All Heavens Film and Television: Starting from Caring for the Widow of a Comrade-in-arms

why?The men were all killed in battle, and only women were plowing the fields, so the output naturally dropped a lot.

It takes a period of adaptation.

Since Russell has integrated the industry, there is no need for an absolute leader. They all have a mentality of self-comparison. No one wants to have less year-end bonus than others. At the annual meeting held on Christmas Day, it will be lost. face.

There are 'safety valve' people in all walks of life, so there is no need to worry about someone making small moves. Sometimes the Holy Mother will come and claim his life before he can start.

This is Russell's absolute control over Sicily!

In mid-February 1954, news came from Las Vegas.

The Corleone family in New York is changing from old to new. Vito officially retires and handed over the entire family business to Mike, who made a major decision right after he took office.

He first resigned from the position of military adviser Tom, thinking that Tom had no effect on the family business and was completely invisible.

Then he gave up his private lottery and went full-time into olive oil and bank credit.

In the past, private lottery, horse betting and casinos were the main businesses of the Corleone family, but now Mike refuses to allow them to do so, which makes Clemenza and Tessio very nervous, and the subordinates continue to complain and suffer heavy losses.

Then the idea of ​​quitting the family and establishing a family came into being.

For this reason, the two found Vito, who had retired and enjoyed family happiness in the garden villa.

When Vito saw them, he didn't speak at first. After Mike walked into the study, Vito pointed at Mike and said that this is your godfather.

It means to find Mike if you have any problems, I have no right to speak in the family.

Mike talked endlessly to the two and drew a pie.

The specific content is nothing more than to take down the Las Vegas market, and New York will be handed over to the two, or when the murderer who killed Sonny is found and personally avenged, they will be able to stand on their own.

Mike's growth is amazing. He used to be a figure with a brain, but now he has learned to play with people's hearts.

But he is somewhat different from Vito. Vito is old-fashioned and humane, while Mike is not so keen on human nature. He pays more attention to interests and things that are beneficial to the development of the family.

The bank's credit business is not easy to do, and those who owe money are the masters, so Clemenza's subordinates have become debt collectors again.Under the pursuit of the Mafia, some people paid back the money, and some people died.

Mike had a deep chat with Vito for a long time.

Garden villa, backyard.

Vito sat on a chair with gray hair and said: "If you want to completely transform the family, you can't follow my old path. You have to treat yourself as a businessman and only talk about business and money, not about feelings."

Mike nodded: "I understand."

"There is an inner ghost in the family, and he is most likely involved in killing Sonny. But he will not show up easily...Don't ask if Sonny's death is related to Russell, I can tell you clearly, it doesn't matter!"

Mike lifted the wine bottle and poured half a glass, and said, "Father, the scene of Sonny's death was at Carlo's house. Carlo didn't die at the time, but his hands and feet were broken. Does Carlo know who the murderer is?"

Vito shook his head: "Even if Carlo knew, he wouldn't say it, because he would die if he said it. But in my opinion, he can't live either, and there will be a lot of trouble if he lives. If we take this opportunity to bite Russell, then we and Russell has absolutely no room for relaxation."

Mike didn't say a word.

"I know what you want to do. You want to learn from Russell's development path and build your own empire in Hollywood or Las Vegas. But you have to know that Hollywood and Las Vegas are just Russell's spare time. His real home is in Sicily. As long as he is in Sicily, even if the United States wants his life, he has to think about the pros and cons.”

Mike raised his head and said seriously: "What if he returns to the United States again?"

"As long as Hoover of the FBI does not step down, he is absolutely safe in the United States, and no one in the CIA can touch him!"

Mike nodded slowly: "Understood, father."

"I know that there are many misunderstandings between you and Russell, but the power of our family is not enough to fight against him. Have you heard that officials in Nevada will visit Bell City when they take office?"

"heard."

"His network has penetrated deep into Washington. It must be that he has a lot of real things to make these people afraid."

Vito took a sip of his wine and said, "I have always suspected that the black factory in New York was run by someone in the family..."

"Clemenza? He's loyal to you."

"Yes, but loyalty is not worth mentioning in front of interests."

