Fefuli was very surprised when he saw Lu Chen arriving. Lu Chen had never visited his home before.
After a brief surprise, Fei Fuli welcomed Lu Chen into his home. Lu Chen took out a gift and gave it to Fei Fuli.
Fefuli took the gift and asked Lu Chen:
"Lu, are you asking me for help with something at home this time?"
Lu Chen asked back, "Can't I come to Uncle Fefuli's place as a guest if I don't have something to do?"
Fefuli shook his head and said:
"Lu, you are a person who doesn't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything. You came to me today, and you didn't make a phone call or go to the police station. You must have some private matter that you need my help with. Just tell me and I'll see if I can help you. help you."
Lu Chen said with a smile: "Uncle Fefuli, you are still so wise, I can't hide anything from you. I really need Uncle Fefuli's help this time."
Fei Fuli opened the gift box and found a valuable pocket watch inside. He received the gift box and said with a smile:
"Lu, tell me if you need my help with anything."
Lu Chen also smiled and said, "It's just a small thing. I want to know the stronghold of the Tiandihui and where Sun Yuanlin is hiding."
Fei Fuli frowned and said with a sad face:
"Lu, it's quite troublesome for you to do this. You know, the Chinese and we have always been on guard against each other. Sun Yuanlin lives in an area of Manhattan where Chinese people gather. It is difficult for my people to enter the house to investigate. Even if they go in, there is a high probability that I couldn’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 lives. Sun Yuanlin hid in China Street and led his men in. Then Sun Yuanlin will probably get the news as soon as possible. How can I retaliate against him like this?
Lu Chen asked: "Then he doesn't have any property outside Chinatown?"
Fei Fuli said: "He has a lot of helpers at the cargo terminal. Many Chinese who unload and load goods there are under his control. Others seem to be gone."
Just work as a porter at the dock? Then how can he support so many followers? Lu Chen was very puzzled.
Fei Fuli continued: "Actually, we have received rumors that Tiandihui also controls a shipping company, but I don't know which company it is."
Lu Chen was very speechless now. He wanted to make trouble for someone but couldn't do it now. He could only say:
"Uncle Fefuli, can you find out which shipping company Tiandihui controls and where its warehouse is."
Fei Fuli thought for a moment and finally nodded: "Okay, I will check it for you. But I don't know whether it can be found or how long it will take to find it."
Lu Chen nodded and said, "Uncle Fefuli, it's good that you are willing to help. The rest depends on luck."
After Fefuli left Lu Chen to have lunch at home, Lu Chen left Fefuli's home. Only then did he feel that his sources of information were too few. But there was nothing he could do at this time.
He decided to go to Chinatown to see if he could get some useful information.
Lu Chen drove to Manhattan and found a parking lot not far from Chinatown to park the car. Then I walked into Chinatown.
Entering Chinatown, Lu Chen found that the architecture here was very different from the architecture outside. There are many tall buildings outside, but inside there are low buildings and many shanties. It feels no different from the slums on TV.
Lu Chen's arrival did not alert anyone here. He walked around Chinatown and actually saw a recruitment advertisement for his factory and a recruitment point here.
Lu Chen observed there for a while, but didn't see anyone applying for the job. He saw a young man sitting on the ground. He decided to strike up a conversation and see if he could get any information.
Lu Chen took out a cigarette and held 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 cigarette is good. What do you want from me?"
Lu Chen sat down next to the young man and said, "Nothing, I just want to talk to you."
The young man glanced at Lu Chen and said, "You are from outside, right? Why are you here wearing such clean clothes?"
Lu Chen took a look at his clothes. Alas, he was careless and forgot to get some 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, but we haven't hired a few people so far. If you're not upset, I'll come and talk to you."
The young man looked at Lu Chen and then said, "Then why haven't I seen you?"
Lu Chen said casually: "That guy is not good at his job. He didn't recruit anyone, so the boss brought me here again. By the way, brothers, I want to know why you don't want to work with us."
The young man said: "Your factory has offended someone. Someone has told everyone here that they are not allowed to work in your place. Otherwise, someone will have their legs 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 when we're done. They won't be able to deal with you once you come back."
Lu Chen said with a smile: "Then it's okay if you don't come back. Do you have to live here?"
The young man said: "Where can I live if I don't live here? If I live outside and are caught by the Yankees, I still have to send him here."
"Then you can live in the factory."
The young man frowned and asked, "Live in a factory? Is there a place to live in a factory?"
Lu Chen frowned. Didn't his company's recruiter tell these people? When he walked to the recruitment point, the recruiter saw Lu Chen walking over and said quickly:
"Sir, do you want to come to work in our factory? If so, come and register."
Lu Chen asked: "How do I calculate my salary when I go to your factory?"
"The weekly salary in our factory is 5 yuan. How about it? Come or not."
Lu Chen was stunned. Nothing more to say? Damn, is this how you recruit people? What about our other benefits, such as providing low-cost rental houses. How about providing cheap meals. You didn't say any of this? I'm sure you can recruit people like this.
Lu Chen left the recruitment point, then returned to the young man and said:
"Brother, let me tell you, our factory also provides cheap rental houses. Rooms for four people only cost a few yuan a month. We also have a canteen, and a meal only costs a few cents. How about it, are you interested?"
The young man looked at Lu Chen suspiciously: "Does your factory really have these? You're not lying to me. They all said that the people who went to your factory before were sold to the mines to work as coolies."
