Chapter 1229: Meranda's Ambition
The Indians built casinos in their own land, which was allowed by the U.S. government, and it was also a way to make up for the sins they made to the Indians back then, and such casinos only need to pay a part of the tax every year, and other things like license applications are very simple. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
So almost everyone knows how cost-effective it is to build a casino on Indian land, which is why before, at that banquet, those second-generation people were so interested in taking a stake in that illusory Indian casino.
Because as long as you can take a stake in such a casino, it will definitely be a lot of benefits, and Jin Muchen and Jesse never thought that they would have the opportunity to participate in such a share before, after all, the casino they talked about at that banquet was just an ethereal story made up.
And now this Meilanda actually said that there is really a casino to be built here, and if they take a stake, she is willing to provide them with this opportunity, and the two of them are really stunned, which is a good thing.
However, where exactly this solo is built and how big the scale is, this will have to be discussed carefully.
"What the hell is going on? Meranda, can you tell us about it? ”
Jesse looked at Meilanda very seriously and asked, and Meilanda also sat up straight this time, looked at Jesse and Jin Muchen very seriously and said, "That's probably how it ......"
It turns out that this Meranda was born in the second largest Indian tribe in North America, the Cheyenne tribe, their ancestors originated in the current New York State, although it is not as good as Manhattan, but the birthplace of their tribe is actually not far from the current New York, in a mountain range about 100 kilometers south of New York.
Later, the whites invaded, and the relationship between their tribe and the whites was good and bad, but later, after the whites from Europe became the masters of the American continent, their tribes had to be forced by the muskets of those whites to begin to migrate to the west and south.
Later, the white people who came to colonize Europe established a state and established an army on the North American continent, and they continued to encroach on the land to the west and south, and the Cheyenne people were forced to move constantly.
Eventually, their tribes were scattered across the American continent, with large portions of them forced to relocate to what is now Colorado, some to Nevada and Los Angeles, and some to the north, in Minnesota, Montana, and Canada.
It wasn't until the seventies of the last century, when the civil rights movement in the United States began to break out, that these Indians banded together again and began to work for their own welfare.
Later, the United States established the Indian Affairs Administration in Washington, D.C., and because of their large number, the Cheyenne tribe became the majority of the administration together with another large population group, the Arawas.
Meilanda said that their Cheyenne tribe now has a population of hundreds of thousands, but they are scattered all over the United States, because there are many people in their clan, so in the Indian Affairs Administration, there is some weight in speaking.
Basically, those Indians who were scattered all over the country got a piece of territory that belonged to them through Congress, but these territories were relatively scattered, basically scattered in the states of the United States, where they live now.
Some of these places are relatively good, more suitable for farming or grazing, some places are more suitable for tourism industry, or open casinos, but most of them are very barren and not suitable for creating economic value.
In this way, the profits created by the casinos opened by their Xia'an people in rich areas will be shared with the Cheyenne people in those poor places, after all, everyone is a whole and is a group, so if you make money, of course, you have to take it out and share it with everyone, after all, those lands will be returned in the name of the Cheyenne people as a whole.
If you dare to monopolize it, then the other Cheyennes will come to you for trouble, and this is the clever thing about the U.S. government, they allow you Indians to make money, but once you make money, you can't put it in your pocket alone, and you have to share it with those lazy people, and then even if you work hard and tired, no matter how much money you make, it will be everyone's.
Without money, what can you Indians do, even if you can make a fuss?
So although the Cheyenne people of one tribe led by Meranda got a piece of land near New York State, and also established a casino, and it was running very well.
However, every year, 60 percent of their net profits must be taken out and handed over to the headquarters of the Xia An tribe for distribution, and the remaining 40 percent will be reserved for the distribution of their own tribesmen.
Their small branch is now also at the peak of the population, and the registered population is fifty or sixty thousand, so that even if this casino makes more money every year, after the distribution is completed, what is left in the hands of Meilanda is only hundreds of thousands of dollars.
This makes Meilanda feel very unbalanced, she has worked so hard, it can be said that the daily operation of the casino, and then the usual management of various relationships, all need to come forward by herself.
But all year round, the casino has obviously made tens of millions of profits, sometimes even hundreds of millions, but a large part of the tax can be paid, and the headquarters of the Cheyenne clan has to go more than half, and then give a point to those lazy people in their tribe, and they have so much left, and everyone will feel uncomfortable if they change.
So she had the idea of starting anew, and some time ago he started from his own bloodline and began to look for his maternal bloodline.
After all, they Indians have survived until now, and there are basically not many pure-blooded Indians left, and many Indians themselves have mixed the blood of several other Indian races.
When she looked for it, she really asked her to find such a one, which was the bloodline of the Avajo tribe where they were today, and according to the tracking of the DNA Tree of Life, her grandmother was a member of this tribe.
And this Awa Fire Clan, who is not many in number, now less than 10,000 people, has long been recognized by the Indian Affairs Administration, and has taken back his own territory in California.
And this piece of their own land is the place where Meilanda brought Jin Muchen and Jesse to this place, this place is called Butterfly Valley, and every year at the turn of spring and summer, it is famous for a large number of butterflies breeding.
This is a well-known tourist destination in California, and there are not a few people who come here every year, so the life of this Awajo people is quite nourishing, and the middle-aged and elderly people in the tribe generally stay in their own land to do some small tourism business.
As for young people, most of them chose to go to big cities, mainly Los Angeles, where they ate in the film and television industry, and it is said that there was a star or something two years ago.
Now Meilanda, who has been recognized by the current patriarch, has been registered, and is considered a member of this clan, and she also likes a good place here, and plans to build a resort hotel and casino here.
However, if you want to build these things, you need a lot of money to support it, after all, she is quite extraordinary in the eyes of many people of this clan, so this needs to be dredged.
So she is very short of money now, and as soon as she said this, Jin Muchen and they basically understood.
"So, you're very optimistic about the business here, right?"
Jesse didn't speak, Jin Muchen asked with a beer, in terms of running a casino, he really said that Meilanda is an expert, he is not very good at it, he has to hear something convincing from Meilanda's mouth.
"Of course, you know, the number of tourists who came here last year was more than three million, and there was no advertising in such a big place, just by word of mouth? This is quite a feat. ”
Jin Muchen nodded, this is indeed very reasonable, Lao Mei is sparsely populated here, and there are many places to play, so their attractions, no matter how famous they are, cannot be like our Chinese scenic spots, which are overcrowded on holidays, and they can't walk, not to see the scenery, but to see the situation of people.
For many Chinese tourist attractions, three million people may be able to do it in one day, but here in the United States, if so many people come to travel in a year, it is already a very good tourist destination.
So this data of Meilanda is very convincing.
"Also, you may not have looked at the map, we are very close to San Francisco, not far from San Jose, only about 30 kilometers from Oakland, Concord, Stockton, Modesto are an hour's drive from us, and Sacramento is only two hours' drive away. Once we have a casino here, then in the future, people in California, especially in northern California, will no longer have to gamble in Nevada, and they can just come to us. ”
I have to say that this Meilanda has indeed done a very solid homework, as soon as she said this, Jin Muchen and Jesse glanced at each other, and they both felt that the place she said was really a bit reliable.
But now is not the time to jump to conclusions, they still need to verify it well, then they have to wait until tomorrow morning to get up and take a good look at the terrain here, after all, this is originally a basin in the mountains, and they can't see the situation here clearly at night.
And there are some things that can't just be listened to by Meilanda, or you need to find some people to do a detailed investigation before you can draw conclusions, and it's more reassuring to leave this to Jesse. (To be continued.) )