Chapter 80: Among the Gangs
On the dark red leather sofa, Jiang Zhao took a few documents in his hand and glanced at them casually.
"That's all I have?" He said to the few lawyers and accountants who were standing with their hands tied.
Although not everyone is equal in the UK at this time, lawyers and good financial personnel are generally no less important than employers. Therefore, standing and talking made several people somewhat uncomfortable. However, during this week's work, several people who had already learned "who" the employer was did not dare to express their dissatisfaction.
One of the leaders leaned back slightly, and said cautiously, "Yes, sir." Your fixed assets, working capital, and all profitable and loss-making industries have all been counted in this document. ”。
"Even those industries that are not legal?" Jiang Zhao asked.
"Yes."
After Jiang Zhao thought for a while, he looked at the information in his hand and said, "Merge the legal industries -- these dozens of taverns, these two wineries, and these seven hotels are also merged. The wharf warehouse and the fishing company were merged into one. Those estates in the countryside were consolidated into agricultural companies...... All the money is deposited into the company's account. ”。
As a dictator, Jiang Zhao's arrangement naturally had no objection.
Over this time, the means he has shown are enough to make his members honestly dare not rebel. Even these fierce and aggressive gangsters will not take the initiative to seek death when faced with a monster that can't even shoot a gun, may be stronger than a tiger, and inadvertently shows a speed that makes people desperate.
What's more, Jiang Zhao's management of the 'Scarlet Moon' is quite lenient, and the exploitation of the profits of the people below is much lighter than that of the original gang leaders!
The middle and low-level gangsters who do the 'dirty work' at first resisted it, but when they find that they are now able to leave more money from their 'business'...... Most of them have lost the motivation to rebel. Especially with the conflict with other gangs around it, the reputation of Scarlet Moon has gradually grown, and there is even a faint trend of giants! This makes many smart people plan to wait and see in the organization, after all, with this big ship, their own safety has also been more guaranteed!
So in this way, under Jiang Zhao's strong rule, several gangs that were originally loose were pinched together and ran unexpectedly smoothly.
Soon.
Through planned encroachment, expansion......
A new Scarlet Moon spreads across London's underworld......
Taverns, marinas, underground casinos, brothels...... These traditional industries of the gang gradually appeared in the figure of the Scarlet Moon. In the gang clashes again and again, even if Jiang Zhao continued to carry out beheading operations, the members of Scarlet Moon's subordinates were still inevitably killed and injured in these overt or covert killings.
Some newcomers were brought in.
Some have come to the fore.
Although Jiang Zhao doesn't know how to run a gang, he knows that the foundation of a good force is the "upward channel". Only by recruiting a wide range of talents, selecting elites, and giving these people the "remuneration" they deserve can we stimulate the struggle and efforts of the members.
Organizations that are bloated, have rigid rules, and only pay attention to qualifications, academic qualifications, and relationships will eventually decay and fester.
At the national level, it may be slow.
It would take tens or hundreds of years to complete such a decaying process.
However, if it is placed on the gang, it will lead to the collapse of a huge gang very quickly. Others don't say it, at least the top of this gang will be doomed, and even be buried with the gang.
What Jiang Zhao did was to let go of the shackles of the gang.
He grouped the formal business of the gang into a few companies, hired professional financial experts, and hired well-qualified managers and management.
These industries will be separated from the black industries of the gangs themselves, and the benefits generated each year will be combined on a monthly and quarterly basis, in addition to the daily business needs.
If a large amount of development funds is needed, it will apply to Jiang Zhao's reorganized financial department and reverse it.
The layers of links are similar to the national financial system.
It is very formal, and it naturally works well.
What's more, Jiang Zhao attaches great importance to supervision and arranges inspectors to supervise accounts and warehouses. These external professional accountants and inspectors can keenly perceive many "cats" in the accounts.
An official embezzled state money, perhaps only a few years in prison.
But in the Scarlet Moon, he was greedy for the gang's money...... The only end is death and no place to be buried. In the beginning, Jiang Zhao killed two corrupt financial personnel in a row.
Then he directly sent someone to kill his entire family, and the murderous act shocked everyone even more.
Take Jiang Zhao.
That's what he said - maybe I can't plug all the holes, and I'm not a detective, but if I catch you, you'll pay enough.
This is very unhuman rights.
However, it works.
In addition to the normal industry, the most profitable and important industry in the Scarlet Moon is, of course, the illegal industry that is familiar to the gang members!
Dock smuggling, casinos, brothels, and protection money became the main income of the gang.
At this time, there were still quite a few legal brothels in the UK.
But no matter what is illegal, there is always a meaning to it.
Large sums of money flow in the dark.
Connecting small bosses, big bosses, and many ordinary gang members into a criminal network that covers London, and even most of the outer London area.
To the point where it has come to this.
Jiang Zhao also had to seriously establish a ruling system in the Scarlet Moon.
Ordinary members
ringleader
middleman
Big bosses
Such a four-level division is much rougher than the complex hierarchy in the government or the military. But fortunately, the gang itself can't be too big.
Many gang members may not always be able to gather in groups to carry out criminal activities.
Usually the thieves in the gang steal their own "turf", and those who control small casinos, brothels, or sell some arms also run their own business.
They only need to pay a monthly 'gang tax' to the middleman to be protected by the Scarlet Moon.
Speaking of which, we have to elaborate on the role of 'middlemen' in gangs.
Because of the special circumstances of the gang, it is naturally impossible for members to connect and cooperate with each other in an 'address book' like an ordinary group.
At best, it would facilitate attacks by the police or rival gangs.
What's more, even if it is the same gang, when the scale of the gang reaches a certain level, the members may not know each other and are familiar with each other. Some particularly dangerous members may also be able to make moves on their own people in cooperation.
This is not unusual.
Therefore, gangs need the presence of 'intermediaries'.
After this period of development, there are about twenty intermediaries in the Scarlet Moon. They are scattered all over London, and most of them run taverns, or hunting shops.
There are also one or two people who do not have a fixed place, but almost all of them have a fixed contact with many gangs.
They serve as hubs.
Provide intelligence, convenience, and news to the Gang of the Scarlet Moon.
Although it is almost impossible to choose to be a middleman, they are basically a bit smart and cunning. In the city of London, it can be regarded as a well-informed and well-connected type.
Although these 'jack-of-all-trades' have few subordinates and do not have much prestige, their status in the gang is very transcendent.
No one wants to mess with these guys who have intelligence, connections, and are very cunning.