301: Chapter 290: Money is Never Enough to Spend 301: Chapter 290: Money is Never Enough to Spend Having received Song Yun, their cars started leading the way.
After more than ten minutes, Song Yun and his group arrived in the downtown area of Tian Nan City.
Wang Hu and his group led Song Yun and others to the entrance of a star-rated hotel.
After Meng Ku parked the car, Song Yun pushed the car door open and stepped out, and Wu Li had already arrived in front with a group of people.
“Call him Mr.
Song,” Wu Li yelled to the twenty or so people behind him.
“Mr.
Song,” the twenty-some people called out in unison as they bowed ninety degrees.
“Not bad, are these new recruits in Tian Nan City?” Song Yun looked at the people in front of him, who seemed unfamiliar, not like they were from Tian Nan.
“Yes, the people from Green Dragon Sect are guarding various entertainment venues.
Now we are at a critical juncture; we cannot afford any mistakes,” Wu Li said earnestly.
Song Yun sized them up and felt they were fairly decent, so he spoke, “I heard you’ve already occupied half of the territory, but why are you still so timid in your actions?
It’s not about heeding others’ advice in fights and negotiations.
Since you already dominate, you should keep leading firmly.”
“We want to as well, but our opponents obviously rely on the white side, which has made us hesitant,” Wang Hu stepped forward and said.
“Boss, what issue do you plan to resolve with your visit this time?”
“Of course, the ones you can’t handle,” Song Yun responded nonchalantly.
At that moment, Meng Ku and Li Yueyue also came over.
Seeing Li Yueyue, Wu Li called out to the brothers behind him, “Call her sister-in-law.”
“Hello, Sister-in-law.”
This made Li Yueyue very happy, yet she completely disagreed with the title, exclaiming, “I am not your sister-in-law, don’t misname me.
You seem reliable, so just call me Sister Yueyue.
In future, if you mention that bastard Song Yun’s name when you go out, you’ll be safe.”
“All right, all right, let’s head upstairs,” Song Yun shook his head with a chuckle.
The underlings were not allowed to go up; they could only wait in the cars downstairs.
Meanwhile, Wang Hu and Wu Li eagerly carried Li Yueyue’s bags and luggage.
Although the young beauty repeatedly said she had no connection to their boss, who really knew the specifics?
Once they reached the presidential suite on the top floor, Li Yueyue seemingly knew something and considerately went to another room, while Song Yun and others sat on the sofas discussing matters.
“Because Tian Nan City is strategically located, once we occupy it, future profits will multiply.
Currently, we have established relationships with twelve bars, big and small.
Thanks to our good reputation, many bars are willing to cooperate with us, and our own bar’s supply channels are entirely provided by them.
The profits from these foreign liquors are so vast; it’s unbelievable.”
“If it’s counterfeit foreign liquor, then it indeed makes a lot of money,” Meng Ku nodded.
“Over in Europe, some bars also mix fake liquor, but the profits are astonishing.”
“Right, now, eighty percent of the foreign liquor in nightclubs is fake.
They send us a bottle worth a few hundred, and we resell it for thousands.
The profit margin is huge.
But our counterfeit liquor isn’t like others’—we mainly use regular foreign liquor and mix in some high-end liquor to sell, so our costs are higher, but even so, a single bar can make ten thousand a day.”
“It’s not just that.
Add on beer, fruit plates, and some tips for performers, and the total daily profit for a bar reaches eighty thousand.
We currently own seven bars, which means we can earn five hundred forty thousand a day.
Subtracting personnel and maintenance costs, our net profit each month is about 1.3 million, and 15.6 million a year.”
“Put that way, the money is quite substantial,” Song Yun laughed.
“So why do you still look unhappy and worried?”
“Ah, it’s primarily the system.
Boss, think about it; the police come to check every few days.
After the police, it’s the tax bureau, and even now the damn environmental bureau is poking around.
We dare not offend them as this place is their territory.
Every time they inspect, we have to bribe our way through.
If this continues, the bar owners will surely refuse to cooperate with us.”
“You have a point,” Song Yun fell into deep thought.
If the bars endured constant inspections, they would definitely reject cooperation, just like fair-weather friends.
They, too, needed to make a living and had no reason to antagonize the big players.
Thus, the new breakthrough must involve Tian Nan’s top brass.
“Alright, I more or less understand the situation now.
Don’t all crowd around here; go about your business.
I need to think about how to smooth things out for you,” Song Yun said, lying on the sofa.
Wang Hu and Wu Li left first.
Meng Ku’s room was in the adjoining suite.
To avoid disturbing Song Yun’s thoughts, he also returned to his own room, leaving only Li Yueyue sitting beside Song Yun, watching him.
Unknowingly, it was already evening.
Wu Li still had to oversee the bar, while Wang Hu came over to have dinner with Song Yun and the others.
At the dinner table, Wang Hu looked preoccupied, though the three of them drank a lot.
Gazing at Song Yun with bleary eyes, Wang Hu ruefully said, “Boss, it’s a good thing you came.
If not, we might have just continued like this.
It’s indeed not easy to carve out a market here; we thought everything was too simple.”
“Every beginning is difficult.
Didn’t we start out like this too?” Song Yun comforted him.
“Hehe, I’ve told you how much we can make in a year, but you’d never guess how much we have to spend.
Aside from the necessary bribes, just the expenses below amount to over three million a year,” Wang Hu said, belching from the alcohol.
“That much?
The money you spend here is almost a tenth of what headquarters spends.
That’s no small sum,” Song Yun said, astounded at how much money it took to operate in this city.
“Hehe, I have to pay wages, 3,000 for an ordinary person, 5,000 for a retired military personnel, 7,000 for the clever ones who can handle things independently.
Plus, add on the usual benefits and social insurance, it’s not a small amount of money over a year,” Wang Hu lit a cigarette and said ruefully.
“Even so, the main problem now is still a lack of talent.
Headquarters is also in a critical period and cannot spare the resources to help us.
So, our next step is to massively recruit talent; that way, half of Tian Nan City will not be enough for us to use.”