America’s Big Hero

Seagram Group headquarters in Montreal, Canada.

"Speak." Edgar Mills Bronfman, 55, sat on a large office chair and looked at the man in front of him.

(Old Bronfman's son is also named Edgar Bronfman, and is called Young Bronfman by the international community)

"The wine sold underground in New Jersey is definitely fake. The day before yesterday, Sean established a Sean Wine Company to formalize the company." George whispered.

George was sent by Seagram Liquor to New Jersey to investigate those wines. During the secret investigation stage, many people died under his command. After that, he ran back to New York and didn't dare to continue the investigation.

After the Elephant Party publicly investigated the smuggling of alcohol by the Jonas family, George immediately went through the relationship and paid close attention, and returned to Montreal as soon as he got the news.

"Hmph, that's true!" Old Bronfman snorted coldly with an ugly face.

The Bronfman family is the earliest Jewish Russians. E. Bronfman immigrated to Canada in 1889. Due to the explosive development of the smuggled alcohol market after the Prohibition of Alcohol in the United States, in 1924, E. Bronfman’s son Samuel Brown Fifman set up a brewing company in Montreal, connected with mafias across the United States, and began smuggling alcohol into the United States.

Later, holding a gun in one hand and wine in the other, the family assets began to grow explosively. In 1928, it annexed Ontario Seagrams and officially changed its name to become a legal company.

It cannot be said that Sean imitated the Bronfman family fortune...

I can only say the same thing!

Well, up front!

All are legitimate businessmen.

All have a bright future!

At present, under the leadership of Bronfman Sr., Seagram Wine Industry has become one of the largest wine industry groups in the world. Not only does it have its own brand, but the smuggling channels throughout the United States have transformed into the largest sales network in North America.

At the same time, due to historical reasons, the relationship with mafia families in various parts of North America has not been severed, and most of the mafia smuggled drinks in various places use Seagram's channel.

The smuggled wine evades a huge amount of tariffs, which itself has little effect on Seagram's interests.

But after Sean took control of New Jersey for a few months, the Seagram Group discovered that New Jersey had never taken any goods from them, and New Jersey had been smuggled alcohol.

"Chairman, do you still need to continue the investigation?" George asked after seeing that the old Bronfman had been silent for a long time.

"No need for now, go down." Old Bronfman put down the documents in his hand and said in a flat tone.

George retreated silently and closed the door. Old Bronfman looked at his son, "What do you think should be done?"

"Of course it's to find that guy's counterfeit factory, and then take him to court." Bronfman said angrily, "We absolutely can't just let it go. Huh, if we don't do anything, those guys will only think that we Brown The Fuman family is afraid, if everyone makes fake wine, it will definitely cause a devastating blow to the entire wine market."

"How to find his fake factory?"

"As long as you do it, you will leave traces. The people below are too incompetent." Bronfman curled his lips, "You can definitely ask from those gangs. If one or two can't do it, then find ten Twenty families, a group of gang members, can there be any people of high moral character, I heard that there are more than 200 gangs in New Jersey, so many, it is impossible for everyone to be willing to keep a secret, there must be someone who is willing to say."

"Gathering together the delivery information of multiple companies, we can naturally find out where the initial point is. As long as we are willing to spend money, we can definitely find it. If it is not convenient for us to do so, we can ask private investigators to investigate."

Although the little Bronfman is a little arrogant, but, as the third generation of the Bronfman family, his knowledge and level are really not bad.

Old Bronfman nodded. According to this method of investigation, it can indeed be found, but...

"There's no need to investigate. The factory is in Basek, and it's been demolished now. Sean is building a new factory in Newark."

"Demolition, demolition?" Little Bronfman opened his mouth in astonishment, his eyes widened, "No way, he didn't really give up fakes and go for his own brand, did he?"

If others don't know, how can he know how difficult it is to operate the wine industry despite its high profits?

There are so many wineries in Europe that have been in the business for more than a hundred years, and he is a layman. Now he wants to get involved in the red wine business, and he is looking for death!

"impossible!"

