"The new alcohol prohibition has a great impact, but it is good news for us!" Dulin sat on a chair in the corner of the playground and looked at the thin clouds in the sky, his eyes reflecting a bright look. Du Fu and others sat next to him. They were a little confused about Du Lin's statement. It was obviously a bad thing, so why did it become a good thing
Sometimes some things do seem funny. The New Party's proposal has just entered the process of the Imperial Parliament. The information that should have been kept secret for the time being has actually spread, and even the inmates in the regional prison outside Tenel City have obtained it. information. The news came from a message from a prison guard, and there was no doubt that it must have been delivered by someone from Ellisto. Dulin is optimistic about this and thinks this is a good thing.
Capitalism is rapidly expanding its power, and some research books on capital are constantly appearing in this society. Some people have concluded that the price positioning of goods does not depend on the quality of the goods, but on the demand of the market. .
To explain it in a way that people who haven't gone to school can understand, it's that if people have a demand for dog shit, both dogs and dog shit can sell for high prices. The former can produce shit, the latter can sell it.
The second alcohol prohibition did indeed have a great impact on the bootlegging industry, and new departments are also being established. Once the new departments are officially launched and start working, the now rampant bootlegging industry will inevitably suffer a devastating blow. The introduction of any policy is not just as simple as a document, but also requires the cooperation of a series of personnel such as executive agencies and supervisory agencies. The impact of the previous prohibition on alcohol was indeed great, but not many people implemented it, which naturally led to the proliferation of illegal alcohol.
Now that the second alcohol prohibition has been promulgated and there are specific agencies to implement and supervise it, it will inevitably have a devastating blow to the bootlegging market. At least these blatant shipments of bootleg liquor via steam locomotives in large quantities no longer exist. . More than half of the bootleg liquor sellers will disappear, and there will naturally be less and less bootlegging liquor circulating in the market. According to the researcher, a commodity depends on market demand. When demand exceeds supply, the price will rise significantly.
A bottle of wine that costs eight yuan now may sell for eighteen yuan or more in the near future!
This is definitely a good thing for all bootleggers who have the ability and confidence to continue their business. It means that they will obtain more pure profits while maintaining the same cost!
But at the same time, this is a challenge for all bootleggers!
With stricter supervision and enforcement, we can no longer lawfully transport bootleg liquor in boxes on a large scale, and we have to face brutal attacks from other surviving bootleggers. The increase in the cost of pure profits will sharply increase the desire of bootleggers for market share. In the past, several people could peacefully coexist and share the resources of a city, but after the second prohibition, not many people would watch. We watched as income several times more than before flowed into other people's pockets.
War has become the only way for bootleggers to "elect", to select the final winner and eliminate the losers both professionally and physically.
Du Lin suddenly turned around and asked, "By the way, how are the new ones doing recently?"
On the fourth day of Dulin's imprisonment, another group of prisoners came. The sentences of these prisoners were not very long, the longest was one year, and the shortest was three months. Their crime was armed robbery, and the victim was injured and had to be hospitalized. They were stupid enough to gather together and go to a nightclub to loudly publicize the incident. In the end, they were caught by the late police.
This news was told to him by the warden, who also reminded him that these people coming in right after him may not have actually committed a crime. They were most likely enemies from outside Dulin who arranged to come in and deal with Dulin. The killer. Du Lin had the same view on this, so he asked Dufo to keep an eye on this group of people.
"They are very honest." Dufo tilted his head and looked at the two people sitting loosely in the corner on the other side. "One of those two races may be their leader, and the other few people have not had sex with anyone else. Conflict. Once they were provoked, but quickly retreated, so now people here think they are 'harmless'."
Du Lin also looked at the ladder on the opposite side of the playground. I don't know if it was a coincidence. The guy sitting at the bottom of the two people opposite also looked at Du Lin and nodded to Du Lin with a smile.
