Chapter 33 They are all compatriots, and if they can help, they will help
In the United States, almost every city's Chinatown has a huge archway, and this Chinatown in Detroit is no exception.
In front of and behind Chen Geng's body, there were four big men wearing sunglasses, White knew them, they were all Vietnam War veterans recruited by Chen Geng, and each of them was not an existence to be messed with.
It's strange, what is Fernandez doing in Chinatown with such a group of people? With the doubt in his heart, White still hurriedly came up to say hello: "Brother Chen." ”
Seeing White, Chen Geng stood up and nodded with a smile: "Coming?"
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting......"
"It's okay, I've just arrived," Seeing White's gaze fall on Statham and the others, Chen Geng waved his hand: "I heard that I was coming here, Statham and they are not at ease." Be sure to follow. ”
"Chinatown is indeed quite chaotic......" I don't know what Chen Geng's purpose is, White carefully answered.
"Hmm......" Chen Geng nodded undeniably: "Come with me?" Although I am also a Chinese begging for a living in Detroit, but this is the first time I have come to Chinatown, I remember you said once, your home is in this part of Chinatown, right?"
"Well, yes," Ji Shengcheng hurriedly responded, although he felt more and more strange about Chen Geng's purpose today, but Ji Shengcheng's mouth didn't hit a stumble: "We live here, that is, in this Chinatown, almost seventy or eighty percent of our Chinese in Detroit, anyway, the Chinese in Detroit basically live in this area......"
Speaking skills, Ji Shengcheng did not forget to peek at the four of Statham.
Obviously, Statham and they have their own dispersal effect of "idler avoidance", on weekdays, those little gangsters who hang out in Chinatown are usually the most favorite thing to do is to bully those fresh faces, but now, no one dares to come up, too, although Chen Geng is a Chinese face, but the four bodyguards in front of him and behind him who don't look good to mess with all silently explain one point: Get away, don't have nothing to do to provoke Lao Tzu!
Chen Geng kept nodding his head when he listened, he looked at the rows of shops on both sides of the street, and asked Ji Shengcheng with interest, "How is the income of these shops?"
After thinking about it, Ji Shengcheng said: "I don't know much about the specific income, but ...... I guess I have a small income of 20,000 US dollars a year. ”
"It's a lot," Chen Geng was a little surprised, this figure was a bit beyond Chen Geng's imagination: "According to the figures released by the U.S. Treasury Department, the annual income of a typical American family is less than 20,000 US dollars." ”
"It would be nice if it was just that simple," Ji Shengcheng shook his head with a wry smile: "This income will be taken away by at least one-third of the gangs and gangsters in Chinatown, these gangs will get up one today, and one will be destroyed tomorrow......
After a year of hard work, it would be good to have 10,000 US dollars in your hands, I don't know if you remember, so I told you that many of our compatriots do not have formal jobs and can only rely on odd jobs to subsidize their families. ”
Chen Geng nodded: "Well, I'm a little impressed." ”
I always heard Ji Shengcheng talk about how hard the Chinese life in Detroit was, but I didn't see it with my own eyes, and Chen Geng didn't have an intuitive impression, but now that I saw the living conditions of these compatriots in front of me, Chen Geng couldn't help but sigh: Everyone's life is really difficult.
"But speaking of which, the life of our Chinese is difficult to return, but it is still many times better than the days of those," Speaking of this, Ji Shengcheng wrote proudly: "We Chinese are hard-working, in order to live a good life, we are not afraid to exert our strength, those are far behind, one by one broken jars and broken, life is not good and I don't want to live well, I am a monk all day long and hit the clock for a day, I don't want to eat anything tomorrow if I can eat enough today......"
Ji Shengcheng was chattering, and he couldn't find a suitable person on weekdays to say these words, it was rare that Fernandez was willing to listen, and he couldn't wait to say all these words.
Chen Geng nodded his head when he listened, in the American society in the 70s, before the political correctness of "preferential treatment of blacks" was formed, just two years ago, a white man who married a black daughter-in-law had just won the lawsuit - that is, before that, it was illegal for a white person to marry a black person.
Although yellow people, as the "intermediate skin color" between whites and blacks, are also discriminated against, in fact, whites discriminate against blacks far more than they discriminate against yellows, of course, this also has a great relationship with our Chinese hard-working and willing to work.
"If, I mean if ......" Chen Geng finally explained what he meant by letting Ji Shengcheng come over: "If I have a batch of job opportunities here, the income is very high, but the working conditions are difficult, well, you need to work in the open air, do you think everyone is willing to go?"