"After eating big fish and big meat, no one can starve without taking the meat at hand!" Little Bronfman shook his head like a rattle.

He didn't believe that Sean could stand the temptation and suffering if he put tens of millions in a year and didn't pick it up. He worked hard to create a brand that he didn't know if he could succeed.

Historical experience told him that it is impossible for normal people to endure it.

"I don't know if he can bear it..." Old Bronfman squinted his eyes and shook his head. During the period of Prohibition, the Seagram Liquor Industry was growing at a jaw-dropping speed. After the Prohibition was lifted, ten times the effort They couldn't make as much money as before, and the Bronfman family was very uncomfortable.

It was an extremely difficult time.

"Then what should we do now, just let him go?" Little Bronfman asked with an ugly face.

"It's not that easy to move him." Old Bronfman shook his head. "Don't talk about his influence in New Jersey, just talk about Rockefeller's background. As long as he doesn't do it now, there is nothing we can do."

"Damn it, shameless thief, robber, Rockefeller has really fallen, huh!" Little Bronfman gritted his teeth and cursed for a while.

He completely forgot that his family was developed in this way.

What? Seagram involved in smuggling?

We just sold the wine, as for how those people operate after that, what does Seagram have to do with me!

People are always forgetful.

...

Xiao En's Wine was established and operated quietly without causing any disturbance.

At least, in New Jersey high society, Sean and the Elephant's retaliation for each other is well known.

Until now, the secrets of why Sean made a fortune so quickly in the early days were revealed.

It turned out that they were making 'fake wine', and the profits were horribly frightening.

While envious and jealous of how easy it is for Sean to make a fortune, most people are also lamenting that Sean is "willing to".

Such decisive cutting off tens of millions of profits a year and starting a 'regular winery', this kind of courage is really not something ordinary people can have.

That is tens of millions a year, a wealth that no number of families can earn for generations.

Yes, in the eyes of everyone, the "Xiao En Winery" that is still under construction is a "regular winery". After all, it is openly blended, sold publicly, has a regular brand, and pays taxes legally. Why is it not a regular winery.

Although those speakeasies still get goods from Sean, go back and exchange and fill them into the original bottles to become 'fake wine' again, but the illegal behavior has changed from Sean to those gangs, and if there is any problem, they will not be able to find it anyway. It's over to Sean.

Of course, the loss is indeed huge.

And as the news slowly spread, the sales of these 'mid-to-high-end' alcoholic beverages will inevitably be greatly affected.

However, Sean is not worried about this.

After the public sale, some people in other states will also buy these "brand wines" back, bottle them for sale, and the sales volume may not decrease.

Although the price is not lower than that of smuggling, it is better than safety.

It's too scattered to check.

State court, today is the time for the Santos case to be heard.

The court was full of people, and there were no reporters. They were all prominent figures from the Elephant Party and the Donkey Party.

The elephant party is here to give Santos a platform, and the donkey party is here to watch the excitement.

There is no such thing as rabbit death and fox sadness. Sean is also a member of high society, and he is still a top existence.

As long as it is not overthrown by the "mud legs", it is nothing, it is an internal struggle.

"The court pronounced that Santos... was found guilty of a crime and sentenced to 12 years in prison." The judge announced the verdict with a serious face.

When the verdict was announced, Santos broke down emotionally on the spot, turned his body around and stared at Sean and roared loudly, grabbing the railing and was about to rush out, "Sean, Sean, you murderer, devil, you It's... woo woo woo."

Santos' loud roar shocked several court policemen, and immediately rushed up to hug Santos, and covered Santos' mouth with one hand.

Everyone was silent, the elephant party members were sullen, and the donkey party members gloated at their misfortune. Even the judge standing above watched the scene quietly.

Everyone wanted to see what Sean would do.

"Don't stop him!" Sean sat on the spot, smiled and raised his hand and waved to the two court policemen, "Let him go, let him say that America is a free country, and he has the right to speak."

"Bah!" Santos spat heavily, his old face flushed, "Stop pretending!"

