1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

Lu Chen drove back home in a hurry. As soon as Lu Chen arrived at the door, he saw Ike standing at the door.

Lu Chen quickly got out of the car and walked up to Ike.

"Ike, where's the telegram?"

Ike handed the telegram to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen took the telegram and took a look. No wonder Ike didn't know what to say. The telegram only said, "Urgent, reply quickly."

Lu Chen asked: "Who sent this telegram?"

Ike shook his head.

"The person who delivered the telegram said that it was sent from Guangzhou. It was forwarded several times before it reached us."

Guangzhou, I don’t know anyone in Guangzhou, no, my elder brother is in Guangzhou, could it be a telegram sent by my elder brother?

But what does it mean to send these few words? Let me go back quickly. This is what happened.

Lu Chen thought about it carefully, and then thought of something, and then Lu Chen asked: "Ike, what day is today?"

"Boss, today is March 3th. What's wrong?"

Lu Chen understood that his elder brother was probably going to fight again. Then he asked him to go back, but why did he ask me to go back when you were fighting? Lu Chen was extremely confused.

But since his elder brother was looking for him, he had no choice but to go back. Lu Chen could only take Ike to the dock and take a boat back to Guangzhou.

After more than half a month, Lu Chen returned to Guangzhou in early April.

When Lu Chen arrived in Guangzhou, he first went to the American consulate. As for why he went to the consulate, it was because Lu Chen needed to make a phone call. He was unfamiliar with Guangzhou, so where could he find his elder brother? Fortunately, he had an American ID. He could borrow a phone from the consulate.

Lu Chen came to the consulate and handed his honorary citizen certificate to the consulate staff. When the consulate staff saw that Lu Chen was an honorary citizen of New York, they were quite surprised.

"Hello sir, how can I help you?"

Lu Chen smiled and said to the staff, "I'm going to the consulate to borrow a phone. I don't know where your phone is."

It turned out that he just wanted to borrow the phone. The staff took Lu Chen to an office and let him go in and use it.

Lu Chen quickly walked to the phone, picked up the phone and called his elder brother.

"Hello, this is the 22nd Brigade of the th Army. I'm the brigade commander Lu Jiaming. May I ask who you are?"

"I'm Lu Chen. Big brother, what's the matter that makes you want me back so urgently?"

"You're back, that's good. Tell me where you are and I'll send someone to pick you up."

"I'm at the American Consulate in Guangzhou. Please send someone to pick me up."

(Lu Jiaming was somewhat speechless. How did this Lu Chen end up at the American Consulate?)

"Okay, wait there. I'll send someone to pick you up right away."

A few hours later, Lu Chen arrived at Lu Jiaming's home.

As soon as Lu Chen entered the door, Lu's mother ran over.

"Let me see if you are suffering outside alone."

Lu Chen quickly said, "Mom, I'm fine. Look how strong I am now."

Father Lu also came out at this time. He looked at Lu Chen and said calmly:

"I heard from your eldest brother that you are doing well in the United States."

Lu Chen nodded:

"I'm doing OK in the U.S. right now. I told my eldest brother a while ago that I would take you to the U.S. But he refused to let me."

"Why would we go there? We are unfamiliar with the place. It's fine to stay here."

(What's so good about this place? It's going to be a mess soon. Lu Chen thought to himself.)

"By the way, Dad, didn't you go back to your hometown? Why are you here, big brother?"

When Father Lu heard Lu Chen ask this, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Sichuan is in a very chaotic situation right now, and our hometown is not stable, so your eldest brother brought us here."

After Lu Chen and the two elders continued chatting for a while, Lu Jiaming came back from outside with a few guards.

Lu Jiaming looked at Lu Chen.

"Not bad. You haven't lost weight after staying abroad for so long. It proves that you are indeed living a good life."

Lu Chen looked at Lu Jiaming and asked, "Brother, you called me back so anxiously, aren't you just checking to see if I'm doing well?"

Lu Jiaming didn't reply and went straight into the house.

When Mr. Lu saw Lu Jiaming coming back, he sent Mrs. Lu away.

Lu Chen looked at the situation and felt that something big was about to happen.

After Mother Lu left, Father Lu said with some sadness: "Xiao Chen, I asked you to come back this time for two things."

Lu Chen looked at Lu Jiaming in confusion. Lu Jiaming gave Lu Chen a look that told him to be patient.

Father Lu continued, "We received news that your second brother is gone."

(⊙o⊙) What? My second brother is gone, how come I didn’t know? William didn’t tell me what happened to my second brother.

Lu Chen quickly asked: "Dad, when did you receive the news? You didn't make a mistake, did you?"

Lu Jiaming glared at Lu Chen fiercely and scolded him, "How could we be wrong about this? My friend in the government told me this at the beginning of the year. They caught a man named Lu Yunting. He has been shot."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "You must have been deceived by your friend. If it was really my second brother, how could you be fine? I say, big brother, you didn't tell anyone about my second brother, did you?"

