Chapter 69: The Law of the Jungle
"Have you signed an agreement with all of these already selected?" Mike asked, zoomed out on the map to show a lot of red areas, which meant that the place had been chosen.
"No, these are just reservations, and you can call up the name of the industry, which is the name of the enterprise layout that has been predetermined now." Said the middle-aged man's son.
The mobile phone in front of Mike was taken back by the service staff at the window, and after debugging it a few times, the staff handed it back again.
"You only need to zoom in to 500 percent, and you can be accurate to the street." The middle-aged man's son reminded.
Mike took back his mobile phone, and the names of more than 600 red areas appeared on his mobile phone, most of which were commercial districts, and a small number of residential areas, that is, real estate, and almost no entertainment venues.
After a moment's scrutiny, "I think I should go back and think about it again." Mike said to the middle-aged man, Mike stood up and put on a black beret, "I'm leaving first, excuse me, thank you for your service." ”
"I'll send you!"
Rick and Lillian went out with Mike, Rick always felt that things were not so simple, Mike, a person from the underworld, would definitely not give away his interests, sometimes, business is like this, and he has to secretly use some means.
After going out, several bodyguards followed, and the group walked out of the green super tent together, and when they went out, the soldiers at the door did not stop them, and the group walked out freely and casually.
After walking far, Rick asked, "What are we going to do?" It was obvious, and Rick could tell at a glance that Mike already had a plan of action, which was clearly visible on his face.
"Rick, this is the first step you have to learn, in the face of interests, you must not be soft, especially legitimate and legal industries. I've written down the names of those hotels. Things will be settled tonight and they will give us the place. Mike said affectionately to Rick, like a stern father educating his children.
"How do you do that? Do you think they will agree, and it will be more cost-effective if we spend more money to buy it from them? Rick knew very well that if he wanted to start construction here, he would first have to buy land rights from the coalition government, which was a very expensive expense. If you buy a place that has already been subscribed from someone else, it will definitely cost a lot of unjust money, and if Mike doesn't bid high enough to impress the other party, this thing will be very difficult.
Mike took a few steps forward, and Rick followed, "Don't worry, I'll give them an offer they can't refuse." Mike turned his head and patted Rick's chest, as if to reassure Rick to sit down.
It's very lively, with tents everywhere and some locals setting up stalls selling all kinds of local products. Many people seem to be shopping, wandering around here, looking at all kinds of cookie-cutter souvenirs and the like, and they don't need to ask the store how much money they buy here, once they look at it, they are all a lot of silver, and they will definitely be several times to dozens of times more than the price that the store wants. If you don't make an order for three days, you can eat for three years, and that's the situation here.
The two bodyguards who had been setting up a tent near the snowmobile had only now set up a tent due to manpower problems, and when everyone returned, all nine bodyguards had devoted themselves to the great cause of setting up tents. Night had fallen, and it was getting dark very quickly, and at five o'clock in the afternoon the sky was very hazy. After all eight tents were bunched, Rick stayed with Lilian, and after the events of last night, the two of them became closer and their relationship became more delicate.
"Well, if only you could order takeout here!" Lillian sighed and said that Rick and Lillian were now sitting in the tent, eating only some side food.
"Then you can go to the Celestial Empire, isn't their takeaway able to cross the river, cross the dangerous bridge, and lie on the top of the mountain! There was a news before, someone ordered takeout on the top of the mountain of several thousand meters high in the Celestial Empire, and there was a delivery man who carried it up! Rick took out a can of potato chips, and the floor of the tent was covered with a white blanket, no quilt and no pillows, and Lilian didn't bother with it.
"Well, wouldn't it be hard to run a family business?" Lillian asked, leaning on Rick and staring blankly at the blue canopy.
"You're going to ask your father, how do I know? I think it should be more troublesome, if you think about it, you have to work with these many consortia every day, and if there is a problem in one place, it will be very worrying, and if there are so many words, it should make people live under more pressure. Rick thought for a moment and said. In fact, Rick has jumped from a small commoner to the son-in-law of a gangster family, and he will take over the entire family's business in the future, how can it be like a dream, Rick is now going to learn management, and after taking over Lilian's family's property, will there be more problems?
This has to take into account the way of an emperor, Lilian's father and Lilian's grandfather, they are the world that has been laid down by two generations, and now they have to give it to a commoner, it is estimated that many loyal subordinates will leave, not to mention, the people in power in the family industry are also old, and most of them will be handed over to their children, will this cause division? The older generation may serve Lillian's family with all their hearts, but now the new school is probably not so easy to manage.
