The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 290 If I don’t agree, who would dare to buy those assets?

"James, congratulations. In a few months we will be chatting in the mayor's office." Chen Zhengwei smiled at James.

"Mr. Chen, thank you for your support! Without you, I would not have this opportunity!" James kept his attitude very humble.

He knows who the biggest one is in San Francisco.

"The reporters are still waiting for you! You are the protagonist today. After the interview, many people still want to chat with you!" Chen Zhengwei patted James' arm and walked aside.

A large number of reporters were waiting for the results outside the door.

As soon as the door of the conference hall opened, the noise outside immediately came in.

"Mr. Thomas, are the results out?"

"Mr. Lake..."

“Who will represent the Republican Party in the next mayoral election?”

Soon, reporters got the news and rushed over to surround James Audis.

James Audis became the candidate, a result that exceeded many people's expectations. After all, he was the least experienced of the three candidates, had no impressive family background, and had no previous political experience.

No one expected that he would be successfully elected as the Republican candidate in his first run.

This is sure to be big news!

Of course, everyone in the conference room already knew the result before voting.

Chen Zhengwei led his men away from the reporters. When they saw several Chinese people walking out of the conference room, the reporters cautiously stepped aside.

These reporters all know that in San Francisco, you can offend the mayor, but don't offend Chen Zhengwei.

After all, if you offend the mayor, the mayor will not sink you into the sea, but Chen Zhengwei will.

"Mr. Chen, congratulations!" William Arlette walked quickly to Chen Zhengwei and walked out with him side by side.

"The person who should be congratulated is inside!" Chen Zhengwei smiled.

"Everyone knows that this is your victory, otherwise the young man from Massachusetts would not have such an opportunity!" said William Arlette.

"He is very smart. He knows who can be trusted and who is important!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"Is Mr. Chen interested in the shipyard?" asked William Arlette.

"Very interested! Very interested!" Chen Zhengwei smiled and used two affirmative words in succession. He turned his head and looked at William Arlette: "Come to my club to chat?"

"Of course!"

A moment later, the two came to the club and asked the waiter to bring Arlette a cup of coffee, while Chen Zhengwei himself still drank root beer.

"The market in Chicago is very good now. Some people want to invest in Chicago...they need to sell some properties." William Arlette said after sitting down.

With Stanford's death, there are now undercurrents in San Francisco.

Some of the top wealthy people are forming community associations, while many ordinary wealthy people who live outside Nob Hill want to move to other places.

Chicago is a great place to go.

There are lots of opportunities there, and you can get away from those damn Chinese.

Especially some racists, every time they see those Chinese people, they want to hang them, but they dare not do it and can only feel resentment in their hearts.

Now I have decided to leave San Francisco.

However, Chen Zhengwei has already made it known that even if they want to sell their business, no one dares to take over.

"What industries do you have?" Chen Zhengwei asked with great interest.

"A medium-sized shipyard with good technical strength that can produce iron steamships... two food processing factories, a shirt factory, a fan factory, a factory that produces hydraulic ore sorting equipment, a steam pump factory, a steam hoist factory... and some residences and shops..." said William Arlette.

"Why are there so many mining equipment factories?" Chen Zhengwei curled his lips. The mining industry in San Francisco has declined, and the market for mining equipment is very small.

This is also one of the reasons why those people choose to leave San Francisco.

"I'm very interested in that shipyard and shirt factory! What's the price?"

"The shipyard is worth about $67, and the shares are dispersed among six people. Four of them plan to sell their shares, accounting for 82% of the total shares, with a market value of $55. The shirt factory, including the land, is worth a total of $4..."

"The 82% stake in the shipyard is worth $35! The key management and technical personnel of the shipyard must stay!"

"Shirt factory $2!"

"This price is too low! They won't agree!" Alette frowned.

Although he knew that Chen Zhengwei's asking price would not be high, this price was too low, much lower than he expected.

"If you don't agree, then don't sell it! Who would dare to buy their properties without my approval?" Chen Zhengwei sneered.

He felt that he had already asked for a high price.

He has so many businesses, but he never paid any money.

Just throw out hundreds of thousands, what else do they want?
"I'll go back and persuade them!" Alette said after thinking about it. It wasn't his factory anyway.

