The Knicks went on a counter-attack frenzy in the second half.

Patrick Ewing emerged as the key figure in deciding the outcome. At a critical moment in the fourth quarter, Ewing first made a steal and assisted Mason to hit a three-point shot on the counterattack. Then he blocked Rick Schmitz's shot in defense, and then dunked Schmitz on offense. With 26 seconds left in the final game, he completed a difficult dunk to seal the win for the Knicks.

At the end, when Dale Davis missed the second attack under the interference of Ewing's big slap, the whistle sounded at the end of the game. At 94:90, the New Yorkers beat the Pacers by four points to win the tiebreaker. You scored 24 points and 22 rebounds in this game, and deservedly the best of the game. The Knicks returned to the Finals for the first time in 21 years, the last time was back in 1973, when the Vietnam War was not over.

Arthur turned off the TV, he didn't want to see Dick Stockton again.

"How much did you win, Luka?" Arthur sat in the large recliner in the living room and asked Abram. This is where Tony used to sit. A fluffy deerskin blanket was spread under the chaise longue, which was comfortable to step on in winter, but now it was summer.

"Won 24,000 dollars! Ha ha! Seeing Dale Davis' missed layup in the final moments of the game, Abramo jumped for joy. If this goal is scored, he will not win, but lose. "I love Ewing!"

"Let's get down to business, you've been talking about basketball and gambling, are we going to focus on gambling in the future?" Dorothy sat in a rocking chair near the fireplace, where she loved to sit as a child, baking a fire in the winter and opening the floor-to-ceiling windows to blow the wind in the summer.

The five of them have already had dinner, finished the founding ceremony of the Red Heart Society, and after watching the East Decisive Seven, they are about to start discussing what to do in June. With an organization, a membership, a goal, and a program, it is natural that there needs to be action. Arthur used to work in a party school, and he was a set of organizational theories.

For example, the program of the Red Heart Society is simply "to unite all the forces that can be united and carry forward the power of the family", which includes the Luciano family, the Abramo family, and all the families that may join in the future. The specific details Arthur also polished, with a total of 12 as the basic principles of guidance. For example, the principle of confidentiality of identity, the principle of membership introduction, the principle of branch establishment, and so on.

The goals of the Red Heart Society are further divided into stage goals, overall goals and final goals. The final goal is currently empty, because Li Liang doesn't know what this goal is. The overall goal is to grow the Hearts and Families into the largest and most influential organization in the nation. The current stage goal is to sweep away the underground underworld in New York, create a good environment and space for the development of the family, and at the same time turn most of the black industry to white.

The plan to sweep down the New York underworld is going on unhurriedly, and Jackie Gandolfel, who is thinking about dominating the underworld, would not have imagined that the little chef of the Luciano family has the same idea as him, and he has more and better cards in his hand. At present, several other families in New York, Massino and Gigandi, are quite infiltrated by the Gandolfeld family. According to Abramo, as soon as Massino and Gigandi die, someone supported by Jackie will come to power.

The Luciano family faced the same situation at the beginning, but Tony's sudden disappearance and Montolo's rise to power disrupted Jackie's plans. Arthur now has a strong suspicion that the person Jackie really wants to support is Dio, not Sylves. Although Dior is stupid, for Jackie, putting a stupid person on stage is really the perfect choice to support the puppet. And among the three major corners, Dio has the weakest foundation and the worst strength, and once he takes the position, he especially needs external support from Jackie Gandolfel.

Now, Jackie is vaguely courting Montolo, and as with Abramo, he gave Montolo a share of the business, allowing him to take a stake in two strip bars and a nightclub business in Jersey, making Montolo's personal wealth even richer. However, Arthur suspects that this is a smoke bomb from Jackie, and his ultimate goal is to put Dio on the throne.

"Matthew, how do you report to Jackie when you go back?" Arthur asked Matthew with his chin propped up. Matthew's job tonight was to spy on Arthur, and Jackie wouldn't have thought he would be Arthur's man.

"As before, everything is fine, everything is fine. But I don't know if I'm the only one spying on you, or maybe I'm being watched. ”

Matthew's words make sense, after Wood's disappearance, Matthew and Arthur were theoretically the last people to come into contact with Wood. Jackie has Matthew spy on Arthur, which is a bit of an anomaly, and it is likely that he wants to set a trap in order to expose the relationship between Arthur and Matthew. However, Matthew was very careful the first few times, conscientiously completed the monitoring mission, and reported Arthur's situation truthfully when he returned, which did not arouse Jackie's suspicion in the slightest. Tonight's surveillance was also random, and he was careful along the way, with no signs of being followed.

