Seeing Nick swearing that if what he said next couldn't move him, then Li Changheng jumped into the sea, and immediately said with interest, "Sit down and chat."

Wait for Li Changheng to sit down at the small round table used for afternoon tea in the garden.

Nick thought for a while and said to Jesse and Fatty Falder, "Sorry, guys, what I'm going to say next involves a secret of one of my brothers, so please give me some private time."

Jesse and Fard didn't think that Nick didn't believe in themselves. After all, there is no life-and-death friendship between liars, and even if they are collaborators in a team, they are just collaborators.

But whether to go or not depends on Li Changheng's will in the end.

Of course, Li Changheng didn't mind, he smiled and beckoned to the maid standing in the distance, "Take Jesse and Mr. Falder for a stroll in the garden, and if you're tired, send some refreshments to the pavilion by the lake."

"Yes, my lord."

The maid took Jesse and Falder away, and Li Changheng pointed to the chair and said to Nick, "Sit down, Mr. Smith, since you are here, don't worry about it for 5 minutes.

I'm free until lunch. "

Li Changheng would do this entirely because Nick had the face of a big star, and since he was a liar now, it also made Li Changheng a little interested in what he wanted to say.

"Thanks."

Later, to Nick's surprise, Li Changheng actually picked up the teapot himself, poured two cups of black tea, and casually pushed a cup of tea in front of him.

Immediately, Nick felt that Li Changheng did not mean that most whites discriminated against blacks from the inside out, and Nick became more confident in the next conversation.

The two chatted for a few minutes before officially entering the topic.

After listening, Li Changheng's eyes lit up, but he still asked, "Why did you ask me to be your backstage, and besides, you are not afraid that I will leave you and do it yourself?"

Of course Nick was worried about this, but the matter had already been revealed, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Because according to the news reported by many media, there are still a few photos of you taken in public.

Your bodyguard captain is black, which leads us to believe that you at least value capable black employees.

In addition, since you are looking for a backstage, instead of finding a white rookie to pretend to be a boss, it is better to do things for you directly in one step.

Most importantly, if the outside rumors are correct, Gary and I can at least get a certain percentage of the shares. "

Li Changheng laughed, it seems that the win-win image he has been maintaining is still beneficial.

As for Daofeng, it was because he was perfectly fine as the head of the bodyguard, and he didn't have to worry about his loyalty. That's why he chose Daofeng directly between Daofeng and Banks.

And this is entirely because Li Changheng knows Dao Feng well, and he knows better that from the perspective of the overall crime rate, Lao Hei ranks first all year round.

Of course, there are many reasons for this kind of thing.

Picking up the teacup, drinking while thinking about the story Nick just told.

In 1965, a black guy named Gary Bernard from Texas, with 24,000 US dollars that he started working at the age of 9 and saved for 12 years, brought his new wife to New York to seek refuge. Cousin.

It's a refuge, but it's better to say that he wants to use his uncle's limited contacts to break into the black circle in the community where his uncle lives as soon as possible, and have a free place to live by the way.

Gary was able to save 24,000 US dollars in 12 years in Texas, where the discrimination is the most serious. Of course, he did not come to New York thinking of being a cleaner at the airport like his cousin.

In addition to your own food and clothing, 24,000 in 12 years is equivalent to an average annual savings of 2,000 US dollars.

In many central states of the United States in the 1960s, it was almost the annual income of a white person.

Not to mention that Gary's ability is rare, it is also worthy of Li Changheng to list him as the kind of person with ambition and ability.

As for the story Nick told, to put it simply, Gary was attracted by the conversations of bank staff and senior executives while staying outside many banks in Texas and helping white people shine shoes.

Began to be interested in finance and studied hard.

Then when he was 20 years old, he went to a black restaurant with his friends and heard a black lawyer complaining that he had a good income but could not live in a white community.

And many homeowners in white neighborhoods would rather have their houses empty than rent to blacks.

This made Gary, who was determined to get ahead, pay attention.

I inspected most of the housing rental market in my hometown, and actually bought a house with a price of 4,000 US dollars.

At the end of one year of operation, I was very helpless and found that if a black man in Texas wanted to buy a house in a white community, even if it was not impossible, there were very few owners who would sell the house.

The biggest reason why Gary gave up the rental market in his hometown was that even if he bought a house, he would rent it to black lawyers, doctors and teachers with good income, high education and no criminal record at all.

Other white people in the community still make trouble for him and the tenants all day long.

The worst thing is that the children of the tenants want to go to school, but the community school does not recruit them at all.

After careful consideration, Gary negotiated with eight tenants to pay the rent for one and a half years in one lump sum and donate half a year to himself, which was understood by the tenants.

I also got a one-time payment of 4320 US dollars.

And this is the biggest reason why he made up his mind to come to New York to develop.

The average monthly rent of 8 tenants is 30 US dollars, and the annual rent of 2880 is equivalent to earning back 72% of the cost.

The success of the one-and-a-half-year plan to give away for half a year has allowed him to see excellent business opportunities to buy houses, rent them out, and buy houses again.

And Gary also found that no one cared about this business.

White people are unwilling to help black people live in white neighborhoods, and Gary's tenants are also unwilling to take risks for their own jobs.

After Gary came to New York, the facts were exactly as he thought. Since he bought a small garden villa in Queens for 18,000 US dollars in 1965, his income soared 10 times in two years.

Gary owns 7 properties in his own name alone, and his annual income has suddenly changed from less than 2,000 in Texas to 30,000 US dollars.

This is definitely a high-income family in New York~lightnovelpub.net~ not to mention the assets of 210,000 US dollars brought by real estate.

Success has also made Gary no longer only think about buying villas in white communities.

However, commercial buildings need a large amount of funds, so loans must be taken.

But Gary's magic weapon for success is to help black elites live in safer white communities, which also makes his reputation a bit stinky in many white communities.

Even if there are 7 high-quality properties in the bank to apply for loan approval, it has been delayed for several months, but no bank has loaned him 80% of the assets.

The highest one only reported 50% of the quota.

However, based on the economic environment of the United States in 1967, even if Li Changheng himself approved it, it was impossible to give 80% of the quota.

But 50% or even lower does smack of discrimination.

And that's not the most troublesome thing.

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