Hearing what Lu Chen said, hope appeared in Lu's father's eyes again. He looked at Lu Jiaming and said:

"Xiao Chen is right. If something happens to the second brother, you will definitely be implicated. Maybe your friend made a mistake."

Lu Jiaming said angrily: "My friend wouldn't make a mistake. He showed me the list."

Hearing this, the hope in Father Lu's eyes dimmed again. Lu Chen thought for a moment and said:

"It could be someone with the same name. We didn't see the second brother himself. We can't confirm that it was the second brother. Big brother, you must be mistaken."

"impossible…"

"stop fighting."

Father Lu interrupted their argument.

"Whatever happened to the second brother, we can't find him now. He might as well be gone. Now for the second thing. First brother, you tell me yourself."

Lu Jiaming looked at Lu Chen and said:

"Xiao Chen, let's put your second brother's matter aside for now. I asked you to come back this time mainly because I want you to bring our parents to the United States first. I will give you some money, and you can help me take care of our parents."

Lu Chen waved his hand and said, "You don't need to give me money. I can take care of them myself. I want to know why you didn't agree to let me take them over last time, but now you take the initiative to call them back to pick them up."

Lu Jiaming sighed and said:

"I was able to take care of them last time, and I was also worried about you. Now, your eldest brother and I have to go to war, and it's more dangerous this time. I don't know if I can survive. I can only leave my parents to you."

Lu Chen looked at Lu Jiaming in confusion.

"You are in Guangzhou, what does other people's war have to do with you? You didn't graduate from Huangpu. Don't get involved."

Lu Jiaming said: "I have received the order. The troops will be dispatched in ten days."

Lu Chen was rather annoyed. The affairs of the Central Plains had nothing to do with the affairs of Guangzhou. Why did the eldest brother's troops also have to set out?

Lu Chen looked at Lu Jiaming and said, "How are the equipment of your troops?"

"You don't understand these things, why are you asking this?"

"I don't understand your military, but I can get weapons. Tell me what you need and I'll see if I can get it for you."

Lu Jiaming stared at Lu Chen sternly:

"I originally thought you just happened to get a batch of weapons last time, but I didn't expect you could get them again. Tell me the truth, are you in the arms smuggling business?"

Lu Chen said impatiently: "Just tell me whether you want it or not."

Lu Jiaming kicked Lu Chen without warning and yelled at him:

"Lu Chen, you actually smuggled arms. Do you know how many people will die if you sell a gun? Those warlords have so many troops because of people like you, and China has been unable to stop the war."

Lu Chen also lost his temper and yelled at Lu Jiaming:

"What the hell, it's none of my business. I won't sell it, but there are plenty of people who will. And even if no one wants to sell it, there are military factories in Taiyuan and Shenyang. I think you've become stupid because of your military service."

Lu Jiaming wanted to hit Lu Chen again, but Lu Chen pointed at Lu Jiaming and said:

"I'm telling you, don't do it. If you do it again, I'll fight back. Don't think I won't fight back just because you're the boss."

Father Lu then used his cane to hit Lu Chen and Lu Jiaming. Then he shouted:

"You two brothers, stop it. The youngest one is right. If you want to fight, why should we businessmen have any business with you?"

Hearing his father's words, Lu Chen looked at Lu Jiaming provocatively and said:

"You guys are the ones who buy the most of the arms I sell. You use my stuff and want me to take the blame. You want to be a whore and pretend to be a saint."

After hearing what Lu Chen said, Lu Jiaming was so angry that he wanted to attack again. But after thinking that Lu Chen was his brother, he gave up and said:

"Xiao Chen, you don't understand. If those warlords didn't have the support of the country behind them, how could they have the courage to go against the government?"

Lu Chen was too lazy to argue with Lu Jiaming, so he said, "You're talking nonsense to me. If you don't want my weapons, just say so. I'm not forcing you to take them. Do you want weapons and ammunition or not?"

"want."

"Row."

Lu Chen nodded and said, "Take me to the telegraph station. I want to send a telegram to my people in Magic City."

Lu Jiaming nodded.

"We'll go there in a minute. Now let's talk about your parents going to the United States with you."

"There's no need to discuss this. As long as they agree, I can take them to the United States at any time."

"Okay, I'll go and handle the formalities for them later."

After seeing the two brothers finish their conversation, Father Lu said:

"Now that you've finished talking, it's my turn to speak. I've discussed this with your mother, and we've unanimously decided not to go to the United States."

Lu Jiaming looked at Father Lu anxiously:

"Dad, didn't we agree to let Xiaochen come back to take you to America? Why are you going back on your word?"

