nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 18

Gerry Lively's family is rich~
This was Tao Xi's first feeling when he got off Milk's car, because Malibu, a city that only accommodates 12000 people, is considered a well-known rich area in Southern California.

Although San Francisco's North Bay has always been well-known in Southern California, the veteran rich living here in Malibu have always looked down on the upstarts in San Francisco's North Bay.

Milk smiled and tilted his head at Tao Xi to signal that he was leaving, Tao Xi didn't mind, because since Milk's car entered the vicinity of downtown San Francisco, Milk's car kept on risking as if sick. black smoke~
Tao Xi, who walked to the door, carefully pressed the doorbell outside the fence~
Before Tao Xi looked up, a voice of "hello, who are you" came from near the fence.

The startled Taoxi looked outside the fence for a long time before finding a small white box near the fence, from where the voice came from.

"I'm a friend of Gerry Lively. He's locked up in the Los Angeles County Jail for something. He wants me to send you a message."

But the small white box didn't answer for a long time, and Tao Xi looked up at the second-floor villa.

After a while, a yellow-skinned servant came out with a broom in his hand. When he saw this woman coming out, Tao Xi's first impression was that this person must be the Filipino maid of Gerry Lively's family ! ! !
Because since the 60s, the upper class in the United States has been proud of having a Filipino maid at home.

This matter is also something that Hill never forgets, because Old Gnar often brags to his grandson how rich his family used to be, and there are several Filipino maids~
So Tao Xi also knew the existence of this character.

"Hello~"

"I'm a friend of Gerry Lively. This is a letter that Gerry Lively entrusted me to give to his parents. If his parents come back, please give it to him." Tao Xi didn't even wait for the Filipino maid opposite him After an introduction and a long explanation, Tao Xi put the letter into the hand of the Filipino maid and left.

Because the other party is wearing an apron and holding a broom in his hand, there is no need for Tao Xi to waste time on this person. As for whether she will give it to him, Tao Xi does not care, after all, Gerry Lively is now Without the money his parents were supporting, he believed Gerry Lively would have done well in prison.

If his parents are responsible, they will definitely wait for Tao Xi to come to collect the money in the next few days, because the envelope does not say which prison Gerry Lively is in!

As for why the family is so rich and their son has not been released on bail, that must be another story.

Next, Tao Xi still needs to go to the Tenderloin District of San Francisco. Without Milk's car, I believe the next trip will not be too easy.

It is the favorite place to go to the gangsters in the United States, and it is also the favorite place to go to all the gangster buyers, because there is the largest "black market" in the United States gathered there!
There are also Los Angeles County, but because of the recent battle between the Blood Gang, the Mexican Gang, and the Korean Gang, many "buyers" ran here~
The buyers are people like Milk, in fact, some businessmen in the American black market!
As long as you have needs and US dollars, they sell everything, there is nothing they can't buy, of course they are also the best partners of many robbers and gang members.

By the time Tao Xi arrived in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, the sky had gradually darkened.

Tao Xi, who just got off the bus, smelled a foul smell coming from the side of the road, and the bases of the street lamps near the bus station have been corroded and hollowed out one after another~
The tents and rubbish that can be seen everywhere on the street make people feel like they are in Mexico. From time to time, there are some men in pants and without belts wandering on the street. When Taoxi passed by them, these people They will slowly move towards Tao Xi~
"Hey, bro, follow me if you don't want to see the sun tomorrow!" Tao Xi threatened a man who had been following behind him, but the man raised his hands and pretended to be indifferent .

Tao Xi also looked familiar, because this is what the bottom of the United States looks like!

The entrance of the black market in the Tenderloin District is no different from the general trade market, but when you actually walk into this street, unscrupulous eyes around you are scanning you.

Before Tao Xi walked into the depths of the street, a white man with a height of 1 meters walked towards Tao Xi. His black robe and skull tattoo made him look very threatening.

Tao Xi looked up and saw that the person blocking his way did not take the initiative to speak, and the white man also stared at him fiercely with his head down.