"Who doesn't know that you are the biggest mafia boss in New Jersey, the biggest cancer in New Jersey, you are a vampire, you will definitely go to hell!"

"Go to hell!!!"

"Hehe, then what?" Sean looked around at everyone present, with a faint smile still on his face, "In my eyes, you are nothing more than the barking of a defeated dog."

"has no meaning?"

"If I want to sue you, you are now roaring the court, slandering, and getting your sentence longer."

"However." Sean smiled and patted his chest, "As we all know, I am a good person, I am a magnanimous person, I will not pursue it, after all, who knows if you can live for 12 years."

"Of course, I hope you can live, always live!"

"Don't worry, I will let someone take good care of you."

"Did you see, did you see, he's threatening me, judge, he's threatening me!" Santos pointed at Sean with one hand and looked at the judge and shouted.

"Mr. Sean, what do you have to say?" The judge looked at Sean expressionlessly.

"Evil people have disgusting and smelly thoughts in their minds. In their eyes, the whole world is dark, without any light, and they can find dark and despicable places in everything." Sean slowly stood up. Come on, Wei Wei bowed to the judge and said: "In Santos' eyes, the world is like this, everyone wants to harm him."

"And what I want to tell you is that you think too much."

"I will take good care of you, give you the best accommodation, the best food, and the best medical care, so that you can live healthily."

As he said, Sean showed his big white teeth, "After all, you can only see it if you are alive."

"How good my local life is!"

"And you can only look at the outside world through the iron window in that cold and narrow room."

"Even if you fall ill, I will send you to the best hospital and invite the best doctor to put tubes in your body, and the medical equipment next to you is running to ensure the vital signs of Santos."

"There will be someone next to you reading the newspaper with a smile every day, which is full of various reports about me."

"And you, you can only lie on the warm hospital bed and listen quietly, you can't do anything!"

hiss……

There was a gasp in the courtroom.

The temperature in the entire court dropped a bit, and it was gloomy.

Everyone's eyes on Sean changed, this guy...

Too vicious!

His words will definitely be deeply imprinted in Santos' mind, and every day Santos is alive in the future, he will be tortured by these words.

Tormenting his spirit, torturing his soul, the pain is too painful.

Everyone seemed to have the image of the scene more than ten years later in their minds.

It's so vicious!

"I firmly believe that there will be such a day!"

"You, you, you..." Santos' face was pale, his lips were trembling, his body was like sifting chaff, and fear completely filled his heart.

Until Santos, who was in a daze like a walking dead, was taken away from the court by the bailiff, the voice sounded again in the court.

The Elephants went away under the leadership of Brewster Jesse, and no one could tell what it was like.

Sean was forced by them to abandon the 'fake wine' business, and lost tens of millions of income a year, but he also gave everyone a warning with the help of Santos.

I, Sean, here I come!

They seem to have won the Xiang Party, but they also offended Sean. New Jersey is already the donkey party's vote base, and the advantage will be even greater in the future.

Whether it is a loss or a gain, no one can tell.

However, Sean is not in the mood to pay attention to this right now.

Negotiations with the state government on the takeover of prisons are about to begin.

He still needs to raise money.

Fortunately, Sean now has his own bank, so getting a loan should not be too easy.

"25 companies, you can only buy so many!"

In the meeting room of the state government office building, Sean sat at one end of the conference table, and Governor Benny sat at the other end. On one side were the governor's team, and on the other side were members of the Donkey Party and Elephant Party.

"Didn't you agree on 52?" Governor Benny frowned deeply.

"There is no way, there is not enough money!" Sean spread his hands and said confidently: "52, according to the reasonable price, a total of 180 million is needed, with an average of 3.46 million US dollars per prison. Why don't you go grab it?"

"When my money is blown by the wind?"

"It's too expensive, I don't have money, I can't afford it." Sean directly denied San Lian!

"A prison, land, buildings, and equipment are not expensive anymore, and they are all cost-effective according to the market price." Deke Dudley, Secretary of the Governor's Office, said aloud.

"It's not expensive, you can sell it to someone else." Sean let out a 'ha', completely as if you were casual.

