The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 694 What you mean is... I'm talking nonsense?
As the conversation was drawing to a close, Blind Zhong found an opportunity to ask:
"Mr. Chen, what can I do for you?"

"What can you do for me?" Chen Zhengwei smiled and said, "I have hundreds of thousands of men under my command. I have warships, cannons, and rifles. Even the foreigners want to buy guns from me!"

"What can your little tricks do for me?"

“Even Hong Kong is of no importance to me.”

"In Hong Kong, the people who are bullied by foreigners are all Chinese. I am also Chinese, so I am helping you. If you can hold your heads up high here, I will also be proud! Otherwise, when you go out, people will say that people with yellow skin are coolies and slaves... If a store puts up a sign saying Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter, I will also feel ashamed."

"I went to a French restaurant in San Francisco, but they wouldn't let me in! Why? Because the Chinese in San Francisco are not up to standard!"

"Do you know what I think?"

“I thought at the time that no place in the United States would dare to stop me from entering!”

"Now I can go into the White House anytime I want!"

"So I help you because you are looked down upon and I am fucking ashamed too!" Chen Zhengwei's voice was very calm. After all, no one dared to say this to him now.

But Blind Zhong's blood boiled after hearing this.

After all, he could feel this inequality every moment, and it hurt him every moment.

Blind Zhong bowed deeply towards Chen Zhengwei.

"Okay, you just need to work harder on yourselves in the future. That's better than anything else!" Chen Zhengwei said casually.

"Boss, I've also heard that Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter. In the Shanghai Concession, the foreigners built a park and set these rules." Chen Fenglu said on the side.

"In Shanghai?" Chen Zhengwei was stunned.

Already have it now?

He just had the impression that this happened, and he thought it was the Japanese who killed him decades later.

"Yes, it has been more than ten years! It is said that the fourth rule of the park is that dogs are not allowed to enter, and the fifth rule is that Chinese are not allowed to enter."

"Let someone check who made this rule!" said Chen Zhengwei.

"Boss, it might be faster for the American minister to investigate this matter. The concessions in Shanghai were originally managed by the British and Americans, and later the French were added," Chen Fenglu reminded.

"I understand! Is there such a situation in Hong Kong?" Chen Zhengwei nodded slightly.

"There are some, for example, Chinese are not allowed to enter the park during certain hours, the Hong Kong Club and the Royal Yacht Club do not allow Chinese to join, and the Peak District does not allow Chinese to buy land to live in. But we have not been affected much!" said Chen Fenglu.

In fact, if Chen Fenglu wants to join either the Hong Kong Club or the Royal Yacht Club, there is no problem.

He is an American after all.

But he was an outlier in those places and didn't like to get in.

"Give me a list of names, including their responsible persons." Chen Zhengwei grinned.

He felt a little restless in his heart, it seemed that he could have some fun in Hong Kong.

Originally, he was embarrassed to cause any trouble in Hong Kong because of that stupid bird.

Now I have an excuse.

After Chen Fenglu took Blind Zhong away, he said to Li Xiwen: "Did you hear what happened just now? Send a telegram to the American minister and ask him to find out for me!"

……

As soon as Blind Zhong left the hotel and walked down a street, he was surrounded by several thugs.

"Brother Zhong, did you see it? How was it?"

"Great!" Blind Zhong thought for a long time and then smacked his lips.

"What a powerful method?"

"No wonder he's called Chen Lao Hu. Being in the same room with him is like being locked in a cage with a tiger. My calves were still shaking when I came out!"

"Is it really that powerful?" The other thugs laughed.

"You'll know when you get a chance to see it later."

"And his vision! I asked him what we could do to help him. Guess what he said?"

"Brother Zhong, what did you say? Stop keeping us in suspense!"

"I am Chinese, and you are also Chinese. If you don't do well, I will also lose face! They put up a sign at the door saying Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter. They are discriminating against you, but I am also ashamed! So I am willing to help you! Because we are all Chinese!" Blind Zhong said as he recalled.

He admires Chen Zhengwei from the bottom of his heart!
Whether it is the momentum, the posture of the other person when speaking, or the content of his speech.

"Then can we walk sideways from now on?" Ma Zai said excitedly.

"They help us, so that you can act arrogantly? They help us so that we can unite the Chinese people, negotiate with the British, and improve the status of the Chinese people!" Blind Zhong scolded the man in a bad mood.

……

In the evening, Chen Zhengwei and Lin Changning came out of the hotel and went to the Governor's Mansion to attend a banquet.

It was drizzling outside, and the rain was falling on the brick surface at the hotel entrance.

Two thugs held up umbrellas behind him.

