As I said before, tomorrow is the weekend and also the day to pay wages.
When Luo An lowered his head just now, he did a simple calculation. His basic salary this month was US$2,000. The New York Journalists Association offered a reward of US$50,000 to catch the murderer who killed the reporter in the park, but he actually received US$25,000. The killer's reward was $5,000, but he actually received $2,500. The murderer Conrad also led to the murder of a congressman and offered a reward of 500,000 US dollars, but he actually received US$30,000.
Caught the serial murderer who dismembered the body, and received $100,000, but actually received $50,000. The bonus is US$1,500, which doubles to US$3,000. The congressman’s wife, Ms. Yolande, gave Luo An a $50,000 thank-you payment and a $100,000 hush fee.
All of them add up to about US$262,500.
In addition, there is also the US$1 million thank-you payment promised by Darren and his wife, of which Luo An can get at least US$300,000.
Adding these, Luo An already had $562,500 in money, enough to buy the apartment.
Of course, there is also the tax problem in the United States, which cannot be solved except by death and taxes.
But Luo An didn't panic, he could just go back and find a suitable accountant, and those accountants would help him handle the tax issues.
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The next day, Saturday.
Roan climbed up on the sofa in the living room of Veranith's apartment. After briefly doing some personal hygiene, he took a taxi to the Jacobs Federal Building.
Originally, the FBI was not working on Saturdays and weekends, but since the Darrens agreed to pay their thanks today, there was no reason why everyone from Investigation Team 5 should not come.
Of course, Lacey didn't come. She was still guarding Lydia at Veranith's house until the bailiff came and took Lydia away.
Veranith didn't come to the federal building either. She drove directly to Washington in the morning. Luo An felt that the person behind her was chatting with her.
"Good morning! Roan!"
"Good morning!"
Entering Investigation Team No. 5, before August arrived, all the agents greeted Luo An enthusiastically, and Luo An was stuffed with a lot of breakfast and drinks in his arms.
Sitting at his desk, Luo An had a big smile on his face.
Sure enough, the soup was not in vain.
"You came quite early, Luo An."
After Luo An ate a packet of breakfast, Mona also arrived at the No. 5 Investigation Team.
After she sat down in her seat, she immediately turned to look at Luo An and asked with a serious expression:
"Roan, where is my laptop?"
"?"
Hearing Mona's words, Luo An blinked and didn't react for a moment.
After thinking for a long time, I remembered that Mona was talking about the computer that was smashed by Mr. Darren in anger.
"Put the computer aside for now, Mona."
After swallowing the coffee in his mouth, Luo An pulled Mona into the team leader's office. Under the various looks of the agents, he also locked the door of the team leader's office.
After a moment of silence, the office area of Investigation Team No. 5 suddenly started to buzz with whispers.
In the team leader's office, Mona frowned, stared at Luo An, and spoke in a serious tone:
"Luo An, what do you want to do?"
"I got some news about your father yesterday."
Ignoring Mona, who was in a defensive posture, Luo An casually pulled up a chair, sat in front of her, and told her about his father, Javari Evans, being investigated by the CIA. The NSA could not find any clues, so it targeted Mo. Na told the other party the complete news.
After Luo An finished narrating, Mona's eyes were slightly red, and after a long silence, she whispered:
"I understand, Roan, thank you very much."
Hearing something was wrong in the other party's voice, Luo An did not ask about the private affairs between Mona and his father, but said in a deep voice:
"According to regulations, I must report the fact that FBI agents are under surveillance to team leader Augustus.
But before that, I still have to ask about your attitude. If you refuse, I can..."
"No, report it, Luo An, I'm fine."
Mona took a deep breath, suppressed all the emotions in her heart, and looked up at Luo An:
"I'm fine, trust me, I will make it clear to Augustus."
"you sure?"
"I am sure."
Seeing Mona's firm attitude, Luo An nodded and stopped persuading. When he was about to turn around and leave, Mona suddenly stepped forward and hugged Luo An, whispering:
"Thanks."
Without waiting for Luo An to answer, Mona let go of her arms again, took a deep breath, opened the door to the team leader's office and walked out.
Luo An's eyelids moved slightly and he followed Mona out of the office.
