The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 218 No One Dares to Swallow My Things
Zhan Tianyou, Ouyang Geng and others were all surprised after hearing this.

"Who is your boss? Where is he?"

"Our boss's surname is Chen. He heard that you are studying in the United States, so he wanted to meet you classmates. He specifically asked us to invite you over." The young man said with a smile.

"He's in San Francisco. If we leave at night, we'll still have time to get there!"

Zhan Tianyou took out the letter, read it quickly, and said happily: "It's a letter from my uncle. I didn't expect him to come to the United States."

Then he turned to the others and said, "There are tens of thousands of Chinese people in San Francisco's Chinatown. It's better than spending the holiday alone here. It's also a good opportunity to see the customs of the West."

Then he asked, “How long does it take to get from New York to San Francisco?”

"If everything goes well, it will arrive in four and a half days."

It takes half a day to get from New Haven to New York, so if you leave immediately, it will be just in time.

"Forget it. I bought a few books this month and my living expenses are not enough!" Cai Shaoji next to him said with some regret.

"Our boss has arranged all the expenses along the way! Our boss said that as long as you all go, we will naturally arrange everything along the way." The young man immediately made a warm invitation.

"If you have other classmates, why not invite them along as well?"

After discussing it, they were all excited and decided to go to San Francisco together.

"Since we are going, let's go together. Go and call Huang Kaijia, Zhong Wenyao and the others!"

After a while, the three Germans came over and gathered together.

"Them too?" Zhan Tianyou and others were even more surprised.

"Our boss was worried that the journey would be inconvenient, so he arranged a few Germans!" the young man said in Cantonese.

"It seems that your boss' business is very big!" Ouyang Geng exclaimed. Not only did he arrange for someone to pick them up, but in order to prevent any trouble along the way, he also arranged for a few Germans.

It can be seen that he is thoughtful in his work and has a considerable business.

"I read in the newspaper that people in San Francisco are very hostile to Chinese people. What is the situation?" Cai Shaoji asked.

Most of them used to live in New York, where there were often newspapers mocking the Chinese, but many of them were reprinted from San Francisco.

And there's the Page Act, which they all know about.

"Maybe there was in the past, but not now!" The young man spoke with full confidence.

"What do you mean?" Several people suddenly became curious.

"We'll talk about it on the way. Everyone, call the other students first!"

After a while, everyone realized that there were not five people coming, but seven people.

Three Chinese and four Germans.

"There shouldn't be anyone else, right?" several people couldn't help but ask.

"There are only a few of us here this time!"

"It's already too good to refuse such a kind invitation!" Ouyang Geng sighed, and sent seven people across the United States to invite them to celebrate the New Year.

It also made them quite curious about Boss Chen.

A little later, two more students arrived.

A total of seven people went to San Francisco to celebrate the New Year.

The group first arrived in New York, then waited for half a day before boarding a train to the West.

Along the way, everyone had nothing to do and was curious about the news about Chen Zhengwei and San Francisco.

"The Chinese in San Francisco did not have a good life! Those gangs and associations bullied their own people, and the Chinese were all scattered. There were casinos and opium dens everywhere in Chinatown..."

Everyone knows the harm of opium dens, especially Cai Shaoji, who talked about the opium trade in his high school graduation speech.

"Later, Brother Wei got off the boat and gathered a group of brothers. They beat up those gangs and then fought against the foreigners. Now the Poles and Germans in San Francisco are also helping Brother Wei!"

Originally he didn't intend to say this for fear of scaring the students.

But when it comes to happy things, a few people become very excited, and then the truth is revealed.

"The foreigners dared to deduct the Chinese's wages. Brother Wei brought his men to their doorsteps and hanged them all!"

"That scene, wow, the whole room was full of people hanging!"

"Later, those foreigners didn't dare to deduct Chinese workers' wages!"

Everyone looked at each other in surprise, because Mr. Chen was actually a gang leader.

But now that we are on the train, we might as well make the best of it.

Huang Kaijia, on the other hand, was listening with great joy: "Heroes have always come from the grassroots, and classics have always come from the people, because it is easy for children from poor families to grow up, but difficult for students from rich families to become adults."

"Anyone can say this, but Dounan shouldn't say it!" The others laughed.

"Zhao Ting can't tell either!"

Huang Kaijia's uncle was a Taotai, his grandfather was a second-class Jinshi during the Daoguang period and served as a county magistrate, and his father was a translator for the court.

If we talk about rich kids, he is one of them.

Ouyang Geng is one of them. His father worked in the customs, and his cousin Ouyang Ming was the governor of Zhili Prefecture.

"In other words, Mr. Chen has been in the United States for less than half a year?"

Cai Shaoji asked.

"The ship will leave in August!" the young man laughed.

"In less than half a year, a lot has been accomplished!" Cai Shaoji exclaimed. He was quite impressed with Chen Zhengwei's closure of the opium den, but he also felt that the strategy would not last long.

Later, during the casual chat, I learned that Chen Zhengwei had set up a school in Chinatown where both adults and children could study for free. My opinion of the school changed drastically.

I think Chen Zhengwei's methods are drastic, but he also has a long-term vision.

Different from those grassroots heroes.

He was looking forward to arriving in San Francisco as soon as possible, as he really wanted to meet Chen Zhengwei.

