Hardy Empire 1945

Chapter 193 Conspiracy and conspiracy

One hundred million!

This number shocked everyone present. In this era, what is the concept of 100 million? The GDP of the United States last year was only more than 200 billion US dollars, and this investment alone reached 1/2000 of the US GDP.

In this day and age, a millionaire is already a millionaire.

How could it not be shocking that Hardy proposed an investment plan of 100 million yuan.

In fact, Hardy has several layers of ideas in proposing the '100 million' plan.

This 100 million is not a simple casino, but a casino entertainment complex, including casinos, hotels, even villas, resorts, and various entertainment facilities.

It also includes ancillary facilities, such as adding direct flights to Las Vegas, his hospital plan, and even the university plan are also in this project.

Hospitals and universities require a lot of investment, so Hardy won't be foolish enough to take the money himself and distribute the expenses, as long as he can control the management.

and also.

If the investment is large, those who want to play with him will have to spend most of their wealth, and these people will be firmly bound to this chariot.

Create new circles.

Another point is to set a high threshold here. If anyone wants to enter Las Vegas in the future, if they can't compare with the scale of the new hotel, then don't come, because you can't make money.

After the opening ceremony ended, these casino managers left and immediately called to report to their owners, which was a big deal.

Emilio Basini, the patriarch of the Basini family of the five major gangs in New York, frowned and fell into deep thought after hearing the report from his subordinates.

In fact, he has been paying more attention to Hardy's movements.

He regards the Corleone family as an opponent, and Hardy is a friend of the Corleone family. The territory and influence he received are also Siegel's original influence.

In his heart, he already regarded Hardy as an opponent.

The Hardy Hotel opened, and the business is exploding. It can be said that it is making money every day. According to his reports, the normal daily profit of the casino is about 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. dollars, and it can reach 10 million U.S. dollars throughout the year.

This is not counting the so-called 2-hour lottery event. It is said that the lottery event earns more than the casino's operating income every day, and this income may reach 20 million.

There is also news that the so-called proxy investment company was made by Hardy's subordinate, Bill of the Los Angeles company, and now it has absorbed more than ten million dollars in funds.

Every income made Basini jealous.

And the more Hardy made, the angrier he got.

Why?

Because without this Hardy, the Flamingo Casino, which is now the Hardy Hotel, should have belonged to them.

In the conflict between their four major families and the Corleone family, the reason why Corleone was able to survive in the end and not be destroyed by them was largely because of Hardy.

Afterwards, he found out that when the old Vito was assassinated, this Hardy had personally brought people to New York to solve the crisis of the Corleone family. Basini suspected that the restaurant bombing was also done by Hardy.

Later, in the chaos of the conflict, while dealing with the Corleone family, they conspired to kill Siegel, trying to take advantage of the chaos to snatch the property, but in the end, Hardy got the biggest advantage.

Raymond's people and the Los Angeles Irish North Shore gang were killed by this guy in one fell swoop, allowing him to take the opportunity to unify Los Angeles and become the largest underground force in Los Angeles.

He also robbed the Flamingo Casino.

Think of flamingos.

Originally, he still had 13% of the shares in Flamingo, but in the end he used these shares in exchange for the Corleone family agreeing to support the drug trade.

Oh shit,

Counting it now, he lost a lot in this business.

Not counting as a betting company, but only talking about the annual revenue of the Hardy Hotel, you can see a profit of 30 million.

He has 13% of the shares, and that year's income was 4 million.

Now the drug business operated by the Basini family site has a yearly net income of only two to three million yuan, and a lot of hard work has to be done, and they are always worried.

What about the Corleone family?

Get 39% of the shares in three casinos, and do nothing now, and you can get more than 10 million in income a year.

And it's legal income.

You must know that legal income is much more valuable than gangster income. The black money business needs to be laundered, and part of it must be removed, and as long as there is a problem with the business, the income will stop, while the casino income can continue to be profitable.

Even if there is a problem in the family, this income can exist.

Thinking of this incident, Basini went crazy with jealousy.

I planned for so long at the beginning, and played a big game of chess, forcing the Corleone family to bow their heads and admit defeat, but in the end, I gave the fattest mutton to others, and I only picked up a bone to gnaw on.

certainly.

Basini would not think that the reason why Hardy Hotel is so profitable is that it is well run, and Hardy has put in effort, painstaking effort and wisdom.

Sometimes the same casino is placed there, and it may not be successful if it is run by another person.

As for Hardy's invitation to the mafia family to jointly invest in the new casino, Basini, an old fox, smelled a hint of conspiracy.

If these people become business partners with Hardy, then the intensity of their own speaking will be much reduced in the future.

he knows,

These mafia families,

The first priority is to make money, as long as they can make money, they are willing to do anything, but if someone stands in their way to make money, they will immediately turn from allies to hungry wolves.

When they attacked the Corleone family together, these small families acted as hunting dogs. Although they did not directly attack the Corleone family, shouting and cheering at the side would also play a big role. The reason why Basini was able to drive them was because of the drug business. this interest.

Now Hardy throws a piece of fat.

Those greedy and mindless bastards will inevitably fall for the bait.

Once they become partners, if they want to kill Hardy in the future, they will definitely not be able to do so, and their right to speak in the mafia committee will be greatly weakened.

no.

He must be stopped!

