The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 175 Public Opinion Work
"Brother, why do we have to have classes at night? Shouldn't we have classes during the day?" Qiao Niang asked during dinner.

The children in Chinatown have all been notified and will start classes tomorrow.

Lin Changning, who was eating nearby, also pricked up her ears. She had also been wondering about this for several days.

"Who told you to have classes at night?" Chen Zhengwei looked surprised.

"Brother Hu said so!" Chen Zhengwu said in a muffled voice.

"The school teaches adults during the day and teaches us at night..."

Chen Zhengwei became furious after hearing this.

"Xiwen, go find Ah Hu for me... Forget it, I'll find him after dinner!"

"The children are in class during the day and the adults are in class at night. How did he notify them? Damn, he could even get such a small thing wrong?" Chen Zhengwei became angrier the more he thought about it. You should at least use your brain.

Those Chinese workers have to work during the day, so how do they have time to go to class?

After finishing his meal, Li Xiwen ran to find Ah Hu. He even had a bit of gloating in his heart, thinking that Ah Hu was going to get beaten.

After a while, Chen Zhenghu was found.

"You told them that the adults have classes during the day and the children have classes at night?" Chen Zhengwei was holding a cigarette, his face showing no emotion.

"Brother Wei, I remembered it wrong!" Chen Zhenghu lowered his head. He heard it from Li Xiwen when he came here just now.

"Come here!" Chen Zhengwei waved to Chen Zhenghu.

Chen Zhenghu could only walk over with his head lowered. Chen Zhengwei raised his hand and slapped him on the head, cursing as he slapped him: "You don't have any brains at all, do you? Even if you had a little brains, you wouldn't do such a stupid thing!"

"I remembered it wrongly..." Chen Zhenghu didn't dare to hide.

After hitting him several times, Chen Zhengwei kicked him again: "Go and tell me clearly. The children have classes during the day, and the adult class at night!"

"And during the day, we teach English, Chinese studies and mathematics together, and at night, we only teach English and mathematics!"

In the evening, we teach very little math, just simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, so that they can at least understand the accounts. English allows them to get out of Chinatown and read newspapers, so that they have a chance to integrate into the United States.

Chen Zhenghu quickly ran away with his head in his hands and asked people to notify every household.

……

Late at night, the editor of the Alta Californian put the newspaper layout on the table and looked at the people around him carefully:

"This should be okay, right?"

Rong Jiacai and Lin Yuchang looked at each other for a long time, and Lin Yuchang nodded to Rong Jiacai: "No problem."

Rong Jiacai waved his hand, and the two thugs beside him put away their guns.

He then said to the editor: "Our boss doesn't like people slandering him. It won't be so easy next time!"

"You understand, right?"

"I understand..." The editor finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Their newspaper has to do typeset work before late at night every day, but today, they were approached by these people when I went out for dinner.

With a gun to his head, he was forced to write the headlines for tomorrow's newspaper, describing the hanging case at the dock as being related to a cult, and the murder of a family in Pacific Heights as a home robbery.

"Well, goodbye. Maybe we still have a chance to cooperate!" Rong Jiacai led his men away from the newspaper office.

The editor finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he felt angry, life was more important after all.

He finally understood why so many newspapers reported that the hanging case at the dock was related to a cult.

Originally, he thought he had seized the opportunity and wanted to report on these cases in several issues in succession to uncover the truth behind them.

It will surely increase the sales and prestige of the newspaper.

However, it now appears that the truth behind it can be fatal.

These Chinese were totally different from what he had heard before.

The editor returned home tiredly after the newspaper was sent to print. However, when he got near his doorstep, his heart began to tighten again.

I saw a carriage parked in front of his house and a Chinese man leaning against the carriage smoking.

"I've already promised you, why are you still here?" The editor rushed forward angrily and wanted to grab the other person by the collar.

"Don't get me wrong, our boss just wants to thank you for your efforts in clearing his reputation, so he asked me to bring you a small gift!" The other party stuffed a thick envelope into his hand, smiled at him, got in the carriage and left.

The editor watched the back of the carriage disappear into the darkness, with only the sound of horse hooves and wheels pressing on the stone slabs.

He then opened the envelope, and inside were twenty ten-dollar bills.

Two hundred US dollars is equivalent to his three months salary.

The editor hurried back home and saw that his wife and children were sleeping soundly and were obviously not disturbed, so he felt relieved.

He sat on the sofa holding the envelope and thought for a long time before putting the money inside away.

The next morning, many people bought a copy of the Alta Californian before going to work.

They were tired of seeing newspaper reports that the pier hanging case was related to a cult. They wanted to see the truth.

The Alta Californian is one of the few newspapers that is still following the story and has professional ethics.

Especially yesterday when the three cases were linked together, many people felt that there was an evil force behind all this.

This is the kind of conspiracy theory they love the most.

However, when they took the newspaper and sat down at their workstations to read it, they saw the follow-up report on the case in the newspaper, and the investigation result also turned out to be related to a cult.

The Pacific Heights murder case was also confirmed to have nothing to do with the pier hanging case, but was simply a home invasion and murder. This made many people feel that they were fooled.

