Chapter 486

"Reward 5: 'Superman Glasses' *3..."

Seeing this, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

Following Xiao Fu already has a pair of glasses, and adding Abu, Li Jie, and Wang Jianjun... that makes 4 people.

What is this?

An assassin dream team?

"Reward 6: 'English Learning Card' *20, 'Energy Card' *20..."

Good stuff, useful.

"Reward 7: 'Public Speaking Talent Card' *2..."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu used one himself without a second thought, and will give one to Following Xiao Fu later.

"Reward 8: 'Captain America Version · Black Chevrolet' *1 vehicle..."

"Reward 9: 'Black Chevrolet Repair Card' *2..."

Tang Renjie,

Early in the morning,

Sunlight bathed San Francisco, and Tang Renjie returned to its bustling state.

However, there were still many bullet holes, scorch marks, and bloodstains on the ground that hadn't been completely washed away...

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu woke up and had a phone call with Sister Ruan Mei over in Hong Kong.

"It's fine, Tang Renjie is already very safe here."

"Don't worry, I'm so afraid of death, how could I possibly rush out to engage in a firefight? I wouldn't even have time to run..."

"I'll be back in a couple of days!"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu comforted the worried Sister Ruan Mei.

Subsequently, Fang Ting, Le Huizhen, Gao Jin, Huang Bingyao, and others called one after another to ask about the situation.

After Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu finished his calls,

The television in the lobby was playing the news:

"Hello, viewers!"

"Since the Los Angeles riots broke out yesterday, the situation in Los Angeles has continued to deteriorate. At 12:15 AM, Mayor Bradley urgently signed an order to implement a curfew in the areas most severely affected by the riots."

"However, tens of thousands of people still ignored the ban, frantically participating in the looting of Koreatown, Hollywood, and other areas in South Central Los Angeles. The scene in Koreatown was particularly tragic; shops were smashed, goods were stolen, and the streets were in a mess."

"Nearly 2,000 National Guard soldiers are in position at the regional armory, but they have yet to be truly deployed to the front lines to maintain order..."

"The situation in Koreatown has deteriorated sharply. Rioters are constantly surging like a tide against Korean-owned shops and residences. Both sides are in fierce confrontation, with the sounds of gunfire and shouting intertwined... A large number of shops have been ruthlessly looted, and more buildings have been swallowed by raging fires."

"That concludes the report on the Los Angeles riots..."

Then,

The news shifted...

"And in San Francisco, the same scene has also appeared."

"At 12:00 AM last night, about three or four thousand African Americans and Latinos appeared on the outskirts of Tang Renjie and attacked Tang Renjie..."

Camera footage — burning cars...

Camera footage — looting, smashing, and beating...

Camera footage — looting revelry...

Camera footage, street after street, billowing smoke, African Americans and Latinos reveling...

It broadcast the crazy behavior of these rioters for a full three minutes.

It fully displayed the cruelty, chaos, and evil deeds of these rioters.

Subsequently, there were a few reports on the Chinese defense team's counterattack, driving the rioters out of Tang Renjie...

This part of the report was relatively sparse, and there was almost no footage of the black-skinned and Latin-skinned rioters who suffered heavy casualties on the ground.

"In addition to San Francisco's Tang Renjie, many affluent areas have also been looted by rioters..."

"Pacific Heights, Union Square... and other places... have all been..."

"Currently, the riot situation in Los Angeles remains severe, and the riots have also spread to various parts of California, and even some cities on the East Coast..."

"We at KTVU will continue to follow the development of the event and bring you the latest reports..."

After Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu finished washing up, he called Gong Wei and went downstairs for breakfast.

Not far downstairs,

A tea restaurant.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu and Gong Wei ordered a few dim sum dishes and started eating.

Not long after, Following Xiao Fu, Li Jie, Abu, Wang Jianjun, and others walked in with heavy bags under their eyes.

"Brother Zu..."

"Come, come, have some breakfast..."

After the gunfight ended yesterday, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu could sleep, but Following Xiao Fu and the others couldn't.

The bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish!

And now is the time to harvest the catch!

Following Xiao Fu was busy coordinating with the San Francisco police, then organizing manpower to clean the ground, dragging away the corpses, and throwing out the injured rioters...

Of course, the most important thing was: post-war consolation!

Following Xiao Fu wants to take root here, wants to run for city councilor, state councilor, governor... so a mass base is very important.

He personally led people to console the owners of those shops; if time hadn't been limited, he would have wanted to console them door-to-door...

Deep into the masses!

One night passed.

The Umbrella Corporation officially established a lofty status throughout Tang Renjie and the San Francisco Chinese circle.

"You've worked hard!"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu threw the "English Learning Card" *20 and "Public Speaking Talent Card" *1 to Following Xiao Fu, then distributed the energy cards evenly among everyone.

