The Los Angeles Corporation was established, and its territory covered the new city area of the former Jewish Gang, the old city area of the North Shore Gang, and the Hollywood area of the Bill Gang. It can be said that it occupied three-quarters of Los Angeles, and these areas were the best places in Los Angeles.
As for the Mexican gang, these guys are like rats, originally only active in slums, while the Chinese gang is more pure and only active around Chinatown.
Today's Los Angeles is undoubtedly the king of Los Angeles.
Bill and Hardy talked in the office about how Los Angeles will develop in the future. Hardy had a clear idea about the future development of the gang.
"Los Angeles, from now on, the gray industry will be the main focus, the black industry will be kept as low-key as possible, the violent industry will never be involved, and drugs will never be involved," said Hardy.
"Boss, what are the gray, black and violent industries? Please explain clearly."
"Gray is a little bit shady, but it's still legal, such as operating a real estate company, operating an earthwork, a wood processing plant, operating a bar or nightclub, renting out a city's garbage disposal, operating a transportation business, etc."
Bill scratched his head and said, "Boss, I can understand the real estate and transportation industries, but why do you want to run a garbage disposal business? Does that business make money?"
Money-making mom?
Hardy really wanted to tell him that this business could be very profitable if done well.
"I'll simply tell you how to do this business, and you'll know whether it's profitable or not."
"By collecting urban garbage, we can get garbage disposal subsidies from the government. This money is enough to support the daily expenses of a garbage disposal company."
"We can also collect money from residents. You have to pay for throwing away garbage, it's only natural. If you want to throw away large items, haha, then you have to pay according to the weight, which is another source of income."
"The real money is made in the back. Among these garbage, there are scrap copper and iron, paper, discarded clothes and shoes, scrapped furniture, etc.
Take Los Angeles for example. It has a population of 1.6 million and is the second largest city in the United States. It produces about 2,000 tons of garbage every day.”
"We only need to hire a few hundred workers, some of whom will drive around the streets collecting rubbish, and some of whom will sort the rubbish. About one-tenth of the rubbish can be recycled."
"Two thousand tons of garbage every day means 200 tons of recyclable materials. This is just one day. Calculate how much there is in a month, how much there is in a year. These things can be sold at a good price to waste recycling companies, or even sold abroad."
Bill finally understood and found that this was definitely a very profitable business.
"But there are already two garbage disposal companies in Los Angeles. Will we still get business if we enter now?" Bill asked.
Hardy smiled softly.
"Have you forgotten who you are? You can use some tricks, like stealing their garbage trucks and dumping the garbage into the bay, and then have reporters expose the incident. In the end, the city government will pursue the responsibility, and the company will not be able to continue operating. Then you can negotiate with them about acquiring it."
Bill's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Boss, you are worthy of being the boss. This is a great idea."
The two then talked about the black business.
Black businesses are the most traditional businesses of gangs, including prostitution, gambling, drugs, smuggling, money laundering, etc.
What Hardy meant was that apart from drugs, everything else could continue. Gambling was the biggest source of income for the Bills' Gang before. Slot machines were spread all over the Jewish Gang and the Bills' Gang territories, bringing in more than two million dollars in revenue each year. In the future, they could be spread to the North Shore Gang's territory, and this income would increase again.
Having occupied the turf of the Jewish Gang and the North Shore Gang, Los Angeles now has six casinos, a horse racing track and a dog racing track, all of which are good businesses.
As for the brothels, there are now three of them, and Hardy's idea is to integrate the business, retrain the women and improve the quality of the places.
Hardy said to Bill, "We don't touch drugs in this business. It's not because I care about the health of drug users, but because the side effects of drugs on the government are too great. The government is quite opposed to this business now."
"Another point is that, in my opinion, the profit from drugs is only a few times. Maybe this is enough to drive other gangs crazy, but it's nothing to me."
"Since the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, then give it up."
"We can engage in these black industries, and they won't affect other people's interests too much, but we just have to keep a low profile."
Then let’s talk about the violent industry. The so-called violent industry refers to robbery, kidnapping, extortion, human trafficking, and gun smuggling.
These industries are too hated. If the Los Angeles Gang wants to develop in the long run, it cannot exacerbate the problem and make the people disgusted and fear it, just like the North Shore Gang before. After its demise, the people of Los Angeles applauded, and this is because he was so unpopular on a daily basis.
After saying this, Bill suddenly remembered something and asked, "Boss, there is still a Mexican gang in Los Angeles. Should we destroy them?"
Hardy waved his hands.
"I've thought about your question a long time ago. Don't touch them. Leave them alone. If there are good gangs and bad gangs in a city, people will only hate the bad gangs and will be very tolerant of the good gangs."
"But if only the good gang is left, people will only point their spearheads at the good gang, and then it will become difficult for the good gang to survive."
Hardy used the simplest language to tell Bill a profound truth.
"But, if you have nothing to do, you can give him a beating." Hardy showed a sly smile on his face.
"How to knock?"
"Before, the drug market in Los Angeles was divided into three parts by the Spanish Gang, the North Shore Gang, and the Mexican Gang. Later, the Spanish Gang was wiped out by us, and only the North Shore Gang and the Mexican Gang remained in the market. The North Shore Gang even had a larger market share, accounting for about 60%."
Bill nodded. "That's true."
"Now that we have wiped out the North Shore Gang and Los Angeles is no longer involved in drug business, what do you think will happen to the drug market?"
Bill thought for a moment and said, "The market is short of supply and prices will soar. The Mexican gang will frantically expand their drug business during this period because there is such a big market waiting for them. They can't help but work hard to make money."
"That's a good analysis, so this is also an opportunity for us. We can hit the Mexican gang and make some money at the same time." Hardy said with a smile.
"How?" Bill still didn't understand.
"You forgot that we robbed Spain of a batch of goods a long time ago. That batch of goods was 300 kilograms. At the current price, it can definitely be sold for more than 1 million. We can find someone to sell this batch of goods to the Mexicans."
Bill understood a little.
But after hearing what Hardy said next, Bill realized that he was completely wrong.
"Find someone who can talk to them and sell them this batch of goods. We take the money and retreat. Then we can send the police and HD patrol team to kill them directly. It means we make money and the police crack down on a large-scale drug trafficking case. It's like killing two birds with one stone. But remember, only torture them and don't kill them."
Bill licked his lips.
Boss, this move is really vicious.
They take your money and are ready to take your life.
"Let Victor do this. Find him some new people to work with. His greatest skill is to deceive people. He can just say that this batch of goods came from France."
Victor is the French scammer who once cheated Han Ye-jin out of $100,000.
"There's no rush about this matter. Let's take our time. The police station has just gotten a big credit and they haven't digested it yet. Let's give them the credit in a month or two." Hardy said with a smile.
Actually, although Ed was threatened by Bill, he was also quite happy. If it weren't for Los Angeles, he wouldn't have achieved so many credits.
"Boss, what are you going to do in Las Vegas?" Bill asked again.
Hardy thought of Siegal and Fred, and his face became serious. "After I have arranged things in Los Angeles, I will go to Las Vegas tomorrow. The bodies of Siegal and Fred are still in the refrigerator. I will arrange for their burial."
"As for the Las Vegas issue, the situation is still unclear and we will have to see how it goes."
"Then boss, you have to be careful when you go there. Maybe that place has been controlled by a mafia family." Bill said.
"I know. You also have to be careful here. The Irish might retaliate. After all, we killed Raymond's military advisor David. Tell your men to be more alert and pay attention to any suspicious situations." Hardy ordered.
"I will, boss."