Yang Meng was having fun in the nightclub, there were few people coming today, people like Xiaoou and Ake didn't come, they were going to Longteng as sparring partners tomorrow, and Zete didn't go, saying that it was to give Yang Meng enough happy time!

This Nima is so considerate!

Isn't that fun?

The answer is: it's really fun!

When he went to the bar, there was already someone waiting for him, and it was none other than Don Field and 'Mad Dog' Manray. The latter's hand was thickly wrapped, but it did not prevent him from drinking.

"Huh?" Seeing the two of them in the nightclub, Yang Meng was confused: "Why are you together?"

Tangfeld said: "Yang, I heard that you and Man Rui have a bit of a holiday, and I am a peacemaker here." ”

"Do you know?" asked Yang Meng puzzled.

Don Field said: "It's not surprising that we know each other in such a small place as Las Vegas. In fact, we're kind of partners. That's why I'm here to be a peacemaker. ”

"Then he should know that I drive your car, how can he still provoke me?" Yang Meng sat opposite Man Rui.

Manray had an embarrassed look on his face after hearing this, he did know that it was Don Field's car, but everyone was fighting openly and secretly in this place of Las Vegas, so he wanted to take this opportunity to give Don Field some power to earn some benefits. The result is good, what does it mean to steal chickens and rice?

Looking at Man Rui's embarrassing appearance, Yang Meng didn't let him continue to be embarrassed: "Okay, he has already paid the price for his actions, so this matter is over, your hands are fine?"

Man Rui hurriedly said: "Thank you, Mr. Yang, it's really amazing! I have the determination to be disabled for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect you to cure me." ”

Yang Meng smiled: "I know, if you don't do it so resolutely, I won't help you cure." ”

Man Rui asked curiously, "Mr. Yang, I am curious to ask, what will happen to me if I don't do that?"

"I promise, you can only live in bed for the rest of your life. Well..... This is still the best-case scenario. After Yang Meng finished speaking, he suddenly laughed: "Don't look at me like that, okay? I'm just kidding, I'm a law-abiding person who won't do such cruel things!"

Even though he said it was all a joke, neither Manray nor Don Field believed him.

Are you kidding? Obey the law? Do you think we can believe it?

Yang Meng took a sip of champagne and said, "Old Tang, you said that you and Manrui are partners? Isn't it that underground boxing tournament that you also have investment, right?" I thought you were doing regular business!"

Don Field hurriedly explained: "Well, Mr. Yang misunderstood, Manrui and I are really in partnership to do a regular business. ”

Yang Meng smiled: "Don't tell me it's those underwear girls fighting in cages." ”

"Of course not. Don Field laughs, "In fact, there are four prisons in Nevada that we operate in partnership. ”

"Prison?" Yang Meng was stunned.

Don Field nodded, "That's right, prison." We had a couple of other Las Vegas people who funded the Nevada Correctional Corporation, which runs the prison here. ”

This is another very characteristic thing in the Stars and Stripes, and that is private prisons.

About forty years ago, in the eighties of the last century, it was the most arrogant time for drug traffickers in Latin America

The problem with the surge in crime in the Stars and Stripes was that the prisons could not be lived. The conditions in the prisons are very bad! That's a crowd of people, and almost all prisons are overloaded. How to solve this problem has become a big problem for the government.

It stands to reason that there are not enough prisons, and if you build more prisons, won't it become? But here, it really won't work!

Those whose families were in prison protested that the prison conditions were too poor, and demanded that prisons be built to improve prison conditions so that the prisoners could live more comfortably, and they even filed a lawsuit against the government for this, while those whose families were not arrested also protested: why build prisons to serve those criminals? If a new prison is built, it will cost taxpayers' money!

The result is that the prison cannot be built at all.

It wasn't until 1981 that the first correctional corporation was established and in 1984 the first private prison was established, and since then there have been more private prisons in the Stars and Stripes Nation, even more than public prisons today.

And the existence of these private prisons can be said to greatly subvert people's imagination of prisons. Here almost everything is solved with money.

When Paris Hilton went to prison for driving without a license, many people applauded, thinking that the law was very fair and that rich people should also go to prison, but in fact, they went to a private prison, lived in a private room, ate meals cooked by top Michelin chefs, and had nothing to do fitness and nail art, so they didn't go to prison, but went on vacation!

For the rich, going there is nothing but freedom.

Yang Meng was also a little curious when she thought of this: "Can you make money running a prison?"

