A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

Chapter 32 32. Mr. Hua’s relationship

Hearing the words "buying and selling cigarettes", Mr. Hua's heart skipped a beat.

"Brother Ji, you are very courageous." Mr. Hua said with a helpless smile, "It would have been fine ten years ago, but in 1912 California passed the Drug Law. Little brother doesn't know about it, right? If you Let me allow you to open a big smoke shop in Chinatown, but I can't do anything about it."

"No, of course there is no need to trouble Mr. Hua so much." Li Wei said.

"I know that smoking is a troublesome thing. If I open up a sales channel here, it won't be a matter of time... But Mr. Hua should know who specializes in this in the local area, right?"

Mr. Hua was stunned: "Do you know the 'Toltec Family Gang' in Oakland?"

What kind of gang is this?

Li Wei's expression did not change and he smiled and said: "I just heard about it."

Mr. Hua laughed dumbly: "It's true that a hero comes from a young age. You have just arrived here and you have already figured out the situation in Jinshan City."

"That's a gang of Toltecs. You should know where the Toltecs are, right?"

"I know, the goods sold by the people there are of good quality."

Mr. Hua smiled: "Yes, I almost forgot what business you are in. You must be familiar with Lafite's situation."

"That's right, the 'Toltecs' - we usually just call them 'the family', they have always controlled the drug business here."

"You are lucky. I received news that one of the supply chains of the 'family' was broken two months ago. They will not refuse a new supply chain."

Li Wei listened carefully and suddenly noticed that the supply chain was broken.

"Has the Toltec police started cracking down on drugs? I've been in Xizhou before, and I haven't heard any news from there." Levi asked doubtfully

"Haha, it was the California police who did it."

Mr. Hua smiled, and then a maid came in, served the two of them a cup of tea, and brought a plate of snacks.

Mr. Hua took a sip and continued:
  "California has developed so fast in the past two years that Congress has begun to find faults, question the security here, and try to suppress the status of California senators."

"Starting this year, state senators and governors are stepping up their efforts to crack down on crime and want to improve California's external security landscape."

"Fortunately, their targets are only robbers and murderers now, so we are safe for the time being. Toltec's friend went too far and drew attention to the school."

Levi nodded: "That's it."

"Xiaosheng wants to know how to contact the 'family', and I hope Mr. Hua can give me some advice."

"Well, it's difficult." Mr. Hua frowned and shook his head.

"The strongholds of the 'family' are all in Auckland, and their leaders rarely move around in Jinshan City. If you want to see them, you have to take a boat there."

"But the people there are very exclusive. It's hard to find a fishing boat that's willing to go there. Even if you find one, it's still a question of whether they'll be allowed to dock in Auckland..."

Seeing the old man pretending, Levi was actually happy.

If Mr. Hua really doesn't want to wade through this muddy water, then he can express his inability to do anything... But now he has made so many excuses, and it's just one word:

"鉫!"

Li Wei smiled: "This is nothing to Mr. Hua, right?"

Mr. Hua waved his hands and said, "I only have a small amount of friendship with their manager, so it still takes a lot of effort."

"Then, 300 Philippine dollars as the introduction fee?" Li Wei said, "To compensate Mr. Hua for his hard work."

"Add 20% of your profit from each transaction." Mr. Hua said with a smile, "This can also make us feel at ease, right? But don't make a single transaction and run away. Then I won't even have a place to cry." "

Li Wei nodded and agreed: "You are the host and I am the guest. How can a guest disobey the host?"

Both men laughed happily.

After talking about the business, Li Wei saw that Mr. Hua had no intention of seeing off the guests, so he didn't leave in a hurry and continued to sit down and chat with him.

After all, he appeared out of nowhere in a sense, so there would be no harm in chatting a little more with Mr. Hua and getting acquainted with him.

Mr. Hua smiled and said, "Brother Ji's talk doesn't look like ordinary people. Have you ever gone to school?" "I went to university in Xizhou, but it's a pity that it's not a famous school." Li Wei said calmly.

"Really? It's amazing to be able to go to a university in Xizhou, unlike that kid from my family who has no future at all." Mr. Hua complimented, with some admiration for Li Wei in his eyes.

"Have you read the domestic news? There are a lot of things going on these days."

Levi tried to recall that the last time he read a newspaper was the two copies he bought from Charlie. The "Federal Phoenix" had a brief report on the political situation in Siris.

"I remember there was going to be another war?"

"Yes, the merchant government is in civil strife again. After Yuan Gongbao's death, the country is in chaos again. This is not much better than the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms." Mr. Hua sighed.

"The general trend of the world is that if it has been divided for a long time, it must be reunited, and if it has been together for a long time, it must be divided!"

……

An hour later, the two chatted happily, and Mr. Hua filled Li Wei's cup with tea.

After looking at it, Li Wei smiled knowingly, got up and left.

Charlie was eating snacks outside at this time, and several maids from the Hua family seemed to like him very much, teasing him with all kinds of nonsense.

There was a language barrier between the two sides, so the gatekeeper Lao Wang acted as a translator in the middle.

Levi was startled, afraid that Charlie would spill something, so he quickly called him over.

Fortunately, several servants didn't notice anything and saluted Li Wei one after another.

After leaving the small foreign-style building and getting into the rented car, Levi breathed a sigh of relief again.

"You didn't say anything to them, did you?" Levi turned to Charlie and whispered.

"No... I'll just say, sir, you are the son of a wealthy businessman from Xizhou. You came to California to do business. I am your... follower." Charlie thought for a moment and said.

Levi was relieved, as long as his character was not exposed.

Mr. Hua told Levi that he would not be able to inform the gang about this at least tomorrow, so Levi still had some time to further perfect his character.

He thought about his next step.

And this time.

In the room on the second floor, Mr. Hua turned on the radio again and listened to popular songs in Shenhu.

Mr. Hua also has selfish motives. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the government's anti-drug campaign is just a show. Before the World War, some people called for the establishment of anti-drug laws, but once the World War broke out, everyone couldn't do without this thing.

And he didn't do it himself, he just created a channel for Ji Bochang and the "family", not only to sell favors to both parties, but also to escape when the time comes.

The porter knocked on the door and came in.

"How is the little boy he brought?" Mr. Hua asked.

"He looks smart and knows etiquette, but he is a bit greedy." The gatekeeper said, "I tried him, but I couldn't find anything useful. It seems that either he is smart and knows not to talk nonsense, or else I was just warned in advance.”

"Huh." Mr. Hua squinted his eyes, leaned on his chair, and closed his eyes to rest.

"That guy did a very thoughtful job."

The gatekeeper lowered his head and asked, "Do you suspect that boy is a liar?"

"It doesn't look like it." Mr. Hua said, "How can ordinary liars be so confident?"

Then he paused and then said: "No, you go check this Ji Bochang's information, we can't be treated as a fool."

　The data is not good...

　　Chapter 14 has been modified and an explanation of the protagonist's system has been inserted.

　　The protagonist's system can use items in the space or the environment with a radius of five meters as materials to refine items.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)