SWNOVELXO Chapter 203: The Money Man.
"Hector… you didn't say a word to me…" He slowly looked at him, and Hector actually smiled, but in the meantime, he knew he fucked up too, like he told nobody about it, only those who was close to James like the guards and the soldiers.
"Well, at least you made a budget report, that's good." He smiled as he looked down once more at the paper, smiling. "300 million on weapon shit, what did you want to buy, a tank?" He chuckled at him.
Dani shook his head, breathed so heavily like a minute ago his soul was likely grabbed by James, almost shitting himself, and now it was all calm, at least on his side, because James was still looking at him with those eyes.
"I'm so sorry for my attitude, James… I thought we were getting attacked and not working with them… fuck, I stayed up for 2 days writing this report and making everything to work together…" He shook his head and got more stressed about it.
It was strange for James, how the fuck could the man who handled the money, laundered it, washed it, and funneled it through various accounts not know about the operation?
"What do you mean you don't know about it… I said to Linda to help you with the cash in the Washer and anything money related." James asked because it was a genuine question.
"I wasn't contacted by anybody." He said, and judging by his expression, he was telling the truth, because he looked lost as fuck. "Only by that woman from the bank… she sent a couple million to one of our accounts."
Now again, James was lost as fuck and confused, because what woman, what millions, and what bank?
Girl? What… oh fuck…
Yeah, the woman who helped Isabella to steal James's money, the money which went toward the cartel… that woman in the meantime started to… well, steal some money.
Exact number was 24 million.
But now that they were with the government, it also meant she needed to stop it, because James said make the money back, but if she started pulling out large sums of money from politically connected and influential people like entrepreneurs, it would get more complicated.
"Stop her, we don't need to steal money, especially right now, and actually tell her to work for us. If she can pull millions this good, then she is a born money girl." James said as he looked at Dani, who nodded but was kinda surprised about this whole government thing.
"Can I ask what exactly is happening or not?"
"No, you can't." James said immediately as he looked at him. "You are the heart of the family, the money so you don't need any stress or knowing all of this. Just expect large sums will come through cash or in accounts, that's it. I don't want you to stress about dying or anything related to it. But if you have family or anything like that, send them away from the country… also, the washer needs a new building."
As James said it, Dani's expression changed again in an instant, like he wasn't the man who killed, who tortured, or anything else, but he knew one thing. He was important not just to the family but for the family's enemies, the Bellini enemies. He counted, he does all the work with money, and he has all the cash, all the keys to the accounts.
Which meant he was up there on the hitlist, and exactly why James wasn't telling him and well, Hector too.
Dani's not the average gangster man. He doesn't have the mentality to be a gangster, but to be a money man and that's it. He counts money, stole money, laundered money, washed money.
But he's not dumb.
He knew about the hit on the house, as almost everybody in the family did but nobody exactly knew who it was, like the government, another family, or anything. There was a big confusion about what exactly was happening, but now that James said to him they were working with the government, he could only think about the obvious.
A war is currently going on… and well, he has no interest in participating in it.
He's good with counting money in building all day.
"I actually have some options." Finn answered to James as he put some paper on the table.
As James looked at the paper, it just became more obvious that something was up, like their minds were really connected, or they were all just thinking about the same thing, because the paper was well done, with details about the building and the situation surrounding those buildings.
"This one." Finn pointed to the map, "is the closest one to the police headquarters building, so if something happens, it will take 5 minutes and they are there." Then he pointed to the picture of the building. "A plain 6-floor office which was a call center before, but it has bulletproof windows, doors and high resolution 360 security cameras as well as 3 vaults with money counters." He looked at James, and he just looked dumbfounded, and he was dumbfounded.
"Call center with bulletproof windows and vaults inside?" He asked back, and Finn just smiled.
"Well, maybe it was a… laundering operation… but the good thing is the owner is on the run and all his assets got seized, which also means the building is seized by the ISB, so basically it's free." He smiled even more.
"Ohh, is the ISB actually doing its job?" Sophia asked it with a smile on her face.
"It was 3 years ago and the building's still just sitting there, so it's a good shot to get it, because all of the others are over 10 million and lack the bulletproof and vault features."
As James thought about it, it was actually a good idea, like the Washer is a protected building, but if they go full force at it, knowing what the cartel can do, it will stand no chance. So getting a bigger building, 6 floors, so at least 2 can be a protective layer while the other 4 is the actual Washer is a good idea.
"Then I will ask the ISB director about it." He said and looked at the map once again, which had another building on it… it was actually a penthouse. "What is that?"
"For you." Hector said as he looked at James.
"For me?"