Chapter 31: The Tavern
(Ask for support!) Ask for support! )
The Titanic is about to perform its fourth performance, and the box office is still showing a blowout.
Ticket prices have risen again and again, and the increase has exceeded 50%, and it is still difficult to find a ticket.
Back then, the real Titanic failed to reach New York.
But today, 7 years later, the capture of the Big Apple in this way has to be said that this is also a kind of fate.
Kane has been counting money lately, laughing every day in his dreams, and he even wants to sleep on top of the money pile every night if he can.
Unfortunately, he has a bad back, and this idea is difficult to implement.
At such a moment worthy of celebration by the whole world, there is always such a person who blocks him.
Who?
Li Yaoyang.
Every week after the box office closes, he will come to the door as soon as possible and steal forty percent of the profits for various reasons.
Yes, in Kane's mind, it's no different from robbery, no, it should be said that it's no different from drinking his blood and eating his flesh.
It hurts, it hurts so much.
In his opinion, even if Li Yaoyang is meritorious, it is not worth forty percent of the profit, which is a lot of money!
So, he was angry from his heart, evil was born to the side of his guts, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and offered Li Yaoyang out.
Let's turn the hour hand back three times, and as soon as Li Yaoyang walked away with the money on his front foot, Kane's office was pushed open again.
"Bastard, don't you know to knock on the door? Are there any rules? Kane was furious, Li Yaoyang bullied himself, and others didn't take him seriously?
"Kane Wistan?"
"Huh? You are? ”
Kane discovers that the person standing in the doorway is not a theater employee, but a stranger whom he has never seen before.
The other party's arrogant temperament is not disguised, and it is almost written on his face - Lao Tzu is hey society.
Suits, trench coats, little grease heads, the standard attire of the big Chicago guys.
Unlike the Italians, the pizza-eating guys like to be polite and show off their elegant gentlemanly side.
Chicagoans, on the other hand, are even rougher, and even the suit styles are full of Windy City flavors.
What is the taste of Windy City? It's thick!
"Introduce myself, my name is Joe Perry and I'm from Atlantic City."
This person was as if he had come to his own house, and without waiting for the master's invitation, he sat on the sofa by himself, crossed Erlang's legs, and obviously did not take the master in his eyes.
"Joe Perry?" Kane's pupils shrank, and his heart began to drum.
"Looks like you know me~" Joe Perry laughed.
"How do you know where I am? What did John tell you? Kane couldn't help but be skeptical.
"John? O'Brien, you say? That bad old man was so bad that he introduced me to an unreliable client. Joe Perry was like he was joking.
Kane scolded in his heart, if he could, Li Yaoyang would have died eight hundred times ago.
"But you don't have to question his character, he didn't say a word, even if I smashed his new Galway Theater to rubble."
"What do you want to do?"
"Don't worry, I'll answer your previous question first, how did you find it? Of course, I inquired all the way.
"Titanic", the Vestan Theater, is so famous, just ask a passer-by and you will know how to go. ”
Joe Perry has a lot of 'quality' and answers all questions.
"As for what I'm here for, I think you should know~"
"I don't know, are you looking for Li Yaoyang? Please take care of yourself, he just left~"
"Man, I'll definitely look for that kid surnamed Lee, but before I do that, I have to confirm one thing~"
"What's the matter?"
Joe Perry pulled out a pistol, the muzzle of which was like a black hole, capable of devouring a life in an instant.
"shit~" Kane dodged back in fright, sat on his chair, and almost rolled over.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not loaded yet~" Joe Perry pouted.
It may have been too much movement, and his men rushed in, and there were six or seven of them.
"Who let you in? Get out! Joe Perry was disgruntled.
I didn't dare to have the slightest intention of disobedience, so I didn't stand firm on my heels, and squeezed out again.
Thankfully, there was no stampede, otherwise the atmosphere that Joe Perry had just created would have gone up in smoke.
"I'm sorry, my subordinates are too rude, I apologize to you for them~" Joe Perry bowed slightly, which can be regarded as an expression of apology.
Kane's face was a little pale, and it was hard to imagine that a strong man of more than 200 pounds and like a bull would have such a timid side.
Of course, anyone who sees the muzzle of this black hole is estimated to be no better, and he has just earned so much money, and he has not had time to spend it.
"There's something to say, there's something to say, there's no need to be like this~" Kane confessed, he raised his hands to show that he was not threatening.
"I know that as an Irish gentleman you must be very helpful, so tell me, where is that Mr. Lee?"
"He just left, I don't know where he's going, but you can go to Chinatown, he lives there!"
Joe Perry put the gun away:
"Thank you, you know, I love to deal with gentlemen the most~"
Kanehar gasped for air at the bottom, feeling a sense of happiness for the rest of his life.
As for whether he is ashamed to betray Li Yaoyang, I'm afraid only God knows.
