Shadow Empire

Chapter 460: Solutions and People Going Around in Circles
"I remember arranging for some girls to come over."

Lance looked at Erwin, who nodded, "I asked Corinda to pick out some of the good ones and send them over here."

The Lans family itself does not run a call girl business, but there are some Empire girls, immigrant girls, who are unwilling to work hard in the factory to earn a meager income to make a living.

The prosperity and impetuousness of the Federation invaded their hearts. They wanted to make quick money and were even unwilling to learn striptease.

They only earn a dozen dollars in forty minutes, and they have to share it with the venue, which is not what they want.

All they want is a place to lie down and lie there without them having to do anything.

A few minutes later, they could get five dollars or even more from customers who walked out with their pants up.

By only receiving two guests a day, they can earn an astonishing monthly income of over three hundred yuan!
The Lans family does not run the business directly, but accepts liaisons. These imperial girls and immigrant girls need someone to provide them with protection.

Otherwise, they will often encounter customers who seek to have sex for free, and they may even be beaten up and have their money taken away.

In Jingang City and even in the whole world, if there is no one to provide security protection, then it will undoubtedly be very dangerous for them to do this job.

But now, they only need to pay thirty dollars a month to do these jobs on Lans' territory, with no additional charges.

If they wanted to do these jobs in the place run by Lance, they would have to pay fifty dollars a month.

Fifty yuan is not a lot for these girls. If they can be more diligent and receive seven or eight guests every day, their monthly income can exceed a thousand!
Sometimes life is just like this. If you can make your bottom line more flexible, making money will become very easy.

However, most girls cannot make so much money because they have menstrual periods and "psychological periods".

To put it simply, there is a possibility of psychological harm in the process of transactions with customers. Not all customers will treat these girls as their girlfriends or wives.

They will use their dirtiest, filthiest and most obscene fantasies on these girls, and naturally they will not be so polite.

Obscene language and hurtful words sometimes make these girls break down emotionally, and they have to rest for a few days.

For a call girl who is not forced to work by a company, the actual working time per month is only about two weeks, or possibly even less.

So most people don't make as much money as they would like.

These girls are currently under the charge of Corinda and Miriam (another girl), and their job is mainly a passive coordination job.

If someone is bullied, or wants to work at the place run by Lance, or needs some help in life, they are responsible.

The bar here was about to open, so Lance asked them to transfer a group of the best girls over, but it seemed that the manager didn't like them very much.

"Mr. Lance, I don't know what to say!" He clasped his hands together and quickly opened them again. "I'm not saying they are bad, but this is the Starlight District."

He chose his words carefully and spoke in a low voice. "The people who come here to spend money are the kind of people who can easily spend hundreds of dollars on entertainment in one night." He flipped his wrist.

"Those girls are young, but they lack the aura of being attractive. I know it's not right to say this, but they really can't attract customers here."

“They’re so cheap!”

Lance had never thought about this question before, but what the manager said made sense.

Two yuan, five yuan, ten yuan, fifty yuan or even a hundred yuan, just by looking at the appearance, you can see that there is indeed a big difference between them.

Although they are all of the same age and look similar, you can tell the difference between a five-yuan note and a fifty-yuan note at a glance.

There is just something very cheap about them, and cheap things are absolutely popular among people in the Empire District and the Port District.

But in the Starlight District, people don't like cheap things.

In order to avoid causing negative word of mouth, the manager simply removed all the girls from here.

Lance looked at him, "Do you have any good suggestions?"

“How did you solve this problem before?”

The manager replied, "Dover... uh, that traitor was pretty famous in the Starlight District, and the atmosphere here was pretty good at the time. We didn't need to actively look for those girls, they would come to us on their own initiative."

"We don't have to do anything, they'll just fill it up."

"But now, Mr. Lance, you know, we haven't been in business for a while, and those girls have gone to other bars and places, and it's going to be a bit of a hassle for us to get them back."

“We might have some issues with other bars.”

After listening to him, Lance agreed with his opinion. He thought for a while and said, "I will solve this matter later. Are there any other problems?"

The manager also proposed some rectification plans, including those related to publicity.

On the way back, Erwin asked Lance, "Where are you going to find those high-quality girls?"

"I only know that there are some agencies doing this kind of business, but it may not be realistic to ask them to send girls to bars."

Those girls are not cheap. Even if you don't do anything, it will cost at least thirty-fifty-one dollars a night.