After Mike left, he recalled the meaning of his father's words. He understood that his father was advising him not to have an affair with Russell, otherwise he would be throwing an egg at a stone.

But he was a little dissatisfied. Since Russell could grow from scratch, why couldn't he do it?

This is Mike's American thinking at work. If he had lived in Sicily since he was a child, he would know what dictatorship is, instead of living in the United States for a few years and thinking that he understood the rules of the game in the United States.

At the end of November 1954, Mike sent his subordinates to California for the purpose of contacting Fontan and investigating whether the Hollywood investment market was feasible.

At this time, Freddie in Las Vegas received bad news. He lost 2000 million dollars in the casino, and Mike had to solve it himself.

Freddy's bet was on the equity of a hotel, and the bet against him was Knox, the vice president of the Caesars Palace Hotel. Knox was once Philisto's assistant.

Mike became a little impatient after seeing Knox, but the basic rules of Las Vegas must be followed, throwing a check for 2000 million US dollars and taking away the equity contract.

Later, he arranged Freddy to his parents' home in New York, but Vito obviously looked down on this child, and he had nothing to say to him on weekdays, as if he didn't have such a son.

In March 1955, Freddie set off for Hollywood again, because he talked to Mike twice, saying that he must do a good job in Hollywood, so Mike asked Fontan to take care of him more.

One afternoon in July 1955, Vito was playing with his granddaughter and grandson in the backyard when he suddenly collapsed in the vegetable garden and died.

Vito died, and he left with bliss.

When the funeral was held, many celebrities and dignitaries in New York came, and even John, the deputy director of the New York Police Department, sent condolences.

Freddie and Connie cried very sadly at the funeral, and Mrs. Vito also wept faintly.

Only Mike looked at his father's grave silently, wondering what he was thinking.

Tessio and Clemenza saw that the new family forces that had risen in New York in recent years had all sent representatives to attend the funeral, so they greeted from the sidelines...

Mrs. Vito wiped her tears and said, "Mike, didn't you inform Russell?"

Mike was stunned, turned to look at his mother, and said, "He's in Sicily, too far away from New York, so there's no time to attend."

Mrs. Vito shook her head and stopped talking.

Connie handed Mike the sympathy post from deputy director John, "I just handed it to you with my own hands for a man in a police uniform."

Mike took it over and looked at the text above, frowning and said: "A dog that can bark is really annoying!"

Sicily, Catania.

Russell was playing a bunker-blowing game with the children in the yard, when Nelly walked in from the door with suspicious eyes.

"Vito took Kaqimansha to the backyard to play."

"Ok!"

Nellie came after the children had left, two telegrams in his hand.

"Godfather, Vito Corleone's funeral ended half an hour ago, and we still haven't heard from Mike. John sent a message of condolences as you suggested."

Russell took the telegram and glanced at it, and said: "It seems that Mike doesn't want to bear it anymore, let the people in Las Vegas be careful. Oh, maybe it can make Las Vegas mess up!"

Nelly nodded: "Okay, I'll inform Philisto."

"Godfather, some time ago Ollieto met Freddie in Hollywood, and he was accompanied by Tom Hagen."

"Do as I say."

"Yes!"

Nelly turned to leave.

Russell sat on the stone slab in the courtyard and smoked a cigarette. It was reasonable that he didn't feel any discomfort when Sonny didn't inform him to attend Vito's funeral.

Mike is a bold and careful guy. He knows that he can't be friends with Russell, so there is no need to waste time on this kind of thing.

There are too many knots between them that cannot be untied!

"Honey, it's time for dinner."

Malena stood at the door and shouted.

Russell threw away the cigarette butt, walked towards her, and said with a smile, "Should Sylvana come back? I see you are working very hard."

"It's not hard! Cooking dinner for you is what I should do, and this is the happiness that a family should have."

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Dinner is over.

The two were lying on the sofa, Marlena curled up in Russell's arms, while the children were washing the dishes in the kitchen. Although there were noises of fighting from time to time, the two didn't care.

Russell and his family will move to Palermo in June this year, because Vido will go to middle school in Palermo, and Kaqi and Mansha will also go to primary school.

The children have no objections, anyway, they can play wherever they go.

