Hardy Empire 1945

Chapter 224 Mafia Committee Confrontation

Hardy received several calls. The first one was from the old godfather. The old godfather told Hardy that Basini was going to convene the Mafia family for a meeting, and he should study the matter in San Francisco. Hardy and the old godfather chatted on the phone. for nearly an hour.

Then Hardy was connected to a few more calls, the head of the Lucchese family in Miami, the head of the Bruno family in Philadelphia, the head of the Marcelo family in New Orleans, and so on.

They are all shareholders of The Venetian Hotel and are very concerned about what may happen.

Hardy explained with a smile: It's not that the Los Angeles Gang wants to annex the territory, it's mainly because the Selton family has infighted and the territory is in a vacuum, and those Latino guys want to take the opportunity to invade, do you think I can watch and let it go? ?

Although the Los Angeles Corporation is not a member of the Mafia Committee, it is still born out of the Mafia. I always feel that we are a family, what do you think?

Hardy asked back.

Hearing Hardy express his desire to be part of a Mafia family, these Mafia family patriarchs are comfortable listening.

But you know, the committee has been reluctant to accept people who are not of Italian ethnicity. I can understand this, but I am also a little sad. I always feel that if a business wants to grow, it should be inclusive. If possible, the Los Angeles company hopes to become a committee. a piece.

It is not easy for the Mafia to convene a general committee meeting. After all, more than 20 patriarchs must be assembled, and these patriarchs will gather in New York a week later.

Vito Corleone took Tom into the conference hall. The other clan chiefs and military advisers saw the old godfather come in, and many people stood up to say hello.

Vito, how are you doing recently? Someone greeted with a smile.

Yes, very good. Cuneo often invites me to go hunting. I even shot an elk a few days ago. The old godfather said with a smile.

The Cuneo family patriarch next to him smiled and said, It was the biggest deer on my farm. He killed it with one shot. I guess that deer herd will flee far away, and it will never be easy to fight in the future.

The others laughed along.

Tom followed the old godfather.

He has only one feeling.

respect.

These family patriarchs have become more respectful of the godfather than before.

The last committee meeting,

The godfather is like a wounded lion facing the siege and bite of a group of hyenas, and now, these people are all smiling.

Why this happened, Tom knew very well.

All because of Hardy.

Although Hardy is not on the Mafia committee, and he is not even a member of the Mafia, he has a strong influence on the Mafia.

It can be said that the Corleone family can return to its current state, and it can be said that it is entirely due to Hardy.

The Patriarch of the Basini Family, Emilio Bassini, and the Patriarch of the Tatakilia Family, Philip, and the Patriarch of the Strachey Family, Colobo, and others walked into the conference hall. Seeing the old godfather and others talking and laughing, their faces became more and more serious. Hair sank a bit.

Bassini is the rotating chairman, and he sits in the chair.

The other family patriarchs took their place one after another, and the meeting began.

Bassini glanced at the twenty or so patriarchs, and finally glanced at an empty seat, and said, Have you noticed that our committee is missing a patriarch?

Everyone looked at the vacant seat, and they all knew that Bassini was talking about Leb Selton of San Francisco, and they all knew why the committee was held today.

Basini said with a sullen face: Someone has robbed the Selton family's territory. I know you should have received the news. It's the Los Angeles gang. I convened this meeting to discuss with you and take back the territory of San Francisco.

The Selton family is a member of the committee. When we joined the committee, we made it clear in the charter that the committee resolves disputes within the family and establishes an offensive and defensive alliance. If an external force invades our interests, we must fight the enemy together.

The Selton family was killed and the site was robbed. I called the members of the committee to discuss how to deal with this matter. I am going to fight the Los Angeles Gang!

Bassini looked at the crowd.

The atmosphere of the venue was a little silent.

None of the patriarchs who can sit here are fools. They all know who is involved in this matter. Is it really that easy to fight against the Luocheng Gang?

The L.A. Gang is Hardy's.

More than half of the people here have invested a lot of cash in the Venetian Casino, several million, that is all their family's cash, because a Selton and Hardy fall out and let their investment go to waste, they will not be so stupid .

Many people's gazes turned to Vito Corleone, the old godfather, intentionally or unintentionally.

The old godfather looked at Basini and asked lightly, Basini, I want to know the reason for starting a war with the Los Angeles Gang?

Because they attacked the Selton family and robbed San Francisco. Basini said with a cold face.

The old godfather pursed his lips and shook his head slightly, But what I heard was that there was an infighting in the Selton family, and the people of Selton and Troto, the second head of the family, fought each other. Police arrest, there seems to be no help from Los Angeles.

The patriarch of the Luckey family next to him nodded, I heard the same news. It seems that Troto, the second head of the family, wanted to usurp the throne, but Selton sent someone to kill him unsuccessfully, and then the two sides started to fight.

Speaking of this, the patriarch of the Lucasian family pouted and said with disdain: Selton is really unbearable to manage the family like this.

Basini said with a sullen face: I suspect that the whole thing is a conspiracy of the Los Angeles Gang.

Why do you say that? said the old godfather.

They benefited the most from the whole thing, Basini said.

The old godfather shook his head, Basini, this reason can't convince us, after the Selton family strife, the site was vacant, and some Latinos wanted to enter the site. The Los Angeles Gang saw this situation and sent someone to control the site. stand up.

It's better to fall into the hands of Los Angeles than to fall into the hands of the Mexicans, don't you think? said the old godfather.

