Chapter 149: Be the knife in my hand
As soon as Old Man Li said this, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became solidified.
Zhou Yu noticed that among the reeds, there were two murderous auras that had locked him, and he was afraid that as long as this old man gave some hints, the other party would immediately take action and bury him here forever with thunder means.
However, the expression on Zhou Yu's face did not change, and he was not nervous at all, he picked up a few small pebbles at hand, and threw them at the surface of the river as if at random, so that the fish that were about to bite the bait swam away in panic and failed to take the bait.
"Old man, don't scare me, although the kid is young, he is not scared, if you threaten me and bow my head, I will not live until now."
Li Xiling suddenly laughed, holding his beard with one hand.
"Hahaha~ I knew you wouldn't be afraid, just now for a moment, I even had a delusion, old man, as long as I dare to really let people deal with you, I'm afraid that the one who dies first will be me."
"Old man, you are really joking, everyone is out to do business, they are all seeking money, don't fight and kill at every turn, with all due respect, the reason why the Chinese in New York are targeted like rats crossing the street, you, the president, also have to bear a certain responsibility."
"You're right, old man, I do have to take some responsibility, you are the first person to dare to say such things in front of me, and of course you will be the last."
Zhou Yu seemed to have a little meaning, and looked sideways at the Chinatown tycoon.
"Old man, you ......"
He wanted to speak and stopped, but Li Xiling let out a long sigh, as if relieved and said: "Yes, you guessed right, old man, my limit is approaching, and my body knows best, otherwise I wouldn't be so anxious......
If I were ten years younger, I would definitely examine you patiently for a while, and start from some trivial aspects, and slowly contact you, and never come to your door to invite you as before...... I know I'm in a bit of a hurry because I'm really running out of time......"
Zhou Yu was not surprised by this incident, but felt that it was normal, after all, the other party was ninety years old, and he had to be alive and energetic all day long, that was the hell.
There was a sudden silence between the two, and in the end, it was Zhou Yu who took the lead in breaking the silence and said, "Then you came to me today, do you want to explain something later?" ”
"Hehehe~ Talking to smart people is to save effort, but it's not to explain the future, it's to talk to you about a business and make a deal."
Zhou Yu shook his head with a smile and repeated: "Old man, I still say the same thing, our Longxing Chamber of Commerce has a small business, and there is really no business to do with you. ”
Li Xiling turned his head and looked directly at Zhou Yu, the smile on his face slowly converged, and he said very formally:
"I've investigated you, boy, don't pretend, your ambition is definitely not as small as you appear, you have done a lot of things in England for the tens of thousands of Chinese workers in the camp, I have heard a little......
You have saved many people on the French front, and you have established your prestige, and I can see that you have a deep affection for your countrymen, especially those with whom you were born and died, and you should consider them, if not for yourself. ”
Zhou Yu heard the other party's brothers move out of C13, and his expression gradually became gloomy.
He squinted his eyes and looked back at the ninety-year-old man, and said in a flat tone: "Since you already know, old man, I have nothing to hide, that's right, if anyone dares to beat my brothers' ideas, I will let him die in his sleep first, I Zhou Yu will do what he says, I don't care who the other party is, how high his status, how much power, as long as you are still alone, you will kill it." ”
When Zhou Yu said this, the anger tempered on the battlefield no longer had any scruples, and all of it was released, and the bloody blood like a substance suddenly drifted into the surrounding air, so that Li Xiling, who was used to seeing strong winds and waves, couldn't help but be moved.
"What a strong murderous ......! I don't know how many people's blood has been stained on this hand, and it is worthy of a person who survived the battlefield of World War I......"
Li Xiling thought in his heart, but showed a soothing smile on the surface and said: "That's natural, I also fancy your quality and the strength behind it, so I want to make this deal with you." ”
"Tell me."
Zhou Yu only replied with two words, and Li Xiling beside him suddenly had an illusion, as if the kid in front of him was no longer the eighteen-year-old boy, but an old monster of the same age as him.
The old man paused, put away the sense of superiority in his heart, and replied in a deep voice: "First of all, you can also see that the old man and I are coming to the end, I believe that it will not be long before I will drive the crane west and return to my hometown, and what I am most worried about and what I can't let go of is the Chinatown that I have devoted most of my life......
I don't want to see it perish, I don't want to see it turned into a park by those red necks, I don't want to see it fall apart and corpses littered...... But if you don't want to return or not, whether you can manage it is another matter.
You should have also noticed that although my Anliangtang is known as the biggest hall in Chinatown, even if no one dares to mess with it in the whole of New York, we also have our own problems, that is, there is no successor......
Many of my children died young, and I didn't live as a bad old man, and my youngest son, Li Sheng, was also mediocre and couldn't afford this burden, only my youngest granddaughter Adi was smart and clever, and she had a bit of the aggressiveness I had when I was young, but she was always a girl, and she couldn't fight those old guys without support around her.
However, the other halls are also very aware of this fact, so much so that Liao Baihua can't bear to be the first to jump out, and after him, Su Ya, Chen Jielai, and even Lei Jiu, who pretended to be stupid, will rush up and bite and eat my An Liangtang......
In this process, there is inevitably a bloody storm, you fight for each other, but you can also see the current situation in New York, those white people are staring at us all day long, hoping that we will make mistakes...... Under the suppression of the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Chinese, who are already unable to move an inch, will definitely be forced to a dead end!
But what did we do wrong? Just because we are smarter than most of them, and more diligent than most of them, should we be treated like this? Once upon a time, didn't we want to live in peace, didn't we want to do business as we should?
But what did those people do? Suppression, discrimination, and expulsion, I have seen these in my eyes, and I have tried to change this status quo for so many years, but I can only get to this point today, and I sometimes really feel that I am a failure......! ”
Zhou Yu did not answer, neither sympathized nor admired the old man, he was like a bystander, maintaining absolute neutrality and calmness, analyzing the content of the transaction that the other party was about to propose.
Li Xiling seemed to have said too much in one breath, stopped and took a few deep breaths, and calmed down a little before continuing to speak.
"I also thought about handing over this position to Liao Baihua after a hundred years, to Su Ya, and even to Na Lei Jiu...... But no, none of them can't, including my own child Li Sheng, lack of ability is one thing, what they lack most is a benevolent heart! ”
Speaking of this, Li Xiling stopped, took out his pipe from his waist, stuffed a few tobacco leaves into it, and seemed to want to take two puffs, but his trembling fingers and the cold wind made him cut three matches and failed to light them.
Zhou Yu looked at this scene, reached out and took the match and pipe, slid it and lit it and handed it over.
"It's so old, it's useless, and I can't even strike a match......"
Li Xiling took the pipe, took a few puffs in a row, spit out smoke as if intoxicated, and sighed.
"Our deal is very simple, you and your forces join the Chinese United Trade Union through my introduction, and become the president, I and my An Liang Tang will fully support you, but after that you must ensure that all the business of my An Liang Tang will not be affected, and you can take as much as you want from other people......
I figured it out, the current Chinatown is like a rotten sore on the body of a terminally ill patient, you cover it with clothes, the sore will only get bigger and bigger, and if you want to solve the problem once and for all, you can only use a knife to dig the sore and supplement it with medicine to completely cure it...... So I thought...... Let you make this knife that digs out rotten sores! ”