Chapter 37: The Old Foxes
Since the failure of the plan to capture S.H.I.E.L.D., the remaining Hydra has had to go completely underground. Otherwise, with Rumlow's fiery temper, it would never be possible to negotiate with Gucci in a quiet voice. Even if it is the largest nightclub in Miami, as long as the target is inside, he dares to blow it up directly, so he doesn't care who is behind this scene.
When they entered the box, Director Baker had been waiting inside for a long time.
The director did not stand up to greet them, but sat lazily on the sofa, waved his big hand, and said casually, "Sit down." ”
Rumlow's face was very ugly, but no one could see it because of his helmet. Gu Qi has been in the underworld for so many years, and naturally she has also practiced the ability to collapse in front of Mount Tai without changing her face, which she doesn't care about at all.
Relying on the eyes of Hydra, they already knew that Blatter and the four of them had gone to the bureau chief for a secret discussion, so Gucci decided to attack first, at least to grasp the initiative in negotiations.
"My uncompetitive subordinates have caused a lot of trouble for the director."
Beck wasn't surprised to hear Gucci say this. Although Gionia Blatter swore that they had gotten rid of all Gucci's eyeliner, when he took out the antique hosta worth $12 million and brought the news that Gucci had secretly communicated with Hydra, Director Baker knew that they were not here to cooperate with the director at all, as they said, but were in a crisis and wanted to use the power of him, a powerful Miami snake, to make a last-ditch fight.
Faced with the huge temptation of $12 million and the perfect opportunity to completely control Miami's black and white, Baker was moved. He decided to take a gamble.
This negotiation was carefully planned and arranged by him. No matter what Gucci says or does, he will not give up the initiative.
"Speaking of trouble, compared to you, Madame, Geonia and them are really insignificant." Commissioner Baker said, "In my territory, not only did I make such a big smuggling case, but I also colluded with Hydra, and as the chief of police, I can't sit idly by." ”
Hearing Baker say this, Rumlow and Gucci exchanged a look. They didn't expect Baker to be so direct, everything was on the table, this was going to turn his face.
"But we're old friends, and a lot of things are easy to discuss."
Baker said something particularly fake. What old friends, they have known each other for a year at most. But this is a positive sign, as long as it can be discussed, everything is easy to say.
"I'll just get to the point. This place is already surrounded by my people. Director Baker stood up as he spoke, looking down at Gucci and Rumlow condescendingly, "I know your people are there too, but it won't do you any good to do it." Mrs. Gucci, you don't have the strength to fight the police right now. And your backer, Hydra, hehe, I have already instructed that as soon as I hear a gunshot here, I will immediately contact S.H.I.E.L.D. ”
The roots of Rumlow's hateful teeth itched, the joints of his hands clenched into fists turned white, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly as he held back his anger, which was probably the most aggrieved moment of his life.
Gucci let out a sigh of relief, he couldn't say that he could get a tiger in the tiger's den, and Director Baker's risky move had already won. Gucci knew that what he said was right, but he also knew that Director Baker didn't want to do it, so after this big stick was over, it was time to talk about the conditions.
"If the director has any ideas, you might as well tell me and hear them. Since we are old friends, as long as I can do it, I will never refute my friend's face. ”
"Good!" Director Baker said, "I was willing to cooperate with my wife because I saw that you were both knowledgeable and cheerful. I'm not someone to betray my friends. To be honest, I don't like Blatter's people either. They came to me to borrow my hand and get rid of you, Madame, so that you could be replaced. But we are friends, and a few of them have been captured by my men, and as long as Madame agrees to my conditions, you can take them away at once, and you can dispose of them as you like. ”
Gucci had nothing to say. Director Baker's methods are indeed clever, well-planned, accurate in analysis, and courageous, no wonder he has been able to cross the black and white roads in Miami for many years, and no wonder he doesn't even pay attention to the big underworld forces like the Gucci family, he does have such ability.
"Then I'll thank the Director first."
"Don't be in a hurry to thank me first, Madame hasn't listened to my conditions yet."
"Listen up."
"It's simple, there are only three," Director Baker poured a glass of wine for Gucci and Rumlow, "First, your Hydra friend has to leave Miami, second, in the future, every shipment of the Gucci family will be worth one-fifth of my money, and third, this batch, all of them must belong to me." ”
These three were carefully selected by Baker. First of all, Hydra's departure is non-negotiable, and if he stays here, he, the police chief, will not think about his life. The second one, the ratio of one-fifth, is actually not a lion's big mouth, even if he wants half, the current Mrs. Gucci has to accept it, saying one-fifth is nothing more than showing her sincerity. And the third, if he takes this batch, the Gucci family's start in Miami will be a huge blow, and the development speed will slow down sharply, which will leave Baker enough time to control them and let him always take the initiative.
But the problem lies in this third article. In this batch of goods, there is important content that Hydra cannot give up no matter what. Even if Gucci could accept it, Rumlow would never agree to it.
Gucci pressed Rumlow to calm him down.
