Chris: "Jones has already agreed, he will check his own people, and if it's not one of his men, he will help to spread the word. Anyway, we'll wait for the news. OK, let's go, there's no need to wait here anymore."
After speaking to Jimmy, Chris headed to his car, and Jimmy followed Chris out of Jones's bar.
The gang leader might not know everything, but as long as he was willing to have his men investigate, it usually yielded faster results than the police. His followers were far more numerous than the few informants the police had.
Jimmy put the matter concerning Jones aside for now, as he had already taken leave and naturally needed to tidy up his home first.
Jimmy contacted the apartment manager to change the lock on his door, then he changed his clothes, put on an apron and gloves, and started cleaning the rooms.
The apartment wasn't large, but it was a mess, with things scattered everywhere. Jimmy started with the kitchen, washing and reorganizing the kitchenware and cutlery, putting everything back in the cabinets. Then, he moved on to the living room's sofa and TV. Ah, the TV already had a hole in it, and could be directly replaced.
After organizing the living room, next was the bedroom. A pile of clothes had been scattered on the floor. Besides some clothes in the closet, many needed to be taken to the laundry room to be washed. Jimmy neatly folded the clothes that didn't need washing and put them back in the closet. The rest he packed up, planning to take them to the laundry room once the lock was installed.
A while later, the apartment manager brought a worker over to change the lock for Jimmy, and handed him the keys. Jimmy locked the door and took the clothes that needed washing to the apartment laundry room.
This public laundry room required him to wait on-site as the washing machines needed to be checked before use. A painful lesson from the past, Jimmy once had his clothes dyed by something someone else had left in the machine, forcing him to throw everything away and start anew.
After washing his clothes, Jimmy also got rid of the broken items from his home by throwing them into the trunk of his car and taking them to the dump.
The garbage disposal fee Jimmy paid for his apartment was mainly for household trash. For the broken TV and damaged furniture, he had to take them to the dump himself or find a garbage disposal service, which would cost extra.
After sorting out everything at home, the day had almost passed, and Jimmy was quite tired. The key issue was that this kind of cleaning was really irritating. There was still no news from Detective Chris, probably because Jones hadn't found anyone yet, so Jimmy could only continue waiting.
After dinner, Jimmy took a taxi to Justin's bar to unwind. With so many recent frustrations, he didn't want to sit at home and sulk; he'd rather go out for a drink.
When Jimmy arrived at the bar, Justin was as usual, busily working in his bartender outfit behind the bar.
Jimmy: "Hey, Justin. Good evening, give me a glass of Whiskey."
Justin: "Hey, Jimmy, long time no see." Justin poured the drink for Jimmy and handed it to him.
Justin: "You seem to be in a bad mood, what's up?"
Jimmy: "I've been incredibly unlucky lately. Last night, someone broke into my place and turned it upside down, and I lost some important things."
Justin glanced at the people by the bar and said to Jimmy: "Let's go to the private room."
Jimmy followed Justin to the private room, where Justin asked Jimmy: "What did you lose? Cards and gold coins?"
Jimmy shook his head: "No, the gold coins and cards are safe in the safe house; I wouldn't keep them at home. The most important things I lost were two guns, one a legally registered revolver of mine, the other a 92F with a silencer I got in Memphis; I thought it was great, so I kept it. Seems like that was a mistake."
Justin: "Yeah, it seems you still lack experience. You shouldn't keep illegal items at home, or at least need a proper way to hide them to ensure they are not discovered.
And, if I remember correctly, you should have quite a bit of money, why not buy a house? You could thoroughly alter the interior space, maybe even add a basement, which would be much safer than living in an apartment."
Jimmy shrugged: "I hadn't thought about that before. Everyone in my apartment knows I'm a police officer. Ever since I revealed my identity, not even one theft has occurred, I was too careless.
As for my money, well, I recently put it into the stock market through a firm, and now I'm basically broke again."
Justin: "WTF! You put all the money I helped you launder into the stock market? Withdraw it fast, whether it's our identities or you being a police officer who's only been working for two years, putting large sums of money into the stocks is not safe. What were you thinking?"
Jimmy: "It's not that serious, I still have a company in my name."
Justin: "When someone investigates your company, they'll find it's just a shell company, then what? You want to leave a dark history?
Large sums of money moving in and out are inherently unsafe. What you should be doing is setting up several shell companies or registering companies in the Cayman Islands to hold your main company, moving the assets around, to be able to use them normally."
Jimmy: "I'm getting dizzy, haven't you already cleaned the cash?"
Justin: "It's complicated, look, for all of us, take my advice and pull the funds back, I'll introduce someone to help you sort out the company structure. Free of charge. OK?"
Jimmy was speechless; he was hoping to profit from the anticipated stock market crash caused by an upcoming disaster in a few days. Now, withdrawing them meant not only missing out on potential gains but possibly incurring substantial fees as well.
Jimmy: "Can we wait a bit? Withdrawing now would cause a significant loss."
Justin waved his hand dismissively: "That loss is nothing compared to safety. Think about it, really think about it. You've only been in this for a short while and have already accumulated so much money; that loss can be quickly recovered. But once you draw attention, the risk of exposure is substantial. You don't want to be investigated, do you?"
Jimmy pondered tiresomely and eventually decided to follow Justin's advice. When it came to finance and corporate structure, Jimmy was a complete novice; he simply wanted to ride the chaotic waves of the event without really getting his hands on any fish, and now it was just a matter of not getting hurt either.
Jimmy: "OK, I'll contact the firm tomorrow to see how to proceed."
Justin: "That's the best thing to do. I'm not stopping you from making money, but I want all the money you earn to be clean on the surface, so your identity will withstand scrutiny. You're still young, you have higher places to reach."
Jimmy nodded, setting aside Justin's possible ulterior motives; at least from his current attitude towards Jimmy, he could feel that Justin harbored no ill intentions towards him for the time being.