American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"Luciano is a member of Tammany Hall?"

Colin asked without paying attention to the truth of Luciano's Tammany Hall reform.

"No."

Luciano shook his head slightly and said, "I was just entrusted by someone. The current chairman of Tammany Hall, Hines, happened to be familiar with me, so I was asked to clear up the misunderstanding between them and Mr. Luper."

Since the 1930s, Luciano has been in frequent contact with Tammany Hall. At many major political rallies, he openly interacted with Tammany leaders and successfully turned Tammany Hall, the most powerful political and economic force in New York City, into his own umbrella.

In exchange, he naturally needs to remove some unnecessary troubles for the association, such as Colin's report in the Courier.

In fact, since the death of the former chairman and leader of the association, Charles Francis Murphy, the Tammany Hall has inevitably fallen into the embarrassment of decline.

Especially the occurrence of the Great Depression, which exposed some problems within the association.

The bribery scandal of former mayor Jimmy Walker, which Colin exposed, has even more impact on the political landscape created by the association in New York City.

At the beginning, the association spent a lot of energy to support a New York mayor.

After briefly explaining his relationship with the Tammany Association, Luciano looked at Colin in front of him and smiled, "How about it, Mr. Luper, as the key newspaper that exposed the mayor's bribery, the Courier is deeply trusted by the public, and that is why the association expects you to resolve the misunderstanding and clear the Tammany Association."

Luciano pulled the corners of his mouth, trying to make his smile look friendly.

However, he ignored that the scar on his face could not do this at all.

The scar on Luciano's face was caused by a murder a few years ago. At that time, he was kidnapped, beaten, stabbed, and thrown on the beach of Staten Island by three men. Although he looked dead at the time, somehow he miraculously survived, but as the price of that attack, he was left with scars and drooping eyes forever on his body and contact.

It was because of that kidnapping that Luciano was nicknamed Lucky Charlie.

As the media that reported the incident said, Luciano was lucky to be alive. God knows how he survived such a fatal situation.

As far as Colin knows, in the near future, Tammany Hall will completely withdraw from New York City and even the stage of history due to the political landscape.

Therefore, at this time, choosing to help Tammany Hall is not a smart move.

In particular, from a certain perspective, the relationship between him and Tammany Hall is still in an opposing position.

Therefore, in the face of Luciano's so-called request, he did not show much touch, but calmly gave his own answer.

"Regarding the Tammany Hall, I will find time to investigate. If everything is really as you said, Mr. Luciano, I will clarify the misunderstanding through the Courier."

Luciano was not dissatisfied with Colin's reply. He stretched out his finger holding the cigar and gestured to the bodyguard behind him, who quickly came over with a paper bag.

Luciano took the brown paper bag and handed it to Colin, saying with a smile.

"Tammany Hall is happy to make friends with fair media people like you, Mr. Luper."

The thin layer of brown paper bag could not block Colin's [Super Perspective] gaze at all, even in the weakened version of the ability in the positive world.

Through the paper bag, he could clearly see the thick stack of banknotes inside, estimated to be about 200,000 or 300,000.

Once Colin accepted this money, there is no doubt that it means that he agreed to Luciano's statement and helped Tammany Hall clarify or whitewash everything.

In the current situation, if Colin is some weak-willed guy, he may really accept the hush money sent by Tammany Hall.

However, Tammany Hall obviously overlooked that it is not an ordinary newspaper.

The part of the "Courier" that makes money is not news reports, but the continuous serialization of "Superman" comics.

Although the hush money offered by Tammany Hall was high, it was far from enough to shake Colin's position, not to mention that he needed more than just the two or three hundred thousand in the brown paper bag in front of him.

"If that's the case."

Withdrawing his gaze from the brown paper bag in front of him, Colin looked at Luciano in front of him: "Please tell Tammany Hall, Mr. Luciano, that the reports of the Courier have always only pursued the truth, so I'm sorry to refuse this 'gift'."

Seeing that Colin refused the brown paper bag he handed over without even looking at it, Luciano's drooping eyes moved, and the expression on his face changed slightly, and he glanced at the calm guy in front of him.

To be honest, Colin's attitude of neither servility nor arrogance surprised him a little.

Few people can always maintain such a firm attitude under such circumstances.

Silently taking back the paper bag in front of him, Luciano smiled as if nothing had happened: "In that case, I won't bother you anymore. I believe Mr. Lupo will investigate the truth and give the association an answer."

As he said that, Luciano turned around and gestured to the leader behind him.

"Send Mr. Lupo back."

Nodding, the leader immediately came to Du Kelin and made a gesture of invitation.

"Sorry, Mr. Luper, I still have things to deal with. I hope we can have the opportunity to meet again in the future."

"I agree with Hope."

Behind him, the game in the Polo Stadium got better and better, and Colin left the game without looking back as Luciano said goodbye.

"Boss, are we..."

Looking at Colin's leaving figure, a bodyguard standing behind Luciano asked in a low voice.

"unnecessary."

He shook his head and rejected his subordinate's proposal.

Luciano smoked a cigar and returned his attention to the game on the court. He said slowly: "I have done what I should do. The next problem is something that Tammany Hall needs to deal with, not us."

For Luciano, Tammany Hall was just a cover for him, rather than a real desire to get involved in the society's issues.

In particular, with the resignation of the previous mayor, Tammany Hall's weight and role in Luciano's mind has been greatly reduced.

If it weren't for the fact that the association itself still retains huge political power in New York City, Luciano might have already started thinking about the next target of his umbrella.

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