"Oh oh oh!!You must be Mr. Lu!God! I can't believe I didn't recognize you!" The white aunt let out a soprano scream. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Calm down, ma'am, it's getting late, and I don't want to make the tenants noisy. Lu Li hurriedly put his index finger on his lips and made a silent movement.

He really couldn't understand why Americans were shocked when they encountered some unexpected situation, exclaimed and sighed at every turn, as if they couldn't express their excitement without doing so, wouldn't it be good to be calm......

The aunt who reacted quickly covered her mouth, nodded vigorously, and then lowered her voice and said, "I'm sorry, sir, I'm so surprised." You know, since the Federal Housing Administration informed me that the apartment had changed owners, only one person named Bernard had called, claiming to be your lawyer, telling me to continue with the status quo, and then there was no movement. If it weren't for the fact that my weekly paycheck was still paying as usual, I wondered if I had been abandoned. ”

"Hahahaha!" Hearing the other party's complaint, Lu Li couldn't help but smile and shook his head and comforted: "Don't worry, no one will casually abandon an apartment worth tens of millions of dollars, not to mention that it can also bring in more than a million dollars of income before taxes every year." How's it going, haven't you had any trouble with your business?"

"It's not a hassle, but I'm afraid you'll have to deal with it yourself. With that, the aunt turned around and took out a white envelope from the table, and the envelope was also printed with a cartoon image of a top hat.

Lu Li took it and looked at it, blinking his eyes in confusion: "What is this?"

The white aunt cautiously explained: "It's an envelope containing protection money! Didn't you notice it when you came? Although there were many street girls and drug dealers outside, there were no thugs robbing." The reason for this is that there is a more powerful gang that occupies a few streets in the neighborhood, and as long as we give a part of the money each week, they are responsible for maintaining law and order. If a tenant is behind on rent or a drunken person is making trouble, you can call them and someone will take care of it within five minutes at most. ”

"Wow!How much does the protection fee need to be paid per week?" Lu Li asked, raising an eyebrow.

Although I have seen the plot of gang members collecting protection money in many Hollywood movies before, it is generally a frequent situation before the mafia carries out the primitive accumulation of capital.

Since these guys have completed the primitive accumulation of bloody crimes, they have switched to investing in real estate, securities, futures, arms, gambling, pornography and other profiteering industries, and now only those small gangs that do not enter the stream will choose to do this kind of work with little income, more trouble, and if they don't do it, they will be arrested and imprisoned.

Of course, even if you collect protection money, you still have to pick a good place, like the kind of place where the police car will appear within three minutes after calling the police, it is definitely not enough, only those poor neighborhoods that are not frequented by the patrol police, the operators of small hotels, supermarkets, bars, etc., will be willing to pay the gangsters.

After all, in a neighborhood like this, after calling the police, the police are likely to show up for more than ten minutes or even half an hour, and when they come to make it difficult for the corpses to be cold, it is better to ask the gang for help directly, at least the latter will get the money and directly use violence to settle most of the troubles as promised.

Lu Li has been in the United States for so long, and this is the first time he has encountered a plot of collecting protection money, so instead of feeling angry and the like, he is extremely curious.

"Uh...... It is generally $1,500 a week and $7,000 a month, and if you do not default for 10 consecutive months, you can be exempted from paying for the last two months. "Auntie is obviously quite experienced, and she said everything she knew in one breath.

"What, there are still preferential activities for protection fees?" Lu Li instantly felt that the three views were a little collapsed.

The aunt shrugged her shoulders awkwardly and replied, "That's right! It is said that the guy who runs these streets once went to college, so he has a better brain, and understands that a stable community is easier to make money than a chaotic one." Thanks to his thoughts, the security in the surrounding neighborhoods is not bad, at least you don't have to worry about robberies and shootings if you go to the street to buy something. ”

Lu Li nodded thoughtfully: "Okay, then please tell me, where to pay this money?"

"Except for the right turn at the gate, there's a strip club, say to the security guard at the gate and they'll take you to the boss. With that, the aunt also pushed open the window of the corridor and pointed out the location.

"Got it! I'll go there myself later. Now help me open a spare room, I may have to stay here for a few days. Lu Li casually stuffed the envelope into his pocket and ordered.

"Okay, please come with me. ”

Without saying a word, the aunt carried a large set of keys to a three-bedroom room with a balcony next to the elevator on the fourth floor.

After simply changing the sheets and pillowcases, Lu Li quickly rushed into the bathroom to take a hot shower, then changed into a black suit, leaving Vivian alone to rest, while he took advantage of no one's attention, jumped from the window, and disappeared into the vast night.

For about an hour and a half, he quietly sneaked into another ordinary apartment in Brooklyn, sat quietly on a chair, and said to the woman who had just walked in through the door, "You're finally back." You know? I sat here waiting for you for a full forty minutes. ”

"Yes...... Is it you?!" The woman with the long black hair was undoubtedly taken aback.

"What, do you have any contact with anyone other than me?" Lu Li asked, crossing his fingers on his chin and waiting for two eyes that shimmered with cold light.

There is no doubt that his appearance at the moment is Enoch, and the black-haired woman standing in the doorway is Carmelita Beaver, nicknamed "Carrier Pigeon".

"No! No! Can't you just call me or send me an email until you come next time?" Camerita breathed a sigh of relief and put the gun back in her bag.

"Hmph, no one can know my whereabouts until they have my trust. You see, these are times of war, and no matter how careful you are, you can't be too careful. Lu Li deliberately pretended to have a cruel and cold expression.

Carmelita closed the door, kicked off her heels, threw her satchel on the bed, and began to change her clothes as if no one was around, asking as she went, "What is the important thing that came to me today?" As far as I know, your big man with wings, claws, and sharp horns seems to have done a lot of earth-shattering things lately, and the Council of Elders has even listed him as one of their greatest enemies. ”

"The notion of antiques is outdated and should have been swept into the dustbin of history long ago. If it weren't for the fact that I still need them to attract the attention of the enemy, I would have uprooted them long ago......"