Chen Zhengwei was about to go out when a young man with wet hair, wearing a gentleman's suit and obviously of foreign descent, ran over quickly.

"What are you doing?" Several thugs' faces turned cold and they took out their guns.

"Mr. Chen! Mrs. Chen! The floor is not clean!" The young man spoke fluent Cantonese and took off his coat and spread it on the brick floor in front of the carriage.

The young man looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old. The fabric and workmanship of his clothes were not very good, but they were neat. He was not wearing a hat and had a braid.

"This is the first time I see a foreigner with braids!" Chen Zhengwei glanced at him and smiled at Lin Changning.

"Mr. Chen, I am Chinese!" the young man straightened up and said.

"Oh?" Chen Zhengwei looked him up and down. Although the other person looked like a foreigner, he had obvious mixed-race characteristics.

"Let Chen Fenglu arrange a job for him!" Chen Zhengwei instructed Li Xiwen, then got into the carriage with Lin Changning.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen... My name is Ho Tung. I resigned from the Guangzhou Customs and rushed to Hong Kong!" the young man said quickly!

"You wait here first! Someone will come to arrange for you in a while!" Li Xiwen smiled at the other party, then got on the carriage behind. After a while, several carriages left the hotel and headed for the Governor's Mansion.

He Dong watched the carriage leave, waved his fist on the spot, and looked somewhat excited.

He grew up in Guangzhou. When he was 16 years old, his mother arranged for him to work at Guangzhou Customs. After seeing Chen Zhengwei and others land at the customs a few days ago, he didn't want to continue working at the customs.

And I’ve learned almost the same thing at the customs.

So he returned to Hong Kong and wanted to find a job in a foreign company.

While asking around, I learned that Chen Zhengwei also had a company here, so I wanted to look for Chen Fenglu, but I didn't see him.

Later, Chen Zhengwei came to Hong Kong. When he heard about it, he rushed to the hotel entrance and waited, hoping to get a chance.

"It's quite interesting!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile in the carriage.

"That's pretty clever!" Lin Changning thought for a moment and said.

"But there are many clever ones! Who among those around me is not clever?"

Chen Zhengwei thought about it and thought, damn, the people around him are really not very smart.

Anyone who is a little smart and capable will be given a chance and sent out.

After a few jokes, Chen Zhengwei put the matter aside. Every day, people from San Francisco to Washington lined up to curry favor with him. He was just a small figure.

At this time, the Governor's Mansion was brightly lit, and Hong Kong's leading figures were chatting here.

Wu Tingfang chatted familiarly with several congressmen, turned around and saw Huang Yuntang and others gathered together, so he said goodbye to those congressmen and came over to them.

Although these people were invited to the banquet, the only one who actually had some status in Hong Kong was Wu Tingfang. He was a Justice of the Peace conferred by the previous governor and a recommended member of the Legislative Council.

He was the first Chinese to participate in British politics.

The remaining few people were called by the governor to make up the numbers, and those British wealthy businessmen also excluded them.

"Mr. Chen, what do you think?" Liang An, the chairman of the Po Leung Kuk, asked.

"He is a hero of his generation, but he is easily broken if he is too strong!" Huang Yuntang said softly. In fact, what he said was very restrained.

Just look at Chen Zhengwei's attitude at the port today. He is arrogant and doesn't take other people seriously at all. Acting like this will naturally sow the seeds of disaster.

Moreover, he offended too many people, from the United States to Europe to the Qing Dynasty.

There are too many people watching him in secret. It is easy to dodge an open attack, but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark.

Although he looks prosperous now, it only takes a moment for him to collapse.

Those foreigners will not stand for a Chinese person showing off in the Western world.

The others thought about it and didn't say much.

Pretty much the same idea as theirs.

"I hope that Mr. Chen can continue to be successful!" Wu Tingfang sighed.

"How to say?"

"It is so difficult for us Chinese to make a living in these foreigners' territories... Having such a person will naturally boost our national self-confidence and prevent foreigners from looking down on us. No matter what, it will be good for us Chinese!" Wu Tingfang said.

While everyone was chatting, Chen Zhengwei and Lin Changning got off the carriage and were welcomed in. Governor Henry Blake came over to greet them.

"Welcome, Mr. Chen, Mrs. Chen! At today's banquet, everyone is very interested in Mr. Chen's experience!"

Then they welcomed the two into the banquet hall, and everyone in the hall suddenly became quiet.

"This is the protagonist of today's banquet, Mr. Chen from San Francisco! And Mrs. Chen!"

"Even if you have never seen Mr. Chen before, you must have heard of him. People who have not heard of him will not appear in this hall." Governor Henry Blake said with a smile.

