369 Black and White Take It All
Of course, Li Mu would not let Gloria be a war correspondent. This decision should not be made by Li Mu. For the moment, Will is the one who has the right to make this decision.
So Li Mu sent a telegram to Will, and Will's reply was only one word: no.
OK, it's very concise.
The reason why Li Mu agreed to Gloria to work in Time magazine was to temporarily stabilize Gloria. When Will returns to New York, Li Mu will instruct Sammy Larkin to agree to Gloria to become a qualified journalist. As for whether Gloria will insist on being a war correspondent at that time, this issue will be left to Will to deal with.
The headquarters of Time magazine is located about one kilometer away from Fort Park. Li Mu also solicited Gloria's advice, and then transported Adolf from Springfield to New York. In the future, Gloria would ride to and from get off work.
This is not rare. Although cars have appeared these days, horses are still the most important means of transportation. Li Mu originally planned to give Gloria a car, but Gloria refused.
Gloria doesn't want to be too out of line, she just wants to prove that she can be competent for the profession of journalists with her own abilities.
Still naive. Li Mu is already planning to arrange several gunmen to sneak into Time magazine to serve as Gloria's bodyguard. Even Elena, Li Mu is ready to develop into her own eyeliner, so no matter how low-key Gloria is, she will never be able to become an ordinary person.
Leaving the headquarters of Time magazine, Li Mu returned to Governor's Island.
Construction of Governor Island has begun. New York is cold in winter and spring, summer and autumn are good seasons for construction. Li Mu cannot waste time and wants to build Governor Island into a real home.
The Sea Rangers were forced to take a traffic boat between Manhattan and Governor's Island. This traffic boat was equipped with a gasoline engine produced by Junma Company, which is most suitable for short-distance transportation. However, it can also be used as a patrol boat. Li Mu has authorized the San Diego Shipyard to produce gasoline-based patrol boats. New York Customs will be the first customer of the San Diego Shipyard.
Situ Lei is waiting for Li Mu on Governor Island.
Situ Lei has focused his work on New York. During the period when Li Mu went to Hawaii, Situ Lei bought a hotel in Manhattan and named the hotel Tangren Hotel, as the first place for Hongmen to settle in New York.
As a gang organization, Hongmen is still quite financially capable. In just four months, Situ Lei acquired three bars and a freight company, and cooperated with Junma Electric Company to undertake some line laying projects, which is already a little bit of ambient.
"Mr. Reim, this is the industrial certificate of the company's location. According to your instructions, every time we purchase a company, we will buy the land together. At present, we have sold six pieces of land in Manhattan, and all the industrial certificates are here." As soon as we met Li Mu, Situ Lei gave him a meeting gift.
Li Mu reminded Situ Lei that although Manhattan’s land is cheap now, every inch of land will be valuable in the future, so when you can still buy it now, you will have to stock up on land even if you sell it. In the future, this will be wealth and can be circulated as a heirloom.
Situ Lei said to Li Mu as an imperial edict. Situ Lei did whatever Li Mu asked him to do, and he didn't dare to give him any discount.
Of course, it seems that Situ Lei's understanding is a bit off. Li Mu asked Situ Lei to buy land to buy another property for the Hongmen. Situ Lei now gave these land to Li Mu, which really made Li Mu laugh and cry.
Just kidding, Li Mu's family is big and his business is now, so how can he look at his superior Tu Lei's land?
"What you buy is yours, keep it, it will appreciate in the future." Li Mu returned the industry certificate to Situ Lei.
"Mr. Reim, this freight company has a warehouse on Pike Street, covering a considerable area. I have someone to survey the geology there. It is absolutely fine to build a high-rise building. Mr. Reim, you have been looking for land everywhere some time ago. This land is just for you." Situ Lei was also considerate and knew how to meet his preferences.
"Okay, let it go." Li Mu did not refuse this time, and accepted this piece of land, at least he could help Situ Lei's heart.
The help Li Mu provided to Situ Lei and the others may not be worth mentioning in Li Mu's opinion, but in Situ Lei's opinion, this kind of help is tantamount to recreation of grace.
No one wants to be inferior or, especially people like Situ Lei and Chu Wushuang, shouldn't live mediocrely, but because of the poor environment, they compromised. Li Mu created a space for them to play freely, and no matter how they emphasized it, it would not be too much.
Of course, Situ Lei did not expect to give Li Mu a piece of land, but this would make Situ Lei feel at ease and make Situ Lei feel that he could help Li Mu. This is very important.
"Since I have stabilized my feet, I will start to expand next. I require your spy in every street, every organization, and every ethnic group. I want to know what happens in New York every day, what happens, can I do it?" Li Mu put a burden on Situ Lei.
