Chapter 299 Just Cheat

The Don of the Strachey family, whose name is Anthony Strachey, not only controls the gambling industry in New Jersey and the shipping industry in Manhattan, but the manpower and votes controlled by the industry also naturally connect him to politics. This is a development The only way to go. Having money and influence without corresponding means of implementation is utterly stupid. Regardless of whether it is Chinese or Western, when development reaches a certain level, politics must be involved, and it is impossible not to participate even if you don't want to. Therefore, the Straci family has been in business for many years and is very close to some people in the Donkey Party.

They are also very good at it. Shipping inevitably involves land transportation, so they have a large fleet of freight trucks. And the protective umbrella they have woven allows their trucks to be overloaded and travel on the road without being stopped by overweight inspectors on the highway and fined a large sum of money.

The road design itself has its own upper limit and service life. The roads they often travel on when overloaded will definitely be crushed. And they also have a road and bridge construction company that signs a contract with the state government to build the road again and make money again. Perfect closing, absolutely good business, making money while lying down, no risk, which is enviable.

However, their strength, apart from the many small gangs and gangsters who try to survive in the cracks, is the weakest among the big families. But Anthony doesn't think that anyway, everyone's gangster strength is basically on the same level, the territory is clearly divided, there is a slight overlap in business, but it is more cooperation. To say that the Corleone family is the strongest, it is only in terms of political power. Of course, this is the key, something they want but cannot get.

They have a lot of money, and they want to give flowers to others but they won't accept them. This is the ability of old Corleone. Only old Corleone can do it. He is convinced, but not afraid. This confidence comes from his cooperation with several other families, recognizing the leadership of the Corleone family, but they have also formed an alliance of interests to prevent the Corleone family from doing whatever they want. In general, it’s me in you, you in me, it’s a mess.

Thinking of his gangster empire growing stronger and his wealth and status increasing day by day, Anthony sat on the luxurious sofa in his study in a suburban ranch and took a satisfied sip of Moxican tequila. He felt the tip of his tongue was slightly numb and his Adam's apple twitched as he swallowed. The wine in his mouth felt good as it traveled down his throat, esophagus, and into his stomach. He lay comfortably on the sofa with his eyes closed, feeling the stamina of the wine.

At this moment, a "bang" gunshot broke the tranquility of the night. Anthony opened his eyes instantly and looked at the wolf. He was thinking about what bad things he had done recently that got him into trouble, and who wanted to kill him.

As for safety, he was very confident. This was his base camp. Several large houses nearby were filled with his people and were guarded by more than a dozen gunmen. Even in his heart, he was still laughing at the gunman who came to kill him as a fool. He didn't know to follow him when he was out and wait until there were few people around before taking action.

Not long after, a young gunman from the escort ran in: "Godfather, it's time for us to leave."

"Leave?" Anthony glanced at his wife who was following behind in shock, and frowned at the men in front of him: "Why are you leaving? How many are there?"

The gunman shook his head: "I don't know."

Just at the time of these few words, the gunshots outside became intensive. If you listen carefully, there are also the sounds of many submachine guns. With safety first in mind, Anthony grabbed his coat, led his wife and followed the gunman to the back door, hoping to get in the car and escape.

At this moment, a hail of bullets flashed into Anthony's chest. The gunman next to him was shot to death just as he was about to fight back. Looking at the frightened old woman who was screaming repeatedly, McCas glanced at her and waved to the men around him to kill others.

The gunfire rang out for a while, and a group of more than ten people got into several cars and drove away. All that is left are corpses, blood, the burning house, and the helpless crying woman standing outside looking at the raging fire...

At the same time, Anthony's eldest son who was in the casino was shot on his way home, and his second son who was sleeping in his mistress' house was strangled to death. Near the West Side Pier in Manhattan, the leader of the Straci family, who controlled dozens of younger brothers, passed away in the sea. There were also more than a dozen other senior members of the Straci family, including family strategists, all dead.

The next day, Leo Correa invited the remaining boss men, or those who had been more popular recently, to hold a party at a farm in the suburbs. With the delicious and dazzling food, various spirits, and Leo Correa's passionate speech, supplemented by the help of Max, Val and other friends, he fell down three times during the party. Under the intimidation of others, Leo Correa was recognized by the people attending the meeting, and they were willing to join the Correa family to create glory together.

