Hall fired a shot into his arm, and the roar of the gun sent ripples through the beams.

Before the gunshots rang out, no one could have imagined that a promising Wall Street star with a billionaire fortune would shoot himself at a cocktail party celebrating the inauguration of the new president.

Even if the financial crisis swept the world, Wall Street, a powerful place, would not have to pay literal blood to bear the consequences, not even for any grassroots employee.

This is the tacit consensus of the people after the Morgan family stepped forward to take over the heavy responsibility of the country's financial system in the twenties and turned the tide in the face of the Great Depression.

To this day, "politics" has been vigilantly and consciously moving away from Wall Street in Washington for decades, and the latter still has a deep influence on the former.

So Hall can settle grievances with dignity, but he chose the most unnecessary way - playing with his life.

It's like England and France have countless grievances and hatreds in history, every time there is a war, the untouchables at the bottom are bleeding like rivers, people's heads are beaten into dog brains, and the upper echelons of power are captured because of their relatives, and they are entertained with good food and drink, and they are released home at the end of the war, and they have to arrange bodyguards and servants to escort them all the way to the road.

"Everyone is their own person, what are you playing with?!"

Most people, including Mrs. Mellon, were puzzled by this, and the usually kind old woman stared at her in question, regardless of her manners.

Hall smiled helplessly: "At that time, the situation was more complicated, and I had to do something on the spot." ”

Last night's reception was the home of the Ellis brothers, and if he didn't respond in a vehement, it would have turned into a big thing.

And he couldn't really give Pierce a shot, then things would get completely out of control, and he would be at fault.

In this case, he had no choice but to shoot the muzzle of his arm, forcing Ellis to bow his head in order to retreat.

"Hugo, you're too bold." Mrs. Mellon frowned and blamed, "Have you ever thought about how to deal with this matter in the future?" ”

Hall looked at the white bandage on his left arm: "At worst, I slipped back to England and set foot in New York again four years later." ”

"Self-deprecation is a very bad quality, Hugo, what about your pride?" Mrs. Mellon asked in displeasure.

Hall raised his left hand with his right hand and raised three fingers as he had done in his declaration last night: "I have committed a foul and am willing to bear all the consequences, but I will still respond with iron and blood to all retaliation from the Pierce family before I go back to England." ”

Mrs. Mellon's expression turned to staring at him, and Hall stood up to keep the oath, and the two fell silent for a moment.

After last night's incident, Pierce deliberately humiliated Cheng Chen to express his dissatisfaction, and he shot himself back, this shot was actually just telling Brother Pierce that he really dared to shoot his hand a second time.

If he breaks his hand, the next day the news will be full of stories in the United States: the new president who used his Latino daughter-in-law and mixed-race grandson to get votes is actually a racist, and Britain's youngest councillor severed his hand at the president's victory reception, causing a corresponding diplomatic storm.

The private impact is that both parties and Wall Street bigwigs will question the new leader, just as they can't understand Hall's life, and they can't understand why the Ellis brothers would force their own people to die.

At this point, no one pays attention to the beginning and end of the matter, only panic, and the panic point is that the political tacit agreement between the people in power in this country who only win and lose without bloodshed may go bankrupt.

Today you force your own people to play with their lives, and tomorrow others want to physically destroy you, and there is no reason for everyone to stand up and help, and it may even be more extreme. Whoever comes to power in the two parties will set off a political chase to completely kill the other party, and the first strike will be strong, and then the other party will suffer.

Faced with the huge political risk of superimposed many factors, Ellis was instigated, and did not dare to bet on whether Hall had the courage to really cut off his palm, and wanted to use US dollars to appease him and resolve the conflict.

Hall did not hesitate to say that he was not short of money, as long as he had face, he would take the opportunity to improve his political image and express his political position.

As a result, Ellis angrily agreed to make his brother apologize in public and cooperate with Hall's performance, and Pierce blinked his ignorant eyes and turned into a big wrongdoer and was shot four times in the head.

Counting on his fingers, Hall was shot, but he got the desired political manifestation, and everyone knew that he was a hard-line old-school conservative and another up-and-coming star of the Wall Street Vespa community.

Pierce was hit by a wine bottle and the whole family lost face, but he caused the trouble first.

Regardless of whether it's right or wrong, just look at the losses and gains, obviously Hall made a lot of money, so the follow-up extends to an important question, will the Pierce family retaliate?

The answer is also obvious, Hall is full of glory and pride, and the new commander of the family also has a face.

"Oh, very well, Lord Hall, worthy of the last glory of the nobility of England."

Mrs. Mellon stood up with an expressionless face, and said with a sneer without concealing her emotions, "Before you practice the iron-blooded declaration with your life like your grandfather, get out of here and apologize to Herbert!" ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for a response, and left angrily.

"Mrs. Mellon, is this advice?" Hall asked, raising her voice.

Mrs. Mellon looked back suddenly, also raised her arms and raised three fingers, and said in a slight tone: "Remember, this is the order of the Vespa. ”

It wasn't until Mrs. Mellon disappeared from sight that Hall leaned back and sat back on the couch, his expression twisted and he breathed in the cold air and shouted for the doctor to re-bandage, and he felt the wound crack open again.

Then he suddenly laughed and shouted for a drink despite the doctor's instructions.

"Do you really want to drink?" Cheng Chen took the bottle opener and confirmed it again and again.

Hall stretched out his right index and middle fingers and said triumphantly, "We had a victory and we need to celebrate." ”

Cheng Chen poured a small half glass of wine speechlessly, then looked at him, compared his fingers with a V, and said tentatively: "Yay? ”

The corners of the doctor's mouth twitched as he stood by and watched, a pistol abrasion wound could be split twice, and he wanted to persuade the honorable Lord Hall not to pretend, and the knights of England could not be silent twenty-four hours a day.

"Smoke!"

Hall rolled his eyes, he needed to get some cigarettes and alcohol to control the pain and excitement, and after a little hesitation, he couldn't help but show off: "Nancy, do you know what the value of the united front is?" ”

"Yes." Cheng Chen was very faceless.

Hall exhaled a deep puff of smoke and said what he wanted to say: "I am the United Front Value!" ”

There were three consequences for the aftermath of last night's events, the worst of which was that the Pierce family retaliated frantically, and he couldn't afford to slip back to England.

The Medium Pierce family does not want to be influenced by public opinion such as racial discrimination, after all, the new general commander is a moderate faction within the party, and he intends to control the intensity of revenge to make trouble for him in the shadows, and his business in the United States will suffer a blow in the future.

At the top level, the Wall Street Vespa group led by Paul Mellon came forward to protect him, apologized to each other, and at least turned the page on the surface, and if there were any grievances in the future, no one was allowed to make a big move.

Mrs. Mellon took the initiative to mention how the matter would end up in the future, just because she wanted him to take the initiative to ask for help.

But Hall put on a tough attitude, and the kind old woman was naturally very angry.

But in the end, he chose to tolerate him.

"I'm sorry."

Hall said silently, not that he didn't appreciate it or that he was cheap, but that he was testing where the boundaries were.

All the gifts of fate are secretly marked with a price......