Reading over the inside of the candy wrapper Damut had use to scribble down his working out Madara quickly corrected the missing zero after the "$250,00" before handing the wrapper back to Damut. 

He hmmed for a moment. He had already made his mind up that this was a profitable venture he wanted in on, but he didn't want Damut to know he was so keen to get involved. 

"well, let's just say one were to partner with you, Damut... what would their cut of the profit be? Also, what is it you want in return? Is it just start up capital in exchange a cut of profits, or would there be expectations to participate in heavy lifting and such, also?"

Madara wondered whether he'd need to go hire himself a few bodyguards if he got involved in the narcotic trade, due to the tendencies for rival dealers to try ye olde bloody murder to rid themselves of their competition.

It would seem there are further considerations to be made, Damut before claiming profits by the second week. The bodyguards and muscle will cost a significant sum, alone. Never mind the hiring of workers to actually do the heavy lifting. I don't plan on putting my back out for the operation. Then there's the union to worry about. They don't like unregistered workers taking "their" jobs.

"tekin dur jurbs?" Madara hears a near-by passer inquisitively say. Annoyed by the stupidity of the civilian to let Madara know he'd over heard the conversation, Madara pulls out his gun and points it towards the man.

" I said 'tekin dur lives?' ..." The man picked up his pace as he realised his mistake and disappeared around the corner feeling grateful for his continued existence.

Madara gave Damut a few moments to consider the greater scale of the operation than he'd previously anticipated. The start up was going to be costing much nearer the million dollar mark, if not more. 

Of course, this is if we should risk incurring the wrath of the locals fuzz and politicians. They hate mobsters moving products in their districts more than rival dealers do. It makes them look bad and out of control and more to the point, they don't like knowing we make so much more than they do. They'll no doubt come looking for slices of the pie. If they don't outright shut us down... 

Madara's mind continued to think about the many facets of the endeavour he was planning to undertake along side Damut. He was only a single rank higher in the mob world yet the experience had opened his eyes to how things are done. He had to bring Damut up to speed in order to make sure they didn't both stall out of the gates.

I may have surplus cash to invest, so long as it comes back to me... but I don't have all that many contacts when it comes to hiring the man power, Damut. You're still out gooning it up with other goombas, you think you can pursuade other trust worthy men to get on board with this?

One of Madara's un-named associates arrives carrying a suit case a short while later. He places it on a crate, opens it and turns it towards Damut 

That should be enough to get the first few trucks. If you head over to the chicago docks one of the supervisors owes me a REAL big favour. I helped him and his misses out of some trouble with some immigration papers they "couldn't find" when they were asked about them. Suffice to say, he'll be able to "lose" some of the incoming trucks from the ferries after taking them for inspections... All you'll have to do then is change the plates, pay a couple of drivers to dump the cargo before coming back here and put a couple goons on each truck to make sure they're not bothered by anyone along the way and bob's your uncle. The logistics is taken care of.

Madara waves hello to NayNay after his associate left them all alone. 

Damut has a great idea for a business and being keen to get involved is a positive start. Problem is, from my end.. I tend to run 'legit' businesses, so the muscle I hire are registered bouncers and bodyguards for bars and restaurants. I don't have my ear to the ground when it comes to finding reliable people for operating outside the law. My 'criminal' activity mainly involves extortion and bribery. Not murder and vandalism.

To make sure our competition doesn't move on us, we need to get them first. As soon as possible, is best. If we set up and start shifting our product we'll pop up on their sonar scopes and give them a heads up we're in business. If we hit them before we start shipping, they'll never see it coming... You think you can organise that? I've got the ear of several prominent officials and uniformed officers, I'm sure I can gather all the info that will be needed to make the planning as thorough as possible.

Madara watches Damut put his cigarette out. He refrains from mentioning those things might kill him, since the boldness required to establish ourselves above the competition might do that quicker than the cigarettes ever could.