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At this time, Li Yaoyang, who had returned to Guangjitang, did not know that the enemy was about to be killed at the door, and he was still chatting with Fat Dun'er very leisurely.
"By the way, Brother Yang, that ghost guy woke up~"
"Huh? Awake? When? Why didn't you say it earlier? ”
"I just woke up this morning, and I'm still thinking about going to you at night~"
"Let's go, go over and have a look~"
The ghost guy was lying on the bed, his hands were tied with ropes and he couldn't move, his face was still a little pale, his spirit was sluggish, and his condition was not very good.
"Hey~ Can you hear me?" Li Yaoyang patted his face to help him sober up.
The ghost guy nodded to hear it.
"What's your name?"
"Henry~Henry~" was angry, as if the concubine was sick.
"Henry? Very well, since you are awake, then take care of your injuries, don't think about running away, you should know that I will not spare you. ”
"Know, thank you~"
This man is still very sensible and knows who saved him.
Patted him on the shoulder, let him continue to lie down, and spoke at the fat dun'er, showing surprise.
"Feed this person something nutritious, since he has been saved, don't let him die~"
"Don't worry, Brother Yang, he will eat whatever we eat."
"Okay, then I'll go to the tavern to sign the contract first, your master is waiting over there, and call me again if you have something~"
"No problem~"
The tavern was optimistic a few days ago, and the official implementation of the prohibition was fatal to the serious tavern.
Li Yaoyang made a move at this time, which can be regarded as a good time, and he only used 8,000 knives to take down a tavern and warehouse with an area of more than 700 square meters.
This price can be said to be the price of cabbage, of course, the geographical location is not good, from the point of view of doing business, this is not a high-quality investment.
After all, doing business is very particular about location factors, but what Li Yaoyang wants is a quiet and large enough place, and on this basis, the cheaper the better.
The tavern is located on the Lower East Side, right next to Chinatown, across East Houston Avenue and towards the East River.
Nearby is an apartment complex, multi-ethnically mixed, with Irish, Italians, Jews and even neon people to be seen here.
Today, it's a veritable ghetto, and it's two worlds apart from the bustling, artsy Lower East Side of later generations.
Because of the large number of unemployed vagrants and new immigrants, the overall consumption power of this area is average, not to mention law and order.
Li Yaoyang doesn't care about this, chaos also means opportunities.
Moreover, the tavern is next to the East River, and if you really encounter anything, you can escape by waterway, and in the short term, you can't find a more perfect place than here.
The tavern was actually converted from a small printing factory, with two floors of red brick and an area of 150 square meters on each floor.
There is a small courtyard of about 50 square meters outside the back door, and there is a warehouse with an area of more than 300 square meters through it.
It's just that the former tavern owner only used to pile up goods, which seemed to be disorganized, and if you plan it well, you can completely restore its original industrial atmosphere.
Just put this property in 100 years, no, even if it is seventy or eighty years later, I am afraid that you will have to add two zeros to get it.
$8000? Isn't it the price of cabbage?
Of course, don't expect people to leave you useful fixed assets, tables, chairs and benches have been dismantled, including wine barrels, which have almost been moved.
What was left for Li Yaoyang was an empty shell, but fortunately the floor was not demolished, otherwise it would really be a rough house.
After coming, he didn't say a word to pay the balance payment and sign the contract, and when the people scolded and left, Li Yaoyang crossed his waist and circled around the house.
Lao Yao asked with a smile:
"How do you feel now?"
"It's hard to say, it's hard to say~"
"Speak human words~"
"Eh~ is a kind of longing for the building to rise."
"It's pretty much the same, your kid is really lucky, if it weren't for Prohibition, it wouldn't be possible to say anything in this place for only 8,000 dollars."
Li Yaoyang shrugged:
"Luck is also part of strength~"
"Phew~ Say you're a fat kid, you're still panting."
Lao Yao scolded with a smile, and said:
"I've already done what you asked me to do, and where you can go next depends on your own creation~"
"What an old man, your help to me is not something that can be thanked in a sentence or two, watch me act in the future~" Li Yaoyang also said solemnly.
"Forget it, Lao Wu has never begged anyone in his life, he said I have to help, besides, Fat Dun'er is still messing with you, even for this kid, I have to help."
"Old man, don't shirk it, I have no relatives, you and the blind old man are my relatives, of course, and Fat Dun'er."
"Hehe~ Okay, don't talk about this, you hurry up and find someone to pick it up, and hurry up to open and make money, it's not a matter of making ends meet."
"Well, just take a look~"
However, there is no smooth sailing in life, which is usually accompanied by good things, as well as all kinds of bad things.
No, the high-spirited Li Yaoyang just returned to the door, but found that the door was strangely open, which is not a normal phenomenon.
An inexplicable coolness welled up in my heart, not good, something is going to happen...