Montreal, Canada, headquarters of the Seagram Group.

"Say it." Edgar Mills Bronfman, 55, sat in a large office chair and looked at the man in front of him.

(The elder Bronfman's son is also called Edgar Bronfman, and is known to the international community as Bronfman Jr.)

"The liquor sold underground in New Jersey was determined to be fake, and the day before yesterday, Sean established a Sean Liquor Company to formalize the company." George whispered.

George was a staff member sent to New Jersey by Seagram Liquor to investigate the liquor, and many of his men died during the secret investigation, after which he ran back to New York, and did not dare to continue the investigation.

After the Elephant Party publicly investigated the Jonas family's smuggling of alcohol, George immediately went through the relationship and paid close attention, and returned to Montreal as soon as he got the news.

"Hmph, that's true!" Old Bronfman snorted coldly with an ugly face.

The Bronfman family was the first Jewish-Russian, E. Bronfman moved to Canada in 1889, due to the explosive development of the smuggled liquor market after the United States prohibited, in 1924, E. Bronfman's son Samuel Bronfman established a brewing company in Montreal, contacted the mafia throughout the United States, and began to smuggle alcohol to the United States.

Later, with a gun in one hand and wine in the other, the family's assets began to grow explosively, and in 1928, it annexed Seagrams, Ontario and officially changed its name to become a legal company.

It cannot be said that Sean imitated the Bronfman family to make his fortune......

It can only be said that it is the same as a dime!

Well, the early stage!

Everyone is a legitimate businessman.

All have a bright future!

At present, under the leadership of Bronfman Sr., Seagram has become one of the largest liquor groups in the world, not only has its own brand, but also has transformed the smuggling channels throughout the United States into the largest sales network in North America.

At the same time, due to historical reasons, the relationship with the mafia family in North America has not been severed, and most of the mafia smuggling alcohol in various places uses the channel of Sigram.

The smuggling of liquor evades huge tariffs and has little impact on Sigram's interests.

But a few months after Sean took control of New Jersey, the Seagram Group discovered that New Jersey had never taken any more goods from them, and that New Jersey had been showing up for smuggled liquor.

"Chairman, do you need to continue the investigation?" George saw that old Bronfman had not spoken for a long time, so he asked.

"Not for now, you can go down." Old Bronfman put down the information in his hand and said in a flat tone.

George silently withdrew to close the door, and the elder Bronfman looked at his son, "What do you think should be done?" ”

"Of course it's to find that guy's counterfeiting factory and take him to court." Little Bronfman said angrily: "We must not just forget it, hmph, if we don't do anything, those guys will only think that our Bronfman family is afraid, if everyone is engaged in fake wine, it will inevitably cause a devastating blow to the entire wine market." ”

"How did you find his counterfeiting factory?"

"As long as you do it, you will inevitably leave traces, and those people below are too poor in their ability to do things." Little Bronfman pursed his mouth, "From the mouths of those gangs, you must be able to ask, one or two can't do it, then find ten or twenty families, a group of gang members, will there be any people of noble character, I heard that there are more than 200 gangs in New Jersey, so many families, it is impossible for everyone to be willing to keep secrets, there must be someone willing to say." ”

"Gather multiple delivery information, naturally we can find where the initial point is, as long as we are willing to spend money, we can definitely find it, if we are not convenient to shoot, we can ask private detectives to investigate."

Although the little Bronfman is a little arrogant, as the third generation of the Bronfman family, his knowledge and level are really not bad.

Old Bronfman nodded, according to this method of investigation, it can indeed be found, but it is ......

"There's no need to investigate, the factory is in Basek, and now it's been demolished, and Sean is building a new factory in Newark."

"Demolished, demolished?" Little Bronfman opened his mouth in shock, his eyes widened, "No, he won't really give up counterfeiting and get some independent brand, right?" ”

Others don't know, can he still not know, although the wine industry is highly profitable, how difficult it is to do it?

So many wineries in Europe that have been inherited for more than 100 years are almost unable to do it, and he is a layman, and now he wants to get involved in the red wine business, which is simply looking for death!

