On the morning of 18 February, DeWitt walked into Joseph's office, his head proudly cocked like a proud peacock. Casually saying hello to the godfather of the Lucis family, this attitude is not at all like facing an elder or his own boss. Then he sat down on the couch.

DeWitt has always been arrogant, and Joseph didn't seem to mind the young man's special temperament, so he just smiled and said, "I am impressed by your ability to do things, DeWitt, whether you are an advisor or not, just by killing so many killers of the Genovise family in seventy-two hours, and narrowly capturing Frank Genovise alive, it is enough to make you famous among the gangs in any city." ”

DeWitt pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket;

"Feel free, kid. Joseph replied.

Devi became angry and spat out a cigarette: "Science, Mr. Luches, this is the trend that should be in the twenty-second century, with a profit of dozens of kilograms of ******, you can get a military WM2030, as well as a certain amount of protective drugs." He took another sip: "There are many similar products on the black market now, although they are all things that the empire eliminated many years ago, and their performance is far less advanced than the current new model, but when used on the irregular army, it can be regarded as a knife for killing chickens." ”

"I used to know about these strange munitions, but I always thought it would be better to have a Browning in my pocket. Joseph also lit a cigar: "Actually, young man, I won't use the WM you are talking about, even if you give it to me." ”

"It's not a complicated machine, it's just a super sound wave and shock wave, using the diffraction of the sound barrier to amplify the conduction, which was used by the army as a cannon in the past. Put one in the basement of the hotel, and you can radiate all the vertical upward cylindrical area, and if you pass by a plane in the air, you may be able to shoot it down. ”

Joseph said, "Hehe...... Alright, kid, you don't have to tell me the details of how to use it, there are only two things I care about now, the first is when the Genovise family will disappear from this city. ”

DeWitt said: "You can just say the second question. ”

Joseph took a puff of his cigarette: "Of course, that's what you call a 'big plan'." ”

DeWitt smoked quickly, and he had already finished smoking: "In Chinese, there is such a sentence 'dare to be the first to eat crabs', I think this sentence can describe what we are about to do very well, in any field, the original pioneers may not become victims, many of them have tasted the sweetness." While the conservative, timid people craned their necks to watch or laugh at others, the pioneers had quickly seized the market, a blank market.

If this is serious business, the next thing that will happen is that those who used to have a wait-and-see attitude finally recognize the laws of the market, so they start to follow the trend shamelessly. And the amount of waste, the methods of plagiarism, and the level of shamelessness are often staggering.

But luckily, Mr. Luches, you're not in a serious business, so if that kind of villain comes out, you can kick them out of the market and send them to the grave. ”

Joseph took the cigar from his mouth: "Go on, advisor. His address to DeWitt changed, and his expression became serious.

"I don't mean to be disrespectful, Mr. Luches, but the mafia today is no match for what it was at the height of the twentieth century, and even if you adhere to those traditions, it will be difficult for you to regain your credibility among the general public," said DeWitt. Perhaps at some point, people thought that the mafia cared about civilians, would not kill innocent people, and even represented justice in certain circumstances. But for now, you can just pick up a few gangsters on the streets of Chicago, and there's no way anyone will know the difference between a gangster and a mafia.

This is a time without faith, at least not for most people. The mainstream values in today's world are money and power, empire is like a pyramid, everyone wants to climb up, when people stand on a high place, look at those who are pressed underneath, there will be no sympathy and guilt in their hearts, only fear and happiness, and this fear also pushes them to climb further.

It's time to change your mind, Mr. Luches, don't care about the red tape that has bound you since the nineteenth century, such as 'personal vendetta' and 'declaration of war', and even the title of godfather can be discarded, even Catholicism has been abolished by the Empire, what is the point.

The business we are going to do is very risky, so we need a lot of disposable chess pieces, such as people who can give up their lives for the sake of luxury, or people who take wealth for granted by any means, they are very suitable. ”

Joseph said, "What is the ...... of your mouth?"

