the other recruits try, the more they try to surface to breathe, the easier it is for their bodies to sink and drown."

"The secret of this drowning prevention training is that the recruits must first find a way to sink themselves into the water, then step on the bottom of the pool with their feet to use the force to float to the surface to breathe, and repeat this process to complete the training."

"It does not require recruits to possess superhuman strength, endurance or water proficiency, or even to be able to swim."

"It only requires the recruits to think of the correct way to prevent drowning, stay calm and execute it carefully before being tied up and thrown into the water."

"In fact, the original intention of designing this training is that it contains a paradox that people will subconsciously ignore."

"People are always driven by their instincts and make the wrong decisions at the wrong time."

"But in many cases, instinct (intuition) is not the best way to help people solve troubles or dangers, but a deadly enemy."

"The more the recruits follow their instinctive panic during training, the more likely they are to drown, run out of energy and fall into a coma."

Lawrence stared at Mr. Parker who was lost in thought with a burning gaze. Unconsciously, his tone became lighter and his speech speed quickened as he became more cheerful.

"When I was a kid, I couldn't understand why my pet dog always liked to chase and bite its own tail."

"They are one and the same. No matter how it chases or bites, it can't win in the end."

"Later, David arranged for us to see a psychiatrist, who gave me an answer that I was more receptive to."

"He said ~ Only when we learn to stop chasing ourselves, learn to forget fear, learn to restrain desires, and learn to calm down and keep ourselves calm and rational, can we float to the surface to breathe and not drown in this shitty world."