Food God System: Wasteland

No matter the era, gang members are like eggs crashing against stones when compared to regular military forces.

So as long as Chen Che has taken over the underground business in the Upper City District, once you seize this position, you must sit tight.

Some businesses cannot be avoided, even if you don't wish to be involved.

Gambling can stimulate people's hormones, fulfilling the fantasy of overnight wealth; brothels allow the release of deep desires, while contraband can control certain addicts.

These three are absolutely indispensable lifelines.

If you don't operate them, everyone will kill you for occupying the position without doing the work.

Chen Che also knows that these days, due to the ongoing clean-up of rival gangs, there has been a natural lack of oversight in business matters, with many brothels and casinos forced to close.

This has caused discontent at the lowest levels.

These sinful things are their most relied upon outlets for release.

Without these outlets, a city will fall into complete chaos.

Even An Nishang reminded him a few times that some businesses shouldn't be shut down for too long; it benefits no one.

Chen Che looked at the people Bobby brought and asked, "What's your idea?"

Bobby immediately explained with a smile, "Master Chen, you see... now the entire Upper City District, all 106 blocks are in our hands. It's incredibly difficult to manage these 106 blocks.

After all, the scene is vast, and the people underneath mostly have their own ideas. It's obvious I'm not enough to manage it meticulously alone.

So, I divided these 106 blocks into 106 street leaders. These 100 or so people here are the street leaders I've selected!

Each street leader will be in charge of the business of one block—casinos, brothels, contraband, protection fees...etc., all controlled by each street leader's subordinates.

According to my instructions, every penny must go into the ledger, then summarized monthly and accounted for at the headquarters, with all expenses from each block collected by the headquarters every month.

This way, it's easy to control all businesses across the 106 blocks."

Bobby proudly held his head high, and Chen Che nodded, acknowledging it as a good method. Bobby suddenly lowered his voice and said to Chen Che, "But Master Chen, there's actually one fatal flaw in this approach..."

"I know. You want to say that human nature is unpredictable, and everyone has their own thoughts. It's impossible to ensure that every one of these 106 street leaders is loyal, right? There's always someone who'll have small ideas, like embezzling, concealing, or even participating in unauthorized alliances..."

Bobby nodded, "The 106 people I chose, I can only say they're competent. As for whether they have personal interests or are bold enough to act wantonly, it's really hard to tell.

Some people seem genuine now, but once they taste the power and wealth, they'll ultimately be corrupted.

This... the future is unpredictable."

This issue exists in any dynasty throughout history.

The emperor cannot tolerate subordinates forming factions; organization is a growing collective.

In history, emperors and ministers constantly played this game—weakening, supporting, expanding.

History has continually played out this scenario.

If it were the previous Chen Che, there wouldn't be a good solution. After all, even the likes of Qin Shi Huang had to deal with Zhao Gao and Li Si's rebellion.

In every dynasty, as growth happens, this kind of issue inevitably arises.

But Chen Che is now completely unbothered, because he has the ultimate cheat: the Loyal Meat Bun.

As long as he holds this cheat, he can feed indulgently, cultivating his subordinates' loyalty.

In all gangs, who else can delegate as thoroughly as he does?

Handing over financial businesses entirely to Bobby, training operations to Johnny and Chana.

This kind of complete power decentralization is something no leader dares to do.

Chen Che can go ten days or half a month without reviewing the accounts, having utmost confidence in Bobby. Look at other gang leaders, who dares to do the same?

They're desperate to check the ledgers every day.

Fearing embezzlement or other issues from subordinates.

Bobby's loyalty has been raised to 80%, and with such loyal subordinates, Chen Che is naturally assured.

It's not to say that under this loyalty level, Bobby would never embezzle any money. Humans are driven by desire, and if Chen Che were extremely stingy, Bobby might still, within acceptable limits, quietly take some money to satisfy his own and his family's needs.

Chen Che wouldn't care about this. To him, unused money is useless.

There's no harm in giving it to your loyal subordinates, right?

Last time when Bobby embezzled, Chen Che pointed it out but didn't punish Bobby; instead, generously rewarded him.

He reaped a great deal of loyalty, and now Bobby wouldn't embezzle even if told to—firstly, it's unnecessary, secondly, his loyalty to Chen Che wouldn't allow for it!

As long as he has the Loyal Meat Bun, Chen Che fears no schemes from those below!

Seeing Chen Che wave his hand and calmly say, "Proceed as you've proposed."

After receiving Chen Che's approval, Bobby no longer dwelled on it.