Their studies are very good, but their parents have never asked about their studies. For this reason, Wei Duo didn't understand why their parents were willing to pay attention to their sophistication in getting along with others, and why they were different from other children's parents.

Now Vido somewhat understands his father's good intentions.

He was born in such a family, so he should learn more. As for professional knowledge?Just pay someone to do it.

His father didn't want him to be a scientist, a researcher in a field.

Instead, let him become a group company that can manage tens of thousands of people... and there are many shadows in this company, if he doesn't learn how to deal with people, then he will not be competent.

"Dad, if I go to school in Palermo, will anyone know my identity?"

Russell pointed at him and said, "Your name is Corleone, what do you think?"

Vido rolled his eyes and said, "I can say that I am from the town of Corleone. There are many residents with the surname Corleone. Anyway, people in Palermo don't know the truth."

"You can try."

"Ok."

Vido has grown up again. Although his methods are a bit immature, his city has become deeper.

And now he won't be as mischievous as he was when he was a child. One year older, it really feels a bit reborn.

Under his guidance, Kaqi and Mansha also changed from their previous self-willedness and became very well-behaved.

Even Marlena couldn't believe that this was her child, and she kept talking to Russell in the middle of the night, whether the children accidentally took the wrong medicine...

Russell laughed loudly: "So do you think this is a good thing, or a bad thing?"

"Not bad, not bad, I'm afraid they are just pretending..."

It's no wonder that Marlena was worried, the children were too naughty before, no matter how they disciplined them, they would never repent.

So much so that now mother doesn't trust them anymore.

Chapter 171 MI[-]'s Visit, Audrey Hepburn

In early November 1955.

Russell's family moved from Catania to Palermo, and Vido's school would start in a few days. He didn't want to miss the opening ceremony, so he begged his father to go to Palermo as soon as possible, so that he could get familiar with the environment.

Looking at his impatient expression, Marina and Russell discussed taking the train to Palermo directly, and allowing the children to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Sicily along the way.

At the same time, the Mike Corleone family in New York also moved to Nevada on this day.

His wife Apollonia is very supportive of his career. After the death of his father Vito, his wife gave Mike a lot of warmth, which ignited the spark in Mike's silent heart again, watching his two children playing in the courtyard No matter what, there is always an unknown force pushing him to make changes.

The family can't go on like this, otherwise it will be buried in his hands, and the whitewashing has long been impatient, and it is impossible to wait any longer.

Mike lost New York to Clemenza and Tessio, and the rest of the family members followed him to Nevada, hoping to rebuild the Corleone Empire here.

But when he first came here, he was hit. The reason was that in Las Vegas, known as the city of casinos, there were no seven large casinos for him, and even the business of the hotel had plummeted.

And Hollywood film investment loses more than wins. Johnny Fontane hinted to him more than once that Freddie has done a lot of things in the film company in private, not only playing with female stars, but also working as a board assistant on the set...

The reason why he doesn't make money is because Freddie has the right to speak, and his investment method is to invest in whoever sends the pussy.

For this reason, the film company lost a lot and lost a lot of money.

In the end, none of the celebrities became popular, but Johnny Fontane was abused by the newspapers, saying that he didn't sing well and insisted on making movies. Isn't this shooting himself in the foot?

It wasn't that Johnny didn't want to stop Freddy, but because his surname was Corleone, and because of his respect for the old godfather, Johnny never forced his family, but Freddy obviously didn't regard him as a human being.

Looking at the collapse of the two industries, Mike felt powerless.

But at a critical moment, he had to be ruthless. He directly transferred Freddie from the film company to the hotel as a vice president with only a name but no real power.

This is already the best of humanity. If Freddie remains stubborn, then Mike can only let him return to New York to retire.

Tom was also sent down to the law firm opened by the Corleone family, and no longer served as a legal lawyer for other businesses of the family.

When Russell got the news, he expressed his understanding of Mike's actions. After all, the whole family was holding him back, and only Mike wanted to stand on the stage and give a speech.

And Russell's life in London is very comfortable. On weekdays, he and Malena visit places of interest, travel in mountains and rivers, or go fishing, or sunbathe on the private beach.