After receiving this call, Shen Long immediately packed up and returned to New York. In fact, he had known about this matter for a long time, but there was no evidence and it was inconvenient to mention it to his godfather. Now with the clues found by Albert Neri, he could finally talk to his godfather. said.

Still in his godfather's study, he was sitting behind a chair as usual, listening to Shen Long's report, "Recently, one of my men, the policeman whom Tom fished out of prison a while ago, found an interesting piece of information. news."

"There is a captain in the police department named Mark McRobles. He has four sons, all of whom are studying at Fordham University. Coincidentally, Bruno Tartaglia is also studying at this university. He and McRobles One of the police officer’s sons was a classmate, and they established a good personal friendship during college.”

"Bruno returned to New York after graduating from college and opened a nightclub. The McRobles family often spent time there. Every New Year, Bruno would send exquisite invitations to Officer McRobles and leave them in the nightclub. Get the best seats, invite them to enjoy the show, and introduce them to the stars who are coming to perform.”

"Accordingly, Officer McRobles will occasionally help Bruno solve some small problems, such as removing stains on the files of a certain nightclub employee, usually some beautiful girls."

"In view of what just happened, I think it is necessary to make arrangements in advance for Officer McRobles." In the movie, it was this guy who kidnapped the Corleone family's bodyguards who were guarding outside the hospital after the godfather was assassinated and was hospitalized. If Mike hadn't arrived in time, the godfather might have died; he was the one who later provided security for Sollozzo, but unfortunately Mike didn't care about his identity as a police officer and decisively shot and killed him.

However, Mike also had to flee to Sicily for refuge. After all, Mike Robles was a captain police officer, and killing police officers has always been a taboo for gangs, because it would lead to severe retaliation from the police.

"That 'money grabber' from Ireland?" The godfather quickly retrieved McRobles' information from his memory. In his mind, he had records of all the people in New York who could have an impact on the Corleone family's business.

"Yes, that's him. Albert said that this guy has been wandering around the patrol area with his father who was a patrolman since he was a child. Every time he came back, his pockets would be full of banknotes. From then on, he decided to be a policeman when he grew up. Policeman, it seems now that he did a far better job than his father." The art of making money is passed down from generation to generation in the McRobles family.

The rank of captain is already quite high. There are tens of thousands of police officers in New York. Only a few hundred people can become captains. They are usually the director of a certain branch or the backbone of a higher-level organization. They have many subordinates and have the power to eliminate Corleone. The business within the family's jurisdiction, if used properly, can cause serious losses to the Corleone family.

"Fredo, dealing with such people is not just about giving some money. We have to establish friendship with them, just like you did with Mr. Hoover." The godfather took this opportunity to remind Shen Long, "Then this I'll leave the man in charge to you. Don't make any moves yet. Continue to let your people keep an eye on him and see what moves he will make. You can also find Phillips, who happens to be a detective in McRobles' branch. "

The relationship network of the Corleone family is so dense that you can find connections everywhere. In the movie, it was Phillips who leaked the restaurant that Mike Robles booked, so that Clemenza could hide the gun in the restaurant bathroom in advance. Mike borrowed Taking the opportunity to negotiate, he went to the bathroom, took out his pistol and killed McRobles and Sollozzo.

"Okay, I will go find him when Phillips is on vacation." Shen Long agreed. He did not choose when Phillips was working, which might expose himself.

"Well, it's always good to be careful." The godfather waved his hand, indicating that Shen Long could go out. This incident reminded him of his eldest son Santino.

In 1939, the Corleone family moved their family from New York City to Long Beach. At that time, there were only four houses in Long Beach, where Gianco Abbandandu, Santino and the Godfather lived respectively, leaving one empty.

About a week after moving here, three workers who claimed to be Long Beach Boiler Inspectors came to their home. These three people did not know the details of the family. They went to the basement to look at their boiler and claimed that there was a problem with the boiler parts. , which will cost $150 to replace.

This was a popular blackmail method at the time. At this time, the godfather happened to want to train Santino as his deputy, so he arranged for him to handle the matter. Santino listened to the workers' request and immediately asked the bodyguard to point a gun at him. They beat them with sticks and forced them to repair the boilers and clean the basement.

He asked for the address and boss of the company they belonged to, went to the boss in person, and warned him never to send anyone to Long Beach again.

This method of handling did not satisfy the godfather. Violence is an indispensable method for the family, but it must not be abused. Santino's method was too direct and lacked Sicilian subtlety.

Godfather then strengthened his cooperation with the local police and obtained information on all criminals in the area. Within a year, Long Beach had the best security situation among towns of the same size in the United States. This is ironic, but it is indeed a fact.

In this process, the Godfather adopted a very clever method, completely different from Santino's method, so that the criminals and fraudsters had to accept his conditions. If it were Santino, there is no telling how much Long Beach would have lost. Blood.

From then on, the godfather felt that Santino might be a good commander of the legion, but he was definitely not suitable to be the patriarch of the family. Fredo had performed very mediocre before, so he turned his attention to his younger son Mike. But Mike didn't have much interest in family affairs, and even joined the U.S. Army and went to college without telling him, which disappointed him very much.

But in recent times, Fredo has undergone a radical change. He is very experienced in handling affairs, is neither impatient nor impetuous, and behaves meticulously. He handles several things entrusted to him very well. The godfather's consideration of the successor has begun to waver.

Then let's observe him for a while to see if he is just on a whim or if he has really changed. The godfather made a decision in his heart, slowly stood up, picked up the record that Shen Long just put on his desk, put it in the record player, and poured it out. After a glass of wine, I returned to the chair and sat down.
Chapter completed!