City of Gangsters – Protection Rackets
Nice place you’ve got here. Be a shame if something happened.
Once a corner is within your outfit’s territory, you can demand that they pay protection. If you have a good relationship with the business owner, they may actually be pleased that someone is taking charge of the area to keep it safe from rival outfits, local hooligans, and prying cops. They’ll slightly resent the envelope of cash that they have to fork over every month, but in general, you should be able to keep on with business as usual.
However, if you don’t have any kind of relationship with the business owner or for some reason they don’t like you, demanding protection money from them will likely do major harm to your relationship with them – quite likely making them unwilling to do anything with your outfit beyond the monthly envelopes.
Also, sometimes a local business owner may just flat out tell you no. Then it’s up to you. Do you respect the gumption or decide to break some windows?
No matter what, once your protection is accepted, they’ll drop off their donations at the closest front. They’ll also expect you to keep your word about keeping the corner safe from other outfits and local ruffians.