All Heavens Film and Television: Starting from Caring for the Widow of a Comrade-in-arms

Sonny's heart sank, and he broke down secretly.

Russell beat Basini in public, and didn't pay attention to him at all, let alone save him face.

After today, the news of Basini's beating will be spread all over New York, even in the newspapers!

If someone manipulates it, the matter will expand further, and eventually evolve into a big melee in the New York underground world...

But the government does not want to see this scene, so it will immediately clarify the five major families, and then the territory, business, and interests will all be lost...

Sonny turned to Tom, and Tom was looking at him, and he could see the shock in Tom's eyes, the bewilderment.

Tom is an excellent military adviser and lawyer, but only in peaceful times. If the war starts, Tom, who is too conservative, will expose his shortcomings and be used by those who want to.

Seeing him like this, Sonny knew he couldn't count on it.

Two options emerged in his mind, one was to fight fairly and deal with things.But doing so would chill Russell, make Basini dissatisfied, and ultimately lead to war.

The second is to stand sideways and directly stand in line to express our attitude. Regardless of what is fair and just, Russell is a relative of our family, and he is also a godfather in Sicily. If it is true that Russell is more powerful than his father.

Regardless of Sonny's fiery personality, in fact, when making a choice at a critical moment, he can always choose the right one.

Sonny hurried forward, grabbed Russell's arm, and asked, "Are you injured?"

Russell nodded: "Yes, I was seriously injured."

"Where? Where's the injury? Call the fucking ambulance! My brother's injury! Tom!"

In the crowd, Tom was startled, and immediately nodded: "Okay!"

Clemenza and Tessio were a little dazed, but seeing that Sonny had already made a choice, they also stepped forward one after another, standing behind Sonny on both sides, expressing their support.

Russell smoked a cigarette, patted Sonny on the shoulder and said, "Sonny, my heart is hurt. He actually asked me to lick his stinky shoes clean."

Sonny was dumbfounded, and looked suspiciously at Basini on the ground.

He just said something disgusting, and you beat him like this?Sincerely!

And Clemenza and Tessio in the back have been watching, and have a general understanding of what happened.

Hearing this, he suppressed his laughter and didn't laugh out loud.

Russell Corleone, who made his public appearance in New York for the first time, left a deep impression on everyone present.Punching the FBI agent and kicking Basini, one of the five big families in New York.

It was as crazy as throwing a flare over the New York sky, drawing out all the rats that were hiding.But those who have never met Russell, and who don't know his details, all labeled him as impulsive, irritable, arrogant, and defiant.

And this is exactly what Russell wants to achieve.

Sonny looked at him seriously, nodded slowly: "Tell your people to stop."

Russell tilted his head and asked, "He wants me to lick his dirty shoes clean, what should I do, Sonny."

Sonny gritted his teeth. He also knew that Russell made a move, but he had already stated that he was on Russell's side, and he couldn't change it now, otherwise it would offend both sides.

He walked over and kicked the assistant next to Basini, turned his head and saw Russell looking at him with a half-smile, and then made up his mind to patch Basini with two kicks.

"Philisto, stop."

Philisto stopped and threw Basini fiercely to the ground. The embarrassed Basini hit the grass with his face full of blood covered with weeds.

The guests were astonished and stared at Russell and Sonny in doubt, wondering if they did it on purpose or not...

"Ah... bah! Corleone... yes, yes!"

Basini spat out the blood from his mouth, raised his head and stood up slowly, patting the dust on his clothes.

He looked at Sonny Good Russell sternly, then glanced at all the guests present, turned around and walked towards the door.

With Basini's character, he will not say words of revenge, because he is a natural conspirator.

Anyone with a discerning eye at the scene could see that he already hated the Corleone family to death!

Basini's assistant lying on the ground was still fainting, and he didn't even look at him before he left, as if there was no such person at all.

For Basini's assistant, if he failed to perform his duties, it would mean losing the job, and the consequence would be complete disappearance...

He walked to the door and saw that the subordinates he had brought were confronting a group of people, and immediately waved: "Leave."

"……Yes!"

The subordinates hurriedly opened the car door. Someone wanted to ask where the assistant was, but they stopped talking.

At this time, don't be afraid of silence, but be afraid of talking too much!

After Basini left, the door became quiet again, and in the blink of an eye Vito's men, Philisto's subordinates disappeared.

In the courtyard, Tom, Clemenza, Tessio and the others were appeasing the guests, allowing the wedding that had gone wrong twice in a row to continue, so that Princess Corleone's wedding could not be disturbed at this time.

Sonny was silent for a moment, and asked straightly: "Russell, do you know who he is?"

"Basini."

Sonny sighed helplessly, "You...you know, so you...didn't expect you to have a worse temper than me, okay, let's go in and talk."

Hearing this, he knew that Russell had a clear mind, and it seemed that the beating of Basini was intentional.

But why do you want to do this?

Sonny couldn't find the answer in a short time.

Inside the villa, Malena, Mrs. Vito, and Sonny's wife Sandra did not come out.

Just now they heard the noise from outside in the house, but they were still chatting about the daily life instead of worrying about the outside affairs.

Not that they were indifferent, but they were typical Sicilian women.

Men should deal with everything outside, and women only need to care about the little things at home.

"Russell is a good man. Are your children in New York?"

Marina nodded: "Yes."

Sandra asked: "Then the children study in New York?"

"No, the kids will go to Sicily, that's where they come from."

