"Mr. Chen, you're here." Li Qing had just finished cleaning the room upstairs. Seeing Chen Zhao, she immediately came over to greet him.
"Auntie Li." Chen Zhao nodded with a smile.
Just then, two hooligans came in from outside the hotel.
Chen Zhao and Ethan were quite observant.
They knew that they weren't just gangsters. They were probably gang members.
"Who's in charge here?" one of the gangsters yelled.
Seeing this, Li Qing didn't talk to the gangsters. Instead, she pulled Xiao He. "Little girl, come with me. I'll show you your room."
Ethan and Chen Zhao were enough. She didn't need to do anything.
"Ah … Oh … Okay."
Xiao He glanced at them worriedly.
Chen Zhao and Ethan didn't care either.
Ethan could be considered a veteran in this field.
He'd seen this many times.
"Hey, brats, this isn't a place you should be."
"Old thing, do you know who we are?"
A minute later …
Chen Zhao and Ethan each picked up a gangster with a swollen face and threw him out the door.
"Ethan, why would these pieces of trash come to your hotel to cause trouble?"
Ethan was quite famous in the area. He'd been a soldier and a street thug.
Although he'd escaped unscathed, everyone in the area was famous.
Basically, both the legal and illegal sides knew Ethan.
Even gangsters wouldn't cause trouble at his place.
This was why Chen Zhao found it strange that there were two ignorant gangsters here.
Even if they were members of a gang nearby, the old man would usually explain to them when they joined a gang. He would tell them who they could and couldn't offend, where they could and couldn't go.
Ethan's appearance alone was enough to tell that he shouldn't be offended.
In the early years, anyone who came here to cause trouble would basically end up in the hospital.
In recent years, he'd been much more restrained.
Nevertheless, he couldn't avoid a beating.
Moreover, Ethan had a lot of connections.
From the local police officers to the street peddlers and pawns, he knew all of them by name.
In this area, everyone would give Ethan some face.
That was why Chen Zhao found it strange that some idiot would come here to cause trouble.
"Recently, the gangs in this area haven't been peaceful. It seems like the original gang has disbanded, and now a new gang has taken over this area. Some time ago, some people came to my hotel to harass the guests, trying to sell JNs and DPs to my guests. There were even some foreign guests who were scammed by the casino and left penniless. After I found out, I chased those people away, and then the gang members came to my place one after another to cause trouble," Ethan said helplessly.
Although he had a lot of connections, there were some things that couldn't be solved by relying on connections.
"The original gang disbanded?"
Chen Zhao was a bit surprised. He did know the original gang in this area.
It was originally a subordinate gang of Morgery's gang.
Because of Chen Zhao, the gang's actions in this area had always been rather conservative.
Basically, the gang's business was to open some underground casinos.
At the same time, there are also some controlled trade in firearms.
Even prostitutes were not within their scope of business.
But according to Ethan, the new gang seemed to have left its original scope of business. More accurately, it had expanded its scope of business.
Chen Zhao knew what Morgery's true source of income was.
That was why he rarely touched certain things.
More accurately, he didn't need these things to earn money.
For example, the businesses he opened in some controlled areas were mostly to control gang members, not to earn money.
Another example was that he controlled some prostitutes. Rather than saying that he controlled them, it would be more accurate to say that they were under his control.
This was also a tacit agreement between Morgery and the local L.A. police.
While Morgery controlled the local gangs in L.A., he also reduced the number of public vicious cases.
It was a mutually beneficial deal.
It couldn't be seen, but it was beneficial for both sides.
But now, there was a problem with the situation in this area.
The gangs were no longer reducing the number of vicious cases.
Instead, they were creating vicious cases.
For example, setting up traps for foreign tourists and badger games were already very serious cases.
Another example was entering some public places, such as hotels, to sell contraband.
This was putting things that couldn't see the light on the table.
At the same time, it meant that the situation Morgery had painstakingly built up would be destroyed.
Once the tacit agreement between him and the L.A. police was broken, they would have to fight each other.
Chen Zhao didn't understand why Morgery would do this.
Or rather …
"Ethan, did something happen to Morgery?" Chen Zhao asked.
Ethan knew Morgery too. Chen Zhao had only known Morgery through Ethan, the middleman.
Ethan also knew about Morgery's life.
"I don't know the specifics, but in the past two months, L.A.'s crime rate has obviously increased by a lot."
"Is there more information?"
"Chen, you have a successful career now. It's best if you don't get involved in some things."
Chen Zhao narrowed his eyes and turned to Ethan.
"I still prefer a peaceful L.A.," Chen Zhao said, smiling.
There was something Chen Zhao didn't say.
He had never thought that Morgery was the underground king of L.A.
He was the real underground king!
Chen Zhao had always thought that L.A. was his territory.
Morgery wasn't. No one else was.
Ethan was silent for a while. Looking at Chen Zhao, he said, "There's a gun shop owner on Ami Street. He should be able to give you some information."
"Thank you," Chen Zhao said, smiling.
Ethan looked at Chen Zhao and said seriously, "If you can really do it, then let L.A. return to its former peace."
"Oh, help me take care of that girl. She's in some trouble in China too." Chen Zhao stood up. "I'll go tell Auntie Li."
"As long as she's not your little lover, it's fine. With me here, no one will threaten her safety."
Chen Zhao found Li Qing. "Auntie Li, I have something to tell you."
"It's about Zhou Yinan?" Li Qing keenly sensed what Chen Zhao was going to say.
"I destroyed your nephew. Not only his cultivation, but everything below his neck is also out of balance."
"I'm not surprised." Li Qing's reaction was very calm, as if he had expected it. "Their family is such extreme people. Why do you think I left the country? It wasn't because the people of the Maoshan Sect were after me. It was their family. They wanted to get the books of the Qingyi Sect from me. They didn't care about family at all."
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