That night, through Leo's phone calls, he successfully restored contact and established friendship with some members of the Donkey Party who had previously been friends with the Straci family. Of course, none of this would have been possible without the generous help of Vito Corleone.

It's the same Corleone family fortress, it's still the same study, except there's an extra Leo at the back, it's still the same people, and it's still the same seats. This was the second day after Leo took over. It had been a month since the last meeting. This time, Wang Yan gained real respect. Including the irritable and irritable Santino, he is not as unruly as last time.

Wang Yan raised his glass with a smile and touched it with Vito. At the same time, he signaled to the others: "Thank you again to the Corleone family for their help."

Vito, who looked obviously better, took a big sip of wine. After calming down, he waved his hand and said: "No need to say more, we are friends, aren't we, King."

"Of course." Wang Yan nodded in affirmation, and then said: "We are newcomers, and we are not very clear about some rules and so on. Now we have only initially grasped the inheritance of the Straci family, and are far from forming combat effectiveness. So in a few days At the family meeting, Mr. Corleone needs to pay more attention to me."

"Don't worry, Leo will be respected. You wiped out the Straci family overnight. No one dares to underestimate such strength."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Corleone." Wang Yan had another drink with Vito and said with a smile: "I see that your physical and mental state are much better than when we met a month ago. It's because of the food." Did you take the medicine I sent?"

Vito nodded: "Of course, Wang. I listened to you and took a pill every morning, then jogged in the yard for a while. After lunch, I usually took a nap for a while. That's all. After a month, I now feel that my body is almost the same as when I was 40 years old.”

"Although I really want to say that you have been forty years old, I have to tell you, Mr. Corleone, that is an illusion. It is a false feeling brought about by physical growth. You must not take it seriously." Wang Yan spoke like a joke. It's just a side effect that's too powerful, and there's no way it's going to work. Even if Vito has always been cautious and restrained, it is useless. No one can resist the huge temptation of improving his health and extending his life in disguise.

As for what Vito said about taking it for a month, Wang Yan didn't believe it. Not to mention that he was a master of traditional Chinese medicine, but the look of the military counselor Zhanke sitting next to Vito should have known that he had also taken medicine. Vito's complexion has improved a lot, but he definitely hasn't taken it for a month, which is about half a month.

Of course, Wang Yan didn't care, as long as Vito ate it. After personally feeling the changes in his body, he will definitely promote it to his politician friends or win over new friends. All rich people want to be healthier and live longer. Otherwise, the wealth they have is of no use. "When people die, the money is not spent." The greatest sorrow in life indeed happens to them. of.

Although it is impossible to spend so much wealth if you live for a longer period of time, you can enjoy as much as you can and don't care about the money spent on medicine. Although fifty thousand dollars is the wealth of the average American worker in the past fifty years...

Vito laughed, accepted the unfunny joke, and asked the key: "Wang, what is the production volume of that medicine?"

"Now we can only produce thirty bottles a month."

"So few?" Vito frowned: "Can't we increase production? If you don't have enough money, I can help you."

"This can only be done in the short term. You have to know that the medicines we use are transported from distant China, and many of them are rare and precious medicinal materials. These medicinal materials absorb the essence of heaven and earth and grow into usable It may take years, even decades, or even hundreds of years. Moreover, many medicinal materials grow in hidden places, such as cliffs and poisonous jungles. On the one hand, it is difficult to find them, and on the other hand, the work of collecting herbs is also difficult. It is very dangerous and requires human life to pick them. Now that China is at war, it is even more difficult to harvest medicinal materials. Therefore, it is good to have so many."

Wang Yan didn't lie. He actually sent people to get those expensive medicinal materials, and they are all verifiable. It doesn't matter if these rare medicinal materials are no longer available or the output is scarce in the future. He is collecting medicinal materials now. He already had a plan for the next step, which was to go back to China in person, find an organization, and form a joint company. Then he would go back and forth on the sea with these goods and fool around...

This must be done in cooperation with the organization, because when peace comes and various port inspections are carried out in the future, it will be easy for him to reveal his secrets if he does not straighten things out. Of course, he was also willing to give away beautiful swords. Although this is not the real world, it is still the same. Besides, money is just a number to him. As long as the development exceeds the actual historical contemporaneity, he is happy.

