Chapter 545, Nero
According to the newspapers, President Roosevelt will come to Philadelphia in a week to attend the opening ceremony of the Rockefeller Library, which was donated by Mr. Rockefeller. Compared with the original history, because of the influence of Scrooge, Rockefeller learned to pretend to be a good man earlier than before. Although the gap between him and Scrooge is still relatively obvious when it comes to the technology of pretending to be a good person, although he will sometimes do some not so good things without finding a good scapegoat, such as suppressing striking workers or something, but compared with his original history, let the mine escort team directly drive armored cars, set up water-cooled heavy machine guns to strafe striking workers, and now Rockefeller's approach is still much more restrained. His mine guard team is still there, and the weapons in his hands are not much more than the original history, and even a few more, such as the so-called "humanitarian chemical weapon" - tear gas, newly produced by the MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company. However, there are many cases in which the mine protection team directly works with the workers and causes a large number of casualties among the workers. However, we must not think that the casualties of the workers have been reduced because of the invention of Scrooge, the establishment of yellow trade unions, the co-optation of the workers' aristocracy, the provocation of contradictions between workers in different industries, and the use of workers' opposition to the workers' means have brought no fewer killings and injuries to the troublemakers than in history.
However, it was all a mess made by those rude and barbaric workers who had not read the book, and it had nothing to do with Mr. Rockefeller, plus Mr. Rockefeller also had the advantage of being philanthropic, so on the whole, although everyone felt that Mr. Rockefeller was a little overbearing in business many times, he was still a good person and a good and devout Christian.
Recently, Rockefeller donated a library in Philadelphia, and Mr. Rockefeller has always had a good relationship with the Republican Party, so President Roosevelt has long agreed to go to cheer him on. In addition, there are rumors that Mr. Rockefeller is a little dissatisfied with the new bill proposed by President Roosevelt, and even has some views on the Republican Party, so Mr. President should also go over and have a good talk with Mr. Rockefeller to clear up the misunderstanding between the two sides.
Rockefeller's library was built next to Fairmont Park in Philadelphia and is an ancient Greek-style building. A week later, President Roosevelt was to give a speech in the small square in front of the library. As part of the security measures, police in Philadelphia have kept a close watch on nearby buildings within 600 meters.
The Sith had been around several times to observe. Of course, he noticed that the high-rise buildings within 600 meters appeared to have police monitoring points, and the police were already screening outsiders who were temporarily living in these places. However, the Sith did not plan to move in these places, and he planned to choose a building about 900 meters or so further away as a firing point. Although it takes about two seconds for a bullet to reach the target when a shot is fired at such a distance, the president is giving a speech anyway, so he can't be speaking from the podium while still moving an irregular position every second, right? Of course, firing at such a distance makes it difficult to guarantee that a shot will hit the center of the eyebrow, as the Sith has always liked. It's not a big deal, though. The power of a 0.50 caliber bullet is far from that of a 0.30 caliber (7.62 mm) bullet. Even at a distance of 900 meters, as long as it hits the torso, this bullet can easily tear the design target in two. To put it simply, as long as the torso is hit, the target will not have any chance of survival.
The only trouble was that the buildings at a distance of 600 meters were abandoned, and these buildings became obstacles to the shooting boundary. Therefore, there are very few buildings left for the Sith that can be used. And such a building is not easy to find, and another hotel is a good distance, but the shooting range is too small, and it is likely that you will not be able to see the target at all. There are also a few office spaces belonging to some important enterprises, where people come and go, and it is not easy to bring a large box into here without attracting the attention of others. As for spending half an hour to grab the installation and then debug it, and no one will find out, it will be even more difficult. So after a whole day, the Sith still couldn't find any suitable spots.
In the evening, the Sith, who had not yet found a suitable spot, came again in front of the Rockefeller Library, where there was a streetcar stop. While waiting for the trolley, Sith inadvertently looked in the other direction, Fairmont Park, the largest urban park in the United States. About a kilometer from here, there is a very tall oak tree, noticeably taller than the surrounding trees......
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The grandest, brightest cathedrals have the same dark shadows, and so does any glorious city, and Philadelphia is no exception. This shadow is the underground economic world of Philadelphia. Casinos, narcotics, and women are commodities in this underground economic world. As in any market, the result of free competition is inevitably the emergence of monopolies. The Underground Market is no exception, and Don Cross is the king of this Underground World.
