jdhmnovel Chapter 374 Overview of Community Industry
Chapter 374 Overview of Community Industry
Jiang Tiansheng was a bit domineering today, which was different from usual. He gave people the illusion of having the eyes of an eagle and the watchful eyes of a wolf, which made Lu Yongqiang a little dazed.
After Jiang Tiansheng finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang was stunned for a moment before speaking, "Oh! What's with the mythical dragon that appears but never appears? I've just been busying myself. It's not the end of the year yet, and I've almost finished dealing with everything that needs to be dealt with. Now that I have time, I naturally can't miss the meeting. After all, I'm the leader of Hongxing. If I haven't shown up for such a long time and don't come around at the end of the year, it would be too unreasonable."
Jiang Tiansheng didn't think of finding fault over such a trivial matter as whether or not to attend the meeting. After Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, he didn't say anything else. Instead, he followed the old rules and chatted with everyone one by one.
It was just that Jiang Tiansheng didn't know what big thing had happened today, which caused him to be unable to control his emotions well. He didn't have the same gentle demeanor as before, but instead was domineering in his every move.
Let me put it this way, in the past, Jiang Tiansheng would always chat with others with a smile. Although the content of the conversation was varied, it was basically something the other party was familiar with, like talking about women, boxing matches and other trivial matters.
But today Jiang Tiansheng was very different. He seemed to be chatting with others, but the content of his words was a bit divisive.
Just like his conversation with Slender Eyes.
"Xiyan, you've been making big moves recently, investing hundreds of millions or even billions. Now that you have such a good source of wealth, you can't always eat it all for yourself, right? We're all from the same sect after all, so you should at least let your brothers share in the spoils, right?"
This statement sounds fine at first, but it always feels like it is trying to sow discord between Xiyan and everyone else.
There is also the conversation between Jiang Tiansheng and Ma Wangjian.
"Ma Wangjian, there are many gangs in the society that are engaged in the underground black lottery business, but none of them can compare to yours. You are the big boss in this area. Otherwise, why don't the other gangs transfer this business to yours? Then you can eat the meat and everyone else can drink the soup."
Jiang Tiansheng's words immediately made Ma Wangjian withdraw into himself.
The threshold for the underground black lottery business is not high, and the investment is not large, so many gangs have people doing this business.
There are many people doing this business, but not all of them can make money. Some people even lose everything.
There are many types of underground black lotteries, even more than those sold legally. In order to attract customers, some people create corresponding odds for whatever is popular.
For example, for the annual boxing matches and beauty pageants in Hong Kong, there are people who come up with corresponding odds for these kinds of things.
This kind of thing actually has a lot of room for human manipulation. It is normal for large gambling companies to organize fake matches in order to reap profits, and some well-informed people will find ways to get a piece of the pie while others are eating the meat.
For example, in the beauty pageant organized by Thirteenth Sister this year, ten nightclub queens were basically decided at the beginning of the competition, only the specific rankings among these ten people were not determined.
Under such circumstances, Thirteenth Sister and her companions would naturally not suffer losses from the odds they secretly manipulated, but many of those who wanted to profit from the losses lost everything they had, and even many people on the Hongxing side were defrauded of everything they had invested.
Ma Wangjian's underground black lottery business mainly involves betting on horse racing, and the main reason why Ma Wangjian can make a lot of money is that he has connections in the Jockey Club. Every time there is a horse race, Ma Wangjian will receive some inside information in advance, and he will set up a scheme to reap profits based on this inside information.
When it comes to cutting leeks, you can't do it to death, otherwise you will dig up the roots and how can new leeks grow? Therefore, Ma Wangjian has a limit on how many leeks he can cut each time.
There are only so many in total, and with one more person joining the game, Ma Wangjian will naturally get less benefit.
So after doing the underground black lottery business for so long, Ma Wangjian never told anyone and kept hiding behind the scenes to control it. It was obvious that he didn't want others to have a share of the profits.
Jiang Tiansheng is a good person. If they really do as he says, most people in the room will definitely benefit, but Ma Wangjian will lose a lot of money.
Club meetings are usually noisy, but today was different. After Jiang Tiansheng chatted with everyone, he almost made everyone quiet down. After he finished speaking, almost no one sitting at the table wanted to talk anymore.
Seeing the atmosphere in the room inexplicably becoming tense, Chen Yao took the initiative to speak: "Everyone, now it's time to report the income of your respective halls this month."
He turned to look at Chen Haonan next to him, and then continued: "Haonan, let's start from your Causeway Bay branch."
After Chen Yao finished speaking, Chen Haonan said, "The police have conducted three major inspections in Causeway Bay this month, and the Fire Services Department also came to inspect once.
