The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 126: Learn from me and never bear grudges
Chen Zhengwei took out his pocket watch to check the time, then ordered: "Ask Xiwen to go to the martial arts hall and inform my sister to stop working and come to the restaurant for dinner tonight."

He had nothing to do yesterday at noon, so he went to the martial arts gym and happened to see Lin Changning, Qiao Niang and Zhengwu having dinner, so he tasted a bite.

Then he said, "Even dogs won't eat this!"

Lin Changning didn't look at him kindly the entire afternoon.

Chen Zhengwei felt that this girl was not only shameless and could not stand losing, but also had a bad temper.

"Take care of it yourself tonight! Ask the restaurant to deliver whatever you want to eat!" Chen Zhengwei patted Wanyun on the butt.

A little later, Chen Zhengwei arrived at the martial arts gym.

"Brother!" Qiao Niang, who was writing with difficulty with a brush, threw away the brush and ran over quickly when she saw Chen Zhengwei.

"Want to be lazy again?" Chen Zhengwei patted Qiao Niang on the head.

"Let's go, let's go eat first!"

Lin Changning sat on a wooden chair in the hall and ignored Chen Zhengwei.

Chen Zhengwei reached out to grab her arm, but Lin Changning grabbed it with her backhand. Her five fingers were like steel spikes, and she could tear off five strips of flesh as soon as she grabbed the arm.

Chen Zhengwei flipped his hand, and Lin Changning seemed to put his hand into Chen Zhengwei's hand.

Chen Zhengwei used his hands to pull her into his arms, and Lin Changning took the opportunity to knee Chen Zhengwei in the lower body, but Chen Zhengwei blocked it with his knee halfway up.

Then the whole person was held in Chen Zhengwei's arms.

"Let me go!" Lin Changning said coldly.

Chen Zhengwei rubbed her waist through her clothes with his hands. It was very smooth, soft and full of power.

Lin Changning's ears turned red all of a sudden, and he glared at Chen Zhengwei with gritted teeth.

"Why are you so angry?" Chen Zhengwei slid his hand down slightly, then let go with a smile.

The moment Lin Changning landed, he stepped on Chen Zhengwei's toes.

Chen Zhengwei remained calm, as the toes of his shoes had steel plates.

"Let's go, let's go eat! I always tell people to be more generous and not so angry! Look at me, I never hold grudges!"

Lin Changning glared at him hatefully, but finally did not lose his temper, and the group went out to eat.

"Mr. Wei, you are here! The best seat is reserved for you!" As soon as Chen Zhengwei entered the door, the owner of Dingshilou came to greet him.

"From now on, make a table of this and send it to the martial arts gym every day at noon!" Chen Zhengwei said casually.

"Don't worry, Mr. Wei!" the owner of Dingshilou said hurriedly.

Now Chen Zhengwei has become the biggest customer of Dingshilou. The only problem is that a lot of people have died in Dingshilou recently.

But in this era, it’s not a big problem.

"Everyone has his own strengths and weaknesses. Junior sister, you are talented. There is no need to waste time on cooking!" Chen Zhengwei said casually after sitting down. Lin Changning can give up cooking in the future.

Lin Changning snorted coldly, but his expression softened a little.

Not long after we finished eating, Chen Zhenghu rushed over.

"What? Are you here to eat for free?" Chen Zhengwei looked up at Chen Zhenghu. He didn't come earlier or later, but came at dinner time.

"Thank you, Brother Wei!" Chen Zhenghu said with a smile.

"Damn, you can't even learn the good things, but you've learned all the bad things!" Chen Zhengwei cursed with a smile.

"Nowhere else can we find such a sumptuous meal as here, Brother Wei!" Chen Zhenghu took a bowl and chopsticks and sat down.

"Are you done?" Chen Zhengwei asked while eating.

"It's done, but there was an internal conflict among the people in Heshun Hall, and several people died. There are more than 30 left, and they want to come and fight Brother Wei!"

"What about people?"

"Wait at the casino!"

"Have all the opium dens originally located on the territories of Hongshuntang and Guangdetang been closed?" Chen Zhengwei turned to ask another question.

There have been so many things going on recently that I only think of this now.