As Damut tosses a wad of cash to NayNay she catches it in one hand, in the other a lit cigarette still burns. NayNay tells Damut, "Sure will sweethang , I have my best men waiting for my call". NayNay then puts out her cigarette and gets in her car and heads to her office. Once inside NayNay gets on the telly to let her henchmen know it's time, " Big Joe, you and the boys go down to Bob's and pick up some Colt 1911's, your going to need them. Don't get anything bigger then that, bosses orders!" naynay then hangs up the phone and walks back to her car. Before getting in she sees a man walking towards her. The man is in a dark blue uniform and when he reaches her she sees he is a pig. He then starts talking, " Good evening Ms. NayNay, its a late night for a Dame such as yourself to be out alone, mind telling me where your headed? ". NayNay isnt impressed or afraid of this joker. She replys, " I don't think that's any of your concern officer, don't you have better things to do then bother me!". The officer named Warren then starts in again, "I know Dames like you, your full of scandal and ....(looking her up and down) dirty doings. Are you on your way to meet a John or are you just out for fun!" NayNay smiles a gets closer to officer Warren,  "Look honey if you ever speak to me like that again, I will rip you apart starting with that tiny little thing between your legs. Your a no body and  you will show me the respect I pay you for!" Officer Warren looked in shock but remembered that he had a benefactor that helped him pay for his house as long as he kept on his side of the street and looked away when told. officer Warren quickly apologized, "I'm so very sorry Mame, no disrespect here, please have  good evening".  NayNay then got into her car after having a good laugh, " Hahaha what a night, time for business," and headed to Damut and the boys..

Madara arrived back to Damut after a lengthy chat with several of the corrupt agents on his pay-roll. Although no one could tell due to the mask, he was smiling loudly because of how well the meeting went.

Madara begins to explain to Damut: Turns out one of the guys on my payroll is looking for a promotion to chief inspector. He's apparently "done" with being captain of the precinct and wants an easy desk job. Which is great for me, because he likes the arrangement we share.. although he'll probably be expecting a pay rise from me as well as the office.

Madara pulls out a set of blueprints he had tucked away up his sleeve 

I was given this. This is the 'authorised' blueprints of the building our soon to be dead competition is using as their HQ. I'm sure there might be a cellar added to store things in, but all in all I'm sure it'll be the same lay out. Madara begins pointing out the potential exit points Damut and NayNay might want to cover when it goes down

As for sending your bodyguard to the poker game, forget about it... "the captain" assures me he an his boys will be able to bust the joint up and keep the cuffs on anyone there for at least 24 hours. That's plenty time to hit them at the HQ, and what's more they won't know they're under attack because they'll just think it was the local fuzz getting greedy for a bigger cut. 

It woulda cost a few extra to get the men in blue to do this but as I said, the captain is looking for promotion so this is just the kind of "cleaning up the streets" thing that will look good on his resume when it comes time to apply for the position. It's a scratch each other's back situation, with the bonus of him being paid a reasonable eariy retirement pension by us and us getting a blind eye to anything we do in our district by them.

Madara pauses for a moment to allow Damut to adsorb the knowledge, before continuing

As for the guys in the tank, come 24 hours time. Well, that's up to you if you want to send a message to other gangs by executing the lot of them... or if you'd like to show a business comes first practice and offer them jobs with us, and then execute any that refuse to serve as the example... I leave up to you. I'm sure you'll want to discuss it with your partner. Main thing is, the HQ and main players of their gang have to go down to ensure our survival

As NayNay looks over the blueprints that Damut is pointing out she sees Windows on the roof that the boys can see straight through to the main floor that will be an advantage to watching over the main entrance doors and back door. NayNay tells Damut, "It should be an easy task to get this done as long as we don't have a bunch of hot shots trying to be the bigger men". She then turns to Madara and quickly asks, " Does that work for you? or do you have another option?" As NayNay awaits Madara as he looks over the blueprints again she pulls a cigarette out of her hand bag, swiping the hair out of her eyes, she lights her cigarette.

Madara doesn't need to think it over

"This really isn't my expertise. If you are confident this is the plan of action to take, then go for it. If for any reason the boys in blue turn up before you all get out, keep this on you..." 

Madara hands NayNay and Damut a small white business card which was plain apart from the phone number of a VERY good lawyer printed on to it. 

"Hopefully you guys won't need it, but it's better to be safe than sorry. Good luck, guys! If all goes well, we should be free to run shipments from our front hassle free as of tomorrow"

Madara waves them off before turning and heading towards one of the recruitment agencies he usually hires bouncers from. He had the feeling now would be a good time to hire some personal protection