Allen Zhang got up, freshened up, woke Dominic up, and began to arrange today’s work tasks.
And informed him that Lori Louis 19’s territory had expanded again, spanning the entire Fifth District from south to north and from east to west, virtually monopolizing the street treasure chests.
Ruling over the whole scene, reaching new heights!
After preparing a simple breakfast of sandwiches, fried eggs, and bacon, he also invited Sieg over for the meal.
While eating, Allen Zhang informed Dominic about the next development plan, "When you have time, get in touch with those small teams who are contacts, try to persuade them to join our team. Avoid conflict with them if possible. Focus on recruiting those at the bottom being severely exploited, ordinary homeless people. We’re not interested in recruiting those leaders."
They’re too smart, recruiting manpower to grow larger and stronger, they’re obviously not simple characters. Moreover, they’ve always been the exploitative class, the beneficiaries, they certainly won’t be tempted by the minor benefits bestowed by the General Sect Leader, they don’t fit into the collective with the ordinary homeless people, so it’s better to just ship them off to prison.
"If they’re not cooperative, just drive them out. If they refuse to leave, and want to resist, show them what happened to Jon."
Now the Fifth Street is under their control, and they are the biggest in terms of territory and number of people!
The homeless people who were attracted, whether local or from out of town, except for those who preferred to act alone, were eager to sign up.
"The recruitment threshold should also be raised. Those who are intellectually challenged but not prone to frequent illness, those physically disabled but with a positive attitude can be recruited and arranged to beg on the streets. Don’t take in those who are physically fit but have a significant criminal record and drug addictions. We must precisely control team quality, those who are not conducive to internal unity, who like to cause trouble and bully others outside, similarly drive them away, let them go and trouble other teams in other districts."
The General Sect Leader set the strategic direction, how can one sweep the world without sweeping one’s own home? Managing a large country is like cooking small fish, handling West Coast refugees is not that different from running a company, the world is just a gigantic makeshift troupe.
Core team members agreed and began to take serious notes of the General Sect Leader’s statements, then spread them to other cadre members at different positions.
Dominic took out his phone, opened the notes app, and started calculating and tallying.
"We now have thirty-six streets, all of which you can pick up cans from. The pure profit from can picking can reach 700-800 US Dollars a day. If you add begging and obtaining valuable items, it can reach a stable daily revenue of about 1500 US Dollars. Maybe even more."
Dominic continued, "We’ve also stockpiled quite a few cans these past few days, with can profits alone amounting to over 1800 US Dollars. Other items have yet to be settled and sold. The profits from begging are temporarily in my possession, the total value can amount to about 3000-3500 US Dollars. In the Irish territory, we lent them 1500 US Dollars previously, now they’re still unable to pay it back, but their revenue situation is improving, they should be able to cover the deficit within three weeks without affecting their normal income and expenses."
Allen Zhang listened to Dominic’s detailed report, which included valuable items such as special items picked up, leaves, toys, postcards, pots, pans, and the like.
They’re not particularly valuable, the treasure chest’s drop rate is not high, and the chance of actually picking up Gold and Diamond might be one in tens of thousands.
This should be the norm for homeless people, not everyone can be extremely lucky. If Allen Zhang didn’t have intelligence informing him, he wouldn’t be able to make money by picking up bargains every time.
"There’s also the fact that subsidy and shopping voucher distribution day is coming up soon. A very small number of homeless people might exhibit laziness and idleness, not being very active in can picking, which could affect our can profit income coming up," Dominic said.
Allen Zhang nodded, "That’s unavoidable periodic fluctuation. The subsidy is just a few hundred dollars. Those who spend recklessly will quickly run out. I’m just giving them the platform, taking a little profit. The real work to earn money is done by themselves. If they become lazy, they’re the ones who’ll ultimately suffer, it won’t affect me."
Harsh as it may sound, there are just so many cans, if you don’t do it, there’s always someone else who will.
Let him indulge in pleasure and "lie flat", while he’s not working, someone else will take his cans. For the General Sect Leader, there isn’t even half a cent of impact.
Taking advantage of the nice weather, after finishing breakfast, the four of them gave the RV a big cleaning, cleared the trash and cleaned the bathroom, and washed all the clothes and bed sheets, hanging them on the RV’s drying rack to dry.
Mainly because women are made of water, and Jennifer is very much a woman among women, those who know, know.
Considering that the underground water from the lead pipes on the streets isn’t too healthy, Allen Zhang specifically arranged for Sieg to drive to the nearest convenience store to purchase a filter, filled up a jug with drinking water, installed it back in the RV, and lined up for a refreshing shower.
Afterwards, Sieg drove the Air Force Bailey to the campsite under the neighboring Bridge 9, picked up Feis and his bunch, who were still lost in drunken dreams, gave each one a loud smack on the head, and pointed the gun at their foreheads to wake up those sluggards, dragged them onto the vehicle, and took them to the suburban cabin to commence the alchemy work.
According to the General Sect Leader’s wishes, these forces cooperating with the Beggar Gang are essentially not one of us, considered external personnel, and can be exploited at will.