Don Field laughed: "In fact, running a prison is a lucrative business. Two of our country's largest private prison companies, CCA and GEO, have gone public. CCA's net profit is more than $2 billion a year and is increasing every year. We're also thinking about going public now. ”

Yang Meng was taken aback: "So profitable?"

"We are still very good, we invested more than 40 million dollars to rebuild the prison, and some unauthentic companies simply leased the abandoned government prison and repaired it to make money. Donfield said.

Yang Meng was curious: "You guys said so much, I still don't understand how you make money." After all, you can't expect all the people in jail to be rich people like Paris Hilton, right?"

"In fact, we're more likely to welcome prisoners who don't have money, so it's more profitable!" Don Field said.

"Huh?" Yang Meng frowned and said, "Old Tang, don't go around in circles with me, what's going on?"

Don Field explains: "Prisoners with money can avoid forced labor by spending money, but those who don't have money are required to participate in 'vocational training.'" Well, that is, labor reform. They are some of the best workers in the world. In fact, whether it's 'Reeves' jeans or NBA apparel, there is the labor of our prison inmates. They don't go on strike, they don't have unions, and they don't have to pay insurance. Working eight hours a day, the cost is very low, in fact, our prison is still relatively small, and large companies like CCA will undertake the processing of packaging and other processing work of large companies such as Apple, Dell, Intel. ”

"This doesn't make much money, right?" Yang Meng said his puzzlement.

"Of course, it's more than that

So much. "The truth is that our biggest customer is not these people, but the government. The government subsidizes $54.48 a day for each prisoner we detain, not counting the profits from their work, but even if we do nothing, we can earn more than $20 a day by providing three meals a day and guarding them. ”

Yang Meng asked, "What if there aren't enough prisoners?"

"There's a clause in the deal with the government that the government pays compensation for empty beds if the private prison doesn't meet the required occupancy rate, so we make more money if there's no one," he said. And if the prison is not well run and closes down, the government will have to buy it unconditionally, so I say that this is a huge profit. And we've partnered with the Plasma Protein Therapy Association. There are plasma sale sites in our prisons. It's all a way to make money. ”

"Wait, sell plasma?" Yang Meng suspected that he had misheard.

Plasma is not blood, it's the fluid left over after the blood has been separated from the bleeding cells, and it's pale yellow in color. In rare conditions such as 'haemophilia', plasma has an irreplaceable role.

Don Field said: "With us, blood cannot be bought and sold, only donated, but plasma is allowed to be sold. Most of those serving sentences are young adults. Selling plasma is the most suitable. They want money, sell it twice a week, give them thirty dollars at a time, and according to our agreement with the Plasma Protein Therapy Association. We're going to make at least a hundred and twenty dollars. ”

Yang Meng opened her mouth wide and didn't know what to say: "Is this legal?"

"In fact, this is a big factor in the popularity of prisoners in our prisons, and the global plasma supply is almost controlled by five multinational groups, and 70% of their plasma is sourced from our own country. We are the world's largest plasma seller. ”

Yang Meng was dumbfounded after hearing this, and only asked after a while, "Why are you telling me this?"

Don Field smiled: "We are busy with the matter of the prison listing now, Mr. Yang, are you interested?"

Yang Meng's head shook like a rattle: "Don't look for me about this, I have a lot of bad problems, but there is one thing I think is very good, I won't do this kind of gnawing on people's blood steamed buns." I'm also a businessman, and it's right for businessmen to pursue profits, but I have my bottom line, and it's impossible for me to intervene in such a thing. If you're looking for me for this, don't mention it again!"

Don Field laughed even more happily when he heard this, and turned to Manrui and said, "Look, I'm right, right? Mr. Yang would not do such a thing." ”

"It's that I'm not thinking it through. Manrui said hurriedly.

Don Field turned to Yang Meng and said, "Mr. Yang, don't blame Manrui, here's the thing, Mr. Manrui felt very uneasy after offending you, so he wanted to clear up the misunderstanding with you." He thought about it for a long time and decided to take out a part of his shares in the 'Nevada Correctional and Reform Company' to show his heart. ”

Yang Meng waved his hand and said, "Man Rui, I have already told you, the matter is in the past!"

Don Field also said: "That's it, mad dog, I told you that Mr. Yang is a very particular person, and he said that the past is the past!"

Yang Meng picked up the wine glass: "Just rush your money, we are already friends, come on, have a drink!"