The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 239 My support for him is his greatest advantage!

Chen Zhengwei stood at the window, holding a cigar in his hand, looking at the street below.

He likes to stand on a high place and look down, watching the people walking by under his feet. He likes to stand above everyone.

But he always felt that the fourth floor was still too low.

The club's business has been good recently. The bar downstairs is very lively every night and there are many gamblers.

Just like he said, this is the gold mine of San Francisco.

The average daily income is more than 10,000 yuan.

It's income, not cash flow.

His medium-sized ironworks was worth only a few hundred thousand dollars, with annual sales of more than $600,000 and profits of only about $50,000.

However, after he took over, the business improved a lot.

Many shipyards in the port would give some orders to this ironworks. The factory's orders had been full long ago, with sales reaching $100,000 a month and profits exceeding $8,000.

The club's monthly income could buy two such ironworks.

"The rich still make the most money!"

"Brother Wei, a congressman came downstairs and wants to visit you!" Lin Rongcheng knocked on Chen Zhengwei's office door.

"What's your name?" Chen Zhengwei turned his head and asked.

"Thomas, he said you knew him."

"Thomas?" Chen Zhengwei pondered for a long time before he suddenly remembered.

It's the Republican congressman, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

The other party came to visit me, probably for election matters.

"Just tell him I'm busy and ask him to wait for me downstairs!" said Chen Zhengwei.

He is busy thinking about life!

Let it dry for a while!

At this time, Thomas was in the bar downstairs, his hat put aside and a cup of black tea in front of him.

It seemed like the New Year's Eve party had just happened not long ago. Although he thought highly of Chen Zhengwei at that time, Chen Zhengwei was not yet someone he had to strive for.

It's different now.

Chen Zhengwei’s previous conflicts with the customs and municipal government made everyone see Chen Zhengwei’s influence.

With the opening of this club, this Chinese man has become even more popular among the wealthy circles in San Francisco.

He also had to come and visit in person to win Chen Zhengwei's support.

After waiting for twenty minutes, Chen Zhengwei finally came down from upstairs leisurely.

"Senator Thomas, I didn't expect you to come here in person. Sorry, I was busy with something just now!" Chen Zhengwei laughed and walked forward.

"I'm sorry for coming here to visit!" Thomas didn't mind at all and stood up and shook hands with Chen Zhengwei.

"Root beer!" Chen Zhengwei ordered the waiter, and then said to Thomas, "I like to drink this!"

"I like it too, it tastes outstanding!" Thomas laughed. In fact, he had never drunk root beer. He always felt that it was not something that people of status drank, but only the lower class would drink it.

"We have a saying that goes, 'No one comes to see you for no reason.' Congressman Thomas came to see me in person. What's the matter?" Chen Zhengwei asked directly after taking the soda.

Thomas thought about it for a while and then understood what Chen Zhengwei meant by that sentence after reading the following text.

"Mr. Chen is an important supporter of the Republican Party, and I should visit him!" Thomas always had a smile on his face.

"I like what you said!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Thomas got down to business:
"Mr. Chen, your support is very important. I hope Mr. Chen can use his influence to support me!"

When Chen Zhengwei heard this, he sat there lazily with a soda bottle in one hand and looked at Thomas for a moment before speaking: "Thomas, you are late."

"James? I have more advantages than him! If you support me, our chances of success are very high!" Thomas said seriously.

"When I win the election, I will give you a generous reward!"

"Election is a gamble. If the person you support fails, all your investment will go to waste!"

In his opinion, he has much more advantages than the political rookie.

He has rich experience and sufficient connections.

"Thomas, you got one thing wrong! Your advantage is your disadvantage in my opinion!" Chen Zhengwei said.

Thomas frowned, not understanding why Chen Zhengwei said that.

In fact, in Chen Zhengwei's view, politicians like Thomas have too complicated personal connections and too many supporters, and he needs to balance the interests of all parties.

But James is different. He doesn't have many supporters. His only supporter is himself.

Only after James becomes mayor can he get the biggest reward.

But Chen Zhengwei was not interested in explaining to Thomas.

"James knows what I need and he can give me enough in return! But you can't!"

"Mr. Chen, no one supports him, and even if he becomes a candidate, it will be difficult for him to win the next election!" Thomas reminded.

"So you got it wrong! My support for him is his biggest advantage!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

"I hope Mr. Chen can reconsider it! This is a gamble!" Thomas shook his head slightly.

He felt that this Chinese man was blinded by his own achievements and thought too highly of himself.

He can't fight everyone alone.

"Don't you know that I run a casino?" Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows and spread his hands on the table: "Have you ever seen a casino owner lose money?"

"Okay, good luck to you!" Seeing that he couldn't convince Chen Zhengwei, Thomas stood up and said goodbye, but still maintained his demeanor.

"I've always been lucky!" Chen Zhengwei smiled and then turned back to his office.

Can supporters of other people directly kidnap or kill other candidates?

If the situation is really beyond my control, the worst that can happen is that I can just kidnap other candidates.

