Red Dead Redemption Dawn - Chapter 384 business~

Rhodes Town~

The next morning, John got up early, and then he went to the various pubs in Rhodes Town, and each of them ordered a lot of signature drinks to taste, probably after drinking seven or eight. He asked passersby where the Gray family's manor was.

He was planning to visit the Gray family. Garrett didn't believe that he was normal. He was only the police chief of Blackwater Town. He said at the first meeting that he had the ability to prevent the Gray family's annexation of the Braithwaite family.

No one believes it, no one believes it, and neither does the author.

Compared to the Braithwaite family, the loss of the Gray family is not that big. In fact, if it wasn’t for the sudden death of Tavish, the patriarch of the Gray family, of a heart attack or other symptoms, then the biggest winner in the bloodbath of Rhodes Town in Van der Linde would definitely be Gray. Family.

It's a pity that no one could have expected such a sudden time.

And when John came to the Caliga plantation of the Gray family, the guards stopped him respectfully and asked who he was.

"I'm a businessman, my name is John Wick, and I want to discuss a long-term business with the Gray family. Please let me know." He politely said to the guard.

It has to be said that at any time, a good appearance will have some invisible benefits.

He was like this in his previous life, but in this life, he is more able to withdraw this kind of benefit. If you are not handsome, you will never know how active your goddess will be.

If you are not handsome, you never know how much your relatives value you.

After a while, the person who notified him just now came back and invited him in.

"Thank you." He took off his hat and gestured, then followed the guard into the Gray's villa.

The Gray's villa is still quite big, but it is completely different from the Braithwaite's.

The Gray's villa is more like a modern apartment.

But the facilities inside are not really apartments.

He followed the guard into the living room, and then he saw three people from the Gray family.

He is the man of the Gray family, because the Gray family is absolutely patriarchal, and the Braithwaite family is similar, but there are differences, because the former head of the Braithwaite family is Lady Catherine.

"Please sit down, Mr. Wick, I'm Blake." Blake, who was sitting across the table, invited him to sit down.

Blake was around thirty-six or seven years old, with yellow hair and a little beard. He looked very energetic.

After John was seated, he looked up at the people next door who were not too different in age. Not only were they not very different in age, they even looked a bit similar.

When Wick was seated, Blake continued to say, "I don't know what business Mr. Wick needs to talk to us about?"

"I've been here for a while. The Pleasure Palace in town belongs to the Gray family, right?" he said, taking the cigar that the servant handed him.

"Indeed, we have a lot of business in Rhodes Town. Wick came here to talk about the pub business?" Blake asked.

"Well~ I have tasted all the wines in Rhodes Town these days. I found that Rhodes Town doesn't seem to have many high-quality wines. Even if there are some, they are only a few." He said to Blake with a cigar. .

Blake and the other two members of the Gray family also laughed lightly.

"Mr. Wake, maybe you don't know, in addition to the many accidents in Rhodes Town, our Gray family is also the sheriff of Rhodes Town for generations." Blake explained with a smile.

"Ah~ that's even better." He nodded and took a cigar.

"Mr. Wick, I actually guessed the purpose of your trip, but we don't actually support some criminal violations, you know, our Gray family is upright and we don't care about businesses that don't pay taxes. Interest." Blake explained at the time

"Well, I know the Grays do, but listen to me, gentlemen. Business is a strange thing, and there are many ways to form a so-called business. And I personally don't like business that doesn't pay taxes. "

"So my business is generally taxed, and I don't think anyone would hate the benefits brought by the business." Speaking of this, John paused.

Then he said, "I believe that no one will refuse a business that can bring them extra income every month."

"The dollar is a very wonderful thing, and I don't think anyone would reject it."

Blake looked at John, then turned to look at the other two brothers he didn't like.

"Excuse me, you said that your business pays taxes? Then let me confirm, so you didn't say bootleg business at first?" Blake asked.

"Yes~ it's a bootleg wine business. You didn't guess wrong. I'm a middleman. I'm responsible for recommending the business to those who need it, so I can get a good commission." John took a cigar and put it on the ashtray.

"Then do you know that it is illegal to sell bootleg alcohol in the Federation?" Blake asked.

"Oh~ no~ no~ federal bootleggers break the law because they evade taxes, so they break the law, and my business has always been law-abiding, we really pay taxes, and we pay a lot, a lot, and every month Pay." John made an analogy about how thick the tax was.

Blake and the two acquaintances looked at each other, and then they all nodded.

"How much is that?" Blake asked again.

"It depends on the support of the Gray family. I went shopping in the past few days. There are about 23 pubs in the whole town, and there are about 20,000 people in the town. According to the business speculation of each family, often There are about 1,000 people who drink alcohol, or 1 in 20, and about 2,000 people who don't drink often."

"In my opinion, it may be that the drinks are too expensive, and there are not enough boutiques, so these two thousand people don't drink for a long time. So I think Rhodes Town needs a businessman who has a lot of boutique wines to improve the quality of drinks in Rhodes Town. ."

"If the Gray family fully supports it, all the 23 taverns will be able to sell them, and the profit from the drinks in each moonlight may not be less than $800." John roughly estimated the drinks in each tavern.

"Eight hundred dollars?" Eight hundred dollars is definitely a lot, or the monthly profit is nearly ten thousand in a year.

This is a very considerable amount of income for many families, and it seems that they have no cost at all, and the net profit is close to 10,000 a year.

A few people from the Gray family looked at each other, made eye contact for a while, and then said to him, "Wait a minute, we're going to talk and discuss."

"Of course~" He made a gesture of invitation.

"Give Mr. Wick a bottle of a fine French collection of red wine." Blake said to the servant beside him when they got up.

John readily accepted this, and they discussed it for a long time. According to John's estimate, it took about thirty or forty minutes.

When they came out the next time, Blake said to him with a smile, "Of course we support your employer's tax-paying business, and we welcome any legal businessman to invest in Rhodes."

"But~ I have to say, Rhodes has a very nasty family as well, they're the ones who don't want to pay taxes. A bunch of dirty sewers, they're making moonshine in this state They don't pay taxes. They've always been our target."

"And recently they've lost a lot, and they've also lost the equipment and ability to make bootlegs. But if you want to take over the business, you might have a very violent conflict with them."

"If it was before, we'd love to help you fight these filthy rats, but we've been through a catastrophe recently, and our police and guards can't afford to protect you. Do you understand?" Blake said. .

"Ah~ the Braithwaite family? I've heard of it. The problems with their family~ I will probably visit tomorrow and try to resolve these problems peacefully with them. I can understand, and I have also learned about the recent catastrophe. "John nodded, showing that he quite understood the difficulties of the Grays.

Simply.

We support you, but we will not help you resolve conflicts between bootleggers or provide you with armed support. These things need to be solved by yourself, but we will accept the money.

"Ah~ Mr. Wick is indeed a very good partner. I believe our future cooperation will be quite pleasant." Blake said while holding his hand with a smile on his face.

"I also believe that the cooperation is pleasant." John also held his hand with a smile and said.