Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 687 Prison Storm
Any attempt to resolve any issue, especially a major one involving a wide range of people, involves both major and minor contradictions.

How to solve the political problems in El Salvador and gain 100% support from them...

How to resist interference from local gangs...

How to use political manipulation to use the national resources of El Salvador as collateral to obtain loans and aid projects from the University of the East, and at the same time find a large construction group that can complete the exploration and construction of the power plant in a short period of time at a relatively low price...

These three things are the main contradictions. As long as these three are resolved, the rest of the things will be natural as long as they are properly managed and controlled.

The funding issue that Mori was worried about was actually not what the Mountain Eagles cared about the most, because as long as the connection between El Salvador and the University of the East was established through political means, money would be the easiest problem to solve...

As long as El Salvador politically abandons the Gulf Islands and moves toward the East, while opening up its own market, its infrastructure will usher in a period of rapid development.

The interests here are very complicated, and Shanying is not able to sort them out clearly, but he is able to borrow money to complete the energy layout in El Salvador.

Just like he bought several gas stations in Krabi, and then used some tricks to control the local smuggling boats...

El Salvador, a rotten country in Central America that relies on imported gasoline and has no sense of existence in the eyes of big companies and big countries, is his ideal good customer.

Shanying's shadow fleet plan still only exists on paper. Currently, it is just a small-scale operation using 20,000-ton tankers to transfer some refined oil from Russia to sell in Southeast Asia.

It’s not that it cannot be expanded, but that there is no reliable settlement center, which prevents this business with legal disputes from expanding.

Therefore, Shanying would try his best to hold on to the group led by William Hurt, and even reveal his Salvador plan...

In his plan, even if he couldn't get someone of William Hurt's level to get involved, he would still get a few second- and third-generation people from their families to fill in the list of shareholders of the virtual currency trading center.

Shanying knew he was not capable of handling tools of the bank's level, so he had to find another way.

Now William Hurt's performance is better than Shanying expected. As long as the Edward Foundation works hard and produces more gold coins, the first phase of cooperation between the two parties will be completed.

However, the benefits generated by this kind of general cooperation need to be viewed over a longer period of time, and the results will definitely not be seen within one or two years.

At least it is unlikely for a political broker like Mori to make huge profits in the short term.

Facing Mori's eager expression, Shanying smiled and said, "What is the most profitable trade in the world?"

Mori pointed his finger seriously and said, "Arms trade, drug trade, human trade..."

Shanying looked at Mori, who looked like he was not afraid of being struck by lightning, and said admiringly, "Brother, although what you think may easily send people to hell, what you said makes sense.

Which of these three trades do you think you can handle?"

After hearing this, Mori smacked his lips and said, "It seems that arms are not a good idea. We can't get involved in big business, and the profit of small business is too low.

As for drugs, you need to get past the Mexican drug lords, which is also very difficult!
The same is true for population. The only destination for smuggled people is America, and El Salvador's geographical location cannot avoid Mexico.

Unless we can make a breakthrough in Mexico..."

Shanying looked at Mori, who was really considering it seriously, in silence. He waved his hand and said, "If you want to go to hell, don't drag me with you. Although I am a mercenary in the eyes of most people, I will definitely not touch this kind of business.

Especially the human smuggling business, if I come across this kind of business, I will shoot them."

After hearing this, Mori spread his hands and said, "Then what exactly do you want to say?"

Shanying looked at the disappointment in Mori's eyes and said with a smile, "We need to go to El Salvador to develop the basic energy industry. To do this, we need to invest a lot of money in the construction of supporting facilities. Do you know where the most expensive part of this kind of project is?"

Mori said as a matter of course: "Besides the equipment, it's the manpower!"

Shanying nodded and said, "Where are the cheapest and most useful people in El Salvador?"

Mori wanted to say that there were no reliable workers in El Salvador, but looking at Shanying's expression, he hesitated and said, "El Salvador's unemployment rate is not high, only about 5%, but their capital San Salvador has an unemployment rate of over 24% for people aged 34 to 50. Labor there is probably very cheap.

But the most troublesome thing there is that if you want to hire a large number of locals, you can’t avoid the gangs.”

Shanying heard this and sneered, "Where did you get this unemployment rate statistic from?

The San Salvador metropolitan area has a population of nearly 200 million, almost one-third of the total population. The unemployment rate for people aged 24 to 34 there is over 50%. How do they keep the national unemployment rate at around 5%?
It’s okay to make up data, but we can’t deviate from mathematical logic, right?”

Morrie shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly, "I don't know, maybe they think working a few hours a week as a temporary worker is also considered a job.

Don't keep me in suspense, tell me, is there any place where you can make money?

You said before that you can operate American funds through El Salvador. How do you do that? "

Shanying looked at Mori, who only cared about money, with disdain. He smiled and said, "The cheapest and most cost-effective labor force in the world is prisoners...

And El Salvador happens to have the most overcrowded prisons in the world!"

