Chapter 6: Andy
Of course, Zhuo Fei, who had arrived in New York, would not have known that the follow-up development of the Tokyo fire incident would be so lively, and it would lead to a rare denunciation of the Japanese side by side in the newspapers between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
At the beginning of World War II, when the United States had just emerged from the Great Depression, New York was more like a public concession in Shanghai, with a bustle and bustle around every corner, beggars sleeping on heating duct vents, expensive goods in Broadway shopping mall windows, Ford cars roaring through the streets, and New Yorkers hurrying through the streets.
Of course, all this has nothing to do with Zhuo Fei, and the destination of their trip is a secluded villa located by the sea. After staying in the hotel temporarily, Hansen tried to sell a large number of antiques they brought out of Nanjing, leaving Zhuo Fei with enough funds to mobilize, and Hansen went to Germany with some of his people, and only Angela and Huffman remained with Zhuo Fei.
The car is getting closer and closer to the beach, and the roadside environment is gradually becoming tidy, and it seems that this is the place where American high society people live. According to Angela's guidance, the car slowly stopped outside the gate of a villa, similar to Zhuo Fei's imagination, the guards of the villa seemed a little strict, and even two cars were parked at the fork in the road leading to this villa.
The bodyguards of Zhuo Fei and his party in the villa searched their bodies and confirmed that they were not carrying weapons before they were put into the villa. There was enough heating in the villa, and the brightly dressed servants quietly retreated after serving steaming coffee, and in the quiet hall, Zhuo Fei and the others could only wait quietly for the appearance of the villa owner.
Coming here, Angela's little temperament seems to have restrained a lot, and even Margaret, who likes to play, has quieted down, but from time to time she will take candy and other things from her pocket and share them with Zhuo Yan. Before coming, Angela had already explained to Zhuo Fei that this was the residence of an elder in the family, and if it weren't for Zhuo Fei's hurry to find a factory that could process metal parts, Angela would not have taken the initiative to bring him here.
Angela's so-called family elders have not shown up for a long time, and Zhuo Yan, who is the most impatient, has also been a little unable to sit still, and Angela's face has gradually become difficult to see. Before he came, he had already called to contact this elder, if he really didn't have time, then he would simply say it on the phone, but why did he let himself take someone to come for nothing. "Forget it, I think we'd better go back." Without waiting for Angela, Zhuo Fei had already gotten up and stood up, and the time for him to speak was just right, just before Angela was about to break out.
"Andy's Manor isn't for everyone." As he spoke, he saw several sturdy white men coming down the stairs on the second floor. The man was wearing only a white shirt, with yellow hair on his arms under the sleeves of his shirt rolled up high, leather pistol holsters and bullet clip boxes hanging under his armpits, the metal buckles were unfastened, and the butt of the big-eyed puff trembled slightly, ready to be drawn and shot at any time.
Zhuo Fei was not frightened by these white youths, and glanced at Zhuo Yan and Huffman, who were about to stand up with them, Zhuo Fei just smiled, and turned around to stop looking at the goods coming down from the second floor. Ten seconds later, a balding fat businessman came down the stairs, followed by a tall blond young man. Sending the fat merchant away, the blond young man first glanced at Zhuo Fei a few times, and then nodded at Angela, "It's your turn, ma'am." ”
Angela got up and stood up a little reluctantly, and Zhuo Yan and the others also got up and stood up, but Zhuo Fei motioned to them with his eyes, and in the end, only Zhuo Fei followed Angela up the stairs. The three of them went upstairs and stopped in front of a room on the second floor, and the blonde young man knocked on the door and said, "Boss, Ms. Angela and her friend are here." ”
The heavy pure wooden door opened, Zhuo Fei only felt that his eyes were bright, and he couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, what a big study. I saw that this luxuriously decorated study room was covered with teak floors and thick carpets, and there were several exquisite oil paintings hanging on the walls.
"Uncle Andy, are you okay?" While Zhuo Fei couldn't stop looking at the entire study, Angela had already walked up to the middle-aged white man in the study with open arms. The middle-aged white man who came out from behind the desk put down the cigar in his hand, and also smiled and opened his arms and embraced Angela with moisture in his eyes, and the blonde young man who took Zhuo Fei and the two on the road had quietly gone out at some point, and at this time, in this palatial study, there were only Zhuo Fei and the three of them.
