The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 227 The Reluctant Pinkerton Detective

"This is a big event! The director of the investigation bureau died in a prostitute's bed just after taking office!" Chen Zhengwei exclaimed with a smile, holding the newspaper in his hand.

"The mayor doesn't have a very good eye for people, does he?"

"Is it related to you?" Lin Changning looked at him subconsciously. She knew that the position of Investigation Director was very important.

"What does it have to do with me? The wine is in his stomach!" Chen Zhengwei refused to admit it.

Lin Changning understood as soon as he heard it. It must have been Chen Zhengwei who had someone do it. The wine was in the new director's stomach, but it was Chen Zhengwei who had someone force it into his stomach.

However, when he saw Zhang Yan and Zhang Ziang beside him, he stopped talking.

Lin Mingsheng and Zhang Yan, who were standing nearby, hadn't thought much about it until they suddenly realized the problem.

Especially when you look at the smile on Chen Zhengwei's face, there is a hint of sarcasm, which is almost not concealed.

Zhang Yan knew what the Director of Investigation did, and he was considered a big shot here.

Chen Zhengwei dared to kill such a person, so what else would he not dare to do?
He is too cruel, domineering and unscrupulous in his actions.

However, they also believe that Chen Zhengwei is definitely confident, which also shows his current influence in San Francisco.

"Can you handle it?" After finishing the meal, Zhang Yan and Zhang Ziang left first, and Lin Mingsheng asked.

"Killing officials and rebelling, this is your old job!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

Then he stretched himself and said, "What could possibly happen? At worst, the mayor will bite me and break his teeth!"

After leaving the restaurant, Chen Zhengwei returned to the casino and asked Rong Jiacai to make arrangements. He would treat those Yale students to dinner in the evening.

Then two more people were called over.

One was called Situ Ye and the other was called Guan Qianbo. Both were from Kaiping and were rising stars under Rong Jiacai.

Situ Ye is steady in his work, while Guan Qianbo is more flexible in his thinking. The two of them are the leaders of the team this time.

In addition to the two of them, there were five people from Rong Jiacai, five people from Schultz, and two Spanish translators.

"The ship has been arranged for you. Go to Iquique and ask for a man named Weng Derong, and then give this letter to him." Chen Zhengwei took out a letter wrapped in oil paper.

"After you go there, find out their situation clearly, how many people are there, what they are doing, how old they are, who is the leader, and what his prestige is. Tell me all this when you come back," Chen Zhengwei instructed.

"Don't worry, Brother Wei. We will definitely find out everything." Situ Ye put the letter close to him.

"Don't cause trouble on the way. I'm asking you to do things, not to cause trouble. But if you encounter trouble, you must act decisively and ruthlessly." Chen Zhengwei said again.

"If you are not ruthless, you can't stand firm! But you have to know when to be ruthless!"

"Remember, you are representing my reputation when you go out, don't embarrass me!" Chen Zhengwei gave clear instructions and gave them a bag of money, a total of two thousand yuan, half of which was US dollars and half was British pound.

Then he let the two of them leave.

Yan Qingyou has already arranged the ship, a small steamship with a very fast speed that can reach 15 knots per hour.

It is expected to reach Iquique in about 12 days.

After they left, Chen Zhengwei went to meet Zhan Tianyou and others in the evening.

Zhan Tianyou and others were also very excited. They visited Chinatown in San Francisco these days and found out a lot about Chen Zhengwei.

There are also different opinions about Chen Zhengwei.

Chen Zhengwei was a brutal and domineering man who rose to prominence in Chinatown in just a few months, and many people had died at his hands.

I don’t know how many people died in those gangs alone.

Not to mention that on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the head of Xiyi Hall, Changsan, also died. They only found out about it when they heard someone not far away talking about it while they were having dinner.

After some inquiries, he found out that Chang San was selling opium privately, which violated Chen Zhengwei's taboo.

"A thunderous move!" Huang Kaijia commented at the time.

"He is not a good person!" Ouyang Geng said on the side.

"That's not true. Good people can't survive in this place, and good people can't control those people!" Huang Kaijia immediately retorted.

"But where does he put the law? Even in this Chinatown, there are many courts. Setting up a private court is unacceptable in any way!" Ouyang Geng's family is a court official, so he naturally doesn't like this.

Although Huang Kaijia's family was also an official, he had been a chivalrous man since childhood. After they returned, the two started arguing.

Later, Cai Shaoji, Zhang Kangren and others were also involved.

Although Ouyang Geng was from the School of Engineering, he talked a lot about law. On the contrary, among the four students from the School of Law, only Cai Shaoji supported him, which made him very dissatisfied.

Apart from this, he quite agreed with some of Chen Zhengwei's other actions.

For example, Chen Zhengwei governed Chinatown, closed opium dens, allowed the abducted prostitutes to leave, and led the Chinese to integrate into American society.

He just disagrees with Chen Zhengwei's violent methods.

However, Huang Kaijia scoffed at his views and thought he was pedantic.

In the evening, everyone came to Dingshilou, and soon Chen Zhengwei brought people over.

"Mr. Chen!"

"Sit down, don't be polite. I have wanted to invite you to dinner and sit here to chat for a long time. But I have a lot of things to do, so I only found the time today!" Chen Zhengwei came over and smiled brightly, putting on his pair of gold-rimmed glasses to conceal a lot of his fierceness.