Suddenly there was some noise outside the tent, and Rick told Lillian to stay still and put on his Edelweiss jacket and go out to check on the situation.
As soon as he unzipped the tent, Rick saw two men half-kneeling on the ground, two bodyguards with black guns to their heads, and Mike's bodyguards surrounded them. Mike sat in front of them, a boss chair, looking rather unassuming.
"Rick, you're just in time, call Lillian out too, this is the first step you need to learn." Seeing that Rick found out about the situation here, Mike didn't hide it anymore and called Rick and Lillian out directly.
"What's going on?" Lillian was a little anxious, not knowing what was going on.
"Boss, they've agreed to give up that land." A bodyguard came up to Mike, leaned over and whispered.
Mike didn't show any joy, but a more stern expression, "Let them cancel the reservation first and then release them."
Rick walked up to Mike, "You have to be like this to do business, you have to be ruthless enough to ensure your own interests, if you don't try your best to fight for it, then others will try to crush you, how do you think the big companies and big conglomerates come from now?" It is all inclusive, without underground forces, it is impossible to survive in this bright city, especially for a family like ours from the underworld, if we want to legalize the industry, we must use all kinds of relationships to smooth the obstacles on the way forward. If you want to be in a high position, you have to have some means of your own, and one of the offers I told you that you can't refuse. If you want to maintain peace in a region, you must first rely on violence to build this land, which may not be in line with your values, but you will slowly understand later that in country M, the bourgeoisie is evil, which is an unchangeable fact. If you want something, you have to give up something. We have become accustomed to this kind of life, so faith and anything do not exist with us anymore. This is the law of the jungle in this world! ”
Mike was talking to Rick and Lillian about the fact that the two guys were using their mobile phones to cancel the land they had booked with the coalition government and paying a penalty for the land. After confirming that everything was correct, the two bodyguards knocked the two men unconscious and carried them into the tent.
"We can't let them go yet, as soon as they leave, they will definitely tell the coalition government that we coerced them by force and forced them to do something they don't want to do, and we will compensate them in the future, and now there is the next piece of land, let's do it!." After a few words to Rick, Mike looked at the bodyguard next to him and ordered.
"Yes."
After a while, five bodyguards appeared with three more people, these people were Asian faces, two men and one woman, but it didn't matter, they were all for their own interests. "Now that it is a society governed by the rule of law, what are you going to do?" The woman stared at Mike with wide eyes and said, and then a pistol was put on her head, she was so frightened that she immediately screamed, but fortunately, the bodyguard covered her mouth in time, if this woman screamed, she would definitely cause some unnecessary trouble, even if it was relatively remote here, but it was still important to be careful.
"Dear ma'am, I don't want to hurt you, did you book land for two hotels with the coalition government?" Mike is very gentle, which is a different attitude towards different people.
The Asian woman nodded, "That's right, ma'am, we also have our eye on that land, would you be willing to make concessions and buy something else?" ”
At this time, the two men on both sides of her began to be dishonest, one of them wanted to snatch the pistol in the hand of the McBodyguard, Lin Yan was quick and kicked the man in the back, he planted directly forward, and another bodyguard stepped forward and held him.
Obviously, these two men should be the bodyguards of this woman, this woman's name is Dong Tian Jili, she is from R country, and the name of the hotel is also named after her, which saves Mike's subordinates, no longer need to conduct tedious investigations, just find the location and arrest the person. It's not suspicious to inquire about the situation here, and many people will inquire about a tavern tent built by a local, such as where a certain type of business has been set up, and it is there that Mike's bodyguards inquire about the situation.
"Madam, please stabilize your bodyguard first, if your person is not honest again, we don't mind ending his life early, as long as you cooperate, I promise, not only will you not be in danger of life, but you will also receive a batch of compensation, it depends on how you choose. To be honest, we are the LS Vegas mafia, you can do business to do M country, you should have heard of the cruelty of the LS Vegas mafia, we are forced to do it, if it is not for the need to choose the layout of the hotel as soon as possible, I think we will meet at the negotiating table first, I am sorry to let you be treated like this for the first time. Mike coaxed and deceived to negotiate with Asian women, Mike motioned for his subordinates to let go of the woman, and after the bodyguard let go of her, she was obedient and no longer struggled and resisted.
"Two pieces of land, we can let it, but I want 10 million M gold, after such a thing, I don't think I will invest here anymore, you are really a dirty country, full of human skin and beast hearts!" The Asian woman stared at Mike and said roughly in English in the style of Country R.
