Chapter 55

"How much money did you make that you've already got people watching you!"

Once in the car, Chen Yaozu asked with a smile.

"Hehe, you know, I follow fellow townsmen and do whatever work, and I've got a bit of skill.

In America, maybe dishwashing doesn't have much of a market now, a month's earnings aren't even enough for rent.

But if you know carpentry, electrical work, welding, the pay is pretty high.

Right now I take a job and the daily wage is over four hundred US dollars, if there's rush work and I do overtime at night, that's seven or eight hundred.

This is still because I don't have a work permit, so they pressed the wages down a bit.

However, the Chinese renovation crews here are famous for being fast, doing work cleanly, and the work is also beautiful, so there are lots of jobs.

The houses here, most are built of wood, can't last many years before needing refurbishment, doing renovation makes money! It's just that there are too many jobs, so the foreman didn't ask for my papers, if everyone needed papers he couldn't find that many people to do the work.

Last month I had 23 work days, six overtimes, this month also 18 work days, four overtimes."

Ceng Hongbing laughed hehe, patting his own pocket with some pride: "So these two months with lots of work I earned a bit, that's why, work finished I came back.

Waiting for the next job's notification.

By the way, see when the work permit comes down.

The foreman said, if the work permit comes down, go get certified as soon as possible, to avoid trouble!"

Chen Yaozu also understood, here doing anything requires papers.

Even if you go to the river to fish, you need a fishing license, if you have nothing and dare go fishing, you might well be fined, even prosecuted and jailed.

Let alone doing carpentry and electrical work and welding and such, electrician and welder in the domestic are both special trades, also need papers, let alone here.

Right, here, even a bricklaying mason has to get certified, no cert don't take money, taking money is illegal.

So, actually these people who ran to America as illegal workers, have always been jumping between illegal work and illegal residence, like these Chinese illegal workers, employers not paying wages is a common thing.

Let alone there are still many people watching these people, calculating the days calculating how much money they made, how much work they did, whether they're suitable to rob a wave? "Then go get certified, since it makes this much money, then think of a way to get papers complete and do it steadily for the long term.

Soon you'll be able to pay off your famine debts! Lest one day you encounter an inspection without papers, heard the fines here are ruthless to the point of conscience-less."

Ceng Hongbing nodded: "I also heard coworkers say about inspections they've encountered, they give you a spot check every so often, a portion of the fines from spot checks goes to pay their bonuses.

So these people, during inspections they're very keen.

Us doing renovation construction as illegal workers, the risk is very high!"

Chen Yaozu nodded, then watched the car quickly turn into a street, looking at the faintly visible cameras on the rooftops and corners, knew they were almost there.

Couldn't help asking curiously: "How do you know the place?"

Ceng Hongbing pulled over to park, while pulling out the key said: "My fellow townsman told me, ask the people here who tear up passports for landing and you'll know.

These people who had their passports torn up, no passport, can't get a work permit, they don't dare go reapply, afraid that when they go reapply they'll be arrested and deported back.

So can only stay illegal like this, a lifetime can only do illegal work, take cash, don't even have a bank card.

Want to send this money back, can only go through underground banks, they definitely know the channels.

So, I took two packs of cigarettes, and asked it out!"

The two had just gotten out of the car when an Asian young man walked over, glanced at them both, opened with a Fujian accent: "What are you here for!" Ceng Hongbing hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to offer a cigarette: "Big Brother, Bo Shu introduced us, I'm here to remit money!"

The Asian young man looked them up and down, then said into the walkie-talkie: "These two came to remit money, Lao Bo introduced."

Soon the phone had a reply, also Fujian accent: "Bring them in!"

Didn't expect still quite cautious, after entering they searched them, confirmed no weapons, then switched a person to bring them into the elevator.

The elevator actually had a code lock, had to input the code to enter the floor, the elevator only then went to the 3rd floor.

Out of the elevator, Chen Yaozu then knew why so cautious, because the entire 3rd floor was actually a small casino, had mahjong, Pai Gow, dice and poker, also two kinds of gameplay that couldn't be made out, the whole venue had dozens of people right! The little brother brought them into the office, facing the host seat direction said: "Hui Ge, people brought!"

Inside were two people drinking tea, a slightly fat middle-aged man coiling prayer beads sitting in the tea seat's host seat, hearing this raised his head and coldly gazed out

Looks like he is the so-called Hui Ge.

Middle-aged, slightly plump figure hard to conceal the traces of strict training on his body, years carved some vicissitudes on his face.

Most important is, on that slightly wealthy-looking face those hawk-like sharp eyes, as if able to see through hearts, the cold light flashing from them shows this person is extremely not to be trifled with.

"Just you two want to remit money to domestic?"

Ceng Hongbing hurriedly stepped forward and spoke: "Big Brother, it's me, I'm the one remitting money, my friend accompanied me."

This Hui Ge swept a glance at him, cold gaze yet paused on Chen Yaozu who stood straight-backed neither humble nor pushy.

Sized him up for a good while, then lightly leaned back against the chair back, coiling prayer beads casually asked: "You two, where are you from, planning to remit how much?"

"Big Brother, I'm a Northeasterner, my friend is from Guangdong East."

Ceng Hongbing took out a stack of US dollars from his pocket and handed them over with both hands: "I want to remit fifteen thousand dollars back, Big Brother, how much handling fee do you charge?"

Chen Yaozu standing silently to the side was somewhat surprised, only this long, could save this much cash? He didn't know, for a good flow record, Ceng Hongbing now swiped card for everything, all cash earned from illegal work hidden away, saved up to now.

"Handling fee 30%!"

That Hui Ge didn't immediately take this money, but after drinking a cup of tea, slightly raised his head to look at this somewhat nervous Northeastern man in front of him, spoke words very hard to accept.

Ceng Hongbing heard, subconsciously took back the money he was about to hand over, what joke? Fifteen thousand US dollars, handling fee takes four or five thousand, by exchange rate that's thirty or forty thousand RMB!

So he got anxious: "Big Brother, isn't it said handling fee is usually 5%? How did it become 30%?"

That Hui Ge glanced at him, snorted and didn't speak again, picked up the teacup and drank a mouthful.

The bespectacled man in a suit sitting at the side seat slightly younger coldly laughed and snorted: "Our doing things is just like this! You're newcomers, haven't come to worship the dock.

Since you're newcomers, there's newcomer prices, for remittances not less than 10k not more than 30k dollars, first time deduct 30% handling fee, second time not less than 20%, third time not less than 15%.

More times remitted, the handling fee will go down!"

Ceng Hongbing couldn't accept such a large handling fee, heart no longer had the tension of facing a gang big brother, he angrily stuffed the money back in his pocket: "Then I'm not remitting, Yaozu, let's go!"

Finished speaking he called to Chen Yaozu and turned to walk out.

But heard behind a shout of abuse: "Fuck your mother, you think my Fuzhou Gang Changjiu Finance Company's territory is a nightclub, come as you please, leave as you please?"

(Chapter End)