Chapter 320： : Benefits are exchanged

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Saying goodbye to Janini, Hardy took a private jet to Las Vegas to inspect the Las Vegas industry.

The Hardy Hotel is still bustling with business.

The hotel’s various facilities have been further strengthened and have become more and more complete, becoming a real tourist resort. The TV lottery draws are larger than before, and now each issue is more than 100,000 US dollars.

I went to see the progress of the construction of the Venetian and Caesars Palace casinos. Now one third of it has been completed, and the headquarters of the Hardy Group is also under construction.

As for the racetrack and the dog racing track.

The racecourse has been estimated to be completed in one or two months. The staff of the Hardy Hotel have already begun preliminary work, such as recruiting staff and purchasing racehorses, as well as contacting various horse racing associations.

A grand horse race will be held when it opens, and it will become another casino in the future, and a TV lottery will be launched. I believe it will enrich the spiritual and entertainment life of the American people.

As for the greyhound racing track,

Because the racecourse is much simpler to build, it was set up two months ago.

Hardy Casino did not do this business, but handed over to the Los Angeles Company. Back then, the Irish gang in Los Angeles had the Greyhound Casino. Later, the Irish gang was taken over by Hardy and the Greyhound business went to Bill.

He has racing dogs in his hands and is suitable for this business.

When Hardy arrived in Las Vegas, Bill was here. I heard that Hardy came and hurried over and took Hardy to the dog racing track to watch the dogs.

A neon sign was also hung at the gate of the racecourse, with a few greyhounds running **** it, which was really clear at a glance.

The venue is not large inside, and the stands can accommodate about two thousand people. Although it is now 1949, the specifications of the greyhound are basically perfected, and a fake rabbit is hung on the slide for dogs to chase.

Dog racing can also draw prizes on television. In the previous underground dog racing games in Los Angeles, a bet of only a few thousand dollars per game, but through television lottery activities, each game can reach hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is much more than before. .

Bill smiled and said: "Boss, there are more than 600 dogs here. Now there are three games every day. The live audience bets and the phone bets are about hundreds of thousands of dollars per game, and the commission can earn more than 4 million dollars every year. ."

Moreover, the money is still legal income, so there is no need to worry about it except paying taxes.

certainly,

A lot of this money has to be distributed to Hardy, because this dog racing field is Hardy's, and the Los Angeles company is regarded as Hardy's venue, and it has to pay $1 million in rent every year.

Hardy and Bill watched two games at the dog racing track. It felt so normal, not as interesting as horse racing. Whether Hardy likes it or not, but the audience likes it. From the way the gamblers hold the betting tickets and shout and cheer, they know them. How invested.

After a round in Las Vegas, Hardy came to Carson City, the capital of Nevada. The capitals of the United States have a characteristic, and most of them are in small cities.

Hadubai visited the governor of Nevada and had a very friendly exchange with the governor. The Hadi Group is now the largest company registered in Nevada, and the governor is very enthusiastic.

"Members have communicated in private before. Although some members said that Nevada does not need to open the lottery, more people said that it should be opened. The time has been set. The voting parliament will be held at the end of the month. There are two other bills. Vote together." Governor Madison said.

"Governor Madison, I am here this time, mainly to hope that if the vote is passed, the lottery business can be handed over to the Hardy Group. You also know that Hardy Group operates the best gaming industry in Las Vegas. We also With the ABC TV station, it has sufficient advantages in lottery operations." Hardy said.

Lottery business is not a private business. In all states that open lottery in the United States, the lottery business is operated by the state government, and then they authorize the lottery company. This time, if Nevada passes the proposal, it will be in this way.

The lottery operating company, excluding operating costs, can probably earn about 5% of the total amount. That is to say, if you bet 1 million US dollars in 2 issues a week, the total annual betting amount is approximately 100 million US dollars.

Lottery companies can earn 5 million.

Less?

Some people think that there is little, after all, the investment is not small, but this is just a conservative figure, and business should not just look at the present.

After obtaining the right to operate the lottery in Nevada, Hardy is equivalent to a stepping stone to promote the opening of lottery tickets in other states. When there are more open lotteries in the future, sales will naturally increase.

The annual sales of American lottery tickets can reach 80 billion in future generations.

According to this calculation, a 5% profit margin is $4 billion. The most important thing is that the lottery company will have a huge amount of money in its hands.

