Connie gave her a warm hug and even forgot about her groom for a moment. A voice came from the stage, "How about singing us a song? Come on up, Johnny."

Johnny Fontane took a look and found out that it was his childhood friend Nino Valenti. The two were inseparable at first, playing instruments and singing together. Later, they parted ways after Johnny became famous. Johnny did not hesitate to jump on the stage. A bawdy Sicilian love song was sung along with Nino's mandolin.

The godfather stood at the door and saw that Johnny had not forgotten his childhood friends and the songs of his hometown. He was very happy and asked people to bring wine to Johnny. Johnny took a sip from each of the more than ten wine glasses handed over. Walking towards his godfather's house, Shen Long quickly followed, "Mike, I'm going to have a few words with Johnny."

When Johnny was not yet famous, he sang in a song and dance troupe. The foreman of the song and dance troupe signed a harsh contract. Johnny wanted to get out of this contract, so his godfather found the foreman of the song and dance troupe and offered to buy out the contract for $20,000. The foreman refused. The godfather smiled and reduced the offer from 20,000 to 10,000. The boss of the song and dance troupe did not understand what this meant and still refused.

The next day, the godfather came to him again with Gianco Abbandandu and Luca Brasi, pointed a gun at his head, and told him to either sign the contract or his brains would be scattered all over the place. The foreman signed the contract, the godfather put the gun back in his pocket and left a check for ten thousand dollars.

"Hi, Johnny, I heard that something happened to you recently?" Shen Long stepped forward to say hello to Johnny, and together they entered the godfather's house and listened to him talk about his unfortunate experiences.

Waltz, the boss of Johnny's film company, recently got a good script. The male protagonist can be said to be tailor-made for Johnny. He only needs to perform in his true colors to be a big success. However, Waltz refuses to turn this script into a great success. The opportunity was given to him. Now that there was only one week left before filming, Johnny could only come to his godfather for help.

The godfather scolded him a few times like a father, and then decisively agreed, "I will make an offer that he cannot refuse." Then he slapped his face hard, "Now go and play, play to your heart's content, you will get it to that role."

After Johnny left, the godfather began to arrange the matter, "Tom, you go to Hollywood tonight to get this matter done."

"I'm going to collect information about him right now." After saying that, Tom was about to leave and make a phone call. The Corleone family had influence on several guilds in Hollywood, and it was easy to find out the details of Waltz.

"It's better to leave this matter to me. Tom can stay at home and prepare for negotiations with Sollozzo. This is the more important thing, isn't it?" Shen Long interjected.

"You? Fredo, do you want to hook up with those Hollywood bitches again?" In the past, Fredo was a guy who liked to live and drink, which made the old godfather who valued his family very disliked.

"No, actually there is no such thing. I am also planning to go to Hollywood recently. I just got some important news, which is very useful to us." Shen Long whispered into the godfather's ear for a while.

The godfather's face became more and more serious. This news was completely beyond his expectation, but he had to admit that this was indeed very important to their family. If used properly, the family's strength would surely become stronger.

"We need to study this matter carefully." The godfather sat down and asked carefully about the details of the news. Then he and Shen Long reviewed the details of this operation step by step, and finally said, "You really let me know this time. I'm surprised, this plan is very careful and meticulous, just do it as you say! After saying goodbye to Abbandandu in the evening, you and Johnny will go to Hollywood."

After the wedding, the godfather took the members of the Corleone family and Johnny to the hospital. His old military advisor, Gianco Abbandandou, was seriously ill and had been hospitalized for a long time. Today he has reached the end of his life.

At three o'clock in the morning, Gianco Abbandandou passed away, and the godfather announced on the spot that Tom Hagen would succeed him as the new military advisor of the Corleone family; after coming out of the hospital, Shen Long and Johnny Fontane went to the airport together.

It was too late to buy another ticket at this time, but Shen Long successfully boarded the Constellation direct passenger plane after showing his priority pass sent by an officer from the Pentagon General Staff.

On the plane, Shen Long was looking through the information collected by Tom while chatting with Johnny about Hollywood. Jack Waltz is one of the three major film studio owners in Hollywood and controls dozens of stars. He was also a member of the Film Department of the President's War Information Committee, attended White House banquets, and received Edgar Hoover at his home, but there was no personal relationship with him, otherwise his godfather would not have dared to intimidate him.

Today's Hollywood is far less influential than later generations. The power of the Corleone family is enough to convince Wolz. Shen Long is more concerned about another thing. He casually chatted with Johnny about his connections in Hollywood. I asked him about several female celebrities.

Johnny thought he had relapsed into his old habits, and happily told him the gossip about these female celebrities, and even planned to hold a party for him.

"No, no, no, let's wait until we understand what happened this time. The most important thing is to help you get that role first." Shen Long smiled and did not agree. He was not really interested in those female stars.

After arriving in Hollywood, Shen Long went directly to Woltz's film studio. Before that, he got in touch with the Hollywood union leader Bill Goff through the Corleone family's relationship, and made an appointment with Woltz to meet. , if the negotiations break down, Waltz's film studio will face a strike.

The first meeting was just like in the movie. Shen Long told Waltz that if he gave the leading role to Johnny, then his studio would not encounter strike problems, and neither would his drug-addicted star. After being exposed, the proud Woltz regarded Shen Long as a gangster and sneered at his words. Shen Long did not waver at all. He left his business card and left, "I must remind you, maybe we can do something like Hoover." Something that cannot be done.”

When he arrived at the hotel, he called his old godfather. Waltz's film studio was on strike. He realized how powerful the Corleone family was and quickly called Shen Long to invite Shen Long to his home to continue the conversation.

Shen Long took the car sent by Volz and arrived at his country villa. This villa covers a large area. It not only has luxurious houses, but also a vast courtyard, a specially paved cinder road for horses, and a stretch of land next to the stables. Large area of ​​grassland.
Chapter completed!