Facts have proved that the mutual aid association is indeed mysterious enough. In the following months, Kai used many connections, but both the military and the FBI were confused about the mutual aid organization. After all, Kai could provide too little information. More importantly, the mutual aid organization rarely held public activities. , and the targets they choose to commit crimes are too random. It is difficult for even the police to find cases related to mutual aid among the thousands of homicides across the United States.
Of course, this is something to talk about later. Now, Kai has other things to worry about. He has to go to an appointment.
A date with a top tycoon.
The patriarch of the Dutton family - John Dutton.
John Dutton is a giant among American farmers and owns the largest Dutton Farm in the United States. To be a farm, to reach the level of the Dutton family is to reach the pinnacle. It can even be said that the Dutton family has the pricing power for part of the agricultural products and livestock in the US market. If something happens to the Dutton family, even the entire international market will be slightly shaken.
After the assassination, in addition to causing trouble for Thomas, the only thing left for Old Dutton was to donate to Garter Town. Previously, donations were only made to the police station and previously damaged farmers. This time it was more direct. All those who were injured and sacrificed in this incident received a large donation from the Dutton Family Foundation.
As the head of the police station, there was no way Kai, as the head of the police department, could pretend he didn't know that someone else had brought things to such an extent. So after dealing with some trivial matters, Kai finally determined the time to meet with the big boss who played an important role in the entire state of Minnesota.
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Dutton Manor is more than 100 kilometers west of Windham City. It is the first farm established by the Dutton family when they first settled in Minnesota. It is also the most beautiful farm in Minnesota and even the United States. To the west of the farm is a large lake. To the north are the snow-capped mountains. Between the snow-capped mountains and the lakes are endless pastures. Every winter, a large number of livestock are driven here to spend the winter.
The Dutton family's ancestral house is here. It is a building that is still standing on the mountainside and has a history of hundreds of years. Especially because this Gothic-centered lighthouse reminds many people of the Renaissance. There are many features inside the building. Lots of amenities such as heated floors, fireplace (bathroom included), wine cellar and indoor swimming pool. The house, which also has a huge 15-acre landscaped garden, has one hundred and thirty rooms, at least two to three private cinemas, a bowling alley and a very beautiful outdoor swimming pool.
At the foot of the hill in front of the house, there is a huge racecourse. This was Old Dutton's favorite place. When he wasn't patrolling the farm, he would ride his horse and run a few laps on this racecourse every day. But today, it was not old Dutton and his favorite dark horse Ada who were galloping on the racecourse, but a young man and woman riding a strong yellow gelding horse and galloping freely on the racecourse. While the horses were galloping, the girl's lovely laughter made this snow-covered winter pasture particularly lively.
After running a few laps, the horses stopped at the entrance of the racecourse. A sturdy cowboy with a black beard stepped forward and pulled the reins of the horse, making it stand still so that the man and woman on the horse could dismount easily.
The man on the horse showed a grateful smile to the cowboy, then turned over and dismounted very neatly. After dismounting, the man stretched out his arms and gently lifted the girl off the horse.
"I didn't expect you to be so good at riding a horse. Have you ever been a cowboy before?" At this time, Beth Dutton, who had been watching outside the fence, walked in and handed a can of hot coffee to her face, which was full of excitement or coldness. blushing girl.
"No, I just studied for a while." The man said with a smile.
The girl took the hot coffee from Beth's hand very politely. Then he asked the man with a bit of expectation and a bit of embarrassment: "Kai, can you bring me here again in the future? This is the first time I know that riding a horse is so fun!"
Yes, this man is Kai. He was originally invited to visit the Dutton Manor. Unfortunately, the governor actually came to visit the old Dutton today. There was no other way, so the old Dutton had to ask his daughter to come out to greet Kai.
Kai looked at Susie helplessly. This girl was not Kelly, but Susie!
He...tui! Despicable!
But the fact is not like that. Originally, when Kai came to Dutton Manor to visit, he brought Portman and Meatball, and no one else was planned. Kelly does plan to follow, but the problem is that her mother has already prepared a Christmas trip. They are going to the warm California to spend Christmas. This is Kelly's eighteenth Christmas, and Sandra has already planned it for herself. A unique Christmas gift from my daughter.
Kelly had no intention of leaving Kai. When the girl was in the heat of love, she wanted to hang on to Kai. In the end it was Kay who persuaded Kelly to agree. First of all, eighteen years old is very important for a girl, and it is even more important for the girl's parents, because it means that the child will leave them. So Kay felt Kelly shouldn't refuse Sandra's offer.
Secondly, it's Kai's problem. This was his first time falling in love with such a young girl, she was only eighteen years old. In his previous life, Kai joined the army before going to college, so his first love came late. He had no experience. The little girl is too clingy. Kai is the kind of person who likes to have his own time. He is not used to someone following him all the time. He prefers the kind of relationship where each of them has their own private space.
