Chapter 31 Casino Business
The next day, George stood at the door of the Silver Heritage Hotel again. After calling Corleone that night, George left a clone at home, then went around to the winery and placed another 300,000 liters of wine in the space.
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As the space gradually increases, George can now hold at least 500,000 liters of wine. However, the new unified wine cellar has not yet been built. The current ones are still stored separately.
Taking away too much at once will cause unnecessary trouble. These 300,000 liters were prepared in the two previous wine cellars. These two wine cellars were no longer occupied without George's instructions.
Will go in.
So no one knew when he took the wine away, but the day after George took away the wine, he told Allison to continue storing the wine in these two wine cellars.
When George walked into the hotel, he saw two Jewish men in suits and polite ribbons walking towards him.
The two stood in front of George and said: "Mr. Orwell, please come with us, Mr. Orwell is waiting for you."
After speaking, he turned around and walked upstairs. However, the other person was indeed following behind George. Seeing the performance of the two of them, George smiled slightly.
George followed the two of them and came to a small living room, where there were already several men in suits waiting, but it was obvious at a glance that these men were thugs.
After seeing George walk in, they slowly put their hands in their arms, as if they would take out their weapons in the next moment. However, George didn't care about this little guy.
The man who brought George in stood in the middle of the living room, turned around and said to George: "Sorry, Mr. Orwell, we need to search you."
"Haha, are you kidding?" George looked contemptuously at the seven people slowly surrounding him.
"Haha, we are also thinking about Luciano's safety."
"Then you come and give it a try, haha." After George said this, he deliberately spread his hands and acted as if he was casual.
This man glanced at a thug walking next to him. The thug next to him immediately walked up to George, stretched out his hand and was about to search George.
George directly grabbed the man's neck with one hand, lifted the thug, and threw it to the two people on the left. The two were knocked down instantly. As soon as the others reacted, they were stunned when George raised his feet and
He kicked the two people behind him, and they flew out directly, and were finally blocked by the wall.
After dealing with these five people, the remaining two people also reacted and took out the pistols in their arms. George slid sideways and came between the two people. He directly grabbed the two people from the back of their necks with his hands, and exerted slight force with his hands.
The two of them were unable to move for an instant.
As soon as they put their hands together, the two of them collided face to face, and their faces immediately started to bleed, and they were knocked unconscious. As soon as George let go, the two of them fell to the ground softly like noodles.
Looking at the people who fell to the ground, George's lips curled up. He didn't use any force just now, and several people had already fallen down. He couldn't help but beat.
He shook his head and looked at the person who brought him over. He smiled slightly and said, "Why don't you come and search for it yourself."
The man immediately stood up straighter and said tremblingly: "First of all, sir, you misunderstood. We are just doing things according to the rules and have no other intentions."
"Haha, don't be nervous. Since I kept you just now, you are of course still useful. Go ahead and inform Mr. Luciano. My time is also very valuable."
After hearing this, the man nodded immediately and walked quickly outside the house. Anyone will feel a sense of fear when facing someone who can easily decide your life or death.
Facing this handsome young man who looks like he has just grown up, his calves are trembling a little now.
In just the blink of an eye, the seven people on his side were eliminated. Seeing him lift an adult with one hand, you can know how powerful the other person is.
It's better to leave here early.
George looked at the people who were leaving quickly and didn't say much. He was left here only so that someone could inform him. He was here to discuss cooperation, not to kill. It would be faster to kill with a gun.
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George estimated that the few people just now must have really meant to take him down, otherwise they would not all be in this room with guns. However, as a civilized person, George thought it would be better to meet and talk openly and openly.
If you kill yourself, how can you quietly be your own millionaire in the future?
Within two minutes, the man came back and invited George to follow him again. This time, the two of them came to a large office. There was a set of sofas opposite the big desk. They sat on the single sofa facing the door.
A middle-aged man with a slightly fat body and a height of about 1.75 meters with a cigar in his mouth.
After bringing George in, the man bent down, bowed slightly to the person on the sofa, and left directly.
George knew that the person sitting on the sofa should be Luciano. He was not polite and walked directly to sit opposite the person. He also looked directly at the middle-aged man opposite, smiled and said:
"It turns out that this is how the famous Jewish boss entertains guests. It really opened my eyes. Haha"
The person opposite also retracted his slightly aggressive gaze and said, "What Mr. Orwell did is not what a guest should do, right?"
"Oh, you mean you want me to search you obediently? Haha, that's okay, then why don't you come?" After saying that, he looked at the people standing behind him with a smile.
Luciano also smiled, waved and let the others go out. Only a middle-aged man with glasses was left standing behind him. Then he said: "The people under my command do not understand the rules, and Mr. Orwell has already punished them with his own hands."
After that, I won’t mention it anymore. Haha, Mr. Orwell, what do you want to drink?”
"Okay, that's it. Just coffee. Thank you."
Then the man wearing glasses called someone to bring George a cup of coffee. However, George did not move and just let him put it there quietly.
"I heard from Vito that Mr. Orwell wants to buy a casino in Reno this time, right?"
"Yes, I had this idea before."
"Well, then why was it before again?"
"Because, I thought casino management was relatively simple before. Now, with the economic environment so bad, how many people are still willing to come and gamble."
"Haha, there are still a lot of rich people. For example, Mr. George, not only won more than 10 million in the last competition, he should also make a lot of money from the drink business every month, right?"
"Haha, why aren't you allowed to make money?"
George understood that the Jewish gang should have found out that he was the one who provided alcohol to the Italian family headed by Corleone. George had learned about it before. Before he provided alcohol to Corleone, Corleone and the others had possession of alcohol on the black market.