"Impossible!"

"After eating big fish and meat, no one can let go of the meat in their hands and starve!" Little Bronfman's head shook like a rattle.

If he doesn't pick up tens of millions a year, and works hard to create a brand that he doesn't know if it can succeed, he doesn't believe that Sean can withstand that kind of temptation and suffering.

Historical experience has taught him that it is impossible for normal people to endure it.

"I don't know if he can stand it......" Old Bronfman squinted and shook his head, during the Prohibition period, the Seagram wine industry was growing at a jaw-dropping rate, and after the Prohibition was lifted, ten times the effort could not make as much money as it should be, and the Bronfman family was also very uncomfortable.

It was an extremely difficult time.

"So what now, just let him go?" Bronfman Jr. asked with an ugly face.

"It's not that easy to move him." Bronfman Sr. shook his head, "Not to mention his influence in New Jersey, let's talk about Rockefeller's background, as long as he doesn't do it now, there is nothing he can do." ”

"Damn it, shameless thieves, robbers, Rockefeller is really depraved, huh!" Little Bronfman gritted his teeth and cursed for a while.

He had completely forgotten that this was how his family had grown.

What? Seagram involved in smuggling?

We just sold the wine, and what does it matter to me in Seagram what happens to those people after that!

People are always forgetful.

……

Sean Liquor was quietly established and up and running without causing any waves.

At least, in high society in New Jersey, Sean and the Elephant Party are well known for their revenge on each other.

It was only at this moment that these secrets of why Sean made his fortune so quickly in the early days were revealed.

It turned out to be making 'fake wine', and the profits were terrifying.

While envious, jealous and hating Sean for making a fortune so easily, most people are also lamenting Sean's 'willingness'.

So decisively cut off the profits of tens of millions of dollars a year and started to engage in a 'regular winery', this kind of courage is really not something ordinary people can have.

That's tens of millions a year, and how many families can't earn wealth for generations.

Yes, now in the eyes of everyone, the 'Sean Liquor' that is still under construction is a 'regular distillery', after all, it is openly blended, openly sold, regular brand, and legally taxed, so why is it not a regular distillery.

Although those speakeasies still took the goods from Sean and went back to change and fill them into the original bottles to become 'fakes' again, the illegal behavior changed from Sean to those gangs, and no matter what went wrong, Sean couldn't find his head anyway.

Of course, the losses are huge.

And as the news slowly spreads, the sales of these 'mid-to-high-end' drinks will inevitably be affected.

However, Sean is not worried about this.

After the public sale, there will be some people in other states who will buy these 'branded wines' back and sell them in bottles, and the sales volume will not necessarily decrease.

Although the price is not lower than that of smuggling, it is better than safety.

It's too scattered to look up.

State court, today is the time to hear Santos' case.

The courthouse was full of people, no reporters, all of them were figures with heads and faces like the donkey party.

The elephant party is here to give Santos a platform, and the donkey party is here to see the excitement.

There is no such thing as a rabbit dying and a fox is sad, Sean is also a member of high society, and he is still a top existence.

As long as it is not overturned by the 'mud legs', it is not a matter, it is just an internal struggle.

"The court pronounced the verdict, Santos ...... He was convicted of the crime and sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment. The judge announced the verdict with a solemn face.

When the verdict was announced, Santos broke down emotionally on the spot, twisted his body and stared at Sean loudly, roaring loudly, grabbing the railing and about to rush out, "Sean, Sean, you murderer, demon, you are the ...... Woooooooo ”

Santos's loud roar startled several court policemen, who immediately rushed up to hug Santos, and one of them raised his hand to cover Santos's mouth.

Everyone did not speak, the people of the elephant party had a calm face, and the people of the donkey party gloated, including the judge standing above, who also watched this scene quietly.

Everyone wants to see what Sean will do.

"Don't stop him!" Sean sat where he was, smiled and raised his hand and waved to the two court officers, "Let him go and let him say that the United States is a free country and he has the right to speak." ”

"Phew!" Santos spat heavily, and his old face turned red, "No need to pretend!" ”

"Who doesn't know that you are the biggest mafia boss in New Jersey, the biggest cancer in New Jersey, you are a vampire, you will definitely go to hell!"

