Chapter 133: After I finish speaking, who is in favor and who is against?
Seeing this, Barry on the side couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "He has a strong personality, but he never overbears others. He just persuades people with emotion and reason, and finally uses his power to suppress others!"
"Although the trick is not new, the method is sophisticated and it is simply not something a 20-year-old can do!"
"Even if I cooperate with the Marquis, I still hold the initiative firmly in my own hands!"
"Lin Zehao, you really can constantly bring me surprises. It's definitely right to cooperate with someone like you!"
If before, Barry still consciously or unconsciously regarded Lin Zehao as a junior.
Now, he has wholeheartedly acknowledged Lin Zehao's identity as a big boss, and confirmed that the other party is qualified and capable of leading their small group to sail all the way and overcome all obstacles!
Tony drank the whiskey in the glass in one gulp, poured half a glass for Lin Zehao, and then filled his own glass.
He rubbed his face with his hands, let out a long breath, and asked, "Which prison are you going to contract?"
Now that he had decided to join, Tony no longer hesitated and began to get to work.
"If you're going to do it, then make it the biggest."
"After all, only when the scale is larger and there are more prisoners can we make more money." Lin Zehao changed into a comfortable posture and said.
The revenue model of private prisons is simple: the more prisoners, the longer the sentences, the lower the costs, the more profits.
In order to achieve the above goals, we must establish good relations with the higher-ups.
This is also the reason why Barry and Tony have to be involved.
"The ruling party in Bristol is the Labour Party now. The mayor has received a favor from my father before and has given me £100,000. I am sure I can convince him to pass the private prison proposal."
"As for the Prison Committee, it will also cost one hundred thousand pounds. I will ask my brother to take care of it."
"The rest is the investment cost for prison renovation." Tony said after thinking carefully.
He didn't ask for more for this price, and he didn't intend to make any profit from it.
Since he has decided to cooperate with Lin Zehao, Tony does not intend to do these small tricks, and also wants to let the other party see his abilities.
Lin Zehao had already thought of the relevant development route, and immediately said: "Okay, I will give you 300,000 pounds, and the extra 100,000 will be used in the name of the company to lobby relevant political parties. In the future, the company will set aside a sum of money every year for lobbying."
"We all have a common interest in having tougher criminal laws, higher conviction rates, longer sentences, fewer parole opportunities, and more immigration enforcement."
"What's more, we are also contributing to this society and preventing those scum from causing more serious harm."
Barry agreed immediately: "I have no objection. As long as I can earn more pounds, I will fully support it."
Tony also nodded and said, "Okay, you are our leader, we all listen to you."
Seeing this, Lin Zehao smiled, snapped his fingers, and said, "Very good, Tianhong, send the file to them."
"Okay, Brother Hao."
Luo Tianhong responded and immediately took out the printed documents from his bag and distributed them to the two of them.
Barry and Tony took it and began to read it carefully.
Tony even wore glasses for fear of missing anything.
Lin Zehao was not in a hurry. He drank his wine while looking at the books on the bookshelf.
After a while, Barry was the first to put down the documents in his hand and said to Tony: "If it can really develop as Lin said, let alone buy your ancestral fiefdom, you can also make an offer for Buckingham Palace." Tony took off his glasses with trembling hands and put them aside. He couldn't calm down for a long time and said: "Although Buckingham Palace is impossible to sell, I also agree with your opinion."
"As long as the contract is signed, the government has to guarantee a 90 percent occupancy rate for the prison, which means they have to pay the prison according to the proportion stipulated in the contract regardless of the actual number of prisoners."
"This gives the government no incentive to reduce prisoner numbers or provide more community rehabilitation services, and will instead send as many people as possible into our prisons."
After reading the plan, Tony was completely convinced that Lin Zehao should lead them!
He really couldn't imagine that a twenty-year-old young man could have such foresight and insight!
If he had half of Lin Zehao's ability, no, even one-third of it, the family would not have fallen to this point.
"That's right. Any prisoner who stays in our prison needs to pay a prison admission fee, and after serving their sentence, they also need to pay a release fee."
"The costs of any services related to prison, such as food, telephone, medical, legal, education, etc., will need to be paid by the prisoner during his or her imprisonment."
"For example, steaks can range from ten pounds to thousands of pounds, and if you can afford it, we can even raise Angus cattle specifically for it."
"In a word, as long as you can afford the price, we can satisfy all your wishes."
Lin Zehao smoked a Cuban cigar and spoke word by word. Although his tone was indifferent, everyone could hear the strong confidence contained in it.
Both of them were immersed in the beautiful blueprint he painted.
"I have a question. What should we do if the prisoners don't have money to pay the expenses incurred?" Barry thought for a moment and asked.
Hearing this, Tony also looked at Lin Zehao, curious about what answer he would give.
“Good question, but the solution is simple.”
"Once in prison, prisoners are considered private property and must work for at least twelve hours a day, including but not limited to production and manufacturing work. They can take two days off a month, but they need to report in advance. If they are in a rush to produce, they cannot take a break. The hourly wage is one penny."
"Under this premise, we can definitely set up a related company and occupy the market with low labor costs. As long as we ensure product quality and make it cheap enough, we will definitely have no trouble selling it."
After a pause, Lin Zehao continued, "Now answer Barry's question. If there are prisoners who have no money to pay their daily expenses, they can use the money they earn from their daily work to pay for it. When they pay off the money, they will be released from prison."
"If there are prisoners who do not want to work, that is fine. They just need to pay the prison. Currently, the price is set at 100 pounds a day, and the price will change with market growth."
"After all, we respect human rights. As long as we have pounds, we don't have to work."
Listening to Lin Zehao's description, Barry and Tony opened their mouths wide, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
They didn't expect that there would be such an operation?
Even those black-hearted capitalists dare not think so!
If this had happened in the previous workers' movement, this would definitely have resulted in being hanged on a street lamp!
However, when Barry and Tony thought about the pounds that would be generated by this series of operations, they instantly exclaimed that it was really tempting!
It seems that their support for Lin Zehao as the leader is absolutely the right choice!
Even Luo Tianhong, who was standing by, was a little shocked, and thought to himself, "This is such an intense job. I heard from Brother Rong that even the cattle and horses raised in their hometown can't stand it."
"Since everyone has no questions, let me talk about the distribution issue."
"I contributed money, people, effort, and ideas to this matter, so I own 80% of the shares. Is that reasonable?"
"After I finish speaking, who is in favor and who is against?"
Lin Zehao held a cigar, exhaled a puff of smoke, squinted his eyes, and kept scanning the faces of Barry and Tony.
(End of this chapter)
