Chapter 626: Integrating Into the Town
"It seems that there are not even twenty." Jiang Hai muttered in his heart, touched his nose and said a little regretfully. After hearing Jiang Hai's words, Mayor Wallis here also smiled and shook his head. Shaking his head, this Jiang Hai is really quite casual.
"Although the last matter was resolved, you are only treating the symptoms, not the root cause. If you really want the townspeople to not be afraid of you but to truly support you in the future, then you need to integrate with them. Go." He took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth and lit it, Mayor Wallis said seriously.
"Integrate together?" Hearing his words, Jiang Hai frowned and touched his chin. To be honest, he has been staying at home for many years and has become decadent. He doesn't know how to integrate with these people. Come together.
He has not had many friends over the years, but now it is really not easy for Jiang Hai to go out and mix with these townspeople. Now after hearing the words of Mayor Wallis, Jiang Hai was a little confused.
"This is all up to you." Seeing that Jiang Hai really listened to what he said and was thinking about it, Mayor Wallis here couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction. To be honest, if Jiang Hai hadn't been from Huaxia Nationality, now he wants to pass the position of mayor to Jiang Hai, because Jiang Hai's identity is more authoritative in the town than himself.
But now even if he couldn't pass the mayor's position to Jiang Hai, he was no longer willing to be a trap between Jiang Hai and the townspeople.
He had to reconcile Jiang Hai with the townspeople. Compared to reforming thousands of townspeople, it was easier to let Jiang Hai take a step forward.
"I really don't know how to integrate." After thinking for a few minutes, Jiang Hai sighed helplessly.
In fact, it can be seen from the composition of his friends that he does not have any social friends. If his friends are not from childhood, they are classmates. In the real sense, he has no friends in society, not even those in college. He has no friends, even though he went to school for four years, so now Jiang Hai, to put it bluntly, actually doesn't know how to make friends with adults.
Of course, with friends in another relationship, he might know more, but that's only for women, nothing more.
"Well, Mr. Jiang, if you really want to integrate into the town, maybe you can try to attend some parties." Seeing Jiang Hai's confused look, the black guy over there hesitated. After a while, he said to Jiang Hai.
This black guy's name is Hodge Selsey. He is only twenty-four years old, but he is quite famous in the small town.
Because he opened a machinery parts recycling factory, which is somewhat similar to domestic scrap purchasing factories, except that they only collect machine parts. For example, the tractor in Jiang Hai Manor has been used for a year, so some parts are rusty. , these rusty parts will easily break if used again, which is very dangerous. In the past, Robbins-Garcia would take off these parts, then knock off the rust on them, and continue to use them for a few years, but this way There will be danger.
So after Jiang Hai got this manor, his only option was to replace all these rusty accessories with new ones.
Agricultural machines are quite dirty throughout the year, so the accessories are also severely worn.
Not long ago, before buying the cattle, all the machines in Jiang Hai Manor had just had a batch of spare parts replaced.
If all the accessories are replaced with new ones, then these old ones will be in trouble. It is not allowed to throw them away directly in the United States. It is not allowed to throw away electrical waste in the United States, such as some computers, TVs, etc. If they are no longer used, you have to send them to the electrical appliances. You have to go to the recycling plant and then spend money to destroy them. The same is true for these things, so in the United States, there are many second-hand merchandisers.
There are also people who collect these old parts, such as Hodge Selsey. After he collects these parts, he knocks off the rust on them. If the parts are still usable, he can sell them to others, unlike Jiang Hai. If wealthy manor owners have excess iron left over, they can melt it and sell it back to ironworks and the like for secondary use.
He only makes a small profit in the middle, but even so, he can earn about $100,000 a year.
And because many people use him, his popularity in the town is quite good.
The main reason why he is here today is because of his son, a little black man among those little devils.
After Jiang Hai was discovered by these little guys when he was buying candy that day, these little guys had actually been waiting to ask Jiang Hai for candy.
Every year, these children who ask for sweets are followed by an adult to prevent these children from asking for something they shouldn't.
This year it was Selsi, but while he was watching these little friends killing the people in the town, these children were walking out of the town to ask Jiang Hai for candy, but they were stopped by Selsi. He stopped because in his impression, Jiang Hai was not that easy to get along with, but the children said they had made an appointment with Jiang Hai and wanted to come over and ask for sweets, which made him a little confused.
Fortunately, at this time, they met Mayor Wallis who was returning home from get off work. After knowing that Jiang Hai's character was actually quite good, they brought these children over. As a result, after meeting for the first time, he discovered Jiang Hai's character. It seems really good.
