The chips looked new and round, with the smallest denomination being twenty, and some fifty and one hundred.
Lance wasn't sure whether this counted as money or not.
He asked Ethan to go into the room and keep an eye on Mr. White, while he went downstairs with two chips, came to a telephone booth, and dial the number left by Fordice.
Soon, the voice of the pretty girl at the front desk came from the receiver, "This is Lez Finance Company. How can I help you?"
The voice was very nice, but Lance could imagine that she must be doing other things absent-mindedly at the moment, saying these words in a way that was hard to imagine, creating a contrast.
"It's me, Lance. I need to talk to Mr. Coty or Mr. Fordice about something."
The girl recognized Lance's voice, and her sweet tone suddenly changed, "Fordice, find your phone!"
Soon, heavy footsteps came closer and closer, and then his voice appeared in the receiver.
"Are you in any trouble?" he asked.
This was the only reason he could think of for Lance to call him. Perhaps Mr. White was not at home, or he was determined not to give him the money.
Not only had he seen such novices, he had also personally trained two of them.
He was also a guy who had no intention of paying back the money from the beginning. He borrowed 800 yuan from the company and then shouted, "I will only give you the money if the judge says I must give you the money."
The two young men didn't have any solution and asked him whether he should throw the matter to the legal department if the company had a legal department.
So he thought that Lance should have encountered the same problem.
But soon, he realized that he was wrong.
"Mr. White is willing to pay back the money, but he is only willing to pay in chips, and I'm not sure if the chips are worth that much."
He described the appearance of the chip and the small words on the back of the chip. "It says that this chip comes from the Kodak family."
Speaking of this, Lance wanted to laugh a little, because he thought of the advertising slogan - record the beautiful moments.
After listening to him, Fords gave him a suggestion, "No problem at all, the Kodak family's chips can be exchanged for cash at their counter, and no vouchers are required."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but ask, "How did you get him to hand over the money?"
The company had already sent someone to collect the debt, but it was clear that they had been unsuccessful.
If they succeed, it won't be Lance's turn to contribute.
Of course, the attitude and approach of the first debt collection will not be so tough. Lance is the second time.
"I reasoned with him, and Mr. White is a reasonable man, so he was willing to settle the debt."
"Do I need to write him a receipt or something?"
"Or give him the contract?"
"That's totally unnecessary, Lance. Bring back the chips and the contract. There will be other people in the company to do the rest of the work. Your work has been completed, so don't steal other people's work."
"I will tell the boss this good news. You are very efficient. Maybe you can give all of us a surprise!"
After hanging up the phone, Lance went back upstairs and counted out three thousand five hundred chips from the brown paper bag in front of Mr. White.
"This is what you owe the company, I took it."
"The rest are all yours. I only take the money I deserve. At the same time, I hate those who spread rumours. You should understand what I am saying."
He looked at Mr. White who was sitting on the sofa. After a brief outburst, Mr. White had completely become a coward. He nodded with evasive eyes, "Yes, I understand. I won't say anything nonsense."
"Great!" Lance handed Ethan a brown paper bag containing 3,500 chips. "Well, I'm sorry to take up some of your time. Have a nice day, Mr. White."
It looked like Mr. White was not happy at all, and the rest of the day was not destined to be happy either.
The three of them left the apartment and drove towards the company.
On the way, Erwin asked about everything that happened after going upstairs. Buddy A and Buddy B were very excited, and Ethan had a lot to say -
"...I just glared at them and they immediately retracted their necks like turtles retracting their heads into their shells!"
"I thought someone would call the police or stop us, but nothing happened!"
Lance, who was driving, followed up on Ethan's comment and said, "This shows that the federals are not as powerful as we thought."
"When you are weak and give in to their challenges and temptations, they will force you to retreat step by step."
"But when you show that you can hurt them and are not afraid of their threats to you, they are not much stronger than the weak people we know!"
"So you don't have to be afraid of the Federation people at all. They are just like us, just like the cowards we know. If you are strong, they are weak!"
"If you find that your opponent won't back down, it's not because they're not afraid, it's because you're not vicious enough, that's all!"
These words were heard by the four young men. To them, they were golden words, and they were proven golden words.
The car soon arrived outside the company. Lance took the four people into the company and asked them to sit in the lounge.
But looking at those difficult guys in the lounge, they finally decided to stand in the corridor.
In the office, Lance placed the brown paper bag on Alberto's desk, and he took it out and did a quick count.
When it comes to work, he is very serious and clear-headed.
He can give Lance a hundred dollars, but Lance cannot give him only thirty-four hundred dollars. This is against the rules!
"Thirty four hundred and fifty, thirty five hundred, just right!" The last fifty-dollar chip fell from his hand onto the pile of chips.
He looked at Lance and nodded slightly. "The Mr. White I know is not a reasonable man. Can you tell me how you convinced him?"
Lance sat opposite him, looking very relaxed. "I first talked to him about the Golden Harbour City Sailing Team. He was also interested in baseball. Then I talked to him about cooking."
"We both found the same hobby, so it was easier to communicate. I asked him 'where is the money' and he told me 'in the flower pot', that's it."
Alberto laughed so hard that he couldn't stop. "I can imagine that the last person he wants to see in the future is you!"
After a pause, he took out three fifty-dollar chips from the pile and pushed them over. "This is what you deserve."
Alberto knew very well that Mr. White had money because he had his own salesman in the Kodak family's casino.
Those who come to the company to discuss loan business will repeatedly go back and forth on issues such as interest and repayment methods, and how to make the company compensate for losses if the money cannot be repaid.
They will fight for any benefit for themselves and will never make any impossible compromise.
But in the casino, those crazy gamblers don't care what they will pay for the 500 yuan they took from you in the future!
They only care whether they can get enough chips to sit back at the gambling table before the next game starts!
The news that Mr. White won a large sum of money in the casino was heard by the salesperson. He won more than 4,000 yuan, which is about the income of an ordinary worker for 100 months. Many people in the casino are talking about it.
The first time the company sent someone to clear the debt, it was discovered that Mr. White did not have the ability to settle the debt, so it has been delayed until now.
Alberto firmly believed that as long as he had enough means, he would be able to get back the money that did not belong to him.
But he didn't expect that things would go so smoothly. He got the money back in just half a day.
"I'm looking forward to your next work, Lance." He paused for a moment and said, "We give 5% of the reward to others. This is the rule. You should also get this money."
"But this job may not be as easy as Mr. White's."
Alberto talked about the second "order".
"Mr. Anderson runs a restaurant in the Bay Area. Last year, he had some financial problems, so he found me."
"But now he refuses to admit that he signed any contract, refuses to pay interest and return the principal, and has filed a lawsuit against us."
"If we were around him and hurt him, he would sue us, and the lawyers said there was a good chance we would lose the case."
"So this order is different from Mr. White's. You can't be so violent. Do you understand me?"
"You can't hurt him, you can't even threaten him, you have to think of a way."
"If you can complete this order, I can give you double the reward."
"No matter how much money you get back from him, I will give you 10%!" In order to express his strong emotions, Alberto stretched out his two hands and gestured.