Listening to his brother Elrond's request for a newspaper, Elrond Tao said in consternation, "Brother, would it be too early for you to talk to me about this now. We don't even have the shadow of a newspaper yet!"
"This is your first task, in these few days you have to take the time to find out if there are any newspapers in Sao Paulo that have the intention to sell, if not we have to consider building a new one ourselves, then you also have to figure out how to recruit the employees of the newspaper." Elrond casually set the task down, after all, this task was not imminent, it could wait and that was fine.
"Okay, okay, don't pester your brother, another boat ride, another airplane ride, there has been no rest, the sky is dark, hurry up and let your brother go to rest, there is something to talk about tomorrow." In the end, it is still the old mom who cares the most for her son, nothing is as important as her son's health.
When everyone heard their mother Yang Xiuer's words, they also spoke up, telling Elrond to rest early and wait until tomorrow for anything.
This night Elrond slept exceptionally well, I don't know whether it was because he returned to his real home or because he was tired enough from all the tossing and turning of the road.Elrond slept well, but the others didn't sleep so well, almost all of those who participated in today's rally couldn't sleep when they returned home, and even Elrond's father had trouble getting to sleep for a long time.
Now his son's change, let him simply do not dare to recognize, before that errand impulsive and reckless, like to do more hands than brains son has become a, to the international situation of the big picture, do things with a goal, methodology, methodical mature man, which let as a father Elrond Xinshan is both happy, and heartbroken. I also don't know how much his son has suffered outside in the past two years to have such a sense of life, and such a big change.
What Elrond didn't know was that Captain Blackwell, who had given him a ride home, didn't go back to his barracks after leaving his house, but drove straight to the St. Paul Police Department and found the Chief of Police.
"Haha ..... Captain Blackwell come on in, why are you so free to come and sit with me today!" Chief Sebastiao Hodges rose to greet him with a smile on his face.
Sebastiao Hodges is the chief of the São Paulo Police Department, a white man of Portuguese descent who is very short for a white man, less than five-foot-seven with a slightly bulging belly.
"Good afternoon Chief Hodges, I did come over today on some official business to communicate with you." Captain Blackwell was also all smiles, and it was clear that the two were very familiar with each other. After all, they were the Garrison Chief and the Police Chief, both in charge of the St. Paul's armed forces.
"Oh! What things need, old brother you personally run a trip, a phone call to get things done. Come, come, come. This side to sit. Someone, pour two cups of coffee over here!" Director Hodges very politely invited Captain Blackwell to take a seat in the parlor area and turned his head to order the secretary outside the door.
"On this occasion I was ordered by my superiors to go to the airport specifically to bring home an Expeditionary Force combat hero, and received clear instructions from my superiors to ensure the safety of this Mr. Lieutenant during his stay in São Paulo, and that if anyone behaves in any unfriendly way towards our comrades, our garrison will be authorized to do whatever is necessary to eliminate the security risks. " Captain Blackwell said with a grave face and burning eyes on Chief Hodges.
And when Chief Hodges heard Captain Blackwell's words, and saw him staring at himself in a way that made him feel a bit fuzzy inside, he quickly spoke up and said, "Brother, isn't there some kind of misunderstanding! This Mr. Lieutenant you're talking about shouldn't have any conflict with me! Why are you staring at me with such eyes."
"Although this Mr. Lieutenant doesn't have any direct conflict with you, as far as I know, his compatriots have been targeted and bullied by another group of people some time ago, but your police department didn't take any measures to protect their interests! I came here today to remind you that I don't care what favors your police department receives, if this happens again you may have to face an investigation by both our Army and Navy Military Police, and believe me that's something you can't afford." Captain Blackwell continued to speak without haste, words that made Chief Hodges feel like he was on ice.
