The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 240 Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes
When they arrived at Noel's office, Chen Zhengwei sat on the sofa and his men put the bag on the coffee table.

Noel opened the bag and saw a pile of documents, banknotes, deeds, transfer agreements, and even a gold nugget inside.

I picked up the small bag on top and opened it, and there were quite a few gems and diamonds inside.

"These have been reclaimed. You need to make a mortgage contract for the farm's title deed, and then go and take over directly!" Chen Zhengwei said carelessly, his arms resting on the back of the sofa.

When Noel saw the farm deed with a little blood on it, he knew that these things did not come from a good source.

"How are you doing?"

"It seems like there was a fire on the farm...the whole family died, it's such a pity." Chen Zhengwei said lightly.

"Where's old Ford?" Noel looked up and asked.

"I don't know who that guy offended and why he was shot to death... It's not far from here, and maybe the body hasn't been taken away yet. Do you want to go and take a look?" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"Forget it, I'm afraid of blood!" Noel refused directly.

"I also faint at the sight of blood! There's nothing I can do. I am a kind-hearted person and I can't bear to see this!" Chen Zhengwei spread out his hands and smiled.

"Anyway, old Ford and his eldest son are both dead, so the rest can be enforced by the court!"

Seeing this, Noel stopped asking. Anyway, as long as the money was recovered, it was fine. How it was recovered was none of his business.

"In addition, there are some people who really cannot pay back. There is something wrong with your bank's investigation. I can't sell people to the mines as slaves, can I? I can't do such a heartless thing." Chen Zhengwei said again.

“Even if you want to make money, you have to be conscientious.”

"My people have marked these people on the documents. You can continue to keep an eye on them. I will collect the debts when they have money!"

Although Noel could not see that Chen Zhengwei had any conscience at all.

However, he did not refute at all, but instead agreed deeply with Chen Zhengwei's words.

Then he asked someone to clean out the contents of the bag and keep a record.

"I have to say, your speed exceeded my expectations. There is no reason for the bank to reject such an efficient debt collection team!" Noel took out a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet, poured one-third for Chen Zhengwei, and poured some for himself.

Then the two clinked their glasses.

Chen Zhengwei's debt collection speed indeed exceeded his expectations. More than 40 debtors were dealt with within half a month. This efficiency opened his eyes.

"I want the farm. Please transfer it to me after you sign the mortgage contract. I am a little interested in the mine. After I take it back, I will have someone go to explore it!" Chen Zhengwei put the wine glass on the table, took out a cigar from his arms, cut it open slowly, and then lit it.

"No problem!" Seeing that Chen Zhengwei was interested, Noel agreed immediately.

He has cleaned up some of the previous mess right after taking office, which is a big achievement for him.

……

At Ningyang Guild Hall, Lin Yuanshan looked at the names on the list in front of him.

"Every time we elected directors, there were so many people who wanted to run, but this time there are only a few?" Lin Yuanshan looked at the other directors.

"Vice President Lin, you know the reason!" a director immediately said.

"Yes, as the old saying goes, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. This year, Mr. Chen will definitely be the president. The position of director is not easy to sit in, so naturally no one wants to run for it!" someone else followed.

In the past, being a director had its benefits. It provided opportunities to make money, had status, and allowed one to serve as a juror in the Chinatown Court, so naturally everyone was willing to do it.

Not only is there no benefit in being a director now, but one also has to work under Chen Zhengwei's nose, so naturally no one wants to be elected.

"You don't have to think so much. Mr. Chen has rarely paid attention to Chinatown affairs in the past two months. As long as you don't cause trouble, he won't do anything to you!" Lin Yuanshan said.

"That's what you say, but less trouble is worse than more. How many days has Chang San been dead?"

"In that case, let's do this. Publish the list and let the members vote! The voting time is three days!" Lin Yuanshan said as he put the list aside.

"Wait until the directors are confirmed, then vote for the president!"

In fact, it is just a formality, because the four people on the list just happen to fill the vacancies on the board of directors.

As for the president, there is only one candidate!
After finishing his business, Lin Yuanshan left the guild hall, but was stopped by someone after walking halfway down the street.

"Excuse me, are you President Lin from the Ningyang Guild?" Several men with braids and dressed in gentlemen's suits asked.

"Who are you?" Lin Yuanshan looked at these people. They all had thick flesh and fierce looks, and they didn't look like they were from good backgrounds.

Although he was wearing a gentleman's suit, the material was a bit cheap and he looked to be of average financial status.

"Please invite President Lin to the teahouse for a chat! Our boss is waiting there!" The person who stopped Lin Yuanshan said, pointing to the teahouse next to them.