……

"Ma'am, the murderer has been caught!" At Charles de Young's home, an agent knocked on the door and took off his hat and said.

Charles's wife gently covered her mouth, and then her eyes turned red.

After such a long time, the murderer was finally caught.

"I'm sorry about what happened to Mr. Charles. The criminal will definitely receive the most severe punishment!" said the agent.

"This news...really...really..." Charles' wife was a little incoherent, not knowing how to express herself. After a moment, she took a deep breath and said, "Why did they do this? Can I meet them?" The agent hesitated and said, "Yes, but it will be later!"

I have to go back and make arrangements.

"It's okay, thank you so much for this!" Charles' wife thanked them repeatedly.

Catching the criminals and sending them to the gallows was her obsession.

Then she would sell the newspaper, leave the city and move to New York.

A little later, someone came to inform Charles' wife that she could go to see the criminal.

Mrs. Charles was then taken to the interrogation room in the investigation bureau. The man sitting inside was a blond German who looked very rude, with a fierce look in his eyes even as he was sitting there.

It fits her imagination of the criminal.

"I want to know... why you did that, Charles is such a good person... he never offends anyone!" Charles' wife asked with red eyes.

"Our boss wanted to buy his newspaper! But he refused. Our boss felt insulted and he was very angry." The other party said nonchalantly.

"Don't you have any guilt at all?" Seeing his attitude, Charles' wife felt angry.

"Don't talk so righteously. Charles hired a gunman to kill his opponent because he had an argument with someone in the newspaper... Did he ever feel guilty?" The criminal sneered.

"Impossible..." Charles's wife flatly denied.

"Charles knows it best! No one is cleaner than anyone else!" the other party sneered.

Charles's wife recalled the rumors that had been widely spread, but Charles always said that it was slander against him.

She had thought so before, but when she saw how confident the other party was, she became uncertain.

Then he changed the subject: "Who is your boss?"

"Otto." The other party did not hide it.

Charles's wife left after a moment and found Michael: "Where is the Otto that person mentioned?"

"Otto is dead. He died in a gang conflict a few days ago! He was even reported in the newspaper!" Michael flipped out a newspaper and threw it to her.

After reading it, Charles' wife didn't know what to feel, perhaps even worse than when she came.

"Will he be hanged?" asked Charles's wife.

"Of course!"

"Thank you!" Only then did she feel relieved and left.

Not long after she left, the German man swaggered out of the investigation bureau.

There were two Irishmen in the cell.

Two days later, the two Irishmen committed suicide out of fear of crime.

Michael thought Chen Zhengwei said something that made a lot of sense.

As long as the person is executed first and then tried, there will be no wrongful convictions.

……

"Boss! The inheritance has been completed!" Lawyer Brett came to Chen Zhengwei with a stack of supporting documents in his hand.

He recently set up a law firm and hired three lawyers.

The office is located on Connee Street, on the edge of Chinatown.

This is a great location in the city center, close to the financial district.

Chen Zhengwei took the document, looked through it, and then put it aside.

"Ask someone to come again tomorrow and bring the money to sign a contract!" Chen Zhengwei told him about the San Francisco Chronicle.

After the murderer was caught, Charles' wife agreed to let George buy the newspaper.

"Do I need to sign an additional holding contract?" Brett asked.

"No need, no one dares to swallow my things!" Chen Zhengwei waved his hand nonchalantly, letting George hold the shares on his behalf only temporarily.

He still had a small stake in the San Francisco Examiner. After the election, when the restrictions on Chinese in San Francisco were lifted, he planned to set up a newspaper company and then acquire shares of other newspapers and integrate them.

"Besides that, sue the City of San Francisco!"

"There is no school in Chinatown, and other schools refuse to accept Chinese children. This is blatant discrimination! The city government must allocate funds to build schools in Chinatown!"

Chen Zhengwei had long planned to sue the San Francisco city government, so he had built two courtyards as schools.

Why pay for something yourself when the city government can pay for it?

"No problem! Our chance of winning this case is very high!" Brett thought for a moment and said with a smile on his face.

In this matter, the San Francisco City Government was originally in the wrong, and no one in Chinatown cared about this matter before.

If I really sue, I will most likely win.

If Chen Zhengwei is willing to spend some money to bribe the jurors, he will definitely win the case.

For him, suing the city government and winning the case is also a quick way to make his law firm famous!
……

The next morning, Brett went to the newspaper office with 30,000 dollars, and then Charles's wife signed her name.

The newspaper also officially changed its owner.

At noon, Brett and George came to Chinatown to meet Chen Zhengwei, had a meal, and talked about some things about the newspaper.

In the afternoon, Chen Zhengwei took Brett and James Cook's nephew to the Bank of California.

Chen Zhengwei planned to see with his own eyes what was in the safe.

After saying hello to Anna, he took people to Noel's office.

　Huang Kaijia assisted in the establishment of the Westernization Office and later became an important figure in the Westernization Movement and a diplomat.

　　Ouyang Geng, diplomat.

　　There is no need to mention Zhan Tianyou.

　　Cai Shaoji, one of the founders of Beiyang University. (now Tianjin University)
　　Zhang Kangren, the first Chinese lawyer to practice in the United States.

　　Tan Yaoxun worked at the Chinese Consulate General in New York and died of illness in 1883.

　　Zhong Wenyao served as director of the Railway Administration of the Republic of China.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)