After a deep hug with Angela, the smiling middle-aged white man let go of Angela, reached out and nodded Angela's nose, and said with a smile, "My little angel, I haven't seen each other for 6 years, I am almost the same as what I saw in my dreams, thank God for letting you come back to me again." Xu Shi just saw Zhuo Fei just now, and the middle-aged white man who let go of Angela stretched out his right hand to Zhuo Fei, "Hello, I am Angela's distant uncle, you can call me Andy, or you can call me Uncle Andy." ”
Zhuo Fei knew that the other party had misunderstood the relationship between himself and Angela, but Zhuo Fei didn't think about explaining anything to the other party at the moment, just reached out and shook the other party, and said with a smile, "I'm Zhuo Fei, you can also call me Zhuo, I'm from China, and I'm Angela's friend in China." ”
Hearing this, Andy turned his head to look at Angela who was standing beside him, "No wonder, I've been looking for you all these years, the people I sent have been to your original troops, and I have also gone to some of your friends and classmates, but I didn't expect you to go to China, China is too far away from the United States after all." I have to say that Andy is a good chatter, just a few words, it has brought the relationship between Zhuo Fei and him closer, especially Angela is even more moved to tears.
"Uncle Andy, I'm doing well now, Zhuo is my boss, and some of my friends and I have accepted Zhuo's employment." Andy wants Angela to move to the villa to live with him, but Angela refuses. "Uncle Andy, don't do this, I just didn't want to move here, but I won't leave New York, our company will be listed in New York soon, and I can come back to visit you at any time."
Andy is an outlier in Angela's family, unlike Capone, who dominates the Chicago underworld, Andy, who has been obsessed with business since he was a child, has left the family very early, and Andy has a lot to talk about when it comes to opening a company to do business. "Oh, you're going to start a business in New York? What is the main business? The import and export trade is still ready to develop a local industry, and Uncle Andy may be able to provide you with some advice and help. ”
Andy's inquiry made Angela involuntarily turn around and look at Zhuo Fei, which made Andy even more interested in the Chinese kid in front of him, and it was rare for Angela to treat him like this, especially a Chinese kid. "Well, we have detailed information about a new anti-inflammatory drug, and we have sent someone to Germany to contact Bayer, and as soon as Bayer decides to produce this new anti-inflammatory drug with us, we will immediately set up an office in New York to be responsible for the sales of this anti-inflammatory drug in the United States."
"New anti-inflammatories? An anti-inflammatory drug that is more miraculous than sulfonamides? Andy's voice couldn't help but be a little higher, in the United States, which has just ended the Great Depression, there are only a few businesses that are the most profitable, except for the arms business, it may be the production of medicines. Only when there is a war will arms make money, but no matter whether there is a war or not, as long as there is a disease, the pharmaceutical business will definitely make money.
"We don't know the actual effect of sulfonamides, but I can guarantee that our new anti-inflammatory drug is much more effective than sulfonamides." After receiving Zhuo Fei's signal, Angela was confident that penicillin had not yet been produced, and before Hansen left, he was very confident in the cooperation with Bayer of Germany.
"Alright then, then how can I help you?" Andy didn't see the actual drug in kind, and even if he had some idea of the new drug that Angela said, he didn't show it on the surface.
"Uncle Andy, I'm coming to you today because Zhuo needs a factory that can process metal parts. We don't want to buy a factory, we just rent some machinery, and we want to process some small things ourselves, which is the key to the success or failure of our other product. With Andy's assurance, Angela no longer hid it, and directly told her intentions. Just rented some processing equipment from a machine factory, which was not a big deal at all in Andy's opinion, so he immediately agreed.
"Mark, find a few people to follow them and see what that weird Chinese kid does when he goes to the factory, I don't want my only niece to get in any trouble." After chatting with Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Fei in the study for a long time, Angela finally refused Andy's invitation to have dinner together, and saw Zhuo Fei and the others leave, Andy called the blonde young man and whispered a few words.
"Boss, I'm afraid this Chinese kid is not simple, I asked Brian, Brian said that this Chinese has a very strong murderous aura, such a person is not even an opponent of him, I'm afraid it is not something we can provoke." Mark did not refuse Andy's order, but truthfully reported the discovery of the head of the bodyguards in the manor to Andy, whose face immediately changed. Brian used to be a gunslinger under Capone before he became his bodyguard, and Andy never doubted the judgment of the head of his bodyguard.