NOVEL NEXT Chapter 4: Cats in the bag
As i left Don Eladios residence i got to thinking what the implications of my new life would mean to me . For one i'm definitely stuck with the cartel for one they would find me and have me killed or worse and another i have made an enemy of gus fring so if the cartel doesn't get me he will.So i'm stuck with the cartel.
I've got to start rising up in the ranks and get ahead on the meth business so far im only in control of trafficking the cocaine we get from the Colombians at a price of $2,000 a kilo i can sell that for $30,000 in the states or in new york for $100000 so far we have little to no direct presence in new York as it is mainly the Colombians that import there drugs through to the ports so i'm going to start expanding cartel business into new York by finding a local distributor to work with i have already got permission just before i left don Eladios mansion so im in the clear for that and that we then sell the cocaine to our distributors in the north my options for distributor are the Sicillian mafia crime families currently operating but this would be difficult as it would lead me to competiting directly with the colombians and this would likely compromise the relationship the juarez cartel has with the cartels in colombia so im going to deal with local gangs in the bronx that will peddle my cocaine then expand into more profitable areas within new york city
the main issue of all this is dealing with the trafficking part the easiest way would be to put it directly into the ports but that would mean the mafia would get a cut and i would prefer to not deal with the sicilan mafia so it looks like the only way to transport is through trucks or planes trucks would be too costly but if i had a team of pilots dropping of product in new york state directly into the city ive already got contacts of 10 american airline pilots who are mexican nationals with cartel contacts and do not get checked by security they would be sending about 20 kilos each at full price in new york with a kilo going at $100000 that would mean selling over 200 killos this would mean after the percentage the pilots take it would gross make me each week $17.6 million which then i would have to give tribute to don eladio of 25% leaving me with about 13 million dollars
All of this would make me a top earner within the cartel and one step closer from taking the whole god dam thing.
as im brainstorming i arrive at my destination just outside the airport and meet the american airline pilots i contacted after my meeting with don eladio i meet them one by one in different spots giving them the 20 kilo in product on there carry on bags then leaving them to where they would meet cartel members who would then wholsale the product to drug dealers in the wider new York city area after meeting with them i go on a flight to new mexico as i have business there with a certain methlomyne dealer one of gus frings fututre business associates Lydia Rodarte-Quayle if meth is going to be the future of drug manufacturing its better to get relationships now that make it easier than wait for the inevitable to happen .
lydia is probably one of the most underrated character in breaking she is the head of logistics at madrigal an international shipping company if i gain her i could make our product go to all the corners of the world with lydia she could supply me all the chemicals i would need to make meth production feasible and she could provide the transport links to colomobia then to mexico with her alone i could become unstoppable all i would have to do is make sure she is mine.
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if its not obvious im thinking of making lydia the romance option she brings a lot to the table and also helps salvador rise up in the cartel
id appreciate the thoughts of making lydia the romance option