America: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 173 Palm Valley Bank Job

Zhang Ailun opened his chat window with Jennifer again.

Jennifer: Oh my god! This is for me? Honey, how did you know I love sparkly things? When are you coming back?

Zhang Ailun: I probably won't go back tonight.

Jennifer: Can I come to you? I don't mind the three of us together! This is the first time someone has given me a gold necklace, I'm so touched, please!

Zhang Ailun: I'll think about it.

He then turned to Olivia and asked if she minded having one more person.

Olivia: Is he your friend? I don't mind if you want. But a guy won't do!

Zhang Ailun: I don't have that kind of fetish.

Olivia: Okay. Do you think I can't take care of you all by myself?

Zhang Ailun: You underestimate yourself.

Olivia: So you just want something more exciting? I get it! You can totally invite your friends over, I'm a very generous person!

Zhang Ailun informed Jennifer of Olivia's permission, arranged to meet at the camp, and then put away his phone.

Turning around, he found Blitzcrank and Sieg staring at him. The leader, without changing his expression, started the car, turned the steering wheel, and sped away from the town, saying, "What are you looking at? Buckle up!"

They soon returned to the city and safely escorted Sig and Blitz back to camp.

Jennifer had been waiting for quite some time. She had blonde curly hair, wore a white t-shirt with a pink teddy bear design, denim shorts, showing off her long legs and white socks. Standing by the roadside, she was a beautiful sight.

Sieg and Jennifer got out of the car, said goodbye to the leader, and left. Jennifer couldn't wait to get into the passenger seat, close the door, and excitedly asked, "Honey! Where's my gift?"

Zhang Ailun took out a gold necklace. "This is it, it's for you."

After being taken advantage of for so long, Jennifer finally got her reward from the Grand Master.

Although this thing was obtained for free.

"Help me put it on!" Jennifer looked up. Zhang Ailun had no choice but to lean over and put the necklace on him, but she suddenly launched a sneak attack, hugging the leader and giving him a passionate kiss.

She grinned and said, "This is the first time in my life that a man has personally put a necklace on me, so you want me to be your girlfriend? I'd love to!!"

You're overthinking it.

Zhang Ailun calmly wiped his mouth, then pulled out two gold necklaces, looking every bit the West Coast playboy. "I have plenty of these!"

"...You're so annoying."

Jennifer gave him a resentful look, admired the gold necklace for a moment, finding it perfectly complementing her appearance, and said, "Did you give Simone one?"

"I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it. But Simone and I are just good friends, we've never played a friendly match." Zhang Ailun started the car and drove steadily on the road.

"Why don't you give it a try? How will you know she doesn't want to play a friendly match with you?" Jennifer hinted.

Zhang Ailun found her a bit strange. Didn't she and Simone usually dislike each other? What, now that the black girl isn't staying at the camp anymore, you miss her?

They quickly drove to Olivia's neighborhood, only to find her already waiting. She waved and greeted them warmly as the familiar Wrangler drove up.

"Hey, honey! I didn't expect you to actually bring other people with you?" Olivia looked at Jennifer in the car and found her to be quite pretty, raising an eyebrow slightly.

Zhang Ailun parked his car on the side of the road in the community, got out, and presented the gold necklace to Olivia, making no mention of Jennifer. "It's for you. Do you like it?"

"I love it! You're so good to me. Craig has been with me for years and has never given me anything. Come on in." Olivia was in a good mood and invited the two of them into the house. When Zhang Ailun came in, he found that beer and late-night snacks had been prepared on the table.

Beer and fried chicken, the more you drink, the more awesome you become.

"This is your friend? What's her name? When did you two meet?" After closing the apartment door, Olivia asked Zhang Ailun in more detail.

"My name is Jennifer. We've known each other for a long time, probably the second day after he arrived on the West Coast? Are you the female friend who often keeps him out all night?" Jennifer said proactively.

"Oh, I've only invited him a few times. Maybe he has other friends? Who would let him stay out all night?" Olivia smiled, completely unconcerned. "Sweetheart, you're really pretty."

"Thank you for the compliment. You have a great figure too," Jennifer complimented.

Watching the two chat so casually and quickly become close friends, Zhang Ailun couldn't help but start to doubt whether his decision was correct.

But looking back at the sausages, pickled fish, and fried chicken on the table, he opened a bottle of beer and started devouring it, replenishing his energy.

Olivia invited Jennifer upstairs, and the two went inside mysteriously, locking the door from the inside. They came back down shortly afterward.

"Dear guest, which would you like to start with?"

