nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 37 Sufficient Preparation

This time Tao Xi wanted to convince Old West of him and successfully received the first formal labor contract in his life.

It can be said that Tao Xi has done a very good job!
Marco, a pickpocket who was once hailed as the most genius in the sewer, and the Southern Fraternity boss "Godfather", who was just pulled by Tao Xi from the church in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco, came to the door of Old West's single-family villa in person.

John Hughes was very awkward when he saw the combination of three people standing at the door~
But what was awkward, John Hughes couldn't tell: "Hello, I have to thank you a lot last time about my fiancee."

Tao Xi, who is only 1 meters tall, looked at the left hand of John Hughes, who was much older than him, and didn't know how to parry him~
Marco stood obscenely behind Tao Xi's buttocks with his neck curled up, covering his mouth and giggling. Fortunately, "Father", the big brother of the Southern Brotherhood, often experienced various large-scale negotiation occasions.

"Cough, cough, um, what! Tao Xi can't speak, I am Tao Xi's elder, my full name is Lai Hodges, I am Tao Xi's" the priest turned his head and glanced after saying this Tao Xi, although Tao Xi knew "Father" as early as when he was fighting black market boxing matches, but after knowing each other for so many years, Tao Xi really didn't know the name of "Father".

Today is the first time I know~
"Uncle! You are the same generation as my godfather!"

When Ly Hodges heard Tao Xi take the initiative to say that he was his uncle, Ly Hodges grinned to the base of his ears, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes completely exposed the age of the godfather of the Southern Brotherhood: "Yes, yes, yes I am his uncle, and I came here this time because I heard that you gave my nephew a year-round public relations employment letter, so I came here as his guardian."

John Hughes looked at Le Hodges, who claimed to be Tao Xi's guardian, and suddenly had an illusion, as if the male protagonist in the well-known Hollywood gangster blockbuster "The Godfather" was standing in front of him.

"Ah, hahaha, please come in, please come in." John Hughes smiled awkwardly and walked in front politely to lead the way for the strange combination of three people behind him.

Last time, Tao Xi came and went in a hurry. In fact, he didn't appreciate the affluent life that only belonged to the rich in San Francisco.

This time, Tao Xi really opened his eyes under the leadership of John Hughes. The single-family villa just entered a huge fountain pool, and there were several fishes that Tao Xi did not know floating in it. Ah, it’s floating; behind the villa is a large cluster of dense forests. Last time Tao Xi was able to sneak in quickly because of the existence of this cluster of forests. I don’t know if it’s because of Adnan. Tao Xi just saw it with the camera. Seven, but under the discovery of Tao Xi's professional eyes, Tao Xi still found several blind spots.

There were two bodyguards standing at the entrance of the huge villa, but before Tao Xi looked at them, Leigh Hodges looked at the two bodyguards at the door and said: "Mr. John, if you need security at home, there is no need to hire them. There is absolutely no need for the existence of these ostentatious people."

John Hughes was about to say something when he walked in front, but Le Hodges' words seemed to open a magic box in his heart: "My father-in-law hired them with a monthly salary of 7000 US dollars per yuan. And they've all been in a lot of wars."

The two bodyguards deliberately dangled their suits, which were about to explode from their muscles, in front of Ly Hodges as if to prove something.

But Tao Xi was stunned. Although Tao Xi made a lot of money not long ago, but you must know that it is the 80s, and the annual consumption of a normal American white-collar family is about 3 US dollars. Going to the High School Attached to Haversey Lake, the money Tao Xi earned was enough for the three of them to live frugally for several years!
But now those two bodyguards can earn 7000/month.

Tao Xi is hot-eyed! ! !

Before Lai Hodges could speak, Tao Xi took the initiative to say: "If it were me, I would rather hire some people who often hang out on the streets. Although they are not as professional as these people, these people can only defend passively, and they cannot be safe. Effectively prevent what is about to happen or what will happen in the future!"

"For example, if your fiancée goes to the San Francisco second-hand car market to buy a car for you, some people walking around the streets will know that someone has paid attention to you in the first place!"

Tao Xi seemed to be afraid that what he said would not be convincing, so he pointed to the camera at the door and said: "You said that if someone comes to your door to threaten your employer, they will really abide by your logic. Does thinking enter the door? From the time I entered the door until now, I have found 7 cameras that can be exposed to my field of vision! Don’t you know that if the perpetrator needs to detect the crime before committing the crime?”

When the two bodyguards standing at the door heard that Tao Xi was about to disclose the number of cameras in the single-family villa, the expressions of the two bodyguards changed instantly, and one of the bodyguards even wanted to warn Tao Xi with his big body. But Tao Xi was not afraid.

Tao Xi directly stuck his neck and resisted, and Marco didn't dare to lag behind and took the pistols around their waists~
Instead, John Hughes ran to the monitoring room at the entrance of the villa and walked in. When he saw that there were really only 7 cameras inside, he screamed in the monitoring room: "whta Fxxk!"

Instead, Leigh Hodges sat leisurely at the door and looked at the villa. Tao Xi directly grabbed the pistol from Marco and pointed it at the two bodyguards~
The two bodyguards looked at the pistol in Tao Xi's hand and then touched his waist, and the two bodyguards turned black in an instant~
The atmosphere at the door froze in an instant!

"John! I want you to hire Mr. Tao Xi. Is this how you entertain my friends?" Old West leaned on a cane in his left hand and walked towards the door on the first floor of the villa with the help of a woman.

John Hughes walked out of the monitoring room with an embarrassed look on his face~
"Old West, long time no see!" Leigh Hodges, who was sitting at the door with a big horse, waved his hand to Old West who was walking towards the door.