However, if a lie is told enough times, it becomes true. A large number of newspapers reported this, leading many people to believe this conclusion.

After all, ordinary people don’t have much discernment, they can only passively accept news from newspapers.

……

The next day, after getting up, Chen Zhengwei had breakfast sent to his home. He ate it while reading the newspaper.

When Chen Zhengwei went downstairs, there was already a carriage waiting downstairs, and there was also a foreign reporter, Eric, a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle.

"Mr. Chen!" The reporter was very honest.

He has been conducting research in Chinatown and writing reports about Chinatown these days.

"I also met a man named Eric two days ago!" Chen Zhengwei patted his shoulder with a smile.

"What a coincidence!" Eric gave an awkward smile. He knew who Chen Zhengwei met.

The freight company owner who was hanged outside the company window at the dock.

Although there are reports about this case, many people also know the truth, especially newspapers like theirs that have been informed.

"Let's go and take a look at our school!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

The so-called school was just two courtyards in a residential area, with a total of more than a hundred children. It was just past noon, and many children had become familiar with the place in just half a day and were playing in the courtyard.

After all, they don’t usually see so many people of their age.

"It's a bit simple!" Chen Zhengwei said standing at the door. Eric nodded on the side. It was indeed very simple.

This yard is just a small yard with a space of several dozen square meters, and there is a two-story building inside.

"We Chinese people attach great importance to education. Even in the worst environment, we will not give up education!"

"This shabby environment is entirely due to the discrimination and inaction of the San Francisco city government. There are tens of thousands of people in Chinatown, but there is not a single school for children to attend, and the surrounding schools also refuse to accept Chinese children."

"But I would like to thank Pastor Hobart of Grace Cathedral and some volunteers from the church for providing us with a lot of help!"

"The counterpart to the church is the incompetence and inaction of the San Francisco city government, so I plan to sue them!"

"And this kind of discrimination doesn't just happen in schools, it happens in every aspect of society! Everywhere we come into contact with it in our daily lives."

"San Francisco is an immigrant city. Most people here are immigrants. Chinese people have made a lot of contributions to San Francisco, but they have been discriminated against in various ways. This is unfair!"

"Every new immigrant should think about what those politicians have done for votes. They discriminate against the Chinese, blacks, Mexicans, Jews, Italians, and Irish...even though these people are Americans. They are high and mighty, but they have never done anything for the residents of this city..."

"Please polish this sentence!" Chen Zhengwei paused for a moment and continued:
"Although the Civil War is over and the serfs have been freed, they are building new barriers and want to turn everyone into slaves!"

In the next period of time, the San Francisco Chronicle will publish a series of reports, on the one hand introducing the history and situation of the Chinese, on the other hand describing the persecution suffered by the Chinese in San Francisco, and on the other hand criticizing the San Francisco city government.

In a word, it is to make the Chinese people’s voice heard and gain sympathy in public opinion.

Especially the sympathy of other immigrant groups.

After chatting with Eric, Chen Zhengwei went to see the volunteers, several foreigners in their twenties and thirties, and a black man.

Chen Zhengwei didn't care about these things. The only problem was that when he looked through the English teaching materials prepared by these people, in addition to some daily expressions, there were also a lot of praises to God.

"I think these things should be changed into swear words!" Chen Zhengwei thought about it and raised his objection.

He felt that cursing people was much more useful than praising God.

At least you can understand that others are scolding you.

"Mr. Chen, swearing is an offense and blasphemy against God!" said the volunteer next to him.

Chen Zhengwei took out a stack of US dollars from his pocket and stuffed it into the other party's pocket: "But we are not facing God, but people. God does not swear, but people do!"

"I can't accept you. We are here voluntarily to teach these children and spread the gospel of God!" the other party refused directly.

"This money is a thank you for your hard work, and it is also for you to better spread the gospel of God! Even if you are a volunteer, you still need to eat!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

The other party declined several times before reluctantly accepting the money.

"I have no objection to you spreading the gospel of God, but you need to add more practical things." Chen Zhengwei stared at the other party and said.

There are volunteers all over the streets. If he is not satisfied with these people, he will change a group and he will always find the right ones.

Feeling the pressure from Chen Zhengwei and the money in his hand, the other party finally nodded reluctantly and agreed.

Chen Zhengwei was satisfied. He originally wanted to say a few words, but when he saw the children running around in the yard, he gave up the idea.

We’ll talk about it later when we establish a formal school.

As soon as he left the house, he said to his men, "Have someone keep an eye on them! Write down what they teach every day!"

"Go find out which novels are the most popular ones being serialized in San Francisco newspapers right now."

At this time, the American novel industry was also developing well, and many newspapers published novels.

He plans to talk to the authors who serialize novels in newspapers and ask them to add some content about Chinese people in their novels, and they must have positive images.

In addition, he also plans to find some street politicians, that is, those who specialize in giving speeches on the streets and spreading their political ideas, and let them make their voices heard about the Chinese through street speeches.

To create favorable public opinion, we must influence it subtly in all aspects.

This needs to be done over the long term.

And it takes time to bear fruit, so Chen Zhengwei has already started working on it.

(End of this chapter)