Seeing the two women's well-prepared equipment and attire, flight attendant Olivia and flight attendant Jennifer, Zhang Ailun's lips twitched, and he questioned his life choices even more. He said tactfully, "I think it would be better to have something more vegetarian."

"You're already here, are you still trying to deny it? Guest! Breaking airline rules is punishable! Jennifer!"

"yes!"

"We teach our guests how to follow the rules," Olivia said.

Jennifer approached with a mischievous grin, brandishing her small leather whip. "Don't resist! Your resistance will only lead to worse consequences!"

Zhang Ailun: "..."

Don't come any closer!

……

The next day.

When Zhang Ailun woke up, he felt sore all over. Yesterday's battle had been fierce and chaotic, almost without warning. But in the end, the Human Emperor prevailed, subduing the two female monsters who were causing trouble on the west coast.

I took out my phone and glanced at the daily news.

[Your street influence is growing rapidly, and you now own multiple assets. Your intelligence weight has increased, and new intelligence channels are now open. Current intelligence weight level: C. Provides up to three + two random daily activities or street gang-related events, covering areas such as valuable items, business activities, personal privacy, job activities, and gang transactions.]

Has the weight been upgraded?

Zhang Ailun looked at the new weighting mechanism, pondered for a moment, and then opened the first day's intelligence.

[Daily Intelligence: Reco, the southern manager of Parker Recycling, is separated from his wife due to health reasons. He's involved with a tennis coach and a black basketball coach, and they'll be meeting at a romantic coffee shop at 9 AM. Perhaps you can help this coward by taking photos of his incriminating evidence to win his favor. He might then transfer the operating rights of a WALL-E recycling station in District 6 to you, or offer cash as a reward. Details: The opposing team in this operation is a five-man squad from the Cobra Private Detective Agency.]

Forget about cobras. This recycling center is mine to have!

"It's so pathetic. Why are there cheating scandals every day?" Zhang Ailun shook his head and sighed. As someone who frequently steals other people's partners, he couldn't possibly empathize with those whose partners are being poached.

It must have been a very painful experience.

[Daily Intelligence: The car theft gang has lost their vehicle; your stealthy methods prevented them from finding any clues about you.]

What's there to say? With Blitzcrank on his left and an intelligence bot on his right, how could he possibly allow mortals to peek into his schemes?

[Daily Intelligence: Sig wants to invest in a gun shop. The owner of Armed Nation on West Street has issued a commission, recruiting security personnel to escort 2,000 gun oils, 10 sets of security equipment including helmets, body armor, shoes, lock-lock guns, and 10 Sig Sauer short assault rifles, to be delivered to Wells Fargo Bank in Palm Valley at 12 PM. You can try to participate in the armed escort mission. The owner of Armed Nation is retiring soon; if you have connections, you can be introduced to a high-quality Armed Nation dealership.]

Zhang Ailun thought about it for a moment and decided it was a good idea! Anyway, he had money now, and after selling the vehicles, he could start a new side business and more recycling stations.

He immediately took out his phone and notified Sieg that he had a new job assignment.

Sig: What mission? The car and jewelry I got yesterday haven't been sold yet.

Zhang Ailun: It's a prerequisite mission related to the gun shop, do you understand? Go look it up yourself. If you don't want to do it, then forget it.

I immediately sent him the relevant recruitment information.

Sig: Boss, don't be angry, I think we can do it!

Zhang Ailun: How much money have you saved?

Sig: Around $50,000.

Zhang Ailun was shocked: So much? The bonus I gave you is equivalent to someone else's annual salary? You didn't spend a single cent?

Sieg: I'm very strict and disciplined with myself! When are we going to do this task?

Zhang Ailun: Let me finish my other things first, then we'll talk about it. You can go and apply for the job first! With your qualifications, you should be able to handle it.

Sig: OK.

[Daily Intelligence: Personnel Event Update. Jack, a former member of the Bowhead Whale organization and a notorious thug residing in the Forest Apartments in District 5, will be visiting your Sanji's Bar today to drown his sorrows and indulge in a high-end brandy spree. He once conspired with a CIA agent to rob a casino in Little Rock, killing the agent and stealing $500,000 in cash. He is now living anonymously in Los Angeles, burying the murder weapon in a pile of rubble. The CIA agent's body is hidden in the cellar of a suburban cabin.]

[Details: Robber Jack and his partner, Old El, along with the casino vault manager, are plotting a second robbery of the Little Rock casino vault to settle accounts. They've hired a hacker to execute the hacking plan, which is expected to yield a total of $120 million, with a 20% cut. You might be able to replace this team; Blitz is also capable of handling the job.]

