1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

Fei Fuli was very surprised to see Lu Chen coming, because Lu Chen had never visited his home before.

After a brief surprise, Feifuli welcomed Lu Chen into his home. Lu Chen took out a gift and gave it to Feifuli.

Fei Fuli took the gift and asked Lu Chen:

"Lu, do you need my help with something at home this time?"

Lu Chen asked back, "Can't you come to visit Uncle Feifuli if you don't have anything to do?"

Fei Fuli shook his head and said:

"Lu, you are a person who never comes to see me for no reason. You came to see me today, and you didn't call me or come to the police station. You must have some private matter that you need my help with. Tell me, and I'll see if I can help you."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Uncle Feifuli, you are still so wise. I can't hide anything from you. This time I came here because I need Uncle Feifuli's help."

Favre opened the gift box and found a valuable pocket watch inside. He took the gift box and said with a smile:

"Lu, tell me, is there anything you need my help with?"

Lu Chen also smiled and said, "It's just a small matter. I want to know the base of the Tiandihui and where Sun Yuanlin is hiding."

Fei Fuli frowned and said sadly:

"Lu, this is going to be a bit troublesome for you. You know, the Chinese and we have always been on guard against each other. Sun Yuanlin lives in Manhattan, where there are many Chinese people. It is difficult for my people to get into the house to investigate. Even if they get in, they probably won't find any information."

Lu Chen also frowned when he heard this. In Chinatown, this is really annoying. Chinese people outside have a strong sense of protecting their heads. Sun Yuanlin hid in Chinatown and led people to break in. Then Sun Yuanlin would probably get the news immediately. How can I retaliate against him in this way?

Lu Chen asked, "Doesn't he have any business outside of Chinatown?"

"He has a lot of followers at the cargo docks," Favre said. "Many Chinese people who are loading and unloading goods there are under his control. It seems that there are no others."

He was the head of the porters at the dock? How would he support so many of his gang members? Lu Chen was very puzzled.

Feifuli continued, "In fact, we have heard that the Tiandihui also controls a shipping company, but I don't know which one it is."

Lu Chen was speechless now. He wanted to cause trouble for others but now he had no idea where to start. He could only say:

"Uncle Feifuli, can you find out which shipping company the Tiandihui controls and where its warehouse is?"

Feifuli thought for a moment, and finally nodded, "Okay, I'll help you check it out. But I don't know whether I can find it or how long it will take."

Lu Chen nodded and said, "Uncle Feifuli, it's great that you're willing to help. The rest depends on luck."

After Feifuli invited Lu Chen to have lunch at his home, Lu Chen left Feifuli's house. Only then did he realize that he had too few sources of information. But he had no other options.

He decided to go to Chinatown himself to see if he could find some useful information.

Lu Chen drove to Manhattan and found a parking lot not far from Chinatown to park the car. Then he walked into Chinatown.

Entering Chinatown, Lu Chen discovered that the architecture here was very different from the outside. Outside, there were tall buildings, but inside, there were low buildings and many shanties. It felt no different from the slums on TV.

Lu Chen's arrival did not alert the people here. He walked around Chinatown and actually saw a recruitment advertisement for his factory and a recruitment point.

Lu Chen observed for a while, but didn't see anyone applying for the job. He saw a young man sitting on the ground. He decided to approach him and see if he could get any information.

Lu Chen took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, then walked to the young man and handed him a cigarette.

The young man took the cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it and said:

"Brother, your cigarettes are good. What do you want from me?"

Lu Chen sat down next to the young man and said, "Nothing, I just wanted to talk to you."

The young man glanced at Lu Chen and said, "You must be from outside. Why are you here wearing such clean clothes?"

Lu Chen glanced at his clothes. Sigh, he was careless and forgot to get a pair of torn clothes. But he didn't panic at all. He pointed to the recruitment point of his factory.

"Well, I'm an employee of that company. The boss asked us to come here to recruit people, but we haven't hired many people so far. I'm really upset, so I came to talk to you."

The young man looked at Lu Chen and said, "Why haven't I seen you before?"

