"It's finally time to start, I didn't expect this film to drag on for so long to start shooting." Johnny leaned on the railing, looked at the Statue of Liberty and said that the preparation for "Cinema Paradiso" had lasted more than a year since he got the story, which was really a long time.

During this period, there was a reason for his strict control of quality and the need to make a good movie, and there was also a turmoil in the Corleone family, but all this has passed, and now it is time to officially start shooting, for this film, Johnny seems full of confidence, maybe he can win one or even several statuettes again.

"Sicily, Sicily, that place I hate and miss, I can finally go back!" Nino Valenti sang a Sicilian folk song aloud on the side, he spent a short childhood in Sicily, his childhood was not very pleasant, which made him hate the place for a while, but after learning so many folk songs, he began to miss Sicily again.

Perhaps this is the nostalgia of blood thicker than water, the nostalgia for hometown is not a plot unique to Chinese, Nino, Johnny and Albert and the Italian descendants in the crew are a little excited.

"Speaking of which, Fredo, you actually have time to go to Sicily with us? Don't you have to stay in New York? And I heard you seem to have a very important business in Las Vegas as well? Johnny asked curiously, and after asking, he regretted it a little, and then he remembered that the godfather of the Corleone family in front of him was already in front of him, "Sorry, maybe I shouldn't have asked." ”

"It's nothing, some business matters are regular business, and they won't affect you." Shen Long replied with a smile, the last time he talked with the Rockefeller consortium employee in the café before the assassination of Bassini, Shen Long had the idea of getting involved in European affairs, and now that European countries are rebuilding, there will be many opportunities to make a fortune.

In addition, he also intends to absorb some fresh blood from Sicily, and now the younger generation of the family has grown up in the United States and has been tainted with American habits, so that they may be good at business, and their loyalty and courage to fight are not as good as those who come out of Sicily.

Therefore, Shen Long plans to discuss with Tommasino to introduce a group of new people, and when the time comes, they will form a new combat team of the Corleone family, and those members who grew up in the United States will be in charge of business, so that they can be considered to make the best use of people.

The ship crossed the Atlantic into the Mediterranean and finally docked in the port of Sicily, where Tommasino welcomed them in a wheelchair.

"Don Tom Massino, thank you very much for coming, and thank you very much for your support of the Corleone family." Shen Long stepped forward to greet him, and he saw Enzo standing behind him.

"Fredo, ah, it's time to call you Don Corleone, I've been friends with Vito for years, and I'm supposed to do these things." Over the years, Tommasino has also made a lot of money because of the Corleone family's olive oil business in New York, and this economic relationship has well maintained the friendship between the two families.

"Isn't this the famous Johnny Fontan! When they heard that you were coming, the girls all over Sicily were going crazy with excitement! You are our pride! Tomacino hugged Johnny affectionately, an Italian descendant who became a big star in the United States, which made Tommasino very proud, "I heard that you are going to bring someone to Sicily to make a movie, and the families are very happy, and we will do our best to make it easier for you." ”

At the welcome dinner, Shen Long listened to Tomacino talk about the history of the mafia, the word mafia means sanctuary in Italian, and the word has gradually evolved to become synonymous with rebellion against foreign rulers and secret organizations oppressed by the aristocracy, the Inquisition, the police, etc.

Sicilians never trust the police, and the harshest words here are "you are the police", and Sicilians will never seek help from the police when they encounter problems, they follow the old law of silence, either take up a gun and get revenge themselves, or seek help from the mafia.

If the law of silence is observed, then the vendetta between the mafia is limited to himself and will never involve his family, unless his family declares that they will avenge him, like Corleone's brother; And once he violated the law of silence, his whole family would be subjected to crazy retaliation, so few people dared to violate this law; So in Sicily, many men die in vendettas, but their wives die.

To some extent, the mafia once maintained the justice of the green forest heroes in the local area; But like all organizations in human history, the mafia has gradually deviated from its original purpose, and they have begun to replace the aristocracy to oppress the local people and monopolize the business channels to make profits for themselves.

During Mussolini's time, most of the Mafia leaders in Sicily were imprisoned by him, but when the Americans occupied the area, they released all these mafia leaders on the principle that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and gave them more power than before World War II, and now Sicily can be said to be almost completely under the rule of the Mafia.

It's really interesting to think about it, Mussolini, who represents dictatorship and tyranny, solved the mafia, and the United States, which represents democracy and freedom, helped the mafia to rise again.

Privately, Shen Long and Tomacino and other families who are friends with the Corleone family explained their intentions, and Tommasino and they expressed their support, Sicily's economy is not very good, many young people do not have job opportunities, and it is a good thing for them to be able to go to the United States.

In addition, the departure of these young and strong men would also be good for the rule of the major families in Sicily, and their position would be much more secure without these potential main forces of resistance.

Johnny took the crew to shoot in a pre-selected location, and Shen Long began to screen those young people, and the Gallo who had been loyal to Mike in the movie was recommended by Tommasino, and Shen Long asked him to temporarily serve as the leader of these people, and after screening a batch, he would help them go through the legal procedures and send them back to the United States.

After being busy for a while and absorbing enough fresh blood for the family, Shen Long was ready to leave Sicily and go to the European continent to look for opportunities to see if he could make a good profit in the process of rebuilding Europe.

It just so happened that Johnny was also in a hurry to return to the United States, and the two of them were flying together to the European continent, planning to fly from Sicily to the Netherlands, and then from the Netherlands to the United States, Germany, and France.

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