America 1869: A Doppelganger Every Day

Chapter 22 Li Changsheng Became Famous

Li Changsheng became famous.

It became famous throughout America.

Previously, Li Changsheng was merely a figure who was talked about in casual conversation as an inventor of the fountain pen from the East.

He was just an Eastern writer who wrote one novel.

But things are completely different now.

Li Changsheng established a Chinese weekly newspaper.

A report by Li Changsheng in the Chinese American Weekly directly changed the status of Chinese people in the United States.

It is reported that within a week of the new naturalization law being introduced, tens of thousands of Chinese people have acquired American citizenship.

Among these tens of thousands of Chinese, some own their own homes in the United States and automatically acquire American citizenship.

Another group bought houses in the United States with their own money and obtained American citizenship.

Most of them are business owners or shopkeepers.

The majority of the remaining people were ordinary Chinese laborers.

They established the Chinese Laborers Association, elected Li Changsheng as its president, and sent several representatives to contact him.

At Li Changsheng's suggestion, they chose to collectively develop the contiguous land.

At the same time, after obtaining the land and their identities, they immediately went to the consulate on Li Changsheng's advice and found the pressure immense.

They asked Alexander to help contact their families back home, and each of them carried a letter to their families telling them that they owned thousands of acres of land in America and that their families could come and cultivate it.

Although the remaining people were still hesitant, the Chinese people's longing for the land since ancient times made some of them grit their teeth and cut their hair every day.

They couldn't accept it before it was cut.

But after they got their hair cut, they didn't think it was a big deal.

No matter how much money they make, they can't possibly own thousands of acres of land back in China, but they can own thousands of acres of land on the other side of the ocean.

They are just waiting for their family to come so they can live a good life.

The Chinese people in the initial branch of Grand Farm also all owned their own land.

In the future, there will be more and more Chinese people with citizenship on this land.

Li Changsheng, this tiny butterfly, has only now truly changed history by a small margin.

However, Li Changsheng also took this opportunity to leave more than a dozen Chinese clones on the west coast of the United States.

These dozen or so Chinese clones will become the leaders of all Chinese people with American citizenship.

Some of them became farmers, and some became businessmen.

Under Li Changsheng's arrangement, they firmly controlled the Chinese people.

Of course, Li Changsheng wasn't doing this for charity.

The Chinese Farmers Alliance allows him to acquire various supplies produced from Chinese farms and earn the price difference.

Chambers of commerce can leverage their ability to gather information through their own networks to benefit businesspeople while also securing their own profits.

Furthermore, Li Changsheng, as the president of the Chinese Workers Association, arranged for his own doppelganger to become the vice president.

They not only protected basic rights for workers near San Francisco, but also established their own factories.

Li Changsheng's pen parts factory and bicycle parts factory have both begun construction.

With its own advantages, it is definitely able to secure orders.

Making money is inevitable.

He also provided jobs for many poor laborers, enabling them to earn enough money to become American citizens.

It can be said that Li Changsheng has used his clones to control most of the Chinese in the United States.

The existing Chinese influence collapsed one after another.

It was completely replaced by Li Changsheng's Farm Owners Alliance Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Laborers Association.

Most importantly, all three associations representing the Chinese community have Li Changsheng as their president.

Li Changsheng became the leader of the Chinese Farmers Alliance, the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and the president of the Chinese Workers Association.

There were already some people who made a living through prostitution, gambling, and drugs, so Li Changsheng naturally wouldn't take the initiative to do these things as a Chinese person.

Now that the Chinese community in America has largely taken control, it is imperative to change the current situation for the Chinese community.

It's best to avoid contact with these things if possible, and leave them to others.

So he separated some Irishmen and other white people and had them organize white people to seize these territories.

There was even a connection between Alexander and the Qing Empire, which allowed him to easily obtain large quantities of opium from the Qing Empire at the lowest possible price.

It was difficult and costly for the Chinese to smuggle opium in, so it wouldn't be long before these Chinese who made a living from gambling, prostitution, and drugs would lose their opportunity to earn money.

They either have to go elsewhere to make money, or they have to give up their current industry.

If Chinese people want to establish themselves in this land in the future, it's best to avoid things that damage their reputation.

As for avoiding gambling, prostitution, and drugs, that's impossible.

These are profitable industries in America.

The Chinese clones are ignored, but the white clones are perfectly acceptable.

In this way, several of Li Changsheng's white clones became rich through opium.

Once a certain foundation is established, Li Changsheng's clone can escape poverty and become wealthy in the shortest possible time.

The Chinese population in San Francisco and even throughout California has been largely brought under control, but there are still some Chinese communities across the United States that are not yet under control, and it will take some time for these people to be brought under control.

However, none of this concerns Li Changsheng anymore.

Li Changsheng had already laid a solid foundation for his students, and he believed that with the cooperation of his clones, they could accomplish everything.

As for how far they can go, Li Changsheng doesn't care. Unless these clones ask him for help one day, Li Changsheng doesn't intend to get involved in the affairs of the Chinese.

For Li Changsheng, the most important thing right now is the second issue of the Huamei Daily.

Besides the huge sensation caused by the first page of the first issue of the Chinese American Daily, the following two pages also received considerable popularity.

The second edition reprinted Li Changsheng's novel "The Little Dwarfs," but only half of the pages were used for it. The other half of the pages were dedicated to the translation of Journey to the West by Alexander's alter ego.

In the third edition, Li Changsheng defined it as "Weekly China".

Here, Li Changsheng focuses on introducing China.

However, because the news on the front page was so sensational, the impact of this third edition was not significant.

However, Li Changsheng believed that with the popularity of the Chinese American Weekly, it would not be long before it changed the impression of China among Americans and even people around the world.

And then comes the release of the second installment.

The reason the newspaper was only released to the public this year is because we were preparing in advance.

Li Changsheng made many preparations in order to become famous overnight.

The new naturalization law, which allows Chinese Americans to become citizens of the United States, can only be considered an unexpected surprise.

He understood very well that if the fundamental issue of anti-Chinese sentiment wasn't addressed, it would inevitably intensify again as more and more immigrants arrived.

Therefore, this second phase is designed to better address this issue.

This time, Wang Qingfu stayed at the newspaper office with Li Changsheng.

"Chang Sheng, do you think your plan can succeed?"

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