I'm telling fortunes in North America. I'm really not a wizard.

Chapter 25: An unexpected event
“Sorry, Henry, I’m in the hospital and it’s my turn now. I’ll call you when I’m free!

But if you have the ability, please repay this favor for me and help Mr. Chen Yaozu solve his problem!
Because he saved me!"

After saying this, Officer Grillos hung up quickly, but Lawyer Henry was stunned for a moment.

Hospital? What hospital?
Also, what does it mean that he saved Ben?
However, he had already figured out that his partner owed the other party a favor and wanted to use himself to repay the favor.

So the number given is a personal number, not a work number, and the attitudes of the two are different.

He didn't feel unhappy about being asked to repay a favor. After all, America is a society where favors are favored. The favors between each other can only make the cooperative relationship between him and Ben closer.

He dug out the number of the illegal immigrant who had called him just now and called back: “Hello, sir, I have roughly understood the situation.

You have arrived in Los Angeles now, right?
Then please come to Thomas Associates Law Office in the business district tomorrow so that we can understand each other's needs and costs.

Also, I'm sorry sir, my bill may be a little expensive for an illegal immigrant."

"Ok, I'll come over tomorrow to learn more about it!"

Henry's meaning was clear.

Favors are favors, but money still needs to be collected!
Chen Yaozu was also very concerned about the charging issue. After all, he only had tens of thousands of US dollars left.

Hundreds of thousands of US dollars, converted into RMB, would be more than one million.

If this money was in China, with the current purchasing power, you could buy a one-bedroom apartment in Dongguan, a new first-tier city (questionable) that was once known as the world's factory, for only 20 yuan, and you could buy six or seven apartments with some money left over.

Then I rent them out for 1500 yuan a month. These six or seven houses are enough for my retirement, and I can use the rest of my time to travel around the country.

This is a plan that can be made in the country.

But it’s different if you go abroad.

With hundreds of thousands of dollars, you can't even afford an apartment in Los Angeles.

On the way here, he also used his mobile phone to learn about the basic situation in Los Angeles on the Internet.

At first, he was thinking about whether he could buy a house. After all, according to the Eastern people's thinking, having a house is considered as having one's own home.

When I checked it online, I was shocked!
A one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment starts at a minimum of $420000, and ranges from $420000 to $449900.

Specifically, he found out that a one-bedroom, one-living-room apartment on Normandy Street was priced at US$1. It was not very big, only 1 square meters, and the property fee was US$420000 per month.

Another apartment of about 70 square meters is located in a not-so-good community, in a black area, so the listing price is only US$449900, but the property fee is doubled to US$318/month.

Damn it!

The property fee is more than 4000 US dollars a year, and the property tax is more than 5000 US dollars. If you buy a small apartment and do nothing in it for a year, you will have to spend 1 US dollars.

What can he do with the hundreds of thousands of dollars in his card?

When you are away from home, you are poor, so you have to spend the little money you have carefully.

If the lawyer's fees are high, Henry's entire fortune would be wasted, and he really can't afford it for now.

Even if the other party could really help him solve his identity problem, he didn't dare to invest all the money he had.

He would not dare to take the risk unless he could find a stable job that could support him and temporarily provide him with a job that would allow him to make a living.

If it really doesn't work out, go find a sister and ask her to introduce you to a job washing dishes in a restaurant. You can buy a villa by doing this in three months.

Of course, these thoughts only flashed through my mind for a moment.

Just when Chen Yaozu was about to hang up the phone, he heard another question from the other end of the phone: "Oh, by the way!
Mr. Chen, have you just arrived in Los Angeles and haven't found a place to live yet, or have you already found a place to live? "

Although Chen Yaozu didn't understand what the other party meant by asking this, he still answered: "We are staying in a hotel now. There is a budget hotel with good ratings and affordable prices on Tripadvisor, which costs $50 a day.
The location is pretty good, close to the city center. ”

The person on the other end of the line had obviously expected this: “Oh, damn!
Sorry, Mr. Chen, I have to remind you!
New illegal immigrants like you who are out of place in America are no different from fat lambs in the eyes of many people. "

Now that things have come to this, if Chen Yaozu still doesn’t understand, then he is a fool.

In other words, the hotel he stayed in for $50 might not be so good that it made the other party swear.

If the term "fat sheep" is used, then there must be a safety issue.

"Lawyer Henry, what you mean is that even if the hotel we are staying in is rated okay on the rating website.

But it’s also dangerous for us, right?”

On the other end of the phone, Lawyer Henry patiently explained to him:
"The hotel may be safe, but the street outside the hotel may not be safe!"

