Chapter 21 There is a tiger at the front door, and a wolf at the back door!
"Poof!"
Xu Yingshi, who was beaten like a pig's head, spurted out a mouthful of blood again.
"Uncle Lin, what you said is true? Li Mengyang, that bastard is eating and selling again? โ
"Young master, you should be angry, don't break your body."
"Anger? What am I angry about?! Li Mengyang, this bastard, he, how can he do anything?! โ
"Young master, that kid is just a little lucky, he ......"
"Uncle Lin! I, I ......" Xu Yingshi was really angry, and the whole person trembled.
"Young master, leave this matter to the old slave, the old slave will definitely want him to disappear into this America!" Uncle Lin is really conscientious at this time, and he is completely in a posture of humiliating his ministers to death.
"No!" Unexpectedly, Xu Yingshi still disagreed, is he very kind?
"I don't want Li Mengyang to die, that's too cheap for him!"
If the current Li Mengyang could hear and see the expressions and words of the master and servant, it would definitely feel very strange.
Damn, did Lao Tzu kill your father or burst your chrysanthemum? Lao Tzu didn't do anything to you, did he? Why do you hate Lao Tzu so much?
But people's hatred is sometimes so inexplicable......
Now Li Mengyang, naturally he didn't know that he had been hated by others, and he was still immersed in the great success of his new invention, ketchup.
"Ladies! Gentlemen! It's still ten bottles today! โ
"I want it! 2 dollars! โ
"I'll give you two and a half dollars!"
The ketchup here is simply speechless, it is still an auction, and there are still many people who come to buy it. And the fast food in the Golden Scale Pavilion is even more interesting, and now a variety of packages have been launched, for example, 10 cents is now a pack of French fries plus a small plate of tomato sauce, 30 cents is a fried chicken package and a hamburger package, the staple food or something, our Chinese restaurant bread is not good, just make steamed bread noodles, and it is also sold quite well.
The business is very prosperous, and even drove a few businesses near the Golden Scale Pavilion, this place is a neighborhood with more Chinese workers, that is, the prototype of Chinatown later, of course, now everyone is still not so clear, there are a few Chinese restaurants, and now everyone's business is good, and even many smart Chinese also learn from the Golden Scale Pavilion to engage in fast food, but ketchup has to be bought from Li Mengyang.
Business is booming, the whole street is booming, this is also the Belt and Road Initiative, right?
Just when Li Mengyang auctioned tomato sauce, a few people also came to taste this fries with tomato sauce.
"Well~ It's really delicious, this taste is really good, not to mention the sweet and sour, just the rustling taste of this potato, it seems to have the feeling of foie gras. To be honest, I tasted the potato fries when I was in Europe, and I thought it was not available in the United States, but I didn't expect to eat it here, but now after adding this sauce, it feels completely different, and it is very delicious. โ
"Neely, I'll just say, this shop is great, and you look at the guy who made this qiฤ, hahaha, you'll be surprised."
"Oh? That person? Let me see...... Yes? Is it him? โ
John Neely Johnson was brought in by his old friend William T. Wallace to enjoy a meal, and then he saw Li Mengyang, the guy who saved his life because of his successful defense.
"These Chinese workers can't do anything else, but the food is really first-class."
"But they're still damn Chinese workers!"
Johnson, this guy scolded the cook after eating the fries, what is this character...... But that's not all.
It didn't take long to see that on the opposite side of the Golden Scale Pavilion Hotel, someone had set up a simple small table, and Johnson's guy was wearing a top hat and a tuxedo, and he appeared on the platform very elegantly.
"Ladies! Gentlemen! I'm California Assemblyman, John Neely Johnson, and I'd like to say a few words to you here! โ
Don't say it, this Johnson's voice is not small, and this guy is really well-known, so as soon as he called, many people immediately gathered around, obviously this is a small speech.
"Oh, it's Mr. Johnson, have you also come to taste the fried potatoes and tomato sauce?"
"Mr. Johnson, what are you going to say?"
A lot of coaxing, it's good, Johnson said that.
"Ladies! Gentlemen! I just ate that fried potato and tomato sauce too! I must say, they're really fucking delicious! โ
"Ahh
Before the words fell, everyone laughed, obviously Johnson did not tell a lie, but soon Johnson changed his mind.
