This guy had guts, he flung cautious to the winds, and went to the very upstream of the value chain to make alliance - bypass of all the middle man - thus created his new model, reshaped the industry and flooded his rules of doing business. He really had the guts of doing business - he wouldn' t allow others to ruin the brand name, the quality of the products, and he was willing to give the transportation officers lucrative proceeds in order to make sure they didn't screw up things its the most critical part of his business.
He understood that he had to rely on people he trusted, and more importatnly, he knew how to leverage resources - he gripped the essence of Italian Mafia's organization, established his own, and had a pretty control /maintain of it. And he used his edges to, in truth, dwarf other influential figures to work for him, but in the superficial context, he seldomly exerted his power over them in other settings.
He knew when to show case and when to keep a low profile - he exemplified his decisive manner and influential power on the day he formed his army, shot the guy who humiliated him months ago in front of everybody. He punched his driver mercilessly when the driver carelessly ruined his things. But other times, he led a very normal or "puritanical" life, work, dinner and churches with mother and wife. No spotlight. No fancy life. Only time he showed off his status and wealthy was when he put on the fur coat from his wife as an engagement gift - once he realized that it did bring him into some unforgivable troubles, he burned it in front of her, on their wedding days, ruthlessly, which, in a way, hurt her badly. When Russell Crowe's boss heard that the most influential drug smuggler in the states was a black figure,he took it as a big joke!
He had composures... He was generous to the poor (though in his unique way)... He cooperated with whom he believed was a good man, or people could argue in a more realistic way of speaking that he was more of a game theorist, understood the situations and chose the best possible ways to make himself in a better shape...
Salute to the director Ridley Scott, who has a very nice track record from Alien, Thelma $ Louise, Gladiator, Hannible to Black Hawk Down ...
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