“You are Orientals, and when you come to Los Angeles, you should settle down in the Chinese community.

Although it might be more expensive.

The Chinese community can see hotel ratings and prices on review websites, and the lowest price is more than US$80.

But even at this price, it's still better than staying in a $50 room in the city center.

Most of the city center is black, and it is the most dangerous area for you illegal immigrants. When you move in, many eyes are already staring at you. After all, your aura is incompatible with this society, just like a candle in the dark night. "

It was very rare for Lawyer Henry to say so much for free, and he felt a bit at a disadvantage, but for the sake of his partner and old friend, he still gave a piece of advice.

“Here’s a piece of advice for you, go back to your room before dark and don’t wander around the streets.

Otherwise, those black people will take out every penny in your pocket, and you may even die at their hands!
They don't care about having one more life on their hands, not to mention that you are just illegal immigrants without documents.

Moreover, they have just arrived and have not yet formed their own network in Los Angeles. If such illegal immigrants die, they are dead and there won't be much commotion.

The best option is to go back to the hotel immediately, grab your things and go to the Chinese area immediately.

There are also cheap hotels there, with beds in large rooms for $30 and beds in the basement laundry hallway for $25.

After all, even if the work permit is processed smoothly, you will need 6 to 12 months to wait for it to be processed smoothly.

So, you need to save money!
At least that's the case before I find a job!

However, it is already evening and we probably don’t have time to find a suitable place to stay today. Tomorrow is a good choice!

But you just have to be careful tonight."

As a qualified lawyer, while helping your client solve their problem, you must ensure that their money does not flow elsewhere before you take every penny out of their pocket.

Including gangsters and other lawyers.

So Henry felt that he was just doing his duty as a lawyer.

"Ok, I'll pay attention!

Thanks for your advice! ”

After being reminded by him, Chen Yaozu, who had just hung up the phone, unconsciously realized that people walking past him seemed to be looking at him intentionally or unintentionally.

It seems that these people regard themselves as targets!

So he sent out the Brazilian female ghost to check around him within a hundred meters to see if there was anything wrong.

Then, seemingly as if nothing had happened, he actually walked back very carefully and vigilantly.

After all, he is not one of those Chinese people who are protected like giant babies by the East and think that they are as safe abroad as at home.

This is not like China. If there is a fight, most people just use bricks or beer bottles.

This is America, with the gun!
No matter how good your kung fu is, you are still afraid of a kitchen knife; no matter how good your martial arts are, you can be knocked down by a single gun!
Not to mention that I don't have any martial arts skills. Practicing the Five Animal Exercises only makes me stronger and faster. When I was a firefighter in my previous life, I didn't practice any military boxing or grappling techniques.

So you still have to be careful!

What he relies on now are the Brazilian female ghosts who are scattered around 100 meters outside, forming a circle around him for surveillance and reconnaissance.

However, he quickly learned from the Brazilian ghost's investigation report that everything was just his own illusion.

Those people did not focus their attention on themselves, and they were not bad people. They were just passers-by who met by chance.

As they walked by, they cast their eyes on me, perhaps because I had a different temperament.

Clarity and stupidity that are too well protected?

But it’s time to go back to the hotel!

No, I came out to find food and buy something to eat, why should I go back empty-handed?
I checked the navigation on my phone, found the nearest restaurant, and walked all the way there.

Fortunately, we are in the city center of Los Angeles. Otherwise, it would be difficult to move around in America if I were to use my legs like this.

It took him more than ten minutes to find the restaurant he had searched for. This was not a Chinese area, and the food selection was mediocre.

In the end, he just bought a pizza, a burrito, and two Cokes and walked out.

Unexpectedly, the moment it got dark was no different from the situation in China, where it got dark the instant the sun went down.

The street lights in Los Angeles are not that bright, and it is still a little dim under the street lights.

He looked at the time on his phone and it was only 7 o'clock. Fortunately, he walked a few steps faster.

Suddenly, the Brazilian female ghost turned around, came towards him and told him a piece of news: there were three black men in front who were targeting two Asians, and those three black men had knives in their hands.

When he carefully followed and saw these people, he saw a very strange scene.

In the front were two Asian people, a man and a woman, walking. Not far behind them, a few dodgy black people were following them in the dim night.

Suddenly the two Asians stopped, the man opened the door of a house on the street, and the woman walked in. Just as the man walked in and was about to lock the door, the three black men rushed up.

The three black men quickly opened the door, which had not been locked in time, and rushed in with knives.

　Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

　　
　
(End of this chapter)