As for other industries, since Chen Zhengwei is not interested in them, they can be sold normally on the market. Of course, the price will definitely be much lower than the market price.

After all, many people are selling their properties and leaving San Francisco recently.

"Is there a house on Nob Hill?" Chen Zhengwei asked another question.

"You know, the people who live there are not short of money." Arlette shrugged. Unless the business is in big trouble, they will not sell the house in Nob Hill.

A wealthy person of that level would not sell all his properties and leave San Francisco.

At most, some funds can be transferred to invest elsewhere.

Lawyer Brett came to Chen Zhengwei only after William Arlette left.

"boss!"

"The court session started today, right? What's the result?" Chen Zhengwei asked.

Because white schools do not accept Chinese children, Chen Zhengwei had his lawyer sue the San Francisco city government.

In fact, it is not just white schools that do not allow people of color to study in the same school as white children.

Even the drinking water taps on the street were separated, with one side labeled for white people and the other side labeled for people of color.

"We won, boss! No surprises!" Brett laughed.

"Looks like I can go to the mayor to ask for a school tomorrow!" Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows and laughed.

……

The next morning, Chen Zhengwei picked up the newspaper and saw that it was full of news about the Republican candidates.

James Odis's family tree is almost revealed.

James Audis' campaign team has also been prepared and will start the campaign soon.

Of course, this doesn't seem important to Chen Zhengwei.

However, there was another piece of news in the newspaper, which was the news of a lawsuit against the San Francisco City Government yesterday. The judge ruled that the city government must provide schools for Chinese children to attend.

"Buy more newspapers and post them in Chinatown! If anyone doesn't understand what they read, tell them what it says!" Chen Zhengwei immediately said to his men.

This is all due to him.

Soon, the henchmen bought hundreds of newspapers and posted them all over Chinatown.

The Chinese in Chinatown were surprised when they saw it and asked, "What's written on it?"

After all, this kind of thing is quite rare.

"Brother Wei had his lawyer sue the San Francisco government, and he won the case!" Henchman announced with a proud look on his face.

"What are you suing for?" "In the past, foreigners looked down on us and didn't allow Chinese children to go to school. So Brother Wei sued the San Francisco City Government and won! The San Francisco City Government must provide us with schools!"

"Thanks to Mr. Chen!" The Chinese people around felt excited.

Although there are not many children in Chinatown, they still won the lawsuit against the San Francisco City Government.

Chinese people have been discriminated against for too long, and the situation has only changed in the last six months, so we were extremely excited when we heard about this.

"Thanks to Mr. Chen, the status of the Chinese can be improved!"

"I didn't expect that a citizen could win the lawsuit against the government!" A newly arrived Chinese person exclaimed, saying that the United States is indeed much more civilized.

"Mr. Chen, can you call yourself a commoner? You came here at a good time. If you had come here a year earlier, you would have known how much the Chinese were bullied! No one cared if someone was beaten to death on the street!" Someone immediately objected.

"Last year, several laundry shop owners in Ningyang Guild Hall were beaten to death on the street, and the Investigation Bureau didn't care!"

"Those associations go to protest every day, but it's useless!"

"and then?"

"Later, with Mr. Chen here, those foreigners no longer dared to bully the Chinese..."

……

At this time, Chen Zhengwei took a car to the San Francisco City Hall.

Several horse-drawn carriages stopped in front of the city government. First a group of Chinese got off, followed by Chen Zhengwei, who was wearing a blue suit and dark striped shirt.

Seeing this group of people coming to the city government, the faces of the city government staff changed slightly.

“What are these Chinese doing here?”

Especially those in the Business Management Office went straight back to their offices.

They were previously arrested and detained in Chinatown for a week. Now they don’t want to go near Chinatown, let alone see these Chinese people.

"This gentleman..."

"Where is the mayor's office? You're not going to tell me I need to make an appointment?" Chen Zhengwei strode in and glanced around, with a look of wantonness between his brows.

"I came to talk to him about school!"

At this time, Mayor Anthony was in his office. When he heard that Chen Zhengwei had brought people here, he suddenly felt annoyed.

Then he took a deep breath and suppressed his annoyance: "Bring him here!"

