Connie gave her affectionate hug, forgetting about her groom for a while, and a voice came from the stage, "How about singing a song to us?" Come on, Johnny. ”

Johnny Fang Tan saw that it was his childhood friend Nino Valenti, the two of them were inseparable at first, playing musical instruments and singing together, and later they parted ways after Johnny became famous, Johnny jumped on the stage without hesitation and sang an obscene Sicilian love song accompanied by Nino's mandolin.

The godfather stood at the door and saw that Johnny had not forgotten his childhood friend and the songs of his hometown, and was very happy, and asked Johnny to bring him a good wine; Johnny took a sip of each of the more than a dozen wine glasses handed over, and walked towards the godfather's house, Shen Long hurriedly followed, "Mike, I'll go and say a few words to Johnny." ”

Johnny sang in a song and dance troupe when he was not famous, and the foreman of the song and dance troupe signed a harsh contract, Johnny wanted to get rid of this contract, so the godfather found the foreman of the song and dance troupe and was willing to spend $20,000 to buy out the contract, the foreman refused, and the godfather smiled and reduced 20,000 to 10,000, and the owner of the song and dance troupe didn't understand what this meant, and still refused.

The next day, the godfather came to him again with Gianco Abandandhu and Luca Blasi, pointed a gun to his head and told him that either he signed the contract or his brain would be sprinkled all over it, the foreman signed it and the godfather put the gun back in his pocket and left a check for $10,000.

"Hi Johnny, I heard you've had something happen to lately?" Shen Long stepped forward to greet Johnny, and together they went into the godfather's house, listening to him talk about his misfortune.

Waltz, the owner of Johnny's film company, recently got a good script, the actor can be said to be tailor-made for Johnny, he only needs to perform in his true colors to be successful, but Waltz refused to give him this opportunity, and now there is only a week before filming, Johnny can only come to his godfather for help.

The godfather scolded him like a father, and then decisively agreed, "I will make a condition that he cannot refuse." Then he slapped him the face, "Now go play, play to your heart's content, you'll get that character." ”

After Johnny left, the godfather began to lay things out, "Tom, you're going to Hollywood tonight and get this done." ”

"I'm going to collect his information." Tom was about to leave to make a phone call, and the Corleone family had influence over several guilds in Hollywood, and it was easy to find out what Waltz was all about.

"You might as well leave this matter to me, Tom can stay at home and prepare for negotiations with Solozo, that's the more important thing, isn't it?" Shen Long interjected.

"You? Fredo, do you want to hook up with those Hollywood bitches again? "Fredo used to be a guy who liked to spend a lot of time, which made the old godfather who valued the family very disliked.

"No, not really, I'm going to go to Hollywood recently, and I just got important news that is useful to us." Shen Long leaned into his godfather's ear and whispered for a while.

The godfather's face became more and more grim, this news was completely beyond his expectations, but he had to admit that this was indeed very important to their family, and if it was used properly, the strength of the family would definitely be even stronger.

"We need to look into this matter carefully." The godfather sat down and carefully asked about the details of the news, and then reviewed the details of this operation step by step with Shen Long, and finally said, "You really surprised me this time, this plan is very careful, just do what you say!" After saying goodbye to Abandandu in the evening, you go to Hollywood with Johnny. ”

After the wedding, the godfather brought the members of the Corleone family and Johnny to the hospital, where his old military teacher, Jaanco Abandandu, was seriously ill and hospitalized for a long time and was now at the end of his life.

At three o'clock in the morning, Gianko Abandandu passed away, and the godfather announced Tom Hagen as the new military advisor of the Corleone family; After coming out of the hospital, Shen Long went to the airport with Johnny Fang Tan.

At this time, it was too late to buy tickets, but Shen Long showed the priority card sent by an officer of the Pentagon General Staff and successfully boarded the Constellation direct passenger plane.

On the plane, Shen Long chatted with Johnny about Hollywood while looking through the materials collected by Tom, Jack Waltz is one of the owners of Hollywood's three major movie studios, has dozens of stars under his control, is also a member of the film department of the President's War Intelligence Committee, has attended White House banquets, and received Edgar Hoover at home, but there is no personal friendship, otherwise the godfather would not dare to intimidate him.

Today's Hollywood is far less influential than later generations, and the Corleone family is powerful enough to convince Waltz, Shen Long is more concerned about another thing, he casually chatted with Johnny about his network in Hollywood, and asked him about several female stars.

Johnny thought he had made a mistake again, and happily told him about the gossip about these female celebrities, and even planned to throw a party for him.

"No, no, no, let's talk about it when we understand this time, the most important thing is to help you get that role first." Shen Long smiled and didn't agree, he wasn't really interested in those female stars.

Arriving in Hollywood, Shen Long went directly to Waltz's film studio, before which he got in touch with Hollywood union leader Biller Gough through the Corleone family's connections, and made an appointment with Waltz to meet at a time when Waltz's film studio would go on strike if negotiations broke down.

The first meeting was the same as in the movie, Shen Long told Walz that if he gave the actor to Johnny, then his studio would not have a strike problem, and the drug star under his name would not be exposed, the proud Waltz regarded Shen Long as a gangster and scoffed at his words, Shen Long did not fluctuate in the slightest, left his business card and left, "I must remind you that maybe we can do something that Hoover can't do." ”

When he came to the hotel and called the old godfather, Waltz's film studio was on strike, and he understood the power of the Corleone family, and soon called to invite Shen Long to his house to continue the conversation.

Shen Long arrived at his country house in a car sent by Waltz, which was a huge villa with luxurious houses, vast courtyards, cinder roads for horses, and a large pasture next to the stables.

Getting out of the car, Shen Long glanced at the stables and entered the villa.