"Party? Those parties?" Hearing Selsi's words, Jiang Hai was a little confused. He didn't like to attend those parties.
"That's right. Americans love parties very much, and these parties are the best place to make friends." After hearing what Jiang Hai said, Selsi also smiled and said.
"But partying is very noisy. I don't really like going to noisy places." Seeing that Selsi highly praised partying, Jiang Hai frowned. To be honest, he didn't like going to nightclubs or anything like that. He thinks bars, places like parties, are too noisy.
"Oh, Mr. Jiang, the parties we hold won't be too noisy. After all, they are all held in other people's homes. No one wants to have the house need to be renovated after the person leaves. We are not those kids in high school who would The family is in trouble." He shrugged. In fact, there are many kinds of parties in the United States, and there are all kinds of parties.
It's just that Jiang Hai was misled by what others said before. Just like what Selsi said, no one wants to turn the house upside down when having a party at home. After all, after the person leaves, they can still To live in.
"If it's not too noisy and it's just a heart-to-heart talk among 'neighbors', I'd be quite willing to give it a try." Jiang Hai's eyes lit up when he heard Selsi's words. If it was just to get in touch with some strangers, then Jiang Haidao didn't mind.
Hearing Jiang Hai's words, Mayor Wallis also nodded. If Jiang Hai thinks so, it is naturally the best.
"If Mr. Jiang wants to go, there will be a charity party at Old George's tomorrow, and Mr. Jiang can go and have fun." Hearing that Jiang Hai seemed really interested in going, Selsi said excitedly, You know, although he is only twenty-four years old, he already has a four-year-old son. He is much more mature than the average twenty-four-year-old college student.
He knew that making friends with a rich man like Jiang Hai would be of no harm to him, especially when this man still controlled the small town's economy, so he immediately strongly recommended it.
"Charity party?" Hearing what Selsi said, Jiang Hai was a little confused again. What does this party mean? Do you want to donate money?
"In the United States, many people like to hold charity parties, but it is not a fundraiser, but an auction. The host and guests will take out some small and not-so-valuable things for auction. After the auction, the charity money can be taken away by yourself, or in the form of Everyone donates to charity organizations in their name. Of course, they don’t use the things to take pictures. Those who directly spend money to buy them are the most popular." Seeing Jiang Hai was a little confused, Mayor Wallis also explained to Jiang Hai. , in the United States, people really like to donate money.
First, because it is the most direct and will gain a good reputation. Second, it is also because of American policies. Donating some money can be tax deductible. Of course, the amount is limited. Otherwise, the country will be in trouble and there will be no money to pay wages. Already?
The most important thing is that the tax rate for donated money is at least 1-1, and sometimes it is even 1-1.2, 1-1.5, or even 1-2.
In this way, people who donate money can invisibly save a lot of money, gain fame and make money at the same time.
There is nothing more enjoyable than this, so rich people in the United States are very keen to donate money.
Of course, like the charity auction organized by Old George, the items sold must be small things. The final total transaction price was about a few thousand dollars. They just expressed their gratitude, but this matter really made people feel sad. Jiang Hai was quite interested.
After listening to Mayor Wallis's words, Jiang Hai finally understood the meaning of this charity auction. He was not good at other things, but he was still very interested in throwing money, especially when he couldn't get much money out.
"Okay, I'll call Old George later, and I'll go there tomorrow too." He clapped his hands, just like what Mayor Wallis said, if Jiang Hai doesn't integrate into the town for a day, there will indeed be some trouble. Anyway, he had nothing to do now, so it didn't matter if he went to see it, so he thought about it and decided to go and have a look, since he had nothing to do anyway.
"Great, Mr. Jiang, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Hodge Selsey. This is my business card... Then let's see you tomorrow!" Seeing that Jiang Hai agreed to attend, Hodge - Selsi couldn't help but look excited. Jiang Hai decided to attend. He knew without thinking that those people would be confused when they saw Jiang Hai tomorrow.
When he asked who asked Jiang Hai to participate, he said it was because of his reputation. And the most important thing was that Jiang Hai agreed to participate. The person who suggested that he come to participate was himself. He must remember it.
"Okay, Mr. Cersi, we'll see you tomorrow." Looking at the excited Hodg Cersi, Jiang Hai also smiled. How could he not know what this man was thinking? But Jiang Hai didn't mind. He was taking advantage of himself, and he had nothing to lose anyway. (To be continued.)