The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 310: Why are you so happy? If you don't know, you might think you stole it.

Chicago...smells of blood and gunpowder, doesn't look like an FBI agent, nor a Pinkerton detective...

Green immediately paid attention to these two people.

But on the surface, he acted as if nothing had happened and continued reading his newspaper.

……

After the Nevada train robbery, the Nevada state government and the U.S. Department of Justice took immediate action.

After all, this case is too big, involving too much money, too many deaths, and the nature of the case is too bad.

"Looks like we have new jobs!" A middle-aged man in gentleman's suit said to his two companions in Sacramento, the capital of California.

"We're going to Nevada now!"

“What about San Francisco?”

"So much time has passed. It doesn't matter if it happened a few days earlier or later. On the contrary, we need to investigate the Nevada train robbery thoroughly. It would be best if we can catch the criminal right away."

The three are agents with the Justice Department's Office of Special Agents.

After all, there are not many people in the Special Agent's Office, most of whom are logistics and office staff, and the number of core special agents is even smaller, only a few dozen.

These three special agents were all that could now be sent west.

Two special agents previously went missing in San Francisco while investigating the murder of Leland Stanford.

At the same time, the Department of Justice also received news that the assassination of George Jones, owner of the New York Times, was likely related to the Chinese gang in San Francisco.

So they were here to investigate these two cases, as well as the Chinese gangs in San Francisco.

However, just after arriving in Sacramento and before setting off for San Francisco, the Nevada train robbery occurred.

"Oh, there's another piece of news. The Bank of California has offered a reward of fifty thousand dollars! Plus the whereabouts of the two and a half million dollars in cash... I think a lot of people will be tempted. For example, the hounds of the Pinkerton Detective Agency..."

Upon hearing the news, the other two special agents immediately threw San Francisco aside.

That's fifty thousand dollars.

Although they have salaries, how much are their salaries?
……

"Wow, so much money was robbed? The Bank of California is in trouble!" Chen Zhengwei put the newspaper on the table with a click of the tongue.

"The Bank of California was robbed? How much money was taken?" Lin Changning asked casually while eating.

"Two and a half million US dollars!" Chen Zhengwei felt that this was a really big number.

"So many?" Lin Changning's hand, which was picking up food, paused.

"Yes, the rails were blown up and the entire train overturned. It is said that there are heavy casualties! Dozens of bank security guards responsible for escorting the money were beaten to death..." Chen Zhengwei said with a beaming eyebrow.

"The United States is such a mess!" Lin Changning couldn't help but sigh.

"This place is even more chaotic than Nanyang!"

"But why are you so happy? Someone who doesn't know would think it was you who did it!" Lin Changning rolled his eyes at him.

"I think I can sell our security business to those banks!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

Besides...thank God for the Bank of California...even William Arlette made him miss him, he was a very good man.

Although it's a bit out of touch with the times.

Next to the two men, Chen Zhenghu was listening to them talking about the big robbery with bright eyes, while Qiao Niang was counting on her fingers to see how much two and a half million was.

"Brother, how many guns can you buy with 2.5 million?" Qiao Niang counted for a long time but gave up reluctantly and looked up to ask for the correct answer.

"Eight hundred thousand!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile. Qiao Niang was indeed talented.

"How much is 800,000?" Qiao Niang continued to ask.

The number was so huge that she had no idea what it was.

"Enough for every person in San Francisco to carry four guns when going out!" said Chen Zhengwei.

"Wouldn't that be very messy?" Qiao Niang brought the subject back.

She could imagine what it would be like to go out with four guns. She would have to walk sideways, otherwise she wouldn't be able to stand out.

……

Just as Chen Zhengwei said, Bank of California was indeed in trouble.

You should know that the assets of the Bank of California are only over tens of millions, and its net assets are only a few million.

This time they had planned to take advantage of the opportunity of those wealthy people moving to the East to open up business markets in the East, but they never expected that the money would be robbed as soon as it left California.

When the news came, the two shareholders fainted.

They then began to take emergency action, putting pressure on the Department of Justice, Nevada, and even the state of California, to find the criminals as soon as possible and recover the losses.

On the other hand, after learning that the Bank of California had lost such a large sum of money, some people immediately ran to the bank to withdraw their money.

In particular, the San Francisco Savings and Loan Association had just almost gone bankrupt due to huge losses and bank runs, and was eventually taken over by the Chinese.

Until now, many people have not been able to withdraw their money.

Many people feared that the Bank of California would go the way of the San Francisco Savings and Loan Association.

So the run on the bank happened. From the morning on, there were queues at the doors of various California banks in San Francisco to withdraw money.