There are always 20 to 30 girls in a bar, and the cost of one night is thousands.

But this fee refers to normal business behavior. Letting them seduce men Ervin doesn’t know if it can be considered a normal business behavior, but there are definitely some people who are unwilling to do it.

If you are hiring as a call girl, the price of a high-end call girl is also not cheap, and there are time restrictions.

Lance shook his head, "No need for them, I have a way to solve it."

Erwin suddenly became curious, "How do you solve it?"

Sometimes he felt that Lance was too smart and most things could not cause him any trouble.

He and Lance were not from the "same place", they just met on the ship, and he didn't know how Lance behaved when he was in the Empire.

Just judging from the moment I met Lance on the boat, everything Lance showed was truly amazing!

That's why everyone lets him be the boss instead of anyone else!

"Two ways!" He held up a finger. "There are many young girls who come to Jingang City and Valley City to pursue their dreams. They need money and a safe and reliable way. We can provide them with it."

"Valley City has become an important location for filming, and their mayor is very smart. He has used tax rebates to attract many film crews."

"There are a lot of young girls who want to be stars trying their luck there."

"Houses, food and drink, these all cost money. If they go to the theater all day and try their luck in the casting office, their money will not be enough to cover their expenses."

“So we can provide this way to make money!”

Lance smiled. "If they can get their 'friends' to order drinks at the bar, 15% of the profits from the drinks will be counted directly as their commission income."

When Erwin heard this, he asked, "Is that too much?"

"many?"

"No, not much at all!"

Lance smiled and shook his head, "It looks like a lot, but it's actually only a small part of it, because these girls can bring us more profits."

"And their value is not just here. Some of them may become actors or small stars in the future, and then people will talk about them spending money in our bar."

"You know what I mean. There are always some people who like this, like Shayna."

The "battle" for the opera flower has ended. Shayna has gained a high degree of popularity in Jingang City because she participated in the competition for courtship with the mayor's illegitimate son.

Regardless of whether her fame brings positive or negative things, at least she is famous now.

There are more people pursuing her, but these people are not planning to marry her, they just want to test the comfort of the opera flower, that's all. This has also made Shayna very distressed recently. There are many negative rumors about her circulating in Jingang City.

Especially when she did not express her feelings to her suitors and accepted their gifts, some people gradually began to dislike her.

Some even went so far as to ask her directly in a semi-public setting how much money she would need to stay out that night!
This also led to Shayna's plan to leave Likalai State. Her reputation here was a bit bad, and she planned to go to Jinzhou to live with her uncle.

Of course, this is off topic. For those who like Shayna, those crazy fans, even the dance shoes she wore would be bought at a high price.

If it is confirmed in the future that many stars have appeared in Lans' bar, people will become curious about this place, thus expanding the influence of the bar and Lans.

Lance gave Erwin a positive answer, and then asked, "What about the second option?"

Lance looked outside through the window. "College students."

"As for women nowadays, apart from those who are well off, some of the most elegant girls are in college. They have received higher education and naturally show a feeling of being cleaner and having a higher social status than others."

"If we can bring some of them in, I believe it will become a selling point for the bar."

"As for how to bring them in, it's actually very simple, 15 percent of the profit."

“Don’t forget about loans and college tuition!”

After returning to the villa, Lance called the director over to discuss this matter. The bar in the Starlight District was very important to Lance.

The director knew more about the situation in Valley City, and with the operation of Wanli Pictures, he was also a well-known manager.

"I want to attract a group of girls who are trying their luck in Valley City to come to my bar. Do you have any good ideas?"

Lance's simple and direct question made the director confused for a moment, but he soon understood what Lance meant.

He thought for a while and then said, "This matter is actually not too complicated. The market for girls in Valley City is already oversupplied. As long as we spread some information, we will be able to recruit people quickly, Mr. Lance."

"Can I know what they can get if they come to work here?"

Lance thought for a while and said, "First of all, it's money, that's for sure. In addition, I will consider providing them with some performance opportunities. What do you think?"

The director's expression changed slightly. If they were given a chance to perform, there was no doubt that these girls would use all means to make the guests keep their money!
Among them are a large number of fanatical daydreaming girls who want to become stars. Now in Valley City, besides the "audition girls" that are everywhere on the streets, the most famous people are the "fraudulent producers."

Every day, girls report to the police that they have been cheated, either for money or sex.