The woman's conditions are very excessive, she needs 10 million when she opens her mouth, and now she dares to point at Mike and scold herself. Rick thought that Mike would definitely not accept it, but he didn't expect Mike to directly agree to the woman's unreasonable demand.
"Okay, if you cooperate, cancel your reservation now, as long as I confirm that the cancellation is successful, 10 million will be credited immediately." Mike stood up and helped the woman up from the ground.
The Asian woman took out her mobile phone and dialed a number, and after the other party connected, "Hey, I'm Dongtian Jili, yes, I'm the person in charge of Jili Hotel, and now I'm going to cancel my land reservation for the two hotels, that's right, I don't think about it, I will pay the liquidated damages, yes, I don't think about it, I'm already very sure, okay." After hanging up, "I've canceled, you can go check it out." ”
Mike glanced at Lin beside him, Lin pretended to make a phone call, and after directing a play in his own words, Mike returned to his seat and sat down, "Ma'am, I'm sorry, I'm afraid you'll have to stay with me for one night, and the money you want can be transferred to you now, for our safety, so, I can only grieve you to stay here for one night." ”
When the woman heard this, she seemed to have changed and began to shout, "You must not die well, come on, help!" Ah......" Seeing that the woman started her previous state again, Lin Shang directly knocked the woman unconscious, and the bodyguards saw it and knocked out the two bodyguards of the Asian woman.
"You'll have to lose some in order to gain some, Rick, you're not on my bench yet, and by the time you and Lillian are truly in power, you'll understand how much of your burden weighs. As for this woman, we will naturally meet her conditions, but now is not the right time to release her, as an underworld, we need to use violence to do things. I wanted to train Lillian to go into politics and let Lillian be a governor or something, but I found that it was useless, Lillian is a woman, and there are many things that can't be solved naturally, and now that you are my son-in-law, I will do my best to train you as my successor. If you get mixed up in the government in the future, you won't have to be as embarrassed as I am in many things. In addition, you should also remember that society is not about fighting and killing, but about human feelings. ”
After listening to Mike's speech, Rick seemed to understand some truth, everything Mike did was forced to do it.
Back in the tent, Lilian's face became very dark, after seeing what Mike did, Lilian and Mike were a little rusty, I didn't expect that my father's business was maintained like this, which made Lilian a little unacceptable, from childhood to adulthood, this is the first time Lilian understands Mike's way of making money. Lilian also knows that her background is not very clean, but she has always been able to enjoy a noble life, even if there are some stains on her home, why not? When she was a child, Lillian was the jewel of the family, and almost all her relatives doted on Lillian until her relatives died one by one, and those of her generation quietly disappeared. Now Lillian somewhat understands why there were always two bodyguards by her side at the beginning, it turned out that it was not a show-off capital, but a punishment for a crime.
Rick naturally understands the thoughts in the heart of this rich girl who is different from other rich second generations, "Don't be so sad, in fact, your father is right, if people really stand in your father's position, it is impossible to make money fairly, how many of the giant companies in the world are innocent, they look glamorous on the surface, but in fact, there are some shady things behind the scenes." Your father's merger and acquisition is actually very meaningful, think about it, if it is a simple merger, how can such a large company appear, such as Wiener Pharmaceutical, if it is not for the arms developed and produced by its own weapons department to operate behind the scenes, where does Wiener Company get so much power, with the strength of a company to establish a military base in Antarctica, which is something that we ordinary people dare not think of. Therefore, you have to be considerate of your father, your source of livelihood is provided to you by your father at the risk of his life, although it is somewhat contrary to the orderly competition of society, but human society has always been a world of the jungle, fairness is only relative, your father's approach is only a little disgraceful, but compared with other drug trafficking, smuggling, leather strips, and arms sales, this is already the most humane. First, your father didn't hurt anyone else. second, your father's promise to honor their terms; Third, your father did all this to help others more. I have learned that your father is a godfather-like man, he helps the poor punish evil and promote good, and your father will let his subordinates solve some of the troubles and troubles in the neighbors' lives, and your father is a good man, which is why he can dominate in LS Vegas. ”
After listening to Rick's words, Lillian was also a little enlightened, after all, she is the one who will accept the family business in the future, and she can't be so emotional because of some trivial things.
The next day
Rick Lillian got up early, not so much to get up, but to be awakened by the cold, there was only one blanket on the ground, Rick and Lillian each had an oversized coat, the coat was very warm to wear, but when the quilt was covered, it was a little cold, especially next to the ground, which warmed the cold of the ground.