Lin En's original body just advised the powerful people not to drive to scare innocent mothers and daughters, but he was considered offensive and had his legs crushed.
When a staff member and his family bumped into the Lena family in the park, Lena's father took it as an offense and deliberately stepped on him in front of everyone.
Are the self-esteem of powerful people so sensitive?
In order to maintain his superior status and widen the gap between himself and ordinary people, he should go to such great lengths to bully him?
"You also find it difficult to understand, don't you?" Reiner looked at Linn after telling the story, "The other party has done nothing wrong, but in order to distinguish himself from the other party, he must use all means to oppress and hurt him."
"Is this just the case in Tswold City?" Lynn asked.
Asking this question reminded him of Capa.
Capa still has hope in the capital of the Kingdom of Ven, hoping to find the righteous force that can change things there.
"It's like this everywhere." Reiner said.
"Yeah." This was within Linn's expectation.
Capa went to the capital to seek help, but was destined to receive no reply.
After making an appointment to meet again at noon, Linn said goodbye to Reiner, sent Meira back, and then hurried back to the apartment.
The next time he returned to the apartment would probably be on the 6th, so he wanted to appease the landlord, old Noel, just like he appeased Matt and Capa.
"Lynn, Mr. Fan Lun came half an hour ago, took away your manuscript, and left these royalties. If you count it, it should be fifty gold." Old Noel, who was sitting in the lobby on the first floor of the apartment, greeted him.
Fucked Lynn.
"Fifty gold?" Lin En stepped forward, took the envelope containing the money, and opened it.
After counting, it was found that there was indeed only fifty gold in it.
He has submitted ten articles in total. After deducting the two manuscript fees paid by the newspaper, and deducting the rent and some hard work paid by Fan Lun in advance, he should be able to get seventy gold.
Could it be that Old Noel secretly took part of it himself?
This is impossible. Money doesn't match up. If you ask Fan Lun, you'll be exposed. Old Noel doesn't have to have grudges with Lin En and Fan Lun just to get twenty gold.
"Didn't Editor Fan Lun say anything?" Lin En put the money away and asked.
"He asked me to tell you that the competition among newspapers has been too fierce recently, and the manuscript fee has to be reduced. It is about seventy-five copper coins per thousand words. In addition, he took away ten gold, which he said was the rent he helped you advance. There are also
, he asked you to submit social papers on time in the future." Old Noel said.
Seventy-five copper coins for one thousand words, seven hundred and fifty copper coins for ten thousand words.
Eight manuscripts worth 80,000 words are sixty gold.
After deducting the rent, there is only fifty gold left, which is a decent amount.
But without talking to Lin En, he cut off the royalties by a quarter. This was a clear sign that after knowing Lin En's true background, he had the audacity to make money from it.
"Heh." Linn sneered.
Fan Lun had previously thought that he was an aristocratic son from another city, but Fan Lun not only agreed to the quotation of one hundred copper coins for one thousand words, but also acted extremely attentive, helping to advance the rent and taking the initiative to pick up the manuscript.
Now that he discovered that he was actually a poor boy from the slums, he immediately revealed his true colors. In the name of the newspaper's many competitors, he openly ate part of Lin En's manuscript fees and asked Lin En to submit manuscripts to him in the future.
He is very proficient at being two-faced!
He insisted on reducing the royalties. Since he had no power, he could only cooperate with him!
But Linn believes that once the first ten stories of "Sherlock Holmes" are published, it will be a matter of time before the initiative returns to him!
"I understand." He suppressed his anger and put aside editor Fan Lun's petty tricks for the time being. "My heart has not been feeling well these days. I have to go to the hospital to stay under observation. You don't have to give me anything."
Leave some food."
"Heart... are you okay?" Old Noel asked with concern.
"There should be nothing wrong. I'm just too tired. Just go to the hospital for recuperation for two days." Lin En said calmly, "Don't be so tense during the past few days when I'm not here. Just do whatever you need to do."
Old Noel nodded repeatedly: "I've almost adjusted it..."
"Then I'll change my clothes and leave." Linn bypassed Old Noel, went upstairs and put on the casual clothes that had been dried. When he took the public carriage again and arrived near the Fernando family mansion, the time had just reached ten.
Half past one.
He didn't let him wait too long. Before lunch, Reiner came over and handed a booklet into his hand: "Here is a list of all the guests who will attend the charity dinner tomorrow night, as well as some relevant information."
Lin En opened it and looked through it. The records were very detailed, which was of great help to him: "Thank you."
"There's no need to say thank you. It's our common goal to get rid of scum like Qiao Dun." Reiner is the kind of person who gets to know each other very warmly and generously. "Is there anything else you need? If not, I'll wait.
It’s my mission.”
"No more." Lin En put the book away, "You only need to promise that on the day of the charity dinner, Qiao Dun will go and your sister will stay at home."
"Okay." Reiner nodded, "Let's go."
"I wish you all the best."
"the same as you."
After parting ways with Reiner, Linn carefully flipped through the booklet in a private room in the coffee shop.
There were quite a lot of people attending the charity dinner, there were thirty dignitaries and celebrities in total.
There is still a day and a half before the mission begins. It is definitely too late to investigate one by one and confirm the corruption value with our own eyes. We can only use the information recorded in the booklet to select a group of people who may have a high corruption value and focus on investigating them.
But this method is not very reliable either.
There is no external standard that can accurately measure a person's depravity.
Just like Jordan, who is praised by everyone, but who can tell that he is actually a complete trash?
In the end, Lin En decided to investigate the four or five people who seemed to be the most successful, with the most wealth, the most power, and the most fame. If there was anyone here whose depravity value exceeded Qiao Dun's [170], then the mission could not be ruled out.
It will start from those people with higher depravity value.
Anyway, Linn doesn't want it.
On the one hand, it would affect his ability to deal with Qiao Dun, and on the other hand, he was afraid that there would be another boxing ring arson case or warehouse arson case, where he would be forced to kill a large number of people at once.
Tswold City cannot afford to tolerate such high-frequency disturbances.
A group of powerful people dies every four days, and a group of powerful people dies every four days. Who will be able to sit still?
He didn't know why apart from his own side, there didn't seem to be any high-profile things happening in Tswold City. In short, he had to keep a low profile now. If he could avoid making a big fuss, he wouldn't make a big fuss. If he could just deal with Qiao Dun alone,
Don't drag the other scum at the charity dinner to see God.
After finalizing the list and keeping in mind that he wanted to keep a low profile this time, Lin paid for the coffee and headed out for the first target's mansion.