Dark circles?

No fear!

With energy cards, my workhorses, get moving!

Soon,

Portions of breakfast and dim sum were served.

The owner even ran over specifically to express his gratitude, saying thank you to the Umbrella Corporation for protecting Tang Renjie and their shops last night, and also saying that he would waive the bill for Following Xiao Fu and the others in the future.

However, Following Xiao Fu had followed Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu for so long that he had learned quite a few things.

If the bill is waived today, should it be waived in the future?

And what about the subordinates, should the bill be waived for them too?

Therefore, he refused the free meal, letting the owner continue to maintain this sense of gratitude and human sentiment was better.

The owner, the waiters, and the surrounding diners... were all moved.

"The Umbrella Corporation is so good."

"Those Wah Ching and Triad gangs would be laughing their heads off if they didn't collect protection fees from us."

"There's no comparison~~~"

"Shh~~ do you want to die? Daring to talk about the Wah Ching and Triads!"

At Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's table, the group chatted while eating.

"Last night, some African American gangs ran to the affluent areas. I heard they burned down several villas and looted quite a few things..."

"Ah? Didn't the San Francisco police go to protect the white masters?"

"Doesn't seem like it. I heard the police were tricked by those Latinos; those gangs all said they were coming to Tang Renjie, so the police station didn't move. As a result, they didn't expect an African American gang to suddenly split off and run to the affluent areas..."

"Awesome! They actually have brains!"

"Were the losses heavy?"

"I heard eight or nine white masters died... and some valuable shops were looted. The losses aren't small..."

Everyone was very happy.

"What about the losses in Japantown and the Korean residential areas?"

"Nothing much in Japantown, but the Korean area is closer to the African American and Latino chaotic zone, so it was impacted. The losses were very heavy; over 400 shops were smashed and looted, and some were burned..."

"However, the Koreans counterattacked very quickly and drove those rioters back."

Why is the Korean area close to the chaotic zone?

Because the history of Korean immigration is more modern; they were relatively poor when they moved over, so they looked for places with lower rent, which is right next to the chaotic zone where African Americans and Latinos live.

This led to them bearing the brunt and being attacked by rioters.

And there is another reason: in Los Angeles, it was originally a conflict between whites and blacks, but because a Korean shop owner shot and killed a thieving African American girl, the Koreans became one of the venting outlets for African Americans, blocking the knife for the white masters.

It's the same situation here in San Francisco.

Following Xiao Fu: "Because the white masters suffered heavy losses, the San Francisco police are furious. This time, I estimate the African Americans and Latinos are going to be in trouble."

"Their losses were already heavy yesterday. With the police action coming up, in the next half year, their strength will at least shrink by more than half."

"However..."

"The biggest harvest is still ours!"

Following Xiao Fu said happily: "In the past, those blacks, Latinos, and whites all felt that Chinese were weak and easy to bully. After experiencing tonight, they won't dare to underestimate us again."

"It will definitely be much more convenient to do things in the future."

"And our Umbrella Corporation has gained the respect of a large number of Chinese." Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu nodded,

Fists are power.

During the Los Angeles riots, the Koreans were brave and good at fighting, causing the rioters heavy losses, and they earned the title "Koreans on the Roof," gaining the respect of Americans.

Of course, the losses in Los Angeles' Koreatown were also very heavy; over 2,300 shops were smashed, looted, and burned... It was the side that suffered the heaviest losses in the entire Los Angeles riot.

Wait...

That's not right!

If the Koreans are so awesome, why were their losses still so heavy?

"In addition, we have another big harvest."

Following Xiao Fu was all smiles,

"This time, Brother Zu had us lay out our plans in advance, and we successfully obtained a large amount of precious video and photo material from the Los Angeles chaos..."

"Our KTVU television station's ratings rose from 8th in California to 4th."

"The top three are all giant television stations: KABC-TV (ABC), KCBS-TV (CBS), and KNBC-TV (NBC)."

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"In other words, we are the number one television station under the giants!"

"And with the videos and photos we have, it's enough to feed on the rating heat for another month."

In a word!

Won big!

Got fat!

At this time,

In Los Angeles, the Triad headquarters.

Gu Xinghua received a call from Benny in Tang Renjie. (Jet Li in "Lethal Weapon 4")

"Last night, the Umbrella Corporation successfully organized the Chinese in Tang Renjie, ambushed those gangs, and caused them heavy losses before they fled in defeat?"

Benny: "Yes, now all of Tang Renjie is praising the Umbrella Corporation... Boss, this Umbrella Corporation feels like it will bring us a threat... They are too good at inciting people's hearts; now many Chinese have started to be grateful to this Umbrella Corporation."

"We cannot sit by and watch them become powerful!"

Benny is an old man, he has no martial strength himself, what's powerful is just his brain.

He has seen too many things.