It's the same truth that Hardy and Sam Wharton said before. When you have a large amount of cash in your hand, the banker has to kneel and beg you. Besides, Hardy runs a bank himself and knows the importance of cash.

Governor Madison naturally knew Hardy's purpose of looking for him. In fact, Anthony, the congressman who proposed the bill, knew that Hardy was looking for him.

Nevada is very barren. It wants resources without resources, and industries without industries. If it had been forced to a dead end, it would not have made a new way to legalize gambling because it was really useless.

Las Vegas casinos can be said to be Nevada’s largest source of financial revenue, and Hardy Hotel is the largest among them. More than that, the Venetian and Caesars Palace under construction are both invested in hundreds of millions. At that time, the Nevada state government was delighted.

And these two casinos were also built by Hardy, so no one dares to easily refuse what Hardy said in Nevada.

Governor Madison smiled, "Of course I believe in the strength of the Hardy Group, and I also believe that if the Hardy Group operates this industry, it will be successful. If this bill is passed, I will focus on the Hardy Group, which is also for the economy of Nevada. consider."

The two sides reached an oral agreement.

Hardy didn't tell you how much money he would give you, how much he bribed, and everyone tacitly knew that the United States is very strict with regard to corruption and bribery. Some politicians who embezzle tens of thousands of dollars will face very serious punishments.

So few people now bribe face-to-face.

But this does not mean that corruption and bribery have disappeared, but that it has become more hidden.

Today Governor Madison helped Hardy, then the next day Governor Madison finds Hardy, and Hardy is also obligated to help him. For example, if Governor Madison wants to run for the next governor, he needs supporters, or he wants to enter Congress and become the Senate, he needs supporter.

For a funder like Hardy, one person can contract his campaign funds.

Isn't campaign funding money?

of course.

For another example, if there is a family business, the two parties can conduct business cooperation and do a few transactions at will, and the money will naturally come out.

In the United States, there is no regulation that prevents Congressmen and Governors from doing business.

Even many of them are businessmen, so I won’t give examples, because there are too many people who run for the House of Representatives, the Senate, the governor, the mayor, and even the president after they have money. Old Special is one of the typical representatives.

It's normal for politics to connect to business.

Many people say that the United States is not a society of human relations. They are wrong. The United States has more human relations than any other country, and it has already formed its own rules.

If someone helped you in the first place, but you didn't help when they found you, then your reputation will become very stinky when you are done, and it will be very difficult to find someone to do errands next time.

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After talking with Governor Madison, Hardy did not stop and flew to the U.S. Defense Logistics Base at Fort Bayver, Virginia.

He came to see Major General Williams.

Before coming, Hardy had contacted Major General Williams on the phone, and Major General Williams invited him to eat at home with a smile. Now the two are in partnership and they are very close.

Hardy refused.

"Let's find a golf course, the one we visited last time was not bad."

Major General Williams immediately realized that Hardy didn't want to play golf, but had important things to talk to himself.

"No problem, I will book the stadium right now."

On the golf course.

Hardy took the ball first, and after a long shot, the two of them did not bring any entourage, and walked slowly toward the ball with the pole.

"General, the last time President Johnson took office, I went to attend, I met Secretary Marshall, and I had a good chat with Secretary Marshall. The next day, I visited the Pentagon specifically and talked about the security company." Hardy said.

Major General Williams looked at Hardy.

I sighed slightly in my heart.

These rich men are far more powerful than their soldiers and support President Johnson’s rise to power. Now everyone knows that Hardy is President Johnson’s biggest benefactor and speaks very well with the President.

Because of President Johnson's relationship, he can get to know the high-level military, and his personal connections are 10,000 times easier than those who climb up from the grassroots.

Hardy looked at Major General Williams and suddenly said, "General, are you interested in the post of Secretary of Logistics."

Major General Williams was taken aback.

Are you interested?

Do you still need to ask?

Too much.

Williams thought of something, a little excited: "Hadi, what do you mean?"

"I mean, do you need me to help you run it, I'm going to see the President and Secretary Marshall soon?" Hardy said.

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency is different from combat forces. It is directly subordinate to the Department of Defense, and the Secretary of Defense has direct jurisdiction.

