The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 490 has unique skills in finding people

"Charles Chandler...Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University..." Chen Zhengwei looked at the middle-aged man in front of him.

Although he was dressed decently, his mental state was low and he looked haggard.

"That's the past..." Charles Chandler whispered.

He is only 44 years old now, but has been teaching at Columbia University for fourteen years. He is also the founder of the American Chemical Society and is likely to be the next president of the American Chemical Society.

He is also the New York City Department of Health Commissioner.

It can be said that he has a bright future, both in academia and in other areas.

However, within just a few months, a dramatic change took place.

He became addicted to whist (the predecessor of bridge) at a party, and due to his failed stock investments, he fell into a lot of debt and then borrowed a large sum of money to repay his debts.

If that were all, it wouldn't have much impact on him.

But his intimate relationship with his student was exposed, and the female student came forward to accuse him of rape.

Although there was no evidence...it had a huge impact on his reputation, especially since some people were fanning the flames. Not only did parents of students protest at the school gate, but even the students in the school organized a protest, causing Columbia University to temporarily suspend his position.

Because of the incident, he was also suspended from his position as New York City Health Commissioner.

Then he still owed more than 20,000 US dollars in debt, and had no choice but to come to San Francisco.

"It just so happens that I have a research team under me, and I have never been satisfied with their progress!" Chen Zhengwei was very satisfied with the other party's resume. The other party had extensive research in pharmaceutical chemistry and industrial chemistry.

We also have considerable experience in the production of pharmaceuticals and chemical products.

This is the person with the best resume among those Xu Yan has recruited from New York in recent months.

This made Chen Zhengwei very satisfied with Xu Yan's work.

"If you can finish this research, I will give you a generous reward, enough for you to pay off your debts and start over!" Chen Zhengwei smiled.

After he repays his debt, he will incur another debt and continue to work for Chen Zhengwei.

Now that you are here, how can it be so easy to leave?
"What are you researching?" Charles Chandler's eyes brightened and he seemed more excited.

"Penicillin!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

He was always dissatisfied with the progress of penicillin research and development, and he even wanted to hang those researchers.

"what is that?"

"Sign this confidentiality agreement, and then you will know when you arrive at the research institute!" said Chen Zhengwei.

Charles Chandler took the contract, read it, confirmed that there was no problem, and then signed his name on it.

The salary was generous, and there would be a large bonus upon completion of the research, which he desperately needed.

Only after the other party signed the contract did Chen Zhengwei have someone take him to the research institute.

"I hope this guy is as capable as his resume says!" Chen Zhengwei casually stuffed the confidentiality contract into the drawer. This thing was not important at all, it was just for show.

He didn't expect that even though he had already told them that it was penicillin and asked them to extract it from orange peels and grapes, the research progress was still so slow.

All I can say is that the level of technology in this era is indeed limited, and many things are more difficult than he expected.

However, after seeing Charles Chandler's resume, Chen Zhengwei began to seriously consider one thing.

Should there be a university in San Francisco?

San Francisco actually has a college, St. Ignatius College, founded by members of the Society of Jesus.

The courses are all in literature, theology, philosophy, language, mathematics, etc., and the mathematics level is limited.

In addition, there is also a St. Mary's College founded by the Christian Brothers in Auckland, but the course content is similar to that of St. Ignatius College, focusing on liberal arts and theology.

What Chen Zhengwei needs are talents in medicine, engineering, mechanics, chemistry and physics.

So he was considering whether to invest in a university himself, and then poach some professors from other universities to train talents that meet his requirements.

It's called San Francisco Polytechnic Institute.

If you think about it carefully, rebuilding the school in this way will be too slow, it will have no reputation, and it will be difficult to recruit students after it is completed.

It would be better to invest in a private university and move it to San Francisco, or invite some well-known polytechnic universities to establish the San Francisco College, and then turn it into an independent university when the time is right.

Like MIT?

Although MIT was founded only a dozen years ago, it is now the best science and engineering college in the United States.

Inviting them to build a branch school would not only allow us to borrow their name, but also allow them to send professors to teach...

Chen Zhengwei tapped his fingers lightly on the table. With a plan in mind, he said to Li Xiwen, "Send a telegram to Xu Yan and ask him to persuade the board of directors of MIT to invite them to build a branch in San Francisco."