Mrs. Vito nodded: "Yes, Sicily is our hometown. Children should have a complete childhood and not forget where their roots are. Just like a seed, although it took root in New York, it still came from Sicily. "

Sandra paused and nodded: "Yes, Mom, I will discuss with Sonny later on sending the children back to Sicily, anyway, it is Russell's territory, and the children will be safe."

Mrs. Vito said: "This is a family matter. Discuss it with your father later."

"It seems to be quiet outside, and it seems that the matter has been resolved."

Malena said with a smile: "My husband sometimes has a bad temper. I hope it didn't disturb Connie's wedding."

"Don't worry, Connie is also a considerate girl."

At the door, Russell and Sonny walked into the villa, and saw a man in a white suit sitting on the sofa.

Sonny introduced: "Johnny, my father's godson. This is Russell Corleone, from Sicily, he calls my father's uncle."

Johnny stood up and shook hands with Russell upon hearing the words, "Hi, I'm Johnny Fontane, and I'm currently dawdling in Hollywood. If you need anything, you can find me."

Russell said with a smile: "It happens that I want to find a big star for something."

"Where I am a big star, the audience will forget me in a few years."

"It seems that you have encountered trouble, what trouble?"

Johnny glanced at Sonny and said, "My godfather promised to help solve this matter, thank you for your enthusiasm."

"You're welcome, Uncle Vito and I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, but we are both from Corleone, Sicily, so there is no need to be courteous to me."

"Ok."

Russell's role in front of everyone today is that of a young man with no capital, so his attitude towards Johnny is also a little warmer.

In the study room, Sonny walked in and saw his father sitting at the desk with a straight face, holding a milk cat in his hand.

After Russell stepped in, he unceremoniously sat in front of Vito.

Rubbing the armrests of the chair with both hands, he said relaxedly, "Uncle Vito, the people sitting in this position are all here for consultation, right?"

Vito looked up at his face, looking him up and down.

I always feel that the young man in front of me seems to be plotting something.

It was different from the first time we met. Although his speech level was not very good at that time, he was completely like a junior facing an elder.And now?He is more like a junior who has no rules in front of his elders...

"Yes, are you sitting here now to ask a doctor?"

Russell stood up and took one from the humidor on Vito's table, skillfully cut off the two ends, and lit it with a kerosene lighter.

call-

Breathe out the smoke.

"I do have a business matter, and I want to ask Uncle Vito for help."

For his rude behavior, Vito just didn't see it, but Sonny and Tom looked at each other, Sonny was a little puzzled, but Tom saw something.

"You say, you call me uncle, if I can help, I will naturally do my best."

"I value your godson Johnny Fontane very much, and my clothing company in New York just needs an influential star, so I want to ask him to speak for my company's brand."

Vito sat on the chair with his head tilted, stroking the milk cat quietly, and was not in a hurry to speak.

In fact, he didn't understand Russell's words at all, not only him, but also Sonny and Tom sitting next to him.

It was 1945, when Hollywood was just beginning to develop, the concept of branding was not perfect, and star effect and brand endorsement had not been proposed.

And Hollywood is just a few villas at the foot of the mountain. The rich people in California despise the people who live in these villas, thinking that they are speculators who are not doing their jobs and making color movies!

"Advocacy..."

Russell nodded, "I pay him $[-] a year, but he has to wear my brand for events and movies."

Vito understood a little bit, and said, "Johnny will decide this matter by himself, but he has a problem now."

"Uncle Vito, no matter what troubles he has, haven't you already agreed to help him deal with it? Oh, since that's the case, then I'll ask Philisto to go there himself."

Vito pointed at Tom and said, "Tom, go to California."

"…OK."

Vito put the milk cat on the table and said, "After we've finished talking about this, it's time for us to talk about what happened just now. Why did you hit Basini?"

"It's very simple, because I accidentally stepped on his shoe, he made me lie down and lick it off fiercely."

Vito frowned and said, "He may not know your identity."

"That's his business, I only do what I have to do."

Hearing this, Vito fell silent again.

When facing Russell, he could feel an invisible pressure. He couldn't explain clearly, but this feeling did exist.

"Basini knows the Solaso ​​you speak of? They have business cooperation in New York, don't they?"

"...To be honest, I don't know."

"Then the Tataglia family is also involved..."

Russell shrugged and spread his hands: "You can't talk nonsense about things without evidence."

"You do have some skills. It's okay to beat up an FBI agent until now. It seems that you have some connections in the FBI, and the connections are not small."

Russell stared at him and said with a smile: "Not as stable as your political relationship in New York."

Chapter 143 No Maliciousness, Stop Pretending, True Colors

Vito Corleone had worked hard in New York for decades, and must have accumulated a lot of connections. It was with the support of these connections that his family could survive in New York.

And Russell has only been in New York for nearly two months, and his contacts are only with the mayor of New York, senators, police chiefs, detectives, law enforcement captains, etc., but the relationship is not stable. It will make them panic, if Russell is not good at calming emotions, I am afraid they would have stumbled a long time ago.

The biggest connections are FBI Deputy Director Clyde and Hoover. Although these two people can communicate with each other, they are not in New York, but in Washington.

As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one, and that's the reason.

When Vito heard the words, he understood the meaning of Russell's words. It meant that he had just arrived and his relationship was not very stable, but there were some relationships that could be used.

At this time, Tom got up just right and said, "Godfather, it's time for us to take pictures."

Vito nodded, looked at Russell and said, "If you don't mind, how about we take a family portrait?"

"Of course, it seems that Uncle Vito regards me as his family."