Wow... As expected of high-level intelligence, it's so explosive right from the start.

You dare to mess with CIA agents, what wouldn't you dare to do? And yet you've managed to retire unscathed.

Zhang Ailun pondered that the CIA's intelligence wasn't up to par either; they couldn't even find a missing person. In this regard, they would have to rely on professional intelligence hackers.

[Daily Intelligence: Your vehicle asset information has been updated. Your processed Maserati Quattroporte, Camaro, and Corvette have been reserved online, expected to bring you $18. A jewelry store in a small rural town is willing to spend $10 to purchase a portion of your jewelry assets. Details: The jewelry store owner is a seasoned con artist who uses a mix of real and counterfeit money to deceive customers.]

Zhang Ailun: ?

Double-crossing? Using counterfeit money for transactions? You've got a death wish, don't you?

Zhang Ailun immediately informed Blitz of the news and also inquired about the customer's purchasing intentions.

Blitz: Yes, someone did pre-order those three vehicles. I didn't expect them to be so sought after. They agreed to meet in the suburbs for the transaction. Once the vehicles are sold, we can contact them. They are all out-of-towners, from three different groups, who came here in trucks to collect the goods.

Zhang Ailun: Is it reliable? They won't come here to double-cross us, will they?

Blitz: They probably don't have the guts. But the people I found, while they can ship goods quickly, all have backgrounds that aren't exactly simple in the industry.

Zhang Ailun: It's alright, Los Angeles is our territory. No matter how arrogant those outsiders are, they wouldn't dare to carry out any terrorist attacks in the city.

Blitz: We dealt with that jewelry as well. The gold was worth $90,000, and the other jewelry was worth around $106,000. You took the necklace yesterday, which was worth over $4,000, so the total value is about $200,000. The other party has already paid a deposit. We need to deliver $100,000 worth of goods to the countryside.

Zhang Ailun: Okay, I'll handle this. Are you sure that boss is reliable?

Blitz: He was introduced by someone in the industry; I haven't had any contact with him.

Zhang Ailun: So that's not very reliable?

Blitz: With profit at stake, no deal in this industry is 100% reliable. I'm not sure either.

Zhang Ailun: Okay. Do you want to do a really lucrative job? $120 million, 20% commission!

Blitz: What kind of job or event can have such a high price? Freebies? Robbing a bank or casino?

Zhang Ailun: Correct answer!

Blitz: Stop messing around! I'm a perfectly good citizen! Are you trying to get me into trouble? I'm on the Department of Defense's blacklist!

Zhang Ailun: What if the casino paid you to act in a play for others? That's called settling accounts! Isn't your story old news? So many years have passed, the environment is so rotten, who would still be keeping an eye on you? The people in charge have all changed, they've probably made a fortune by now, living in a big villa, drinking champagne and red wine in retirement.

Blitz: You're right! Maybe we can consider it. If it were me doing hacking, I wouldn't need to show my face; I could do it remotely. But I'd need to scout out the casino beforehand.

Zhang Ailun: What a coincidence! We're just about to escort armed equipment to Wells Fargo in Palm Valley, and on the way back we can stop by the casino in Little Rock. What do you need me to do for you?

Blitz: I'll contact you then. I still need to consider whether to take this deal; it's too risky.

Zhang Ailun: Okay. Actually, there's no need to worry. You just need to not reveal any information about yourself. Those ruthless criminals are quite powerful, but I already have evidence of their crimes. You can look up old news about the Little Rock Casino robbery from many years ago.

Blitz: Okay.

Zhang Ailun arranged his tasks, put away his phone, got up and washed up. He then woke Jennifer up and told her to come downstairs for dinner.

Olivia had already prepared breakfast and set it on the table. Smiling, she said, "Eat! I wonder if it suits your taste, Snow White!"

Jennifer happily picked up the sandwich, took a bite, and said thank you, "Thank you so much, my dear stepmother."

"..."

Zhang Ailun's expression was strange, but he wasn't surprised by their conversation. Yesterday, Olivia was a little shocked by Jennifer's figure, claiming that she had never seen such fair skin.

Especially after applying a layer of essential oil, it becomes even more dazzlingly white!

A single white tiger could devour the Grand Master completely, let alone with the addition of the red-haired witch.

Even someone as powerful as the Grand Master was finding it difficult to cope.

We finished eating.

After resting for a while, Dominic sent him a message informing him that someone was interested in the rocket thruster and wanted to come to the recycling center to take a look. They might be willing to offer $5,000 to buy it.

Zhang Ailun: You can handle this.

(End of this chapter)