PRI Chapter 23: Getting Ready to Fleece American Capitalism

"Ahhhh!"

That night, agonizing screams echoed from Interrogation Room No. 1.

The sounds continued for half an hour until they became hoarse, and only then was the interrogation room door opened.

Lind walked out wearing a white shirt, his hair soaked with sweat.

Angelina was waiting outside the door in a black business suit. When she saw the warden emerge, she immediately walked over, her short skirt revealing a flash of white skin between the hem and her black stockings as she moved.

"Is there any urgent business in the prison?"

"No." Angelina picked up a towel and waited for Lind to wash his hands.

After Lind finished washing his hands, he looked at the basin reddened with blood and took the towel to wipe them dry.

Angelina naturally glanced at the interrogation room door that wasn't completely closed and saw a bald, muscular man inside with his hands bound tightly, hanging from the ceiling. His toes weren't completely off the ground, but he couldn't stand flat on the floor either.

There were no visible wounds on his body's surface, but blood stains could be seen at the corners of his mouth.

Angelina looked somewhat surprised. She had thought Lind was just an ordinary rich second generation, but judging from this level of torture expertise, he had clearly studied it.

Could he have some special fetish?

Meanwhile, Lind, who was the subject of her speculation, was looking at the bald prisoner's information.

[Arthur Morris]

[Crimes: Intentionally harming 3 people, arson killing a family of seven, drug smuggling]

[Evil rating: 27 (Level D)]

[Fear value: 70]

[Weakness: Fears torture]

Arthur Morris was a light-sentence criminal, sentenced to only 3 years.

Because his case file didn't include the arson charge.

Obviously, America's police had once again performed consistently. Perhaps they hadn't found evidence of Arthur Morris's crimes, or perhaps Arthur Morris had done it cleanly without leaving any traces.

But having fallen into Lind's hands, he naturally wouldn't let this guy off easily.

It also helped boost the fear value along the way.

Two birds with one stone.

After reading the prisoner's profile, he looked at the skill he had gained from completing the new challenge.

[Sudden Challenge: New prisoners have arrived. You need to make unruly prisoners experience nightmarish torture to establish your reputation as a prison tyrant.]

[Please inflict torture on three prisoners. Upon success, reward: Torture Interrogation]

[Torture Interrogation: When inflicting torture on prisoners, amplify the fear in prisoners' hearts, increasing the probability of revealing truth by 30%]

Besides this skill, when he had previously purchased and installed the headphone production line for the prison, he had also triggered a challenge and gained a buff.

[Production Increase: Within 24 hours, production efficiency increased by 50% (disappears after use)]

This was Lind's first time seeing this kind of buff effect. He planned to save it for later use.

After wiping his hands, he handed the towel to Angelina and asked, "When will the ACA inspectors arrive?"

Angelina replied, "Tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock."

"Mm." Lind nodded.

He had been busy with production line matters during this period. The factory currently had taken initial shape, with the headphone assembly line able to accommodate over 80 prisoners working simultaneously.

Generally speaking, fully automated assembly lines only needed 5-10 workers, while semi-automated assembly lines only needed 20-40 workers.

But to pursue cheaper prices, Lind naturally chose the most basic fully manual assembly line.

After all, prisoners had no labor costs, so there was no need to economize.

However, even after Border Prison received the second batch of prisoners, there were only just over 60 people, not even enough to fill one assembly line.

This made Lind somewhat grumble that Avery's speed was really slow. He still needed to call and urge him not to worry about Border Prison's prisoner management.

In the evening, Lind and Angelina toured the factory together.

Before going, Lind specifically reminded Angelina to change her clothes.

After all, her current outfit appearing in the prison was really too captivating.

Angelina complied and changed into a blue guard uniform, even putting on the guard cap.

Unfortunately, her figure was still too good. Her full chest made it impossible to button the first two buttons, plus her slender waist and mature, perky peach-like buttocks made her look mouth-wateringly attractive.

During the factory inspection, when distracted prisoners accidentally caught sight of such a beautiful girl, they immediately lost their souls, wishing they could strip off their pants on the spot for a thoroughly satisfying release.

Unfortunately, the guards didn't indulge these guys at all, directly using batons. Three strikes made their gazes clear up.

But even so, many prisoners were still absent-minded.

Seeing this scene, Lind decided not to let Angelina easily appear in front of prisoners.

Otherwise, these guys would sooner or later fight over nighttime fantasy rights.

Tsk, had they never seen a woman?

Lind felt contemptuous. When returning to the office, he smoothly patted Angelina's buttocks and gave it a squeeze.

As a private prison warden, he wasn't a saint. Taking advantage of his personal secretary was perfectly reasonable character-wise.

However, seeing her face flushed red with a hint of awkwardness, Lind sneered inwardly.

Act! Keep acting!

A CIA agent who had been through countless battles couldn't possibly show such a little girl's demeanor.

She was definitely performing for him.

He didn't know what this female agent's purpose really was.

Lind would see when she finally took action.

The next afternoon, the ACA inspectors arrived as scheduled and toured the prison under Lind's guidance.

From the prison blocks to cells, from bathrooms to the cafeteria, from the factory to the exercise yard.

When they saw the prisoners honestly welding on the assembly line, they all praised Lind's prison for being very orderly.

They also personally tested the military headphones produced by the factory.

Clear sound quality, no noise.

Met military-grade standards.

Afterward, the inspectors also checked the prison's surveillance system, medical room, and solitary confinement.

After seeing all locations, Lind invited the inspectors to eat in the cafeteria's private dining room, giving each person a small "gift."

No one could refuse Franklin.

For his sake, the inspectors unanimously agreed to let Border Prison obtain ACA certification.

Two days later, Lind received a call from the ACA with notification that certification had been approved.

However, the paper certificate would take half a month to be mailed over.

After securing ACA certification, Lind again called Federal Prison Industries and informed them of this news.

So Federal Prison Industries, after verification, also told Lind they would send employees as soon as possible to verify Lind's factory production capacity.

Once this was completed, Lind could take military contracts and fleece the government.

But thinking about the wool that other predecessor companies had fleeced from the American government in later generations, Lind couldn't help but feel envious.

Especially those contracts related to military and aerospace.

In fact, military contracts like headphones that could only earn 50% profit couldn't really be called very profitable.

You should know that NASA once spent astronomical prices to purchase a batch of vacuum press bottles, the kind of glass soap dispensers that sold for 9.9 yuan with free shipping online.

When the news broke, the people were shocked.

Congressional lords immediately began questioning, asking purchasers why they spent big money buying these instead of choosing cheaper civilian products.

The purchaser said these were specially custom-made by military contractors, involved military applications, were sturdy and durable, better than civilian products.

It was just a bit expensive, $150,000, a price increase of 7,943% compared to civilian products.

Yes, this figure was published in American newspapers, absolutely true.

So Lind's headphone prices were incredibly conscientious in comparison. Compared to Agent Smith in the government, he felt he was truly a philanthropist.

Precisely because of this, Lind felt no guilt about fleecing wool, only feeling that the prison still had too few people to fleece bigger wool.

And just as the prison was gradually getting on track, the end of 1999 quietly arrived.

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