Chapter 111: Condition That Can't Be Refused [Asking for Recommendation]
How should he answer?
The dog system always likes to stuff him with all kinds of identity backgrounds, he just knows the whole reason for the matter, how to face the godfather's questioning.
"What attitude shall I give you?"
"What answer do you want from me?"
There was silence in the air for a moment, but Chen Jun still choked his head, like a resentful tsundere young man.
No one has ever dared to talk to the godfather in such a tone, the leaders of the five major gangs at the hegemonic level in New York do not dare, and the high-ranking congressmen do not dare.
But Tom Hagen, the military advisor, and Johnny, the big star, who were standing on the sidelines, both felt bitter at the corners of their mouths, and felt a burst of heartache, especially Johnny, who felt that the black coffee he had drunk in the morning regurgitated sourness in his stomach.
He had thought that the love of the godfather was as untreatable as he was, as humble, loving, and fair as he was.
But the Father is not God, and God cannot be fair.
Compared with him, the godfather's favorite godson of the big star, the godfather still values his most rebellious youngest son more, like the old-fashioned and traditional Sicilian, who values his blood relatives.
This is evident from the Godfather's first words of questioning William and his current expression.
Godfather Vito Corleone fell silent, and at this time, Tom Hagan, the godfather's godson and the family's military advisor, suddenly spoke, "Godfather, hasn't William come here to prove his intentions?" ”
Chen Jun swept the bookish military advisor with a strong sense of urgency, and his heart was a shrewd character, and he used Po to ease and say, "Isn't my action still showing my intentions?" ”
"I have not rejected my surname, and the glory it carries. I haven't forgotten my family, Sonny, Fred, Connie, Mike, and you old man. ”
In his opinion, the two are not contradictory at all, otherwise why would the godfather still work hard to reach USC?
It's just that it's hard to express the identity and personality of the godfather directly, in short, it's tsundere, and I want to see the scene of my son admitting his mistakes and being soft, which is also the bad taste of many parents, regardless of Chinese and foreign.
The godfather looked at him deeply, answered without a word, and instead picked up the "witch" wine bottle on the yellow table, filled the wine glass, and looked to the other side, "How is your family?" ”
Johnny's heart warmed, only the godfather was the one who really cared about him, he told the truth about his terrible marriage, which caused the godfather to reprimand, he didn't like people who were irresponsible to the family, but he was very soft-hearted about his family, and when he saw Johnny crying, he asked him about the troubles in his life.
Johnny said, "My throat is bad, but I've found a way out." Film adaptation rights to the hottest novels of the year. A best-selling book, the protagonist happens to be someone like me, I don't even need to perform, I just need to be myself. It could win an Oscar, and that role would make me popular again, and I would return to the audience as an actor. ”
"But because I hooked up with the woman of the boss of the film company, he refused to give me the role, I said I was willing to do it for nothing, just get the minimum salary, but he still said no. He also let out a rumor that if I was willing to go to the studio's in-house restaurant and lick his ass, maybe he would think about it a little. ”
"Godfather, I can't help it." Johnny whimpered with his head in his hands.
The godfather was furious, spared the office, and yelled, "Look like a man for me!" ”
He then reprimanded him harshly, denouncing him for his incompetence in the family, and in turn exhorting him to live his life well and be patient like a father.
"I want you to do my bidding." The godfather said, "You are going to stay in my house for two months." Eat well, rest and sleep. I learned from me how to behave in the world, and during this time, you are not allowed to sing, you are not allowed to drink, and you are not allowed to touch women. ”
"At the end of two months, that role is yours."
Johnny was a little incredulous, "He's the owner of the studio. He was the president's war film publicity adviser and had a personal relationship with Edgar Hoover. ”
"He's a businessman, and I'm a businessman."
The godfather raised his head slightly and said flatly, "I will give him a condition that he cannot refuse." ”
Johnny wanted to say something, but the godfather waved his hand, "Go to the banquet, friends are waiting for you, leave everything to me." ”
"William, you go too, and have fun with your brothers and sisters."
He opened his mouth to call out Chen Jun's name, perhaps witnessing the tragic family of his godson Johnny, and he seemed to be a little deliberately active.
Chen Jun was silent, watching the whole process.
Later, the godfather will give the task of convincing the movie tycoon to the newly appointed military advisor Tom Hagan and send him to Los Angeles, California.
And halfway through, he wanted to tell his godfather that he had a solution to this matter, but after thinking about it, he decided to give up this opportunity to highlight himself, and the time was not right.
If you want to get on top, you need special attention from the godfather, but it's not like that.
"That's right." Before leaving, the godfather looked at Johnny, "William is from USC and is also in Los Angeles, you two may be able to talk." ”
"It's fun!"
The ancient red wooden door slowly closes, and the texture is full of mottled history.
Walking out the door, Johnny apologized for stealing his limelight before, Chen Jun didn't care, and made a few cold jokes to resolve the embarrassment between the two.
Johnny, as the godfather's godson, although the family is very unreliable and likes to mess with flowers, but he has nothing to say about his loyalty to the godfather, and until the godfather's death, he is also a loyal partner of the Corleone family.
He has an informal temperament and has a lot of shining points, making him a friend worth making.
It was noon, and after the godfather and the military advisor Heigen had finished explaining the matter, the two of them came down and went to the garden to entertain hundreds of guests.
During this period, all the godfather's blood relatives and godsons took a family photo, and they were all smiling in the photo.
McLae and his girlfriend Kai also entered the family photo, and after the shooting, Chen Jun met some people who were talking, and also met the third brother Mike Corleone and his girlfriend Kai.
Kai was intrigued by how he had lived in an unfamiliar city for three years, and Chen Jun picked up some irrelevant fragments and told them to her, which amused her very much.
Mike is amazed at his maturity, and in the end, the conversation between the two can only be attributed to human growth.
The next day, Tom Hagan was missing from the family, and Chen Jun speculated that he might have flown to Hollywood in Los Angeles.
He was bored in the family, and there was no one to speak to in the whole vast mansion except to admire the works of art that he could not tell.
Mike received an American-style education since he was a child, and he couldn't stand the family atmosphere, so he dragged his girlfriend Kai away, his eldest brother Sonny hooked up with a bridesmaid, and when Chen Jun found him, they were doing sports.
In the past two days, he was also taken by the godfather to meet many partners of the Corleone family, as well as the two major corps generals under him, Clemenza and Thesio, both of whom are brothers who followed the godfather from Weimo, and are the two pillars of the Corleone Empire.
At first, it was limited to acquaintance, and the godfather would not allow his family to be involved in black.
After another day, Chen Jun couldn't stand this boredom and officially offered to leave.