Lin Yuanshan was a little confused about where these people came from, but he couldn't refuse now, so he followed them to the teahouse.

When I went up to the teahouse, I saw a one-eyed man sitting there, also wearing gentleman's clothes and having a braid. There was a scar on his blind eye.

"President Lin, I've heard a lot about you!" The man stood up, bowed and said with a smile.

"It's the vice president! What's your name?" Lin Yuanshan explained quickly.

"Is the vice president also the president? You can just call me One-Eyed Boy!" One-Eyed Boy said with a smile.

"The president is the president, and the vice president is the vice president, they can't mix up!" Lin Yuanshan insisted. He didn't want some of his words to reach Chen Zhengwei's ears.

"Please take a seat, Vice President Lin. To be honest, I haven't been back to Chinatown for a long time. I didn't expect there have been such big changes here!" said the one-eyed boy, looking out the window.

This Chinatown and the surrounding streets have not changed much, but the people on this street are no longer recognizable.

"Are you from the old Yinshan?" Lin Yuanshan finally reacted.

"Our people were captured by Mr. Chen, and I want to find out what Mr. Chen wants?" The one-eyed boy asked Lin Yuanshan.

"How would I know that?" Lin Yuanshan immediately shook his head.

"I asked others, but they didn't know either. They told me to go to Vice President Lin! Vice President Lin, please do me a favor and give me some advice! I can't find a way and I don't know what to do."

The one-eyed boy was not angry. He spoke slowly and took out a wad of money from his pocket and put it on the table.

It’s not much, only five hundred yuan, but it’s not too little either.

He just asked two questions.

Single-eyed boy is the boss of Yixingtang, responsible for accounts and financial statements.

Yixingtang had heard about a new group of people rising up in Chinatown before, but they didn't pay much attention at first. Unexpectedly, they swallowed up Chinatown in a few months. Even Hongshuntang was gone, and Yixingtang's opium supply was also cut off.

Therefore, he found an opportunity to visit Chen Zhengwei during the Chinese New Year, intending to buy a batch of goods. Unexpectedly, he was detained and the rules were not followed at all.

Yixingtang asked themselves that they had never provoked Chen Zhengwei before, and after some discussion, Single-eyed Boy came over in person.

After all, no matter what you buy at Old Silver Mountain, you have to come to Chinatown.

After Shanyanzai arrived, he did not rush to visit Chen Zhengwei. He first asked someone about it, and then found Lin Yuanshan.

On the one hand, Lin Yuanshan has some relationship with Chen Zhengwei, and on the other hand, many people in the Ningyang Guild Hall work under Chen Zhengwei.

"My people went to visit Mr. Chen a few days ago, but were detained on the spot. I don't think I have ever provoked him, and my people would never provoke him, so I want to ask, what is the reason?"

Lin Yuanshan hesitated for a moment and said, "It's nothing but opium and human trafficking!"

Although Chen Zhengwei was sometimes unreasonable, most of the time he would not do anything to you as long as you did not provoke him. Especially for Yixingtang, which was hundreds of kilometers away from San Francisco, he would not do anything to Yixingtang.

Lin Yuanshan thought about it and decided that these two might be the most likely.

"Is Mr. Chen really a kind-hearted person?" asked the one-eyed boy with a frown.

"Mr. Chen dislikes these two the most. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the head waiter of Xiyi Hall bought opium from the Jews and sold it back..."

"I have told you what I know. I really don't know anything else. As for the money, forget it. Goodbye!" Lin Yuanshan didn't want to have anything to do with the other party, so he stood up and said goodbye.

Single-eyed man's henchmen directly stopped Lin Yuanshan.

After seeing the one-eyed boy signaling him to leave, the others made way.

"Brother Shanyan, this guy is a little ungrateful!" After Lin Yuanshan left, the henchman was a little dissatisfied with Lin Yuanshan.

"After all, it's their territory!" The one-eyed boy waved his hand and thought for a moment:
"But even if the deal doesn't go through, there has to be righteousness, right?"

"He's in San Francisco, and he still wants to manage our Old Silver Mountain?"

"Brother Single Eyes, what should we do next? In my opinion, you definitely can't just go over there, or what if he arrests you?"

"You can think of it, but why can't I?" The one-eyed boy replied.

"Get out of here first!"

A few people left Chinatown directly, walked around and came to the Mexican territory. There were more than a dozen people in the room.

"Brother One-Eyed, what's the situation?" As soon as One-Eyed Boy returned, others asked.

"Where are the explosives you brought?" asked the one-eyed boy.