And in the future, he also wants to fool those rich people into setting up longevity laboratories, and occasionally produce some results. It is also possible to simplify the configuration and improve the efficiency. It is very safe.

After a long silence, Vito spoke slowly in a hoarse voice: "I want all the goods, just as you said, $50,000 a bottle."

"Impossible, Mr. Corleone." Wang Yan shook his head repeatedly: "I know you have many friends, but we also need to make new friends, and there is nothing better than using this medicine to make friends. It has no registration information and is not in the product catalog. It is absolutely safe; its production is rare and its effect is obvious. It may even be doubled if it is sold to people in need. I really can't think of anything better than this medicine. It is destined to It will only spread among the nobles and gentlemen of the world.”

It was okay if he didn't say it, but when he said it, Vito wanted to win it even more.

Vito stared into Wang Yan's eyes and said seriously: "Wang, of course it is very important for you to make new friends. I can't ruin your plan. But Wang, believe me, my friends are far more important than your friends. Just like Si The few people the Traci family knows are not worthy of this medicine. I think you should understand that giving it away rashly will only lower the status of this medicine and make it easier for those greedy little characters. We are friends and we do not have any conflicts of interest. Now and in the future, we are five close partners of the united front. If you have difficulties, my friends will also help you."

Wang Yan looked embarrassed as he drank and meditated. Vito's meaning was very clear. As long as you give him those medicines, we will become brothers. Your business is my business. If you have anything to say, that's it.

The others didn't say anything. They held their breath and drank silently, waiting for Wang Yan's decision. Everyone present, even the most irritable Santino, and even the lowest-ranking puppet Leo sitting behind Wang Yan, were not fools. Everyone knows how much it will help the Corleone family if Wang Yan agrees and agrees on a date when the Corleone family will monopolize all the production of the medicine.

After a long time, Wang Yan seemed to have made a lot of determination and drank all the wine in the glass: "Mr. Corleone, I have to admit that you are right. The time cost for me to make friends is very high. So I decided to In the next year, I will give you thirty bottles every month. If you are lucky and produce more, then I will use more to make friends. However, I have a request, I hope you can agree. "

Vito nodded with satisfaction: "Just say it, Wang, we are friends."

"I want to open a casino in Las Vegas and I need a gambling license."

"No problem, Wang, I will solve this problem for you next month." Vito agreed without thinking: "Then when can the medicine be given to me?"

"Just send someone to follow us back to get it later. These medicines were just made yesterday and are at my house."

"Very good." Vito turned to signal to the military advisor Zhanke.

The old man who had been working with him for half his life naturally understood what Vito meant. He immediately took out the checkbook from the briefcase at his feet, bent over the coffee table, filled in the numbers, and presented it to Vito.

After taking the check, Vito looked at the number and gently placed it in front of Wang Yan: "Wang, this is 1.5 million. Happy cooperation."

"It's refreshing." Wang Yan handed it to Leo behind him without looking at it, then raised his glass and touched it with Vito: "It's a pleasure to cooperate."

He didn't wonder why Zhanko could write a check for 1.5 million. After all, Vito Corleone had been careful all his life. Apart from the many insignificant details that Fopola had mastered, his information was nothing else. Most of the company, phone address, residence, all money, etc. do not appear in his name.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that those politicians will accept his kindness and establish friendship with him. But other families can’t spend money even if they want to, so they are ‘not secret’.

After finishing the glass of wine, Wang Yan stood up and shook hands with Vito: "The matter has been settled, so we won't disturb you. Who will go back with me to get the medicine?"

Vito, who also stood up, looked back at Santino and Tom and said, "Let the two of them go there with you."

"Okay, that's it. Goodbye, Mr. Corleone."

"I'll give it to you."

When they first came, only Tom Hagen sent them off. Now Don of the Corleone family sent them off in person. The improvement in status was obvious.

A group of people laughed and said goodbye at the door of the villa. Wang Yan and Leo got into their younger brother's car, and behind them, Santino drove with Tom. After driving for more than half an hour, I returned home and picked up 30 bottles of packed medicine before sending the two of them off.

