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The next day, Harley went to Falcone Manor carrying a large bag of gifts.

The old godfather's manor was not as large as Wayne Manor, but it had tall walls and many towers, a bit like a western lord's castle.

In terms of defense against foreign enemies, it is stronger than Wayne Manor.

This is normal. Wayne and Falcone have two different professions and have different housing needs.

In Falcone Manor, there are actually not many family members of the old godfather, they are all middle and low-level members of the gang.

Well, the old godfather's confidant and bodyguard, similar to the king's praetorian guard.

His son is a decent man who is not a gangster, a doctor who almost never comes to this "Castle Falcone", and his daughter is not in Gotham at all.

"For the next two months, you stay with me, and I will help you become familiar with the Falcone family's business and operating model." The old godfather said.

"Have every family member who received a ruby ​​ring received personal guidance from you?" Harley asked curiously.

"Not everyone, but you are indeed not the first." The old godfather glanced around the living room maid and the boy in black suit, waved to Harry, and the two came to the seemingly empty back garden lawn.

"The first rule is, never completely trust the people around you." He said in a complicated tone.

"Where's the cronies?" Harley asked.

“The second rule is that you can have cronies, but you must not rely on one or several cronies.

If you have 10 confidants and 11 secrets, it is far safer to give 10 secrets to them and keep one for yourself than to rely on only one person and tell him all the secrets. "

Harley nodded thoughtfully.

The old godfather returned to the previous topic, "When I started my business in the early years, I had many good friends and partners, but they either died of old age or died of misfortune.

If their descendants have the idea of ​​getting involved in the business of their ancestors, I will bring them to the manor until they come of age.

Well, just like in the ancient West, a lord would accept the son of a minor lord under his command as a knight's squire. "

Hmm, is the old man implying that he regards her as a confidant?

"Thank you BOSS for taking me seriously." She said seriously.

No matter what you think in your heart, your attitude must be sincere.

The old godfather didn't change his mood much. He just nodded casually and said slowly while walking on the lawn in the sun: "What kind of business do you think the Falcone family will do?"

"All illegal businesses except Du Ping?" Ha Li asked.

The old godfather smiled strangely.

“Once, I attended a banquet hosted by a Chinese friend, and the main course was a golden roast lamb.

My taste is a bit bland, so I didn’t want to touch it at the time.

The host was very enthusiastic and cut off the fattest lamb ribs and put them on my plate.

He ate the juicy leg of lamb himself, his deputy touching only the back, and the other parts being divided among the other members of the host's family at the table.

At the end of the dinner, when we left the restaurant after a full meal, we saw a few homeless people in the garbage dump in the alley. They were holding the cleanly shaved lamb bones, and wild dogs were waiting beside them.

In fact, Gotham is also a roasted whole lamb.

The ribs belong to top plutocrats like Wayne, and the leg of lamb belongs to a big political family, or a religious family like Archbishop Marvin.

In Gotham, I could get a piece of lamb back meat.

Since I can go to the dinner table and eat a clean piece of lamb back meat, why should I go to the garbage dump to find bones? "

Afterwards, the old godfather described his business and that of his family members in detail.

The old godfather can eat mutton back meat. His current main goal is real estate. His stable business includes hotels, bars, high-end clubs, spinach, Broadway theaters, movie theaters and other service and entertainment assets.

It's all formal business.

The family members under the Godfather have a slightly poorer diet and are involved in some gray industries. For example, Sister Yu almost monopolizes Gotham's stolen goods sales channels, and the Russian Nikola is involved in loan sharking and underground spinach.

But the Falcone family does not touch the completely black industry. Even if someone does it, it is a personal act.

If it were before, Harley might still have doubts, but after listening to the old godfather's theory about carving up a roasted whole lamb, she believed what he said.

The reason is very simple: who wants to go to the garbage dump and eat other people's leftovers when you can have a dinner?

"This is different from the Heibang family I imagined before." She sighed.

"Haha, we are gangsters, not to fight bravely, but to make money."

The old godfather counted on his fingers and said: "Get a piece of land from the government, pre-sell one-third of the house, get a sum of cash, divide the money into two, pay for the land, and hire a construction company to build the building. The whole process requires almost no manpower and material resources.

Two or three years later, when the building is completed, the net profit will be tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

This method of making money is faster than robbing a bank, the cost is also low, and the income is more stable. If given a choice, a fool would rob a bank instead of real estate. "

Unable to refute, Harry sighed and said, "We are already doing serious business, are we still considered the Heibang family?"

"Of course, if it's not black enough or ruthless enough, how can we get land from the Gotham City Government? Just now, for Arkham Island, aren't we and Maroni fighting fiercely?

Even in other industries.

Fish has monopolized Gotham’s stolen goods sales channels, and I helped Sasse monopolize Gotham’s erotic industry. Except for Hilton and Wayne’s chaebol hotels, I have monopolized all the leftovers.”

"You see? Monopoly is the guarantee of stable and high profits. But if you want to form an industry monopoly, how can you do it if you are not black and ruthless enough?"

One afternoon two days later, in Falcone's backyard chicken coop, Harley saw a penguin.

He is short in stature, just over 1.6 meters tall, half a head shorter than Harley.

