Chapter 29
It was still in the western suburbs of Chicago, a tavern with a CLOSED sign on the outside, but the inside was smoky.
A bartender, four big men in suits, are smoking and drinking wine.
"Who knew that drunkard was so **** resistant to beating, now he's fine, he's fine with his own death, but it delayed our plan, and made the police pursue him even harder. It's really unlucky. Goss, give me another Have a drink." One of the big men in a suit drank the whiskey in the glass, and then put the glass on the counter cursingly.
These four strong men were exactly the four unlucky ones who were bumped into drunk by Tony Wendis that night, failed to **** up the jewelry store, and even took the blame for Josie.
From the man's words, it can be seen that they really didn't think that Tony Wendis was killed by Josie's mend knife later, and they really thought that the four of them were beaten too hard at that time, and they beat people up. died.
"It's almost there, you have already drank two bottles of my wine, this is an authentic Kentucky bourbon!" The bartender named Goss rolled his eyes and did not refill his glass.
He is not only the bartender, but also the owner of this tavern. He is also an accomplice of these four guys, helping them with some logistical tasks such as buying guns, getting cars, and selling stolen goods.
"Oh, come on, Goss, it's just two bottles of whiskey!" Hearing what Goss said, the strong man shouted dissatisfied.
"It's just a good word, Cody! Do you still think it was two years ago? Go out and see what the price of a bottle of whiskey is now, two hundred yuan, this is two hundred yuan, and you can't buy it if you have money." Here!" Goss muttered dissatisfied.
Although the era of Prohibition has long passed, the price of alcohol in the United States has soared again because of the war, and because of the army’s requisition, in 1943, it was basically impossible to buy alcohol brewed by serious wineries in the world.
Even the whiskey imported from Ireland, many of them were expropriated.
A decent bottle of whiskey can sell for dozens or even hundreds of dollars.
And for a boutique like bourbon whiskey, two hundred dollars is not expensive at all.
Of course, there are still cheap wines. If you have a small workshop or private brewing on a farm, you may be able to buy a bottle for ten dollars.
But people who know wine should know that the kind of moonshine wine without much technology, even if it tastes bad and has a low alcohol content, there is a risk of poisoning.
"Hey, it's only two hundred yuan. We robbed so many jewels before." Cody said angrily. Of course he knew that wine was expensive, but so what? What's the point of doing what they do if you don't get drunk?
"A lot? Yes, you grabbed a lot before, but how many high-quality goods are there? Even gold is only 18K, platinum is very rare, that is, silver is of higher quality, and the total value does not exceed 100,000. Not to mention that it hasn’t been sold yet, even if it’s all sold out, we can get more than 20,000 yuan, thank God, after deducting other expenses such as guns and cars, how much can we have left?” Goss scolded unhappily.
That's right, the gang has robbed three times in Chicago before.
But the targets of those three times were just ordinary civilian-level jewelry stores.
There will be no high-end jewelry in this kind of store.
So don't look at the amount of jewelry they robbed, but the quality is very poor, basically each piece is worth tens or hundreds of dollars.
For comparison, it is ordinary jewelry that is priced at thousands to tens of thousands of soft sister coins in jewelry stores in the 21st century.
Those who know a little bit will know that this level of jewelry, in addition to the precious metal itself, if there is no commercial bonus, the value of the gemstones on it is very low.
So those hundreds of pieces of jewelry that seem to be worth more than one hundred thousand dollars are actually worth forty to fifty thousand dollars.
But it’s not over yet. The sale of the stolen goods is to leave at least 50% of the price difference to the follow-up middlemen, and even 70% or 80% for the darker ones.
Otherwise, who would take the legal risk to sell the stolen goods for you?
Calculated in this way, Goss said that he can get 20,000 in the end, which is already a lot.
The 20,000 yuan is divided equally between five people, and each person is only 4,000 yuan... How many bottles of whiskey are enough?
Now, the robber named Cody stopped talking. Although he was a little stunned, he also knew what Goss said.
"Okay, Goss, open another bottle, mine!" At this moment, the oldest-looking man among the four men in suits spoke.
"Hey, it's still Boss Louis!" Seeing this, Cody picked up the wine and opened it excitedly. He first poured the wine he spoke to, which was the Boss Louis he was talking about, and then poured it for himself.
"I don't have many such good wines, and I will only be able to sell bootleg wine soon." Seeing this, Goss shook his head and said.
"Don't worry, Goss, everything will be fine." Louis took a sip with a smile, and then looked at the other two, "Frank, Dix, why are you so silent today, don't worry, we will take you when the limelight passes. Make a good vote."
"Of course, Louis, I believe in you!" Dix, who was the tallest present, said in a low voice.
"Louis...I want to quit!" But the young man named Frank said after hesitating for a while.
As soon as he said this, the small group in the tavern could not be wiped out.
"Why? Frank? We've just started, and we've done a good job." The man named Cody was a little anxious when he heard Frank's words, "Are you going to betray us because of this little trouble?"
"Cody, shut up!" Louis stopped, then turned to Frank, "Frank, can you tell me why?"
"It's Marcy, she doesn't want me to hang around like this anymore." Frank said hesitantly.
Marcy is a country girl, also Frank's childhood sweetheart, his lover.
"Oh, come on, it's Marcy again, what's so good about her? Look at Fanna, when will she dare to meddle in my business?" Seeing Frank's appearance, Cody said with extreme contempt.
"Cody!" Louis yelled again and stopped.
Cody spread his hands and stopped talking.
"It doesn't matter if you quit, you have your own choice, but what do you plan to do in the future?" Louis asked Frank again.
"I plan to join the army!" Frank said his decision.
pretty! Cody on the other side rolled his eyes again.
Although the various propagandas of the Federation have caused many enthusiastic young people to join the army, it definitely does not include people like Cody.
As the leader, Louis didn't have much opinion. Their small group was just improvised, and they were all very good friends. They were not very restrictive, and there were not so many rules.
"If you want to quit, there is no problem, but Frank, there are some things that have to be said first. First, because you quit early, you have to deduct half of your share. In addition, it is absolutely not allowed to betray your brother, otherwise the consequences will be You understand." Louis said as he drank the wine in his glass.
"Of course, Louis, I understand, thank you for your understanding." Frank thanked.
Boom boom boom, at this moment, there was a knock on the door of the tavern.
Several people in the tavern immediately became nervous when they heard the sound.
Goss signaled them to be calm, and then carefully approached the door, looked outside through the shading panel of the door, and then relaxed.
"It's Coby!" Goss said to the four people in the room.
Hearing this name, the four of them relaxed.
Coby is a well-known underground broker in this area. He helps people who are "job hunters" match up, sells stolen goods, lends money, and also works in underground casinos and horse racing.
Louis and the others did many things through Kobe.
"Louis, someone wants to see you!" Coby said to Louis after he glanced at the store after entering.
"See me? Who?" Louis asked, frowning.
"Dr. Schneider, Erwin Lyndon Schneider, have you heard of it?" Coby asked.
"Schete, Dr. Schneider? That Schneider from Philadelphia?" Everyone else was confused, but Louis' eyes lit up.
(end of this chapter)