Chapter 108: I'm a Big Guy in the United States
After listening to the request of the old godfather Vito Corleone, Shen Long also understood what was going on this mission, he was very familiar with the "Godfather" trilogy, and he had seen both the movie and the original novel.
Vito Corleone is the patriarch and founder of the Corleone family, a famous gangster family in New York, his original name is Vito Antonini, born in Corleone Village, Sicily, Italy, when his father and brother were killed because he angered the local mafia leader Chichio, Vito escaped under the desperate cover of his mother and came to the United States.
When passing through customs, the officials took his surname from the village of Corleone, where he was born, and Vito Antonlini became Vito Corleone, who grew up in New York and led Climantha, Tessio, and Abandando to make a name for themselves in New York, and took advantage of opportunities such as Prohibition and World War II to grow stronger.
After defeating the Marzanzano family, the Corleone family established itself as the overlord of the underworld in New York, and traveled across the country, uniting the country's large gangs to form the Gangster Council.
Vito Corleone has three sons and a daughter, the eldest son Santino dares to fight, but he has a hot temper and is impulsive, the second son Frei is cowardly, the third son Mike is shrewd and capable, but he has little interest in the family business, he joined the army behind his father's back, entered Dartmouth University after World War II, and wants to be a senator, and the youngest daughter Connie is spoiled and extraordinarily willful.
After the wedding of his youngest daughter Connie, drug lord Solozzo came to New York to use Vito's network to provide shelter for his deal, but Vito decisively rejected him, a decision that offended Soloso and the rest of the New York family.
However, during the negotiations, Santino's interjection made Soloso see the differences within the Corleone family, and he immediately made a decision to send someone to assassinate Vito, hoping that Santino would reach a deal after he came to power; However, Vito was fatal, and he was shot five times and saved his life.
Santino falls into Solozzo's trap and is killed, and Fredo is a piece of waste again, Mike has to step up and take responsibility, killing Solozzo and the police officer who provided him with shelter, and then fleeing to his Sicilian hometown.
After Vito woke up, he made an agreement with the other families and gave up his revenge and accepted their request for cooperation in exchange for Mike's safe return to China to inherit the family business, but he never forgot about revenge and worked out a well-planned revenge plan with Mike.
After Vito's death, Mike decisively attacks and kills all the traitors and other clan leaders in the family, becoming the new underworld overlord in New York.
Written by Italian-American writer Mario Puzo, the story was brought to the big screen by Coppola in 1972 and won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
After reviewing the background of the story, Shen Long began to think about how to complete the task, and there was only one way to keep Mike away from the underworld career, that is, someone else could stand up and take on the responsibility of the family, continue to lead the Corleone family forward, and become the new godfather of the underworld, otherwise, Mike would always return to the family.
This mission is much more exciting than the previous ones, and if you are not careful, you may die, but Shen Long is not particularly afraid now that he has accumulated the previous missions, after all, "The Godfather" is still a relatively realistic movie, and there are some ordinary people in it, and the force value is relatively low.
So, let's find out the movies and novels and study them carefully, Shen Long turned on the computer, found out the movie of "The Godfather" and watched it carefully, and began to prepare for entering......
In addition to the original movies and novels, Shen Long also found other novels by Mario Puzo, such as "Black Market", "Sicilian", etc., as well as other American gangster film and television works, such as "The Departed", "Once Upon a Time in America", "Atlantic Empire", "Gangs of New York", "Goodfellas" and so on.
In addition, there are many documentaries, novels, monographs, biographies of famous gangsters and families that reflect the reality of American gangsters in the last century, and so on.
Of course, there is also information on the political situation in the United States in this era, many political figures and institutions related to gangsters are the focus of research, gangsters cannot last long without a political umbrella, and the reason why the Corleone family can become the overlord of New York is because the two generations of godfathers Vito and Mike have attracted many political figures.
As well as the economic data of that era, gangsters had to make money after all, and a godfather who could not bring good profits to the family was definitely not a good godfather.
These are all reserves of knowledge, Shen Long has not forgotten the training in force, whether it is the old godfather Vito or the new godfather Mike, they have faced many assassinations, the fight between the gangs is not so elegant, walking on the street at any time may be typed into a sieve by a Chicago typewriter.
He sped less time in the archery hall and spent all the extra time in the shooting hall.
He even found time to go to the United States, to New York to check first-hand information, and to practice the weapons used by the gangsters of the era in New York shooting clubs.
While practicing, while studying what he should do to become a New York underworld boss based on these materials, the preparation lasted for more than a month, and Shen Long felt a little sure, and the rest could only be decided after entering the mission world and having a more intuitive understanding of the Corleone family and other gangsters in the United States.
So, let's enter now, Shen Long was lying on the bed in the courtyard and chose to enter, a white light flashed, his consciousness stagnated for a short time, and when he returned to normal, the location had changed from the courtyard in the capital to the courtyard of the Corleone family in Long Beach, New York.
It was a sunny summer day, the one-acre yard was decorated with flowers, full of joy, there were at least five hundred guests in the yard, the sound of music and laughter was constantly sounding, many people were dancing, the table in front of Shen Long was full of wine and food, Connie in a white wedding dress in the distance was full of happiness, and in the far corner, Mike was chatting with his girlfriend Kai.
Ah, this is the first scene at the beginning of the movie - the wedding of the godfather's youngest daughter Connie, and Shen Long immediately understood that everything started from this wedding.
Shen Long stood up and walked towards the courtyard of the old godfather Vito Corleone's room.