Arthur rubbed his hands, thought for a moment, and said, "No, when you go back this time, you have to report that I am abnormal." Tell him I had close contact with Russell and Sylvis... By the way, I'm going to meet Sylvais tomorrow. The supply of drugs is going to increase, and we are going to officially start grabbing the drug market in New York with Jackie, at any cost. Dorothy inherited and unfroze Tony's property as soon as possible, and invested it in supplies and subsidies. ”

"Will drugs be our main source of revenue?" Dorothy asked.

"No, I'm going to use subsidies to disrupt the market, break Jackie's purse, and give up the market. Drugs will not be our main direction, the risk is too high, and the harm is too deep. Although drugs are profitable, there are more lucrative things than drugs. ”

"What?"

"Knowledge, technology, culture, and, money itself."

Arthur smiled, he didn't want to touch drugs at all, he just used them as a means to fight Jackie. When Jackie falls and the Luciano family withdraws, the illegal drug market in Greater New York will definitely usher in chaos and reshuffle, and then there will be people who risk going to prison and being shot.

But that doesn't have anything to do with Arthur and the Luciano family anymore, and they'll move on to new areas. A cleaner, more civilized, more bloodless place to go.

"Luca, their contact for manipulating the game, has the guy named Baba been found?" In addition to drugs, the second leg of the Gandolfil family is gambling. Arthur has always been interested in how they manipulated the game and affected the final scoreline.

"I've found out that it's a guy named Batista, with his contact information and address."

"Good, the finals are going to start soon, I'm going to take the time to meet him. There's also the lame bars that hedge bets, as well as other underground casinos, and bet at the right time to get him to bleed more during the finals and the World Cup. ”

Gambling in the Jerch casino business proportion is getting bigger and bigger, as a bookmaker can be said to only win and not lose, but if someone calculates, it is not necessarily. If there are problems in the two pillar industries of gambling and drugs, the Gandofil family will definitely be anxious. It's June, the finals and the World Cup are over, and by July, a month from now, New York is about to change.

"By the way, I also heard that the Gandolfil family has a close connection with an overseas fund company? Isn't it Luca? ”

"Yes, when I first worked with Jackie, I hoped that his overseas fund company could help. You know, I have more and more cash at home, and I don't dare to keep it in the bank at all. I need to legalize my property but I can't find a helper, Jersey has some but the asking price is too high and I can't trust them. Abramo said.

In an era of increasingly sophisticated technology, it is becoming more and more difficult for the black industry to legalize its income if it evades technological detection. You can use cash for small payments and underground transactions, but in the future, children can't always use cash to buy houses, schools, and cars, right?

"We really need a financial talent..."

"I am." Dorothy straightened up from her chair and gestured to herself.

"You?" Arthur had forgotten what Dorothy had done in the past. No, he didn't know because she hadn't been in touch with her family since she left San Francisco for college.

"I majored in finance in college, I worked as a stock salesman, a financial accountant, and a fund company. I'm not an expert, but I know a lot of things. ”

"Very good, very good. 21st Century... No, the most important thing in the 20th century was talent. By the way, I will put Dorothy in charge of the Luciano family as the leader of the party in the future. Oh, don't look at me like that, Russell, I know there is no precedent for a woman to be in power in any family, but there must always be a first. British Prime Ministers are all Thatcher. It takes time, and Dorothy will slowly move from behind the scenes, to the front of the stage, and this will require your help, Russell. ”

Whether it's Dior, Montolo or Silves, who is better suited to run the family than his sister Dorothy?

Russell nodded indifferently, he didn't speak, and pointed upstairs with his finger.

Arthur understood what he meant, it was Anna upstairs, the most troublesome guy.

"New York is down for a while, you and I are with you on a trip to Wisconsin, I need answers. Okay, that's pretty much it, let's discuss and act on the specifics slowly. I will inform you of meetings when needed, and we will have more and more members in the future. ”

With that, Arthur poured everyone a glass of wine and drank it together.

After drinking, everyone left the villa in turn, and Flo went downstairs to hand over the sleeping Anna to Russell, and also said goodbye to Arthur and Dorothy. Arthur lay back in the chaise longue and pressed his temples, feeling like he was going to take a big step forward, but he felt as if he had done nothing.

He pulled out a playing card from his pocket, the jack of spades, the last unclaimed card left at the moment.

On the back it reads:

I know the way of combat, and killing people is a skill I am proficient in.

I know how to block left and right, with a tough battle shield of cowhide.

This is a defensive trick.

I know how to drive fast horses and kill people in a galloping car.

I know how to attack and swing the murderous dance of the god of war.