But Kai didn't know how to explain this to such a girl. So simply let Sandra take her out for a Christmas, and she could relax a bit.
But unexpectedly, as soon as Kelly left, Susie came to the door.
She didn't want to spend Christmas alone.
This reason was so powerful that Kai looked at poor Susie and couldn't refuse. Indeed, such a child actually spent Christmas alone. Kai doesn't feel much about Christmas, but he also knows that foreigners attach great importance to Christmas. It feels the same as the Spring Festival in China.
Think about it, spending the Spring Festival alone... how miserable it would be.
At the same time, Kai also lamented that Susie's mother was really a jerk!
Little did he know that Susie's mother, who was far away in Minneapolis, was also very aggrieved at this time. Although she was not very responsible, she still spent Christmas with her daughter every year. The madam also has a holiday, okay?
But this year, Susie didn't know what was wrong. She had to go on a Christmas trip with her classmates... and she wouldn't be spending Christmas with her mother.
Susie and her mother only felt that Christmas night was really lonely and cold.
As for what Susie thinks...
The plan goes through!
Ah, this damn IQ!
In order to get Kai back, Susie tried her best to find all kinds of loopholes in Kelly. She also didn't expect that Kelly would actually travel during Christmas. This was simply...a God-sent opportunity!
Regarding Susie's request, Kai could only look at Beth. Although he was rich, it was a joke to want to build a farm like Dutton Manor with tens of millions of assets! Among other things, the horse Guangkai just rode was a Quarter Horse. Quarter Horses are one of the most popular horse breeds in the United States. They are one of the ten fastest animals on land. They are often used in rodeos and are known for their competitive nature, as well as in professional horseback riding and other events.
On the other hand, Kai Qi has a pure bloodline. He can trace back his bloodline and has been a champion horse for several generations! That also means it’s worth a whopping seven figures! This is just the price, the daily maintenance and trainer fees are also sky-high. Kai can't afford it!
Horse riding has been an activity only for wealthy people since ancient times. In modern society, it is even more exaggerated. Except for rich people, ordinary people cannot do it at all. Take the Dutton family's horse farm as an example. They have more than thirty horse farms and more than 2,000 horses, most of which are famous stallions, and one-tenth of them are purebreds with excellent pedigrees. Horses and Arabian horses. One breeding of these horses costs tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars!
From here we can see how rich the Dutton family is. If nothing else, the market price of these horses is astronomical.
"Of course! If you want to come, you're welcome at any time! But... these beasts are not that easy to control." The horse, which was originally led by the bearded cowboy, suddenly took a step forward and approached everyone for some unknown reason. . Then Beth suddenly took a few steps back as if she was being targeted by a beast. He seemed to be afraid of horses.
Beth's character is very similar to that of the old Dutton. She is family-oriented, tough, cunning, never gives up, and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. It can even be said that Beth is carved from the same mold as the old Dutton. Old Dutton valued this daughter very much. He even believed that when a crisis came, the person who could truly protect the family was none other than Beth.
Unfortunately, she was afraid of riding a horse, and she had no idea how to control an animal that was taller than herself.
Coupled with some things, Beth was extremely resistant to ranching, so she went to the city to run her own business.
Although I don’t understand that Beth, born in such a family, is actually afraid of horses. But upholding their privacy, neither Kai nor Susie asked.
"Well, the meeting between my father and the governor is about to end. If you want to meet the governor, I can take you there now." Beth obviously didn't intend to talk about that topic, and she quickly changed the topic to the next one. At the meeting. It was obvious that the Dutton family was very grateful to Kai for his two helpings, and they even did not hesitate to use their personal connections to introduce him to him.
Human connections are much more valuable than real money. Not to mention that the United States is not a humane society. In fact, where is there such a thing as not being humane? The upper class circle in the United States is a circle that needs favors. If you think about those examples of those who dream of entering the upper class society with their true talents and knowledge, I cannot say that there are none, but they are very rare!
I once read a joke about how great the United States is and how no one cares about how much money you have, as if the American Dream is real. Americans rarely ask how much money other people have. They prefer to ask which school they graduated from. The best way for Americans to distinguish between classes is to see which university you go to. Those top universities are the stepping stone to entering the upper class. This is also a circle! And it’s more exclusive than many people think.
If you don’t believe it, you can take a look at those political and business celebrities in the United States who graduated from top prestigious universities.
So connections are important in the United States, even more so than elsewhere.
The sincerity of the Dutton family can also be seen here.
