It is one thing for the stunts to be an excuse for him to stop reading. It is another thing if his stunts are making him stronger and richer.
With the two of them combined, it is no wonder why he would drop everything he was doing as soon as he hears the slightest complaint about any gang being difficult to deal with.
Unfortunately, the good days stopped. He couldn't get anyone to kill because his gang had stopped expanding.
The only thing left was to inspect their business and make sure that everything was in order and that they weren't trying to stiff him by hiding things from him.
He did most of the inspection himself. But after a while, he hired someone to do the inspection for him. The person's job is to track how much drugs they were making and estimate how much they were making.