"!! to Hell"

"Huh, and then what?" Sean looked around at everyone present, still with a faint smile on his face, "In my eyes, you're just a bad dog barking." ”

"What's the point?"

"If I want to sue you, you're now roaring court, slandering, and getting your sentence longer."

"Still." Sean smiled and patted his chest, "As we all know, I'm a good person, I'm a generous person, I won't pursue it, after all, who knows if you can live past 12 years." ”

"Of course, I hope you can live, stay alive!"

"Don't worry, I'll let someone take good care of you."

"See, do you see, he's threatening me, Judge, he's threatening me!" Santos pointed at Sean with one hand and shouted as he looked at the judge.

"Mr. Sean, what did you say?" The judge looked at Sean with a blank expression.

"Evil people, their minds are full of disgusting and smelly thoughts, in their eyes, the whole world is dark, there is no light, and they can find dark and despicable places in everything." Sean slowly stood up, bowed slightly to the judge and said, "In Santos's eyes, the world is like this, and everyone wants to harm him. ”

"And what I'm going to tell you is, you think too much."

"I will take good care of you, give you the best accommodation, the best food, the best medical care, so that you can live a healthy life."

As he spoke, Sean showed a mouthful of big white teeth, "After all, you can only see if you are alive." ”

"How good my life is there!"

"And you, you can only look at the outside world through the iron window in that cold and cramped room."

"Even if you fall ill, I will send you to the best hospital, and ask the best doctor to fill your body with tubes, and the medical equipment next to you is running, to ensure that this Santos is in good health."

"There will be people next to you who will laugh and read you the newspaper every day, and it will be full of all kinds of reports about me."

"And you, can only lie on the warm hospital bed, listen quietly, and can't do anything!"

Hiss......

There was a gasp in the courtroom.

The temperature in the entire courtroom dropped a few points, and it was swishing.

Everyone's gaze on Sean has changed, this guy ......

It's so vicious!

His words will definitely be deeply imprinted in Santos's mind, and he will be tormented by this sentence every day of Santos' life in the future.

It tormented his spirit, tormented his soul, and was in pain.

Everyone's minds seemed to have the image of more than ten years later.

It's so vicious!

"I firmly believe that there will be such a day!"

"You, you, you......" Santos' face turned pale, his lips trembled, his body was like a sifting chaff, and fear completely filled his heart.

Until Santos, who was lost and looked like a walking corpse, was taken out of the courtroom by the bailiffs, the voice sounded again in the courtroom.

The Elephant Party was led away by Brewster Jesse, and everyone didn't have much to say.

Sean was forced by them to abandon the 'fake wine' business and lost tens of millions of income a year, but he also gave everyone a warning with the help of Santos's matter.

I, Sean, am here!

They seem to have won the elephant party, but they also offended Sean, and New Jersey is the vote base of the donkey party, and the advantage will be even greater in the future.

Whether it is a loss or a gain, no one can say.

However, Sean is not in the mood to pay attention to this matter at this time.

Negotiations with the state government on prison acquisitions are about to begin.

He also had to raise money.

Fortunately, Sean now has his own bank, so it is not too easy to apply for a loan.

"25, you can only buy so many!"

In the conference room of the state government office building, Sean sat at one end of the conference table, Governor Benny sat at the other end, flanked by the governor's team on one side and the donkey party on the other.

"Didn't you say that 52 were good?" Governor Benny's brow furrowed deeply.

"No way, not enough money!" Sean spread his hands and said confidently: "52, according to the cost-effective price, a total of 180 million is needed, with an average of 3.46 million US dollars per prison, why don't you go and rob it?" ”

"When my money is blown by the wind?"

"It's too expensive, I don't have the money, I can't afford it." Sean directly denied the triple!

"A prison, land, buildings, equipment, this is not expensive, it is all cost-effective according to the market price." Dirk Dudley, secretary of the governor's office, spoke up.