Li Xiwen nodded and left.

More than ten minutes later, Li Xiwen came back in a hurry, his face pale, holding a telegram tightly in his hand, and the veins on the back of his hand were bulging.

"Senior Brother, something happened in Houston!" Li Xiwen said in a low voice.

As he spoke, his expression became even uglier, and it was obvious that the news in the telegram made him angry.

Chen Zhengwei took the telegram casually, glanced at it, and his eyes were fixed on it.

After a moment, Chen Zhengwei crumpled the telegram in his hands and threw it into the trash can. He leaned back in his chair and took out a cigar from the box.

When he lit the cigar, his eyelids drooped, and a fierce look appeared in the gaps between them.

Chen Zhengwei took two puffs of his cigar, exhaled a cloud of smoke, and then said, "Go call Aaron over... and Xiucai and Green!"

After all, he is from Hai Yanrong's family.

Apart from Rong Jiacai, Rong Jiasheng and Rong Jiahong are the two most outstanding people in the Rong family and are quite smart in doing things.

Among them, Rong Jiasheng is older, calm, upright and has a bottom line. I am actually quite optimistic about him.

Rong Jiahong is a smart guy...but I heard that he has been obsessed with art recently.

Moreover, these two people went to the Old Silver Mountain together with Xu Yan and Lin Zhengan.

Now he died in Houston.

He was dragged by horses until his flesh was a bloody mess, and then nailed to a cross and burned to death.

In addition to him, eleven other Chinese thugs were killed. After being killed, they were dragged on the ground by horses all the way to the suburbs. Some of them were dragged to half of their bodies, and they were also hung on the cross and burned.

Twenty of Schultz's Germans were also killed.

In addition, nine submachine guns were lost...

Chen Zhengwei didn't care about the submachine gun. If you want to research it, you can always do it.

The key point is the bullet. Current technology cannot reverse-engineer the formula of smokeless gunpowder.

So the impact is not significant.

Rong Jiasheng could also not care. They are all risking their lives for wealth and fame. A general's success is built on the bones of thousands of soldiers. How can there be no deaths when going out to do things?
If you die, blame yourself for not being careful enough and blame yourself for having a bad luck.

But if someone dares to attack me... I will never let him go, especially with such cruel means.

He became soft-hearted after he converted to religion, right? After more than ten minutes, Rong Jiacai arrived.

His expression was equally grim.

When he arrived, he knew what was happening.

They are from the same village and grew up together. How could he not feel emotional?
Moreover, among the people brought by Rong Jiasheng, there were several people from the Rong family.

Even though he usually looked weak and timid, he was almost furious at this moment, and kept clenching his fists.

Chen Zhengwei was sitting behind the table smoking a cigar. After a while, he felt uncomfortable smoking the cigar, so he put it out and then took out a box of cigarettes and lit it.

Feeling the irritation of the smoke in his lungs, Chen Zhengwei finally felt a little better.

Ten minutes later, Green and Aaron came hurriedly over.

Aaron came in and asked, "Brother Wei, is there an accident?"

"Something happened in Houston! Rong Jiasheng and his men were killed, and many of Schultz's men were also killed or injured." Chen Zhengwei said calmly after exhaling a puff of smoke.

Then he smiled, put out his cigarette and lit another one: "I didn't expect there are people who are so brave and dare to touch my people!"

"There are still too few deaths!" Chen Zhengwei's smile was full of blood and cruelty.

"Ah Sheng is dead?" When Ah Long heard this, his face suddenly changed color, and a surge of anger surged from the bottom of his heart: "Brother Wei, who did it? I'll take people to kill his whole family!"

"I'll go there myself!" Chen Zhengwei said while smoking.

I was still considering whether to go to the Republican National Convention.

Don't think about it now.

He is very angry now and the consequences are serious.

"Brother Wei, just let A'long go for this matter. There's no need for you to go there in person!" Rong Jiacai finally spoke.

Chen Zhengwei waved his hand: "I will go there in person just to see how brave they are! Are they all brave in their heads?"

"Besides, the situation over there is complicated. Those KKK members are hiding among ordinary white people. You can't handle it!"