Ji Shengcheng raised his head suddenly, looked at Chen Geng in shock, and his voice trembled a little: "Brother Chen, you ...... What do you mean ......"
Chen Geng nodded and said: "Well, that's what you heard, I have about a dozen or twenty jobs here, and the monthly income will not be less than 2,000 US dollars if I work hard, but the conditions are more difficult......
There is a saying that fertile water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, and there is such an opportunity to earn high wages, so of course Chen Geng gives priority to thinking about his compatriots, and does not give priority to taking care of his own compatriots, so does he have to take care of those old Americans, old blacks, and old Mexicans? The old Americans, old blacks, and old inkers are only famous all over the world for their cheating and slippery when they work, but when it comes to using trade unions, strikes, and other means to "protect" their own interests, all of them are of the level of masters.
Chen Geng, such a master, can't afford to raise him, don't you see that Michael would rather not do the car dismantling project, and is not willing to recruit Lao Hei and Lao Mo to do these jobs.
On the one hand, he heard Ji Shengcheng say that the Chinese life in the United States is relatively difficult, and since they are all compatriots, they can naturally help them; on the other hand, the degree of diligence of our Chinese is completely incomparable with any other nationality or race, and our nation is like a weed, no matter how difficult the conditions are, as long as there is a chance to let ourselves take root, we can grow strongly. With such an opportunity, who else can you find if you don't look for your own compatriots?
Ji Shengcheng trembled like chaff, his mouth trembled and he couldn't speak, and he had only one thought in his mind: Brother Chen is willing to provide you with some job opportunities! Brother Chen is willing to provide you with some job opportunities with a monthly salary of 2,000 US dollars!
Ji Shengcheng doesn't know how the Chinese in other big cities in the United States live in life, it is said that the life of the Chinese in New York's Chinatown is not bad, but the Chinese in Detroit can only be regarded as a part of the low- and middle-income group in Detroit, and they are the target of bullying by whites, blacks, and gangsters, and even Mexicans and Indians dare to come and bully themselves, and high-income job opportunities are almost impossible with Chinese, Chen Geng is simply an outlier among Chinese in the United States, if he is willing to help everyone, I don't know how many people can have a better life.
"Brother Chen......" White's voice trembled: "You...... You're not kidding me, are you?"
"You think I'm going to joke with you?"
"No, no, no, I didn't mean that, I mean...... I mean......"
"Okay, don't be so excited," Chen Geng smiled and waved his hand: "Let's put it simply, I need to organize a group of people to go to the scrapped car dismantling company to help me dismantle the scrapped car on the intact and usable spare parts, the working conditions are relatively difficult, and we can only provide some shelter from the wind and rain for our compatriots in the early stage." But now it's spring, I don't think it's a big problem, I promise to let everyone do this work in the air-conditioned workshop before winter comes......"
To the scrapped car dismantling company to dismantle scrapped parts?
White, who was originally a little worried about whether Fernandez would let everyone do some bad work, was completely relieved now: it was really the same as what Brother Chen said, that is, the conditions were more difficult, but making money was really earning.
"I don't think it's a big problem, everyone wants to find a way to make money, it's crazy," finally adjusted his mood, Ji Shengcheng said quickly: "As long as you make money, everyone will definitely be willing to do it, and disassembling parts is not a tiring job...... Brother Chen, can I give me an opinion?"
"Huh?" Chen Geng was a little surprised, but nodded happily: "You say." ”
"You mean, you can work eight hours a day, and you can have more than 2,000 a month, right?"
"That's right. ”
"Then can you divide people into two classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, so that two groups of people dare to do this?"
"It's not a big problem, but why arrange it like this?" Chen Geng was a little curious.
"Because it allows more people to get a good income. Ji Shengcheng's expression was a little gloomy, and he was a little worried: "If you think it's troublesome, forget it......"
Chen Geng immediately understood what Ji Shengcheng meant: everyone's life is not easy, if you can help a few more people, let's try to help a few more people, anyway, for yourself, the total amount of salary spent is the same.
Chen Geng nodded happily: "Yes, you can help a few more if you can, anyway, it won't hurt me." ”
Ji Shengcheng took a deep breath!
He didn't expect Chen Geng to agree so happily, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
Chen Geng sighed: "I don't expect everyone to read me well, after all, this is a transaction, everyone works for me, I pay everyone a salary, everyone doesn't owe me anything, I don't owe you anything." ”