Bassini looked at the old godfather and said in a serious tone: Vito, do you want to go against the rules set by the committee and support an outsider?! I know you have a good relationship with Jon Hardy.

Facing Basini's accusation, the old godfather was in no hurry.

I did talk to Hardy on the phone after what happened in San Francisco, and he told me that he didn't want to see the Mafia turf fall into the hands of others, and that's the only reason he sent people into the Selton family turf.

Hehe, he would be so kind?! Basini sneered.

Why is it impossible? Speaking of which, Los Angeles was born out of the Mafia. We could have been a family. Hardy told me that if the committee agreed, he would let Los Angeles join the committee. The old godfather said.

At this time, the patriarch of the Lucasian family said: Now Los Angeles is the largest gang on the west coast, and its strength is very strong. If they can join, it will definitely be an improvement for our mafia.

The patriarch of the Bruno family in Philadelphia also nodded and said, Yes, our strength on the west coast is too weak, and there is almost no family. The strength of Los Angeles is obvious to all. If we want to develop business on the west coast in the future, we need a powerful partner.

Many family patriarchs also spoke up and felt that the LA Gang should be absorbed. Basini's face became extremely ugly. The purpose of his meeting was to solve the issue in San Francisco and eliminate the LA Gang, but these guys actually discussed letting the LA Gang join. committee.

This made Basini very angry.

Basini stood up abruptly and said solemnly, I firmly oppose it. All our families here are of Italian ethnicity, and the committee's family must also be of Italian ethnicity. Others cannot be trusted at all.

The old godfather also stood up, looked at Basini, and said in a hoarse voice: Basini, I think your thinking should change.

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the other family patriarchs and said loudly: The Mafia originated in Sicily, there is no doubt about it. Later, in order to survive, we came to the United States to develop our own business. At that time, there were large and small families in every city. Good development, we formed a committee.

The original intention of setting up the committee is to resolve disputes and promote our better development. This is not a reason to remain complacent.

In our families, there are now many non-Italian people, many of whom have reached high positions, and many of us here, who were born in the United States, such as Alcapone was born in Brooklyn, New York, what does that count? , is it an American?

If you have to restrict the area, you have to exclude non-Sicilian people, Basini, I remember you are of Neapolitan descent, right, Tatakilia, you are of Calabrian descent, right, and there are many people here, too so.

Basini, the times are different now. We must learn to keep pace with the times. Only by accommodating more powerful people can we develop better. Some old ideas need to be changed. Any rules that hinder our development and prevent us from making money. be eliminated.

Basini stared blankly at the old godfather.

The heart said that these words of Vito are very familiar.

It seems that he said something similar when he forced Vito to release political resources to support the drug business.

Today Vito is attacking himself.

Originally, this committee was convened today to jointly deal with the Los Angeles Gang, and then he took the opportunity to take back control of San Francisco.

Basini's idea is very simple. Although Los Angeles is very powerful and Hardy is very powerful on the West Coast, as long as all the members of the Mafia Committee put pressure on him, that Hardy will definitely be timid, and then obediently give up to San Francisco.

Unexpectedly, Vito turned the topic to another direction, discussing whether the Los Angeles Gang should be included in the committee.

And what surprised him was that there were so many people supporting him.

Especially the families that Hardy worked with.

this moment,

Basini felt a strong sense of powerlessness in his heart, and these guys probably won't listen to him in the future.

A bunch of greedy bastards.

They will listen to whoever brings them benefits.

Mafia committee meeting broke up.

The matter of dealing with the Los Angeles Gang together was naturally not negotiated, and of course, the proposal to let the Los Angeles Gang join the committee did not pass.

The committee is now clearly divided into two camps.

One is a power group headed by Basini, and the other is a power group headed by the old godfather. Now these two forces are evenly matched, and no one can control the other.

But overall.

Bassini failed.

He couldn't unite the Mafia Committee to deal with the Los Angeles Gang, and only relying on Basini's own strength, even if he called the most hardcore ones, he wouldn't dare to go to war with Hardy.

So he lost the San Francisco turf forever.

After the meeting, the old godfather called Hardy and told Hardy what happened at the meeting, I'm afraid the matter of the LA Gang joining the committee needs to continue to operate.

Hehe, don't worry, our purpose is to cooperate to make money, and now there are more than a dozen families, which is completely sufficient.

Mr. Vito, I want you to do me a favor? Hardy said.

What help?

You help me contact all the families, including the families that cooperated with us, and the families that have not cooperated with us before, and said that Hardy wanted to do business with them. Recently, he has the idea of ​​opening a casino in Cuba. Ask them if they are willing to invest. Hardy Road.

Open a casino in Cuba?

Yes, Cuba opens a casino. If we can contact more families, I believe it will be much easier to promote the development of the committee to accept new families. Hardy said.

Okay, I will contact them. The old godfather said.

Hanging up the phone, Hardy had a wicked smile on his face.

He lied to the old godfather.

In fact, Hardy's real purpose is not to invest in Cuba, but to dig a hole for Basini, but he did not tell the old godfather, because only if he does it seriously will he not reveal the secret.

Cuba has not yet made a revolution, and is still under the control of the United States. The current Prime Minister is Fulgencio Batista, who has some relationship with Basini and is considered a good friend.

But Hardy knew that three or four years later, a young man named Laoka was born, turning Cuba upside down and generous. The investment of the United States here was all in vain. Hardy just wanted to take Brazil Nee introduced this quagmire.

Anyway, it's just a matter of words, and you don't need to spend a lot of effort.