Chapter 102 The Solution

"When was this idiotic regulation made? And which idiot made it? These prisoners are living more comfortably than ordinary people on the outside.

No wonder the prisons of the great America are overcrowded, and no wonder prisons cause such a huge burden on government finances. How can you not spend money raising prisoners like this!"

Wang Xiuyuan was so angry he started cursing. In his previous life, even with a decent job and a fairly good income, he couldn't bring himself to eat such good food!

Usually, when ordering takeout, he'd get the cheapest 'survival meals' for ten or twenty bucks, and if he was unlucky, it would be damn pre-prepared food.

As for fruit, don't even mention it; he really couldn't afford it. With all those fixed expenses, how could he usually afford to eat fruit?

Although he was very rich now, the thought of these prisoners eating better than he did in his previous life was unbearable.

The logistics manager was startled by Wang Xiuyuan and answered tremblingly:

"It was the Human Rights Organizations. They said prisoners are people too, they have human rights, and their bodies need balanced nutrition.

Initially, the State Government didn't agree to provide these foods to the prisoners, but in the end, they couldn't withstand the constant demonstrations and protests from those Human Rights Organizations."

"Motherfucker! These damn sanctimonious bitches."

"A bunch of pieces of shit. Why don't they donate their own money to improve the prisoners' meals! These sons of bitches will go to hell sooner or later."

Before Wang Xiuyuan could even start cursing, Second-generation rich kids like Locke Vanderbilt and Reynoldson Rockefeller were the first to lose their cool.

They already despised Human Rights Organizations to the extreme and hadn't had a chance to retaliate yet, only to find the other party had already planted a massive landmine in their business beforehand.

Who could stand for this!

"What should we do? How do we handle the fruit and fish issue?

These things aren't cheap. We have to spend dozens of twenty-five million dollars every year specifically to buy this food. Just thinking about it makes my heart ache."

This problem was indeed difficult to solve. If they simply and crudely stopped the supply, they would inevitably be condemned by all sorts of organizations.

But continuing to supply them was too expensive; at least none of these partners were willing to pay that money.

Wang Xiuyuan habitually lit a cigarette. Cigarettes have many downsides, but they have one advantage that nothing else can ever replace.

That is their ability to calm emotions.

When you are particularly happy or excited, after finishing a cigarette, your emotions won't be as hyper as they were at the start, and your heart rate will quickly drop.

When you are particularly angry, those few minutes of smoking will eliminate more than ninety percent of your excitement and rage.

When you are particularly sad, you feel much better after finishing a cigarette.

In short, whether he was happy or unhappy, Wang Xiuyuan had to have a cigarette. He found it very effective.

"Got it!"

Before he had even finished his cigarette, Wang Xiuyuan thought of a solution.

"The main purpose of fruit is to provide hydration, vitamins, and to satisfy a craving.

If the prisoners need hydration, they can go drink tap water; we have plenty of that.

If they want to satisfy a craving, they can forget it. This is the era of private prisons. If you want to satisfy a craving, pay for it yourself. As long as you can afford it, you can buy anything.

As for the vitamins the body needs, aren't there vegetables? If that's not enough, we can also provide vitamin pills to the prisoners.

Of course, the doctors in the prison infirmary will check the prisoners' health. We'll only provide them if the prisoner's body is lacking vitamins."

"And what about the fish? How do we solve the fish issue?"

Mars didn't give Wang Xiuyuan a moment's breathing room, but fortunately, Wang Xiuyuan had already thought of a countermeasure—this was definitely a killer move.

"Have you guys heard of Asian Carp?"

Mars froze for a moment, then nodded. "I know them. This fish is very easy to raise. Some places use them to purify water quality, and the effect is quite good. I've caught one before."

Asian Carp were introduced into America in 1973, initially for the purpose of purifying sewage.

Because the effect on treating sewage was very significant, from 1975 to 1976, places like Arkansas and Missouri began importing Asian Carp to treat sewage lakes.

However, with the onslaught of natural disasters like floods and rainstorms, Asian Carp entered the American public water systems.

By 1980, traces of Asian Carp had appeared in twenty-three American states, marking the point where Asian Carp began to spiral completely out of control in America.

This thing, destined to become an infestation in America, could never be eaten to completion. Wang Xiuyuan would use it to turn waste into treasure.

Not only that, Wang Xiuyuan also planned to help the Asian Carp expand frantically, accelerating the destruction of the American freshwater ecological chain.

Doing such a wicked deed should allow him to harvest a massive amount of sin points when the time comes!

"We can use Asian Carp to solve the problem of providing fish to the prisoners!

These Asian Carp have no natural predators in America. They grow fast and reproduce fast, so there can be a continuous supply.

Moreover, the meat of this fish is quite fishy and has many small bones. American cooking skills aren't good enough for this stuff.

So, except for Asians, especially Chinese, no one will be willing to eat Asian Carp. These factors combined mean the price of Asian Carp is destined to be very cheap, basically next to nothing."

Wang Xiuyuan smiled happily. The feeling of tricking people into doing bad things together was truly great.

"How come I haven't heard news about an Asian Carp infestation? Is Asian Carp reliable?"

"It hasn't reached the level of a severe infestation yet, but it's close.

Plus, you're not a professional in the field of freshwater fisheries and ecology, so it's normal that you haven't heard of it. But the Asian Carp infestation in America is a destined problem.

To save on the cost of buying fish, we can accelerate the expansion of Asian Carp by artificially releasing Asian Carp fry into all the large rivers and lakes in America.

In less than three years, I guarantee that no matter how much you fish in these waters, you won't be able to catch them all.

What do you guys think?

If we take over the management rights of all prisons in America, this one operation alone could save us hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses every year."

The smile on Wang Xiuyuan's face grew more and more sinister. He knew his bad idea would definitely get everyone's support.

No one can refuse hundreds of millions of dollars in annual profit. No one!

All the men present were tempted. After all, this wasn't a small amount, and it was money that could be saved every year for everyone to share as dividends.

Weren't they in business for money! How could they have a problem with green franklins?

As for the ecological environment, let it go to hell!

The ecological environment belongs to everyone in America, but the dollars in their pockets belong to them. Everyone calculated this very clearly.

Only Mars raised a differing opinion.

"But won't an Asian Carp infestation seriously affect the freshwater ecosystem's food chain?

Deliberately destroying the local ecosystem just to make money—isn't what we're doing a bit too heartless?"