"Then kill them all!" Aaron said coldly.

"Kill all the white people in the entire state? Then the U.S. government will have no choice but to fight you to the death!" Chen Zhengwei glanced at him.

You should know that Texas has a population of 159 million, of which white people account for 75%, or nearly 120 million.

Galveston, the largest city in Texas, has fewer than 3 people, while Houston has fewer than 2.

90% of the population lived in the countryside, and the KKK's main activities were also in the countryside. Many farmers supported them and used them to intimidate African-American workers.

Therefore, the environment there is very complicated, and it is not easy to find those KKK members.

Of course, Chen Zhengwei has unique skills in finding people.

"Do you think it's Houston? Half a month ago, the local KKK was defeated, and only a few remnants are left. They don't have the strength to do such a thing. There must be someone else involved!"

"Aaron, transfer 2000 people from the farm and divide them into several routes to Houston the day after tomorrow. Bring all the weapons with you, including the mortars."

"Brother Wei, what about you?" Aaron asked.

"Green, bring your men with me!" Chen Zhengwei said.

Green just needs to take a dozen people with him.

No one expected him to suddenly go to Texas, with few people and without attracting any attention.

California is in the southwest of the United States, and Texas is in the southern United States, with only two states in between.

First take a boat to Los Angeles, and then take a train from Los Angeles to Houston, which only takes two to two and a half days.

"That's how it is, just know it!"

"During the recent navy training, let them go a little further, to Oregon and Washington State (not Washington DC), and say hello to them!" Chen Zhengwei said again.

He estimated that he would do a lot of things in Texas this time.

Sending the fleet to visit these two states could help the US government calm down.

"Xiwen, send a telegram to Greater Poland and ask him to go to Philadelphia on my behalf to talk to the major candidates and observe their propositions and tendencies." Chen Zhengwei said again.

A total of 755 delegates attended the Republican Convention, of which only 16 were from California. There were 40 delegates from Chicago and New York City combined, of which only more than 20 were those he could influence. Together with the California delegates, he could only influence about 40 people.

Therefore, it will be difficult for him to directly influence the outcome of this Republican convention.

However, you can first understand the inclinations of those candidates, and then if you are not satisfied with the selected candidate, you can get rid of him first.

Killing a candidate will have much less impact than killing a president.

"Go and inform Ah You to throw those people into jail, so that they won't cause any trouble when I'm not around."

Chen Zhengwei was referring to the people the FBI sent to San Francisco.

Now that I'm going to Houston, I'll deal with these people first, throw them in with some random crime, and then release them after some time.

After arranging some things, Chen Zhengwei signaled to others that they could leave.

Chen Zhengwei stood up and stood in front of the window looking at San Francisco below. He finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, then turned and walked towards the bedroom and opened the safe that took up half of the wall in the bedroom.

There were stacks of US dollars and gold inside.

As Chen Zhengwei's hand passed over the stacks of US dollars, a large amount of US dollars disappeared.

Chen Zhengwei felt that throwing money into the system was actually quite tiring.

I kept throwing 400 million into the system, which was enough to use up the remaining 8 single-draw opportunities.

Then we have to wait until the end of the year to draw the lottery again.

Then Chen Zhengwei closed the safe, took out the statue of the Queen from the system space and placed it on the cabinet, then lit three cigars and placed them in front of the Queen.

"This can be considered a major upgrade!" Chen Zhengwei bowed to the statue of the Queen of Heaven. He has always been a devout believer in Mazu.

Then he picked up the cross hanging on his chest and kissed it.

Then he sat on the sofa and opened the system panel. He saw that every square on the roulette wheel was as dark blue as the night sky, with twinkling stars.

"lottery!"

As the color of the edge of the roulette wheel changed, a golden light appeared on the edge of a grid.

"Blueprint?" Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows. Golden light appeared on the edge of the grid. It was either a master-level skill point or a blueprint.

Then a golden master-level skill point emerged.

"Mazu likes to joke so much!" Chen Zhengwei said somewhat angrily.

　Adjust your work and rest schedule and update in advance.

　　Also, starting from tomorrow, I will be away for about a week.

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(End of this chapter)