The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 277 I heard that when fishing for sharks, you have to bleed the bait first
California Copper and Iron Group.

"Sorry, Mr. Wright is not here! He just left after the meeting!" A middle-aged foreigner came downstairs with an apologetic smile on his face.

"Not here? What a coincidence? Is he really not here or just pretending?" Aaron sneered, pushed the foreigner away and went straight upstairs.

"Mr. Wright is really not here. I thought he was still in the company..." The foreigner tried to stop him, but Aaron kicked him in the stomach, then turned around and slapped him in the face.

"Whether he is really gone or not, I will know after seeing it with my own eyes!" Aaron walked upstairs in a swagger.

"Sir, this is the chairman's office..." When the secretary saw Aaron coming in, he tried to stop him, but Aaron pushed him away, then opened the door and walked in.

I saw a middle-aged white man sitting behind the desk with a grim look on his face.

"I heard that Mr. Wright is not here? Then who are you? Are you a thief? If I shoot you to death, will Mr. Wright have to say thank you to me when he comes back?" Aaron took out a gun from his waist and pointed it at the other person's head with a sarcastic look on his face.

"I am Wright, it was just a misunderstanding just now..." Wright suppressed his anger and embarrassment and spoke.

"Misunderstanding? I don't think so! Are you really Wright?"

boom!
With the sound of a gunshot, Wright almost jumped up, his face turned pale, and his heart was about to jump out of his mouth.

He reached out and touched his body a few times and found that the bullet did not hit him.

"Oh, sorry, it went off! It was a misunderstanding!" Aaron said with a grin.

"Yes, misunderstanding, misunderstanding..." Wright was really scared. He felt his body weak and his hands were shaking.

"Is this really a misunderstanding?" Aaron put his hands on the table and looked down at Wright who was sitting in the chair.

"What a misunderstanding..."

"It's just a misunderstanding... Our boss asked you to go fishing the day after tomorrow... Remember to bring your fishing rod! If you dare not go, I will hang your son on the fishing rod and use it to catch sharks!"

Wright looked aggrieved: "I will definitely go!"

"That's settled!" Aaron sneered, turned around and walked away.

Wright then slumped in his chair, turned his head and looked behind him, only to see a bullet hole in the wall.

……

"Brother Wei, it's all done! These guys are so brave, and I'm the only one who can invite them all here. If it were someone else, I might not be able to invite them all over!" Aaron took away a bottle of root beer from Chen Zhengwei and sat on the sofa.

I took one gulp and almost vomited it out.

"This stuff is so unpalatable, how did you get used to it, Brother Wei?" But before Chen Zhengwei could say anything, he smiled and said, "Brother Wei must have done nothing wrong. It's my fault!"

"Let me try a few more sips!"

"Why don't you just say that I like you the most?" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

"Am I not the one who does the most effective job?" Aaron looked surprised.

Chen Zhengwei looked at A'long for a long time. With his personality, he almost thought he was his own son.

"What? Is there anyone who dares not to give us face?" Chen Zhengwei asked.

"You're making all kinds of excuses...Brother Wei, you've been too soft-hearted lately, and those guys have become bolder!" said Aaron.

"It has nothing to do with that. These guys belong to a party, and ordinary people don't dare to do anything to them!" Chen Zhengwei sneered. "Others don't dare to touch them, do they think I don't dare to touch them either?"

"Come fishing with me tomorrow!" said Chen Zhengwei.

"Okay, I wonder if I can catch a shark. I heard that's the most ferocious! And there's also shark fins, which are the favorites of the rich and powerful!"

"What's so delicious about that thing? It smells fishy!" Chen Zhengwei sneered. He had eaten shark fin in his previous life and had a very bad impression of it.

Of course, it is also possible that the hotel did not do a good job.

So the meal was discounted in half.

A meal cost 80,000 yuan, and he gave 40,000 yuan for medical expenses.

While the two were talking, the henchman knocked on the door: "Brother Wei, the guy from the phone company is here again!"

"Let them in!"

The office door was pushed open, and the two people from Bell Telephone Company came in again.

"Mr. Chen!" Two well-dressed middle-aged men walked into the office.

"It seems that you can do what I ask?"

"Yes, we can build a telephone network for you that is enough to cover half of San Francisco. Of course, the cost is a little high!"

"Just tell me the price!" Chen Zhengwei asked while crossing his legs.

"A telephone costs $300, and in addition there are switches and laying of lines... Assuming you need twenty telephones, the total cost will be $!" The people from Bell Company directly gave a quote.

This was a significant order for Bell Company of San Francisco.

The most important thing is to help Chen Zhengwei lay the lines, and also cover Bell’s telephone lines, which will make it much easier to sell in the future.

"The price is no problem...26,000, how many shares of Bell Company can I get?" Chen Zhengwei asked with a smile.

"Sorry, Mr. Chen..." The two Bell people were a little confused.

"Just kidding, let me get this straight, is Bell accepting investments now?" Chen Zhengwei asked after taking out a cigarette and lighting it.

"If it's a branch in San Francisco, we can accept the investment!" one of them said after a little thought.

"I want shares of your head office! What is the current valuation of your company?" Chen Zhengwei asked casually.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, we need to ask the head office whether they would accept the investment!" The two people from Bell Company didn't expect that they just came to make a quotation, but the other party changed from buying the business to investing.

