Mess

Another week has passed since the Wind Leader defeated the Iron Fist Gang and fully took over the territory formerly controlled by the Iron Fist Gang.

“In the past week, we took over, destroyed and renovated 18 brothels, 11 casinos, and 15 Shimmer drug stores from the Iron Fist Gang, rescued 101 male workers and 696 female workers, sheltered beggars and homeless people,

There were 501 drug addicts, 621 gangsters, thugs, and gang members, and 4,087 freed slaves and bonded laborers."

“Next step, we plan to provide ideological education and labor reform to these beggars, vagrants, drug addicts, gang members, and sex workers who have been sheltered, provide vocational skills training, and help them re-enter factory work and live a self-reliant life.

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At the meeting of the Leaders Association, Lina, as a representative speaker, made the above report to Li Wei and others who were present at the meeting.

"These people used to rely entirely on the Iron Fist Gang for survival. And the Iron Fist Gang's livelihood, apart from the slave bonded business, was nothing more than loan sharking, pornography, gambling, and drugs."

"And we plan to completely abandon the underground industrial chain formed by the Iron Fist Gang in the Zaun community. In the future, based on the existing Hex Audio Workshop and relying on the technology patents provided by Professor Victor, we will gradually build Hex

Technology industry cluster. Eventually, it will gradually transform from illegal underground service industry and financial industry to mid-to-high-end manufacturing industry."

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"In the past week, our promotion and recruitment work has also been progressing steadily. Among them, the leader association has 412 formal members, and the wind chaser association has 2011 formal members."

"The number of Janna believers is growing at an exponential rate. I believe that within the next month, we can easily reach the goal of exceeding 10,000 people."

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However, in just one week, Janna's followers increased several times more than before. The power of Levi and Janna was also several times stronger than before.

It turns out that the Iron Fist gang that rules the Zaun community is the leeches lying on the heads of the Zaun people to suck blood.

After the leader killed these insects, he didn't finish delivering the boiled seed oil and left a mess.

Instead, we established wards and branches from the grassroots level in a down-to-earth manner, replacing the old order with a well-organized new order.

Without the Iron Fist Gang's sustainable blood-sucking rule, people's livelihood will naturally improve, and society will become more harmonious and stable.

but

After telling these good news, someone at the meeting wanted to curse:

"We're out of money, we're out of money, do you understand?!"

As the only one among the leaders who had been a business owner and knew how to make money, Erwin slapped the table directly in front of Levi:

"Levi, Levi."

"Don't be so idealistic before you do something, and look at the reality, okay?"

"Lina also mentioned in her report just now that the total number of bonded workers, sex workers, and gang members who originally relied on the Iron Fist Gang for survival totaled 56,000."

"You liberated more than 5,000 people in one go. What did they eat?"

"We have so many jobs for them, but do we have so much money to support the idle people?"

Erwin put on an air of "I don't know how much food and rice cost when I'm not a member of the family", and looked at President Levi and Vice President Victor with a look of resentment.

The last time they were looked at with such disdain was when they gave apprentices a salary increase at the drop of a hat.

Victor was overwhelmed and couldn't help but agree: "Mr. Erwin is indeed right."

"Although the production line of the Hex Audio Workshop has been successfully transformed in an emergency, it can mass-produce tapes and Walkmans and sell them on a large scale."

"But even based on the most optimistic estimate, this Hex Audio Workshop can provide up to 1,000 jobs after it makes a profit and expands production."

The only factory owned by the leader can only provide up to 1,000 jobs in the future.

This is still in the future. This "future" must be at least one or two months away.

And if you want to invest in building a new factory, it will take even longer time from research and development, financing, factory construction, production, launch, sales to profitability.

Not to mention.

"Building a new factory also costs money!" Erwin scolded angrily: "You have closed down all the profitable brothels, casinos, and low-light shops, leaving an extra 5,000 to 6,000 idle people to support.

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"We will laugh out loud if we don't go bankrupt. How can we get so much money to expand production and build new factories?"

"Uh" Li Wei was speechless.

He could hear that Erwin was accusing him of taking too big a step.

"Then what should we do?" Li Wei humbly asked for advice.

"Well, I know you are all idealists and have a moral obsession." After thinking deeply, Erwin gave a way to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause:

"You are definitely not willing to open a brothel and a low-light shop like the Iron Fist Gang, and do this kind of business of eating human blood steamed buns and exchanging human lives for money."

"But I think the dozen or so casinos left by the Iron Fist Gang can definitely continue to be opened - don't worry, what I mean is that while operating the casinos, we should carry out a certain degree of reform and require customers to enter and verify their capital.

Set barriers to entry.”

"This way we can only allow the wealthy people in Piltover to enter the casino to spend money, while keeping the common people and poor people out of danger."

It only cheats the rich, not the poor. Rounding it all off, opening a casino is considered robbing the rich and giving to the poor.

The casino can also provide employment for a group of people and relieve the huge employment pressure currently faced by the Zaun community.

Erwin's proposal seems to have some merit.

"No, absolutely not!" Although he knew there were huge financial difficulties, Li Wei still firmly opposed it.

"Our strongest weapon is not money, but ideas."

"The perfect image of the goddess Janna is our greatest wealth."

The leader's biggest reliance is Janna, and Janna's power comes entirely from faith.

If people knew that he, the God of Janna, was taking the lead in running a casino and leading unhealthy trends, what would the believers think of him?

This may have a very serious negative impact on the image of the goddess Janna.

"What you said makes sense."

Erwin also agreed with Levi's view.

But he spread his hands and asked: "Now that our ideals are taken care of, what should we do about eating?"

"Tell me, how to make money?"

Levi: "."

Now the leader's Walkman project has not yet started to make a profit, and the money is flowing out like running water.

And where does all this money come from?

Levi originally planned to make a fortune from the Iron Fist Gang by beating up a wave of local tycoons after defeating the Iron Fist Gang.

The Iron Fist Gang has been operating in Pi City for many years and must have accumulated a lot of ill-gotten wealth.

With this huge sum of money, it should not be difficult for the leader to survive this difficult transition period.

But Li Wei never expected

The Iron Fist Gang simply doesn't have that much money.

Their business is huge, but most of the money they earn is used to honor the people behind them.

Avery's own remaining money was not as much as Levi imagined.

At least, this amount of money is far from enough to maintain the long-term operation of a community.

In the end, the Iron Fist Gang perished.

But what was left to the leader to inherit was a Zaan community that was impoverished and smoky, with neither industry nor capital, and was full of brothels, casinos, and gleaming shops.

This is a huge mess.

"It will take some time for the Walkman project to go public and make a profit."

"The money we spend now is all given by me and Miss Caitlin's family."

Erwin sighed helplessly, his face full of pain:

"The wealth I have accumulated over the years has been wiped out by you in two weeks; the money given by Miss Caitlin's family may not last long."

"Levi, you should really think about how we are going to survive!"

Levi: "."

Now he finally understood how the Caucasian gangsters were born.

This only took half a month of work.
Chapter completed!