No one has done the prison business yet. Sean is the first to take over the business. The specific money situation is unknown at all, and who are they selling it to?

It was a prison, and all the prisoners were held there, and none of them were easy to mess with.

Can anyone really manage it?

Seeing Xiao En's attitude, everyone in the conference room looked at each other helplessly.

There was such a big incident because of a prison takeover issue before, and how many people died, Sean was almost beaten to death.

Moreover, so many people are eyeing this financial income, how many transactions have they made in private? !

Now that they don't have that much money, they can't explain it at all.

It was caught by Sean.

"Then you say what you think?" Benny coughed and said out loud. It was nothing more than a negotiation, so let's talk.

"Price reduction, 3.46 million, heh, I know how much it will cost!" Sean sneered, who said there is no corruption in the United States?

It just legalized corruption through the law. After all, the United States does not prohibit officials from doing business.

"It is impossible to reduce the price. These are state assets and must not be lost." Benny refused.

"Then allow me to pay in installments." Sean continued: "Pay 180 million at once, what a joke, you ask the entire United States, how many people can come up with so much cash at one time!"

"Instalment payment..." Benny muttered, looking at those congressmen.

"I can't do it here, I need it urgently." A congressman said.

"Me neither!"

"Can't delay!"

Everyone shook their heads and shrugged, and no one wanted to wait.

The corner of Benny's mouth twitched fiercely, and he looked at Sean again, "Okay, Sean, let's not go around the bush and talk about your conditions."

"180 million, if you don't have it, you don't have it!" Sean took out his cigar and trimmed it slowly without looking at the others.

Now it's not the same as before, these wild dogs are gnawing on this piece of meat, no one wants to spit it out, but now it's not their turn to decide.

"Sean, there is nothing that cannot be resolved. We all know that you are a person who cares about human rights, for the sake of prisoners." Benny smiled and looked at Sean.

'Cough, cough cough' Xiao En took a puff of cigarette, after all, he still has to face.

"As we all know, it is very difficult to manage those prisoners, and I am also very embarrassed, so, first, the state government must ensure the occupancy rate of the prison." Sean raised a finger and said.

"Occupancy rate!?" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

It's been a long time, occupancy rate, a word that only appears in the hotel industry, has appeared in prisons...

What the hell!

"Yes, the occupancy rate. To ensure an injection rate of more than 90% in the prison, any room in the prison has maintenance costs, and vacancy is a great waste." Sean said seriously.

"We are a country with the rule of law. Enforcement must be strictly enforced, violations must be prosecuted, and bending the law for personal gain is strictly prohibited. This is an inevitable part of the construction of the legal system!"

"So..." Sean shrugged, "This needs to be communicated with the judges."

"Sean, the prison you're looking at is more than one year in prison!" Benny gritted his teeth and said.

"If people make mistakes, they should be punished. Put all those villains in jail, and the law and order environment will naturally improve, won't it!" Xiao En looked at everyone.

Everyone in the room glanced at each other, this problem is not too big, anyway, they are all bastards, it has no effect on their interests.

"Okay, I promise you that this regulation will be passed in the parliament." Benny nodded.

"Well, secondly, the people who come in need to get the consent of the prison. I don't want those with serious diseases, and they can't work... Cough, they are human beings, and we should try to give them a reasonable guarantee of survival. Well, a hospital is more suitable." Sean said with a smile.

"This... This is not in compliance with the regulations. If you are sentenced, you will go to prison." Benny didn't bother to speak and looked at the secretary, and Dirk Dudley immediately said aloud.

"Regulations, is there anything more important than human life?" Sean waved his arms, "Human rights, human rights, and the law cannot despise human rights!"

Everyone rolled their eyes in unison, the United States has let you completely understand.

"Ahem, as long as there is a serious illness prescribed by the doctor, you can not serve your sentence because the prison refuses to accept it..." Xiao En said softly again.

Everyone: Oh! ! !

Understood!

This is good!

This is good!