During the police's inspection, they found some customers taking drugs in our two nightclubs, which resulted in the two places being closed for seven days. Also, when the Fire Department came to inspect, one bar failed to meet fire safety standards and was punished for rectification, and was closed for nearly half a month.
Therefore, the nightclub's revenue this month was much lower than last month, only 3.84 million.
Also, because of the major inspection by the police, several casinos here have not been open this month and have remained closed.
The protection fees are not much different from last month, still over 2 million. Adding in the other income of the gang, the total income of the gang this month is 7.4 million, and the payment is 2.22 million. The money has been remitted into the public account."
As soon as Chen Haonan finished speaking, there was a burst of discussion in the room. Ever since the Causeway Bay branch was established, the monthly payment would not be less than five million, but now it is less than three million. This is indeed a bit beyond everyone's expectations.
Some people murmured in low voices, while others directly questioned Chen Haonan.
Fatty Li said dissatisfiedly, "Less than three million, handsome boy Nan, how can you be the boss?"
Wuliang followed closely behind, saying, "That's right. Causeway Bay is one of the most lucrative areas for the gang. It's unreasonable to pay such a small amount, right?"
After being questioned by Fatty Li and Wuliang, Chen Haonan's face looked a little ugly, and Chen Yao had to stand up to excuse Chen Haonan.
"Everyone, I've verified what Haonan said, and it's indeed the case. The police and the Fire Department came looking for trouble. In order to deal with these two, several places had to be renovated and rectified, plus fines, which cost an extra one million this month. Having an income of seven or eight million now is already very rare, and this really can't be blamed on Haonan."
"Okay, everyone knows the situation in the Causeway Bay gang, there's no need to discuss it anymore. The police are cracking down hard now, and I believe the situation will definitely improve after we get through this period.
Pretty Mom, can you tell me about your Shen Shui She Tong Kou?
As Chen Yao finished speaking, his mother spoke up, "My life in Shenshui has been relatively stable this month, with no unexpected events. My income is about the same as last month, totaling over 6.8 million yuan, with a payment of 2.07 million yuan. The money has already been remitted to the company account."
After the pretty mother spoke, the people behind her gave a brief report on the situation in their respective halls without Chen Yao calling out their names.
In fact, the money that everyone should pay to the society has already been deposited into the society's public account, and the account books have also been handed over to Chen Yao for inspection. The reason why they took time to hold a special meeting was just to tell everyone about the situation of their respective halls so that everyone would have some idea.
After the major gangs explained their situations, Chen Yao also gave a brief account of the situation of the community's industries.
Hongxing’s current industries are mainly divided into three parts.
One part is the entertainment industry, which includes all bars, nightclubs, massage parlors, billiard halls, chess and card rooms, bathhouses and other places under the name of the society that are more or less involved in gray income.
According to the rules originally formulated by Jiang Tiansheng, after this part of the industry was taken over by the society, it was leased to various gangs for operation. In this way, no matter what illegal or criminal activities these places were involved in, the entire society would not be implicated.
However, after two months of operation, problems arose because some people simply didn't know how to run a business. After the venues were given to them, the business plummeted. If everyone continued to run their own business, some venues might have simply gone bankrupt.
After that, they can only change back to the previous operating model. Those who know how to do business can arrange people to run the business themselves. Those who don’t know how to do business can hand it over to the society to send people to run the business. He only needs to be responsible for accounting and sending people to look after the place.
Then there is the issue of profit sharing, which naturally needs to be changed. The profit sharing is no longer done in the form of rent, and finally it is changed back to the pumping model.
One area is the transportation industry. The society incorporated several former passenger and freight companies and formed a transportation company.
This industry is now completely legal. The company currently has nearly 500 taxis, more than 80 passenger minibuses on more than ten minibus routes, and more than 50 large and small trucks.
The last industry is catering services, which includes all restaurants, hotels, teahouses and other industries under the name of the society.
We currently have seven restaurants, two large hotels, three inns, and four teahouses. It may not seem like much, but the ownership of all these businesses is in the hands of the association. Therefore, this is the association's most important asset.
In addition to these three major industries, the association has also invested in a clothing factory and a soda factory in the past two years. Both factories are not large. The clothing factory has only about a hundred people, while the soda factory is larger, with more than two hundred workers. The business of the two factories is not very good, it can only be considered mediocre, and the profit is not very large. The clothing factory has an annual income of one to two million, and the soda factory has about three to four million.
In addition to these two companies, the society also has an investment company, but this company was established not long ago, less than a month ago, and is now a shell company with no investment projects.