"They're all closed. In fact, the other opium dens won't last much longer. Now that Hong Shun Tang is gone, those dens still have some opium in stock. Once they run out, the supply will be gone!" Chen Zhengwei estimated that this matter was not that simple. After all, the sale of opium accounted for half of the Qing Dynasty's finances, and the opium in San Francisco was shipped from the Qing Dynasty.

This is something that goes against common sense. Many people have learned about the Opium War, but in fact, after the Opium War, the Qing Dynasty began to grow and sell opium on its own, and even went abroad to sell it.

In San Francisco, the Democratic Party also benefits from it every year. Many people are involved in this interest, and it is estimated that someone will find me soon.

Chen Zhengwei thought for a moment and said, "Remember to collect money from those big opium den owners. Each of them should pay 2,500 yuan to hire people to clean up Chinatown. It's a bargain for them to make them bleed a little!"

After dinner, Chen Zhengwei asked Li Xiwen to send them home, and he and Chen Zhenghu returned to the casino with a few men.

From a distance, I saw more than 30 young men squatting on the roadside. When they saw Chen Zhengwei, they quickly stood up and greeted him nervously: "Mr. Chen!"

Although they speak Cantonese, it has a strong Minnan accent.

After all, most people in Chinatown are Cantonese, and these Minnan people have to learn Cantonese to make a living here.

"Let the leader come to my office to talk!" Chen Zhengwei gave the instructions and returned to his office.

After a while, several young men were brought in.

"Mr. Chen!" Several people greeted him respectfully.

Chen Zhengwei looked at them for a moment before he said slowly:
"Since you want to work with me, I am not intolerant, so I will accept you!"

"Thank you, Mr. Chen!" several people said hurriedly.

"I don't care where you are from. This is America. We share the same language, race, and skin. We are all Chinese. So you can do your work with peace of mind."

"I am a person who values fairness the most. If you do things well, you can get promoted. If you don't do well, you can't blame others! Do you understand?"

"Mr. Chen, thank you for giving us the opportunity. We will definitely do a good job!" several people said hurriedly.

"You guys follow Ah Hu first! Start with small things, Ah Hu, you make the arrangements!" Chen Zhengwei ordered.

Chen Zhenghu now takes his men to Chinatown to collect money every week, and he needs a lot of people under him.

He would first put these people under his command, and then find an opportunity to let them work outside Chinatown after a few days.

Outside Chinatown is the territory of the Irish, Germans, Jews, and Italians.

If you want to go out, there will definitely be a lot of friction and conflict, and it will require a lot of manpower.

……

In the early morning, with the opening of some shops and the coming and going of Chinese workers, the entire Chinatown began to become lively.

However, Chinatown today is a little different. There are more people on the streets using brooms and baskets to clean up garbage on the streets, which surprises many people.

Chinatown has been around for so many years, but no one has ever taken care of these things. It all depends on the people in Chinatown to clean up their own doorsteps on their own initiative.

Li Xianfeng was the owner of a cloth shop. He saw this scene after opening the shop door. He stood at the door of the shop and watched for a long time before he walked over curiously to ask.

Then he returned to the shop with a look of surprise and muttered.

"Today the sun rises from the west!"

Those people were actually arranged by Mr. Chen. There were nearly a hundred people in total, and they would clean Chinatown every day.

He has been in Chinatown for more than ten years, and has only seen those gangs collecting money, but has never seen them do this.

Not to mention I've never seen it, I've never even heard of it.

He cleaned up the shop, and when he walked out again, those people were gone.

Looking at the clean streets made him somewhat uncomfortable.

"This Mr. Chen is a thoughtful person!" Li Xianfeng thought about it and felt that this Mr. Chen was different from the people in other halls.

Although Chinatown has been in turmoil for the past two months, there have been many rumors about Mr. Chen.

But this Mr. Chen closed the opium den and had people clean up Chinatown, which immediately made him feel that he was different from others.

Especially when I heard that he had opened a labor service company to help Chinese workers negotiate wages and benefits with foreigners.

He was a little curious whether this person was like those gangs, looking for an excuse to collect money, or could he really do something.

While Li Xianfeng was pondering, a child of eight or nine years old came out from the inner room holding a book: "Dad, what does this mean?"

(End of this chapter)