On the flight back to New York, Chen Jun was not in a relaxed mood and kept trying to doze off, but unfortunately he couldn't.

The pressure is like a mountain, and the Corleone family is in the middle of a storm, and a single wave can overturn the big ship, of course, that wave must be a monstrous wave.

When I arrived in New York, it was already more than 10 o'clock in the evening, and I had just gotten off the plane, and it was as dark as ink outside, and it was difficult to see people five meters away.

Tick-tock, the wind whipped up raindrops and poured them directly on the man, wetting the corners of his clothes.

Sitting in the car, listening to the invasion of the shower, popping and clicking, Chen Jun's mood suddenly calmed down, Marlena held his hand, or out of a woman's keen intuition, she had a hunch that this trip was not simple.

Marlena offered to live in the villa on the top of the mountain, and Chen Jun patted her hand and comforted her and said no, this time he would take her directly to Corleone Manor.

When we arrived at Long Beach, Corleone Manor was crawling like a giant beast, brightly lit, and there was not a trace of darkness when viewed from the outside.

The black iron gate opened, the car drove in, and Chen Jun took Marlena's hand and entered the Corleone family hall, he could feel her embarrassment and nervousness at being watched by the servants.

Now he could only give her a slight comfort, and could not do much, for he clearly saw many members of the Corleone family in black uniform, and they threw him many glances, questioning, bantering, and gloating at him one by one....

Chen Jun didn't enter the office first, beckoned the housekeeper and told her to arrange Marlena in his old room, and then he slowly walked into the old corner mahogany office.

All of them were there, the old godfathers Vito Corleone, Fred, Mike, but also Luca Brazzi, Clemenza, Thesio.

They sit in their own place, and although they look a little loose, they have a clear order.

Old Godfather Vito Corleone was closest to that desk, with Luca Blazzi, Clemenza, and Thesio below him, and Mike and Fred as relatives behind him.

The exclusive seat in that office was empty, and no one sat on it, and it seemed that it was waiting for Chen Jun.

"The cigar flavor here is so strong that it should be breathable."

Chen Jun waved his hand to dispel the white fog on the tip of his nose, walked to the window of the office, and opened a corner, slightly revealing the fresh air with moist rain.

The godfather's face was calm, Lucabrazi's face was expressionless, Clemenza and Thesio were each slightly stunned, and they looked at each other, and the expression full of resentment just now dissipated most of them in a blink of an eye.

They didn't expect William's first sentence to be like this, they didn't expect his expression to be so relaxed and relaxed, and they didn't expect that the momentum on his body changed faintly, sharp, and deep, and it was difficult to guess and measure.

He now feels extremely complicated, like an elegant gentleman with a martini in one hand and a professional executioner in a noble suit with a butcher's knife in the other, and he needs to be in awe, and out of years of experience in gangs, Clemenza and Thesio choose to temporarily restrain their anger.

Mike sat behind the godfather, faintly curious and surprised, even if he had spoken to William in Washington before, he didn't expect William to grow to such a point.

In just one sentence, one action, and one demeanor, the two Corleone family generals who suffered heavy losses and complained about it could easily be silenced.

"Don't be restrained, if you have anything to say, you can confide in me if you want to vent, I promise that tomorrow I will forget your anger at me, and our relationship is still the same as it was at the beginning."

Chen Jun pulled out the chair on the desk, sat down, crossed his hands on the table, and looked at Clemenza and Thesio.

"We don't have any real anger, William." Clemenza was the first to say: "We obey the instructions and orders given to us by the Corleone family, just as we and our godfather have worked hard since we were young until now, and we remain loyal and unchanged for a moment, even if the Tatarlia family and the Bazini family have plundered us and caused us heavy losses, we still insist on waiting for your return. ”

"You are the heir of the godfather, the helmsman of the Corleone family, you didn't tell us about the plan of the Corleone family's industrial focus before, we can understand, after all, you promised us a beautiful vision of splitting off the Corleone family and establishing our own family, and at the same time gave us a good asset, we are very grateful."

"But we need an explanation, albeit late, but not just for us, but also for those under us."

Clemenza usually has a fiery personality, and it is not easy to suppress his temper, and it is not easy to say so many words in one breath.

Chen Jun pondered for a while, and just wanted to explain, the godfather on the side said directly: "The plan of the transferred Corleone family is what I meant, and William is just the executor of my plan, he doesn't need to explain it." ”

Clemenza shook his buffalo-like head and tried to speak, but in the end he endured it, and the godfather chose to use what little majesty he had left to take the blame for him, and he had to endure it, or else he would anger the two of them.

