Chapter 159 The Devil's Job Notice
The situation in South Africa is certainly not comparable to that in the United States. Whites are an absolute minority in South Africa, and at their highest, their proportion was only one-fifth of that of blacks. Unless there is a hundred years of preparation, it is only a matter of time before things get out of control.
The Chinese Exclusion Act in California has been in place for more than a decade. It was initially limited in time, but eventually became an indefinite act. Sheffield must admit that the emergence of this act completely represents the will of citizens throughout the West. It was not easy to pass at first, and was even vetoed several times by the federal government, but it was finally passed. It is basically impossible to lift it now.
Western society is like this. Although it can be unprecedentedly efficient in some issues, such as the Civil War, when the Southern Confederacy was ready for a decisive battle in a short period of time, under normal circumstances, a bill is passed slowly and repealed slowly. Moreover, considering the current public opinion, which supports the Chinese Exclusion Act, it is impossible to attract the intervention of the federal government to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act.
For Sheffield, his biggest goal is to find good industrial workers. As for who these people are, what ethnic group they belong to, where they come from and where they go, it has nothing to do with him. Being exploited by him and working hard without complaint is better than anything else.
But for ordinary citizens of the United States, especially the working class, these foreign populations are a threat to their survival. It is true that the working class is the absolute main force of supporters of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Factory owners and capitalists, on the contrary, did not do anything in this matter. Who doesn't like hard-working, working from dawn to dusk workers? At least Sheffield likes them. He wishes that all his subordinates were these people.
Most Chinese workers in the United States were farmers, artisans and laborers. Most of them lived in the United States as miners, carpenters, road builders, farm workers, fruit growers, vegetable growers, shoemakers, porters, restaurant workers, laundry workers and small business owners. A small number of Chinese operated import and export businesses, antique shops and small department stores.
A small number of people become teachers and doctors. Most Chinese in the United States do dirty and tiring labor, but the wages they ask for are very low, which often leads to conflicts with other low-level workers.
The problem is that in the purest capitalist countries like the United States, economic crises occur every less than ten years. Compared with other groups of workers, Chinese people are more likely to survive in difficult situations. The more workers' organizations quarrel with capitalists, the more capitalists will look for these workers who do not make trouble.
Now Sheffield, under Evelyn's leadership, entered the Chinese community, which can actually be called Chinatown. Most of the Asian faces that appeared were definitely Chinese. Suddenly appearing in a place that seemed to be outside the United States, the bodyguards, including John Connor, almost all had their hands in their pockets holding guns. They had seen a lot of black people, but it was indeed the first time they had seen Chinese.
These battle-hardened bodyguards were also nervous when they faced such a situation for the first time. Sheffield gestured for them to relax and said, "Don't be so nervous, John. Don't fire accidentally."
"Boss, this is the first time I see so many yellow people. Boss, you'd better be careful." John Connor spoke the truth. In his not short life, he had seen yellow people before, but this was the first time he felt like he was surrounded.
"It's okay, we're here to take a look this time!" Sheffield laughed secretly. He had seen larger crowds than this one. Not only could he see, he could even understand what these Chinese were saying, but it was a little difficult.
When a group of white people suddenly appeared here, many Chinese people saluted from their respective positions. This is in line with Chinese tradition. No matter what happens or when, they will watch first and then talk. Nothing can stop them from watching the excitement.
"Boss, you don't seem to be afraid of these Chinese!" Evelyn asked curiously. People like Sheffield are rare in Los Angeles.
"Because I came with a gun, I'm not afraid. But don't come here when you're alone, do you understand?" Sheffield ordered Evelyn with a cold face. He could see many problems with just a quick glance. The ratio of men to women in the Chinese community is too unbalanced. You can see dozens of men for every woman.
Sheffield did not see why the Chinese were excluded from the perspective of ethnicity, but the male-to-female ratio alone could make many white people alert. In fact, his estimate was a bit optimistic. California has conducted a special survey on the male-to-female ratio of the Chinese, and the male-to-female ratio is not a few dozen to one, but nearly a hundred to one.
It can be said that there are 200,000 to 300,000 Chinese people on the west coast of the United States, but there are only a few thousand Chinese women. This ratio is so unbalanced that anyone who looks at the statistics will not trust this group of people no matter how harmless they appear to be.