This immigrant from Italy (if Sicily is also Italian) now has a prominent nickname in the dark world of Philadelphia: Nero.
There are only wrong names in the world, no wrong nicknames. The Nero of the dark world was no exception, as early as more than ten years ago, over the narcotics business in Philadelphia's underground, Don Cross had a fierce battle with the largest gang in Philadelphia at the time. In this battle, Don Cross not only used the pistols and submachine guns commonly used in gangster fights, but at critical moments, he even used the swindle to lead his opponent into an ambush, and then used the crossfire of several ready-to-use water-cooled MacDonald heavy machine guns to completely solve the problem. It is said that at the sound of MacDonald's heavy machine gun fire, looking at his opponent who was constantly torn apart by bullets in the net of fire, Don Cross excitedly recited Byron's poems, just as Nero recited Homer's poems in the fire of Rome.
"Heavy machine guns are much better than submachine guns!" This was the first truth that Don Cross taught to the dark world of Philadelphia.
However, if he only knew that he could strafe with a heavy machine gun, Don Cross might be able to ascend to the throne of the Dark World, but he would never have stayed on it for long. In this abyss of chaos, betrayal, killing, are the basic principles. It is impossible to solve all problems with the MacDonald water-cooled heavy machine gun alone. So there are other reasons why Don Cross has been able to sit firmly on the throne of the dark world of Philadelphia. There are several principles for this:
First, respect those who can make heavy machine guns. Understand that even the king of the dark world is only the king of the dark world, just as the shadow must follow the movement of the body, the king of the dark world must also obey the king of the light world. If you don't understand this and try to trespass your duty, it will definitely be a dead end.
Second, remember that no matter what kind of business you do, you must remember to pay taxes to the government. The tax department is not the same as the police department, which is often foolish, but the tax department is different, they are the basis of the entire state apparatus. At present, although the United States has a lot of problems, it is obviously developing upward. In such a country, the tax department is absolutely not to be humiliated and is very actionable. In fact, once any country has no action force when it gets the tax department, it is not far from the country that will die.
Just a few days ago, almost all of the guys roaming the dark world of Philadelphia had been instructed by Don Cross to keep their eyes open and see if anyone was coming to Philadelphia to cause trouble.
No one knew why Don Cross had given such an order, and in fact, no one dared to ask this Nero even if they had doubts. However, the orders of the king of the dark world must be carried out seriously, and everyone in the dark world of Philadelphia knows that Nero is not a magnanimous monarch, and those who dare to disobey him, or dare to ignore his wishes, will end up in what will happen. It is said that some of the cement piers outside the breakwater of the Port of Philadelphia were used to slow the impact of the waves and contained some very peculiar ingredients - the bodies of those who offended Don Cross were stirred by a mixer.
So, almost the entire dark world has taken action, from the prostitutes standing on the side of the street with exaggerated red lips, to the illegal peddlers who secretly sell all kinds of narcotics, to the ...... Their eyes widened. In a sense, it makes perfect sense that Don Cross never took the police department seriously, and that the Dark World is clearly more capable of mobilizing than the Philadelphia Police Department, which has a lot of waste, just for the control of the city.
So, on the first day the Sith arrived in Philadelphia, he fell into the eyes of those who had a heart. Because of hotels and hotels, it is naturally easy to connect with some dark industries. Even in the later generations of Chitu country, many people know when they go out to stay in a hotel, if you go to live in a hotel alone, and you don't want to be harassed to sleep, then you must remember to unplug the phone line of the phone in the room, otherwise it will be easy to keep calling in to provide special services.
However, the Sith didn't attract much attention at first, but the Sith's investigation of other hotels today immediately attracted more attention, and the information was soon sent to Nero.
"You mean that guy is suspicious?" Don Cross asked.
"yes, we think this guy is probably the one to mess with." A subordinate replied.
"You're not sure? Then why don't you bring that gentleman in and ask? Got an arrest warrant you're still waiting for? Don Cross asked?
"Boss, I'll do it right away." The subordinate immediately replied. In the dark world, you don't need evidence to do things, you don't need an arrest warrant.