With the relationship between Hardy and Johnson, you can whisper to him in private to help Williams dredge the relationship, and as the president, to be honest, he is also willing to use someone who has a relationship with him, which is more convenient to use.

This is the so-called faction.

As for the current director of logistics, he will reach retirement age in more than a year, when Williams' opportunity will come.

Hardy can have someone contact the director of logistics in advance, invite him to join the security company as a consultant, and take over the relationship that belongs to his logistics department.

It can be said to serve multiple purposes.

"This matter still needs to work slowly, I am afraid it will not be implemented until the second half of next year, when your boss retires." Hardy said.

It will not be long after a year.

The best thing is that there is hope.

President Johnson has just been re-elected and has a four-year term. With General Marshall's connections in the military, appointing him as logistics minister is a piece of cake. No one dares to stand up against it. Williams is only 50 years old, which is just right.

Everything is very suitable.

"Thank you Hardy." Williams thanked a little excitedly.

"Hehe, are we friends? Good friends should help each other." Hardy smiled.

"Yes, help each other."

Major General Williams is not stupid. Hardy pushes himself up, and naturally has his interests. This kind of exchange of interests is too common in officialdom, or it is normal.

The president comes up with an exchange of interests.

The official is recommended by the capital.

The councillors are elected with capital funding.

Everything is exchanging benefits.

Major General Williams smiled and asked, "I haven't seen you for a long time. What have you been up to lately?"

"I have opened a new supermarket chain to cover the entire United States, General, I think this supermarket may cooperate with the logistics department."

"We have thousands of suppliers, and there will be more in the future. When we cover the United States, we will reach tens of thousands of suppliers. The supply of daily life supplies for the US military is a very complicated matter. I think we can choose several large-scale suppliers. Business, instead of buying like yourself."

"The Hardy supermarket chain hopes to become one of the military's logistics suppliers in the future. If the military has any special requirements, it can be customized."

Major General Williams nodded.

"It is true. Food, fuel, clothing, equipment, ammunition, tools, energy, medical supplies, and construction materials. There are more than tens of thousands of categories, and the quality must be controlled. You know how arduous this is. ."

"The Logistics Bureau is the largest bureau of the Ministry of National Defense. The other departments of the Pentagon have only 6,000 or 7,000 people. Our Logistics Bureau has more than 40,000 people."

"You know, now we have more than 1,000 military bases overseas. The logistics bureau is also responsible for the material support of these military bases. This is what a job."

Soldiers and horses do not move food and grass first. Logistics is an extremely important part of the war. No army dares to ignore logistics.

"At the recent meeting of the Logistics Bureau, we were still discussing that in the future, we will gradually introduce private suppliers and logistics to help us solve these problems. We will change from direct supply to supervision." Major General Williams said.

Hardy nodded and said: "Involving private companies and logistics companies in the provision and transportation of logistics materials will greatly save the labor of the logistics bureau, and it may even save money than you directly handle them."

"We have calculated it, it does save money!" Major General Williams said with a smile.

Having said that, Major General Williams said to Hardy: "The supplier's business has not been implemented yet, but I think the Hardy Group can fully participate, and I will notify you in advance when the tender is reached."

"Then thank you Major General Williams." Hardy smiled and thanked.

What did Hardy think of, and said: "In fact, in addition to supplies, we should also care about the soldiers' mental health and prepare for more entertainment."

Major General Williams did not expect Hardy to say this, and asked: "What do you mean by entertainment life?"

"The military camp is very boring. If the army can subscribe to some dudes, do you think those soldiers will be very happy."

Major General Williams was taken aback.

He hadn't thought about sending a **** to the army.

However, the U.S. military is not like other military forces in these aspects. It has any strict regulations. All packages are provided, which is to allow the garrison to go out for prostitution.

"Purchasing Playboy magazine to solve the entertainment problem, this is indeed a good idea, I will mention it in the meeting later." Major General Williams nodded.

Hardy, a capitalist and a playboy, don’t let go of small money, but is this really small money? The net profit of selling a copy is more than one dollar. If the US military purchases 100,000 copies per issue, it will also make millions of profits that year.

Why don't you make money if you have money? Anyway, it's a matter of one sentence.

"Keep playing?"

"Of course, this ball is yours."

The two sides looked at each other and laughed, and then went on to the golf course.

Talked for so long,

It seems only one shot.

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