Looking at the car driving away, Wang Yan looked at Leo who was standing next to him: "Take this money and go to Las Vegas to buy a piece of land and find someone to design and build a building. The specific requirements will wait until you finish the purchase. I’ll tell you later, go ahead.”

"Yes, sir." Leo nodded respectfully, turned and left. The work must be neat and tidy. He doesn't even want to eat dinner, and he wants to fly over with people now.

Making money by opening a casino is one thing, but the main reason is that casinos are a cash-intensive industry, and the current laws and regulations are not perfect, so a large amount of money can be laundered. There are other messy channels such as art, antiques, real estate, land, and finance, which are specially used for money laundering. During the period of arriving in the United States, Leo and other men, as well as those recruited to seize their lives, Professional lawyers and financial talents have established a channel. Don't take business from outsiders, just launder the proceeds from war wealth.

The U.S. sword is indeed hard now, and during the World War, the price of land and other fields fell sharply. He didn't even know how much land he had, as well as other forest farms and other messes. These were all resources.

Now that we have taken over the docks and ports, it involves logistics. Of course, the next step is to build a few large ships and start international trade. Absolute huge profits will be carried out. Standard containers have not yet appeared, and there is no doubt about the contribution of containers to world trade. He plans to find someone to make them recently and use them first.

Ignoring his father-in-law who was playing with the lawn with a machine at the door, Wang Yan turned around and returned to the villa. He sat on the sofa with Marlena in his arms and touched her belly.

Malena lay comfortably in Wang Yan's arms: "Dear, have you thought of the name of the child?"

"Isn't it just over a month pregnant? It's still a long time."

"It's better to think about it first, so as not to be in a hurry when the time comes. Take your time, my dear, you have to think of names for both boys and girls."

"Hey, yes." Wang Yan looked at Marlena who looked up at him in his arms: "If it's a boy, let's call it Sili, and if it's a girl, how about Sira? You know, Marlena, I don't of faith, so our children will not have Christian names.”

Wang Yan really doesn't care about the name. If you don't like it, it's okay to call him Gou Sheng or Tiedan. But he still had to be serious about the name. This was the first time he had chosen a Western name, so he simply chose it after Sicily. Of course the last name is ‘Wang’, and Marlena is now named Wang. According to the custom of foreigners, it is Xili Wang, Xila Wang, and the Chinese custom is ah. On the other hand, it is a good combination of Chinese and Western.

"Of course, dear, I think these two names are very good. They are taken from my hometown, although it is not so reminiscent of me, but the place where we fell in love. As for faith, although I am a devout Catholic, I will not force it. You will not force our children. So they will not be baptized and it will depend on their own wishes in the future."

Marlena was telling the truth. Although she used to find it a bit unbelievable that she didn't believe in Wang Yan, she knew how to respect him. And to be honest, when it comes to understanding the Bible and God, Wang Yan knows more than she, a believer, does. So that’s it, believe it or not.

"Then it's settled." Wang Yan said warmly: "Don't be too tired. It will take a long time to give birth to the baby. There is no need to be so anxious to make clothes for them. If you are really bored, go shopping with Leo's wife, or Call that English teacher over and study."

"I know..." Marlena responded.

In fact, Wang Yan spends most of his time at home, and only goes out to work a few times. He still spends a lot of time with Marlena. After all, he had so many people under him and he still wanted to care about everything, so he should consider whether to kill all of them.

Life is really dull now. Basically, he gets up early to exercise, and Marlena wakes up naturally to make breakfast. Then during the day, he read and studied, while Marlena occasionally made clothes and occasionally learned English. In the evening, the two of them worked together and had a dinner of Chinese and Western dishes. If it’s too little, just the two of them and their father-in-law will eat together; if it’s too much, they’ll ask two of their subordinates to join them. Then everyone went about their own business at night, and finally fell asleep hugging each other.

Since becoming pregnant, Marlena has not let Wang Yan touch her. This monk will have to be a monk for more than half a year...

That is definitely impossible. After all, we have come to the free America, how can we be without horses?

The most refreshing and relatively safe way is of course to go to a brothel. But Leo's men were not involved in that, and Wang Yan didn't let them do it. If you don’t do so many profitable businesses, why do you have to do that? But even though they don't do it, the Correa family members are loyal customers of the Corleone family's properties.

