The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 276 Invite them to go fishing, no refusal
In the south of San Francisco, Chen Zhengwei owns more than 3 acres of farms, covering more than 20 square kilometers.

The farms are connected, with almost no other people's farms in between.

These days, all these farms have become bustling with a large number of simply dressed, dark-skinned Chinese people coming here. Most of them wear coarse cloth trousers and shirts, and a coat that doesn't fit them very well.

These clothes were also provided by Chen Zhengwei, who placed a large number of orders in advance at a garment factory in San Francisco.

After all, it is still a bit cold in San Francisco at night in April, with the lowest temperature less than 10 degrees.

"What you need to do now is to build houses. First, build some wooden sheds for people to live in. At least they won't freeze to death at night! Then build some wooden houses." Situ Ye said to Chen Yonglu and others around him, kicking away the dirt under his feet.

Everyone looked around. The sun was shining brightly, and there were vast fields as far as the eye could see. In the distance there were hills, mountains and forests, and not far from them was a small river.

This vast land makes it difficult for everyone to suppress their emotions.

The Chinese people's feelings for their land are unmatched by any other nation.

"The food has been delivered. There are many rabbits on the nearby hills. You can have some snacks."

"You don't have to worry about food. In addition to building houses, we will first select 3000 brave and hardworking people! They will be employees of the security company in the future!"

"If someone wants to beat up Brother Wei, you should help him beat them up. If Brother Wei wants to beat up someone, you should also help him beat them up!"

"Mr. Chen has saved so many of us. My life belongs to him." Chen Yonglu said directly. At his age, there was nothing to look forward to.

His greatest wish is to be able to live freely during his lifetime.

Moreover, not to mention that Chen Zhengwei saved them and provided them with clothes and food, they were just in a foreign country where they were unfamiliar with the place and couldn't even speak the language. They had no other choice but to help Chen Zhengwei.

"It's good that you think so. Brother Wei is the most fair and will never treat you unfairly!" Situ Ye said with a smile, and then patted Chen Yonglu on the shoulder.

"As for Wen Bingzhong... Guan Qianbo has already taken the ship to Panama. Let's see how lucky he is."

……

"Brother Wei, the people who went to Chicago are back!" Rong Jiacai came to find Chen Zhengwei. When he opened the door, he saw Wanyun massaging Chen Zhengwei's shoulders.

"Miss Wanyun!"

"Have you brought all the people back?" Chen Zhengwei smiled when he heard the news.

It’s harvest season recently.

The people from Peru are back, and the people from Chicago are back too. They are moving forward in parallel.

"Only two students were brought back, and the others have to wait until they graduate in June to come back. But we did bring back a chemistry teacher..." When Rong Jiacai talked about this, there was a strange expression on his face.

"What the hell?" Chen Zhengwei looked surprised.

"A chemistry teacher doesn't seem to be valued in school. But when he heard that we have the most advanced laboratory here, he followed him here." Rong Jiacai laughed out loud after he finished speaking.

"This is like catching rabbits while robbing grass!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

"Where's the person? Bring him here so I can see him!"

"It's downstairs! I'll have someone bring it up!"

At this time, on the first floor of the club, a man in his forties and two young men were sitting on the sofa waiting, constantly looking around.

It can be seen from this club that the owner is very rich.

However, in the impression of Americans, Chinese people are closely associated with coolies and dirtiness. Thanks to those newspapers, many Americans have a stereotyped impression of Chinese people.

Therefore, they actually did not have much confidence, and only decided to come and take a look because their travel expenses were reimbursed.

As for whether to work here, they decided to talk to the boss here first.

After a while, a Chinese youth came down and said, "The boss wants you to go up!"

The three were then taken to an office on the fourth floor.

"This is our boss, Mr. Chen!"

The three of them looked at Chen Zhengwei behind the table, and their confidence dropped a little.

too young.

Not even a beard.

"Hello, Mr. Chen! I heard that you are recruiting chemists. Can I ask where the laboratory is?" The man in his forties spoke first.

