Chapter 843: Sorry, My Hand Slipped
“We have to come again tomorrow?” the two boys said weakly.
Luke nodded with a smile. “That’s right. I gave you two extra hours of pay today. Aren’t you happy?”
The two boys were so “happy” that they wanted to die immediately.
They had worked for five or six hours non-stop, which had felt like h.e.l.l.
In the end, Luke told them that they had to continue tomorrow.
They suddenly sympathized with their mother and cousin.
They felt that they would die of exhaustion if they did this every day, but their mother and cousin had been working for years.
Looking at their expressions, Luke was satisfied. You have an eye on my new place? If I don’t make you work hard for a week, it’ll be a waste to give you such a high pay.
Because Luke had to keep some things confidential, he could only put most of the dirt and stones he had dug out into his inventory and deal with it himself later.
That was why the two kids had it easy today.
According to Luke’s plan, the renovations would last five to seven days, and several days after that would be mostly spent on interior decorating, which wouldn’t generate too much construction waste.
However, he had already thought of a new job for the two temp workers; there was no way he would let them off after only a couple of days.
After the newly hired temp workers left, Selina and Luke had dinner before going back to decorate their own rooms.
Neither of them liked complicated designs. Luke simply followed the minimalist style, and didn’t add any embellishments.
However, he didn’t like cold colors. Instead of choosing the most common black, white and gray, he chose warm colors.
Selina chose a simple but elegant light blue for her room.
They worked until midnight again before they stopped.
However, Selina didn’t really want to sleep yet, so she dragged Luke to the roof.
There were two chairs, a small table, drinks and dessert, and a splendid view of the Hudson River and Manhattan.
Biting into a strawberry cream cake, Selina sighed in satisfaction. “Looking at this view, I suddenly feel that this new place actually isn’t bad.”
Luke just smiled.
He had chosen this place for a reason.
Law and order here wasn’t good, but it was convenient for transportation. It would take an ordinary person just twenty minutes to reach Times Square from here.
Also, it was only six kilometers to NYPD HQ. If the roads weren’t too jammed, it would only take fifteen to twenty minutes to get there. The Lincoln Tunnel which led to New Jersey also wasn’t far away.
Because this place was close to the Hudson River, the skysc.r.a.pers within a hundred-meter range weren’t as densely packed together.
This was his new base.
The bustling city in front of him was the empire he was going to conquer! Looking at the night view, Luke was in a great mood.
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The next day, Luke called Dustin and Elsa and told them that he and Selina had arrived in New York, but that they wouldn’t report in to work until next week since they were still settling in.
Both of them simply said that they got it, before hanging up.
Dustin had already sorted out most of the procedures for Luke’s appointment, and was waiting for the two of them to start work.
But he had already waited for half a month. A few more days wouldn’t hurt.
They were busy with renovations for the next few days.
The two boys worked hard for six days.
From the third day onward, there wasn’t that much rubbish in Luke’s place. After all, there weren’t many places to tear down inside the small building.
The two boys thought that they would soon be free from this forced temp job, but Luke and Temple exchanged a few words in private on the side.
Temple came back and told them that they had a new job: moving construction materials.
With Temple and the two boys, there was no need for Luke to hire a professional moving company.
He even doubled their hourly pay to twenty bucks.
The pickup rental plus the total of their pay added up to less than a thousand bucks a day, while the professional moving company which Luke hired previously had cost him 1,500 bucks, plus the drivers hadn’t helped him unload either.
The building needed far more new facilities installed than removed, so Temple and the two boys were very busy.
The two boys had become immune.
From the first day of agony, they got used to the labor by the last two days, and could even joke around.
Luke nodded. That’s right. Once you’re used to moving bricks, I can provide you with a lot of hard work in the future.
Charlie and Raqael working here came with the side benefit of few other hooligans rarely coming over.
That was because the hooligans thought that the new residents were their relatives, and they wouldn’t make a move against friends and family; this was a rule here.
Of course, this rule was only to prevent the hooligans from hurting each other’s friends and family; if everyone was constantly hurting each other, no one would be able to live well.
If someone stole something and n.o.body knew who did it, then nothing could be done.
There had only been one time during the renovations when seven or eight hooligans came knocking.
They greeted Charlie, who was moving things, and ignored Temple on the side.
Charlie had barely greeted them, when he saw that this bunch wanted to go inside.
He hurriedly stopped him. “Hey, Hudson, what do you want?”
The chubby Hudson winked and said, “Bro, I’ve checked. There are two whites here. You don’t have any white relatives, so you can’t monopolize them. Don’t worry, we’ll leave after we get something. Just point out what’s valuable, and we’ll be in and out before you know it. We won’t ruin this ‘job’ of yours.”
Charlie opened his mouth, but suddenly felt that he had nothing to say.
Was he going to tell his friends that he had been caught to be manual labor?
Raqael couldn’t help warning them, “You better not make trouble, or…”
Hudson, the leader of this bunch, didn’t care at all. He pushed open the door and stepped inside. He didn’t forget to smile at Raqael. “Or what?”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Hudson, who had turned to the side in the doorway, heard a burst of noise next to his ear, and dust was kicked up from the wall near his head.
His companions, who were a few steps behind him, were all staring at his head in horror.
Hudson slowly turned to the right, only to see a hole in the wall next to his head. A heavy octagonal hammer had smashed through the wall.
The hole was less than twenty centimeters from his head.
He swallowed hard and looked around the place.
A young man walked over with an apologetic smile and apologized loudly. “I’m sorry. I was in the middle of renovations and my hand slipped. Were you hurt?”