As soon as they returned to their respective workstations, Mona suddenly turned around and looked at him with a serious expression:
"Roan, where is my laptop?"
Luo An's mouth twitched, is this a card?
Seeing Luo An's expression was a little strange, Mona hummed twice and said directly:
"I already know that Darren broke my computer. I also know that he promised to give us ten computers as compensation, but you changed the subject yesterday and deceived me. So the laptop will arrive in the account in a few days. It belongs to you. The computer is mine."
Luo An was stunned: "...I just told you..."
"Those are two things, Roan."
Mona waved her hand, indicating that one code would be one code:
"Yesterday you changed the subject and hid the fact that my computer was smashed, so your computer belongs to me.
I appreciate you for today's message, so how about I treat you to dinner tonight? To the restaurant or to my house? I just recently learned a new dish. "
After a moment of silence, Luo An asked tentatively: "What about after eating?"
Mona had a serious expression and crossed her hands on her chest: "NO, I'm not feeling well these days."
"..."
Luo An was just about to ask Mona when she was feeling well. Augustus, who had a big belly and a smile on his big black face, suddenly walked in from the door of Investigation Team No. 5.
Augustus, who waved the two checks in his hand and smiled so brightly that his molars could be seen, announced loudly:
"The thank you money for Mr. Darren and Ms. Sabina has arrived. Please wait for the bonuses to be distributed!"
After a second of silence, the entire No. 5 investigation team suddenly burst into joy, and everyone gave Luo An their warmest applause.
"Well done, Roan!"
Augustus walked up to Luo An, slapped him hard on the shoulder, praised him a few times, and then pulled him into the team leader's office.
After sitting down, Augustus took out one of the checks and handed it to Luo An. After taking it, Luo An looked at the 500,000 US dollars on it, and his eyes lit up.
"500,000 will go to you, and the remaining 500,000 will go to the investigation team. This is what Mr. Darren specifically told me before."
August looked at Luo An with great satisfaction. The more he looked at him, the more he felt that he had a bit of his own style back then. Then he took out a bunch of car keys and a business card from his pocket and handed it to Luo An:
"This is the Chevrolet car that Ms. Sabina gave you privately, and her business card.
At the same time, she also asked me to ask you if you want to attend the banquet she held tonight. If you don't go, forget it. If you go, you will be in for a surprise. "
Luo An: "..."
Thinking of the image of Sabina holding Darren in tears while her fingers were hooked on hers, Luo An twitched the corners of his mouth and decisively shook his head to reject the invitation to attend the banquet.
He was afraid that he would die from exhaustion at the party.
Seeing Luo An shaking his head in refusal, Augustus didn't say much.
Luo An wanted to give Augustus an overview of what happened last night, but Augustus said that Veranith had informed him and that the incident would be treated as if it had never happened from now on. Luo An decisively changed the subject. This is the problem of Mona being targeted by the NSA.
Before Luo An left the office, Augustus said solemnly:
"Luo An, you have a good rest these two days over the weekend. Starting next Monday, you must seize the time to solve the [Lake Female Corpse Serial Murder Case]. If you are sure that you can't solve it, tell me immediately, OK? This time you will be in the limelight. It's a bit big, someone is already targeting you..."
Hearing this, Luo An narrowed his eyes slightly, tilted his head and said to Augustus:
"I understand, sir, please don't worry."
Augustus was relieved when he saw this, nodded and finally said:
"By the way, call Mona here when you go out."
Luo An paused and frowned slightly. Just as he was about to say something, August saw his expression and said directly:
"Don't worry, Luo An, Mona is from the FBI and is a member of my No. 5 Investigation Team. It's not the NSA's turn to intervene in her matter, but I need to know some inside information to help her."
Luo An breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "Thank you, sir."
Without saying anything else, Luo An turned around and left the team leader's office. Augustus looked down at Mona's identity information in the folder, his eyes flashed, and he whispered to himself:
"CIA, NSA..."
After returning to his work station, Luo An motioned to Mona to go to the team leader's office, while he took the relevant information about the "Lake Corpse Serial Murder Case" from Ryder's desk and began to look at it carefully.
