Chapter 846: People are stupid and money comes quickly! (below)
Savage is not stupid, he knows that in hell, the cost of living for ordinary people cannot be so high, but he is not here to be an ordinary person, he has a career to accomplish.
Savage began to compare in his head, before, he had given some activity funds to the mirror master and the piper, but at that time, the funds were all starting at five figures, less than tens of thousands of dollars, how could the great king get it?
Not to mention ordinary people like Leon and Madame Goethe, every time he asked him for funds and rewards, he bought horse bones with a lot of money, not only spent money, but also ate a lot of collections.
Savage estimated that if he converted those products into cash, he would spend at least hundreds of thousands of dollars on ordinary people.
However, what did these ordinary people and the superpowers hired before bring him?
Almost nothing, Leon and Madame Goethe have disappeared since then, the mirror master and the piper have gone, his hundreds of thousands of dollars have been lost, and nothing has been obtained.
But on the other hand, for spending thousands of dollars, Savage basically figured out the routines of the gangsters in Living Hell, and knew some of their temper habits and weaknesses.
Moreover, the nearby newsboys are familiar with him, and they can also bring out a lot of information between words, and even he has met with the boss of the medium-sized gang before, and has preliminarily drawn up a battle plan against the living hell.
It only takes a few tenths of the original cost to achieve several times the original achievement, and the money is not unjustly spent.
Moreover, after the money hired by others is scattered, it is enjoyed by others, and the money spent here is ultimately enjoyed by oneself.
The food is eaten by oneself, the service is enjoyed by oneself, the wine is drunk by oneself, and the time is also consumed by oneself, even if the product itself is not worth the price, the additional benefits that can be obtained are also earned by oneself.
With that in mind, Savage moved on to the next step, throwing a sum of money into the mid-sized gang boss to procure weapons and overthrow his own leader.
Unexpectedly, this matter went very smoothly, and the boss of the medium-sized gang overturned the leader with two shots, and he became the boss of the large gang.
After discovering the importance of the gold lord, the boss became even more dependent on Savage, who not only obtained the most luxurious room in the entire area, but also many gang members at his disposal.
This is the biggest progress he has made in Gotham.
Savage wanted to kill the gang boss and lead the gang himself, but after just coming into contact with the gang for a while, he found that the gang here has its own set of rules.
If he kills the gang boss and does it himself, he will have to nod to the people of the Twelve Families, and maybe he will be turned away.
Savage didn't want to be subservient, so he had to retreat behind the scenes and let the gang boss do the work for him.
Despite the unsatisfactory achievement of the goal, Savage has been pleasantly surprised by the progress due to the long-term setback, after all, this is a completely crazy city, and it is quite good for him to take down a gang in such a short time.
Since a big gang has been taken, then the next thing is to unify the living hell, but the living hell alone has gathered five or six big gangsters, and they must all be killed in order to achieve the goal of unification.
If you want to grab territory with other big gangsters, there are two things that are necessary, one is people, and the other is weapons.
It takes money to recruit people, it takes money to pay people's salaries, it takes money to buy weapons, it takes money to maintain weapons, it takes money to shoot bullets, and it takes money to stop the other side from firing bullets.
The gang boss was very acquainted, and he first took down the shopping street, got a few shops and got a steady stream of funds, but there was a lot of money needed to prepare a fire, and the little money in the stores was simply not enough, and Savage's consumption had to be upgraded again.
Gangster recruitment, generally from the bottom of the small gangsters, but if you want people to work for you, you have to give a sum of money first, ordinary adult men generally a one-time 400 US dollars, other types of work with special abilities, on this basis about 30%.
If he survives a firefight, he will be paid a steady salary, and the weapons he holds will belong to him, and the gang will need to pay him for the maintenance of the weapons and bullets.
It's not enough to buy a weapon just to buy a gun in the thug's hand, and the Gotham gang's fire is not just hiding in the back of a car and firing two shots.
First of all, to build a defensive front, the best option is a combat vehicle, and if it doesn't work, an ordinary modified vehicle will do.
Then crossfire and side-fire are needed, fire coverage is required, and to deal with police helicopters, anti-aircraft fire may be needed, and if the opponent is a member of the Twelve Families, anti-missile fire may be required.
Everyone knows that munitions are a bottomless pit, and there is no fiercest firepower, only more fierceness.
At first, Savage was reluctant to spend so much money on arms, and as a result, he was beaten and retreated.
Then he found that the result of losing the fire and merging was even more terrifying, the people recruited were gone, the salary was gray, and all the weapons were lost, which was equivalent to the previous wave of investment, all of which were lost.
In that case, why not invest a little more money in the early stage and strengthen the firepower? At least after winning, you can eat the equipment on the opposite side.
