"The second thing is that there have been constant conflicts between other gangs and us recently, which has affected our normal business. Some places are obviously short of manpower."

"Payne and I have made a decision to increase the share of the business from 10% to 15%, so that you can have enough money to recruit subordinates."

Many leaders showed joy on their faces.

Don't underestimate this 5%, it's a considerable income.

"The third one!"

Fred held up his last finger.

"Before, your own business and the gang split the profits 40% to 60%. I decided to increase this ratio to 30% to 70%."

Now the leader sitting below looked even happier.

The Jewish gang's daily business includes underground casinos, loan sharking, smuggling, controlling bars and nightclubs, sharing drug profits with Spanish gangs, etc., but they are not involved in anything else.

The rest,

Gang members can find other jobs to make money on their own.

Theft, robbery, kidnapping, extortion, arms trade, smuggling, debt collection, control of the black market, etc.

In short, they do almost everything that is prohibited by the criminal law.

Now the share is increased by 10%, which is good news for everyone.

Some people say,

Why should you share your business with a gang?

Because the gang protected you.

When you do these businesses, you are using the platform and resources of the gang. Otherwise, who do you think you are to be able to do those transactions well?

Finally, Fred said:

"There are gang conflicts now, so we need to increase our strength and give you more profits, which means you can hire more people. Only when we are stronger can we better deal with the crisis."

On the way back.

Ryder drove.

Hardy sat quietly in the back seat, thinking.

Now there is a gang crisis.

But it was definitely an opportunity for him.

A great time to grow.

As the car drove by, there were busy streets and tall buildings on both sides. Los Angeles in the 1940s was already full of tall buildings and heavy traffic, appearing to be very prosperous.

There are ports, oil, population, and the world-famous Hollywood.

Los Angeles is definitely the pearl of the West Coast.

In Hardy's eyes,

He is a treasure, a gold mine.

Back at Bill's house, he called his brothers together and they all sat down in the living room.

"Henry, Matthew, Neil, Leo, you have been investigating for a week. Have you found any useful information?" Hardy asked.

Henry looked at the others.

"I'll go first. Matthew and I went to the Irish territory. They are very powerful there. People in the neighborhood are very afraid of them. They are engaged in business, drug trafficking, gambling, brothels, smuggling, lending, debt collection, theft, robbery, protection fees, kidnapping, extortion, bars, nightclubs, cigarette and alcohol trafficking, antique black market, money laundering, arms trafficking, human trafficking, smuggling...

It covers almost all the businesses that the mafia can be involved in.”

"The Irish have more than 300 official members, and even more peripheral members. They are very powerful. Due to the short time, Matthew and I only had time to visit some of them, such as their bars and nightclubs, casinos, and brothels."

Hardy felt a little complaining in his heart.

Going to Jiyuan to gather intelligence, are you doing it for investigation or for fun?

"Any information on gang conflict?" Hardy asked.

"have!"

"We actually found out something. A few days ago, the Spanish gang's boss Dani brought his military advisors to the Irish Hoffman Bar and met with the Irish boss Hami Weiss."

Hardy's heart moved.

The time Henry was talking about was shortly after he killed Cook.

It was also from that period that the Jewish gang began to encounter frequent troubles.

Big Ivan and his friends came to the Bunny Girl Bar to cause trouble after being instigated by the Spaniards.

Hardy looked at Neil and Leo.

"What have you learned from your investigation of the Spanish?"

Neil reported it immediately.

"The main businesses of the Spanish gang are cocoa powder, casinos, underground boxing rings, loan sharks and brothels. Among them, the drug business is the largest. It can be said that the Spanish in Los Angeles are the largest drug dealers, surpassing the Irish and Mexicans."

"We also learned some of the information Henry just mentioned. During this period, Dani, the boss of the Spanish gang, met with the Irish and Mexicans, and his military advisors also met with the Russians and Poles."

"We even contacted Tangren, but the boss of Tangren was not in Los Angeles and the trip never took place. It was more than a month ago."

Spanish again.

Hardy is now almost certain that the conflict between the gangs in Los Angeles was most likely instigated by the Spaniards.

This matter can also be said to have a lot to do with him.

He killed Cook.

The conflict was completely intensified, and the Spaniards began to connect with other gangs to deal with the Jewish gang.

Of course,

He didn't think Dani was doing this for revenge for Cook, but more for profit.

After Hardy sorted out his thoughts, he had already made up his mind, "Brothers, we are very short of money now, and there are many places to spend money. I decided to do something big. Are you willing?"

The guys immediately perked up when they heard this.

What they lack most now is money.

The total profit from delivering alcohol to the bar is only more than a thousand yuan a week. There is nothing left after feeding a group of people.

Neil's wife is still in the hospital. The medical bills are a huge sum of money. Hardy has sold all his gold watches before, and there are still a lot of medical bills to come.

Richard needs to take medicine for his eyes all the time, and he also wants to make money to make a prosthetic eye, which also requires a lot of money.

Matthew is still on bail and his case is not over yet. The best solution is to compensate the other party for mediation and completely resolve the problem.

There are others,

It's all about making money and improving life.

When they heard Hardy say that he was going to do something big, they all became excited.

"Boss, are we robbing a bank or a money transport?" Matthew asked excitedly.

Many people's idea of ​​a big hit is robbing banks and money trucks.

"No bank robbery, no money transport truck robbery." Hardy shook his head.

The bank's security system is too strong, the vault door is very troublesome, and the amount of cash on the money transport truck is actually very limited. Hardy once noticed that in this era, a money transport truck only carries 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars.

Twenty or thirty thousand dollars was definitely a huge sum of money in 1945, but Hardy still felt it was too little.

It will also attract great attention from the society and the police will be very effective in investigating the case.

Gains do not compensate for losses.

"So what do we do?"

Hardy smiled and said, "Rob the Spanish."

"There are only a few dollars on the money transport truck, at most tens of thousands of dollars. The Spanish casinos and loan sharks have a lot of cash, definitely more than on the money transport truck, and the security is much more lax than in bank vaults and money transport trucks."

Now the two sides have become enemies.

Hardy prepares to attack the Spaniards.

Black eats black.

The police and the government will just turn a blind eye and no one will investigate further.

Hadi looked at his men and gave them orders:

"Richard, Henry, Matthew, Neil, Leo, and Chris, you are all strangers. Go and investigate where the Spanish Gang has the most money. I want accurate information. We will make a plan after collecting the intelligence." Hardy said.

"Okay~!"

Several people responded at the same time.

They had no fear of robbing gangs, only excitement.