If it is Li Mu's assessment given to Situ Lei by gaining a foothold, then Situ Lei has passed the situation smoothly and it is time to put on a burden.
In fact, Li Mu no longer needs to worry about these trivial matters, but Li Mu now regards New York as his base camp. Since it is a base camp, he must manage it carefully. Whether it is on the official side, on the street, or on the business, Li Mu can not interfere, but he must know.
"No problem, Mr. Reim, but if it is expanded to the whole of New York, then our staff-" Stu Lei was confident, but he was unable to catch up.
Situ Lei now has only one hundred people under his command, so it is no problem to control a few strongholds. He is powerless to expand outward. New York is still a big city with a population of hundreds of thousands. Not only is it a large number, but it also has a complex composition. Irish, Italians, Mexicans, and even blacks have their own gangs in New York. If the Chinese want to get into trouble, it is indeed a bit too much to rely on Situ Lei, the number one hundred people alone.
"You don't have to worry about the manpower problem. Wushuang will come back in a few days, and there will be no manpower at that time. If it really doesn't work, there are still a thousand people on our construction site, which can be pulled up at critical moments." Li Mu was not worried about manpower problems. Just kidding, why do Chinese people lack manpower?
There was no accident in the Hawaii referendum. Now Hawaii is already the state of Hawaii in the United States. Chen Guofang was elected as a senator as he wished, and the other senator was Stanley Dewey.
The result is not bad. The Chinese have at least half of their voice. Chen Guofang is also the first Chinese senator in the United States. It is really gratifying.
The British have not yet responded to this result, but Prince Edward, who was originally scheduled to arrive in New York this month, signed a cooperation agreement with Li Mu, has never come, which makes Li Mu feel a little bad.
After all, Edward is also a prince. He definitely came to New York not just to sign a contract with Li Mu. Perhaps some of this is fermenting, but Britain is not Li Mu's sphere of influence. Li Mu has no way to speculate and can only wait passively.
Hawaii has settled, and Chu Wushuang's people have become rootless Ping. Stanley Dewey meant to incorporate this force into the rifle team that had been reorganized into the National Guard. Li Mu agreed to part of it. The final result was that half of the troops joined the National Guard, and the other half returned to New York with Chu Wushuang.
This group of people has received complete military training. When this group of people returns to New York, the gangsters in New York should be wiped out.
No matter how powerful the gangster is, it is just a gangster. It cannot compete with the organized army. Li Mu is an arms dealer and can equip his subordinates with the most excellent weapons. With Bresta's cooperation, if other gangs cannot be driven out of New York, Situ Lei and Chu Wushuang would rather go back to San Francisco early.
As for the personnel on the construction site, this is Li Mu's backing. Junma Construction Company adopts militarized management. All members have joined the Rifle Association. Springfield is a militia. They have to spend three weeks every year to receive special military training. It can be said that the quality of the workers is not much worse than that of the regular army, and is even more different from those gangster organizations that eat, drink and have fun all day. Therefore, even without Situ Lei and Chu Wushuang, Li Mu will look for other agents.
"Since that happens, Mr. Reim, please see. I promise to drive all the gangs out of New York within half a year." Situ Lei issued a military order to Li Mu, treating this as another assessment.
"Tomorrow I will take you to find Bresta and introduce you to you." Li Mu began to share the resources in his hands with Situ Lei.
Although Bresta is a policeman and Stu Lei is a gangster, it seems to be two groups that are incompatible with each other, but in fact these two groups are dependent on each other.
During the Tweed period, although Tweed was in New York, many things still depended on Ma Hongni, who was involved in the gangster. The same was true during the Arthur era. As long as Arthur wanted to achieve something, Arthur would also have to take both black and white.
Of course, Stu Lei is not qualified to go directly to meet Arthur now, and it is enough to know Bresta.
Situ Lei will compete for territory with people next. He must say hello to the police station first for such a thing. It is hard to find Arthur because of this. If he is really so ignorant of advancing and retreating, then maybe Arthur will really destroy his relatives for justice.
"Okay." Although Situ Lei was cunning, he was still a little excited.
Stu Lei knew that Bresta was the deputy director of the police department, and he also knew that the real director was not in charge, so Bresta was in the current New York Police Department. As long as he got connected with Bresta, Hongmen would be able to walk sideways in New York in the future.
After seeing off Situ Lei, Li Mu finally got up. This time he did not call Chuxue. Li Mu made a cup of tea himself and sat on the recliner by the window to relax.
Chapter completed!