Special Investigation Team, office area.

Luo An left the team leader’s office, picked up the desk phone, and discovered the person on the other end was John Rodriguez (Chapter 384).

On Luo An’s referral, they successfully met with Mr. Clement at the FBI headquarters in Federal District Washington.

What exactly they talked about and what conditions were exchanged, Luo An did not know. However, hearing John’s hearty laughter over the phone, Luo An knew that this trip was definitely not in vain for him.

“Then congratulations, President John.”

Luo An chuckled. In the federation, the connections between businessmen and politicians are much closer than ordinary people imagine; they help each other and also restrain each other.

When John Rodriguez was working in the CIA, Mr. Clement had no need to meet him. However, now John has transformed into the president of the Mueller Group, and there’s much more operability, Mr. Clement doesn’t mind solving some minor CIA-related troubles for John.

Hearing Luo An’s words, John Rodriguez on the other end of the phone burst into hearty laughter, humbly said a few words, exchanged pleasantries with Luo An for a moment, and finally revealed the purpose of his call:

John, John’s wife, and their daughter Kara reserved a table at a French restaurant in Los Angeles on the weekend, and wanted to invite Luo An to join them for a casual meal.

“No problem.”

Instantly understanding that the other side aimed to foster a closer relationship, and coincidentally Luo An also thought of some matters where the other side could offer help, he readily agreed with a laugh.

After further pleasantries, the two hung up the phone. John Rodriguez, far away, immediately made a call with a smile to his wife to explain the situation, while Luo An directly turned around and went back to his own team leader’s office, as he still had some unfinished work.

While handling his work, Luo An also calculated his earnings for the period.

Starting from the “Hollywood Tycoon Shooting Case” up to the “Hotel Exercise Murder Case of a Judge” handled a few days ago, Luo An had dealt with four cases in total during this period.

After solving each case, there was a $2,000 reward, and the reward was doubled for two of the cases. With a weekly salary of $1,000, Luo An’s basic earnings during this period amounted to $16,000.

After the “Hollywood Tycoon Shooting Case,” the father of the 18-year-old female assassin Rekasha O’Dell, 86-year-old “old money” Pranay O’Dell, donated $1 million to the Special Investigation Team and “purchased” stocks worth $4 million from Luo An.

That $1 million was evenly distributed among the other three people of the Special Investigation Team by Luo An, who got $250,000. Adding the $4 million, Luo An has amassed a total of $4.25 million from this case.

For the following “Villa District Girl Disappearance Case,” John Rodriguez donated $1 million to the Special Investigation Team. As usual, this money was split equally among the four team members. Besides that, John also gave Luo An a personal $3 million gratitude bonus and $2 million for facilitating a meeting with Mr. Clement.

The “Los Angeles Council Chairman Physical Split Case,” and an encountered smuggling case in between, yielded a total of $2.23 million for the Special Investigation Team. This case involved five other new agents assisting, so Luo An also shared a small portion of this money with them, and the majority of the remainder entered the Special Investigation Team’s case funding; Luo An and his three colleagues only took a small part.

Adding up the earnings for this period, Luo An’s accumulation reached $9.56 million.

Of which, $9 million was used by Luo An to buy stock in Netflix, and the remaining $560,000 was kept as reserve money for emergencies.

As for the current case that Luo An is handling, the “Hotel Exercise Sniper Case,” the profits from illegal business deals inside could not be obtained in less than a year and a half, so Luo An chose to wait patiently.

After sorting out his own gains, Luo An promptly distributed the part belonging to Mona, Michelle, and Reesi.

Looking at the folder containing her $506,000, Michelle’s gaze towards Luo An instantly brightened. Following that, Luo An’s teacup was never short of water, and except for the files that Luo An himself had to handle, no other documents ever appeared on his office desk.

When Mona saw the number, her breathing became rapid, her eyes widened, and ripples appeared. Luo An, familiar with Mona, immediately realized she could hardly contain herself. However, as this place was ultimately the office area of the Special Investigation Team, Luo An could only give her a look, signaling her to hold back for now and talk later at home.

Reesi cheered and got excited again when she saw the numbers, her usual listlessness when dealing with files disappeared instantly, and she gave Luo An a big hug, even gesturing grandly that she would cover the cost of his lunches for the next three months… for a month.

Luo An: “…”

Seeing the speechless expression on Luo An’s face, Reesi chuckled, walked behind him, and began massaging his shoulders, explaining with a smile:

“You know, I’m kind of short on money.”

Luo An turned his head with a puzzled look:

“What are you actually doing? How can you be so short of money?”

Considering Reesi’s unusually low expenses, plus her long-time earnings from the Special Investigation Team, Luo An figured her total earnings must have definitely exceeded a million.

“Um… I plan to save more money for retirement.”

Facing Luo An’s question, Reesi paused for a few seconds, then explained in a low, laughing voice:

“The chances of the federal court supporting same-sex marriage are very low, and I don’t know what the future holds, so it’s very likely I’ll be alone when I’m old, so it definitely makes sense to save more for retirement.

I plan to save money to buy a house, a car, and some insurance for retirement security.”

“…”

Watching Reesi already planning for her retirement, Luo An licked his lips and said nothing.

He remembered that not long after 2005 in his previous life, a few years later, several state courts in the federation passed laws allowing same-sex marriage, and Reesi could totally go to that state if she wanted to marry a girl.

However, Luo An couldn’t tell Reesi this, nor could he claim to have the ability to foresee the future, so he just patted her arm to show his support. In a country like the federation, it’s always good to save money.

“Thank you.”

Hearing Luo An’s support, Reesi chuckled as usual and thanked him, her gratitude towards Luo An increasing a bit more in her heart.

This was also another reason why Reesi liked staying in the Special Investigation Team and working under Luo An:

Luo An didn’t discriminate against Reesi’s orientation, he never showed any discrimination against Reesi in his words or actions, and always treated Reesi as a normal person.

This was not easy, as the federation in 2005 was still dominated by conservatism, especially in law enforcement agencies like the FBI where conservative personnel were the majority.

” You’re welcome.”

Luo An smiled and replied, he had already roughly figured out Reesi’s thoughts for a long time, didn’t plan to do anything in particular, just let things take their natural course, so he pointed to his left shoulder and said:

“Continue, put some pressure here.”

Reesi: “…”

Time quickly came to the end of the workday; on Friday evening, Luo An and Mona played a game of poker, spent Saturday resting at home, and on Sunday evening at 8:30, Luo An drove Mona, and together they were invited to the upscale French restaurant mentioned by John Rodriguez.