Chapter 183 The Promised Land
After a whistle, the door of the van was blasted open.
Then one, two, three... more than twenty people rushed out in a flash.
The weapons in their hands were also varied, but they were all guns.
The aggressive honey badger and crow came to a sudden halt.
Even the servants who followed them felt their legs weaken. With the black muzzle of a gun pointing at them, no matter how sharp the knife in their hands was, it was useless.
"Who are you?" Crow forced himself to calm down.
"We?" Ratan chuckled. "Ah, yes, we haven't introduced ourselves yet."
He fiddled with the pistol for a few moments and raised his eyelids. "Sul, from Varanasi."
"This is Mirzapur, you have crossed the border." The honey badger hissed.
"No, no, no," Ratan waved his pistol. "From today on, that place, that place, and that place all belong to us."
He pointed at several hills outside the village with his pistol, looking casual, as if he was ordering food.
"That's the Casa family's territory, it has been theirs for generations!" The honey badger was so angry that he wanted to draw his gun.
Click, click, the dense sound of gun bolts froze his hand in mid-air.
"Be careful of accidental discharge." Ratan reminded him with a smile.
"Are you going to go to war with Mirzapur?" Crow's face turned even darker.
"Start a war?" Ratan's face turned strange, and then he couldn't stop laughing.
"you"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Three gunshots rang out, and the scene was silent.
Ratan lowered his arms and looked at the crow with disdain, "What qualifications do you have to represent Mirzapur?"
With a bang, the knife in the hand of a servant opposite fell to the ground.
The honey badger's fat face kept shaking, and the crow seemed to have its throat strangled.
Ron patted Latan's shoulder and took two steps forward.
"I'm sure you've already received the expropriation documents for Lucknow. There will be a cement plant here in the future, and that's relevant to the Minister's strategic development plan."
"No, we can't do this. The government didn't give us any compensation. That's Kasa's land." The honey badger protested stubbornly.
"That has nothing to do with us," Ron shrugged. "But since this is our first meeting, I can offer you 200,000 rupees as compensation. You can leave all the things in the mine and the workers behind."
"You've gone too far!" The crow trembled with anger.
"Okay, forget what I just said." Ron took a step back.
Ratan stepped forward and tapped Crow's thin face with his pistol. "Listen, in a week. Either you leave, or I send you away."
He waved his hand and led everyone into the car. Then, ignoring the angry looks from the honey badger and the crow, he drove away with the roar of the engine.
"What are you going to do?" the honey badger asked the crow.
Although both of them have the surname Kasa, they are not blood brothers, and those hills are the crows' territory.
"We need to get more guns. We can't let the people of Varanasi run wild here." The crow said hatefully.
He believed that the reason he suffered a loss today was due to insufficient firepower. There were still about twenty people, but only two pistols.
He and Honey Badger usually act like tyrants in the village and have no need for things like pistols.
Who knew there would be such a big commotion today? If they had each had a gun, the people of Varanasi would never have dared to humiliate him like this.
"Go find Kalinbai? He's the only one who can get arms." asked the honey badger.
"That's also a vicious wolf, the vicious wolf of Mirzapur." The crow hesitated.
"Or I could contact some policemen, but they're too expensive. Kalimbai's stuff is cheap, 1,500 rupees a bunch."
"Buy it! I'll go and negotiate in person." Crow gritted his teeth.
The two beasts left with their people cursing, and the teahouse returned to peace again.
"There will be no peace in Kana Village." The tea shop owner walked out cautiously and looked around.
"Are they going to fight?" Muna also stuck his head out.
Bang! The tea shop owner slapped him on the back of the head.
"It's a gunfight! Someone's going to die!"
Muna grimaced and shrank his head, a frightened expression on his face, but he was actually very happy in his heart.
Fight! Let’s fight!
It would be best if the Brahmin master won, as he gave me a reward. Everyone wanted those two beasts dead.
"Those two landlords seem very unwilling." In the car, Ron fiddled with the Beretta pistol curiously.
"If they were smart, they would have packed up and left at this point."
Ratan is not a pushover. If Ron hadn't been here today, a fight might have started long ago.
"When it comes to business, we can't just keep shouting about violence. If we kill someone on our first visit to Mirzapur, the people here will definitely not welcome us."
"That's how you have to be in the East, like me in the hemp business."
"Stop, stop, stop. We are building a cement factory. We don't need to fight with people every day."
"Ron, you just don't do your job."
"I promised Yadav that no one would die and nothing would be published in the newspapers."
"So many people die every day in Uttar Pradesh. Have you seen the newspapers?"
"But we won't be caught, so we'll keep a low profile until our cement plant is built."
Alas, it seems that the Suer family also needs to speed up the expansion of its influence.
Whether it is the gun, the money in hand, or the influence, they must be strengthened in all aspects.
The cement factory is the first step. It brings not only wealth, but also the improvement of soft power in terms of personal connections and reputation.
"Don't worry, I won't take action until I know their background clearly." Ratan stared at the tributary of the Ganges outside the window boredly.
"What do you mean?" Ron was stunned.
"I left a few people in Mirzapur," Ratan shook his neck, "to make sure those two guys don't have any troublesome connections."
"So that's why you deliberately said a week later?"
"No, I just have to accompany a girl to celebrate her birthday these days, so I don't have time."