Lu Chen said casually, "That guy was not good at his job and failed to recruit anyone, so the boss brought me here. By the way, brothers, I want to know why you don't want to work for us."

The young man said, "Your factory has offended someone. Someone has told everyone here not to work there. Otherwise, your legs will be broken."

Lu Chen was very surprised and asked: "Are they so powerful? If you go to the factory, they can break your legs."

The young man rolled his eyes at Lu Chen and said, "You have to come back after work. They will be able to deal with you when you come back."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Then why don't you just not come back? Do you really have to live here?"

The young man said, "If you don't live here, where can you live? If you live outside and get caught by the Americans, you will have to be sent here."

"Then you can live in the factory."

The young man frowned and asked, "Live in the factory? Is there room for you to live in the factory?"

Lu Chen frowned. Didn't his company's recruiter tell these people? He walked to the recruitment point. When the recruiter saw Lu Chen coming, he quickly said:

"Sir, would you like to come to work in our factory? If you do, please come and register."

Lu Chen asked, "How do I calculate my salary when I go to your factory?"

"Our factory pays 5 yuan a week. How about coming?"

Lu Chen was stunned. No more? Are you recruiting like this? What about our other benefits, such as providing cheap rental housing. We can also provide cheap meals. You didn't say these? Fuck you, you can recruit people like this.

Lu Chen left the recruitment site, then returned to the young man and said:

"Brother, let me tell you, our factory also provides cheap rental housing, four-person rooms, only a few yuan a month. We also have a canteen, and a meal costs only a few cents. What do you think? Are you interested?"

The young man looked at Lu Chen suspiciously: "Does your factory really have these? You are not lying to me, right? They all said that the people who went to your factory before were sold to the mines to do hard labor."

Lu Chen knew that this was another rumor spread by the Tiandihui gang, so he explained, "They must have made a mistake. Those people are working in our factory. I saw them a few days ago. They are now living in the rental houses in the factory."

The young man didn't say anything after hearing this. After a long while, he said, "Okay, I'll go and work in your factory."

Lu Chen patted the young man on the shoulder and motioned him to stand up and follow him. Then Lu Chen led the young man out of Chinatown. As they walked, Lu Chen asked, "Brother, what's your name?"

The young man looked in the direction of the recruitment point and said to Lu Chen:

"My name is Li Qing, brother. I heard that your factory requires people to write their names. Why did you just take me away?"

Lu Chen explained: "That's not necessary. You have to register your name again when you get to the factory anyway. I'll take you directly to the factory."

When Lu Chen and Li Qiang walked to the exit, someone walked towards them, looked at the two of them, and then said to Li Qiang: "You, find a place to work, then pay the protection fee."

Li Qiang quickly pulled out two crumpled bills from his pocket and handed them to the visitor before he was allowed to follow Lu Chen out of Chinatown.

After leaving Chinatown, Lu Chen took Li Qiang to play in his car, then opened the door and started the car, and saw Li Qiang still standing there. Lu Chen hurriedly shouted:

"What are you doing? Come up."

Li Qiang pointed at the car and said:

"I won't go up, I'll just run along."

Lu Chen got out of the car, pushed Li Qiang into it, and drove towards the factory.

On the way, Lu Chen asked, "Li Qiang, how long have you been in Chinatown?"

Li Qiang said a little awkwardly: "I~I have been here for four years."

"So where were you before, China?"

"No, I used to live in Southeast Asia, and later came to the United States with my family."

Lu Chen asked, "What about your family?"

When Li Qiang heard Lu Chen asking about his family, his mood instantly dropped. He said with some disappointment, "They are all gone. I am the only one left."

Lu Chen quickly apologized: "I'm sorry for reminding you of sad things."

Li Qiang quickly said, "It's okay, it's all in the past. By the way, who are you and why do you have a car?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "I am just an employee of the company. The car belongs to the company. I drove here to recruit people. By the way, who was the person who asked you for protection money just now?"

"Someone from the gang."

"Do they ask you for protection money every day?"

Lu Chen asked casually.