In fact, even Sheffield was a little scary here. Who would pretend not to see such a large number of men? Even in the southern states that held slaves, such a thing had never happened. The plantation owners in the South knew that introducing women would not cause the black population in the South to be out of proportion.
Although he had no hope for the Chinese Exclusion Act earlier, after taking a look at it, Sheffield knew in his heart that it was almost impossible to lift the Chinese Exclusion Act. This is because the Republic of China has no choice a hundred years later. If the Chinese people had the right to choose, would they allow hundreds of thousands of black people to come in, and they were all men? Just think about it and you will know that it is impossible.
Furthermore, although the United States is a country of immigrants, it mainly attracts wealthy immigrants and has never welcomed the poor who are already at the bottom of society. Moreover, the Chinese are also considered difficult to assimilate.
However, Sheffield believes this is bullshit. Facts have proved that the Chinese are also very easy to assimilate. When the banana people of later generations sang against the Republic, they played a pioneering role. It's just that this easy-to-assimilate nature is not recognized by the citizens of the United States at present.
It can be seen from world history that the people who are truly difficult to assimilate are the Arabs. With the combination of peace religion and Arab nationalism, they forged the Arab Empire, which was comparable to the peak of the Tang Dynasty, from a small tribe under the noses of the Persians. The Arab Empire was spread across Asia and Africa, and was the ethnic group with the most stable foundation and the fastest expansion before the colonial era.
For residents of the Chinese community, the group of foreigners they saw today was a bit strange. They actually walked directly into a restaurant and did not leave until the children from the private school finished school.
Even the daughter of the restaurant owner was frightened by the group of white people sitting inside when she was leaving school. She looked at them with some fear and wanted to hurried back to her house. When she passed the kitchen, she was frightened by the white man who followed her out and almost screamed.
“Boss, I’ve checked it all, there’s no problem!” The bodyguard who followed into the kitchen and watched the chef cooking from beginning to end whispered to Sheffield and Evelyn who were waiting.
"Don't scare the daughter!" Sheffield handed Evelin a spoon, then picked up the chopsticks skillfully and used the whirlwind stick technique without hesitation. This made the owner and chef of the restaurant stare at them, as few foreigners were so skilled in using chopsticks.
"Old Zhang, what is this foreigner doing here with so many people?" The chef poked Zhang Qingde's soft spot and nodded at the table where Sheffield was sitting.
"Who knows? I've been here for seven years, and this is the first time I've seen such a thing. So many people came together, they all seem to be servants of that young couple." As the boss, Zhang Deqing obviously thought he was knowledgeable. He guessed the possible truth and believed it firmly. After all, there is only one truth.
When the two of them were communicating, they didn’t see Sheffield raise his head and glance at them teasingly, and then said to Evelin, “They say you are my fiancée.”
"You understand what these Chinese people are saying!" Evelyn's face was full of surprise. Is there such a subject in Texas?
"It sounds a bit difficult, but no one understands Chinese people better than me!" Sheffield's mouth curled up slightly, and the whirlwind stick technique in his hand did not stop. After a while, he finished the noodles in the bowl and burped with the aftertaste.
He had eaten enough Italian noodles, and even a bowl of homemade noodles almost brought him to tears. Of course, the main reason was that the chef put too much chili in it. If he wasn't trying to embarrass him on purpose, it meant that he was at least not from Guangdong Province.
After paying the bill, Sheffield politely took out a dollar bill and motioned for the other party not to give him the change. He then took out a job advertisement from his pocket and said slowly in Chinese, "You just called me a foreign devil seven times. Considering that this is my first time here, I will forgive you generously this time. When you come to another country, you should learn to be humble and behave like a human being. Don't drink like you do at home. I see that you can read and write, and you should understand this principle without me telling you."
As if he hadn't noticed the restaurant owner's expression of wanting to explain but being frightened by his Chinese, Sheffield continued to put the job notice on the table and said, "Please copy the terms and conditions above and post it in a conspicuous place. I'll come back in a week. Do you understand, Boss Zhang?"
"If my bodyguards understood what you said, you would be dead." Sheffield pointed at the US dollars on the cabinet and said, "This is your recruitment fee. I will definitely come again when the time comes."
Then Sheffield walked out of the restaurant, and Evelin followed him out and asked curiously, "What did you say?"
"That Chinese man said I was a devil!" Sheffield thought for a long time and felt that this translation was more appropriate, but he didn't mind saying, "He was right, that's what I am."
(End of this chapter)
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