"But! Because it's delicious, it makes me feel our crisis! โ
"Crisis?" The San Francisco citizens who listened to the speech were a little confused, what kind of crisis could this be?
"Hey, look, that guy is out talking again."
"Can you say anything nice?"
"I guess the dog can't spit ivory out of his mouth!"
The guys in the Golden Scale Pavilion also saw Johnson's speech at this time, and of course, the Huang family's father and daughter and Li Mengyang were also among them.
"Brother Mengyang." Huang Rong was a little overwhelmed.
"It's okay, let's just watch." Li Mengyang knew in his heart that this Johnson should take advantage of so many people here to add some material to his election, anyway, those Western politicians or guys on the treasure island in the future will do this, he has seen too much, and he is really used to it.
Johnson just threw out a crisis, and now he's going to talk about what it is.
"The Chinese workers have already robbed us of our jobs in many ways, which has made our lives very sad! But now, they're opening a shop again, especially when it comes to food, these guys seem to have a natural magic, and they make the food very delicious! So, folks! Do you think our restaurants and restaurants can compete with these Chinese workers' shops?! โ
Crisis, really a crisis!
"Can't!"
"Damn, why didn't I think of that!"
"yes, these Chinese workers are too much, are they going to snatch our tongues and stomachs?!"
Sure enough, sometimes, if you want to provoke people's feelings, it's really too simple, maybe Johnson doesn't understand the theory, but he is definitely a master of practice.
"So! This is our crisis! Our Great Crisis! Gentlemen! If you think about it again, if our shop pรน can't compete with Chinese workers, then our shop pรน will go out of business, and the closure of our shop pรน will make many people unemployed, what can those unemployed people do? They may go panning for gold, but they may also go back to doing bad things, robbing and killing! โ
Johnson's words were like knives, stabbing at the Chinese workers!
"Bastard! Chinese workers are a bunch of bastards! โ
"Damn the Chinese guys! So what should we do? โ
"Mr. Johnson, but we really can't compete with these Chinese workers!"
Very good, very good, these people who listen to the speech have already regarded Johnson as a savior, Johnson is very complacent in his heart, as for what to do.
"Gentlemen! I'm here to promise that if I am elected governor of California, then I will introduce a bill and I will impose heavy taxes on these Chinese shops! Using heavy taxes to make it impossible for these guys to make our money, so that their shop pรน costs high, and our shop pรน can survive, and it will most likely make the Chinese shop pรน go out of business, in that case, this crisis will be solved, isn't it?! โ
Sure enough, what a great idea!
The competition can't be you, okay, then let's set everyone's conditions differently, our side is EASY difficulty, your side is HARD, isn't this solved? How nice, right?
As for fairness, that's all bullshit, what kind of fairness, fairplay Fei Epporai, it's not a matter of my words?
If you can't compete with others, why don't you find the reason from yourself? Why do you want to find the reason in yourself? I can't compete with you, then it's all your fault, that's it, definitely!
This is the logic of Johnson's words, which sounds like a hooligan's reasoning, a bastard's reasoning, a robber's reasoning, but this is a bit of a reasoning......
"Great!"
"I will definitely support Mr. Johnson!"
"Hahaha, yes! That's how you should do these bastards! โ
In general, the guy who is a bastard himself, look at who is a bastard.
"What did that guy say? Why are those foreign devils so happy? โ
"yes, what's the matter?"
Some of the Chinese workers here in the Golden Scale Pavilion are not good at English and can't understand it. Huang San understood, but he just thought that this matter would not be enough.
"Brother Mengyang." However, Huang Rong understood what she heard, and her eyes were asking her brother Meng Yang if there was any way.
"Girl, it's okay, trust me." Li Mengyang has a way, that is, he has to do it with them!
Li Mengyang knows very well that before the introduction of the "Chinese Exclusion Act", there were many discriminatory bills in California, and the current governor Bigler also made a discriminatory bill, but he was not so mad, so it was only a matter of time before the bill Johnson is talking about now will definitely come out in the future.
It's just that on such an occasion, there is no need to say anything, it is still important to accumulate strength now.
"Today's tomato sauce, is there anyone else bidding?!"
"Yes! I'm out 4 dollars! โ
"Anyone else?"
"$4 a time!"
"$4 twice!"
"$4 three times! Deal! โ
Yes, you give your speech, and our business is still doing as it is......
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