This was different from the last time Luke caught these two black guys working as decorators.
It was just a verbal agreement, with daily cash payment, and someone wasn't afraid that the two guys would sue him.
Fudge thought for a moment, still a little hesitant: "Is this... possible?"
Luke took another sip of beer and said leisurely, "During the last renovation, Charlie and Laka were responsible for transporting garbage and building materials, and I only paid them twenty dollars an hour."
Fudge and Matt were speechless.
Of course they knew about it; Temple had mentioned it to them.
If you change to a regular maintenance company, the cost will not be less than US$50 per hour for a worker who has no skills and is only responsible for helping.
The worker himself does not earn that much money, most of it goes to the maintenance company.
Thinking about it this way, the two felt that the proposal was interesting.
Luke smiled and said, "Fudge, didn't you say you knew a friend who was a repairman? You learned the plumbing skills for old lady Elena from him. You can find a few suitable workers and help those families save some money."
Fudge scratched his head. "Is that so? That's something we can consider."
Luke continued, "For the odd jobs, Charlie and Laka will be the new hires. Oh, by the way, last time I saw them, they had seven or eight other friends, and the leader seemed to be called Hudson! These kids don't seem to have anything to do, so why don't you contact their elders directly? Maybe they need this part-time job, too."
Fudge and Matt were stunned and speechless.
Having said that, the two of them finally understood.
What do Charlie, Laka, and Hudson's group of friends have in common
First, they are all minors or young adults in the Clinton area.
Second, they all had their eyes on Luke's new home.
Someone's mind is really "big"! Fudge and Matt couldn't help but complain in their hearts.
But Luke's proposal is indeed feasible, and if it succeeds, no one will lose anything. At most, it will allow those idle children to experience the taste of labor education.
And this is a real job that pays.
Is this a bad thing for those young boys? Definitely not.
Just like most children don’t like reading, but is reading a bad thing? Many people only find out when they grow up that reading is really a good thing, but children just don’t enjoy it very much.
Luke didn't mind Fudge and Matt knowing his little thoughts.
This is an open conspiracy.
Anyway... he paid!
It's not a bad thing to hire someone to work for you at your own expense.
That charity fund and 2.3 million were what he created using his real pseudonym.
Luke had already made a lot of these unimportant little vests using the police's missing persons information.
Each vest would be abandoned after being used once or twice, and he was not afraid of being investigated at all, so he went directly to the casino to launder a small amount of black money for future use.
Simply put, these vests just need to exchange cash for chips, and then exchange it for money after losing a few times, and it becomes gambling winnings.
As long as you pay taxes on it, it is legal income.
This method is not suitable for the original owner to use, nor is it suitable for cashing out large amounts of money with one identity, as it will attract too much attention.
But there is no problem in using a bunch of real accounts to launder some money for backup.
The money in these real pseudonymous accounts is not much, ranging from one million to one hundred thousand, or even ten thousand yuan. The last type of pseudonyms is the most numerous.
When doing private work, Luke always used these vests to rent cars, rent houses, and book air tickets, which made it very convenient to cover his whereabouts.
This donation was a spur-of-the-moment idea on his part.
He had previously used a pseudonym to donate money to the California earthquake relief effort. Anyway, he would probably never be able to spend all the black money he donated in his lifetime.
But after seeing Fudge and Matt, he felt that he could take this indirect approach to do good.
The United States can certainly pay to hire lawyers and provide legal aid to the poor, but it cannot guarantee the professionalism of those lawyers.
In fact, this kind of free legal aid exists in the United States itself.
The phrase in movies and TV shows, "If you can't afford a lawyer, the government can assign a lawyer to you for free," refers to the legal aid business that is forcibly assigned to various law firms by the court.
Depending on the number of lawyers, the amount of this kind of public legal aid also increases or decreases year-on-year.
Law firms will assign most legal aid cases to interns to save the time of regular lawyers.
The time of genuine lawyers is very valuable and costs starting from US$500 an hour, which is definitely expensive.
Firstly, the interns’ skills are not good enough, and secondly, this type of legal aid only has requirements for the number of cases accepted, but does not examine whether the lawyers have tried their best.
It is not uncommon for people who would not otherwise have to go to jail to be tricked by irresponsible government-appointed lawyers into spending several years or even more in jail.
In comparison, lawyers like Fudge and Matt who are willing to provide free legal aid and do their best are really rare.
Luke doesn't mind spending some money to see how long these two can last.
Even if they change their ways after a year or two, they will still have helped a lot of people during this period.
As long as they can stick to their original intentions, Lawyer Ma is a teammate worth investing in.
Thinking about these things, Luke said, "Well, since we are helping the neighbors in Clinton District solve their living difficulties, I will also do my part. For each child who contributes to the reconstruction of Clinton District, I will provide their family with a living allowance of one thousand to ten thousand US dollars."
Fudge, Matt, and Karen all turned their heads in surprise: "Huh?"
Selina also interjected at the right time: "Count me in."
Luke smiled and nodded: "Okay. The donation starts at 100,000. You can draft a donation agreement tomorrow and then come to us to get the check."
Karen couldn't help but say, "Such a large sum of money, you... don't want to consider it again?"
Even for the minimum donation amount, Luke and Selina each had to contribute 50,000.
Most families in the United States do not have $50,000 in savings, let alone young people like Luke and Selina.
Karen was worried that the two of them were just trying to show off.
Luke smiled and said, "Don't worry. In fact, it's no problem for each of us to pay $100,000. It all depends on how many children are willing to contribute to the reconstruction of the community."
Matt's heart moved when he heard the tone of the words, and he couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly: This guy is really too vindictive.
This is obviously a matter of spending money to force black guys like Charlie, Laka, and Hudson to do hard labor.
But again, this isn't a bad thing for those black guys.
In the lives of these black boys, only "brothers" will lure them into joining gangs and selling illegal drugs by using money.
Paying them to do volunteer work is something only great philanthropists would do.
Thinking of this, Matt nodded decisively: "Okay, I'll draft a donation agreement for you to review tomorrow."
Luke and the other man nodded, and everyone turned to discuss the plan to form the decoration team.