America: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 97 Fishing in Troubled Waters

He drove back to Camp 19 and explained the situation to Lori, who was guarding the house.

Old Hei was a little dissatisfied. He lit a Leaf brand cigarette, took a deep drag, and said in a smoky voice, "Bro, if you do as I say, you might as well dig a hole and bury them all. They brought this on themselves. At first, I thought you guys were really going to cut off their kidneys and sell them. It scared me a bit."

Old Hei was not satisfied with their way of doing things; the conservatives felt that the radicals were too conservative!

Zhang Ailun gave the $227 he had received to Lori and comforted him, saying, "We're not really gangsters, are we? Peace brings wealth. Go to sleep early, and distribute the money to those who aren't home tomorrow."

Simone, Blitz, Dave, Sarah. Including them, there are only eleven permanent residents in the camp.

Although $2500 is not much when divided equally, only $227 per person, it is still equivalent to the small monthly relief payment. It can even buy a meal.

The cans Zhang Ailun collected today haven't been sold yet; he only sold valuable recyclables, which still brought in $200. Zhang Ailun took $80 as a commission, paid $460 for maintenance, and a $100 deposit. His total net worth is now $8004.

There will be an additional $6300 in document fees to be paid later.

This money is really not enough!

Fortunately, Zhang Ailun, being an unregistered person, doesn't need to worry about paying taxes for now. Once his identity is officially issued, he'll have to pay taxes on time.

It was getting late, and everyone went about their own business. Zhang Ailun and Dominic packed up the supplies in the bridge tent and moved them to the RV.

Jennifer also organized and stored her belongings in the RV.

After getting everything ready, Zhang Ailun lay down on the soft Simmons mattress and instantly felt completely relaxed.

Goodnight, Dominic! Goodnight, Jennifer.

Goodnight, Allen.

Dominic lay on the side bed, the RV entered sleep mode, the lights became soft and dim, and the feeling of sleeping in bed after so long was very pleasant.

He quickly fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, someone got out of bed and sneaked into the covers.

Zhang Ailun woke up with a start and reached out to touch it. The feel of it…

"Jennifer?" she whispered, careful not to wake Dominic. "You're so daring, you're not wearing anything at all?"

"Honey, thank you for everything you did for me today, and for letting me stay in the RV. I don't have much to give you in return, so I can only do what I'm good at. I think you'll like it."

Jennifer chuckled from under the covers, "Don't reject me, or I'll get angry and bite you!"

hiss.

You're already biting me!

……

The next day.

Zhang Ailun was woken up by the daily intelligence notification sound as usual, and when he opened his eyes, he found that no one was beside him.

Peeking out, I found Dominic and Jennifer both fast asleep in their respective beds.

Fortunately, the other party knew when to stop and didn't go too far, only repaying him with rap beatboxing. Otherwise, waking Dominic would have been really hard to explain.

Zhang Ailun went into the bathroom, took a shower, washed up, and changed his clothes.

Take out your phone and open the app to check today's news.

[Daily News: Your identification template has been transported by a black Plymouth car with license plate LS-32D-67 to the knitting factory at number 156 in the suburbs for production. Your identity information has also been transferred to Dr. Rolley, the head of the California Immigration Bureau's records department, for entry. You will be assigned a number within three days. Long press to view your personal information.]

Holy crap, they just destroyed the enemy's base?

However, Zhang Ailun had no intention of reporting the other party, as it would not benefit him.

[Daily News: At the entrance of apartment 369 in the 126th apartment complex of Zhilin Street, there is an abandoned oven, sofa, gaming chair, and a single autographed NBA star shoe (Dr. Julius Erving) found inside a red cardboard box.]

Dr. J's signature sneakers? He actually threw those away?

Zhang Ailun wasn't very knowledgeable about this, only knowing some recent basketball stars, so he took out his phone and searched for them.

Julius Erving was an NBA legend in the 70s, a predecessor to Michael Jordan. He played for the Philadelphia 76ers and achieved many successes in his career, signing numerous shoes and jerseys throughout his life.

Signature sneakers aren't particularly valuable for collectors; at least they're not as ridiculously expensive as Lao Da's signature sneakers, which could make someone rich overnight.

A single basketball shoe, without its matching counterpart, will definitely have a significantly reduced collectible value. Depending on its condition, the market price could be around $200-$3000.

Zhang Ailun could already imagine how that old George would swing his dragon-slaying sword at him!

If it's a pair of superb sneakers or a jersey, and it's signed in the stands before boarding the plane, you can hardly imagine how valuable it would be.

A true man!!

[Daily Intelligence: A business operation will be held in the Aitou Street apartment community of the Fifth District. Manic, the owner of a scrap metal yard, in order to promote the street economy and suppress his rival Mike's Recycling Station, has hired a team of homeless people and scavengers to cause trouble and steal cans from the rival community. The operation will last for three days.]

[Details: The scavenger groups currently involved include the Modern Brothers from the No. 9 Bridge Underground Camp, the Irishmen from the sewers, and the Short-tailed Dog from the abandoned construction site.]

Has the Beggars' Sect gone to war with the other Beggars' Sects?

This is incredible!

This is the perfect opportunity to fish in troubled waters!

Zhang Ailun felt that the Beggars' Sect's opportunity had arrived.

Although Lori Louis XIX's beggar gang has a large sphere of influence and many homeless people in the poor streets have heard of him, his territory only covers seven and a half streets, which is basically equivalent to the productivity of only two communities.

The wealthier neighborhoods in the Fifth District are mostly in the hands of other established scavenger gangs, or directly managed by recycling stations run by middlemen.

T0-level resource zones are undoubtedly wealthy areas. However, the prerequisites for contracting them are very high: you need a recycling station, a partnership with a recycling company, and sufficient manpower and garbage trucks.

T1's resource area consists of ordinary communities and shops. But opening the treasure chest inside the community is a different story. Even if you can get in, you'll inevitably have to deal with the municipal government's sanitation workers. To put it more directly, the sanitation workers are in charge of collecting the community's cans and waste.

The resource areas in T2T3 are relatively busy streets, with trash cans on the side of ordinary streets and in alleys.

While working on the streets, I also interacted with many homeless people, scavengers, and even small gangs.

Zhang Ailun currently owns seven and a half streets of resources, five of which are ordinary resource zones at T3 and T2 levels.

One street is the high-resource refresh zone of the Carnation Club, another street is contracted to handle the garbage cleanup for Sanji Bar, and half a street of Y3.

High-resource zones can reliably provide 1000 containers, and treasure chests occasionally yield rare items. Ordinary districts, needless to say, are severely lacking in resources; providing a stable two or three hundred containers per day is considered a lot.

I was originally thinking about how to seize territory from others with a legitimate reason, but now I have the opportunity.

(End of this chapter)