Chapter 146 – Traffic Jam (1/2)

Chapter 146 – Traffic Jam

Lei Yu nodded with satisfaction. “Black Panther did a well thought out job. Oh, that’s right, where’s Black Panther? Where did he go?”

“Black Panther, he…”

“Young master!” Black Panther rushed over like an arrow. His speed was so quick that it caused a cleaning lady to fall on her ass with fright.

“Can you not mess around so much?” Lei Yu gave Black Panther a light punch in the chest as he jokingly lectured him.

“Young master, when did you return?”

“I’ve just arrived. You’ve managed to make this place look not too shabby. I see that there’s at least ten thousand seats in here… will there even be that many spectators? Having said that, have you realized that the entrance to this place is too small? Isn’t that a bit counterproductive?” Lei Yu asked as he scratched his head and looked around.

“Young master, did you know that Gray Bear and I ‘greeted’ some government officials? Per their agreement, no one will bother us and the police will only have one eye open and the other closed. The entrance you came through was only for employees and not the actual entrance. The real entrance for our guests will be on the roof. I’ve also built a huge parking lot on the roof, enough for thousands of cars so there won’t be any problems.” Black Panther replied with a smile.

“No way?! Haven’t you guys gone overboard with this?” Lei Yu was somewhat surprised.

Costs were one thing, but the most important factor was the income. Setting up a gambling ring had always been lucrative, so now there was even an admission surcharge on top of it. The soundproofing of this place was extremely good; even if more than ten thousand people were screaming at once, no one outside would hear a thing. With all this combined, as long as there were people dreaming of getting rich, they would come to this place.

“There are so many private rooms on the first floor, isn’t it too much? Didn’t we talk about not changing the first floor at all? Besides, in a short one month period, you guys were able to completely transform this place! Too impressive!” Lei Yu could not help but exclaim from surprise.

“Young master, the first floor was originally a dance floor for over ten thousand people, but the guests don’t need that much space. It’s good enough to give those youths a portion of the space to jump around already. Now the roles of the private rooms have to do with the televisions inside. It’s a direct live stream of the fights going on on the second floor. Occupants can even participate in betting, which would help us utilize the efficiency of the rooms. I’ve calculated that we’ve spent about $500 million U.S. dollars. If the business isn’t too bad, the capital expenditure will be returned in under half a year and our business will continue raking in money from then on!”

Lei Yu was completely shocked. The figures calculated would make anyone shocked. Able to earn $500 million U.S. dollars in half a year?! What kind business of would be able to do that? Needless to say, the gambling industry was too profitable.

Lei Yu wasn’t too clear on the whole scope of the business. Since he gave them full authority to take care of this, Lei Yu could just dust his hands off and walk away without asking further questions. He wasn’t worried that Black Panther would manipulate the financials since it wasn’t good to suspect the people you work closely with. The only thing he was worried about was the participating fighters.

“Were you able to find any fighters to participate?” Lei Yu asked.

Black Panther nodded and said: “During the early stages of our business, we can’t have fighters that exceed ordinary people fight because it’ll cause the audience to go insane. We will slowly add them to the lineup to attract more spectators. Within fifty kilometers of us, I’ve contacted several Wardens and expended many ‘benefits’ to them. They’ve agreed to give us death row inmates (not caring about their life or death) as regular fighters participating in the competition. As for the special fighter category, Hu Jiong was responsible for that so I’m not too clear on how that’s working out.”