The various characters and homeless people squatting on the side of the road, as well as some small vendors who set up stalls, all looked at this place with a look of excitement, and occasionally there were one or two rogue whistles blowing at Tao Xi~
The buildings not far away were painted with various graffiti and spray paintings~
"Hey, this place doesn't belong to you little friend, get out of your mother's ass and let her protect you."

"If Kushner is here, you can still talk to me so fiercely, I will definitely admire you very much." Not to be outdone, Tao Xi slapped away the white man who pointed his finger at his forehead and scolded angrily.

The atmosphere at the scene became more and more tense under the background of a large group of onlookers. Just when the white people were about to push Tao Xi, a Hispanic man hurriedly ran out of the building next to him with a complicated expression on his face. The Hispanic man rushed out When I was here, I yelled at my surroundings in Spanish~
"Fxxk, do you want to go back to Alaska again! Be respectful to my friends." The Hispanic raised his leg and kicked the waist of the 1-meter-tall white man. When I saw this Hispanic came out and laughed at him from the surrounding vendors and homeless people, I immediately knew that he was being teased~
He muttered a few words in dissatisfaction and walked towards a car on the side of the road~
"Hey, Tausi, why are you in San Francisco?"

"Raven! I thought you were killed."

Although Tao Xi was a lot shorter than the Hispanic, the Hispanic respected him a lot, and he was a little bit afraid.

The Hispanic named Raven scratched the back of his head with embarrassment and explained: "Recently, the black market in Koreatown is very chaotic, and our business here is very good, so some more country people came. I will let you know later. He apologized to you."

"No, no, I'm just here for a stroll, and by the way, see if there is any news that can make money." Tao Xi waved his hands nonchalantly when he heard Ruiwen's explanation, and walked towards the depths of the street corner~
The further you go into the street, the more people are standing on both sides of the street, and these people are very similar in that they are all wearing hoodies or wearing masks~
Whenever someone walks in from the outside, this group of people keeps waving their hands to attract customers as if they have been drugged, but this group of people never say what they are selling~
Tao Xi glanced at the map that Milk handed him and thought about it seriously before walking towards the corner of the street.

As soon as I turned a corner, a gray church came into Tao Xi's eyes~
On the rooftop opposite the church, there is a person staring at the downstairs. At the corner of the street, there is a rooftop that can completely overlook the entire street~
Tao Xi stopped and waved to the man standing on the roof. The man put down the binoculars in his hand and raised the intercom to say something.

Because Tao Xi was too far away, he couldn't hear clearly, but the gray church in front of him quickly opened the door.

The church door opened, but Tao Xi did not see anyone open the door.

Tao Xi jumped a few steps and walked into the church. Just after entering the door, there were several big men in black leather clothes sitting in the hall on the first floor of the church, drinking vodka in their hands and playing with the "guy what?" ", the cross not far away hangs so naked in the center, and the surrounding yellow lights add a little bit of weirdness to this place~
Tao Xi ignored them and instead went into an empty prayer room~
After entering the prayer room, there was nothing but a bench. Tao Xi sat there and waited for a long time, when the door of the prayer room was suddenly opened, and a strong smell of alcohol came to his nostrils in an instant~
"Hiccup~"

"Sorry, I forgot to search."

"OK, I thought your rules had changed." Tao Xi didn't mind when he heard the explanation from the black guy who was smelling of alcohol, but he stood up neatly and let the black guy sweep it with the metal detector in his hand. several times~
"Okay, Kushner's people, you know the rules, the priest is a bit busy now, you may have to wait a while." Hei Ge walked towards the back hall of the church unsteadily after saying this.

In the middle of the prayer room is a baffle with black gauze. If it weren't for the closed-circuit monitor diagonally above, Tao Xi might have cleverly made a "cross" on his chest and said "Amen" silently.

Soon, the "priest" came, but before the priest entered the prayer room, a strong smell of cheap perfume made Taoxi feel a little uncomfortable and sneezed several times.

"If your Lord knows what you are like, he will definitely send you to hell."

