1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

After finding a designer, Lu Chen began looking for models. He placed advertisements for recruiting models in major newspapers.

Lu Chen thought that after the advertisement was posted, many people would apply for the position. But the reality gave him a slap in the face.

In the days before the advertisement was published, many people did come to Lu Chen for interviews, but the same old problem still existed: when they learned that this was a fashion show organized by Chinese people, they all chose to leave.

This made Lu Chen very angry. Lu Chen said in his heart:

"Since you Americans are unwilling to be my models, I will use Chinese people."

So Lu Chen drove to downtown Manhattan and entered Chinatown.

As soon as Lu Chen entered Chinatown, the news of his coming to Chinatown spread to the Tiandihui and Huaqing Gang. When Sun Yuanlin heard that Lu Chen was coming again, he immediately called Sun Hu over.

"President, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Sun Yuanlin said to Sun Hu: "That Lu Chen came to our Chinatown again."

"Here he comes again! I will take people there immediately and prevent him from entering the area under our control."

When Sun Hu heard that Lu Chen came to Chinatown again, he immediately became uneasy. He was about to get up and go out to call for help.

Sun Yuanlin stopped Sun Hu and told him, "Just block the street entrance with your men. Don't get into a conflict with him. He is very close to Mr. Green now."

Sun Hu nodded and said, "I understand. I won't conflict with him."

Unlike the Tiandihui, after Wu Xuance knew that Lu Chen came to Chinatown, he personally led his men to the intersection.

Lu Chen saw Wu Xuance coming with his men and didn't know what he meant. He frowned and asked:

"Boss Wu, you brought so many people here, what do you mean?"

Wu Xuance smiled and said, "Brother Lu, don't get me wrong. I didn't bring so many brothers here to target you. I came here to invite you to come to our Huaqing Gang and have a seat."

Lu Chen looked at Wu Xuance, unsure if this was the Hongmen Banquet. Wu Xuance saw what Lu Chen was thinking and said with a smile:

"Brother Lu, don't worry. We don't have any other intentions. It's just that an elder from the Red Gate wants to see you."

Lu Chen was still very interested in the Red Gate organization. He smiled and said:

"Since it's the Red Gate Elder who invited me, I'll go with you."

Hearing Lu Chen's agreement, Wu Xuance's smile became even more intense, and he made a gesture of invitation. Lu Chen followed Wu Xuance and walked towards Chinatown.

Wu Xuance brought Lu Chen to a small building in the center of Chinatown. Outside the door, Wu Xuance said to his men, "You all stay here. I'll take Brother Lu in."

As he spoke, he opened the door and led Lu Chen into the house.

As soon as Lu Chen entered the room, an old man with white hair smiled and said to them:

"coming?"

Wu Xuance nodded, and then said to the old man:

"Uncle Chen, this is Brother Lu Chen."

Elder Chen nodded and said, "Come with me. Elder Hong and the others are waiting for you inside."

Lu Chen followed Old Chen to the second floor, where two old men who were about the same age as Old Chen were waiting for Lu Chen. When they saw Lu Chen coming up, they warmly invited Lu Chen to sit down.

After Lu Chen sat down, Elder Chen began to introduce him:

"Brother Lu, these two are our Red Gate's two elders in New York."

Old Chen pointed to an old man wearing a pair of reading glasses and a long robe and said:

"This is Elder Hong."

Then he pointed to another old man in a Zhongshan suit and said, "This is Elder He."

Lu Chen quickly stood up and said to the two with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Hong and Mr. He. What do you want me to do?"

Mr. Hong looked at Lu Chen, then said with a smile:

"Let's not talk about our business first. You must have something to do in Chinatown this time. Tell us what it is and see if we can help you."

Lu Chen watched the two old men become alert and offered to help him. This meant he was owed a favor. So what they wanted him to do was definitely not that simple. He said:

"Two elders, you should go ahead and talk first. My business is just some small matters of the company. It's not urgent."

The two old men looked at Lu Chen's somewhat vigilant expression and couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seems that Lu Chen is not so easy to fool. He looked at Hong and said:

"Brother Hong, why don't you just keep talking."

Elder Hong nodded and said to Lu Chen:

"Brother Lu, I heard you can get arms?"

Lu Chen glanced at Elder Hong and thought, are they going to buy arms from him? But in the United States, there are gun stores everywhere, so why would they go to him? He nodded in confusion and said:

"I can indeed get arms. Elder Hong wants to buy arms?"

Elder Hong nodded.

Seeing Elder Hong nod, Lu Chen said, "You can buy arms at gun stores in New York. It's cheap and convenient. Why do you have to look for me?"

Elder Hong explained: "It's not the branch in the United States that wants to buy arms, it's our branch in Southeast Asia that wants to buy arms."

"Southeast Asia!"

Lu Chen looked at Elder Hong in surprise. These two people wouldn't know that he had an arsenal in the Philippines. Lu Chen thought for a moment and continued:

"Southeast Asia is controlled by the British, so it's difficult to transport arms there."

Mr. Hong said, "Don't worry about that. We know you have an arsenal in the Philippines. You only need to trade with us in the Philippines. We will figure out the rest ourselves."

Sure enough, the other party had investigated him. I guess all my details were found out by others. Lu Chen smiled and said:

"In that case, then fine. I wonder how many weapons you guys need, Mr. Hong. Just tell me the number so I can have the arsenal prepare it."

Hearing Lu Chen's agreement, Mr. Hong was very happy and said:

"We need two thousand rifles."

Damn, so many, is the Red Gate preparing for a war? Lu Chen was surprised, but he soon calmed down. He didn't care what the other party was doing with the gun. Lu Chen is now an arms dealer. The more fiercely the other party fights with others, the better his arms can be sold.

Lu Chen smiled and asked, "Mr. Hong, are you only buying rifles and not bullets?"

Mr. Hong said, "We bought so many guns, won't you give us bullets?"

Lu Chen was stunned, then said awkwardly: "I'm so sorry, I forgot about this."

Mr. He smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, little brother Lu Chen, you see we are buying so many rifles at once, I wonder if you can give me a discount on the price."

Lu Chen immediately said, "Don't worry, Mr. He. We are all from China. I will definitely not give you a high price. So, I sell it to China for 100 yuan per gun, and I will give you 70 yuan per gun, which is 35 US dollars per gun. Then I will give you 5 rounds of bullets. What do you think?"

When Mr. Hong heard the price quoted by Lu Chen, he was very satisfied. He smiled and said, "Okay, then we'll go with this price. I wonder when Brother Lu can deliver the goods to us."

Lu Chen thought about it and realized that there shouldn't be any war in China right now. If he took out 2,000 rifles from the factory first, it wouldn't affect his orders in China. So he said:

"Mr. Hong, I'll hand over 2,000 rifles to you by the end of May, okay?"

Mr. Hong didn't expect to get the gun in May. He said happily:

"Okay, okay. At the end of May."