"It's not expensive, you can sell it to someone else." Sean 'haw', completely casual.

No one has done the prison business yet, Sean is the first to take over this business, the specific money situation is not known at all, who will they sell to?

It was a prison, and it was full of prisoners, and none of them were easy to mess with.

Is it really manageable for anyone?

Seeing Sean's attitude, everyone in the conference room looked at each other, all of them looking helpless.

There was such a big fuss because of a prison acquisition problem before, and Sean was almost killed by how many people died.

Moreover, so many people are eyeing this than the financial income, how many transactions have been made in private?!

Now they don't have that much money, and they can't explain it at all.

It's kind of trapped by Sean.

"What do you think?" Benny coughed lightly and said, It's nothing more than a negotiation, let's talk.

"Price reduction, 3.46 million, heh, I know how much it will cost!" The corners of Sean's mouth pulled up a sneer, who said that there is no corruption in the United States?

It's just legalizing corruption through law, after all, the United States does not prohibit officials from doing business.

"It's impossible to reduce prices, these are state assets and they must not be lost." Benny refused.

"Then allow me to pay in installments." Sean continued: "What are you kidding about taking out 180 million at once, you ask the entire United States, how many people have come up with so much cash at one time!" ”

"Installment ......," Benny muttered, glaring at the councillors.

"I can't do it here, I'm in a hurry." A lawmaker said.

"I can't either!"

"Can't be delayed!"

Everyone shook their heads and shrugged, and no one wanted to wait.

The corners of Benny's mouth twitched fiercely, and he looked at Sean again, "Okay, Sean, let's stop beating around the bush and talk about your conditions." ”

"180 million, no is nothing!" Sean didn't look at the others, took out his cigar and trimmed it slowly.

Now it's not the beginning, these wild dogs are biting on this piece of meat, and no one wants to spit it out, and now it's not their turn to call the shots.

"Sean, there's nothing that can't be solved, we all know that you're a human rights person, for the sake of prisoners." Benny looked at Sean with a smile.

'Ahem, ahem' Sean choked on a cigarette, still having to make a face after all.

"It's notoriously difficult to manage those inmates, and I'm very struggling with that, so, in this way, number one: the state government has to guarantee the occupancy rate of the prison." Sean said, holding up a finger.

"Occupancy!?" Everyone looked at each other.

It's been a long time since I've seen each other, and occupancy, a term that only appears in the hotel industry, has appeared in prison......

What the hell!

"Yes, the occupancy rate, to ensure that the prison has an injection rate of more than 90%, any room in the prison has a maintenance cost, and vacancy is a great waste." Sean said with a serious face.

"We are a country with a legal system, we must strictly enforce the law, we must prosecute those who violate the law, and we resolutely prohibit bending the law for personal gain, which is the inevitable building of the legal system!"

"So......" Sean shrugged, "this needs to be communicated to the judges." ”

"Sean, the prisons you fancy are all sentences of more than 1 year!" Benny said through gritted teeth.

"If people make mistakes, they will be punished, and if they are all put in prison, the security environment will naturally improve, right?" Sean looked at everyone.

Everyone in the room glanced at each other, the problem was not too big, anyway, they were all bastards, and it didn't affect their interests.

"Okay, I promise you, the council will pass this rule." Benny nodded.

"Well, second, the people who are locked in have to go through the consent of the prison side, and I don't want those who have serious diseases, and they can't work...... Ahem, they are also human beings, and we should try to give them a reasonable guarantee of survival, well, the hospital is more appropriate. Sean said with a smile.

"This ...... This is not in accordance with the regulations, and if the sentence is made, you will go to jail. Benny didn't bother to speak and looked at the secretary, and Dirk Dudley immediately spoke up.

"Rules, is there anything more important than human life?" Sean waved his arms, "Human rights, human rights, the law can't flout human rights either!" ”

Everyone rolled their eyes in unison, and the United States has made you completely understand.

"Ahem, as long as there is a serious illness issue prescribed by the doctor, you don't have to serve a sentence because the prison refuses to accept it......" Sean said softly again.