Especially, this Following Xiao Fu's accent is clearly from the mainland.

Gu Xinghua also started to become a little vigilant.

Before, collecting money was pleasant, but now seeing the Umbrella Corporation occupy the hearts of the Chinese people also made Gu Xinghua feel a crisis.

"Okay."

"You pay more attention to their movements later."

"Now, I need to focus most of my attention on Los Angeles."

Now a large number of African Americans and Latinos are attacking Koreatown, and there are also a small number of African Americans and Latinos attacking Tang Renjie...

Whether it's Koreatown or Tang Renjie, a wave of bankruptcies is coming.

And the Triads can gain more benefits from it: annexing property rights, issuing usury, forcing good women into prostitution, selling white powder, human trafficking...

This is a big business worth tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Umbrella Corporation can't make him shift his attention yet.

Benny was firm: "Don't worry, Boss, I will keep an eye on the Umbrella Property Company!"

Los Angeles, Wah Ching.

At this time, the old fox Sun Chu also learned from his confidant Long Kai in San Francisco about what the Umbrella Corporation had done.

"Winning people's hearts?"

Sun Chu sneered,

"What does this Umbrella Corporation want to do?"

"Do they think these Chinese can really be grateful? They are all selfish and greedy; they underestimate the selfishness of human nature too much."

When Sun Chu came to Los Angeles with his father as a child, he experienced being backstabbed by old Chinese people and knew what kind of birds the Chinese living at the bottom here were like.

"No time to pay attention to them now; Los Angeles is the most important."

"Keep an eye on them first!"

"After digesting the matters in Los Angeles, then deal with this Umbrella Corporation."

Sun Chu instructed Long Kai.

Long Kai: "Okay, Boss."

A new day,

That is, the third day of the riots,

A force of over 13,000 people, including the Marine Corps, the National Guard, and the FBI, finally arrived.

Started working~~~

Finally, through the 'efforts' of many parties, this largest riot in the United States since World War II was finally quelled.

In this turmoil, a total of about 3,600 arson incidents occurred in the entire city of Los Angeles, more than 3,000 buildings were burned or destroyed, and the estimated property damage exceeded 1 billion US dollars.

And the Koreans had over 2,300 shops damaged or burned, with a total loss exceeding 400 million US dollars.

Nearly 20,000 people were arrested, double the number of those who caused trouble.

Authentic West Coast folk customs!

Thumbs up!

Many news reports analyzed that the essence of this riot was still the conflict between blacks and whites, but because a Korean shop owner shot and killed an African American girl, the Koreans blocked the knife for the white masters.

After this incident, the conflict between Koreans and African Americans could no longer be reconciled.

Against the backdrop of Los Angeles, riots in other parts of the United States, including the riots here in San Francisco, were ignored by many media outlets.

And on Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's side,

The Umbrella Corporation was digesting the post-war gains and couldn't intervene in Los Angeles for the time being.

Moreover,

The Umbrella Corporation's deployment was steady and solid — first San Francisco, then the San Francisco Bay Area, and then expanding to Los Angeles.

And just as Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was preparing to leave...

"Brother Zu, someone wants to acquire our KTVU television station."

"The offer is 83 million US dollars!"

Following Xiao Fu's report interrupted Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's trip back to Hong Kong.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was surprised: "Don't they know that we already spent 80 million US dollars to acquire the television station?"

Following Xiao Fu: "So the other party added 3 million US dollars."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu understood.

3 million US dollars, what else do you want?

It's already a lot, okay!

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "Who wants to acquire it?"

Following Xiao Fu: "It's the Fox Broadcasting Company."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu suddenly realized.

The world line converged.

Originally, KTVU was acquired by Fox Broadcasting Company.

Here we have to talk about one of the world's top media tycoons — Murdoch.

A British-born Australian, in 1985, Murdoch bought the American 20th Century Fox film company and a batch of television stations. In 1986, he bought 6 television stations from the international media group Metromedia and founded the Fox Broadcasting Company.

As for his camp, there are many different opinions in later generations.

What is relatively recognized is: although Murdoch himself is not Jewish, many of his senior assistants and advisors are Jewish, and he has extensive commercial interests among the Jews. His media outlets have a supportive public opinion orientation toward the Jewish position in some events; for example, on the Palestinian-Jewish issue, Murdoch's media outlets support the Jews to a certain extent, which is considered to be a response to the Jewish financial groups and Jewish media tycoons behind him.

And why was it discovered by Fox in advance now?

It may be because in the past few days, KTVU performed outstandingly in reporting the Los Angeles riot event, becoming one of the most outstanding television stations in the United States.

And then it caught Murdoch's eye.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu thought for a while and instructed: "The television station is not for sale, but you should make contact and get to know them."

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle!

Following Xiao Fu nodded: "Yes!"

(End of chapter)