It would be nice if there was only one person left.

So he definitely wins!
"It turns out that doing business requires a conspicuous enough facade! With the club as a facade, it will be different immediately!" Chen Zhengwei said to himself as he walked. Originally, the wealthy businessmen in San Francisco also knew him and dared not provoke him easily, but that was all.

Apart from knowing that he has a group of people under him, no one knows what business he is doing.

Now that the club is open, people will mention him when they talk about the club, and he has instantly become popular in San Francisco.

And the others knew where to find him.

……

At the same time, Old Ford returned to San Francisco with a few miners.

He came back this time to purchase a batch of mining tools.

He always believed that there was gold in his mine, but it had not been discovered yet.

As long as he finds a mineral vein, he can pay back the bank's money and become a true superior person.

At that time, everyone will have to apologize to him for their previous rudeness and shortsightedness.

However, not long after he returned to San Francisco, he was targeted.

"That guy is back?" Aaron threw down the Pai Gow in his hand and looked up to ask.

"It's him. He's at the mining tool store he often goes to. Someone has recognized him. It must be him." said the thug who came to notify.

Someone from a nearby store helped me identify it.

Aaron left people near the stores that Old Ford would visit every time he returned to the city, so that he could get news as soon as he came back.

"Several people?"

"Including old Ford, there are six people in total. One of them is his eldest son!" said the thug who came to deliver the news.

"Let's go!" Aaron stood up, grabbed the gun from the side, put it in his waist, and led a dozen of his men out.

Half an hour later, old Ford had just bought a batch of supplies and was leading his men to load the things onto the carriage when three carriages drove over.

"It's them!" the thug pointed at Old Ford and his men in the car.

As the three carriages stopped and a dozen people got off, Old Ford and others immediately looked over vigilantly, not knowing what they were going to do.

But Aaron and the others didn't say anything. They just took out their guns and opened fire at Old Ford and the others.

With a rain of gunfire, old Ford and his six men, along with their horses, were shot to pieces.

"Let's go!" Aaron and others killed the man and left in the carriage. The whole process took less than a minute. Old Ford didn't even know why he died.

Originally, old Ford was able to keep the mining area because he led a group of miners to confront the people from the Investigation Bureau and the court, making the court's decision impossible to enforce.

Now that old Ford and his eldest son are dead, there is only his wife and a younger son and daughter left in the family. They don't even have the chance to inherit the mining area.

The court will award the mining area directly to the bank.

In just half a month, the bank recovered 80% of the debt.

As for the remaining 20%, it is completely impossible to recover it. After all, the bank’s investigation is not completely accurate and is time-limited.

"Brother Wei, it's all done!" Aaron went straight to Chen Zhengwei.

"That old Ford is gone too!"

"So I'll assign you to do everything. I trust you most when you do things!" Chen Zhengwei took out a box of cigars from the drawer and threw it to Aaron.

"I'm also letting you work for the most important security company! Not only because you and I are brothers, but also because of your abilities!"

"Brother Wei has the best taste!" Aaron immediately smiled, opened the cigar box, took out a cigar and smelled it.

"They are all top-quality goods from Cuba!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"I'll ask Wanyun to give you some money later, and you can share it with your brothers!"

"Don't worry, Brother Wei. I will definitely not treat them unfairly! After all, they are all brothers!" Aaron immediately made the promise.

He really doesn't eat alone, otherwise the other brothers wouldn't be so convinced of him.

"I'm sure you'll be relieved!"

A little later, Chen Zhengwei asked Wanyun to give 7,000 yuan to A Long.

This time of debt collection, the assets and other things recovered were worth about 90,000 yuan. Together with old Ford’s mine, the total should be 130,000 to 140,000 yuan.

He can get 50%, which is close to .

The next day, Chen Zhengwei brought his men to the bank.

"Do you have good news for me?" Noel smiled when he saw the bags in the hands of the two men behind Chen Zhengwei.

"You're really quick!"

“How much did you recover?”

Noerjue knew that Chen Zhengwei must have recovered part of the debt, but he didn't know how much.

"All!" Chen Zhengwei, holding a cigarette in his mouth, put his arm around Noel's shoulder and walked in.

"All?" Noel was startled, his face full of shock, and he subconsciously stopped.

However, Chen Zhengwei's arms were like iron, and he just held him and walked away.

"What else?" Chen Zhengwei asked with a smile, "You don't think I'll come back to tell you just to collect a debt, do you?"

"But this...but this is too fast!" Noel stuttered.

More than 40 debts. And they are all old debts!
The kind that even the courts can't enforce.

They were all taken back so quickly!

"As for debt collection, will it take several years?" Chen Zhengwei sneered.

Then he saw Anna just coming down the stairs, and immediately pushed Noel aside and opened his arms to Anna.

"Why are you here?" Anna immediately hugged his neck with a smile on her face.

　Damn it, he got one step ahead of me.

　　I wanted to write about Japan before, but the editor wouldn’t let me.

　　I recently figured out a way to avoid having my book banned, but he got there first!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)