Seeing that everyone was in a daze, Xiao En smiled and continued: "Third, if the prison is not well managed, the government will be responsible for backing it up and must buy back the prison unconditionally."

"It's impossible!" Benny almost jumped up in anger. What's the reason? You can only make money and not lose money, right?

"Then the prison will file for bankruptcy. If the prisoners run away, you can go to whoever you want." Sean pouted, and said indifferently: "My f*cking money didn't come from strong winds. There is no law in the United States that stipulates that I You have to lose money and continue to experience, right?!"

"Aren't you playing a rascal!" Benny was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

"What do you mean being a rogue, you are insulting my personality!" Sean immediately became unhappy, "If I can't manage well, then the state government can't manage well, and I'm losing money for the state government!"

"Prison is an indispensable institution of the polity of a country!"

"I am supporting the construction of the state government!"

"Everyone knows how dark the prison is, how much crime there is, it's a huge mess!"

"I'm taking the loss on behalf of the state government!"

"Are you kidding me, I'm a rogue, then you can find a rogue like me who has a high moral character, an internationalist spirit who never harms himself and only benefits others!"

this……

Benny looked at a group of councilors. A group of councilors were speechless. They clearly felt that Sean was making unreasonable words, but they didn't know how to refute them.

Sparrow food, prisons cannot exist, this thing has existed for thousands of years.

This bird food is the responsibility of the government.

After selling to Sean, Sparrow Food can save a lot of expenses.

With such concerns, it is impossible for them to find someone else willing to take over this mess.

Nothing wrong!

hiss! ! !

Or, agree?

Xiao En's posture of not paying if you don't agree with me makes a group of congressmen helpless.

Everyone is waiting for the 180 million US dollars and the tens of millions of US dollars of government public funds saved every year in the future.

The arrow is on the string, I have to send it!

Were Sean's few requests too much?

Not too much!

reasonable?

Very beaver!

The average annual government lobbying funds of later generations CCA and GEO are only about 3 million.

Can't I buy a beaver with my 180 million funds?

Ah……

In the end, in addition to these three major conditions, Sean also reached an agreement with the state government, and the government also subsidized 72 US dollars per prisoner per month.

This is already $178 less than the original $250, and it works out to save $2,136 per prisoner per year, more than 26,000 prisoners, and the state government spends $55.536 million less each year.

For such a large sum of money, the state government has to accept Xiao En's conditions even though it is pinching its nose.

After all, it's all business at the end of the day.

Most of the time, the outcome of the vote is decided before the vote!

Of course, the main reason Sean spent so much was to set a precedent.

The cost of creating a first has traditionally been somewhat greater than that of succeeding.

In fact, these three clauses do exist in later generations, but it will be after 2010, and Sean spent money in advance to get the way out.

In order to get the 180 million funds into account as soon as possible, everyone, Sanqi...

The state legislature went to vote and passed the three articles with 72% of the vote.

There was no large-scale publicity after the clauses were passed, only a small space in the corner of the newspaper was announced.

Strangely, the media in other regions did not report on it. With this precedent, various capitals tacitly chose to wait and see to see how the follow-up development will be.

In order to make money, there is nothing capital can't do.

As for the 180 million funds, Sean can still get it out, although Sean actually has no money now.

Fortunately, all the companies under him are basically on the right track, and they can afford the funds needed in the development process. The only remaining big gold-thirsty is the construction of the Cartagena Industrial Zone, and the interior decoration of the Peace Hotel is about to be completed.

In other words, the post-renovation of the Peace Hotel really made Xiao En feel distressed. He really didn't expect to spend so much money!

It cost more than 34 million!

Damn, it costs more than building a building.

The whole thing is posted in US dollars.

Thanks to Sean's foresight to set up his own bank as the core, using company employees and gangs to absorb private funds on a large scale, otherwise, where would there be money.

For the 180 million yuan, Sean can only take out 16 million yuan, and all the rest are 'loans' from the bank.

Your own bank also has to go through formal procedures to avoid taxes.

...

After the prison transitioned to Sean's name in the legal sense, Sean immediately took someone to visit the prison. The warden happened to be an old friend, Henry Pope.

