The banquet held by Mr. Sorin was naturally in a luxury hotel located in the city center. According to Yang Wei's introduction, I know that this hotel seems to have a part of Sorin's shares. The ground floor of the hotel has been hollowed out. This is a three-dimensional underground parking lot. When Yang Wei and I got off the car, we entered directly from the VIP passage After getting into the elevator, before we got up, we saw that the VIP parking space below was almost full of luxury cars.
"Mr. Sorin has always had a lot of ostentation." Yang smiled, and her tone was not without a hint of mockery: "Although the Hell's Angels are very powerful in Canada, after all, they only emerged in a short history of a few decades. And it has only been the leader of the underworld in Canada for more than ten years... It is still a bit behind the traditional underworld families in North America, especially the United States." She smiled and whispered, as if she was very interested in Sorin This nouveau riche's temperament is somewhat disapproving.
Along the way just now, Yang Wei has already introduced to me the situation of Mr. Sorin's banquet...
half an hour ago...
This woman is indeed not simple! It can be said that I have almost never seen a person who is as thoughtful as she is!
On the way just now, Yang Wei casually threw her mobile phone to me, and a piece of information was stored in the mobile phone!
These are all the list of guests invited by Sorin to hold a banquet today, as well as the identity and background of each guest!
"Mr. Sorin has been eager to get closer to the mainstream in the past two years. I personally admire him for his overall view and long-term plan. After all, the traditional underworld activities have gradually fallen behind, especially in developed countries in Europe and America. Traditional pornographic gambling Poison will eventually be eliminated gradually. If you continue to be entangled in this aspect, you can only let your organization be gradually eliminated by the society! Moreover, the traditional underworld, whether it is pornography, gambling or drugs, is harmful to society and the country …You are on a certain small scale, and the authorities will turn a blind eye to small troubles. As long as you are willing to spend money to buy them off, you are willing to spend money to pave the way. But these must be within certain limits! If you exceed Limit, no matter how rich and powerful you are, once your social hazard reaches a warning line, no matter how many officials and police you buy, it will be useless. You can't buy the whole government, right? Therefore, it is doomed that traditional pornography, gambling and drug activities will never be able to truly develop and grow! To develop and grow, we can only take the bleach route! The right way is to move closer to the officialdom and the social and economic mainstream.” Yang Wei said quickly Get these out.
I was a little surprised at first, because most people in the underworld don't have this concept at all, and those who have this concept, such as Ba Ye and Mr. Sorin, are all top figures in the underworld.
I am a little surprised that Yang Wei, a young girl, can have this kind of insight and say it so casually and frankly. But this woman's mind is obviously better!
Then she talked: "It's just a pity, Mr. Sorin's pace is too fast..." Then she thought for a while, and continued to say something like this...
"We Chinese have a saying, which is: haste makes waste." Yang Wei said indifferently: "The development process of those traditional big families in the United States has been through the efforts of several generations and a relatively long period of time. , it slowly penetrated into the mainstream society, and at the same time penetrated into the upper elite. Moreover, it is undeniable in the process that there are some historical chances. For example, during World War II, such as the Great Depression, the rapid development after the war Period, etc... But these are not available in Canada. The Hell's Angels lack background, and the more urgent they are to show their entry into the mainstream society, the more they will cause some panic. Moreover, the situation in Canada is also very different from that of the American authorities.
For example, the legalization of gambling in the United States has enabled a large number of gambling groups to flourish. But there are also historical reasons for this. At the end of the 1980s, the U.S. authorities at all levels faced financial difficulties and suffered serious deficits, but they were unable to collect new taxes. Under this opportunity, under the joint promotion of gambling interest groups and some high-level politicians, Only then slowly did a campaign to legalize gambling. As a result, gambling has been legalized to a certain extent in many states, and the federal government, state and local governments have received a large amount of gambling taxes because of this! This is what I call a 'historical opportunity'. "
When Yang Wei finished speaking, he sighed slightly: "Unfortunately, although Mr. Suo Lin has a great vision, he has a quick temper. His actions are too aggressive. It is not so easy to enter the mainstream circles. Those in the United States It takes several generations of efforts to infiltrate the traditional family. However, Sorin's move is too much fanfare... After all, you let those mainstream societies accept a 'drug dealer' and 'underworld tycoon' overnight to become one of them It is very difficult for a member. If he is smarter, he should not make it clear that the operation of chariots and horses should be based on 'infiltration', and everything must be done slowly. Because in any society, for The 'underworld' are all guarded. How to make others reduce their guard to the minimum is the problem."