This put a lot of pressure on the California bank, which had just lost more than two million dollars, thanks to some wealthy people who had already gone to the East Coast.

After those wealthy people deposited their money in a California bank, they headed to the East Coast with their families. When they learned that the huge sum of money they were transporting had been robbed, they almost fainted.

He had no choice but to rush to the Bank of California in New York to withdraw money, but the bank's reserves there were not much, and he soon ran out of money.

They could only anxiously take the train back to San Francisco.

……

At the Bank of California headquarters, a group of shareholders are meeting.

"If the run continues, the situation will not be good for us," said a shareholder worriedly.

"Those people are now worried that they won't be able to withdraw their money! Many people now want to withdraw their money and deposit it in other banks!"

"Even if our bank loses this money, it will not go bankrupt. Besides, the money will definitely be recovered, and those criminals will not be able to escape!" Another shareholder looked dissatisfied.

It was because those people were afraid that the Bank of California would go bankrupt that they all rushed to withdraw their money, which eventually pushed the Bank of California to the brink of the cliff.

"Wells Fargo put up a sign at the door this morning saying that they have large reserves in various locations, enough to meet any withdrawal requests. Therefore, there will never be a situation where a large amount of cash is transported and robbed, leading to bankruptcy!" A shareholder spoke angrily about another incident.

Wells Fargo's attack on Bank of California was a heavy blow to the bank.

However, they can only suppress their anger and hurry up to resolve the bank run crisis.

"Our current reserve funds won't last long. We must raise funds as soon as possible and find a way to appease those people outside!" said a major shareholder.

"As long as we can stop those people from panicking, the crisis can be mostly resolved. Then we can borrow some funds and increase our reserves to resolve this crisis. And then we can find a way to get the money back!"

"If we borrow funds, those people will definitely take advantage of the situation..." said a shareholder with a frown.

"In the face of the current crisis, this loss is nothing." Others spoke up immediately.

"Also, how can we appease those people outside?" Then everyone had to face a more troublesome problem.

After all, people tend to follow the crowd, and now more and more people think that there will be problems with the Bank of California, it will not be easy to appease them.

Giving them money is the greatest comfort.

This is also what California banks try to avoid.

"Actually, those peasants are not important. Our bank's reserves are enough to handle their withdrawals. It's mainly the wealthy businessmen...after all, wealth is concentrated in the hands of the rich." A shareholder said, his words full of contempt for the ordinary people outside.

But no one else thought there was anything wrong.

"Since it's difficult to appease them, why not change our idea... How about threatening them?" A shareholder suddenly spoke up, and everyone else's eyes immediately looked over.

"Just don't let them get together to withdraw the money. And we don't need to do this!" The shareholder smiled.

"you mean……?"

"The Chinaman, although he also has a bank, his bank is for the Chinese, and has no competitive relationship with us."

"As long as it's profitable, he won't refuse! And he has always had a good relationship with our bank. If I remember correctly, his mistress works in our bank?"

"And he helped us collect some of our old debts before!"

"This idea is feasible, but the consequences will be serious." The major shareholder was a little hesitant.

If this were done, the bank's reputation would be completely ruined.

"Just let the Chinese go and talk to them. As long as they can withdraw the money later, it will be fine. We will try our best to make up for it later. I believe the impact will not be too great!"

After everyone discussed it, they decided on a plan.

But of course they would not be the ones talking to Chen Zhengwei.

There are better candidates at the bank.

That evening, Noel and Anna came to Chen Zhengwei's club.

"Why, did you miss me?" Chen Zhengwei put his arm around Anna's waist, feeling the soft body in his arms, and said with a smile.

"Of course, I think about you every day! But today Mr. Noel has something to talk to you about, it has nothing to do with me!" Anna directly distanced herself from the matter.

Although the bank's shareholders made a promise to her and asked her to help persuade Chen Zhengwei.

However, she didn't want this incident to affect her relationship with Chen Zhengwei.

"Mr. Chen, you look more and more majestic!" Noel complimented with a smile.

"I always thought I was very kind!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

"You came here specially to see me, it must be something very difficult. Sit down and talk!" Chen Zhengwei invited Noel to sit down. Anna kissed him on the face and sat away.

"Yes, I have something to ask Mr. Chen!" Robert Noel nodded.

"Mr. Chen must know what happened. This time, a sum of money that was being transported from our bank was robbed!"

"You want me to help you find those gangsters? If it was in San Francisco, I could dig them out even if they were in a rat hole with just a word from me. But that's in Nevada!" Chen Zhengwei said playfully.

　Today I restored two chapters of 7000 words.

　　Tried my best.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)