Chapter 19: Using Your Brain and Primary Systems

After finishing the second order, Alberto took the chips on the table and put them back into the kraft paper bag. His salesperson at the Koda family's casino would take these chips there to exchange them for cash, and then bring them back.

He then took out two 20-dollar bills, placed them on the table, pressed them with his index finger, and pushed them toward Lansi. "Take your friends to drink something good, and buy some clothes by the way to dress up."

"Now you not only represent yourselves but also represent the company's face."

He saw the appearance of this group of people and could imagine how bad it was. Fortunately, Lansi didn't bring his friends in.

Otherwise, his nose would definitely suffer.

It looked like he gave Lansi 190 dollars in one day, but in fact, this money was money Lansi got back for him, and it was also a kind of investment.

If he could handle Mr. Anderson, Alberto would hand over more debts to Lansi to do.

He always felt that Lansi would have greater fame and stage in New Jincheng in the future. The current investment doesn't need to spend much money, but it will definitely get rich returns in the future.

Even if the investment fails, there is no loss.

Not long after, Lansi said goodbye to Alberto. When he arrived at the lounge, several kids were already playing with the company's staff.

Yisen and Fudisi were sitting at a table specially for arm wrestling. There were people all around, all loudly cheering for them, and some people were holding a handful of 1-dollar bills.

The faces of the two people at the table were flushed red. Yisen used all his strength, but still couldn't suppress Fudisi.

Of course, Fudisi was the same. Facing a young man, he actually couldn't win this round!

Both were using their lives to exert force, and the table was shaking back and forth under their force.

Slowly, Yisen's arm was pressed down bit by bit. Amidst people's boos, Fudisi won!

He looked very happy and collected gambling money from others. It wasn't much, basically 1 or 2 dollars.

Although the money wasn't much, his mood was great.

He took 5 dollars from the money he won, handed it to Yisen, and patted his shoulder. "You have the potential to become a strongman, Yisen."

"When you have nothing to do, you can come find me. I'll take you to the gym, and you will like the atmosphere there."

Lansi thought of the two strong men wearing that kind of strap-shaped body-shaping tight-fitting jumpsuit, with the shapes of the two balls all squeezed out, and couldn't help but feel a chill.

"Finished talking with the boss?" Fudisi bumped shoulders with Lansi. "It can be seen that you are in a good mood now."

Lansi smiled and didn't deny it. "Where is the Koda family's casino?"

"Are you going to exchange chips?"

"Of course."

Fudisi gave him a location. "There will be people at the door to verify your identity. You just need to show him the chips. If he asks who introduced you to go, just say my name."

"The Koda family has a very high status in New Jincheng. Don't cause trouble after you go, otherwise, no one can save you."

There are five major families in New Jincheng—

These five major families do not refer to those political families or "interest families" formed with a certain big shot or big capitalist as the core. Here, it refers to five powerful gangs with family clan nature.

The Koda family is one of them.

These five major families jointly formulated the framework of the underground world order in New Jincheng. Although they often don't look like gangs, if you underestimate them or despise them, you will definitely pay the price for your stupidity.

Every year, one-third of the new oil drums in Angel Lake are thrown in by them, and another one-third also has an indirect relationship with them.

New Jincheng contains too much wealth, attracting the attention of people all over the world. Without some ability, it is difficult to gain a foothold here.

The Koda family monopolizes 70% of the casino business in New Jincheng, and they will also provide opportunities for those big spenders or social celebrities and politicians to organize card games.

When they are not doing bad things, it is difficult to define them as "good" or "bad," because the vast majority of their casino business is legal, with licenses.

And the current head of the Koda family is very keen on doing charity work.

Yes, it is charity work.

While they pry the last dollar out of the mouths of those gamblers, they also donate to charity organizations. By the way, the two charity organizations that received donations also have a certain relationship with the Koda family.

After exhorting Lansi repeatedly about the things he should be careful about, Lansi left with his companions.

In the car, Yisen suddenly said, "Actually, I could win him."

Perhaps others didn't react, or perhaps he wanted his words to be more convincing, he continued, "I just needed to use a little more force, and I could have defeated him."

"But I felt that I shouldn't win, so I held back some strength at the end."

Lansi was a bit surprised. Yisen actually started using his brain, but it's also possible that it was just his intuition.

"Well done, Yisen. You indeed shouldn't have defeated him in front of so many people."

"He has a high status in the company. If he lost to you in front of so many people, he would lose his face, so you did the right thing."

"Of course, I'm not saying that losing face is something that should happen or a good thing. You can analyze the situation; this is more important than winning or losing."

It just so happened that the red light at the intersection lit up. He sent the accelerator rod back and stepped on the brake. "Just now Mr. Cotti gave me 150 dollars. Every time we complete a piece of work for him, he will give us 5% of the recovered debt as a reward."

"I plan to rent a house, and then give each of you 5 dollars. Any problems?"

Everyone shook their heads to indicate no problems. For getting 5 dollars after going out for a turn in the car, they were actually already very satisfied!

Aierwen had some questions, but it had nothing to do with splitting the money. "Living in the culvert is actually quite good; there is no need to rent a house."

"No, it's very necessary."

"We need a place where we can safely and relaxingly rest. We need a place where you can wash up, and we need wardrobes and beds."

"Although the culvert doesn't cost money, it is not a place for long-term residence. I plan to rent a single-family house in the western suburbs."

New Jincheng is built by the sea, and the most developed places are almost all by the sea and in the city center. The direction of the city's future development is just to let New Jincheng have more coastline as much as possible.

The city as a whole is developing toward the east, which has led to the development of the west side of the city being relatively behind the city center, the bay area, and the port area.

In places that are behind, housing prices naturally won't be too high, whether it's selling or renting.

Lansi said this, and everyone naturally had no opinion. If they could sleep in a bed, who would be willing to sleep in a culvert?

Although the culvert is really cool in summer!

It was already afternoon, and it was too late to go to work. Lansi took a lot of food and sent it to the culvert.

The companions saw a large amount of food and were all happy. When Yisen was drinking beer and bragging about how he bravely solved the first order, the companions couldn't bear the loneliness and ran to Lansi's side, asking him to take them with him next time he worked!

Lansi didn't refuse this. These people are the backbone of the future and definitely need to be cultivated emphatically.

At the same time, he also talked about renting a house and the way of income distribution.

30% of the income belongs to Lansi, and 30% is deposited into a public account. Of course, this account is temporarily held by Lansi.

The remaining 40% is distributed according to labor.

This distribution method determines the wealth distribution with Lansi as the "group core," and also ensures that the group has a public fund account, and guarantees a fair distribution mechanism where whoever puts in the effort gets the big share.

If you want to get more, you must put in more than others.

Wanting to lie at home and do nothing, and still get money every month? That's not even worth thinking about!

The enthusiasm of the companions was re-stimulated under the effect of money.

Money is really a magical thing. It can make depressed people cheer up again, and it can also make arrogant people lower their damn heads.

Lansi could perceive that his income and the way of distributing wealth made these people more cohesive.

Discussing until the sky turned dark, Lansi got up and left. Although it was a bit late at this time, he came by car.

Public security at night in New Jincheng is not very good, but even if it is not very good, those who rob vehicles are ultimately a minority. After all, you have to let it stop first.

And stopping a car at night is a dangerous thing in itself. Most people will not only not stop but will instead step on the accelerator and hit it.

Along the way, he returned to the bakery without any problems. When he pushed the door and entered, the apprentice who was mopping the floor said without lifting his head, "Sorry, we are already closed..." ===== CHAPTER 20 =====