I had developed a little respect for this woman, and blurted out: "Then what should I do?"
When Yang Wei heard my question, she suddenly smiled, and she smiled a little strangely: "This question, every mafia boss wants to know the answer. Every mafia boss wants to be in the upper class, if this question is so easy Solve it, haven't I become a god?"
But she thought about it seriously, and said slowly: "Actually...if I were Sorin..."
When he said this, there was a gleam of light in Yang Wei's eyes! She is such a seemingly delicate and beautiful girl, but she actually has a faint aura of a hero who looks down on everything! !
At this time, Yang Wei seemed to be no longer that calm, rational and gentle girl, she seemed to have suddenly changed into the tone of Mr. Sorin's all-powerful mafia tycoon!
"... If I were Sorin, I wouldn't make things too obvious! Hmph, getting closer to the mainstream doesn't mean setting up a company today, donating some money to a charity fund tomorrow, and finding two tabloid reporters to write two gun articles the day after tomorrow It's so simple!" She said slowly in a calm tone: "I will at least make a ten-year plan! First of all, I will look for one or two potential politicians! It is tacky to take the political route, but it is An essential step in the development of every big family! I will fund some mid-level politicians for long-term investment. If one of them steps onto the big political stage in the future, it means that I have the right to speak in the upper class! Official The policy tilt is the most effective! Then, I will spend at least ten years working, gradually get rid of those shady businesses of the underworld, and reorganize the organization. Let the legal business be independent, and then find a suitable agent People, the identity of the agent must be clean and highly educated. Such a person can find a young successor from within his own family and train him from an early age. The last thing is to find a suitable industry to start with, or directly invest in the acquisition of a company A legal company with a certain scale must have certain elite talents in the company. Then start with business and spend a generation to operate the business to a certain scale. At that time, among the politicians I invested in, someone should be able to take office Well, if you have a partner or two in Congress, or some other real power branch of government, it will make things easier... This is only the first generation, the second generation continues to repeat the same process, and then, if all goes well , By the third generation, maybe people will forget our family's former underworld background... At that time, we will truly integrate into the mainstream society!"
After saying this, Yang Wei concluded with some disdain: "It's impossible for Sorin to do anything like this. When he was young, he killed, set fire, smuggled and sold drugs. He did everything... I bet that in the Canadian police In the database, his case files can fill a filing cabinet! Now, he himself wants to integrate into the mainstream society. No matter how much money he spends, it will not have much effect, because in the eyes of people, he has already He was identified as a 'drug dealer'! Unless he is willing to patiently make a long-term plan, first cultivate one or two suitable successors, and then start with the next generation of successors... "
But at this point, Yang Wei suddenly smiled: "Well, but then again, Mr. Sorin can't help it... He only has one daughter, and this daughter is really too pissed off. If you expect that princess If His Highness cultivates a suitable successor, I am afraid that Sorin will have no hope in this life. It is no wonder that he is taking such hasty steps now, after all, given his age, he does not have many years to live."
When Yang Wei said these words, he was driving while talking so eloquently. These can't help but surprise me again with this woman! !
"You..." I swallowed, couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said, "If Thorin hears your words, he will be very surprised!" After a pause, I added: "I was also surprised. "
"Strange, isn't it?" Yang Wei suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and then she sighed quietly: "I think these are actually boring, aren't they... Hmph, these are not what I should think about. It's what the leader of the family should think about. Questions... As for me, Yang Wei, I'm just a member of the younger generation in the family, these issues should be considered by the helm and successor of the family. And I... just a woman."