Well, Ron shouldn't have expected anything from his brain.
"By the way, I haven't seen your movie yet. I'm planning to take Dingpi with me."
"Dimpy? Your girlfriend?"
"Right away, tell me, is this movie suitable for couples?"
"Well, that's perfect. It's best to choose a cinema with a hotel nearby."
"Wow! It's so popular, no wonder Uttar Pradesh is full of reports about this movie now."
"Hymn to Durga Puja" has been doing very well in Uttar Pradesh. Without any obstacles from the Film Censorship Board, the film was shown in all the cinemas.
The only bad thing was that the news of the girl being raped caused some controversy.
However, this did not make the movie a cold reception, but instead attracted more people to the cinema.
It must have been a very exciting scene to make the police unable to resist attacking the girl who called the police.
Well, that's how bizarre it was. As the story spread, it became known that the policeman watched the movie and then couldn't help but attack the girl.
What’s even more bizarre is the case closure announcement from the Varanasi Police Station, which states that the suspect has been arrested!
That’s right, several other suspects in the room took the blame.
No, they are not to blame, after all, they really did it!
You dare to say you didn't do it? The evidence is irrefutable!
The police officers took the first bite, and the suspects finished the job. Ultimately, they were responsible for the largest amount of DNA extracted from the girl.
Outrageous! The Uttar Pradesh police are handling the case with half truths and half lies.
In the end, the state police even awarded medals to those police officers as a reward for subduing the suspect on the spot.
What can Ron say? Uttar Pradesh is a land of outstanding people and beautiful scenery!
He has become numb and is more concerned about how much profit "Hail to the Goddess of the Underworld" can bring him.
"It's a no-brainer. It grossed over 16 million rupees in the first week. It's a huge profit!"
"Hey, I told you a long time ago that Lena and I are good at this." Mary even started drinking red wine.
"That's right, we are the queens of Bollywood!" Lena cheered and raised her glass.
They were very happy and excited, and they spent almost all their savings on this movie.
It is now clear that the movie is going to make a lot of money, and the excitement of becoming a rich man is enough to make people scream out loud.
Ron didn't join in the two drunks' revelry. He was still looking at the theater report in his hand.
Once a movie is released, the money is actually recovered very quickly because the audience pays in cash.
The people Ron and Balam sent to the countryside also took away a share of the box office revenue after each show.
On the contrary, the share of profits from cinemas in several major cities in the north is still being settled and is expected to arrive in a few days.
But it doesn't matter, it doesn't affect Ron's calculation of his own profits.
The box office revenue was 16 million, and as the producer, he took 60%, which was 9.6 million rupees.
After deducting Balam's 10% profit as the issuer, there is still 8.64 million left.
This money is not subject to tax in Uttar Pradesh and is net profit.
Oh, no, according to the investment ratio, Mary and Lena will take one third.
The two of them knew Ron very well, but one thing is for another.
Ron is never stingy when it comes to giving money that should be given.
More than 5.7 million rupees, easily put into the pocket.
This is just the first week, and Uttar Pradesh will contribute a lot to the box office later. Then Bihar and Rajasthan will follow.
Issuers from other regions will also come here on the news. Even if they cannot adopt the profit-sharing model, they can still sell the issuing rights at a good price.
Ron had little experience, but he called Shiv, who estimated that "Hymn to Durga Puja" could gross over 50 million rupees.
For Indian films, the first week is crucial, as these seven days determine the box office performance of the film.
If the response is not good, other states where the film has not been released will be affected. Obviously, "Hymn to Durga Puja" has made a good start.
Uttar Pradesh is indeed Ron’s promised land!
If the box office really reaches 5,000, after deducting the entertainment tax from other states, he might be able to earn 20 to 30 million rupees this time.
Sur Electric has been shipping products like crazy over the past six months. How much profit has it made so far?
Less than 40 million!
A low-budget Bollywood film, shot in no more than two months, made a profit of nearly 30 million!
The entertainment industry is indeed extremely profitable.
You could try to turn your bicycle into a BMW, but of course, you could also lose everything.
This is a dangerous game and you can't guarantee that you will win every time.
Ron has tasted the sweetness, and he will definitely not give up Bollywood.
He wants it all: consumer electronics, entertainment, mining, and services.
"Okay, girls, it's nine o'clock in the evening. You have a flight to catch tomorrow morning, so we can probably play diego for an hour." Ron put down the report and greeted them.
"One hour is not enough. I order you to hold on for two hours!" Lena pounced on him.
"Hey, be careful." Ron caught her.
Mary and Lena have to go back to Mumbai tomorrow to deal with Bollywood matters, but Ron can't leave for the time being.
We need to keep an eye on Uttar Pradesh until the cement plant issue is settled.
Now that the rainy season is over, there are a lot of things waiting for him in Mumbai.
If it weren't for the mining business, which was related to Ron's roots, he would have returned to Mumbai long ago.
I just don't know if those two beasts are willing to give in. Tomorrow is the deadline, and he insists on having the initial plan for the mine.
PS: I have been updating continuously for a month and I can’t keep up with it anymore, so I will take a break for now.
Before the game was put on the shelves, we promised to update the game continuously until the end of March, and now we have exceeded our goal.
The next plot is going to be intense, so it needs to be written well. Thanks for your support, guys!
(End of this chapter)
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