"The director is really sincere." Gucci picked up his glass, gestured, and took a sip himself, "We are also very happy to work with someone like you." You take care of us so much, I can't be stingy, in the future, each batch of goods, the director and we can divide it into four or six, what do you think? ”
Director Baker didn't expect Gucci to be willing to give up such a big benefit, but he quickly thought that it must be that they were unwilling to give up Hydra.
"Madam, Hydra must go, this matter is not negotiable."
"The director is too careful, even if you don't say it, these friends will leave soon. I would like to ask you, can you leave half of this first batch of goods to us? A smart person like you wouldn't want to do this kind of thing, right? ”
Baker thought for a moment and finally relented. Hydra's departure is the first priority, as long as this one is satisfied, the rest, it's okay to say.
He also picked up his glass and nodded at Mrs. Gucci, "Deal." ”
……
Their conversation was filmed by Peter's little spider tracker.
He and Belle were in the club, mingling in a crowd of revelers, and no one noticed them. But after listening to their conversation, Peter and Belle frowned.
"It's going to be hard." Belle said.
Peter was also surprised, they had hoped to use Blatter's gang as an introduction to provoke a three-way scuffle between Director Baker, the Gucci family and Hydra. For this reason, Belle specially infiltrated the residence of Blatter's gang in stealth, and without showing up, modified the memories of several people, making them mistakenly believe that they had disobeyed Hydra's orders and stole the hosta, and finally chose to take a risk and bribe the police chief with the sky-high hosta to persuade him to help him get rid of Gucci. Peter's monitor is then used to record their conversations, leaving evidence of Baker's secret passage to the underworld and Hydra, thus killing three birds with one stone.
Unexpectedly, these old foxes are so powerful that in a few words, the whole thing has changed.
"I didn't expect this Director Baker to be so powerful, and Gucci is ruthless enough, agreeing to this condition is simply a broken arm to survive." Peter said, thinking that he was still too tender.
"It's me who thinks things too simply." Belle said, "But we are not a complete failure, at least there is this video, as long as you modify the memories of the nightclub surveillance personnel, make it look like a mistake, and play the video in the nightclub, Director Baker will inevitably choose to kill Gut and Rumlow on the spot, and make it seem that he is in danger to lead to the appearance of the criminal leader, or can they immediately start a war between them." ”
"No way!" Peter immediately refused, "If there is a war at once, not a single person in this house will survive." ”
"This is probably our best chance and maybe enough time for them to ......"
"That's not going to work either." Peter said, "Any opportunity that might sacrifice the innocent is not a good opportunity." ”
"Okay, well, I'll listen to you."
"I can post this video online, Marvel Spider's channel hasn't been updated for a long time. As long as it gets media attention, things will be easy. Peter said.
"In that case, the three forces will work together against Spider-Man."
"Hah, should I be happy?" Peter said with a hippie smile, "You didn't react when you first said that everyone in this room could die, and now you refuse this proposal because I was targeted?" ”
"What do you want?" Belle gave him a blank look, "I just think that a Spider-Man life is more meaningful than the rest of the room." ”
"Yo, who does it make more sense to?"
Belle ignored Peter's tone (tiao) and turned into a low state.
"Anyway, when the media was boiling over that I was colluding with the underworld forces, and even related to terrorists, I felt that there was no reason to care about their life and death when I looked at the comments those people gave me on the Internet."
"They're just misguided." Peter comforted her, "Aren't these same people who are now making you the goddess of the new age?" ”
"Isn't that telling?" Belle asked rhetorically, "It's a bunch of people who follow the trend and fool around." ”
For the first time, Peter plucked up his courage, patted Belle on the head, and said, "Did I tell you that my dream was to be a journalist?" ”
Belle didn't put up any resistance in her actions, but she was still unforgiving.
"I've probably only said it a few hundred times, and you still say you want to go to the Daily Bugle, I don't know what you think."
"If you want me to say, you just think too much, that's why you always feel tired of living."
"I want to live a little easier, do you think when I took the initiative to find trouble, always trouble finding me?"
Peter thought about it, and it was true. Belle has always been in a state of reactive coping, every time an enemy comes to her door, her own people are in danger, or she accidentally runs into trouble. He suddenly felt that this was the problem.
"Would you like to try something new?" Peter asked her.
"Tell me about it."
"Since it was always trouble to find the door before, why don't we take the initiative this time and go to find trouble with others."
"What do you want to do?"
"Anyway, the surrounding arrangements have been investigated, instead of bothering to provoke them to attack each other, let's just kill them, these people, either gangsters or hydras, you can vent your anger on them as much as you like."
"Haven't you always been afraid that I'm addicted to murder?"
"It's just that you've been too calm since you killed someone last time, and I'm a little worried about that ghost rider. But worrying is not an option, if you are really addicted, I will help you find something more interesting and safe and harmless. ”
"Huh?"
"There's something interesting in this world, have you ever played Angry Birds? It's very interesting! ”
Peter whispered as he put on Spider-Man's mask.
"Spider-Man Squad, it's show time!"