Chapter: 4126

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At this moment.

The underground floor of an Italian restaurant on George Street.

Guo Lei was sitting in front of a large table, personally supervising several subordinates to count money on two currency verification machines.

This group has to give their subordinates a salary once a week, and today's evening is the day for paying salaries.

The members of this group who are active within it are mostly those who are good at drinking and getting drunk, without leaving any cash for tomorrow, as soon as they receive their pay, they will immediately spend it all, and then wait anxiously for the next salary.

With a scale of over 700 people in the entire group, the average weekly salary per person is not less than $1,000, so the total salary cost is close to nearly $100,000.

He watched as a huge pile of cash was being divided into individual envelopes, and couldn't help but feel a sense of unease, mumbling to himself: "This can't be 700 people, this is just 700 mouths waiting to devour meat......"

After that, he asked someone, "Hey, Peter, how much money do I get for this week?"

The other person took a look at the numbers on the table and said, "Guo Mr., you and Lao Qi will get a total of $110,000."

"Only $11,000...?" Guo Lei heard this number and felt somewhat disappointed.

Although he was only the second-in-command in this group, the new boss gave him an allocation of only 10%.

After all, he wasn't Italian, and he had risen to power by relying on his driving skills to take down the Claudius family, so getting 10% was already a great achievement.

In the past, he and Lao Da would get at least CNY200,000 to CNY300,000 each week, with him personally getting around CNY20,000 to CNY30,000. It was considered a significant sum, but he didn't expect it to drop so dramatically this week.

He asked curiously, "Why is it so little this week?"

The other person hurriedly replied, "The casino's business has been declining lately, and our revenue has been constantly decreasing. The girls we sent out previously didn't sell well either, as they were mostly low-grade and unrefined. We only send out those high-quality girls who can negotiate a good price with customers. Unfortunately, the batch we sent out was met with immediate rejection at the auction."

Guo Lei couldn't help but think of Li Xiao Fen.

In his eyes, the high-quality girls around him were limited to two: one was Li Xiao Fen, and the other was his distant cousin Claudius.

Unfortunately, Claudius' face had been burned too badly, so Li Xiao Fen was the only true high-quality girl left.

Initially, he wanted to make Li Xiao Fen his girlfriend, but she refused to buy into it. He also gradually lost patience with her.

So, he coldly told that person, "Tonight we have a good chance. If I can get her to go through, there's no doubt we'll get selected and maybe even sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars!"

"That would be amazing," the other person exclaimed excitedly. "As long as we keep providing high-quality goods, the auction will look up to us. Otherwise, we'll slowly get dragged into the black list."

Guo Lei nodded and muttered to himself, "It seems I have no choice but to rely on Xiao Fen to turn things around..."

He asked again, "What's going on at the casino lately?"

The other person replied, "Many regular customers and VIPs have switched to the casino run by Huaheng. They say their service is better, not only have they renovated the venue, but they've also bought a few Mercedes-Benz cars. As soon as a VIP arrives, they'll send a Mercedes-Benz car to pick them up and take them back, and even provide complimentary drinks and snacks if they're playing for a long time. They also found a few young Eastern European girls specifically to accompany the VIPs. If a guest loses all their money, they'll give them free chips to turn things around and have more flexibility with lending and borrowing. The little brothers on the floor can even issue chips on the spot..." JrNovels.com