"Jiaming, your mother and I both feel that we are too old now. We don't know when we can come back after going abroad. And if we go to the United States, we won't know anyone. We can't speak foreign languages. There won't even be anyone to talk to. We won't go, no."

Lu Jiaming wanted to persuade him, but was stopped by Lu Chen.

Lu Chen smiled and said:

"Brother, if our parents don't want to go, we can't force them to go."

Lu Jiaming glared at Lu Chen and said:

"Lu Chen, what are you talking about? China is in such a mess right now. What if something happens to your parents?"

Lu Chen waved his hand and ignored Lu Jiaming. He looked at Lu's father and said:

"Dad, let me tell you, I bought a textile factory in the United States. But you know me, I am not familiar with textile factories at all. When I was in Shanghai, I even lost the textile factory with the help of Fu Mingzhuo. Well, since you don't want to go to the United States, I can only sell the factory."

After hearing what Lu Chen said, Father Lu quickly asked:

“You literally bought a textile mill in America.”

Lu Chen nodded and said:

"I have to buy it. You know Chen Jianghe, right? He keeps nagging me and scolding me every day. I can't stand him anymore, so I have no choice but to listen to him and buy a textile factory and change its name to Lu's Textile Factory."

Father Lu nodded.

"This is Jiang He's fault. He's too persistent. But he grew up in Lu's Textile Factory. It's natural for him to have feelings for the factory. So how did the factory fare after you bought it?"

Lu Chen curled his lips.

"What else can we do? We can only let Chen Jianghe take care of it himself."

Father Lu's face darkened instantly.

"How can you let Jiang He manage the factory? He is suitable for studying. Asking him to manage the factory will not only harm the factory, but also harm him. How can you be so reckless, kid?"

"What should I do? I'm not good at this, and I have my own things to do. If he doesn't take care of it, who will? Are you going to help him?"

"I'll go if I want. But don't harm Jiang He."

Lu Chen looked at his father and said, "Dad, don't worry about anything else. You should stay in China. My brother and I will pay for the house and rent it to you."

Father Lu waved his hand and said, "No, I want to go. I will help you manage the textile factory. Let Chen Jianghe go back to school."

Lu Chen said with some embarrassment: "Dad, if you go, what will happen to my mom? Are you going to leave her alone in the country?"

Suddenly, there was a loud "bang" and the door was pushed open, startling Lu Chen and the others.

Mother Lu came in angrily. She grabbed Lu Chen's ear and scolded him:

"Not bad. You've been out there for more than half a year. You've become more capable. You can retreat to advance, right? Tell me the truth. Have you bought a textile factory out there?"

"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, mom, please let me go, let me go quickly. I will tell you everything."

Mother Lu looked at Lu Chen and said:

"With your character, you would buy a textile factory just because Jiang He nagged you a few times. It's because your father was anxious that he didn't react. He believed your nonsense. Let's see if you ask your eldest brother and he believes it."

Lu Chen glanced at Lu Jiaming and found that Lu Jiaming was actually sitting aside drinking tea. Lu Chen asked:

"Brother, believe it or not, I opened a textile factory in the United States."

Lu Jiaming nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice.

Lu Chen turned around and said to Mother Lu:

"Look, Big Brother has nodded. He believes me."

Mother Lu glanced at Lu Jiaming who was looking around. She was so angry that she walked up to Lu Jiaming and slapped him on the head. She asked:

"Tell me, do you believe Lu Chen will open a textile factory in the United States?"

Lu Jiaming said quickly:

"I believe it. I absolutely believe it. After all, Xiaochen has grown up. He has been in the textile factory for a while. He must still have some feelings for it."

"Bullshit, if your father and I hadn't forced him, he would have gone to the textile factory. And what else did he do in the textile factory except lighting cloth on fire? Ming Zhuo is in charge of everything. If he had been in charge, the textile factory would have been gone long ago."

Damn, there is such a thing, playing with the cloth produced by my own family. The original owner is still powerful. But this is not the time to blame the original owner. Lu Chen said quickly:

"Mom, I'm telling you the truth. I did open a textile factory in the United States. It's just that this textile factory is not producing now. I really didn't lie to you."

Mother Lu waved her hands and said, "Alright, alright. I know you're doing this for our own good, but we really won't be used to going abroad. The language is different, and the habits are different too."

Lu Chen said quickly:

"Mom, there are a lot of Chinese people in my factory. I promise you won't be alone. And Chen Jianghe is there too. I'm there too. You won't be bored."

Father Lu came out at this time and said, "Lu Chen, promise that you really opened a textile factory."

Lu Chen was anxious. He swore, "I swear, I won't lie to you..."

"okay,"

Before Lu Chen could finish, his mother interrupted him.

"Let's go. Don't say anything unlucky there."

Seeing that the two elders agreed to go to the United States, the two brothers looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.