Listened to Martha's words.

Link was silent. If those residents really have that kind of thinking, it's really not easy to do. But he can't choke on food.

He pondered for a while and said, "Then state the purpose of the establishment of low-rent apartments on the official website." Let everyone who wants to apply know that we cannot guarantee that they will be able to move from a low-cost apartment to a job. And we have to make them understand that our pasta promotion project is only a project with limited capacity. It's not that everyone can participate, and opportunities can only be given to the most suitable people. ”

"We've done that. But the issue of funding is also a big one. If the number of low-cost apartments continues to increase, the Hans Fund may not be able to cover the operating costs. ”

"Your suggestion, I'll take it into account. He paused, then asked again. "How many noodle shops are there now?"

Martha said: "Seven hundred and sixty-two have been opened in two hundred and twenty-nine cities. A new batch of 513 applications has been approved and is in the process of applying for funding. More than 220 new towns and cities have been added to our distribution network. We can recruit more than 50 more delivery personnel from low-rent apartments. ”

"That's good. How many do you think we can open at the limit of our noodle shop network?"

"I think the limit is only 3,000 to 4,000 at most. You know, that kind of investment can only be profitable if it is set up in a town or community with a population of more than 10,000 people. And we can't roll out all the markets. I feel like we're expanding too fast. ”

It's also because their project is just a small noodle shop. Moreover, they are all instant food, and all the ingredients are directly distributed by the factory, so a noodle shop can be run by a family. Large-scale training, and then large-scale franchise opening, expanded faster than most fast food chains.

But expanding too fast isn't necessarily a good thing.

"I would recommend not investing in new stores for the time being this year," Martha said. Song is also worried that if the expansion is too fast, the factory's capacity will not be supplied. ”

Link thought for a while and said, "Let's invest enough for 2,000 first." "There is a kind of Chinese food he knows, which has more than 2,000 branches in the United States, and that is Panda Chinese Food. That's a more market-critical business than McDonald's.

And his noodle shop project is more unfussy than those fast food, like some super cities, in fact, it is no problem to open a hundred noodle shops.

And some small towns with a population of several hundred should also be able to support business. It's just that the investment in that place can be less. Because the rent and the cost of living will be less.

Then there is no problem in opening 5,000 to 6,000 noodle shops throughout the United States. It's just that the cost of opening a store in some places is relatively high.

Link stood up and said, "I'm going to have a security team for the alpaca project over there in Peru. You talk to that over there. ”

"Okay, I'll communicate with that side. ”

Link listened to her and left.

After leaving the investment firm, Link asked Tiger to drive the car to Overtown. In the car, he dialed Ari's phone.

"Ari. There's something I need you to check for me. ”

Ari was assigned by him to take charge of the Lawson Security Company. He now has more than one hundred and fifty men under his command. And he's in Houston. Houston's noodle shop is in trouble, and the best person to solve it is none other than Ariel.

"Boss, you say!"

"My company has invested in two noodle shops in East Houston. They often encounter local hooligans causing trouble. You can help me find out what's going on. ”

Ari hears this. He immediately said, "Okay." ”

He knew that those noodle shops were opened by people who were originally homeless, and they would basically choose to return to their hometowns to open them. But in reality, those noodle shops have half of Link's shares. Theoretically, the Rosen Company and the noodle shops are Link's business. The owners of those noodle shops are, in a sense, colleagues with him.

Now that his colleague is in trouble, he has to figure out what's going on.

Link didn't care about Tiger either, and said into the phone, "I suspect it's that Norwich who is playing tricks." If it's him, can you deal with him?"

"Boss, the current Lawson Company is actually very powerful!"

"You investigate first! and then tell me the results. Link emphasized. "I hope Lawson has always been a regular company!"

Ari suspects that the noodle shop is being harassed by thugs, and that Norwich is the devil.

If you are regularly harassed, it may be deliberately targeted. Link offended Norwich in Houston, and his Rosen company had some trouble after he took over, but Rosen used his connections to help him solve it before leaving.

And it was the Norwich who was making trouble for the Rosen company. But when he recruited enough people, Norwich didn't dare to trouble Lawson.

The Lawson Company couldn't deal with it, and if Norwich knew that those noodle shops were Link's investment, it was indeed very likely that people would cause trouble.