The words cleverly elevated Chen Zhengwei and also showed that everyone in the venue was a person of status and well-informed.

Because people who are not well-informed cannot accomplish great things, let alone become a rich man.

"Both smokeless gunpowder and penicillin were invented by Mr. Chen! Nowadays in Europe, every rich person has some penicillin at home, and it is in great demand!"

There was thunderous applause in the banquet hall.

"Mr. Governor held a banquet to welcome me, I should thank you!" Chen Zhengwei smiled: "Everyone here should thank you even more!"

The applause gradually died down, and everyone was curious about what Chen Zhengwei wanted to say.

"Because it gives you a chance to get to know me!"

As soon as Chen Zhengwei finished speaking, some people frowned secretly, including Wu Tingfang and others.

Too arrogant.

"Of course, we should all thank Governor Blake!" Chen Zhengwei changed the subject, picked up the wine glass and said with a smile, his eyes sweeping across the scene.

"Thank you, Mr. Governor!" Everyone smiled again and picked up their wine glasses.

But this time the smile was somewhat perfunctory.

Some people even found that the wine glass was empty when they were about to pick it up.

"You all smile so perfunctorily. It seems that you don't like the Governor very much!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"Of course not! Mr. Blake has brought prosperity here!" everyone said immediately.

"That person didn't even take the wine glass. It seems he is very dissatisfied with the Governor!" Chen Zhengwei looked at another person. He was the only one empty-handed.

"This is a misunderstanding! I actually respect the Governor very much!" The businessman forced a smile, looked around, saw a wine glass not far away, and walked over to pick it up.

"So you are dissatisfied with me?" Chen Zhengwei asked back.

"I just arrived in Hong Kong. I have never dealt with you and I don't have any grudges against you! So why are you dissatisfied with me?" Chen Zhengwei's smile gradually became dangerous.

"Mr. Chen, this is a misunderstanding. He is standing in the wrong place!" Henry Blake spoke up to smooth things over.

He had already realized that Chen Zhengwei was taking advantage of the situation to cause trouble.

This reminded him of the bird's mumblings on the dock.

As we all know, parrots can only mimic speech.

"Mr. Governor said it was a misunderstanding, so it must be a misunderstanding!" Chen Zhengwei laughed, then stopped smiling and looked at Governor Blake and said, "Are you saying... I was talking nonsense just now?"

Henry Blake's body tensed up instantly, and there was a gloom in his eyes.

He specially arranged a banquet to welcome Chen Zhengwei, but Chen Zhengwei seemed to be looking for trouble.

"Mr. Chen, I think we should enjoy this banquet, don't we?" Henry Blake smiled again. "After all, this is prepared for you and Mrs. Chen! Every guest here has heard about your deeds! Amazing achievements!"

"Hahaha, you're right!" Chen Zhengwei laughed and threw the matter aside.

Only then did the other guests breathe a sigh of relief.

Chen Zhengwei's attitude just now really made them suspect that Chen Zhengwei would suddenly start a fight.

"By the way, I want to open a bank in Hong Kong. Are there any difficulties in obtaining approval?" Chen Zhengwei put his arm around Henry Blake's shoulder and walked aside.

"Mr. Chen, you need to submit a business plan, financial statements, and risk management to go through the relevant procedures..."

"I don't have any of these, and I'm not going to submit them. What do you think?" Chen Zhengwei's hands grasped Henry Blake's shoulders tightly like an iron hoop.

"Maybe we should talk about it after the banquet! After all, the guests here are waiting!"

"Just now I said he had something against me, and you said I was talking nonsense!"

"Mr. Governor, are you still making excuses for such a trivial matter as just a word?" Chen Zhengwei's hand had changed from resting on his shoulder to grabbing the back of Henry Blake's head.

Henry Blake's hair suddenly stood on end, and he felt as if there was a volcano next to him that could erupt at any time.

The other guests had been paying attention to the two people whispering. After all, the banquet hadn't officially started yet, and Chen Zhengwei pulled the governor aside to talk, which made people feel very strange.

Then Chen Zhengwei was seen grabbing the back of Henry Blake's head, as if he would smash the governor against the wall at any time.

This made everyone hold their breath.

"There's nothing wrong with your bank! You don't need to submit anything!" Henry Blake whispered quickly.

Chen Zhengwei burst into laughter, put his hand on Henry Blake's shoulder again, and walked towards the crowd with him, laughing loudly:

"The party can begin!"

“Where’s the music?”

　I have been half asleep and half awake during the day and am in a very bad state. I will write one chapter today, 4200 words.

　　
　
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