One foot is lame and he walks with a limp, which is funny, like a clumsy penguin.

The most impressive features of the face are the nose and teeth.

A sharp long nose that can puncture the screen and enter the third dimension.

When you open your mouth, you can see a set of jagged yellow teeth.

Oh, and there's also the weird finger hairstyle: the hair is waxed, and clumps of hair hang on the forehead like dead men's fingers.

"Wow, you are Harley Quinn, the famous witch Harley!" The Penguin was stunned for a moment when he saw Harley present, and then greeted him naturally.

"Hello, I'm Oswald Cobblepot, you can call me 'Penguin'. Harley, you are younger than you look on TV, you are just a girl."

"Hello, Penguin, you are no less famous than me recently." Harley was also very surprised.

Penguin used to be Fish's umbrella boy. Because he betrayed Fish, he was given a certificate to Gordonner.

Gordon used a little trick to let the penguin go.

Penguin did not leave Gotham, but came back the next day and became one of Maroni's leaders.

In theory, Penguin should now be looking for a traitor to the Falcone family.

But how did he come to Falcone Manor, and even entered quietly through the back door, hiding his whereabouts from others.

"Cobot is my undercover agent beside Maroni." The old godfather straightforwardly revealed the answer to Harley.

Then, he turned to the smiling Penguin and said, "You don't have to worry about your identity being exposed. Harley will never betray you to Fish and Maroni."

"Of course, BOSS, the person you trust will definitely be fine."

The penguin smiles even though he is smiling, but it still looks a bit fake.

The old godfather looked at Harry again and said, "Remember the first time I came to the manor, what I told you was to let Gordon go for two reasons.

I only said one reason at the time - he and I were not enemies, and the second reason was Cobot.

Cobot wanted me to keep Gordon alive.

I promised him, as for the reason

Cobot betrayed Fish earlier, and I was ready to kill him with one shot.

He begged me to give him a chance to become Gordon's pledge. If Gordon killed him, he would have deserved his death and would have nothing to say.

But he believed that Gordon would definitely let him go, and if he escaped, he would find a way to switch to Marrone's team.

As a traitor to the Falcone family, I can definitely win Maroni's trust and become someone useful to me.

I agreed to his plan and handed him over to Gordon.

It turns out that Cobot's brain is as good as your skills. "

"You are the two most outstanding young people in Gotham!" the old man sighed with a complicated expression.

Cobot straightened his back, beaming with pride amidst the praise.

Harley is.

When she heard the secrets about Penguin before, she was still interested in it, with a look of great interest on her face, but the last sentence of "peerless twins" made her face slightly distorted.

"BOSS, you're ridiculous. I'm just starting out, and I'm far behind Copot."

"No, no, no, you are famous in Gotham, you are a household name." Penguin said immediately.

"Okay, I want you to meet today because the next thing is related to the common interests of both of you."

The old godfather interrupted the business bragging between the two and said in a deep voice: "Gotham needs to restore calm, and the battle for Arkham should end as soon as possible.

Harley, you have been taking your time recently and trying your best to understand Nikolai's industrial operations. Cobot will kill him in two days, and everything owned by the Russians will be yours by then. "

"Uh, kill Nikola, why? Can he affect Arkham's ownership?" Harley asked confused.

She thought the old godfather wanted her to cooperate with Penguin to kill Maroni.

Cobot smiled and said: "On the surface, Nicola and Fish are at odds, but in fact, the two have been together for a long time.

The conflict on the surface is just a cover-up for their dark purpose in private - to overthrow BOSS and support Nikola to rise to power.

Of course, this is wishful thinking on the part of the Russians, and Fish is using him as a weapon.

If Nikola kills the BOSS, Fish will kill him immediately and then ascend to the throne with the righteousness of revenge for the boss.

By killing Nikola now, we have not only eliminated a powerful enemy for the BOSS, but also broken off Fish's arm. "

"This" Harley understood. It was a very complicated black power struggle, but

"Why not just let Boss Sass take action and kill Fish and Nikola?"

Cobot shrugged and looked at Falcone, but he didn't make any assumptions.

The old godfather sighed: “First of all, there are not just one or two family members who want my seat.

Nikola hasn't done anything too outrageous yet. Killing him openly will shock some people, but it will also reduce the cohesion of the family.

Secondly, Nikola is only a small role, I value Fish more.

Like you now, Harley, I also invited young Fish to live in the manor and taught her step by step how to become the leader of Gotham's underworld.

I spend more time with her than my own daughter.

I have always regarded her as my daughter, and I am willing to give her a chance.

Alas, I am indeed getting old and starting to be sentimental, which would be the case before.”

Shaking his head, the old man continued: "Nick pulled a Russian, killing him will make Fish feel more at ease, it is already worth it.

I would be very happy if Fish would come back after I warned her.

Finally, Harley, and Copot, you all have to remember this - try not to expose your weakness to outsiders.

If I let Victor take action, Fish and Nicola will of course lead their own people to fight to the death.

There was a large-scale conflagration between the two sides, and the entire Gotham was watching the excitement. Maybe some people guessed - God, two traitors appeared at once, is Roman (Falco's nickname) really old?

Otherwise, why couldn't he even suppress his younger brother? Has he lost his absolute dominance over Gotham? "