The ratio was very low. Their foundation was not as deep as the Jewish gang, so it was the Jewish gang that really controlled the New York liquor business at that time.
After he provided wine to Corleone, a large part of the mid-to-high-end wine market was poached by the Corleone family. It was not just a matter of money, but also the relationship between the upper class. With Corleone's character, he would definitely do this.
Make friends with a lot of people from both political and legal circles.
In the movie, the reason why Corleone suppresses the other four major families is that the other four major families want to use the Corleone family's connections in the political and legal circles to protect their smuggling cocoa powder business.
From this we can see the importance of relationships. Don’t think that it is wrong to say that foreigners do not understand the ways of the world. It’s just that foreigners’ ways of doing things are more straightforward.
As the underground emperor of New York, he could find out about George, and George could understand that he had to make several transactions with Tesio and he did not pretend.
"That's not true. I'm just surprised at Mr. Orwell's ability. I think cooperation can lead to win-win results. I invite you here this time because I just want to cooperate with you. After all, in terms of strength, we can do more than Corleone.
OK."
"Haha, aren't you all in the same group? Aren't you afraid that the Corleone family won't be willing to do so if you try to steal Corleone's business?"
"Haha, did I say that if you eat them all, you can definitely share a few more portions. There is strength in numbers." Luciano explained with a smile.
George thought about it. If it were a wine business alone, his winery's wine output would reach 6 million liters next year.
If the Corleone family alone, even if there are several mafia families with good relations with Corleone, it is impossible to drink all his wine.
It has become inevitable to open up new sales channels. So there is no need to say it all now. You can talk about it slowly.
"Well, you're right, but firstly, our drinks are limited, and secondly, we can't give away more for the time being."
Seeing Luciano's face suddenly turn bad, George continued: "Actually, as long as I wait until next year, I can provide you with high-quality wine in large quantities."
"Next year, it will be too late. We want it now, what should we do?"
When George saw that the other party was not going to follow the rules, he did not tolerate him and said directly: "Then I have no choice. You can tell Corleone yourself and ask him to give you part of it."
"However, if you want to have some evil thoughts from me, I advise you to think about it carefully."
This is the reason why Luciano did not take any further measures. If he could capture George directly and obtain the source of the wine and the transportation channel from him, then it would undoubtedly be ideal to take over the business himself.
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But now that the ambush has failed, it seems that the other party is not that simple. Can a simple person get so much wine and transport it in silently?
Moreover, there are also factors related to the Corleone family, which makes Luciano extremely depressed. If it weren't for the crowds in the casino, many people would see him walking to the casino, so he couldn't use too many gunmen and just find dozens of gunmen to kill him.
He still has a chance to seize it.
Now we can only wait. After thinking about this, Luciano smiled and said: "Then I will talk to Vito again. Let's talk about the casino."
After explaining, he learned that it turned out that what they wanted to sell was the Reno Casino. This casino was opened by a Jew from a steel company. The Jewish gang was just checking out the place for the Jew, using the casino to make loan sharks and sit in Reno.
The cocoa powder business and the yellow business are the Jewish businesses.
Now the owner wants to sell.
George understood instantly that the current economic crisis had suddenly locked up the steel industry, and because the economic crisis had reduced gamblers, the casino business had plummeted. That's why the Jew wanted to sell the casino. No wonder he had asked Corleone to inquire before but there was no news.
, and now I'm looking for him to sell it again. I'm treating myself as a takeover.
However, George still asked with a smile: "I don't know, at what price are you planning to sell it?"
"13 million U.S. dollars is a more appropriate price." Luciano said with a smile. Then he boasted about how much he earns in a month and so on.
Good guy, George recited a few words silently in his mind. Not only does he want to treat himself as a taker, but he also treats himself as a scapegoat! George smiled and said: "As long as 13 million, it includes the casino license and all the personnel."
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Luciano, seeing that George did not refuse directly and was still asking carefully, thought that George was really interested, so he continued: "Of course, the 13 million U.S. dollars includes all the hotel and casino procedures, as well as all the hotel employees. But,
It’s quite chaotic here, so our Jewish gang can provide you with protection. You only need to give us a monthly protection fee of US$500,000.”
This is no longer greedy, this is completely robbery. I heard that it also includes hotel employees, but it does not mention casino employees. You know, a regular casino, in addition to having a license, also needs a dealer and a technical director to prevent
Thousands of people. He ignored all these people.
What's more important is the protection fee of 500,000 US dollars a month. George remembered that he robbed their headquarters last time, where casinos and loan companies were stored. The entire monthly income of the pornographic business was only more than 1 million US dollars.
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Back then, business was at its best, but with the current market conditions, it would be good if the casino could make half a million yuan a month. The Jewish gang asked for 500,000 yuan, which was completely taking George as a scapegoat.
George smiled and said: "The price is too high. I wonder if there are any cheaper casinos that you want to sell?"
"Others are not as profitable. If you want to make money, this one is the best."
Then George didn't say anything more, just excused himself and said that he needed to think about it. He just arrived today and wanted to take a rest.
Luciano, he didn't push too hard. Hehe, he's already settled here. Wouldn't it be easier to take him down? It would be so easy to give him some medicine or something.
Then, he enthusiastically arranged a room for George and invited George to have dinner with him in the evening. However, George refused on the excuse that he was too tired from the journey.
George returned to the room and deliberately turned on the water in the bathroom bathtub, letting it flow. Then with his keen sense of perception, he noticed that someone would pass by in the corridor in less than two minutes. There would also be a slight pause at the door of his room.
Stay, this is under surveillance.
Chapter completed!