Last time the old guy made $100,000 with him and was very happy, although one prisoner was beaten half to death.

But it has nothing to do with him, the prisoner accidentally dropped it.

Sean is going to dismiss most of the original prison guards. In a prison with an average of 500 people, Sean only retains 8 prison guards. Without him, reduce expenses!

That's only 20 percent of the original government-employed prison guards.

The capitalists have no surplus food either!

This method of layoffs made many people in the state exclaim that Sean was too picky...too shrewd.

Sean felt the same way. In fact, what he didn't know was that in later generations, CCA did something in a prison in Lawrenceville where there were only 5 prison guards guarding 750 prisoners.

According to the system of three shifts, there are only 1.5 prison guards every 8 hours on average.

That's called a capitalist.

As for Sean, these 8 people are still on the job, and he will send more of his own manpower later. According to his plan, 500 people should have 15 guards, and it is safer to have 5 people every 8 hours.

"Can this be managed?" When he heard Sean say this while visiting the prison, Bill looked at Sean dumbfounded, "Is this too little?"

Henry Pope also felt scratching his head. Fortunately, we are old friends, and Sean will keep him because of the previous face.

"Less!?" Sean stood in the corridor and pointed to the big iron gates and said, "They are already a group of mature prisoners, they must learn to manage themselves!"

Bill, Jonas: (ω'll)

After visiting, Sean specially asked Henry Pope to open the doors of different levels of cells.

"Sir, please." With a click, the cell door opened, and under the surprised eyes of the prisoners, Sean, Bill, and Jonas walked in one after another.

"Is this the best cell?" Sean raised his eyebrows?

"Uh... yes." Henry Pope was a little confused, so, isn't this condition good?

The single room is complete with tables and chairs, and there is a separate bathroom or it is isolated. The entire area is 15 square meters, which is very good.

"It's too simple." Sean shook his head to express his dissatisfaction.

A group of people, including the prisoner, stared blankly at Sean, what the hell are you kidding, this is a prison!

"Hey, brother, are you going to decorate your new home?" The prisoner sitting on the bed shouted at Sean.

Sean glanced at him without speaking, then turned to look at Henry Pope, "Why does he live here?"

Henry Pope was a little difficult to speak.

"There's nothing bad to say, did you give me the money?" Sean smiled and reached out to pat Henry Pope on the shoulder, "Henry, you have to understand that now, this is a business."

Henry Pope nodded, "$2,000 a month."

"It's so cheap." Sean was a little surprised.

"It's still cheap!?" A prison guard who followed behind couldn't help but replied: "Sir, our salary is only 932 US dollars per month."

With 12 monthly salaries plus one month's bonus, their annual legal income is US$12,116. During this period, the per capita GDP of the United States was only US$18,200, and the per capita GNP was only 17,436.

(GDP is gross domestic product, GNP is national per capita income, the GDP and GNP of the United States are almost the same, and the rabbit is 6.46:2.82 in 2019)

As we all know, Lao Ma and I have an average of US$28.2 billion per capita...

And $12,000 is the per capita income of the average person.

Therefore, the cost of this kind of broken place is really too much.

"Hey, kid, are you fucking here to make trouble?" The prisoner tilted his head and looked at Sean, his eyes were full of fierce light.

Sean turned his head and glanced at Jonas, and Jonas watched the prisoner with a cruel smile on his lips.

Without waiting for the prisoner to react, Jonas kicked the prisoner down, and Bill also rushed up, and the two held each other down and punched and kicked frantically.

"Oh, damn it, Falk, the warden, the warden, they're going to kill me!!" The prisoner wanted to resist at first, but after a few moments, he curled up and hugged his head, calling for help.

Henry Pope turned his head to the side, poking his feet on the ground, and kept cursing in his heart, do you know who the hell you are cursing? !

...

...

I caught a cold, and my head hurts so much. The temperature has been dropping these days. After all, I am getting older and my body is not as good as a young person. I caught a cold...

With a headache and barely typing, my brain is buzzing...