After paying the money and working for a few days in vain, I found out that there was no such film crew or it was just a lie and a liar.

There are many girls who pay for rooms out of their own pocket and pay for the scammers' daily expenses, and end up with nothing.

Moreover, it is difficult to define this type of scammer legally. They will first apply for a project and a film crew, get unwanted scripts from somewhere, and then get a project number.

So in a sense, some of these scammers are not real scammers, at least the law does not support the view that they are scammers.

And those girls who are cheated of their money and sex are sometimes cheated several times in a row just because they want to become stars so much!

"Mr. Lance, if you go to Valley City now, you will find that almost all the sales clerks and waiters in the stores are beautiful girls."

He gave a look that all men understand, "So I can assure you that if you are willing to come up with some performance opportunities, they will rush to you like crazy."

With the director's guarantee, the matter is basically settled. As for whether we can attract some college students, it is not so important.

Lance discussed with the director and finally decided on some rules, such as the top ten girls with the best "sales" could get audition recommendation letters from Wanli Pictures.

This thing is actually the same as a recommendation letter for college admission. With a recommendation letter, girls will get a chance to audition anyway, which is also a tempting payment for those girls.

The first place winner can directly participate in the filming of Wanli Production Company without audition and play a role, or even the leading actress.

It is also possible that he will sign directly with Wanli Production Company and become a contracted artist of the company.

I believe that with these, those girls will definitely give everything for the work they love!
While Lance was talking to the director, someone knocked on the door. It was Madore.

The director glanced at the newcomer and noticed Lance's expression, so he stood up and said, "I should get back to work soon, or they'll think I'm slacking off."

The director is a man who understands what others are saying, and this is directly related to his previous need to attract investment.

He has no tact at all and can't get any sponsorship at all.

"Please help me see the director off," Lance instructed, and Hiram stood up and walked to the door on his own initiative.

Lance shook hands with the director and watched him leave.

After the director left, Madore closed the door and said, "Someone drove around the outside of the company a few times."

Lance lit a cigarette, "Where are the people?"

Mador shook his head. “We arranged for someone to follow, but they were thrown off.”

Ever since Lance was assassinated several times, he has become more vigilant. There are some guys outside the company who look no different from ordinary people, observing the streets outside from a roadside shop.

This kind of observation was not continuous, after all, human energy is limited, but there were quite a few observers, more than a dozen or so, so these intermittent observations were eventually connected together.

There is a car carrying two people that has been circling nearby. People may not notice it after one or two circles, but if it circles several times, it will definitely be discovered.

Who would drive around a gang's headquarters for no reason?
Mador immediately arranged for people to follow them, but they were unsuccessful.

Lance frowned. If he were to say who he had offended recently and who might come to follow him, there would only be two families.

Liggett Group, and the Kodak family.

"Assign more people to everyone, and try not to act alone. Also arrange some bodyguards for William, Emily, and Patricia."

"Carry a gun and bullets, and be careful these days."

He picked up the phone and called Bolton. "Someone is watching me. A car was arranged today..."

As he spoke, he looked at Madore, who described the shape and color of the car, as well as the general appearance of the driver.

The car stopped once diagonally opposite the company. The whole process took only about twenty seconds, and someone saw the driver's appearance.

Brown hair and a brown moustache.

After saying this, Bolton immediately knew his job. "I'll have someone investigate it. As long as they live in the Empire District or the Port District, I can dig them out!"

"As soon as possible!" Lance reminded and hung up the phone.

Bolton started working immediately. Now all the street "cameras" in two districts were under his control. He only had to say these characteristics, and soon those old men who were worried about where to make money would take action immediately.

At this time, a vehicle that matched the appearance of Bolton's announcement was parked in the parking lot of a fast food drive-thru.

Two mafia members from the Golden State chatted while munching on burgers.

"The taste here is too sour. I don't like such sour ketchup!"

"It kind of put a damp tooth on me and my whole tooth was numb, which was very uncomfortable."

The driver complained that the Golden State's ketchup was sweeter, while the Likalai State's ketchup had more concentrated lemon juice.

Some people also say that they use synthetic citric acid, but it is indeed very sour, with a sweet-sour taste.

The person sitting in the passenger seat was more interested in the sour taste. "I think it's pretty good. At least it won't make you feel sick."

He added some ketchup and took a bite. It tasted sour and sweet, and his appetite became better!
(End of this chapter)