"So rude? Why don't you introduce yourselves?" Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows.

"Sorry, my name is Willard Gibbs... I'm a physical chemist and a mathematician, you may not know much about me... I mostly do theoretical work. But recently some of my research has reached a bottleneck, and I need a high-level laboratory to verify some of my ideas..." Gibbs said with a hint of arrogance.

He felt that this Chinese person might not understand what he meant by physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

"I am Gilbert Lewis..."

"Stanley..." The other two also spoke.

"I have prepared the money for you. As for what equipment you need, you can just ask for it!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

Gibbs pondered this for a moment, then looked stunned: "So, the lab isn't there yet?"

"No, everything is ready! We have the people and the money. Just bring what you need!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"My request to you is very simple. Just help me research something. Other than that, you can do whatever you want. And I will provide you with funding!"

The other two Yale students wanted to leave when they first heard that the laboratory had not yet been established, but after hearing this, they stayed.

After all, being able to build a laboratory according to their own requirements and having experimental funds is something that students like them who have just graduated cannot get anywhere else.

"Sorry, this place may not meet my requirements!" Gibbs thought about it and decided to leave.

He had always thought that Chinese people were unreliable in conducting chemical experiments, and now he thought it was even more unreliable.

However, as soon as he turned and walked to the door, a gun was pointed at his head, causing Gibbs's face to change drastically.

"Come as you please, leave as you please. Where do you think this is?" a thug asked coldly.

The other two students were also startled.

"Sorry, my man is a little rude, but he doesn't mean any harm, he just likes to joke." Chen Zhengwei smiled and signaled his henchman to put down the gun.

Now that you're here, you still want to leave?
"What you pursue is nothing more than money, fame, experimental equipment that meets your requirements, an undisturbed environment... your own achievements..."

"I can give you all of these! I'll give you twice as much as other places. If you can produce results, I can give you three or four times as much. I've already prepared the money for the experimental equipment."

"An undisturbed environment... Don't worry, as long as you help me complete a little research, I won't disturb you at other times. You will never get such treatment in those big laboratories. As for your achievements... they also belong to you. If they are valuable, I can buy them!"

"Besides, since you joined the laboratory in its early stages, you will have greater control over the laboratory in the future. I think you need this!"

"Mr. Chen, can I ask how much money you can put aside to set up a laboratory?" the student named Stanley asked. This was what he was most concerned about.

"An initial investment of two hundred thousand, or three hundred thousand? I think that should be enough!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

Stanley and Lewis looked at each other. It sounded good. In fact, a good laboratory can be built with tens of thousands of dollars. It seems that this Chinese boss is really rich.

And as Chen Zhengwei said, by joining the laboratory in its early stages and setting it up according to one's own ideas, one will have greater control over the laboratory in the future.

What more could one ask for from two recent graduates?
"What do you want us to study?" Gibbs asked after a moment's hesitation.

The two thugs next to him had guns in their hands and they didn't seem to be joking at all.

And who jokes about holding a gun?

He felt like he was on a pirate ship.

"A formula for smokeless gunpowder! I just need you to mix it according to the formula, and then research a method for large-scale production." Chen Zhengwei smiled and didn't mind telling them the truth.

They had no chance to leave anyway.

Either I agree to stay here and work, or I refuse and get thrown into the sea.

"Smokeless gunpowder?" The three were a little surprised when they heard this.

"Yes, I already have the complete formula, and I just need to solve the manufacturing problem!" said Chen Zhengwei.

Gibbs hesitated, then nodded.

"You can make a list of what you want... Also, you can tell me your ideas on how to build the laboratory, and I will consider your opinions! As for the location of the laboratory, I think it would be better to put it in the suburbs! I will send you whatever you need. Including prostitutes!" said Chen Zhengwei.

If it is placed in the suburbs, even if an explosion occurs, it will not cause too much damage.

After all, it is the study of gunpowder.

As for these people being killed in the explosion, it doesn’t matter. We can just replace them with another batch.

After talking with the three people, Chen Zhengwei had them taken away and asked them to think about the laboratory issues.

