The Ancestors: From Gwen to Spider-Man

Chapter 147 The Mafia

Chapter 22

In the end, Peter explained to Diana the meaning of the existence of fragments.

"Break chapters can make the story more attractive,
Can arouse the reader's sense of anticipation,
They can't wait to see the content below, so they can obediently take out the money in their wallets..."

As the first reader whose anticipation had just been aroused, Diana looked at Peter in disbelief,

"How can there be such an evil thing in this world!"

"Evil? This is a required course for every author."

An author who doesn't break chapters is not a good author.Peter explained a sentence lightly, without dwelling on this topic.

He divided the first issue of "Iron Man" into two parts.

In the current era, the carrier of comics is newspapers after all, and the length of a newspaper is not enough to fill these comics.

It's just right to divide it into two parts, and then just stuff some content into it, typesetting, and a newspaper is complete.

As for other text content, Peter is naturally at his fingertips.

His super hearing is enough for him to catch all kinds of interesting gossip in Gotham City, or the political issues that the citizens are concerned about.

In no time, the master was done.

Although due to the current level of the times, the quality of the pigments is still not as good as that of later generations, but it is enough for the time being.

After that, Peter can completely rub his hands.

Diana picked up the master newspaper and looked at it, although she also found it interesting.

But the problem is that she is completely ignorant of this field. She only remembers that when she was in London, she seemed to have seen many people selling these newspapers on the street.

"Is this all right? Next step, how do we sell these newspapers?" She asked with some interest.

Although it is not clear why Black Superman did this, she is happy to accompany her to complete it.

She felt that such a life seemed pretty good.

To this, Peter just replied: "Next, I will wait for someone to come and give gifts."

"Waiting for someone to come?" Diana tilted her head, puzzled.

But as soon as she finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Peter laughed and said, "Look, isn't this here?"

Diana was full of question marks, but she had no choice but to help Peter open the door first.

Opening the door of the newspaper office, what Diana saw were two young men dressed as workers in shirts and overalls, with top hats on their heads.

When they saw Diana who opened the door, they were also obviously taken aback.

"Who are you? Where is the master here?" they asked.

Diana frowned instinctively.It was obvious that the other party knocked on the door, but he still asked questions first.

She asked back: "I am the master here, who are you?"

Soon, the two men learned that the newspaper had been bought, and there was a commotion, and it took a while for one of them to stand up and identify himself.

In this way, Diana learned the ins and outs of the matter.

The other party is a member of a nearby mafia. The mafia of this era is actually the predecessor of the gang, but, compared with the gang, their core members are more closely related by blood.

They have already set their sights on this newspaper office. Although this newspaper office is not well managed, it has been around for some time. In this era, this kind of signboard is still very important.

They have already forced the former owner of the newspaper office to give up the newspaper office through overt and covert means, but this method is close to extortion, and if they do not agree, their lives will be threatened.

Originally, the former owner had been pushed to the limit and could not hold on anymore. They were also ready to reap the fruits of victory.

Unexpectedly, all of this was preempted by someone just before the harvest.

Peter took down the newspaper first.

Not to mention the parents of the Mafia, even the two ordinary members in front of them instantly became angry and threatened:
"Where did you come from, you are so ignorant of the rules, don't you know that this place has already been taken by the Greve family!?"

And who is Diana, how could she be threatened by such a threat, and after getting Peter's consent, she beat the two of them away without saying a word.

Of course, it was only this level, and she would not be able to do anything serious, which caused the two mafia to be slightly injured. After cursing, they left threats while running:

"Wait! The Greve family will not let you go!"

After they went back, they naturally reported the situation here to the head of the mafia, that is, the leader.

They stood aside respectfully and in awe, waiting for the head of the mafia who was sitting on the sofa and smoking a cigar,
Of course, they are more willing to call each other Godfather.

The great godfather started from scratch, established the Greve family, gathered the dock workers in this area, and twisted them into one rope, no longer being bullied by outsiders.

Even the consuls have to give the godfather some face.

Even, even with Mayor Copperpot, the godfather can say something.

The godfather quietly listened to the reports of the two subordinates, and he did not get angry. He just took a puff of his cigar, and then ordered:
"Go and find out, the origins of those two people."

The investigators came back quickly, not because there were many pieces of investigation, but because there was nothing to investigate.

The earliest clue was nothing more than that someone witnessed the two on the street today, and the rest was blank.

In this case, even the godfather has some doubts.

Either, it's a big guy with a background too big to be offended, or it's just some outsider who just arrived in Gotham today and got lucky and intercepted his goods.

As for the small newspaper that was on the verge of bankruptcy, it might be dispensable in the eyes of ordinary people, but it was very important to him and the Greve family.

Because, some time ago, they harvested a printing factory that was also on the verge of bankruptcy due to poor management.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of small factory is just a kind of tasteless to them, and it is of no use except to sell it at a low price and change jobs.

But the Greve family has developed to the present and has mastered several areas of Gotham City, and the expansion of power has reached a turning point.

He has almost reached the top of the Gotham Mafia, above which are the four major families and their major vassals.

If he wants to go further, he can only transform.

This gave the godfather an idea to buy a newspaper and make his own newspaper.

Although the profitability of the newspaper is not outstanding compared to other industries under his command, it can greatly enhance his influence and ability to control public opinion.

The most important thing is that the Greve family can gradually wash their whites and integrate into Gotham's upper-class noble families.

However, all of this was interrupted by two unidentified guys. What's more, the godfather couldn't tell if it was just a coincidence or some kind of trap.

After pondering, he had a little idea.

I saw a faint smile on his face, showing a very calm and controlled expression,
"Bring them a letter of invitation."

"Tell them the godfather wants to see them."

(End of this chapter)