Chapter 191: Chapter 191 The Los City Company
This leader, seeing Bill's signal, took a deep breath and stood up, speaking loudly, "Brothers, I think Mr. Hardy is right. The Mafia is in chaos right now. No one will help us. Although Jaime Weiss was taken down by Mr. Hardy this time, we can't guarantee other Irish gangs won't come after us."
"I have a suggestion. Why don't we join the Bill Gang together? Everyone knows that the Austrians Gang and the Bill Gang were originally the property of Mr. Sigel. We were one family to begin with."
After this guy finished speaking, he looked at the leader who had the best relationship with him. The leader immediately understood and stood up. "I agree with Anthony. Why don't we merge into the Bill Gang."
The other leaders were also frightened by Hardy's words. If the Austrians Gang did not have a strong protector, it would indeed struggle to survive.
"I agree to merge with Bill's gang." Another leader stood up.
The others quickly followed, expressing their willingness to join.
Finally, everyone looked at Alan.
Alan had anticipated this outcome.
Thinking back to last night.
Bill's gang was strong and formidable, charging into the North Shore Gang's headquarters and shooting Jaime Weiss to death. Detroit strategist David was shot in the head.
He understood clearly.
Bill's gang's current strength was not something the Austrians gang could match.
Alan looked at Hardy, sincerely saying, "Mr. Hardy saved me. Otherwise, I would have been killed by Jaime Weiss. I fully support merging the Austrians gang into Bill's gang."
"Mr. Hardy, on behalf of the Austrians gang, I ask you to agree to let the Austrians gang join Bill's gang."
Moreover, he had to be more proactive than others.
With Alan Payne's strategic mind, this was not difficult to achieve.
Hardy calmly looked at the Austrians gang leaders and said, "Do you all really agree to join Bill's gang? If anyone wants to leave, speak up now. I don't want any future conflicts over this."
disagreements over what?
Anyone daring to leave now would be causing trouble and would likely end up worse off than those Irishmen.
No one was a fool.
Even if they join the Bill Gang first and leave later, it is better than to mention exiting now.
"Agree."
"No objections."
"Definitely not leaving."
Thus, with the unanimous agreement of the Austrians gang leaders, the Austrians gang officially merged into the Bill gang. From then on, the Austrians gang ceased to exist.
The next day.
A grand meeting was held at the Bill gang headquarters.
All Bill gang managers and the former Austrians gang leaders attended the meeting.
At the meeting, Hardy announced:
"The name 'Bill gang' is now somewhat inappropriate. The gang will be officially renamed 'Los City'."
Taking advantage of the merger, major adjustments were made to the gang's personnel and management structure.
From now on, "Los City" would no longer be a gang but a company, known externally as Los City Company, and would operate as a company rather than a gang.
President: Bill Pitt.
Vice President: Alan Penn.
Chief Financial Officer: Charles Simon.
Below were four major action leaders, managers, supervisors, and other responsible persons.
In one word, it was a professional company.
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The Los City Company was established, covering the new district originally under the Austrians gang, the old district under the North Shore gang, and the Hollywood area under Bill's gang, occupying three quarters of Los Angeles, and these are the best areas in the city.
As for the Mexican gang, they are like rats, previously only active in slums.
Currently, the Los City Company is undoubtedly the king of Los Angeles.
Bill and Hardy were discussing in the office the future development of the Los City Company. Hardy had a clear vision for the gang's future development.
"the Los City Company will focus on gray industries in the future, keep black industries low key, and absolutely don't engage in violent industries, and stay away from drugs," Hardy said.
"Boss, what are gray, black, and violent industries? Please clarify," Bill asked.
"Gray industries are slightly shady but still somewhat legal, such as running real estate demolition companies, lumber processing plants, bars, nightclubs, city garbage collection, transportation industries, etc.," Hardy explained.
Bill scratched his scalp: "Boss, I can understand the real estate and transportation industries, but why do you want to run a garbage disposal business? Is that business profitable?"
Hardy was eager to tell him that this business, if done well, is extremely profitable.
"I'll give you a brief overview of how to run this business so you can understand its profitability," Hardy said.
"By collecting city garbage, you can get subsidies from the government, which are enough to cover the daily expenses of a garbage disposal company. We can also charge residents for throwing away garbage, which is reasonable. If they want to dispose of large items, it would be charged by weight, adding another income stream."
"Among the garbage, there are scrap metals, paper, discarded clothes and shoes, and broken furniture. In 2,000 tons of garbage, there would be about 200 tons of recyclable materials. That's just one day's worth, think about how much it is in a month or a year. These items can be sold at a good price to recycling companies." Hardy elaborated.
"But there are already two garbage disposal companies in Los Angeles. Is there still business for us to enter now?" Bill asked.
Hardy smiled lightly.
"Have you forgotten your identity? You can use some small tactics, like stealing their garbage trucks and dumping the garbage into the bay, then having a journalist expose it. The city government will hold that company accountable, making it impossible for them to continue. That's when you can negotiate to buy them out," Hardy said with a sly grin.
"Boss, that's a brilliant idea," Bill exclaimed.
They continued discussing black businesses.
Black businesses are the traditional gang businesses, like gambling, smuggling, money laundering, etc.
Hardy meant that except for drugs, the other businesses could continue. Gambling had been the biggest income source for Bill's gang, with slot machines all over the Austrians and Bill's territories generating over two million dollars annually. They could now expand into North Shore's territory, increasing this income.