"Forget it, I'm not used to contacting politicians." The Dutton family is willing to let Kai accept the governorship. In addition to showing sincerity, they also have other ideas, such as drawing Kai into the Dutton family's system. As long as Old Dutton introduces him to the governor, it is basically equivalent to telling others that this person is from our Dutton family.
To others, this may be nothing. A police sergeant can make a lot of money through the Dutton family, no matter how you think about it. But Kai is different. First of all, he really doesn't like politicians. Secondly, he has no intention of helping the Dutton family.
Ness was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "That's okay. I'll let Rip take you around. It's a bit big here, and you'll get lost if you're not careful."
Beth said sorry and walked towards the big house. Today, Dutton Sr. wants to introduce all the family connections to Beth and ask Beth to run for state assembly. If Beth doesn't want to take over the farm, she can go into politics and continue to contribute to the family there.
This is the first time Susie heard that you can get lost if you wander around other people's houses...
"Let's go, Dutton Manor is very beautiful in winter. It's definitely not to be missed." A cowboy named Rip pulled out a horse and took them around the farm.
Rip is the head cowboy and the imprint of the Dutton family. As mentioned before, the Dutton family has never been a kind family. Their core cowboys are all homeless people who have made mistakes. According to ancient traditions, they are branded as the Dutton family.
Dutton Farm is the home of branded people, and they will never be allowed to be bullied in this home!
This is the slogan of the Dutton family, and because of this, many outlaws and marginalized people will join the Dutton family's cowboy ranks. Don't think that the cowboys of the Dutton family are the same as ordinary cowboys. In addition to doing the work of ordinary cowboys, they also do a lot of dirty work that cannot be seen.
And Rip is the manager and leader of these cowboys.
Rip was once a juvenile delinquent. He had no family. He was brought back to the Dutton Farm by Old Dutton at an early age and taught carefully. He is a perfect cowboy, whether he is managing the entire farm or managing people, he can also complete even those shady tasks perfectly. In many cases, he even represents the will of the old Dutton.
This information was collected by Kai before.
To be honest, Kai didn't really like the Dutton family's style. Not only do they do things unscrupulously, they are simple, rough and unscrupulous! Let’s just talk about the autopsy report. In order to destroy the autopsy report, Old Dutton directly sent Rip to burn the entire morgue of the Wyndham Criminal Identification Center. When they burned the morgue again, they also The coroner who was knocked unconscious was left in the morgue. If the coroner hadn't been lucky, he would have been burned to death.
Such people are typical evil forces in China! Moreover, there is collusion between officials and businessmen, and money and power transactions. Definitely a key target.
But no matter what, this is the United States. The existence of such people is in line with the rules of the game in the United States. Even if they want to crack down, it is the business of the U.S. government. He does not have to do unnecessary things for the U.S. government.
But if he wanted Kai to get close to this family, Kai couldn't do it. If it weren't for the Dutton family's generous payment and good deeds, Kai wouldn't even be interested in visiting.
After walking around with Rip, it was time for the appointment.
Dutton Sr. is an old man who looks serious and unsmiling. He is said to be an old man, but in fact he looks very young and very imposing. At first glance, he looks like the kind of person who sticks to his word, which gives people a great sense of oppression. An out-of-the-box girl like Susie unconsciously fell silent when she saw this old man.
Old Dutton is not an all-rounded character. On the contrary, his principle of dealing with things is to be tough, just like a cowboy, and he likes to do things with a cowboy's thinking. Like so much of what he did, if you can't fix the trouble, fix the troublemaker.
There was nothing much to say in his conversation with Kai. He expressed his gratitude, but Kai just said that it was what he should do. Then Dutton Sr. introduced several of his children to him out of courtesy.
Beth needs no introduction.
The focus is on his two sons, middle son Jamie Dutton and youngest son Keith Dutton.
Jamie and Kai have nothing in common. He is a lawyer, and perhaps because his father is too strong, this Jamie always gives people a shady feeling. (Our local dialect here says that this person is unmanly, unhappy in doing things, and always likes Pili Yangqiu)
On the contrary, Kais felt good about Kais. He was not the kind of playboy Kais imagined who was always causing trouble. On the contrary, he suited Kai's taste very well. He was also born in the military. He had served in the Navy's special forces before and was the famous one. SEALs.
It's just that this Keith is similar to Kai in that he is not a talkative character.
Although Kai refused Old Dutton's solicitation, the overall atmosphere was pretty good. At least Kai liked their Mexican food.
But at this moment, a dog barking suddenly came from outside.
Old Dutton frowned, dissatisfied with the noise outside. Although Kai's status is not very high, he is kind to the Dutton family, so he is still a distinguished guest of the Dutton family. This situation is not in line with the Dutton family's rules.
But soon, Dutton Sr. had no time to care about this.
Because just now, his grandson disappeared!
