North America 1849, from Gold Rush to Warlord

Chapter 24 City Cleanup Plan
"So, Mr. Mayor, what do you want from me?"

"hiss……!"

Cameron took another deep drag on his cigar and blew out thick smoke rings.

"Don't worry, I don't ask for much! I've seen the registration documents of your Huamei Company. Miss Vivian, Bishop Evan's lovely niece, is also a shareholder of your company!"

"Archbishop Evan is my friend. For his sake, I'll give you an Eden cabin for just... eighty dollars!"

"Eighty dollars?"

A-Zu's face was shrouded in shadows, expressionless. "The advance payment for each of our cabins? Mr. Mayor, it seems that what you want...is definitely not enough!"

A Zu asked back, "Mr. Mayor, we've just met for the first time, and you're talking to me about something so important and private. Isn't that indiscreet?"

"Cautious? Hahaha!" Cameron exhaled another puff of smoke. "In my San Francisco, do you think I need to be cautious?"

"Your San Francisco, haha, very interesting choice of words!"

"Of course, my San Francisco!" Cameron said casually, his elbows resting on the desk, a cigar between his lips. "In San Francisco, I can support you, but I can also easily bring you down!"

"Your Huamei Company and all of its patents are only registered for one week. I can easily, completely, and utterly erase all registration documents! Then, I can declare your company and all of your patents invalid!"

"Lee, do you understand?"

"If it weren't for Bishop Evan's face, I could have done this! And then registered your so-called patents under my name."

"Of course, if you refuse my offer, I'll have to do the same! In my city, not even Bishop Evan can stop me!"

"I understand!" A-Zu straightened up, his expression unchanged. "Mr. Mayor, you should be aware that Huamei Company has several shareholders. I can't decide such a major matter alone!"

"so……?"

"So, we need time to discuss!" A Zu changed the subject. "From a personal perspective, I completely agree with establishing a cooperative relationship with a prominent figure like the Mayor. I will do my best to convince the other shareholders. Please give me some time."

"One week, you only have one week!"

"That's enough! I believe Mr. Mayor will receive a satisfactory answer!"

"Very good! I admire a straightforward young man like you!"

Cameron, with a rather cheerful expression, took out a cigar from the cigar box and casually tossed it to A-Zu: "Li, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

"Ding!"

Cameron personally lit the cigar for A-Zu!
The heavy office door opened silently, and A-Zu walked out slowly, holding a cigar in his mouth.

"Lee, how was it? What did you talk about?"

Vic and others who had been waiting outside hurried over to meet them.

"Let's talk about it when we get back!"

A-Zu turned around and glanced coldly at the closed door of the mayor's office.

After stubbing out his cigar against the wall and glancing at the brand, A-Zu put the remaining half-smoked butt into his pocket. He walked down from the fifth floor of the municipal building, observing everything along the way, walking very slowly.

Back at Vic's tailor shop, A-Zu looked around at everyone who had arrived and told them everything that had happened in the mayor's office.

"Snapped!"

Jason slammed the table and said, "Give him eighty dollars for each cabin! This greedy jackal, why doesn't he just rob them?"

"This is much faster than robbery!" Vic gritted his teeth and said, "We must never agree to such a greedy politician!"

Weiwei's face flushed with anger. "What if he really cancels our company and patent registrations? That would be our demise! What should we do?"

"What should we do?" A Zu smiled coldly: "Of course we should follow the mayor's wishes!"

"Go along with his wishes? Li, do you really want to cooperate with that greedy politician? You have to know that their appetites are never satisfied. If you agree to him this time, his appetite will only grow bigger and bigger, and sooner or later, he will devour us without a bone left!"

A Zu shook his head: "Who said we want to cooperate with the mayor?"

A-Zu lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Jason, Mr. Vic, find a way to spread the news that the mayor is planning to launch a city cleanup plan!"

"Spread such news? Li, what do you want to do?" Jason asked in confusion.

"What for? To make our Eden Cottage sell better, of course!"

"But, wouldn't that just be what the jackal wants?"

"I just want to do what the mayor wants!"

"No!" Vivian stood up suddenly, her face flushed. "A-Zu, you can't do this! Once they are driven out of the city, they will be robbed and massacred by Indians and gangs. Many people will die!"

Ah Zu nodded calmly: "I know! Many of those crowded in the tents are my Chinese compatriots. Don't worry, I won't watch them being driven out of the city."

"Li, what are you planning? We can't get the news out, but we can't get the mayor to actually kick us out. We don't want to cooperate with the mayor, but we can't let him invalidate our patents and company registrations either... This is too difficult!"

A Zu grinned and said, "You just need to spread the news and focus on the production and sales of jeans and prefabricated houses. Don't worry about the rest."

Vivian seemed to have thought of something and quickly grabbed A Zu's arm: "Don't take any risks!"

"You don't know me yet?" A-Zu grinned and patted Wei Wei'an's hand, which had turned pale with nervousness. "Don't worry! I'm most afraid of death and won't do anything that would put my life in danger."
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In the next few days, faced with a crowded, dirty, and crime-ridden cityscape, news spread like wildfire that Mayor Cameron was going to launch a city cleanup plan to evict all those who had no fixed residence and were living in tents!

Once driven out of the city, they would face the extremely brutal Indians and bandits, and panic was spreading rapidly.

This immediately boosted the sales of the newly launched "Eden Hut", which continued to rise steadily.

Countless people came waving green US dollars, begging and crying to order the "Eden Hut"!
Not to mention the rich, even the poor have to pool their money to buy an "Eden Cottage".

The "Eden Cottage" quickly became hard to find, and sales continued to rise. In just a few days, all the produced stock was sold out. Even if the entire shipyard worked overtime, it could not keep up with the demand. Orders were even scheduled for more than a month later!
More than just "Eden Cottage"!
Countless gold diggers were forced to speed up their pace.

They must prepare various supplies in advance and leave San Francisco, this troubled city, as soon as possible.

The newly introduced jeans quickly gained popularity thanks to the two beautiful models, Vivian and Daisy. Because they were exceptionally strong and durable, they quickly gained a good reputation among gold diggers and became very popular.

The entire Huamei Company is extremely busy with business from top to bottom!
The only thing is that the soul of the company, that guy, seems to have completely disappeared in the past few days!

(End of this chapter)