Lu Chen knew that it was the Tiandihui group who was spreading rumors again. Lu Chen explained: "They are mistaken. Those people are working in our factory. I saw them a few days ago. They are all now Living in a rented house in the factory.”
The young man listened without saying a word. After a while, he said, "Okay, I'll go and work in your factory."
Lu Chen patted the young man's shoulder and motioned for him to get up and follow him. Then Lu Chen led the young man outside China Street. As he walked, Lu Chen asked, "Brother, what's your name?"
The young man looked at the direction of the recruitment point and said to Lu Chen:
"My name is Li Qing, brother. I heard that your factory requires a name. Why did you just take me away?"
Lu Chen explained: "That's not necessary. You have to re-register your name when you get to the factory anyway. I'll take you directly to the factory."
When Lu Chen led Li Qiang to the exit, someone walked towards them, looked at the two of them, and then said to Li Qiang: "If you find a place to work, then pay the protection fee."
Li Qiang quickly took out two crumpled bills from his pocket and handed them to the visitor before being allowed to follow Lu Chen out of China Street.
After leaving Chinatown, Lu Chen took Li Qiang to where he parked his car to play. Then he opened the car door and got in. After starting the car, he saw that Li Qiang was still standing there. Lu Chen quickly shouted:
"What are you doing? Come up here."
Li Qiang pointed to 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 the back of the car, and drove towards the factory.
On the way, Lu Chen asked, "Li Qiang, how long have you been in Chinatown?"
Li Qiang said awkwardly: "I~I have been here for four years."
"Then where were you before, in China?"
"No, I used to live in Nanyang, and then came to the United States with my family."
Lu Chen asked: "What about your family?"
Li Qiang felt depressed when he heard Lu Chen ask about his family. He said with some disappointment: "They are all gone, and I am the only one left."
Lu Chen apologized quickly: "I'm sorry to remind you of something sad."
Li Qiang said quickly: "It doesn't matter, it's all over. By the way, who are you and why do you still have a car?"
Lu Chen smiled and said, "I am an employee of the company, and the car belongs to the company. I drove it here to recruit people. By the way, who was the person who asked you to collect protection money just now?"
"He's from a gang."
"Do they come to you every day to collect protection money?"
Lu Chen asked casually.
"No, I usually collect it once a week."
After hearing this, Lu Chen changed his view of the Tiandi Society a lot. Two cents a week was not a lot.
"That's not a lot."
Li Qiang nodded and said: "The protection fee of the Chinese Youth Association is much less than that of the Tiandi Association."
Lu Chen asked in surprise: "China Street is only a few streets away, but there are actually two gangs?"
Li Qiang said with a smile: "There were three of them, but one of them was killed by the people of the Tiandihui."
Lu Chen asked calmly: "Can Tiandi be so powerful? Then they don't have a lot of territory."
"It's not a lot, just three or four streets."
Lu Chen and Li Qiang kept chatting until they reached the factory gate before Lu Chen ended their chat.
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?"
"Chinatown. Where else could it be."
Fu Mingzhuo was stunned and asked, "How did you recruit people in Chinatown? Except for the few people I sent in the first few days, I didn't recruit anyone in the rest of the time."
Lu Chen looked at Fu Mingzhuo speechlessly.
"What kind of people did you look for to recruit people? You sat there like dead people. You didn't take the initiative to strike up a conversation. When you introduced me, you just told others about their salary. It's weird how you can recruit people."
Fu Mingzhuo asked in confusion: "Is there any difference? Isn't this how they all recruit workers?"
Lu Chen told Fu Mingzhuo what he learned in Chinatown. Fu Mingzhuo suddenly realized:
"It turns out that someone has threatened them, and there are still people who are spreading rumors about us. No wonder we can't recruit people. Then I will tell them not to go tomorrow."
After hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes widened. That's what I meant. Is there something wrong with my expression? Lu Chen said angrily:
"Fu Mingzhuo, is this what I'm saying? I'm asking you to be flexible. When recruiting people, tell the Chinese that we have cheap dormitories here, and let them know that they have a place to live even if they don't know Chinatown. We can eat so that 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. Don't be so angry."
Lu Chen didn't expect Fu Mingzhuo to joke with him, so he glared at Fu Mingzhuo angrily and left the office. After having dinner with the second elder, we drove back to the manor.
Today, through chatting with Li Qiang, I got a lot of information about the Tiandihui. It turns out that the Tiandi Club is not the largest gang in Chinatown, but the Huaqing Gang.
Moreover, the Tiandihui has little to do with the Red Sect. The Hua Qinghui is the force of the Red Sect.
Lu Chen also learned from Li Qiang the location of a warehouse of Tiandi Hui at the dock. Li Qiang went there before when he was working for Tiandihui.
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 Tiandi Society was not very good in his childhood. There have been conflicts before.
After Lu Chen returned home, he called Hans over. After telling him about the Tiandihui warehouse, Lu Chen said:
"Hans, after training for so long, do you want to do some actual combat? Go to this warehouse and have a look."
Hans said: "After listening to your introduction, boss, this warehouse is guarded by some gang members. I think it is not too difficult. We can let Qin and the others practice their skills. Our team will just take care of it from behind."
Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "Okay, that's it. I'll call Qin Jian and the others right away, and then we'll discuss how to take over this warehouse."
As Lu Chen said this, 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 in the factory. The rest of us should go back to the manor."
Fu Mingzhuo replied "Okay" and hung up the phone.
After Qin Jian came back with his people, Lu Chen and Hans told Qin Jian what had happened, and then Lu Chen and his people rushed to the dock.
