"Pablo Escobar?"

Carter remembered seeing a short video about the Colombian drug lord.

The reason why I can remember him is not because of the extent of his drug production and trafficking career, but because of two interesting anecdotes that I don’t know are true or false:

First, there were reports that Pablo's personal wealth may be as high as 30 billion US dollars, and then his son called the newspaper and said: "You know nothing about my father's wealth"...

Second, this guy seems to have planned to run for president of Colombia, and threatened to help the Colombian government repay US$17 billion in foreign debt, and then...

Wait?! Foreign debt?!

Carter raised his eyebrows. The anecdotes from the past suddenly seemed to echo certain events...

Is the Colombian government unable to repay its high debt?! Or will it be unable to repay it in the future?!

"It seems to be this name...wait, how do you know it better than me?!"

"Hahaha, it's not important, it's not important. I'm just wondering, since we are on such a channel, can we do something? Maybe to prevent the bottomless spread of drugs in Douglas, or whether we can

To generate income...such as collecting tolls or something?"

Putting aside the distant debt problems of Latin American countries and considering Douglas's current financial situation, Carter couldn't help but think crookedly.

"Theoretically, even if we know that there may be a large amount of drugs passing by Douglas every day, we have no ability to stop it now. Officer Bai Lai, if he gets angry, the police station will be bombed. But no matter

After all, we have great righteousness, if we can use it..."

"With the profits from drug trafficking, it's not too much to pay Douglas $100 million in tolls every year. By then, wouldn't we be rich instantly? Moreover, we can also know more clearly how many drugs are passing through us.

Oh...how many drugs have flowed into our Douglas, and into whose hands it has flowed!"

Carter rubbed his chin and felt that this was feasible. Judging from the anecdotes about Pablo's son showing off his wealth and his willingness to help the Colombian government repay a debt of 17 billion U.S. dollars, 100 million U.S. dollars was not a big deal for this man.

Not high.

This is one, and secondly, this guy seems to have a different kind of... Well, you can say pursuit, you can also say respect? Carter can't describe that feeling. I just put myself in the shoes of Route 23 as Zuo Zhi

In Asia, one of the three main roads connecting north and south, Douglas is stuck on the side of the road, which is almost a unique position.

Especially Route 23, which is relatively more central. The state can connect to Macon and Atlanta, and continue to the northeast, which is the line of Charlotte, Washington, Baltimore, and then New York...

It can be said that if ordinary goods need to be transported, taking Highway 23 is definitely the best route. For such a geomantic treasure, we only charge a toll of 100 million US dollars. Isn’t that excessive?

In addition, they get us dozens of kilograms of drugs every year, pay favors to the DEA and the state, claim credit, and get some financial support from the state. It’s just a matter of face and dignity!

Externally, it can generate revenue and gain fame; internally, it can also achieve precise control. Knowing how much has entered Douglas, then when the time is right, we can gradually strengthen the city's anti-drug measures in a targeted manner.

Let go, this is both development and prevention and control!

"Don't! You're playing with fire!"

Benjamin was startled by Carter's idea:

"I don't think I'm a pedantic person. If I can really get a windfall from this, I won't object to using it to develop our local area. But this matter is too difficult to handle! Who can find that Bob?

Luo is negotiating, why do people always listen to you? Even if you can't do it well, you just have the life to go but not the life to come back..."

"Of course, of course, I know. If you were a pedantic person, I wouldn't say this. But, who said we have to go find him? Can't we let him come to us on his own initiative?"

Combined with Pablo's resume from the short video, the focus is on the famous soul torture of "money or bullets". Carter felt that the other party should first ask Douglas if he wanted money?

As long as you ask, it will be easy to negotiate! I really just want money here!

"We can do this: Didn't I just discover that someone is selling drugs to the students in the school? Let's make a fuss about it, stir up emotions, and set up checkpoints at road intersections. I have already thought about the inspectors, so I will use that group of unscrupulous people.

A trash man who works in production..."

"This won't work! If they take what Naka wants, then who will dare to come to Douglas?!"

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, I just want them to eat and take cards!"

Holding down the excited Benjamin, Carter's eyes flickered:

"Think about it for a second. What do you think when you meet a policeman or inspector on the road and ask for food or drink from you? Do you think the administration in this place is corrupt? Corruption is endemic?"

"That's for sure! And...are you saying that you deliberately left a hole for Pablo's group? Let them think that our checkpoint here is easier, and they only need to pay money?"

"That's right! How can we go to them for this kind of thing? We have to seduce them! Understand? Seduce them to come over and take the initiative to talk to us about the issue of confession... Moreover, there is another advantage to doing this..."

"Move some of the people in the city center out of the city? At least temporarily move some of them out..."

Benjamin drew inferences from one instance.

"Yes, I understand your difficulties. But you also have to consider your own votes, Uncle Rob! I don't want Douglas to have a new mayor. We can't live without you here!"

Carter glanced at Benjamin affectionately, and before the latter's goose bumps were about to rise, Carter continued:

"Temporarily transferring a group of people out, even if it's just a hundred people, is equivalent to transferring part of the increasingly intensified conflicts in the city center to all citizens. And, believe me, this group of people is also happy. After all, it turns out that robbery is real robbery.

, now... doesn't this give them a legitimate opportunity to rob?!"

"And when they are hired, it is easy to explain later. For example, why they were hired, of course it is to solve work problems, right? This is what our city government should do, we just hired people inappropriately. Once in the future, Pablo's people did not take the bait

, we can also use charges of dereliction of duty, corruption and other crimes to completely solve these stubborn diseases!"

"If Pablo's people take the bait, that would be even better! Use Pablo's money to build a municipal prison first, and then when the situation is stable, then use the same crime to get them in, and then the cost loss will be small.

point!"

"Secondly, there is another advantage to using this group of people. That is, if this group of drug dealers really wants money rather than their lives, they would rather break into the checkpoint or attack and kill the inspectors for the confiscated drugs.

..”

"Sacrificing this group of garbage people is better than sacrificing some real good people, right? In this way, there are three possibilities: Pablo's people come to the door with money; Pablo's people simply ignore this place and divert the route; and checkpoint

Being attacked... No matter what the situation is, we have room to advance and retreat, and we have nothing to lose!"
Chapter completed!