Before Leland Stanford died, California Attorney General Eisensmith brought people to investigate, and he thought Chen Zhengwei was in trouble.

As a result, within two days, Eisenksmi was dealt with by Chen Zhengwei, who did a quick investigation and left, and there was no further news after he returned.

He also specifically asked someone to inquire in the state, but both the governor and the attorney general acted as if nothing had happened.

It seemed as if the matter had just ended like that.

Anthony had some thoughts running through his mind, then he looked in the mirror to calm his expression and straightened his clothes.

A moment later there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

Chen Zhengwei pushed the door open and walked in.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Chen!" Anthony looked at the tall Chen Zhengwei. This was the first time he met Chen Zhengwei.

Chen Zhengwei's sense of power and high spirits are unforgettable.

These two points diluted the subconscious contempt that people had for Chen Zhengwei because he was too young.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor!" Chen Zhengwei looked at Anthony, the mayor who had worked his way into San Francisco City Hall as a businessman, with a smile.

Well, actually almost all mayors of San Francisco are businessmen.

There was only one mayor before him who was not a mayor. He was a doctor, and he died under unclear circumstances less than three months after taking office.

"The court's decision should have been sent to the municipal government, right?" Chen Zhengwei pulled over a chair and sat opposite the mayor.

Anthony seemed not to notice the action.

"Yes, but I don't know the specific situation yet..." Anthony said perfunctorily.

He did know.

However, the judgment is a judgment, and it will take some time to execute it.

"Now you understand!" Chen Zhengwei snapped his fingers, then took out a cigar and lit it slowly.

"I came here to resolve this matter, not to listen to your perfunctory talk!" Chen Zhengwei had no intention of giving the other party a chance to delay time, nor did he intend to give him face.

"Do you need me to call your deputy in for you?"

Anthony became more and more annoyed at Chen Zhengwei's aggressiveness. This guy was too rampant.

But it just can't break out.

"Or I'll just tell you directly... the court has ruled that you should solve the school problem for Chinese children within one month!"

"In that case, I will find a way to open a school near Chinatown to provide it to Chinese students!" said Anthony.

"Why do you want to vacate a school? Don't you want Chinese children to go to school with white children?" Chen Zhengwei sneered and stared at Anthony.

"After all, there are a lot of things involved, including how many students the school can accommodate and the attitudes of the students' parents... I need to consider all that!" said Anthony.

Chen Zhengwei stared at Anthony for a moment, then laughed and leaned forward: "Look, you've been beating around the bush with me since I came in. Do you have a problem with me? Or do you have a problem with the Chinese?"

"Don't forget, you still have a few months left in your term... After a few months, you will no longer be the mayor! I think you should think carefully about what you should do!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

He had wanted to tell Anthony this for a long time.

Now that everything in San Francisco is settled, he can finally sit here and talk.

Anthony's eyes were twitching. Chen Zhengwei was simply too arrogant.

"What promise do you want me to make?" Anthony said, suppressing his anger.

"We are going to build an elementary school near Chinatown and North Beach. I will be responsible for finding a location and the city government will provide the funding. I asked someone and they said that including the land and construction costs, it would only cost $100,000!" Chen Zhengwei said lightly.

He plans to open the school near Chinatown and North Beach, and the students will not only be Chinese children, but also children of European ethnicities such as Germans and Italians.

If you want to develop in the United States for a long time, you not only have to rely on the Chinese, but also need to tie other ethnic groups together.

"This is a huge sum of money! With the current funds of the city government, it is difficult to allocate such a large sum of money. And this is not something I can decide. It must be approved by the city council!"

"Then you convene a city council! Propose a bill, have them pass it, and then sign your name!"

“I just want to see the results!”

"I don't want it to take too long! I think three days should be enough?" Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows as if he was giving an ultimatum.

"By the way, I know a construction company. I trust their capabilities and I think it's a good choice to let them build the school!"

After Chen Zhengwei finished speaking, he picked up his hat and left.

After walking out of the office, Chen Zhengwei had a sarcastic smile on his face.

mayor?

mayor!

He also had to go back and start a construction company.

After Chen Zhengwei left, Anthony smashed the cup to the ground, his expression ferocious, and he kept gasping for breath.

Who does that Chinaman think he is?

(End of this chapter)