June 1973, late at night, Barnard Farm on the Hudson River in Yonkers.

Montolo patted the pit with a shovel, shoveled some floating soil, weeds, and stones to cover it, and pulled it twice with his foot, so that it was impossible to tell that a pit had been dug and a man had been buried. After burying the man, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Luthor on the side, and the two of them took a puff to relax.

"Rejuvenating the streets?" Luthor asked, stepping on the pit that had just been filled, and in which the most famous pimp of Spring Street was buried.

"No, I want to go back tonight... Ahem... Stay with my daughter. Montolo coughed, he was covered in sweat, digging a pit was a tiring job, his lungs felt hollowed, the air and smoke were desperately burrowing into it, choking him.

In addition to following Luthor to loan sharks, Montolo, with the support of his family, began to get involved in the burgeoning industry.

On the other side of the world, the war is brutally waged in the jungles of Southeast Asia, destroying the minds and values of the people of the countries that initiated the war. The moral code of conservatism is no longer the golden rule, and the post-war social spirit is rapidly declining, an era of total collapse of the old world, people's desires are expanding, and they need to vent unscrupulously.

The old is dying at an accelerated pace, the new is still sprouting, and chaos is the theme of the city, a haven for gangs to show their talents. The last such golden age was 50 years ago, in the 1920s. Luthor instructed Montolo to open a brothel on Spring Street to steal business with the street girls, who were wild or pimp-controlled, and could no longer satisfy the appetite of the city of New York. Pornographic films, coin projectors, and private cinemas flourished, and brothels were born.

"Tomorrow, take this to Chunse Street and show them, they will understand." Luthor handed Montolo a gold ring in his hand. This was taken from the hands of the slain pimps, who were reluctant to cooperate with the Luciano family, and Luthor could only make an example of the monkeys and give them a look.

Montolo took the gold ring and put it in his pocket, saying, "I need a helper, I have too many things on my hands to keep busy." You know, I've just made a corner, I have a lot of land to manage, a lot of money to collect, and I have a daughter... Send me one more man, shrewd and capable Italian. ”

In the 70s, the Luciano family was in the midst of a renewal and expansion, and the outbreak of war was a huge opportunity for the mafia. There are huge quantities of drugs from Southeast Asia that are being transported to New York through military channels, and Italians, blacks, Mexicans, and Irishmen are all grabbing the cake. The market for illegal drugs has expanded rapidly under multiple effects, a large number of young people have begun to use drugs, and the old-school Italian gangs have long since fallen apart under the temptation of huge economic interests, and the only insistence may be to ban their people from taking drugs.

Montolo is Luther's right-hand man, and Luthor has not been in power for a long time, and he needs Montolo to do something good. Luthor walked over to the Cadillac Coupe DeVille parked not far away with its headlights on, knocked on the window, and the window fell, revealing a young man with a wide chin in the driver's seat, listening to the radio as the 1973 Finals — Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks — were broadcast live.

The game was played in Los Angeles on the West Coast, and in the fifth, when it was late at night in New York, the game was not over yet. In the days when television was not well developed, only the most die-hard fans could follow the game in real time through the Play by play commentary on the radio.

"How's the game going, Rogue Warrior?"

"10 points, the Angelens are finished, the Angelens are finished!" The young man with a wide chin looked excited, but the voice on the radio suddenly weakened, and the signal was not very good, so he slapped it twice hard, but it was completely silent. Luthor asked Montolo to come over, introduced the young man to Montolo, and said, "This is Matt's nephew, you will be my good helper in the future, you can work together now, and get Spring Street for me." I'll take care of it at the police station, keep up with it, remember to find a good manager, we need this income. ”

Montolo stretched out his hand and shook hands with the wide-chin young man sitting in the driver's seat, "Hello, I'm Montolo, Montolo-Carliani. ”

Wide chin also put his hand out of the window and said, "Hello, I'm Silves, Silves-Tornatore." ”

……

On June 17, the fifth game of the 1994 NBA Finals was played at Madison Garden Plaza, and the New York Knicks defeated the Houston Rockets 91-84 at home, 7-point advantage, and won the championship of the year with a total game of 4-1.

It's 20 years since the Knicks are at the top of the basketball world, and 10 years later, Patrick Ewing has once again beaten Hakeem Olajuwon on the highest stage. Although Olajuwon missed the third and fourth games, the Rockets were defeated and completely lost in the frantic shouts of Madison.

At the end of Game 5, the crowd flooded the floor of Madison Square Garden and people poured towards the center of the court. Ewing raised his arms high, and at this moment, he felt that he had become the true king of New York. And in the stands, Arthur Luciano slowly got up from his seat, turned and walked to the aisle, leaving Madison Garden Plaza. Outside the square, many New York fans who could not buy tickets also gathered, and they began to celebrate and cheer wildly after learning the result.

It is conceivable that for a period of time, New York's media pages and TV programs will be flooded with the news of the Knicks winning the championship.

Arthur walked through the hustle and bustle of the crowd, straightened his somewhat messy hair, and walked through the streets of New York. After coming to this time and space, a major event finally happened that was diametrically opposed to the history in my memory, and I wonder what kind of impact this will have on future history? Jackie Gandolfeld suffered a blow in this grand final, and the casino was on the verge of bankruptcy. However, this tyrant was really ruthless, and shot to death several black bar owners who had made big bets on him, and the underground world of New York was bloody for a while. Once the war starts, it is the time when the grudge breaks out, and the immortal group will not stop.

The Luciano family has undergone a purge, but they have stayed out of it, and some territory and interests have been lost, and Arthur doesn't care. The family is preparing for whitewashing. Arthur decided to gradually divest the low-profit, high-maintenance industries, such as bars, brothels, underground casinos, including restaurants, cinemas, etc. Arthur is ready to find an opportunity to sell these properties to these white gloves at a certain price, so as to get out of these "petty profits" and move into the larger world of money.

Of course, Arthur will still keep in touch with the black part, and he needs a covert armed force to flip the table if necessary. In the United States, Arthur didn't want to be a law-abiding man who played by the rules of the game.

He's going to be the one who makes the rules.

Arthur thought as he walked, and his mind remembered the lonely eyes of Olajuwon who had just looked at the basket at the end of the game in Madison. This time, it was really fate that ruined him, and it was Arthur who ruined him. Arthur later asked Abu what Paul had added to the McDonald's fried chicken. Abu told Arthur that Paul had hired a pharmacist and added a tiny amount of crude ricin. This is a highly toxic poison that can kill people in very small amounts, and Olajuwon can survive because of his strong body and the fact that crude ricin is less toxic and has very little poison. But it was still quite dangerous, resulting in Olajuwon missing two games, and the fifth game was also completely out of form, and he no longer had the majesty of the regular season MVP.

The New York Police Department and NBA officials began to say that they would thoroughly investigate the poisoning case, but no matter how it was investigated, the result of the game would not change, and the Knicks won the championship. A month later, a pharmacist told people about the toxins he had made to ineffective Olajuwon, and soon after, he was hit and killed by a stolen car on his way to work. The driver drove away, and in the end only one car was left in the bushes on the side of the road, and the person disappeared without a trace.

Walking east along 33rd Street, Arthur passed the Empire State Building, which was brightly lit at night. As the tallest building in the past, walking on it still has a suffocating sense of oppression. Arthur looked up and almost had to fold his neck at a 90-degree angle to see its famous spire.

Suddenly, Arthur saw a dark figure on the building, moving towards him.