"Brother, we are good brothers! Please also tell me clearly, brother, what is the name of this Mr. Lieutenant, and if there is really such a situation as you say, I will definitely come to my door early tomorrow morning to make amends. No matter who you say is targeting them, even if it is Satan, I will definitely make him pay a heavy price." Chief Hodges gritted his teeth.
"This Mr. Lieutenant is now a popular man in front of Colonel Attilio Parisi of the Expeditionary Navy, as well as being very close to Colonel Tichy of the Rio Naval Base, and I've even heard that he's on very good terms with the Americans' generals as well. That's why my superiors are so tough, I'm sure you can understand what I mean right?" Captain Blackwell continued little by little, spelling out what he knew about Elrond.
As soon as Chief Hodges heard that a little lieutenant had close ties with so many military bigwigs, and also with the generals of the Americans, didn't that mean that Mr. Lieutenant could even reflect his grievances directly to President Vargas if he so wished. If Mr. President knew that a Brazilian war hero had suffered under his rule, then he would not have to think about whether the position under his ass could be secure, but would have to start thinking about whether his head could still be saved.
"Brother, please do tell me the name of this Mr. Lieutenant, I would like to pay him a visit first thing in the morning, and I wonder if it would be convenient. As for what you said about someone targeting and hazing his fellow countrymen, please tell me now and I will immediately send someone to arrest these damn bastards and hang them in front of Mr. Lieutenant to atone for what they have done." Chief Hodges stated loudly in a stern voice, one should not think that as a police chief it is unreasonable to move to hang suspects who have not been tried, Brazil in this day and age is in a society that is slightly equivalent to a dictatorship, and the police chief has more power than you can imagine.
"Chief Hodges, the two of us are old friends, that's why I came over today specifically to talk to you about this, in fact, the orders I received were for me to just level this gang. But, after all, this is your territory, I don't want to make things difficult for you, if you can do it cleanly, then, tomorrow morning, I'll come over and bring you along to visit this Mr. Lieutenant. If you're dragging your feet, then I'll clean up the mess before I give feedback on your performance to my superiors. Do you understand what I mean?" Captain Blackwell said in a slightly better tone.
"Captain Blackwell, please don't worry, at the latest tomorrow morning at six o'clock, I will definitely show you my attitude, please tell me who these bastards are!" Chief Hodges had already stood up, his gaze full of ruthlessness, as a big city in Brazil that was firmly in the top three, the police chief of São Paulo, no matter how corrupt he was, he was surely capable as well. When this kind of person launched a vicious attack, it was also certain that someone would have to pay with their life.
"Then Mr. Director, I will wait for your good news, our Mr. Lieutenant's full name is Elrond and he is a Brazilian Chinese. And do I need to state who the people are if they are targeting and hazing his compatriots!" Captain Blackwell finally said Elrond's name, believing that as the police chief if he didn't know by now who the bad guys he was talking about were, then he could be done with his job as police chief.
It was finally obtained from Captain Blackwell's lips, the name of this Mr. Lieutenant. Director Hodges naturally knew at once who the Captain was referring to as the person who had targeted and hazed the Chinese.
Although the Chinese have been bullied by many races and nationalities in São Paulo because of their small percentage of the population, the most serious group of people targeting the Chinese lately is definitely the Japanese, who are also from Asia, probably because this group of people feels that their motherland has become a powerful empire capable of occupying the whole of Asia and challenging the United States.
And since the population of São Paulo has an absolute advantage over the Chinese, it has been jumping up and down for some time before Brazil joined the Allied Powers. And as far as Chief Hodges knows, the Japanese, now in Brazil, have set up a gangster organization belonging to the native branch of Japan, the Black Dragon Society.
Although this organization had timed their confessions to themselves, it was time for them to make sacrifices to reverse the military's dissatisfaction with him. Killing up these little Japanese he didn't have to worry about any loose ends at all, and even if there were any public protests, he could just wipe out this so-called gangster organization for engaging in espionage... Lieutenant-san was practically giving himself credit for it! He must be thanked properly tomorrow.