"It should be right. Whether it is or not, we have to be careful. This is not the outside!" Du Lin clapped his legs and stood up. The members of the hometown association around him also stood up. "Be careful, it is definitely not the outside." Wrong. In addition to them, we should also pay attention to other people. It is easy to establish initial prestige, but it is not easy to maintain it. "
The conflict in the restaurant subsided quickly. The brutal image of Du Lin's gang has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. In addition, they are a group, and Du Lin's reputation has gradually spread in the restaurant. Not many people are willing to take the initiative to provoke them. Everyone knew that Du Lin was a illicit liquor dealer and one of the original three giants in Turnel City. They didn't know more detailed information, and they didn't know that Du Lin was almost finished. They were unwilling to provoke Du Lin because they were afraid that Du Lin would go out to retaliate against them after a short sentence. If they knew that Du Lin basically had nothing now, someone would soon take action against Du Lin and the others.
Peaceful days seem extraordinarily slow. After getting up every morning and eating breakfast, there will be a short rest time, and then it is time to work. The Turnell Regional Prison is under vertical management and is supervised by the Imperial Prison Administration. Under normal circumstances, this department never interferes with the specific affairs of local prisons. The only thing it does during the year is to collect the inmates and prisoners of each prison. Detailed information on prisoners released from prison.
They have no policies and no allocations to local areas. The maintenance of regional prisons needs to be operated by the prisons themselves. To put it bluntly, they are self-funded. To manage so many prisoners, provide them with food and drink, and take care of their clothing and other expenses, plus the salaries of prison administrators, this is a considerable expense. Therefore, the vast majority of prisons are running some small businesses, and they create profits by taking advantage of the cheapness of prisoners who do not need to pay additional labor costs.
Sometimes they take orders from some capitalists, and sometimes they produce some things independently and sell them in exchange for the cost of maintaining the prison's operations.
Another part of the cost comes from "donations" from the families of prisoners or their affiliated forces. These donations are not just simple donations. Wardens in various places have their own names to handle this special fund. Here are the explanations for these donations. It is money given by outsiders to inmates to improve their lives. The money will go directly into the warden's coffers, but they will prepare an "account" for the inmates to use for additional expenses.
For example, cigarettes cost one yuan outside but cost ten yuan here. A chicken drumstick may cost less than five cents outside, but here it costs three for a dollar. Even if the prisoners want to use the things they produce themselves, they have to pay ten times the price to buy them.
Someone has said that there are two types of people in prison who cannot afford to be offended. One type is those who do not take their own lives seriously at all. These people are complete lunatics, and they may not want to live at all. Maybe if you just look at him one more time, he will try his best to kill you, so this kind of person cannot be offended.
The second kind of people who should not be offended are the "rich people", which include those who live in "villas" and those who have a thick private account book. Without exception, these people have a close relationship with the prison authorities. The prison guards always have a "loving" mentality towards them. They also violate the prison management regulations. They may only be detained in solitary confinement, but the "poor people" are very I couldn't get out of bed for half a month.
People like Du Lin belong to the second type, but they are somewhat different from other second type people. He still has to work. It's not that anyone forced him to work, it's just that he thought it would be good to experience such a life, which could be regarded as an increase in experience and psychological progress.
More importantly, he finally defeated the big man in the dream in a certain aspect. The big shot was shot within a few days of being imprisoned. He did not live in prison at all, but Dulin did. Even though the experience feels a bit...there's always a winning side.
Dulin sometimes thanked the big shot for giving him rich experience, but he also had a comparative mentality that he was not very clear about. He felt that he would become a big shot like the big shot, and that he would be better than him. Well, live longer, have more power and a higher status.
Because he is Dulin!
Just when Du Lin and his party were about to go back to rest and finish their meal, a ball flew over.
There are also ball games in this world. No matter in any world, people have an inexplicable love for chasing round things that can roll and bounce. Ball sports are also quite popular in this world, mainly divided into two types, football and handball. The rules of football are relatively simple and more like the football in Dulin's dream world, but handball is different. Kind of like a combination of volleyball and rugby.
The ball cannot hit the ground and must be put into the opponent's net while it is in motion to be considered a winner. During this process, all collisions and pushes are considered reasonable actions, except that you cannot punch the opponent, kick the opponent, or make any obvious aggressive movements.
People like handball, not because they like the artistry of handball, but because they like to see blood splattering on the court and like to see people getting hurt. Whenever there is blood, the audience will stand up and chant, as if they are possessed.
(End of chapter)