Chapter 50: Negotiations

Ge Qiu's smile still hung on his face, and he exhaled a large puff of cigar smoke, like a winner in life.

At this moment, when he saw a large group of people coming, the laughter stopped abruptly, and his face suddenly stiffened, and then became unsightly.

Also becoming ugly is the head of the Social Security Administration, Mr. Gilry.

He blushed and scolded, "Damn, didn't you say it doesn't matter!?"

What's going on out there now? It's not good for us to make a big fuss, you know that your father has a part in it!"

Ge Qiu knew what Mr. Gilly was referring to, this old man had been in the SSA for more than 20 years, and the reason why he was able to have a relationship with his father Ge Dalong was because when the police department sent people to help register the list of people who should receive benefits, Ge Dalong found that many Chinese did not know that they could receive money, nor did they know the relevant legal provisions, as if they had forcibly given them relief money, so they contacted Gilry, and the two conspired to embezzle some people's relief funds.

can be called the "Four Evils of Chinatown", Ge Dalong is naturally not a good person, where will he care how difficult the lives of the poor are, he only thinks about putting this money into his pocket unconsciously, although he has made a lot of money by collecting protection money, but who would think that he has more money?

Later, Ge Dalong and Jierry really did this, and they told some old Chinese who were less knowledgeable and could not speak English that they were not eligible to receive benefits, on the grounds that the procedures were incomplete, their identities were illegal, and they had no tax records, etc., which sounded very reasonable, but in fact the officials had been giving them benefits, but in the end the money went into other accounts.

In the '80s, before computer data management technology became widespread, Jirry managed the SSA himself, was responsible for handing out relief payments in the area, and with a good relationship between the upper and lower levels, it was easy to do this, and it didn't show up for so many years.

Of course, this is related to the target they choose to start, mostly some lonely and widowed old people with incomplete identity information, less knowledge, and no English understanding, even if they are found at the door, they can easily scare and deal with it, these people will not think of using the law to protect their rights and interests, they will be bullied when they are bullied, and there is no place to complain.

If he really got into trouble, Jilry pretended to be a good person and said that he would communicate with the above, and then sent the relief money to the other party, which largely avoided the possibility of revealing his stuff, and in their opinion, these old Chinese were very easy to bully.

For example, this time Su Mu came to the door, and it didn't take much effort to get them to promise that they would give relief money to Mrs. Lin in the future, in fact, this money has always been there, but it was embezzled by Jierri, Ge Dalong and others.

I thought it would be okay, but who knew that Su Mu was a dead brain, and he wanted to investigate to the end.

More than 20 years have passed, and the amount of relief money for Mrs. Lin is not small, according to the average annual calculation of 2,000 US dollars, which is about 50,000 US dollars, in addition to compensation, loss fees, etc., the amount is even higher, Su Mu himself simply calculated, the request made a few days ago is 130,000 US dollars, which takes into account the factor of currency depreciation.

Mr. Gilry was reluctant to take out the money, and he didn't think about it, so he sent Su Mu away, thinking that Su Mu was just a child and would not cause problems.

But who knows, Su Mu just got out of it, the demonstration of hundreds of people is not small, and the people above will definitely notice it, which has become the fuse that may make Jierri and Ge Dalong unlucky.

Therefore, Ge Qiu and Director Gilry, who knew about it, felt panicked and angry at this time, and the word "being a thief" was perfectly expressed by them, and they were most afraid of attracting the attention of people with intentions, and they were the last thing they wanted to see at this moment on the street downstairs......

I don't know who led it, and people shouted the slogan in English: "Pay back the old man's welfare!"

One after another, led by them, more and more people gathered here, mainly to watch the excitement.

There was a good legal basis for the demonstration, and a few police officers didn't want to meddle in their affairs, so they stood by and watched, helping to help, they didn't want to lose their jobs, and it was best to pretend that they couldn't see it.

Director Gilly couldn't hold back the mental pressure at first, and asked Ge Qiu: "Richard, or you can discuss with your father, don't continue to take their money in the future, we have earned enough for so many years, and I will retire in four months, and I really don't want to be put in prison." ”

The money distributed to his father every month is enough for fifty or sixty thousand dollars, this income is quite stable, Ge Qiu is unwilling to lose this income, thinking that the current situation is not out of control and can be dealt with.

His father, Ge Dalong, is a very shrewd and sleek person, but he has pampered this son since he was a child, and he has successfully raised a straw bag, and he is unwilling to lose a big one because of a small one, so he said: "Isn't it an old guy's relief money, let's make up the money to her, you take half out, I take out half of it!"

Gilly saw the whole thing more clearly, knowing that as soon as this opening was opened, more people would rush to ask for handouts, and said with a wry smile: "Do you know how many demonstrations of this magnitude have I seen in your Chinatown area for so many years?"

The answer is no, not once.

Now that it's begun, it's not going to be over, and when they pay attention to the benefits, our good days will come to an end, and someone will find out.

So stop it, I'll call your father, it's not something you can decide. ”

The annoyed Ge Qiu's face turned red, his emotional intelligence was not bad, he took a few deep breaths, did not tear his face with Mr. Gilry, and said in a slow tone: "You are too nervous now, take it easy."

Yes, we can take care of this, think about the money, would you like to give it to the old guys?

Listen to me for the time being, go talk to them, if you can solve it with money, it's best, if it doesn't work, I'll deal with it, OK?"

The word "money" in this sentence had an effect, and Gilry was skeptical, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll try ...... first"

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"Pay back the old man's relief!"

In the crowd, Su Mu shouted loudly.

Today, they spent a long time looking for some students from Castellar Middle School, and unexpectedly found that their grandfather actually asked Fifth Uncle Qiao for help and found people to protest together, and they were in a very good mood.

For the time being, I don't know that I actually forced the Ge family and the person in charge of the Social Security Administration to a dead end by mistake, and at this moment, I can't help but feel that there are still many Chinese with conscience.

The emotions in my head are wonderful.

If he came alone, Su Mu might not dare to shout out as loudly as he did now, but today so many compatriots stood beside him, as if they had relied on, as if they had been kneeling, and suddenly they could stand up and speak, and their determination to help those old people ask for relief money was even stronger.

I don't know if anyone else has similar thoughts, but a lot of people like the atmosphere – the atmosphere of fighting for justice.

A group of girls found by Eucommia, strangers who get flyers on the street during the day, taxi drivers, restaurant cooks, and countless other Chinese people are protesting for the relief money of those old people, and it is clear that it is not their own business, but they still help out, which is extremely noble.

The window on the second floor was suddenly opened, and Gilry waved his hand and shouted, "Enough! Send a few people in charge, let's sit down and talk about this!"

The crowd suddenly fell silent, old Gilly shouted again, they heard clearly, Du Zhong instantly grinned, and the others were also applauding, Su Mu's hoarse voice was now in pain, but he laughed very happily.

Feng Shui takes turns, this time it was Su Mu's turn to smile, it's true that I've been very fortunate these days, but it's worth it......