"Solozo approached me last year to talk about a business matter and asked me for help with financial and political resources." Speaking of the roots of the recent war, the godfather said, "This business involves drugs, and as we all know, politicians have always disliked drugs, and if I were to get involved in this business, it would greatly damage the friendship I had built up over the years, and I am sure Zarouch will understand that." Zarouchi nodded, he was now keen on whitewashing and didn't like drugs.

Vincent Fleur bowed his head slightly, he also knew the thoughts of these politicians, and the patriarchs of the other families had different expressions, and it was obvious that some of them had long wanted to do this very lucrative business.

"I don't like this business, but I didn't stop Solozzo from starting it in New York, and he could have sought political protection through other channels, and Brazili didn't have these resources at his disposal; I am a reasonable person, and doing business with people always pays attention to your willingness and willingness, and you cannot force others to do business with you that will inevitably damage their interests. The godfather spread his hands.

"But Solozo and Tartaglia don't seem to be willing to reason with me, and Barsini, Strazi, and Cuneo are also behind them, anyway, when business starts, it is only the interests of the Corleone family that will be lost, so they provoked a war, and after more than ten years of peace, New York fell into chaos again."

The Godfather took a puff on his cigar, "They can decide when the war will begin, but it's up to them when it ends, and now you have seen that they have suffered an unfortunate end, and once again I must state that they brought it all upon themselves, and the Corleone family will not allow anyone to harm our family!" ”

The scene was silent, and several bigwigs twisted their bodies unconsciously, the decisiveness and ruthlessness of the Corleone family exceeded their expectations, and more importantly, they had some business dealings with the Basiuni and other families before this, I don't know if this kind of business dealings will continue after their deaths, and in addition, the godfather will take this opportunity to expand his power.

"Now that the misfortunes have passed, I have no intention of continuing to expand the war, and your business can still be secured; I'm sure you've seen how much the war has affected New York's business, and choosing war is undoubtedly a fool's decision. The godfather's words relieved everyone a little, "I have a few decisions. ”

"First of all, the Corleone family does not want to dominate New York, and Tessio and Clemansha will be separated from the Corleone family from now on and become independent families, and they will take over part of the business in New York." In this way, the strength of the Corleone family will be weakened, although Tessio and Kleimansha will definitely continue to be influenced by the Corleone family in the future, but after independence and before independence, it will definitely be different.

"Also, I'm old, I've been injured before, my energy doesn't allow me to stay in charge of the family business for a long time, Fredo will take my place, and I will gradually get rid of family affairs and live like a real old man." The godfather pointed at Shen Long, and Shen Long stood up.

"Fredo is a good guy, he's done a great job in Las Vegas." Molinari on the West Coast was the first to applaud, he was well aware of the process of the Corleone family and Mo Green's agreement, and he praised Shen Long.

"Vito, you can do it for a few more years." Detroit's Zarouch was a little reluctant, or more concerned about whether his family would be able to borrow the political resources of his godfather after his retirement, and his son wanted to enter politics.

But more people welcomed and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief that the old godfather had put too much pressure on them, and that his retirement was a good thing for them; Of course, it's not that no one thought that the young man in front of him was the one who killed Solozo and the patriarchs of the four major families in New York, is he really easier to deal with than the godfather?

"Fredo, a few words for everyone." The big guy suggested that Shen Long speak.

Shen Long was also unceremonious, "Although the Corleone family won this war, we also suffered huge losses, which made me see the attraction of the drug trade to various families, no one can refuse such a high profit, so, from now on, the Corleone family will contribute some resources to provide protection for this trade, but we will not personally participate in this business." "Liwei's affairs are done by the godfather, and the things of grace are handled by Shen Long, which has been discussed a long time ago.

Shen Long has no moral pressure at all on selling drugs to Americans, and compared with the amount they sold to Chinese before, what is this worth?

Willing to provide political protection, and not personally involved in this business, the bigwigs were immediately happy, even Zaruqi, who has always been disgusted with this business, did not speak, before that, he would give an extra part of his subordinates' salary, so that they would refuse the drug trade, but the effect was very bad, he also realized that this business was unstoppable.

More people even began to rejoice that Basini and Tartaglia were dead, otherwise there would be four more families to divide the business, and the meeting became lighthearted and pleasant, and everyone excitedly divided each other's spheres of influence; Shen Long also took the opportunity to ask that the Corleone family want to be more deeply involved in the business of Las Vegas and Hollywood.

Since they had taken the benefits of the Corleone family, of course, the other families were not easy to refuse, and the matter was successfully finalized, and then the godfather suggested that Las Vegas be made an open city, and no one was allowed to commit crimes here; In short, it was a successful convention, a victorious convention, and the gangs of the United States were once again closely united.

Back in the family, the core members of the Corleone family gathered, and this time there were three more people than before: Rocco Rabon, Albert Nairy, and Willy Chichi.

The godfather announced his decision, and Klimansha and Tessio were grateful for the independence, and they were given far more territory than before the war, and of course the most valuable part of the property left by Basioni and Tartaglia went to the Corleone family, such as the buildings on Wall Street, such as the banks and unions they were in charge of.

Santino was a little depressed, for a long time in the past, he thought that the old godfather's position would be reserved for him, but he also had to admit that in this war that decided the fate of the family, someone did better than him; In addition, Carlo's matter also gave him a headache, and it was impossible for him not to retaliate, but what would Connie do after the revenge?

The crowd dispersed one after another, and only Tom and Rocco were left in the house, and Rocco Rapon took the lead to kiss Shen Long's ring, shouting, "Dear Fredo Don Corleone......"

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