Although he was a little jealous of Qin Feng in his heart, Abao knew what kind of person Qin Feng was.
A few days ago, Abao witnessed Qin Feng single-handedly stirring up the entire American gang, so Abao did not dare to show any dissatisfaction in front of Qin Feng.
"Brother Bao, I just went to the casino and won some chips. You can share it with your brothers later!"
After hearing what A Bao said, Qin Feng smiled and stuffed a few chips into A Bao's hand. These chips were indeed placed on a gambling table near the gate when Qin Feng came out of the Luxor Casino.
Earned.
Qin Feng knew that people like A Bao, who seemed to be just Bai Zhentian's followers, were actually people who could take charge of their own affairs if they were placed in other Hongmen halls. Therefore, he had a good relationship with them and treated himself well.
There's no harm in that.
"Mr. Qin is too polite, hey, this...isn't this a bit much?"
Taking the chips that Qin Feng pushed over him, Abao subconsciously thanked him, but when he saw the denomination of the chips clearly, he was stunned.
Qin Feng pushed over only six chips, but the denominations were all ten thousand dollars each.
When Qin Feng was leaving, he took a $10,000 chip from the tray, and when he placed the bet, he conveniently placed it in the dice betting area where one pays five to one, so in the blink of an eye,
Qin Feng won 50,000 US dollars.
"Mr. Qin, these Luxor Casino chips are... worth 60,000 US dollars!"
Following Bai Zhentian for so many years, Abao naturally went to and from casinos frequently. When he saw this kind of chip, he immediately knew where it came from.
"Ah Bao, thank you for taking care of me that day. These chips are a little bit of my gratitude!"
Qin Feng waved his hand, pushed open the door of the Italian restaurant, and walked straight in without waiting for Abao to express his gratitude.
"What a generous act!"
Looking at Qin Feng's back, the trace of jealousy in Abao's heart had long since dissipated. Extraordinary people do extraordinary things. At this moment, Abao finally knew that there was something special about Qin Feng being appreciated by Master Bai.
Of course, Qin Feng just happened to be a good friend. Naturally, he would not guess Abao's thoughts. After pushing the door and entering the restaurant, Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, "Brother Bai, why are you alone?"
The huge Italian restaurant is usually full of customers, but today, only Bai Zhentian is sitting in the entire restaurant, drinking tea and reading the newspaper leisurely.
"Come on, brother, sit down first..."
Bai Zhentian waved to Qin Feng and said: "Luciano came from New York in the morning. He will have to wait for a while. Let's drink tea and chat for a while..."
"Brother Bai, you are very interested!"
Seeing the exquisite tea set in front of Bai Zhentian, Qin Feng couldn't help but laugh. Such things must not be found in Italian restaurants. They must be what Bai Zhentian always carries with him.
"Here, how do you like the taste of my Longjing tea?"
Bai Zhentian poured tea for Qin Feng with the purple clay pot in the tea set as if he was offering a treasure, and said proudly: "My pot is the work of Mr. Gu Jingzhou. He has some friendship with my father, so we can collect several sets of his works at home!"
Gu Jingzhou, as Bai Zhentian said, is the most accomplished among modern pottery artists. His achievements in pot art are extremely high and his skills are exquisite. His reputation is comparable to that of Shi Dabin of the Ming Dynasty. He is known as the "Grand Master of the Generation" and "Pot Master".
"Art Master".
"It's indeed a good thing..."
Qin Feng picked up the tea cup with two fingers and took a closer look. He nodded and said, "After Mr. Gu passed away, the price of this work has skyrocketed. If this set of eleven pieces is put up for auction, it will be worth at least six
More than one million..."
Qin Feng knew that Gu Jingzhou passed away three years ago, and when he was alive, some of his works were auctioned for more than one million. In the years since his death, the prices of his works have increased several times.
"You are quite knowledgeable, aren't you?"
Bai Zhentian glanced at Qin Feng in surprise. He originally wanted to explain to Qin Feng the preciousness of this set of purple clay pots, but he didn't expect that Qin Feng knew more about it than he did.
"I am in the antique business, so I naturally know these things."
Qin Feng shook his head with a smile and said: "Brother Bai, who is the Luciano you just mentioned? Couldn't he be the old man of the New York Mafia? By the way, everything in the movie is superficial, right?"
Qin Feng had watched an early American movie called "The Godfather", but in his opinion, this movie was relatively conservative. The organizational structure of a real mafia should be more rigorous.
"Luciano is Alessandro's father."
Bai Zhentian looked at Qin Feng strangely and lowered his voice and said: "Don't be afraid, kid. If Luciano knew that Alessandro was killed by you, he might even thank you in person..."
"Thank me? Is he okay with his head?"
Qin Feng was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He had killed someone else's son. It was just a father who didn't want to fight with him. How could he come to thank him?