The priest on the opposite side of the baffle was not angry when he heard Tao Xi's words, but said to Tao Xi proudly: "It's a pity that I didn't see the scene where Bolton's godson showed his skills in Koreatown, otherwise I would definitely go In the boxing market in Los Angeles, bet you another $1000 to buy you to win. There are not many 16-year-old boxers. It was really miserable when the killer in Tijuana left~”

"Oh, I haven't boxed for a long time, I have a new career now, I want to buy a little news from you."

"Buy? Have you started hanging out with Kushner, you guy who lives in the sewer?" The godfather opposite heard that Tao Xi wanted to buy from him, and the godfather opposite, who couldn't see his face clearly, was obviously flustered.

But Tao Xi replied nonchalantly: "My godfather never said that I was his successor, and his career does not conflict with mine."

"Ridiculous~ Where do you get the money to buy news if you don't enter the Blood Gang?"

Tao Xi was not upset when he heard the priest's disdainful voice, but he still replied calmly: "What I want to do is a night crawler, maybe you haven't learned about this profession, but the news I bought this time is not about anyone. It's your opponent's."

The priest didn't speak for a while when he heard Tao Xi's words, but lit a cigarette.

"What are you going to do?"

"Sell me the news, your black market business may be better this time! For example, what did they do or plan to do? Or someone's information." After saying this, Tao Xi took out his pocket. The remaining $1 slipped through the gap under the fender.

The priest on the opposite side obviously "chuckled" when he took away the 1 dollar, but it was not very obvious.

"I'm not at all moved by what you said. If it was Bolton who stuffed the $1 when he was young, I might be afraid and obey, but you are his godson. Why do you have it?"

As soon as Tao Xi heard what the other party said, he was about to get up and leave. When he left, Tao Xi said to the baffle: "You don't have many chances, and you don't dare to bet. You will definitely give it to me. Today I will give it to you." After passing through this door, I will turn my head and go to the door of the Mexican Mafia to talk to them."

"you dare!"

"You dare not!" Tao Xi was not afraid of the priest on the opposite side of the baffle at all, because the Southern Brotherhood, a gang that rose in Los Angeles County, has been squeezed to a corner of San Francisco by the competition of other gangs. The gangsters in China have already sunned down. Apart from smuggling and black market trading, they have no other source of income. If he dares to do something to Tao Xi today, maybe even the woman behind his church who smells of inferior perfume will be gone.

Although the blood gang is not as good as the lame gang, and the structure is loose, but Tao Xi is Bolton's godson!

Bolton is the spiritual belief of the Blood Gang. In the past, underground hip-hop and university activities were very popular. Now the reason why the Blood Gang is fighting against the Lame Gang is because of the existence of Bolton!

If something happened to Tao Xi, Bolton, who regarded Tao Xi as his own son, might really get out of prison and make a big fuss!
The priest on the opposite side finally compromised, and the priest who let out a sigh of relief did not speak, but Tao Xi took the initiative to close the door of the prayer room again.

"唰唰唰唰" The rubbing sound of the pen writing on the paper came into Tao Xi's ears very clearly~
A neatly folded piece of white paper was stuffed from another room in the prayer room, and Tao Xi, who took the paper, had a smile on his face.

"Dear Father, may God be with you."

"You're a bastard, a real bastard, and if anyone knew that Bolton's godson was getting involved with the police, someone would be after you."

Tao Xi was just about to get up and leave, but Tao Xi shrugged helplessly when he heard this: "I am a good person, and I need money that can be legally taxed."

"Trust me, you won't regret this choice."

"Everyone is looking at whether San Francisco will be in the hands of Chinese gangs or Mexicans. You have never been considered. If you, a depressed old man, can sit on it, maybe many people will feel relieved."

"The Olympics are about to start, and no one wants to be in trouble, right?"

"What I did was to send all those people who offended me to prison."

"Nobody likes a Mexican with a big appetite! Right?"

After saying this, Tao Xi waved his hand to the opposite side of the fender with a relaxed face, then turned and left. When Tao Xi saw a car parked at the door of the church waiting for him, Tao Xi glanced at it. The driver said: "Say something to the priest I respect, thank him for his kindness, but he is really old, I don't want people to discover my existence so early."

The driver looked blankly at Tao Xi's leaving back and didn't know what to say.

(End of this chapter)