Relying on the advantage of intelligence and the firepower advantage of throwing a lot of money, these gangsters who lived in hell were defeated and retreated by him, and soon after, several big gangs all moved away.
Because of the constant competition, Savage didn't have time to stop and calculate the cost, and when he achieved a phased victory, he did the math and found that he had smashed at least $3 million just to make this gang the biggest gang in living hell.
The cost includes, but is not limited to, a variety of commercially available munitions, Soviet-made tanks of unknown origin, and helicopter gunships that appear to be in service but can be bought for additional money, and even two missiles with production lot numbers and markings partially worn out.
Savage didn't even know where this gang boss came from to buy these.
At that time, his mind was full of firepower, firepower, firepower, and firepower, as long as a weapon dealer came to the door, he would directly spend money to buy it, and now he has a bunch of strange weapons in his hand that cannot be taken out, and there is nowhere to sell them.
Before, the tension created by the gangsters made Savage have to pay a lot of money, because as long as he refuses to spend money, the gangsters on the other side will inexplicably get the money to buy these weapons, and then his side will suffer heavy losses.
After so many times, Savage simply collected everything he should have collected, he should buy everything, it doesn't matter where he came from, it doesn't matter if he can use it in the future, just buy it.
Calculating this price, Savage felt a little empty, in fact, the 10 million dollars he told Captain Cold and the Mirror Master at that time was equivalent to the value of the collection, and he didn't have so much cash in his hand.
Although he also felt the pain in his flesh, at least, he had made considerable progress, and the entire area of Living Hell was now under the control of the gang he controlled, which could be said to be an unprecedented victory.
But soon, new troubles returned.
Many people know that fighting the world and sitting in the world have their own difficulties, but when it comes to spending money, sitting in the world is the real bottomless pit of dissatisfaction.
If you want to conquer other areas, you have to recruit more people, and not only that, but you also have to let these people master those newly bought weapons, and you have to be able to drive tanks, right? There's a gunship, you have to get it into the sky, right? There are missiles...... Well, you can't launch without a silo, but even if you want to deter you, you have to know something, right?
Moreover, Savage also knows that if he wants to develop sustainably, he can't throw money into it alone, he has to let the area under his control make money make money.
If you want to do this, you have to upgrade the industry here, attract more people to consume, only when the business makes money, he can receive more protection money, but if you want to make business profitable, you have to upgrade the industry, if you want to upgrade the industry, you have to invest money......
Moreover, this time it is not a small fight, Living Hell has developed to the present, the population is increasing instead of decreasing, the business potential is huge, and the upfront investment is also huge.
Savage soon fell into the same predicament as Bruce, the assets are there, but the cash is not so much, work is being started everywhere, money is being asked everywhere, and if you don't quickly find an east wall to tear it down, the capital chain will be broken, and it will be completely finished.
However, Savage has other places to make money, he has lived for so long, he picked up a bowl at random in his youth, and it is a cultural relic today, as long as he can sell his unimportant collections, he will soon be able to get a lot of liquidity.
In this world, there are still many people who are willing to collect, but as long as the word "urgent sale" is added to anything, there is not much room to talk about in terms of price.
In particular, collectibles, which have no way to measure their value by hard and fast rules, are especially depressed when they are in a hurry.
At this point, Savage felt that his victory was in sight, and he thought that once the most populous eastern district was taken, the other regions would not have to worry at all, even if they took these people hostage, they would have to talk to themselves, and when the time came, how much money would be recovered.
But what he didn't know was that in a conference room in the Wayne Building, Bruce was in the main seat, and the leaders of the twelve families were in two rows.
At the end, there are also a number of gang leaders, two of whom have just died in the battle with Savage, and one who has died twice.
"Okay, friends, I didn't lie to you, did I? As long as you cooperate with me in a play, this Savage will definitely be forced to sell those collections at a low price. ”
"As long as you can take it through various channels, you can sell it at a high price when the time comes, and you can make money lying down." Bruce said in a relaxed tone.
The leader of the Twelve Families was a little nervous, but Bruce spoke again: "However, it is obvious that he has not been cornered yet, and the price at this time may not be as low as you think." ”
The gang leaders were quick to figure out, they looked at each other, and one of them said, "That is, as long as we push him to a dead end, there will be a price that we are satisfied with?" ”
Bruce nodded and said, "The more anxious he is, the lower the price will be, and after those very ordinary collections are sold, it will be the turn of the real treasures......"
"The harder you push him, the more he will spit out."
All the gang leaders, you look at me, I look at you, and there is a kind of light in their eyes.
In this world, the thing that can stimulate people's potential and enhance people's wisdom is called profit.
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