Chapter 149 Audition

Don is an Italian title for a man of status, just like "Von" in German and "Fan" in Dutch. In a mafia family, this title can only be enjoyed by the patriarch of the family. Rocco-La Friends and their actions can be seen within the mafia as an oath of allegiance to the new godfather.

Alberto and Willie followed up one after another, and finally Tom hesitated for a moment and did the same thing. From now on, his direct allegiance object would not be Old Vito, but Shen Long.

In the next period of time, Shen Long reorganized the business and power within the Corleone family. Many old guys followed Tessio and Clemansha, which made his reform less difficult. With the support of the old Vito Under this circumstance, he quickly took over the power of the family smoothly, and promoted both Rocco Rabone and Willy Chichi to the commanders of the legion, while Albert Neri became his bodyguard and the family's executor.

In terms of business, he still followed the old Vito's way, only engaging in gray or white areas of business, and never participating in black businesses; he also began to take over those political resources from the godfather one after another, which surprised him greatly. Judges, parliamentarians, sheriffs... many high-sounding figures have maintained friendship with the Corleone family.

This made him feel like he was Du Yuesheng in the magic capital of the East. Is this what human beings want for America? It doesn't feel much better than the chaotic Shanghai Beach.

Santino finally solved Carlo, which made Connie very angry, but she had nothing to say after learning the truth. She grew up in the Corleone family, and of course she understood how the family would deal with traitors , despite this, the relationship between her and Santino could never be as close as it used to be.

This made Santino decadent, and he rarely interfered in family affairs, but this was a good thing for him and Shen Long, maybe after a year or two, he would be fine again, At that time, Shen Long's position will become unshakable, and it doesn't matter if he starts to intervene in family affairs again.

Every time when giving an order, Shen Long, like old Vito, would never resort to methods such as phone calls or letters that might leave evidence. Then go find the real executor, so that even if the executor is caught by the police, it will not affect him.

However, Shen Long also knows that this method cannot always guarantee his safety. When the United States began to seriously consider dealing with gangsters in the 1970s, a document submitted to the "Rico Act" would shatter this method; If someone is considered to be the leader of a gang, then any younger brother under him does not need to find evidence of his order. Based on this relationship alone, the leader of the gang should be punished.

This decree sent most of the leaders of the United States to prison and was sentenced to long sentences. The golden age of American gangs has passed, but it is still early in 1970, and Shen Long is not worried about these.

After sorting out the New York family headquarters,

Shen Long brought Albert Neri to Hollywood. He had already obtained the consent of Franco Falcon, the boss here, and he could expand his influence here.

After meeting Falcon, he met with Johnny Fontan and Nino Valenti, "Fredo, congratulations, when the godfather and Sonny were injured, I wanted to go back to New York to visit them, but the godfather Not allowed."

"Johnny, you are a public figure, you should not be involved in these things; Nino, you should control your alcohol consumption, or you will die soon!" Shen Long greeted them cordially. A good friend from childhood to adulthood.

"But, if you can't drink, what's the point of life?" Nino didn't care.

"Johnny, I recently heard about one thing. Your personal doctor is very unreliable. This time I brought a very good doctor from New York, let him look at your throat for you!" John Ni's voice was broken and he could no longer sing, but Shen Long saw that the situation was not as exaggerated as he said.

After the doctor's examination, he told Johnny, "You have a small tumor in your throat. This is not a difficult problem. You just need to operate to peel off the tumor!"

"Then can I continue to sing from now on?" Johnny became excited. Even though he had already won the Oscar for Best Actor, singing was his life.

"I can't guarantee it, but it won't be worse than it is now." The doctor shrugged and said, after hesitating for a while, Johnny still agreed with the doctor's suggestion and prepared to undergo surgery immediately.

"Fredo, the preparations for "Cinema Paradiso" have come to an end, but there will be an audition the day after tomorrow, and some less important supporting roles will be selected. I probably won't be able to appear now, can you help me keep an eye on it?" point?" Ever since he got the story, Johnny has full confidence in Shen Long's ability in movies.

"It's just a small matter. I will go when the time comes. By the way, Huang Zongzhan will also go, right?" Shen Long wondered when he would talk about Hongmen again?

"He's a photographer, so he must go to this kind of occasion."

Two days later, Shen Long came to Johnny's film production company and participated in the audition meeting with Huang Zongzhan. Since today's selections are all small roles, everyone is not too nervous, talking and laughing while watching them performance.

Shen Long looked through the list of actors who came to audition, and soon saw a name that surprised him. He took out this resume and said to Huang Zongzhan and others, "This guy looks interesting."

"Oh, he used to work at Warner, playing leading men in some B-movies, enlisted during the war, but instead of going to the front line, he made training and promotional films in the Army Air Corps; by the way, His wife is much more famous than him, she is the big star Jane Wyman, to be honest, this really makes me jealous, why can't I get a big star!" The assistant director of the crew joked.

"Sounds good, let him come in first and have a try!" Shen Long put the resume on top.

"No problem." It's just a small role, it won't affect the quality of the movie, and with his ability, he should be able to complete it smoothly. No one wants to cause Shen Long's displeasure because of such a trivial matter, and some people have even begun to think about it. Don't just ask them to interview someone for the same role and go back.

"Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am Ronald Wilson Reagan. It is a great honor to have this opportunity." The handsome man in his thirties greeted them.