"How could that old fox have something wrong with his mind?"
Bai Zhentian smiled, lit a cigar for himself, and said: "The situation of the Mafia has long been worse than before. Although it has improved slightly in recent years, it is no longer Luciano here in New York..."
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The Mafia originated in Sicily, Italy, but developed in the United States.
Those immigrants from Italy first gained influence in New Orleans, Chicago and New York, and then gradually developed from small-scale field operations to city-wide and even international organizations.
The Prohibition of Alcohol issued by the United States in 1920 provided Mafia organizations with opportunities to profit. They took over all profits from smuggling, manufacturing and illegal sales of alcohol in the United States, and established their huge criminal empire.
By the 1930s, five mafia families, under Charlie.
Under Luciano's leadership, the "Disciplinary Committee" was established as the highest arbitration unit among the "families".
In the 1950s, after World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union entered the Cold War stage. The U.S. political intelligence unit was busy dealing with communism and Soviet Russia, and regarded the criminal organized mafia as nothing, or even denied its existence.
Under such circumstances, the Mafia found the best soil for survival and development, and its power spread throughout the United States and even Europe. At that time, 80% of the drugs in the United States were controlled by Mafia families.
However, there is a saying that goes to extremes. When the Mafia was at its most rampant, the assassination of President Kennedy sounded the alarm for them.
Since various clues pointed to the Mafia family that had provided funds for the Kennedy campaign but subsequently received no reward, the U.S. government launched a series of severe crackdowns on the Mafia.
After more than 20 years, although the Mafia family still earns more than 40 billion U.S. dollars in black gold every year, their traditional power has shrunk greatly compared to before, and a lot of it has been occupied by the Yamaguchi-gumi and Hongmen.
territory.
The National Disciplinary Committee of the Mafia is almost in name only, and the five major families of the year have all declined.
But in these ten years, the Luciano family had an anomaly like Alessandro. He led a group of people to conquer the east and west, which allowed the Luciano family to regain its past glory.
However, he did not have enough respect for Luciano Alejandro, who was nominally the old man of the family. He was effectively under house arrest in New York and no longer had any rights in his hands.
That's why Bai Zhentian would say Luciano would thank Qin Feng, because for someone like Luciano, losing his rights is even more terrifying than losing his life.
For the sake of power, Luciano can deprive anyone of his life, which naturally includes his own son. What's more, he doesn't have much affection for Alessandro, his cheap son.
"Brother Bai, why did you bring me here when you met with the Mafia people?"
After listening to Bai Zhentian's explanation of this period of history, Qin Feng said jokingly: "I don't want the thanks of the mafia family. Being remembered by these people, I'm afraid I won't even be able to sleep well..."
"Don't tell me, I'm teaching you today just to benefit you." After hearing Qin Feng's words, Bai Zhentian laughed and said, "Do you know why old Luciano wants to find me?"
"I don't know." Qin Feng shook his head and said, "Brother Bai, I'm not the roundworm in your belly, how do I know these things?"
"Old Luciano is here this time to reorganize the gangs in Las Vegas!"
A glint flashed in Bai Zhentian's eyes and he said: "In this fight between the Yamaguchi-gumi and the Mafia, the place with the most heavy losses is Las Vegas. The Mafia has lost control of this place..."
The Mafia and Yamaguchi-gumi's shares in Las Vegas casinos are based on their maintenance of order in the casino. In other words, they are just watching the show.
But now, almost all the Mafia's power in Las Vegas died in the chapel a few days ago, and due to the high pressure of the US government, neither the Mafia nor Yamaguchi can mobilize manpower from other places.
In the past few days, gamblers have been causing trouble in major casinos in Las Vegas. There is a lack of gangs to maintain order, and the casinos, which do not have very high force values, have suffered varying degrees of losses.
Therefore, the gambling bosses in Las Vegas also expressed their dissatisfaction with Luciano and told him that if he could not find a way to solve these problems, their shares in the casino would be banned.
Although the revenue from casinos is not a lot for the Mafia, they use casinos as a tool for money laundering.
Without casino shares, the tens of billions of dollars in black gold generated by the Mafia every year would not be able to circulate into the market. This would definitely be a huge blow to the Mafia.
If Bai Zhentian guessed correctly, Luciano's invitation to him this time should be to carve out a piece of cake for Hongmen in exchange for peace in Las Vegas.
"Brother Bai, those people who caused trouble in the casino were not sent by you, were they?" After hearing Bai Zhentian tell what happened, Qin Feng looked at him strangely.
Although he didn't have much contact, Qin Feng believed that Boss Bai, who had a gangster temperament, would definitely be able to do this kind of robbery.
PS: First update, today is my birthday in the lunar calendar. Haha, please give me blessings and a monthly ticket!