There are one and fifty veterans under Ari's command. Now the strength of Lawson Company is not necessarily worse than those gangsters. Their combat capabilities are definitely not comparable to those gangsters.

But if you fight with a gangster, no matter how reasonable it is, it will be considered a gangster. Link definitely doesn't want his business to be connected to the gangsters.

"I understand!"

"Those newly trained, can they go to work now?"

"It's pretty much okay. However, the company's business is insufficient. ”

"You pick sixty and make a salary of $150,000 a year. Thirty are going to California, thirty are going to Oregon. I just want to do it voluntarily. ”

"Good!"

With that, Link hung up the phone and closed his eyes.

Not far from the city, they were confronted by the police. Someone in front of him was asked to get out of the car and be searched.

Their car was stopped. The police came over and asked for a driver's license and asked to lower the window to check.

Tiger handed over his driver's license to the police and lowered the window. The policeman held the gun at his waist in one hand and bent down to look into the car. Link poked his head out of the car window and said, "Mr. Officer, what's going on?"

"Hello, Mr. Hans!" said the policeman, seeing that it was him, and letting go of his gun. "Yes. We're looking for a serial murderer. ”

When Link heard this, he asked, "Is that the murderer who targeted the young woman? I heard about him four months ago, and I haven't caught him yet?"

"Yes, not yet, he came out to commit the crime after hiding in the rat hole for more than three months. ”

"That's damn it!"

"Yes. We'll catch that bastard. Damn, it's already the ninth!" he said, referring to the ninth victim who was recently discovered. He didn't let Link get out of the car either, and said directly. "You can go, Mr. Hans. The policeman said as he returned his driver's license to Tiger and then made a release gesture to the officer in front of him. "It's Link Hans's car. ”

Link and his car went around the dozen or so cars in front of them and passed through the check card.

Tiger laughed and said, "In a place like Las Vegas, if the suspect really wants to leave, he doesn't need to walk on the road at all. The surrounding desert area is accessible from anywhere. ”

Link smiled and said, "But this should be considered a clue, they seem to be pretty sure that the suspect will leave." Maybe there are people searching in the desert too. ”

"If there is a helicopter searching the sky, driving in the desert will indeed be more obvious. Tiger thought about it for a moment and thought so.

As they spoke, a siren crept into the car. Almost immediately, a silver sports car sped past their car.

It didn't take long for several police cars to overtake them. Looking at this posture, even if the police did not find the suspect, at least they caught a suspect who might have committed the crime.

Tiger said: "It seems that the person in that car is the person they are going to arrest, and just now the three police cars on the side of the road chased after it." ”

But that's the police, and they don't bother to care.

But they passed a second power station along the way. There is a county road that goes south, to County Highway 169 on the border of Hans Farm. At the intersection, a police car overturned, and a police officer was bandaging a police officer with a head injury.

Tiger asked, "Boss?"

Link thought for a moment and told him to stop. He got out of the car and asked the policeman, "Mr. Officer, do you need help?"

The injured person was the same officer who had stopped Link's car. He only looked like he had hit his head in a car accident and was still sober.

The officer who bandaged him said, "Thank you, Mr. Hans, but we've called an ambulance." ”

Link saw that they were okay, so he asked, "Is the car you were chasing just now a suspect of serial people?"

The injured officer said, "That's the bastard." Mr. Hans, are you going back to Hans's farm?"

Link nodded and said, "Yes." Any questions?"

"That bastard went down this way. It is possible to pass by your Hans farm. Ours chased after us at the same time. Helicopters will also come to support, but he has a gun, an automatic rifle. He killed one of our colleagues, and some innocent citizens were shot at by him. He's a very dangerous person. I remember you used to live in Overtown. It's also possible that he will pass through Overtown. You'd better inform your family. ”

Link was shocked, and quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed Barbara's number.

As a result, no one answered. He didn't know if it was because he didn't pick up his phone when he went out, or if he was just playing with Hannah in the yard. He put away his phone, turned around and got into the car, and before closing the door, he said, "Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Officer." ”

Tiger also hurriedly got into the car, started the car and continued to drive towards the highway. It's been a few minutes just now, and if they do, they won't be able to catch up. But instead of turning straight from the highway to Amber Canyon, they can get to Overtown faster.

Tiger had driven the car to one hundred and twenty yards. But Link still thinks it's too slow: "Drive faster." ”