Chen Jun thought for a moment and looked at Thesio, who was speechless, "What about you?"

Thesio looked at the godfather and replied, "I don't want to take out any anger on you about our losses in this war, but what I want to say is that the Corleone family should be transferred in strength, not in weakness. We should strengthen the Order, temporarily halt the Corleone family's transfer plans, and gather our strength to regain our lost ground. ”

This is the style of Ticio, calm and restrained, and he has always been able to come up with a lot of methods when he was working under the old godfather.

"It's a terrible situation, and today the Bazini family has opened two bookkeeping offices in Brooklyn. I was informed by the sheriff in charge of drawing up the protection list at the substation. You know, my place is in Brooklyn, and I guess in a month, I won't even have a place to hang my hat. ”

Thesio continued: "But there is no way to alleviate this situation, the Corleone family has a strong network of political and legal connections, which is something they have always wanted to share with us, and we have a lot of assets in New York, with these two big chips, they will sit down and talk rationally." ”

"That's a good idea, are you acting as their liaison?" Chen Jun said with a smile.

"I'd like to, but I can't represent the Corleone family, so I'm begging Fred to try to get in touch with them, so the signal is friendly enough."

"William, I hope you will consider my opinion."

"Well done." Chen Jun nodded and looked at the titular second brother Fred, "What are they doing to you, have you made any disrespectful remarks?" ”

"Fortunately, they didn't say anything nasty, they also have the intention of negotiating, maybe they just want to gnaw a piece of Corleone family's meat, and we may need to satisfy them in the current situation." Fred shook his head.

"Hmm."

"What conditions do they have?"

"The old man's shares in the olive oil company, his real estate hotels, his wine chain, and some of the sites and bookkeeping points in the hands of Clemenza and Thesio."

"The lion opened his mouth, aren't they afraid of death?" A sinister smile flashed on the corner of Chen Jun's mouth.

"William, we're in a dangerous situation right now, you need to know that we didn't have to do that in the first place." Fred said softly.

There are words in this, Mike is a little strange, looking at the inexplicable smile on the corner of William's mouth, his heart is cold, and then looking at the godfather who closed his eyes peacefully and ignored nothing, and Thesio's sighing expression, he slightly noticed that something was wrong.

Chen Jun exhaled: "I know. ”

"You continue to keep in touch with them and determine when to negotiate to minimize the wear and tear of need."

Fred nodded, and Thesio and Clemenza were relieved to see the turn of events, and although they were not satisfied with the status quo, they left after talking about something.

Chen Jun looked at Luca Blazi, who remained calm: "How is your loss, are there any surprises?" ”

"No, I strictly followed your plan, the loss was very small, and I basically saved the strength in my hand."

"That's good, I trust you."

Chen Jun patted Luca Blazy on the shoulder and kept a faint smile, "Pay attention to the plan, I hope you can surprise me, go down, I want to talk to Mike." ”

Luca nodded and left, Chen Jun looked at Mike, who was still sitting next to him: "Have you still adapted to Washington for most of the year?" ”

"Very good, I live well over there, I have a wife, children, wine, singing, it's a paradise, if it weren't for Hagen's call, I wouldn't have known what the Corleone family is facing."

"Is there anything I can do?" Mike looked at the calm godfather and sighed, "You have walked this most difficult road for me, fighting pressure and facing all the darkness alone, this... I'm not a dark person I can't see, in fact I've seen a lot of dirt in Washington, I'm not that Mike anymore, what does I need to do? ”

"I don't want you to do anything, you can be a good assistant to Eisenhower, I expect you to become president in the future, and I can do things here, this was agreed in the office at the beginning, have you forgotten?"

"Now it's just a repeat of the previous situation, I've already succeeded once, and this time it's not difficult." Chen Jun smiled: "You still have children?" Why didn't you tell me? When was it born? ”

"For the first two months, she was a very beautiful little girl." Mike heard him change the subject and didn't force it again.

"I'll give her a gift."

After some talking, after a long conversation about feelings, Mike closed the office door.

In the dimly lit office, the smell of cigars gradually faded, leaving only the godfather and Chen Jun sitting separately.

"The spy has been found, I really didn't expect it to be him."

"I never took the initiative to investigate, I was going to bury everything in my heart, but he took the initiative to jump out."

A faint sigh sounded in the office, and the godfather's body trembled slightly.

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