Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

In fact, if you don't pay too much attention to the details, there is no problem and you can continue to use Alcatraz Prison.

But for Xia Yuan, this was undoubtedly making a joke of the quality of the movie.

This situation is not allowed.

If he wants to do something, he must do it to the best of his ability!
We must pay attention to details and pursue every point.

After all, what they want now is to make money, which is already a positive goal, so it is certainly impossible for them to slack off or be perfunctory.

The first prison they chose was Comossex Prison in Kentucky.

This prison was built in 1980 and has a long history.

What is more amazing is that although this prison is poorly managed, it is still in operation and has not yet closed down.

But in fact, except for some old men who have been sentenced to life imprisonment and have been imprisoned since the last century and are still alive, there have been no new prisoners for a long time.

After all, the prison industry is now a blue ocean and the competition is very fierce.

Faced with new prisons launched by large-scale professional prison companies with large capital, the Comosyx Prison with outdated facilities does not have much advantage and does not show much market competitiveness.

Therefore, local federal officials are more willing to give these orders and subsidies to more reliable new prisons.

This is the first stop Xia Yuan and his team have decided on.

They immediately bought plane tickets and flew there.

The prison is located in a wasteland, a desert area in the suburbs. There is nothing here except tumbleweeds and yellow sand.

Perhaps there once existed some small towns from the days of the Great Western Frontier, but with the passage of time, these relics of the pioneering era have become deserted and have gradually become a less-noticed part of the wilderness.

In fact, this kind of place is very suitable as a prison. Generally speaking, many prisons will specifically choose this kind of place as their location.

The biggest reason is that the natural conditions here are very harsh, making it difficult for prisoners to escape and easier to manage.

Soon, Xia Yuan and his crew's off-road vehicle sped all the way and they arrived at their destination.

The prison gate is already mottled and the iron paint has peeled off.

The boss was an old white man with a red neck. He had been waiting anxiously there for a long time, with a pipe in his mouth.

There is no doubt that when he heard that the world-famous director from Hanxia was coming to inspect the prison and intended to acquire it, he was very excited.

Because what can we say about this prison now?

It has really reached its own strange path.

He had no idea how to revitalize this prison with aging facilities and poor conditions.

Moreover, after working hard for most of his life, he has grown old and no longer has the passion to continue working hard.

After all, he had achieved many goals in his life, had everything, made money, and enjoyed life.

In fact, at this point, he had long wanted to embrace a better life instead of being confined in such a prison.

But this is their family business, and none of the younger generation in the family is willing to take over. Moreover, they are not allowed to apply for closure until all the criminals imprisoned for life in prison have died.

In fact, he can apply to transfer these prisoners to other prisons.

But it is often easy to say, but it is not so easy to do it.
There is absolutely no way around it.

He has applied many times, but so far, to no avail.

After all, the prison system in the current judicial system is completely redundant, and chaotic management will inevitably lead to chaos.

If it weren't for this group of old men, he probably wouldn't be able to apply for subsidies now, and the last remaining way to make money would be gone. So now that he heard that Xia Yuan was going to buy the prison, he was naturally very happy.

If this business is successful, he can retire gloriously without any worries and get a large sum of money.

Why not do this?

Only an idiot would keep such a useless thing.

So, as soon as Xia Yuan got out of the car, he immediately went to greet him with a big smile on his face: "Hey, Director Xia, hello, hello, I'm so sorry, I've heard a lot about you, you're so famous."

This time, he put into use all he had learned throughout his life.

"Hello, are you the boss, Mr. James Cuomo?" Xia Yuan also stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other party.

"Yes, that's right, it's me." James Cuomo also nodded. "As soon as I received the notification about your coming, Director Xia, I started preparing. I'm not bragging, but our prison was a famous legendary prison from the 90s to the early 21st century!"

James Cuomo said this with some excitement in his eyes.

"Ah."

Xia Yuan also nodded.

Because he knew that James Cuomo was not talking nonsense.

At least during that period of time, when James Cuomo and his old friend Tom Sykes founded the Comeau Sykes Prison, it did become one of the most famous prisons in the United States as a private prison.

At that time, Comosyx Prison was located in the desert and there were very few life support systems around it, so even if someone escaped from prison, it would be difficult to return to modern society and they would be quickly caught by the prison guards.

Coupled with the extremely strict management model and strong security, this place was also called the "Satan Prison" at the time.

Many serious criminals from across the United States and even the world were once imprisoned here.

Some prisoners were even made into movies!
Of course, these are all things of the past, and the current Comossex Prison has long since fallen into decay.

"Then let's take a look first. I would like to trouble you to introduce this prison to me first." Xia Yuan said with a smile.

"Okay." James Cuomo smiled and welcomed Xia Yuan and others in.

Then as he walked around, Xia Yuan's brows began to frown.

Because what does this prison say?

This didn't feel like a prison to him.

It's more like a nursing home.

Because the cells here are completely useless.

Of course, it’s not to say that it is completely useless, after all, the prisoners still live in it.

But the door wasn't locked at all.

Prisoners can even move freely around the prison.

There are also very few prison guards, and most of them are elderly people.

Xia Yuan could even see some prisoners holding fruit knives in their hands and peeling apples.
Others were knitting clothes with knitting needles and listening to very old songs on an old radio.

There was even a lot of noise.

Just this one time, Xia Yuan backed down. (End of this chapter)