Of course, Wang Yan will definitely not do it. He is already in this position and it is really beneath his status. So the younger brother he sent to Los Angeles opened a film and television production company there. He spent a lot of cash and the company has been set up. He is currently looking for scripts and is preparing to invest in filming. When the time comes for various female roles, how can it be done without someone like him to check them and test their acting skills? And it must be someone who has just entered the industry, with great potential.

In the future, he will also need to set up a record company, discover some singing seeds, and set up a theater chain. He, Wang, should contribute to the prosperity of the American entertainment industry. This is his unshirkable responsibility.

As for his main goal, he hasn't been idle during this time. A younger brother has already secured an office location, and professionals in related fields are also in contact, including some masters of Chinese studies and Yi studies in China, to help them move their families to the United States. Basically within half a year, each project will be on track.

Of course, he would not force anyone to find someone in China. It's just a matter of contacting and talking about the conditions, but it still depends on what the person thinks. He respects those who don't come, and he despises those who come but warmly welcomes them. Although it's awkward, people are complex and all have nasty illnesses.

Of course, if he found someone to come, he would continue his research on 'chaos', and at the same time, just like he had thought before, he would build a normal ternary computer and promote it around the world.

The main thing is to promote the ternary system, and the second thing is of course to engage in aerospace engineering and virtual reality related things according to his previous plan, including neuron links, servers, game engines and so on.

Multi-line development and simultaneous progress. We strive to launch personal computers first in the mid-to-late 1950s, follow in the footsteps of Nasa to start the aviation process, and then gradually develop efforts to improve the development trajectory of aerospace compared with the actual history. As for other things, just study them slowly. He doesn't know how long it will take to succeed. Anyway, having hope is better than living aimlessly. After all, people can't just live, let alone live on his level.

And apart from normal physiological needs, he can be said to be out of vulgar taste. He is completely a noble person, thinking that he is shouldering the mission of mankind among the stars and the sea. It seems more like self-anaesthesia, finding an unreachable goal and blindly pursuing it to spend his long life.

But it doesn’t matter how you say it, there is always something to do...

Three days later, in a tavern owned by the Corleone family, in a secret environment not open to the public on the second floor, the Mafia family met to discuss the future.

In fact, this matter is nothing, it is just acknowledgment of Leo's status. After all, a country bumpkin from his hometown who had no roots and had just arrived in the United States could wipe out most of the Straci family leaders in one night. No news came out beforehand, and afterwards the police and higher-ups treated it as if it had never happened, no matter what No matter how you say it, it is worthy of respect.

They asked themselves, it is not impossible to achieve this level, but it is too difficult, and there will always be times when they make mistakes and leak secrets. They are also afraid of this strength. Although Leo does not yet have complete control over all the Straci family's inheritance, it is not that they originally relied on, but the team that came together, which is scary.

If ranked according to the strength of the current family action experts in the contract, Luca Brasi of the Corleone family is recognized as the best, but they are familiar with Luca's record. In the past few days, they investigated the situation of this battle in detail, and it turned out that everyone in Leo's group seemed to be Luca, which was a bit scary. Even old Corleone was convinced. What?

Of course, they were not fools. They naturally suspected that Leo and Vito were colluding. They also found out that Leo had been to the Corleone family residence. But after thinking about it, they didn't find that doing so would be of any benefit to the Corleone family, and it was not in line with Vito's style of conduct. After all, they had some conflicts before, but they were far from dead. Vito has never been reckless and will not do anything without profit. He will take the initiative to negotiate with others and give people warnings. If an agreement can be reached, everyone will be rich. If the agreement cannot be reached, then there should be war.

Several other big families held a small meeting before, thinking about it and not understanding it, and finally let it go. After all, the Strazzi family was wiped out, and we still have to see what kind of person the new Don Correa is. Such people are easy to judge.

So, of course, this meeting was a great success. Leo Correa was recognized by the gangster leaders and recognized that all the rights and interests that originally belonged to the Straci family belonged to the Correa family.

Leo is on a stage he never imagined he would be on, but he's even more frightened. So after the meeting, he declined the invitations from several other big families and flew directly to Las Vegas. He had to do the things assigned by his eldest brother and study the land...

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