However, Bell Telephone Company is indeed short of funds at the moment, so the progress of laying telephone lines is very slow.

As the largest city in the western United States, San Francisco has only built a financial district so far.

"I want to meet your boss! It would be best if he could come over!" Chen Zhengwei said directly. "What about this phone line?" The two asked tentatively.

"Let's settle the investment first!" Chen Zhengwei waved his hand. There was no rush to install the telephone.

At night, while Chen Zhengwei was having dinner, he asked Lin Changning, "I'm going out to sea to fish for sharks tomorrow. Do you want to go?"

"Brother, I'm going too, I'm going too!" Qiao Niang jumped up immediately.

There was also anticipation in Zhengwu's eyes.

They had a lot of fun when they went to the farm last time, so when they heard about going out to play, they immediately looked forward to it.

"Why are you going? Don't you have school tomorrow?" Chen Zhengwei glanced at the two of them.

"Brother, tomorrow is Saturday, so we don't have to go to school!" Qiao Niang grinned, her teeth showing.

"Damn, no classes on Saturday? What's going on in your school?" Chen Zhengwei felt that children now have too few classes.

"Brother——!" Qiao Niang pulled Chen Zhengwei's arm, and Zhengwu also spoke: "Sister-in-law, talk to brother and take us with you!"

Although this guy doesn't talk much, he can still get to the point.

"Go ahead!" Chen Zhengwei didn't care.

……

The next day, Chen Zhengwei and his family arrived at the port in a horse-drawn carriage.

There were already several carriages parked here, and several owners of ironworks and metal processing factories got off and greeted each other.

After all, they are all from the same industry, and they are all members of the Republican Party, so they are all familiar with each other.

However, seeing that they were all owners of the ironworks and related factories, they were a little surprised. It seemed that today's meeting was not what they thought, but was about the upcoming election.

Seeing Chen Zhengwei's carriage coming, several people stood on the side of the road.

Then Chen Zhengwei was seen getting off the carriage, followed by a Chinese girl and two children behind her.

Many thugs also got off the other carriages.

"Mr. Chen!"

“1，2，3……4……5……看样子大家都来了啊！这么给面子！”陈正威冲着几人哈哈一笑。

"Mr. Chen invited us, so we must come!" Several people forced smiles.

Wright glanced at the person walking over to him, and Aaron grinned at him with a bit of ferocity in his smile.

Wright immediately retracted his gaze.

However, there were several people coming this time, and Chen Zhengwei also brought his family with him, which made him feel more at ease.

"Okay, let's get on the boat first! Who of you didn't bring fishing rods? But it doesn't matter, I brought them! I also asked someone to prepare them for you!" Chen Zhengwei saw that the few people only brought a servant and didn't even have fishing rods, and immediately said with understanding.

Chen Zhengwei arranged a 30-meter-long steam passenger ship, but it is also sufficient for sea fishing.

There were also a lot of fishing rods on the boat, some of which were particularly large.

"These are used to catch sharks. I heard that you have to bleed the bait before fishing for sharks. I don't know if it's true or not! We can try it later!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"Brother, where is the bait?" Qiao Niang looked at Chen Zhengwei, then at the foreigners, and asked in English with a roll of her eyes.

"It will be here in a while!" Chen Zhengwei laughed and patted Qiao Niang's head.

After hearing what the two said, several bosses immediately had the urge to get off the boat.

The feeling that had been put to rest was now lifted up again.

However, they still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts. After all, they were all Republicans, and Chen Zhengwei would not dare to go too far.

Otherwise, Mr. Stanford wouldn't have just stood there and watched.

After all, Chen Zhengwei is still an outsider, a Chinese.

Although Mr. Stanford rarely appears in public now, his influence in San Francisco is unmatched by mafia like Chen Zhengwei.

A moment later, the steamer set sail.

"Mr. Chen, where are we going?" someone asked.

"Don't worry, it's not far, just an hour!" said Chen Zhengwei.

"Let's bask in the sun and eat something first! We'll go fishing when we get there!"

There is also a chef on the ship who makes some cold dishes for you to eat and take as you like.

An hour later, the steamship stopped in the sea one hour away from San Francisco, which was only 27 kilometers away from San Francisco, and you could even see San Francisco in the distance.

The sun shining on your body and the sea breeze blowing on you make you feel quite comfortable.

Chen Zhengwei threw his coat into the cabin, put on his shirt, rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, took a fishing rod, sat on the deck, and threw the hook into the sea.

Then he sat on the deck and waved to the others: "It's a rare leisurely day, let's go fishing together."

A few people forced a smile and sat down nearby with their fishing rods, but they felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.

"Bosses, what do you think of the steelmaking industry in San Francisco?" Chen Zhengwei said, looking at the sea.

Several people thought that it was coming.

"Business is getting harder and harder, and profits are also lower..." The boss of the San Francisco Iron and Steel Company said after looking at a few people.

"Since the completion of the Pacific Railroad, although there are many places in the West that need steel, there are too many ironworks, and so many small ironworks are competing for business, so profits are getting lower and lower. We haven't been working at full capacity for half a year!" Lake, the owner of the Wright Iron Works, also said.

"You all said so. It seems that the iron factory business is really not easy to do!" Chen Zhengwei smiled and glanced at the people around him:
"How about this, I'll be a good person and buy your ironworks!"

(End of this chapter)