by newera_212 » Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:44 pm
I always liked Merlino's attitude towards money. It's well documented that he never really had rackets or a real hustle but has managed to live really well off of people paying him for simply existing. I'm not even trying to make a joke. That takes a lot of balls and a good amount of charisma. All of the other bosses came up earning, either big or just regularly piecing hustles together at least, even Gotti to a small degree, and worked themselves up to where they were just collecting money because they were the boss...Merlino seems to have lived like that his entire life
The funniest shit ever was in the Prevete book, Ron saying that Joey had the network and ability to get a real sportsbook going, but would rather just tax existing book makers and lay into other ones, collect when winning and not pay when losing. It kind of makes sense, who goes into that life to really work, anyway?
Besides the prison stints and attempts on his life, Merlino's had a pretty charmed existence. One of the most successful Boss runs not only for length but also because for someone in that life he probably feels zero stress
I always liked Merlino's attitude towards money. It's well documented that he never really had rackets or a real hustle but has managed to live really well off of people paying him for simply existing. I'm not even trying to make a joke. That takes a lot of balls and a good amount of charisma. All of the other bosses came up earning, either big or just regularly piecing hustles together at least, even Gotti to a small degree, and worked themselves up to where they were just collecting money because they were the boss...Merlino seems to have lived like that his entire life
The funniest shit ever was in the Prevete book, Ron saying that Joey had the network and ability to get a real sportsbook going, but would rather just tax existing book makers and lay into other ones, collect when winning and not pay when losing. It kind of makes sense, who goes into that life to really work, anyway?
Besides the prison stints and attempts on his life, Merlino's had a pretty charmed existence. One of the most successful Boss runs not only for length but also because for someone in that life he probably feels zero stress