With these three people, I can finally start making my own smokeless gunpowder.

With smokeless gunpowder, we can develop new types of firearms, including semi-automatic pistols, submachine guns and rifles.

The only problem now is that the ironworks is too small and its output is limited.

Chen Zhengwei gave instructions to Rong Jiacai.

"Go buy some guns, and when the people on the farm are ready, send the guns over so they can train!"

"Buy 3000 guns and short guns first! Buy more bullets!"

After Rong Jiacai left,

Chen Zhengwei took out the two lists, looked through them, and then asked someone to find Aaron.

More than half an hour later, Aaron came over and sat on the sofa.

"Brother Wei, are you looking for me?"

"Golden Gate Iron Works, Lake Iron Works, San Francisco Iron Company, California Copper and Iron Group, Bell Metal Products Works... Make appointments with the bosses of these companies for me..."

"Just say the weather has been nice lately, I'll ask them to go fishing together the day after tomorrow."

"Don't let them refuse!"

These ironworks and metal processing plant owners were also members of the Republican Party and supporters of William.

The acquisition and the support for James can be discussed together.

If they can't reach an agreement, throw them off the boat.

"I'm good at this! I'm best at hiring people! I guarantee that I can invite them all." Aaron said immediately with a smile. He felt that he was good at everything, good at doing business, good at bargaining, and good at hiring people.

It can be said that he has inherited the true teachings of Chen Zhengwei.

"Let someone arrange a small steam passenger ship!" Chen Zhengwei thought about getting a yacht.

In fact, the concept of yachts has existed for a long time, but nowadays they are generally sailboats.

He planned to find a shipyard to order a steamship.

……

"Mr. Lake?" Aaron and his men swaggered into Lake's office.

"It's me. What do you want from me?" Lake is a strong Mediterranean man, about fifty years old, and looks very shrewd.

"Our boss invites you to go fishing the day after tomorrow! You should know who our boss is!" Aaron pulled a chair over and sat opposite Lake.

"Is it Mr. Chen from Chinatown?" Although Lake used a question sentence, there would be no other Chinese people except Chen Zhengwei.

"Correct answer! But there is no reward!" Aaron said with a smile.

"Please thank Mr. Chen for his kindness, but I don't know how to fish..." Lake said. He guessed that Chen Zhengwei was looking for him because of the candidate matter. The Thomas incident had already spread a few days ago.

Although Thomas has not explicitly announced his withdrawal from the election, everyone knows that it is only a matter of time.

He guessed Chen Zhengwei's purpose, but he was not prepared to support James, so he refused directly.

"You can learn to fish if you don't know how! It doesn't matter if you don't want to learn, but you have to show up!" Aaron leaned forward and stared at Lake, with a fierce and ferocious look in his eyes:
"You can't refuse! Our boss invited you, and you refused. That would be disrespectful to my boss!"

"You don't respect my boss? Then my boss will be very angry, and I will be very angry too!"

"I don't mean to disrespect Mr. Chen!" Lake leaned back and explained hastily. "I just..."

"No but! Do you want me to repeat it again?" Aaron stood up and asked while pressing the table.

"Okay, I get it, I'll go..." Lake was really afraid that Aaron would do something extreme.

After all, Aaron looks very fierce.

Moreover, people like Chen Zhengwei will weigh the pros and cons and consider his identity as a Republican, but his subordinates may not consider it.

"Wouldn't it be better if you said so earlier?" The fierce light in Aaron's eyes disappeared, and he stood up and said, "I have to invite other people at ten o'clock the day after tomorrow morning."

"Can I ask who else will be invited?" Lake asked carefully.

"There are several more. You'll know when you see them..." Aaron said lightly, then opened the door and left.

Lake slammed his fist on the table. Chen Zhengwei's men had gone too far.

He estimated that Chen Zhengwei also invited some other Republican members who supported William.

If he were alone, he would be a little worried, but since there were others, there was nothing to worry about.

He wanted to see what Chen Zhengwei would say then.

(End of this chapter)