1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

Chapter 227 Invitation

When Lu Chen heard Wu Xuance asking him how long it would take to release the people, he knew that he had misunderstood what he meant. He had no intention of detaining these people.

Lu Chen quickly said to Wu Xuance, "It is not up to me to decide how long it will take for those people to come back. Since they performed very well on the battlefield, they have been hired as instructors by the local government. The remaining people have been hired as military instructors, so I cannot interfere with their stay or departure now."

Wu Xuance found it very funny to hear that a bunch of hooligans were invited to be military instructors. He also suspected that Lu Chen was lying to him. He thought about it and decided to remind Lu Chen not to let him really oppose the Hongmen.

Wu Xuance said to Lu Chen, "Brother Lu Chen, I still want to plead for those brothers here. They are just assigned by their superiors. They are all following orders. You should not be too hostile to them."

Lu Chen could tell from Wu Xuance's words that he was skeptical of what he said. Lu Chen actually thought it was a little funny, but that was the truth. Lu Chen felt that he still needed to explain. So he said:

"Boss Wu, everything I said is true. I can even tell you where they are. If you want them to go back, you can contact them yourself. But I have one request, which is that they can never come back to the Philippines."

Wu Xuance was still a little skeptical. Who could believe that a group of scoundrels would be instructors? What could they teach? How to get along in society? Or how to get along in society? So Wu Xuance was going to follow Lu Chen's words and ask for the addresses of those people. Let's see what address Lu Chen could tell him.

Wu Xuance smiled and said, "Okay, Brother Lu Chen, give me their address and we at Hongmen will go find those people ourselves."

After listening to Wu Xuance's words, Lu Chen said without further ado:

"They are in the Middle East now. In a while, someone there will announce the establishment of a country called Saudi Arabia. Some time ago, the employees of my flood security company went there to help them unify the country. You can go find someone to check this matter. There are many Chinese among my employees. You can just ask them and you will know."

Wu Xuance was skeptical when he heard Lu Chen say that a country would be established in the Middle East in a few months, but he was later told to go to Hong Shui Security to verify. Wu Xuance believed it a little, because yesterday a few brothers from the Red Gate saw many people entering Hong Shui Security, and they estimated that there should be several thousand people.

So he planned to have someone check to see if what Lu Chen said was true. If what Lu Chen said was true, then they from the Red Gate really had to send someone to Saudi Arabia, because they really lacked veterans with actual combat experience.

Wu Xuance nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask someone to find out. Brother Lu Chen, are you here for this matter?"

Lu Chen thought about it. Since he was already here, and Wu Xuance didn't seem to be dissatisfied with him, he might as well talk about the election as well, so as to save himself from having to make another trip later. So Lu Chen said:

"I have something else to discuss with you, Gang Leader Wu."

Wu Xuance nodded and said, "Brother Lu Chen, you go ahead."

"It's about next year's mayoral election. I remember I told you about this before."

Wu Xuance thought about it and said, "You did tell me before that you wanted me to organize those who have the right to vote to vote for one person. But you didn't tell me who to vote for at that time. You just said that you would let me know when the time comes."

Lu Chen nodded and said, "I have already decided on a candidate, and that person is James."

Although Wu Xuance had never heard of this name, since Lu Chen asked them to vote for him, he would just let the Chinese vote for this guy named James.

"Okay, I'll let them know."

Lu Chen said gratefully, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Gang Leader Wu."

Wu Xuance quickly said, "It's no trouble, these are just small matters."

After that, Wu Xuance asked tentatively: "Brother Lu Chen, what do you think of our Red Gate?"

Lu Chen didn't know what Wu Xuance meant by asking this question. He looked at Wu Xuance with some doubt.

Wu Xuance quickly said, "I just want to hear your evaluation of our Red Gate."

What was his evaluation of Hongmen? Why did Wu Xuance ask him this? Lu Chen thought about it and gave a rather vague answer.

"Red Gate, I think it's okay."

After hearing Lu Chen's answer, Wu Xuance was somewhat pleased. It seemed that Lu Chen had a good impression of the Red Gate. He asked carefully:

"Then are you willing to join the Red Gate?"

Lu Chen frowned when he joined the Red Gate. Although the Red Gate was indeed very good, it was still a gang organization and was also involved in organized crime. The most important thing was that the Red Gate also touched opium, which was what Lu Chen could not accept the most. He thought for a while and said tactfully:

"Joining the Red Gate? I haven't thought about that."

Wu Xuance frowned slightly after hearing what Lu Chen said. He had never considered joining the Red Gate before. He would definitely not consider joining the Red Gate now. Wu Xuance smiled bitterly. It seemed that it was impossible to get Lu Chen to join the Red Gate. As for the reason, Lu Chen had never thought about joining the Red Gate before, but now that he had established himself, was there any need for him to join the Red Gate?

Although it was a foregone conclusion that Lu Chen would not join the Red Gate, he could still work harder on his personal relationship. As long as he could get a steady supply of arms from Lu Chen, the higher-ups would definitely value him. Thinking of this, Wu Xuance smiled and said to Lu Chen:

"That's true. Brother Lu Chen, you are a well-known figure in the New York Chinese community, and now you are getting involved in New York's elections. It is indeed not suitable for you to join our Red Gate."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Although I won't join the Red Gate, we are all Chinese after all, so we can still cooperate."

Wu Xuance also nodded and said, "Indeed, we are cooperating very happily now."

After Lu Chen and Wu Xuance chatted for a while, Lu Chen left the Huaqing Gang accompanied by Wu Xuance.

After leaving the hall, Lu Chen got into Hans' car and left Chinatown. He drove back along the same route he came from.