The Chinese Federation's embassy in the United States is just a mere shelf. The real embassy functions are basically performed by the Boston Main Hall of Zhi Gong Tang. The embassy in Washington can only be regarded as a liaison office.
Due to the existence of Zhi Gong Tang, a large number of Chinese gathered in Boston, forming the largest Chinatown in the United States and even the world, and the power of the Chinese has penetrated into every aspect of the city. Lin Youde has an astonishing amount of investment in Boston
, this city’s electricity is basically provided by his power company, and more than 30% of the companies in the manufacturing industry are inextricably linked to him.
In addition, Lin Youde himself has a factory in Boston that produces radios, tape recorders and other products.
All of these are coordinated by the Zhi Gong Tang Headquarters in Boston. Situ Meitang, the federal ambassador to the United States, is more like Lin Youde's general agent in the United States.
As the industry becomes increasingly large, several major conglomerates in the United States are eyeing Lin Youde's industry in the United States. However, among the eight major consortiums in the United States, the Boston Consortium, the Morgan Consortium, and the Rockefeller Consortium all have close relations with Lin Youde, so the other five consortiums do not dare to
They do things openly, but there are a lot of small actions in secret.
So Zhi Gong Tang established its own law firm, hired hundreds of lawyers, and engaged in legal battles with lawyers from other consortiums almost non-stop. The intensity was enough to film twenty seasons of "Legally Blonde."
The core of the legal battle is the various patents in Lin Youde's hands.
**
"Is there another new patent?"
Frankly Roosevelt looked at the large pile of information that Situ Meitang took out, and she couldn't help but let out a mournful cry.
"For your tape recorder, we have applied for 160 related patents, but we were still bypassed and had to prove to the jury that General Motors' patent and the patent we applied for are the same thing. You know how to use those brains
How long did it take for the old men as rigid as their waists to figure out this simple problem? Five months! The relevant documents alone accounted for more than a thousand pages!"
"I'm very grateful to you all for your hard work. And I remember that we paid five percent of the profits from the sales of the recorder in the United States as compensation."
"Well... well, as the Chinese say, you have short hands." The girl, who was very petite due to the impact of polio, sighed in the wheelchair, picked up her glasses from the table, put them on, and opened the Situ
Technical information brought by Meitang.
In the previous time and space, Roosevelt suffered from acquired polio. He became paralyzed and became a wheelchair rider around the age of 39. In this time and space, Roosevelt not only became a girl, but also suffered from congenital polio. Not only was he disabled since childhood, he also grew into a compact figure.
But I don’t know if adversity can stimulate people’s potential. Frankly in this time and space was admitted to Columbia University Law School earlier than the male version in the previous time and space. She skipped several grades and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1902.
Before she qualified as a lawyer, she also completed her studies at Harvard just like she did in the previous time and space. The entire progress was about five years ahead of the male version.
However, no matter in which time and space, no one would hire a girl who was just 20 years old and had a congenital disability, so Frankly just helped the old Roosevelt's team, or helped the family handle some trivial matters, until she
Met Situ Meitang.
Situ Meitang was surprised by Frankly's talent and hired her as the chief lawyer of the legal team being formed. This decision caused a lot of criticism among Americans and Chinese, but Situ Meitang defied all opinions and still
This position was given to Frankly, and the girl worked hard to prove her worth in a few years.
"Refrigerator... your products are really all related to electricity. Do you really want Americans to become dependent on the high-performance generators you provide?"...
"Electrification is the trend of the future. Even if we do nothing, humans will enter a state where they cannot survive without electricity. We are just seizing the commanding heights in advance and becoming the pioneer." When Situ Meitang said this, his expression changed.
Very solemn, like a devout believer praying to God.
So Frankly moved her eyes down from Situ Meitang's face, paused for a moment in front of the badge with the miniature Lin Youde's face engraved on his chest, and sighed.
"Is this what your wise and mighty Lord Lin said again?"
"Of course, with my ability, I definitely can't see that far."
"Really? It seems that I must go and meet this Mr. Lin when I have time." After speaking, Frankly's attention completely turned to the information in her hand, "Well, the patent projects that need to be applied for are all sorted out in detail.
, but based on past experience, we must apply for hundreds of similar patents to prevent the other party from bypassing it, which is another huge project."
"It doesn't matter, as usual, just get it done before the actual mass-produced refrigerators come off the production line and are shipped to the United States. If the tape recorder is used as a reference, you have a year to do this."
"The capitalists are going to squeeze out the hard-earned money for another year." Frankly muttered, picked up the pen, and started to make annotations on the materials.
Seeing her start to work, Situ Meitang stood up.
"Then, I'll take my leave first."
"No, wait a minute, are you free later? How about we have a meal together after a long absence?"
Frankly raised her head and cast a questioning look at Situ Meitang through her glasses.
Situ Meitang thought for a while, nodded and said: "No problem, there is absolutely no reason to refuse the beautiful lady's invitation."
"You're starting to sound more and more like a politician."
"I am a diplomat, an affiliate of a politician."