"No, usually once a week."

After hearing this, Lu Chen's opinion of the Tiandihui changed a lot. Two cents a week was not a lot.

“That’s a lot.”

Li Qiang nodded and said, "The protection fee of the Huaqing Association is much less than that of the Tiandihui."

Lu Chen asked in surprise: "Chinatown is only a few streets long, but there are actually two gangs?"

Li Qiang smiled and said, "There were originally three of them, but one was killed by the Tiandihui."

Lu Chen asked calmly, "Is the Tiandihui so powerful? Then they have a lot of territories."

"Not many, maybe three or four streets."

Lu Chen and Li Qiang kept chatting until they reached the factory gate and Lu Chen ended the conversation.

Lu Chen brought Li Qiang into the factory and then took him to meet Fu Mingzhuo. After registering his personal information, Fu Mingzhuo arranged a dormitory for Li Qiang and then took him to the workshop to work.

After Fu Mingzhuo arranged for Li Qiang, he asked Lu Chen, "Where did you recruit this person from?"

"Chinatown. Where else could it be?"

Fu Mingzhuo was stunned and asked, "How did you recruit people in Chinatown? The people I sent there recruited a few people in the first few days, but they didn't recruit anyone afterwards."

Lu Chen looked at Fu Mingzhuo speechlessly.

"What kind of people did you find to recruit people? They just sit there like dead people, don't take the initiative to strike up a conversation, and just tell people a salary when introducing them. It's a wonder you can recruit talents with this."

Fu Mingzhuo asked in confusion: "Is there any difference? Isn't it the same way to recruit workers?"

Lu Chen told Fu Mingzhuo what he had learned in Chinatown. Fu Mingzhuo suddenly realized:

"So someone threatened them, and someone is spreading rumors about us. No wonder we can't recruit anyone. I'll ask them not to go tomorrow."

After hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes widened. This is what I meant. Is there something wrong with my expression? Lu Chen said angrily:

"Fu Mingzhuo, is this what I mean? I'm telling you to be flexible. When you recruit people, tell those Chinese that we have cheap dormitories here, so that they know they still have a place to live and eat even if they don't know how to go to Chinatown. They don't have to worry about threats from others. Only in this way can we recruit people."

Fu Mingzhuo smiled and said, "Okay, I know what you mean. I was just joking with you. There's no need to be so angry."

Lu Chen didn't expect Fu Mingzhuo to joke with him. He glared at Fu Mingzhuo angrily and left the office. After having dinner with the two elders, he drove back to the manor.

Today, I got a lot of information about Tiandihui by chatting with Li Qiang. It turns out that Tiandihui is not the largest gang in Chinatown, but Huaqing Gang is.

Moreover, the Tiandihui has little to do with the Red Gate. The Huaqinghui is the power of the Red Gate.

Lu Chen also learned from Li Qiang the location of a warehouse of the Tiandihui at the dock. Li Qiang had been there when he worked for the Tiandihui before.

Lu Chen also got a very important piece of information from Li Qiang. Lu Chen learned that the relationship between the Black Dragon Society and the Heaven and Earth Society was not very good. There had been conflicts in the past.

After Lu Chen returned home, he called Hans over. He told him about the Tiandihui's warehouse, and then Lu Chen said:

"Hans, after training for so long, do you want to try some actual combat? Let's go to this warehouse and take a look."

Hans said, "After listening to your introduction, I found out that this warehouse is guarded by gang members. I don't think it will be difficult. We can let Qin and his team practice. Our team will just need to provide support from behind."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's do this. I'll call Qin Jian and the others back right away, and then we'll discuss how to take over this warehouse."

As Lu Chen spoke, he picked up the phone and called Fu Mingzhuo.

"Fu Mingzhuo, it's me, Lu Chen. Please inform Qin Jian and ask him to leave two people at the factory. The rest of you go back to the manor."

Fu Mingzhuo replied "OK" and hung up the phone.

After Qin Jian came back with his men, Lu Chen and Hans told Qin Jian what had happened, and then Lu Chen took his men to the dock.