This was the document David had meticulously examined with his "golden finger" yesterday, obtained after an all-night operation through the Ninglin Branch Office.
David took it and passed it over to the person sitting across from him, Mr. Lawson.
Mr. Lawson, however, was somewhat bewildered and asked, "What is this?"
"You could open it and take a look, but as a friendly reminder, if I were you, I wouldn't open it, I would accept the previous proposal," David replied.
Lawson's expression turned serious, his intuition telling him that the envelope likely contained something detrimental to him.
Yet for him to simply agree to David's proposal, that was impossible.
In the end, after a mental struggle, Lawson still took the envelope, opened it, and began to examine the documents inside.
As he took in the contents, his face went from shock, to disbelief, and then to ash.
"Where did you get all these from?" he demanded.
He couldn't possibly tell the voters and the public that after a tiring campaign speech in Reno City, he ordered a Bunny Girl to relax his muscles in the evening and conveniently charged it to the campaign funds, claiming it was a legitimate expense.
"Mr. Lawson, as I said earlier, I came here with sincerity. Otherwise, if I did as Governor Stevenson suggested, would you still be able to attend this academic lecture today?" David questioned.
"These documents in your hands, they haven't fallen into Stevenson's possession, have they?" Lawson inquired urgently.
"What do you think? Of course not!" David answered.
Lawson felt a slight relief upon hearing this; as long as the information didn't reach Stevenson, everything was negotiable.
He then replied, "You mentioned joining forces to hit back at Stevenson. I'm a little interested now. What do you have in mind?"
Lawson knew that if he didn't agree, with the information David held, a public revelation would instantly ruin him.
And agreeing to join forces against Stevenson, though it would introduce instability to his current situation, at least he wouldn't end up disgraced or in prison.
Being a shrewd man, he would certainly make a calculated decision.