About half an hour later, Situ Meitang pushed Frankly's wheelchair out of the gate of Zhi Gong Tang's main hall in Boston. The Boston Main Hall was originally a luxurious building built by the Boston plutocrats to show off their financial strength. It was later purchased by Lin Youde
The entire building was purchased to highlight Lam Kee’s presence in the area.
Situ Meitang's car has long been waiting at the entrance of the main hall.
"I heard that the streets of Helanggabo are full of cars?" Frankly suddenly became interested in Lin Ji's most popular product in the United States. Lin Youde did not have any car-related patents, but the most profitable one in the United States was
Car buying and selling.
“In Bandar Gabo, people use electric public transportation to travel.”
"Oh, that's awesome. It's a city that generates more electricity than the entire United States. What I don't understand is why you don't register a company in the United States to build this kind of electric transportation system. I prefer quiet electric motors to noisy internal combustion engines.
.”
Frankly has this impression because the electric cars produced by Linji do not have a gearbox. Sophie's design achieves speed control directly by adjusting the motor speed, so it is much quieter than cars with internal combustion engines.
As for Frankly's question, Situ Meitang could only smile bitterly.
"Just by selling our products, many Americans think we have taken away their jobs. Now there are even Yellow Peril theorists who want to attack our power plant outside Boston and interfere with infrastructure construction. I'm afraid..."
Soon enough, a Ford car suddenly braked in front of Situ Meitang. The passenger in the car stretched out his head and picked up the export-type Renyin submachine gun with a shortened barrel and pointed it in the direction of Situ Meitang.
Situ Meitang was a martial artist and a gang boss, so he was familiar with this situation. The moment the gunman poked his head in, he pushed Frankly's wheelchair to the side and let the petite lawyer girl fall into the shadow of the car.
….
While Frankly was screaming, Situ Meitang himself threw himself into the safe area behind the car, and the bullets that were fired at him only shattered the glass of the revolving door leading to the main hall of the court behind him.
The red sticks in the main hall reacted very quickly. As soon as the shooting stopped, they rushed out like a tide. They showed their weapons and were about to smash the Ford car into sieves.
At this moment, Situ Meitang shouted: "Don't fight back, be careful of accidental injuries!"
The main hall of Zhi Gong Tang is located in downtown Boston. With the firepower of the main hall, once opened fire, passers-by will definitely be injured, which will inevitably make the anti-China forces and Yellow Peril theorists in the United States even more rampant.
Under Situ Meitang's repeated yelling, the red sticks gritted their teeth and watched the Ford drive away.
Situ Meitang stood up and roughly adjusted his clothes before confirming Frankly's condition.
"fine?"
"Uh... it hurts so much, my butt... is about to burst..." Frankly gasped and moaned, and sat up. She glanced at the wheelchair that had become a honeycomb, "It seems that we can't go to lunch.
Already."
"I'll have them prepare a new wheelchair immediately."
"Well, who are those attackers..."
"Either he is a thug from another consortium, or he is a fanatical Yellow Peril believer. Those are the two possibilities."
"It's really not easy for you."
"Miss Frankly," Situ Meitang put on a serious face, "In the eyes of the Yellow Peril theorists, you are also our comrade. Please be careful in the future."
"Yes, I will. However, I have been living and eating in the main hall recently, so it's not bad. Today is the first time I have eaten out in this month." After speaking, Frankly raised her head and looked at Boston.
The hazy sky said, "But, I always feel that today's incident is a sign that something worse and crazier is about to happen."
**
Northern Mexico, Torreon City.
Jesula Francisco was standing on a wagon filled with corn, delivering an impassioned speech to the Mexicans gathered around her.
"Those yellow people were originally just coolies in the mines and piggies building the railways. After leaving the railways and the mines, they could only open laundries! However, they relied on lies and deception to steal the wealth that originally belonged to us.
!Now they wear clothes that we can never afford in our lifetime, live in luxurious bungalows, and eat a year’s worth of ordinary Mexicans’ blood and sweat in one meal!
"In turn, they enslaved the real owners of this land! Is this allowed? No, never allowed! We don't need worms that suck our flesh! We don't need treacherous businessmen and liars! Get out of Torreon, yellow people
, get out of Mexico! Their wealth will definitely return to its original owners!"
Jesula's cry received a shocking response. Inspired by this, he shouted even harder: "Mexicans, take up arms! Every yellow man must die!"
"Must die!" thousands of mobs chanted together.
"Beat the piglets and share the gold nuggets!"
“Split the gold!”
On October 6, 1906, a mob gathered and attacked the Chinese district of Torreon City, five years earlier than the previous time.
This is mainly due to the existence of Lin Youde, which has greatly enhanced the number and economic influence of the Chinese in North America. Taking the city of Torreon as an example, as many as 4,000 Chinese settled here in 1906, controlling this emerging industrial town.
Eighty percent of the industry, and the Mexican Bank of China invested and established by Kang Youwei, completely controls the financial industry in this city and the entire northern Mexico. The bank vault in Torreon City alone has nearly a ton of gold reserves.
Just because the Chinese are gradually becoming a wealthy class, those Mexicans who are accustomed to treating the Chinese as piggies and sluts are extremely angry.
On October 6, 1906, Torreon was completely dyed red by the blood of thousands of Chinese.