Basini picked up the phone and called Philip, the patriarch of the Tattaglia family, and told him the stakes.

I will definitely not invest in Hardy's property. I heard that the Hardy Hotel can easily earn 20 to 30 million yuan a year. If we didn't give Corleone the shares of the Flamingo, we could easily earn a fortune. money, said Philip.

Bassini could hear a trace of complaint in Philip's words. At the beginning, he advocated agreeing to exchange shares for Corleone's forces to support the drug business.

Are we just going to watch Hardy make a lot of money in Las Vegas? Philip said.

I have an idea. Let's recruit some people and invest in building a big casino in Las Vegas. We can still make money, Basini said.

Philip was interested when he heard it.

It's a good idea, but I'm afraid it will require a considerable investment.

Then find more people.

Putting down the phone, Basini called the head of the Strachey family, Kolobo. The two talked for half an hour, and Kolobo also agreed to build a new casino.

These three are the three companies that originally purchased the shares of the Flamingo Casino. On weekdays, Basini has the closest relationship with them and forms an alliance of interests.

In the end, Basini called Tirio Cuneo, the patriarch of the Cuneo family, and after sharing his thoughts with the other party, Cuneo said: I heard the report from the casino steward. I don't know if you read it or not. Las Vegas TV?

I've seen it. Basini said.

He also watched the Las Vegas TV station out of curiosity and following the movements of his opponents.

I think the success of Hardy's Casino is largely due to the promotional effect of the Las Vegas TV station and the lottery. If there is no TV station, even if you open another casino, you will not be able to succeed.

Basini frowned.

Thinking about it, it seems that this is indeed the case. The success of Hardy Casino is mainly due to the TV station, and the casino is only one aspect.

Without the support of the TV station, the new casino will never develop, and it is possible that the investment will lose money.

But Hardy can succeed, because now he runs the largest ABC TV station in the United States, and no one else has the ability to just create a national TV station.

certainly,

It can cooperate with the other two TV stations to forcefully insert into Las Vegas and grab Hardy's business.

But in that case, it would be equivalent to directly tearing the skin off.

Hardy is not a modest and cowardly man. It is estimated that your TV station will be built on the first day, and there will be an explosion on the second day, and even the building will be blown down by you.

They really can't beat Hardy if they come hard.

The Los Angeles gang is under his control, and its strength is stronger than any of the five major families alone.

HD Security has expanded wildly this year, and now the number has reached a terrifying 2,500. These people are equivalent to Hardy's private army. Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas are all within HD Security's sphere of influence.

New York has also opened a branch of HD Security, which is small in scale, with only more than 200 people, and undertakes the business of several banks. When Basini went out by car, he saw an escort car marked with HD Security.

But he can send more troops to New York at any time.

After thinking about it for a while, Basini found that even if they invest in the construction of a new casino, it may not be successful.

If you want to make money in Las Vegas, you can only cooperate with Hardy.

This feeling made Basini hard.

Basini said angrily: Cuneo, it's not a matter of making money or not. If the Mafia family invests in Hardy's new casino, do you think other families will deal with him in the future? Don't forget that Hardy is dead. Allies of Corleone.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, Cuneo said: I will think about it, let's stop here.

After hanging up the phone, Cuneo squinted at a painting on the wall. This is a famous painting by French painter Théodore Gudin in 1827. Overturned, people escaped from the sailing boats and escaped in lifeboats, and people struggled in the storm due to raging waves.

He and the Corleone family did not have any enmity. Before, he united three families to attack the Corleone family for the drug business and profit.

Since Basini can't give him any benefits now, and in Las Vegas, he has a large amount of benefits beckoning to him, it is not difficult for Cuneo to choose who to choose.

He thought for a while, picked up the phone, and called old godfather Vito Corleone.

Vito, I'm Cuneo. Cuneo greeted with a smile.

I recognized Cuneo, you haven't called me for a long time, you always asked me to have a drink before. The old godfather said with a smile.

Do you have time this weekend? Let's go hunting at my manor in the countryside. Cuneo invited.

Okay, I haven't gone out for a long time. The old godfather agreed.

Vito, I heard that Hardy of Las Vegas wants to build a new large-scale casino with an investment of 100 million yuan. What do you think of the Corleone family, are you ready to invest? Cuneo asked the question.

The old godfather chuckled, Of course I will invest. I believe this will be a profitable business. Since you know how to make money, why don't you invest? You know that I have shares in the Hardy Hotel, which can bring me tens of millions of dollars every year. legal gain.

The old godfather deliberately emphasized the word 'legal'.

It is important to know that there is a huge difference between legal income and illegal income, especially in a country with very strict financial regulation.

How much are you going to invest? Cuneo asked.

It depends on Hardy's intentions. I definitely want to invest more money, but I'm afraid that Hardy is unwilling. You must know that this business may involve a dozen or even dozens of shareholders. If you hold too many shares, others will not have it. Already. The old godfather said.

100 million investment.

Not many of these families can contribute 10 million, and it is not bad to be able to contribute 5 million, which only accounts for 5% of the shares.

Cuneo paused and said, Vito, Basini called me just now, and Cuneo told the old godfather exactly what Basini had said to him.

“A country does not have permanent friends, only permanent interests.”

No permanent friends, only permanent interests.

This is a famous saying of the British Prime Minister Palmerston in the 19th century, and it is also the foundation of British diplomacy.