Everyone: Oh!!

I see!

This is good!

This is good!

Seeing that everyone was stunned, Sean smiled and continued: "Third, if the prison is not well managed, the government is responsible for backing it and must buy back the prison unconditionally. ”

"It can't be!" Benny almost jumped up in anger, what kind of truth is this, you only make money and don't lose money, right?

"Then the prison will file for bankruptcy, and those prisoners will run away, and you will go to whoever you like." Sean pursed his lips and said indifferently: "My special money is not blown by the wind, there is no law in the United States that stipulates that I must lose money and continue to experience, right?!" ”

"Aren't you a scoundrel!" Benny was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

"What do you mean by being a scoundrel, you are insulting my personality!" Sean was immediately unhappy, "If I don't run well, then the state government will not run well, and I will lose money for the state government!" ”

"Prisons are an indispensable institution of a nation's polity!"

"I'm supporting the state government!"

"Everybody knows how dark the prison is, how much sin there is, and that's a huge mess!"

"I'm taking the loss on behalf of the state government!"

"What are you kidding, I'm a scoundrel, then you can find an internationalist scoundrel like me with high moral character who never benefits himself or others!"

This......

Benny looked at a group of councillors, who stammered, clearly sensing that Sean was arguing, but didn't know how to refute it.

Prison can't exist, this thing has been around for thousands of years.

It is the duty of the government.

After selling it to Sean, the finch food can save a lot of expenses.

With that concern, there's no way they're going to find anyone else willing to take over this mess.

No problem!

Hiss!!!

Or, agreed?

Sean's posture that you don't agree with Lao Tzu and don't pay for it is nothing to make a group of parliamentarians do nothing.

Everyone is waiting for the $180 million and tens of millions of dollars in government public funds saved each year in the future.

The arrow is on the bow, I have to send it!

Are Sean's several requests excessive?

Not too much!

Is it reasonable?

Very beaver!

In later generations, CCA and GEO averaged only about 3 million yuan per year for government lobbying funds.

I can't buy a beaver with my 180 million funds?

Scold......

Eventually, in addition to these three conditions, Sean also reached an agreement with the state government to provide a monthly government subsidy of $72 per prisoner.

That's $178 less than the original $250, which translates into a savings of $2,136 per inmate per year, and a $55,536,000 reduction in state spending annually for more than 26,000 inmates.

Just for such a large amount of money, the state government pinched its nose and wanted to approve Sean's conditions.

After all, it's all business at the end of the day.

Most of the time, the outcome of the vote is decided before the vote!

Of course, the main reason why Sean spends so much is that it is a precedent.

Historically, the cost of pioneering has been a little greater than that of successors.

In fact, these three clauses do exist in later generations, but it will not be until after 2010, and Sean spent money in advance to get out of the way.

In order to get 180 million funds as soon as possible, hello everyone......

The state legislature began voting and passed the three articles with 72 percent of the vote.

After the passage of the article, there was no large-scale publicity, but only a small announcement in the corner of the newspaper.

The media in other regions also strangely did not report on this kind of precedent, and all capitals tacitly chose to wait and see how the follow-up development would be.

In order to make money, there is nothing that capital cannot do.

As for the 180 million funds, Sean still took it out, although Sean actually has no money now.

Fortunately, all the companies under his command are basically on the right track, and they can afford the funds needed in the development process, and the only big money swallowers are the construction of the Cartagena Industrial Zone, and the interior decoration of the Peace Hotel is about to end.

In other words, the later decoration of the Peace Hotel really made Sean feel distressed, he really didn't expect to spend so much money!

It cost more than 34 million!

Damn, it's more expensive than building a building.

The whole thing is posted in dollars.

Thanks to Sean's foresight, he set up his own bank as the core, using company employees and gangs to absorb private funds on a large scale, otherwise, where would there be money.

Of this 180 million, Sean himself can only take out 16 million, and the rest is all 'loans' from the bank.

Your own bank should also go through the formal process to avoid taxes.

……

After the prison was legally transferred to Sean's name, Sean immediately took someone to visit the prison, and the warden happened to be an old friend, Henry Pope.