He is indeed very busy these days and has no time to go to the theater.

"How do you feel about living in Chinatown these days? Do you feel like home?" Chen Zhengwei asked with a smile after sitting down.

Most of these students are also from Guangdong.

"I haven't had this feeling for many years! It feels like I'm back home for a moment!" Several people were indeed a little emotional.

Several of them left their hometown when they were twelve or thirteen years old and stayed here for seven years. When they recalled their childhood, they sometimes couldn't tell whether it was their past life or a dream. After expressing their feelings, several of them talked about Chinatown, and Huang Kaijia clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Chen has created a new world for Chinese people overseas. I admire him very much."

"That's right, all the Chinese in Chinatown should thank me!" Chen Zhengwei laughed without hesitation, and then said:
"Although I did it for myself, I spent more than $100,000 to bribe those foreigners in the past few months. This is not just for myself. They all benefited."

Several people deeply agreed that if Chen Zhengwei had just been himself, he would not have to go to this extent.

"Mr. Chen, speak quickly!"

"Mr. Chen seems to know a lot about the United States!" Ouyang Geng couldn't help asking.

Although he didn't like Chen Zhengwei's way of doing things, he admired what Chen Zhengwei did.

In particular, Chen Zhengwei has only been in the United States for a few months, but he has already integrated into mainstream American society. This would not have been possible without a deep understanding of the United States.

Even if those who grew up in the United States were put in Chen Zhengwei's position, they admit that they could not do it.

"Although Americans and Chinese have different styles of doing things, the core is the same. People tend to seek benefits and avoid harm. Just understand this point. Another point is to adapt to local customs!" Chen Zhengwei said lightly.

"That being said, it is easier said than done. Besides, the environment in the United States is different from that in the Qing Dynasty!" Ouyang Geng shook his head.

Skin color alone is a big problem.

When they were in New York, they wore melon-shaped hats and had braids when they were young, and were teased by foreign students.

Later, Chen Zhengwei asked about their studies and found out that there were four batches of 120 students in total.

Most of the first 30 people are now attending universities, such as Yale and Columbia University.

I have to say that these students were indeed carefully selected and almost all of them went to college.

Then Chen Zhengwei asked them about their future plans.

People like Ouyang Geng and Huang Kaijia plan to return to China after graduation, while Zhang Kangren and Tan Wenyao want to stay in the United States.

After living here for so many years, I have become accustomed to the life here and don’t want to go back and kowtow to others.

As for Zhan Tianyou, Cai Shaoji and Zhong Wenyao, they have not thought so much. The most important thing for them at the moment is to study.

"If you want to stay in the United States, you can come to me. I have a law firm, which is the largest law firm in San Francisco. Or if you want to try other industries, that's fine too," Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"If any of your classmates or seniors want to find a job, you can also contact me!"

Zhang Kangren and Tan Wenyao were delighted when they heard this: "Thank you, Mr. Chen!"

This way, if I want to stay in the United States in the future, at least I will have a place to go.

Chen Zhengwei nodded slightly. These people still have a few years before graduation, so there is no rush to say anything more.

At that time, the worst that can happen is that we will just arrest them directly.

"By the way, do you have any classmates studying medicine or chemistry that you can recommend to me? No matter if they are Chinese or foreigners, they are all fine!" Chen Zhengwei asked again.

He planned to have someone develop penicillin first. Even if he didn't apply for a patent and put it on the market, he would need it himself. The most important thing was to develop the process for large-scale production first.

When the opportunity is right, you can directly apply for a patent and put the product on the market after clinical trials.

……

"Mr. Mayor has already made an appointment with someone and doesn't have time to see you now!"

"I'm afraid there won't be time tomorrow..."

Darren said to David Brown expressionlessly.

David Brown learned about the death of the new investigation director in the morning and wanted to ask the mayor for a warrant to examine Henry Kuhn's body.

However, he was turned away once in the morning, and the same thing happened in the afternoon, which gave him a bad feeling.

The Chinese man has great influence in San Francisco. If the mayor does not support him, he will not be able to do anything to him.

After he left the city hall, he pondered for a long time on the roadside, and then went to inquire about the location of Henry Kuhn's body.

He planned to try harder to find evidence that Henry Kuhn was murdered, and then take it to convince the mayor.

After inquiring, I learned that the Investigation Bureau had already investigated the case.

Henry Kuhn died of excessive drinking, as evidenced by both the corpse and the testimony of witnesses.

So Henry Kuhn's body has been taken home.

"Mrs. Kuhn, Mr. Kuhn may have been murdered. Can we examine the body?" David Brown went straight to Henry Kuhn's wife and took out his ID to explain his purpose.

Mrs. Kuhn was also unwilling to believe that her husband died of drunkenness in a brothel, and she hoped that the detectives who came to her house could clear her husband's reputation.

More than half an hour later, David Brown looked at the others.

The others all shook their heads with gloomy faces, feeling resentful.

No external injuries were found on Henry Brown's body.

It was as if he had really died of drunkenness.

Yet they all knew it wasn't.

"Can we create trauma evidence..." David Brown whispered.

After some hesitation, the group finally gave up the idea.

If it was against an ordinary criminal, maybe some evidence could be fabricated.

But the other party has such a strong influence in San Francisco that fabricating evidence is likely to be discovered.

At that time, the Pinkerton Detective Agency would be completely finished, and even its affairs in other states would be greatly affected.

(End of this chapter)