When he came, he brought some explosives with him just in case.

This stuff is everywhere in the mines.

"I heard that he has opened a club now. It's very big. The people who go there are either rich or noble, all of them are rich foreigners!"

"I'll bring a few people to meet him then."

"If he arrests me, you guys can just blow up his club! Not to mention blowing up the club, just throwing some explosives outside, will those foreigners dare to go and play?"

"Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Now we are the ones who are barefoot!" The one-eyed boy sneered.

He just didn't believe that Chen Zhengwei really dared to fight to the death with them.

"If we don't sell opium and don't engage in human trafficking, what will we eat and spend? So many people up and down don't need to eat?"

……

"Oh? People from Yixing are here? Where are they?"

Not long after Lin Yuanshan left the teahouse, he sent someone to secretly deliver a message to Chen Zhengwei.

"I sent someone to that teahouse, but the person had already left! I don't know what they are going to do!" Rong Jiacai said.

"I want to see what they can come up with! Tell my men to pay attention!" Chen Zhengwei sneered and didn't take Yixing's people seriously at all.

"Pack your things. I've reserved a place for you at the club!" Chen Zhengwei patted Wanyun on the butt.

He has been in the club's office recently and rarely comes back here.

However, he reserved an office for Wanyun next to his own office.

Wanyun was also very hardworking. He learned calligraphy while doing accounting, and kept the accounts in order. Others couldn't understand it!

It was like a fucking ghost drawing, even Chen Zhengwei couldn't understand it, and Wanyun had to explain it to him.

Wan Yun had rarely seen Chen Zhengwei in the past few days and was a little worried at first, but she immediately looked happy when she heard this.

Then Chen Zhengwei got up and went out, calling Li Xiwen to stroll to the martial arts gym.

Not only do I come here less often recently, I even go to the martial arts gym less often.

There was only Lin Changning in the martial arts hall, Lin Mingsheng was in the medicine shop next door, and Zhang Yan and Zhang Ziang, uncle and nephew, left San Francisco to go somewhere else.

Chen Zhengwei walked over and picked up Lin Changning from the chair with a loud laugh, then sat on the chair next to him.

Click!
The chair under him cracked. Chen Zhengwei didn't dare to move. He thought for a moment: "Have you gained weight recently?"

Lin Changning elbowed him directly, then jumped out of his arms and sat back in his original chair with a huff.

I was actually quite happy to see Chen Zhengwei, but this guy can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth.

……

The next day, not long after Chen Zhengwei returned to the club, his henchman came over to inform him: "Brother Wei, there are a few people claiming to be from Yixingtang and want to visit you!"

"Bring the people up!" Chen Zhengwei ordered casually, then stood at the window and looked down.

The one-eyed guy downstairs, along with a few of his men, was leaning against the bar, looking at the layout of the bar, and said with a sigh, "It's really grand!"

They had a bar at Old Silver Hill, too, just the usual kind, with hookers in there for the guys.

It's totally incomparable to the club in front of us.

And there were several of Chen Zhengwei's men standing nearby, staring at them.

"Come up with me!" The two thugs came downstairs and said to the one-eyed guy.

Single-eyed boy followed him upstairs and saw dozens of gambling tables on the third floor. Just like the ones downstairs, the decoration was extremely luxurious.

"It's so grand, it must be making a fortune every day! How much can it earn in a day?" The one-eyed boy asked the henchman who was leading the way.

Although the other party ignored him, he felt more confident about his trip.

This club must have invested at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.

This guy named Chen is so rich!
They took another staircase to the fourth floor. The henchman knocked on the door and said after entering the room, "Brother Wei, the person is here."

Then stand aside.

When the one-eyed guy led people into the room, he saw a tall young man in a purple gentleman's suit standing at the window with a cigar in his hand. Not far from him stood a half-grown child.

Then Chen Zhengwei turned around and sat down on the chair with his legs crossed.

Just sitting there, the imposing aura was so overwhelming that the single-eyed boy felt a wave of pressure coming towards him.

However, the one-eyed guy had killed more than one or two people with his own hands, so he was naturally not affected. He smiled and walked forward; "This is Mr. Chen, right?"

"I am Danyanzai, the head of Yixingtang!"

"It was our fault this time at Yixing Hall. I am here to personally apologize to Mr. Chen! This is just a small gift, not a token of respect!"

As he said this, he placed the box in his hand on the table. When he opened it, there was a reclining golden statue of Amitabha Buddha with a kind smile on his face. It was ten centimeters tall and more than twenty centimeters long.

Then he pushed the golden Buddha in front of Chen Zhengwei.

(End of this chapter)