David wasn't too surprised and turned to ask, "What about the city halls of the other 16 cities?"
"We haven't received any news yet. I think they're probably still in emergency meetings."
"In that case, help me spread the word that I'm preparing to head to Reno City soon!"
David couldn't afford to wait any longer.
During his days dealing with the city halls of Sparks and Henderson City, Brown Soros had already nearly exceeded his taxation achievements by 20 million.
Bellamy Hattie had also outdone him by 13 million.
He needed to quickly address the severe crackdown issue in various places so that he could return to focus solely on taxation achievements.
"No problem!"
Edward knew that David wanted to add fuel to the fire to force the cities to make decisions quickly, and he immediately turned around to arrange it.
It wasn't long after Edward had left that David's phone rang.
Upon checking, it was an unknown number.
After hesitating for a moment, he still answered, "This is David."
"Good afternoon, Director David. This is Cavani, director of the Elko City National Tax Bureau Nanshan District Branch."
The voice on the other end of the phone caught David off guard, but he quickly speculated about the reason and tentatively asked, "So it's Director Cavani. What can I do for you?"
"It's like this. I've heard about the situations in Sparks and Henderson City and wanted to ask when you might be coming to our Elko City, so our branch can be at your service at any time."
Hearing this, David was somewhat speechless.
For a branch director to come up with phrases like 'at your service at any time,' the attitude was indeed extremely submissive.
But on further thought, this seemed understandable.
Whether it's the West City Branch or the Valley Branch, they were all smaller branches within the National Tax Bureau system.
At this moment, an emergency meeting was being held at the city hall of this city.
Naturally, the meeting was about the major upheaval coming from Henderson City.
"Mayor Joyce, I think we can't afford to delay any longer now. Sparks and Henderson City are in complete disarray because of the crackdowns, and now that David might be coming to our Reno City next!"
"Yes, two cities have consecutively fallen into his hands. This Chief Tax Officer named David is far too ruthless. We better be cautious..."
"I think we should make a decision quickly to avoid David sneaking in unnoticed. By the time we realize it, we won't even know how we died!"
If it were only Sparks with this situation, the officials in Reno City Hall might not have been too agitated.
But now, following Sparks, another city had been dealt with.
And their Reno City, as the third-largest city in Nevada, was very likely to become the next target, which naturally had these officials terrified.
Sitting separately at the long table, Mayor Joyce, after hearing everyone's comments, didn't make any statement, his expression somewhat somber.
It wasn't that he wasn't worried about David showing up; on the contrary, he was extremely worried.
But he wanted to wait and see if the other cities would take the lead in action.
As long as another city issued directions to cancel the strict crackdown first, he could smoothly follow their lead, and it wouldn't be too passive even from the Governor's perspective.
After all, if another city surrendered first, he was merely following the course of events. The Governor couldn't just resent him for that, could he?
What Joyce didn't know was that his thoughts were the same as those of the mayors of the other 15 cities.
As the atmosphere became increasingly tense.
At that moment, a city hall staff member rushed in frantically and said, "Gentlemen, it's not good. We've just received news from Henderson City that David is preparing to head our way to Reno City!"
"What did you say!"
Upon hearing this, the already worried officials on the scene became even more panicky.
Even Mayor Joyce's face tensed up instantly.