"It's the smuggling business you know very well, Mr. Lucches, smuggling a special metal, a net alloy. ”

Joseph frowned and asked, "I've never heard of anything like this." ”

"It took me a long time to find the information about this thing from the Empire's classified copy, and if I sell this technology to some resistance, I'm afraid it will be sky-high, but I prefer to run it." The pond will dry up, but the stream will flow. It is better to make a fortune than to open a financial road. ”

"What is the approximate value of this thing? Or, can you give me a more specific idea, how much does a kilogram of metal you call sell for, is it more expensive than gold?"

"Gold, hehehe......" DeWitt laughed: "Gold and net alloy are like ****." ”

"Could it be that this thing is worth as much as a diamond of equal weight?" Joseph was incredulous, but the surprise and greed in his heart had already been aroused.

"Don't you understand?" said DeWitt, "Mr. Luches, it's priceless, because you can't buy it anywhere in the world." It's like a water pipe in the desert, a lighter in the Stone Age or a sniper rifle in the Middle Ages.

You can set your own prices and monopolize the entire market. To use a more understandable analogy, all the poppies in the world grow out of your backyard, and those who demand them can only buy from you and accept whatever price you offer. ”

Joseph said: "But what is the use of this net alloy? If it is an alloy, it is nothing more than a special metal." ”

DeWitt said, "Huh...... If this thing is just a good metal, why doesn't the Empire have to use civilian facilities?" he paused and said, "I can hint at why the Empire was able to sweep across this planet more than a hundred years ago. ”

The cigar in Joseph's hand fell, and his reaction pleased DeWitt.

"As I said, those who dare to walk in front will taste the sweetness. Of course, net alloys are just one of the many secret technologies in the Empire, and I have samples on me right now. DeWitt casually took out a soap-sized piece of metal from his pocket, a silver cuboid with a smooth but not smooth surface, giving it a sense of heaviness.

Joseph picked it up and looked at it carefully, while DeWitt explained: " The density is moderate, the hardness cannot be estimated, it can withstand the high temperature of 10,000 degrees Celsius, the thermal conductivity is close to zero, the diamagnetism is almost completely unaffected by magnetic force, it cannot be corroded by any known chemical substance, it is not affected by radioactive elements, and the alloy with such a terrifying melting point also has the ability to remember shapes, that is, even if it is really heated to the zero cut-off point of 10,000 degrees, the material form of the net alloy begins to change, as long as it cools down within a certain period of time, it will still recover. ”

Joseph said, "Then how do you smelt this thing?"

"Hmph...... This is where the secret technology of the empire lies, and it is also the core content of the information I got, this thing cannot be smelted at all, and there is no need to smelt, it is made with the integrated molding technology under the molecular structure, for example, if you want a knife, I will directly make a knife for you, from the handle to the blade, all are net alloys, as long as the person holding the knife has enough strength, he can cut off all the solids in the world, unless the solid is also net alloy. ”

"I see," said Joseph, "......the empire fears that this alloy manufacturing technology will one day be used to make weapons if it is mastered by the people...... Those who are capable of resisting the organization, many of whom are monsters who can fight against the army with cold weapons, will gravitate towards this pure alloy sword. ”

DeWitt continued: "From the Prohibition era to the present, the mafia in Chicago has remained at the level of submachine guns and grenades, which have long been outdated, and there are weapons that are stronger than the latest models of WM2030 in HL. Compared to the business we are going to do in the future, the Genovise family is not a problem at all. Looking a little further, Mr. Lucas, maybe we're going to have to deal with a character like HL in the future. ”

"I'm not interested in being a rebel. Joseph said.

"I know, I don't need you to be either, you just need to be a chaebol who can't even move the empire." ”

Joseph stared at De Witt, this young man's ambition and courage made him admire a little, and at this point, he had no scruples, and said directly: "It seems that the 'staff officer' of the Luches family is going to be replaced today." ”

He got up from the boss's chair, turned around, faced the floor-to-ceiling window behind him, looked at the bustling city in front of him, and said proudly: "It won't be long before I will be the new king of Chicago." ”

Devit snorted coldly, sat on the sofa and said with a smile: "It's not the city that is at your fingertips, it's the whole world." ”