Chapter 35 - Volume 2 (1/2)
Trade, transportation and tourision famous But on one side, there stood the city of culture and trends, while on the other was a city of sluabonds roaher
When Isaac received his orders to change this city within three years froh his as and Macau, which were fa any of the more normal means would have taken both too much money and time, but most important of all, it would never succeed under the constant sabotage fro in ga and entertainment?
The city was already situated in a position where people constantly traveled through for one reason or another Even if the people didn’t want to garandiose buildings, women with the beauty to capture their hearts, and entertain up every street in the city Andout of curiosity
Isaac didn’t even need to put effort into trying to make those people open their wallets All he had to do was copy and paste the as and Macau
He ell aware of how dangerous ga is and how easily it can break a man But so what? He wasn’t one to care about so when his death was fast approaching
He wasn’t afraid of death He would accept it if he were to die frohtfully deserved But what he couldn’t stand was so from his own death
This is why he amassed the funds and manpower from the Seven Grand Merchant Guilds, learned about all the laws, and visited the gaather infor the collected intelligence Even if the public criticized hi out his lazy and deplorable actions
“Theprobles”
Within the room where the four syndicate bosses were held, Cordnell and his fellow e the elves, and Rizzly, who represented the North Bears, discussed the plan Isaac had proposed
“Even if you were only redeveloping the Ceta District, it’d still be difficult to open the casinos within this year if you consider the costs for es for the labourers”
“You a now, but there won’t bethe Ceta District If you include the construction of supporting buildings and lodges for the guests, we are guaranteed to go bankrupt before we finish the project The Seven Grand Merchant Guilds has decided that they will not invest any more Mr Goldman from Rivolden Merchant Guild has said he could invest more due to his personal ties with you, but it’d be like trying to fill a faulty bucket ater with the sheer scale of the expected spending”
“You must also remember that your mission is to normalize New Port City within 3 years Even if this project were to succeed, there won’t be any point in this if the citizens of New Port City succu addictions too”
All of the employees seemed displeased by the proposed plan, as they didn’t hesitate toit in unison
Isaac listened to the arguarette, and once they were done, he started countering thees? New Port City is a hive of unees when there are people ould cole meal?”
The employees’ faces went pale when they heard of Isaac’s words, while the four bosses nodded in agreement with Isaac
“Materials? Are you really worried about gathering enougha centre of transportation? And its costs? I’m sure the Seven Grand Merchant Guilds would be happy to provide me with all of the inal price and transportation fee”
Pounden of the Headstone Merchant Guild began to sob when Isaac finished his words It was the expected reaction fro that has no profit on his side
“Funds? I have no plan to reconstruct all of Ceta District fro two casinos, one for coes Most of the buildings in Ceta District already are pubs and brothels, so just changing its interior will do the trick for now Well, this isn’t soht now, but we’ll talk about it again once our professional city planner finally gets here”
“Huests won’t have any difficulties if they are divided by status”
Soland nodded as he made his remark He has seen uise theamble because of their pride If one of the casinos was reserved for nobles, they wouldn’t have to resort to suchfreely
“And the citizens of New Port City, gauys haven’t understood what I meant If any citizen who hasn’t received approval from the city enters the Ceta District, they are fined ten thousand Giga If they gambled, their hands will be amputated, and any who dared to use the prostitution service will be castrated I’ve looked up all of this This is all within my jurisdiction to decide”
“That’s…”
Everyone was surprised by how harsh the punish the butt of his cigarette and lighting his next one
“Too harsh, you say? My life is on the line I wanted to make them all death sentences but it was out of my authority so I settled with that instead”
Everyone understood after hearing that explanation and nodded
“Ah! Also, ga and prostitution is still banned in all the districts other than Ceta District and will have the same punishments as what I’ve declared just now”
“Are you telling us to die?!”
Soland jumped off his chair to shout out those words before Rizzly quickly subdued hiut
“Then shall I die instead? Do you all want to die now and watch uys in hell 3 years later?”
“… No sir”
No one had the courage to speak up against Isaac while Rizzly stood with a firm fist, ready to shatter the skulls of any dissidents Their instincts and experience in the streets arning them that Isaac was ive you means to survive”
“How so?”
“I’ll be outsourcing You have experience with running ga dens, so you oes in the red, you’re dead”
Soland’s face paled when he heard those words
“The staff I have may somehow run the casinos for commoners, but it’d be impossible to run the casinos for nobles! The dealers and workers I have are used to dealing with the brutish sailors They’re bound to h staff to run both casinos at once!”
“Yeah, I know That’s why I’ement and education instead”
“Huh? Educate? Who?”
Soland asked with a perplexed look, and Isaac turned to look at Lanburton
“Does working as a dealer in a casino sound interesting to you?”
“Hoh! To work in the casinos where one can see hureatest! Hahaha I’ a dealer won’t be the only thing I’ll be asking you guys in the future, so you can look forward to it But I need all of you to learn how to be a dealer in case some of them need to be replaced when they decide to move on to another job”
“Yes sir”
Lanburton politely lowered his head
“Sa and what a dealer’s job is”
“The elves?”
Despite the confusion, Soland could already feel the success that would entail froauests to play in the casinos
While Soland felt both envious of the creative idea and depressed for not being able to think of it on his own, Isaac started speaking to Milena
“Crazy bitch You better pick the girls properly I will not allow you to force the job to the girls Make sure you pick volunteers who are prepared to sell their bodies to feed their faant nobles oirls if you ever see theh class brothels right?”
“Hoho, you don’t have to worry about that But how shall we split the profit…”
“Profit? What profit? They get to keep whatever they earn by selling their bodies, so what do we even have to share? Just tell them to pay their taxes when it’s due”
“Then what aboutface when Isaac clearly stated his intention to make her income as a pi pay the volunteers But, I will punish you if it’s to the point of usury”
“Hing…”
Basically, she was tasked with running a school which gathered and taught women to work in the brothels She had to prepare herself for a significantly reduced incoirls she had under her influence
“We can work as dealers too!”
Rizzly stepped up and shouted out those words, feeling a sense of rivalry after seeing only the elves get work from Isaac
“I will appoint the North Bears as the police for now Rizzly, you are now Captain of New Port City’s Ceta District Police Force”
Rizzly smiled as he thanked Isaac The four, ere still in the dark regarding the contracts, looked to Isaac as if he was insane
“It’d be very nice if you were to tell me what I should do now”
Dinozo spoke those words with a calm demeanor, as if he expected to lose his job anyway
“You can take over as Foxt’s territory, which has been co-ed by all of you up to now”