The last time the old guy made $100,000 from him, he was happy, although one of the prisoners was beaten half to death.

But, what is this about him, this is the prisoner himself accidentally fell.

Sean is ready to dismiss most of the original prison guards, an average of 500 people in a prison, Sean only retained 8 prison guards, without him, reduce expenses!

That's only 20 percent of the prison guards hired by the government.

The capitalists have no surplus food!

This layoff method has made many people in the state exclaim that Sean is too picky...... Too shrewd.

Sean felt the same way, and what he didn't know was that later in life, the CCA worked in a prison in Lawrenceville with only 5 prison guards out of 750 inmates.

On a three-shift system, there are only 1.5 prison guards on average every eight hours.

That's what a capitalist is called.

And Sean, these 8 people are still retained, and he will send more of his own manpower later, according to his plan, 500 people must be guarded by 15 people, and 5 people must be safer every 8 hours.

"Can this be managed?" During a visit to the prison, Bill looked at Sean dumbfounded, "That's too little?" ”

Henry Pope also felt scratching his head, fortunately, everyone is an old friend, and Sean will keep him for the sake of his previous face.

"Less!?" Sean stood in the hallway and pointed to the big iron doors and said, "They're already a group of mature prisoners, learn to manage themselves!" ”

Bill, Jonas: (?w?'ll)

After a visit, Sean specially asked Henry Pope to open the doors of different levels of cells.

"Sir, please." With a click, the cell door opened, and under the surprised eyes of the prisoners, Sean, Bill, and Jonas walked in one after another.

"This is the best cell?" Sean raised an eyebrow?

"Uh...... Yes. "Henry Pope is a little unsure, so, is this condition not good?

Single room, complete table and chairs, there is a separate bathroom or isolated, the whole area is 15 square meters, very good.

"It's so basic." Sean shook his head in displeasure.

A group of people, including the prisoners, looked at Sean in a daze, what the fuck are you kidding, this is a prison!

"Hey, brother, are you going to decorate your new home?" The prisoner sitting on the bed shouted at Sean.

Sean glanced at him and didn't speak, turning his head to look at Henry Pope, "Why does he live here?" ”

Henry Pope was a bit of a hard talker.

"There's nothing bad to say, is it money?" Sean smiled and reached out and patted Henry Pope on the shoulder, "Henry, you have to understand that right now, this is a business. ”

Henry Pope nodded, "$2,000 a month." ”

"It's so cheap." Sean was a little surprised.

"It's cheap!?" A prison guard who followed behind him couldn't help but reply, "Sir, our salary is only $932 a month. ”

With 12 monthly salaries and one month bonuses, their annual legal income is $12,116, while during this period, the per capita GDP of the United States is only $18,200 and the per capita GNP is only 17,436.

(GDP is gross domestic product, GNP is national per capita income, and the GDP of the United States is almost the same as GNP, while Rabbit was 6.46:2.82 in 2019)

As we all know, I and Lao Ma have an average of $28.2 billion per person......

And $12,000 is the per capita income of the average person.

Therefore, the cost of $2,000 for this kind of broken place is really excessive.

"Hey, boy, are you the fuck you're here to make trouble?" The prisoner tilted his head to look at Sean, his eyes full of fierce light.

Sean turned his head to look at Jonas, who watched a cruel smile flow from the corner of the prisoner's mouth.

Without waiting for the prisoner to react, Jonas flew up and kicked the prisoner down, and Bill rushed to the scene, and the two held each other down and punched and kicked each other frantically.

"Oh, damn it, Fack, Warden, Warden, they're going to kill me!!" The prisoner tried to resist at first, but after a few moments, he curled up on the ground and held his head and shouted for help.

Henry Pope turned his head to the side, his feet poked around on the ground, and he kept scolding, do you know who you're scolding?!

……

……

I have a cold, my head hurts a lot, and it has been cooling down these days, after all, I am old, my body is not as good as that of young people, and I have a cold......

With a headache and barely coded words, my brain was buzzing......