Old West's first reaction when he saw "Father" was to be taken aback, but soon Old West smiled crookedly: "Oh, you old liar can have such offspring?"

"Me? A liar? Oh! If Lewis hadn't protected you, I wouldn't have spent so many years in prison."

Tao Xi was still surprised that Ly Hodges and old West knew each other, but Ly Hodges did not take the initiative to explain, Tao Xi was too lazy to deal with the old things of the older generation.

"John, my daughter married you, I didn't let her worry about you every day!"

"I said that I have already hired Mr. Taoxi for you. I hope you don't take my words as wind!" After finishing these words, Old West stood still and tapped the crutch in his hand vigorously. The woman who had met Tao Xi once looked at John Hughes sadly, then hurriedly patted Old West on the back.

Tao Xi looked at John Hughes's face with interest, other Tao Xi didn't see it, but Tao Xi knew that John Hughes didn't mean anything in this family! ! !
"Come on, Mr. Tao Xi, you can go up with me, and let John Hughes solve the rest. I believe that he, a Hollywood director, can solve these problems!"

When Tao Xi walked into the room, he deliberately stepped on the toe of one of the bodyguards!
To Tao Xi's surprise, the bodyguard didn't say a word and didn't even look in Tao Xi's direction, but Leigh Hodges inadvertently said in Tao Xi's ear: "You are really in the same mold as Bolton. If you carve it out, you won’t suffer at all!”

"I'm thinking about the overall situation. If it's outside, I'll definitely send him away!" Tao Xi blurted out this sentence without any intention of shy away from Old West.

Tao Xi could tell at a glance that this single-family villa was arranged for Old West!
There is actually a straight elevator in the hall. The last time Tao Xi sneaked in, he didn’t notice the existence of the elevator. The huge elevator made Tao Xi feel like going to the Hilton Hotel~
Instead, Marco looked around ghostly all the way, and Ly Hodges hadn't said a word since he got in the elevator.

The huge third floor was divided into four rooms. With the support of his daughter, Old West walked to the middle house. Taoxi stared at John Hughes who fell behind the crowd inexplicably. I felt sorry for him.

The inside of the room is very simple, except for a huge double bed and a 60s wedding photo hanging on the wall, there is no extra thing.

"Everyone sit down, sit down."

Tausi sat down first when he heard Old West's words, followed by Ly Hodges and Marco.

"Hmm~"

"After what happened last time, I was actually very worried, but this time after I saw you, Mr. Tao Xi, my heart that had been hanging in mid-air was suddenly relieved, because not everyone can be invited to the South The godfather of the fraternity has come to my old West's place to be a guest." After saying this, the old West gave "Father" Ly Hodges a meaningful look, and Ly Hodges just Shaking his head and smiling, he ignored him.

But Tao Xi was blushed by the words of the old West, and didn't know how to deal with it.

"Actually, you don't need to be nervous. I'm just talking about the facts. Although you are still very young, I would like to make a friend with you after I heard someone introduce you."

When John Hughes heard his father-in-law say these words, he couldn't help but carefully looked at Tao Xi's cheeks with fluff on his face with question marks on his face.

Although he is not valued by anyone in this family except his fiancée, he still respects him as an old man. Although his old man's popularity is only limited to San Francisco, the word "old and strong" means old West!

The reason why Old West has been able to stand firm under the siege of the candy giant Mars Group until now is because he has many friends~
Seeing this, John Hughes also kept an eye out. He planned to apologize to Tao Xi afterwards for the bodyguard team he hired from Hollywood~
"Okay! I'm getting old, the future of America belongs to you young people~"

Tao Xi's previous words were quite comfortable to listen to, but Tao Xi still felt awkward about these words for a long time. After all, the ability of money overwhelmed Tao Xi's desire to refute Old West's words~
Old West seems to have seen Tao Xi's hesitation, and it was not until Tao Xi took out his Rwandan passport that Old West smiled meaningfully~
Marco, who couldn't bear it for a long time, saw Tao Xi sign the contract in the lower right corner, and immediately said: "The windows of your house should be replaced with buckle insurance. I just saw that the windows on the second floor seem to be It was overturned!"

After finishing this sentence, Marco glanced at Old West proudly, but John Hughes looked at Tao Xi with a resentful expression and said nothing.

"Ahem! Well, Marco, go ahead, Mr. West's house still needs some security and anti-theft measures." Tao Xi thought of the last time he opened the window and coughed in embarrassment to cover up. .

"Ah? Oh, okay, the door locks downstairs can't just use direct button locks just because of the pursuit of beauty. Multi-button door locks have been sold in Los Angeles County for a long time. You can use it. In the early years, this kind We didn’t even bother to steal the door locks, because those who use this kind of door locks are poor people.” Marco said with a look of enthusiasm and didn’t care about the surprised expressions of the old West family.

Finally, after an hour of elaboration by Marco, the old West family was finally conquered by Marco's "talent"!

"You" John Hughes looked at Marco's proficient lockpicking skills with a strange expression on his face.

When Marco saw John Hughes's expression, he immediately replied triumphantly, "You can just call me Marco~"

"Ah, oh, okay! Marco, can you please provide me with a purchase list? Or tell me how much the things you said cost, I will pay you, and you can help us install~"

As soon as Marco heard this, his eyes immediately turned into "￥￥￥" symbols, but fortunately, Marco was not dazzled by the money. He first glanced at Tao Xi, and when Tao Xi nodded, Marco immediately He lost his "master style".

Marko, who left the hall with John Hughes in his arms, went to count the points~
Seeing this, Old West shook his head to his daughter who had been standing behind him, and his daughter immediately walked out.

The only ones left in the room are Tausi and Leigh Hodges~
Tao Xi turned his head and glanced at Ly Howges, who nodded knowingly and left!
(End of this chapter)