Chapter 14: Daddy
Originally from northeast China, he roamed southern China in the early days of China's reform and opening up, and in Chinese parlance, he was a "speculative and upside-down" element, as long as he could spare money. Of course, he also has his principles, drugs must not be touched, and sex gambling is of course one of the highlights of his life. Let's talk about his name Daddy first, when he first arrived in the United States, he didn't understand English bullshit, as long as someone asked him what his name was, he would tell sรน black people and old Mo friends, saying that just call him "Dad", and feel that everyone who calls him "Dad" makes a lot of money, so as long as he appears everywhere, Americans are affectionate and friendly to call him "Dad" Dad relies on his courage and carefulness, and he is forced to break out of the world in the black area of Chicago.
When my dad first arrived in Chicago, he was in the takeaway circle, and later he was a good mixer in the circle, earning five or six thousand dollars a month, and the boss gave him a basic salary of fifty a day, and the rest was on his own. When he is tired of running takeaways, he can deliver fifty or sixty orders a day, earning three to one yuan in tips per order, which is very good for others, but for his father, he is by no means satisfied with this, he often uses his ability to mix in Chinese shopping malls to play some tricks on black friends, and asks each other in jerky English, "How are you today?" Happy? When people ask him if he's happy, he always says, "I'm not happy today, but I'll be happy if I can tip more." When I met a woman, I said, "You are very beautiful today, and your breasts are also very big, is it really fake?" Of course, the woman smiled when she heard this, and sometimes asked him to touch his breasts, saying that this was true. That way he can always tip one or two dollars more.
He is quite cheerful, and the guests who are familiar with him always call "Daddy" and "Daddy" from afar. He also enjoyed it quite a bit. has been in the black area for a long time, and he also knows the character of the black brothers quite well, and he has also met many bosses in the underworld, which makes him more like a fish in water. The black boss told him that the younger brother of their gang would never allow the robbery of Chinese food delivery boys, and also taught them the gestures of the gang, as long as someone dared to provoke him, he could make this gesture. Of course, he is also quite good at wooing them, often bringing them some spring rolls and fried rice to eat, and even the local police sometimes turn a blind eye to him for speeding.
Although he mixed well in the black area, there was always a time when the horse stumbled, once when delivering takeaways, he was not alert when he saw that the order was a familiar building, and as a result, he was put on the head by two black guys with guns, and robbed the Apple mobile phone and pocket money on his body, others asked him why he didn't use the gesture of the black boss at this time, and he said that it was too late, if he compared at this time, it might be a disaster, because this gang of blacks knew that you had a gang, and they would shoot directly.
Another time, as soon as he returned to Chinatown from work, he stopped and encountered two armed robbers, who asked him and his wife to raise their hands and take away more than 2,000 yuan from him, as well as two iPhones. At that time, he was terrified, because he was wearing a new Rolex watch worth more than 20,000 yuan, after which he put the watch in the safe and never dared to show his wealth lightly. Dad usually has to pay special attention to whether there is a Taisheng address when delivering takeaways, if there is, you have to be particularly cheered, he told others, if black people come out of the house, it will be safer, if it is from the back or other small passages to be very careful, two days ago he also met a black man walking over with his hand in his trouser pocket ready to pull out a gun, he saw that it was wrong, immediately refueled and ran.
Slowly, Dad also had other business opportunities, he found that in the telephone sales stores in the black area, there are often ultra-cheap second-hand smart phones, gold necklaces, diamond rings, watches and cameras and other things, so he bought them and resold them in Chinatown, first to sell friends, and then to take a large amount of goods, he poured directly to the pawnshop gold store in Chicago, in his words, he can pour anything, as long as he can make money, as large as tens of thousands of yuan of cameras, as small as viagra chargers, are his business scope.
He himself said that almost one-fifth of the mobile phones in the hands of the Chinese were circulated from his hands. Most of the mobile phone stores in Chinatown know him. He said that he didn't understand these mobile phones and computers at all, but he was bold enough, and he came and went in cash, so black friends liked him very much, and kept any good goods for him, sometimes, he took a new Apple mobile phone to get more than 100 units, the funds were too painful, as long as the price dropped, it would be a loss, but he said that it was difficult to make money if he didn't do this, and other sellers thought he was a big boss, in fact, he said that he only earned 20 yuan per machine, and sometimes he only earned 5 yuan.
A Chinese reporter once interviewed him, and the reporter asked where he had made a lot of money after so many years. He sighed lightly and donated all of it to the casino, except for sending some money back to China to buy a house. Whenever he makes money, he always likes to go to the casino to gamble, he was originally tall and very popular, but they all broke up because of gambling. He said that he liked to count money, and as he spoke, he took a stack of money and counted it in front of reporters, and there was money in every pocket, and each time he counted it was not less than three thousand. He said that he can't do it without money, sometimes he can't buy when he sees that there is no money, and he must grab good goods, which is business. He also likes to buy famous brands, he wears all famous brands, and he also likes to visit famous brand stores when he has nothing to do, he said that life is short, don't be sorry for yourself, and customers are willing to do business with him when they see his clothes when they buy goods. He said proudly, don't look at my bullshit, but it's all foreigner business, and the businesses he makes friends with are all foreigners. This is also not easy for an ordinary person who is very good at English, and he said that others say that he is a good salesperson.
Later, my father didn't know what was going on, and he disappeared for a while. His black brother often visited the restaurant where he worked, but no one knew where he had gone.