Mori's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said in surprise, "You mean investing in a prison?"

Shanying smiled and nodded, saying, "I have looked up some information. Due to funding issues, El Salvador's prison capacity and management have always been problematic.

And because the prisons were over capacity, gang members were often arrested and released.

To ease the pressure on El Salvador's prisons, I think they would definitely be happy to see someone invest in building a super-large prison.

I think you can arrange people to inspect the site now, or even start construction in advance.

As soon as our El Salvador plan begins, there will be a great need for labor there... Prisoners are also human beings, and prisoner labor is also valuable!

You definitely know better than me how the American prison system works...

The U.S. federal and state governments allocate more than $800 billion each year to maintain the prison system. Currently, there are nearly 200 million prisoners in the United States, and each of these people costs $3 to $6 each year.

Places like Guantanamo Bay cost as much as $1300 million per prisoner per year.

The Titan Group operates the largest black prison system in the United States, earning hundreds of millions of dollars each year, but a few days ago one of their high seas prisons was broken into.

This gave me inspiration…

Don’t you see something in it?”

"Oh my god! Are you a devil?"

Mori rubbed his hands excitedly and walked around the room a few times, then said: "I know several private prison owners, and they told me that every year they bribe local judges with hundreds of millions of dollars to fill empty beds in the prison.

Because they can get income for every additional prisoner they take in.

California's prisoners are the most valuable, with the government paying nearly $60,000 to prisons for each of them each year.

The $800 billion per year is because there are only about 200 million prisoners in the United States, and this amount is not the upper limit.

I'm going to call someone and have them register a company in California, and then talk to the Department of Justice and ask them what they think about the cheap prison system overseas.

It's just about putting prisoners in prison. No one stipulates that they must be put in American prisons. It should be acceptable to put them in private prisons built by American companies in El Salvador.

Twenty thousand dollars per prisoner per year, I think there is hope! "

Dahlia, who was standing by, watched Mori indulge in a devilish business. She said unhappily, "Sir, have you ever thought that the most profitable businesses are those black businesses?

There is more than one Guantanamo in the United States, but most people don't know where the other prisons are.

That’s where the big money is, because the money that supports those prisons comes from the U.S. defense budget.”

Facing the beauty's doubts, Mori said proudly: "Beauty, you are right, but you forgot one thing, that is, the Titan Group also faces huge risks in operating this kind of prison.

For example, this time the sea prison was attacked...

When this kind of black prison is exposed, it is not only money that is lost...

The last time Titan Group took the blame for the Guantanamo Bay prison for the CIA, their company was split up once, and the parent company's stock price fell by more than half.

If it happens again now, I think they will be seriously damaged.

Compared with this kind of high-profit but high-risk trading, I prefer to win by quantity.

Setting up private prisons and taking prison management funds from El Salvador and the United States is a very profitable business as long as the number of prisoners increases. "

Dalia had been with Shanying for a long time, and she looked down on Mori, a greedy political broker. She said with disdain, "The Salvadoran government is only willing to let you set up a private prison in their country because they have no money."

Mori didn’t seem to notice Dalia’s sarcasm, he spread his hands and said, “Your boss has made it so clear, don’t you understand yet?

It doesn’t matter whether El Salvador has money or not. Our real income does not come from the grants from the Salvadoran government, but from the prisoners themselves.

Those young gangsters are the best labor force. As long as we find suitable jobs for them, they can not only support themselves but also create huge benefits for us.

There is no cheaper labor than prisoners!"

Morrie grinned and said, “We are saving those people’s souls by giving them the opportunity to participate in social labor.

Letting them learn a skill through labor is saving their lives.

Most importantly, it's free for the prisoners...

Fuck, I feel great now!
Maybe I should take on some ready-to-wear clothing projects, let the prisoners make clothes, and sell them to charities at very cheap prices so that they can warm the homeless.

This is a heartwarming story!

Oh shit, I'm a fucking genius!

Shanying looked at Mori who was moved by his genius idea, took out a pen and paper and began to record the inspiration at this moment, vowing to complete this plan...

Shanying felt that this guy would never be able to go to heaven in this lifetime...

Building a prison, even if it is impossible to fleece the United States, can at least make El Salvador's hellish prison, where the per capita area is only a few tenths of a square meter, a little more comfortable.

As long as we don't ask the Salvadoran government for money, the prison beds can be easily filled with those young and middle-aged prisoners!

Relying on the upcoming large-scale infrastructure projects, although the unit price of these labor forces is not high, you cannot withstand the large quantity.

In labor-intensive industries, as long as you do not respect labor laws, you can make a lot of money by exploiting the value of labor.

Although this practice is unscrupulous, compared with the original prison environment in El Salvador, it must be like heaven for those prisoners!
Shanying still had some bottom line in his heart. He felt that enjoying the prison career with Mori would affect his image, so he stood up and said to Dalia: "Give our Mr. Mori some space. Let's go to Kobe and the others to take a look..."

(End of this chapter)