Happy Zone Nightclub, as the top private venue in Chicago, the soundproofing of the private rooms can be said to be very good. There were gunshots and screams inside, but it did not cause any external disturbance.
It was not until a few hours later that Vito, who had returned to normal but was dressed in tattered clothes, and another bodyguard escorted Wilfred Malick out of the box as if nothing had happened.
After sending Malik away, Vito and the two men, who had changed their clothes, once again stood guard outside the private room door.
A few minutes later, Qiao Xi, who looked as usual, also walked out of the box, and the group officially left.
Then, the woman named Velma, who brought Josie to the box before, led a group of people into the box and began to clean and repair the box with a calm look on her face.
At this time, there was nothing else in the box except some traces that looked like they had been scratched by wild beasts and a few large pools of blood.
Several cloth girls knew something they shouldn't know, so naturally they had no choice but to be sent to Yuri.
The four mutilated corpses were no exception.
Alas, I have to say that compared to Long Ma and Yuri who dominate their respective worlds, Qiao Xi is still the worst off.
You have to be careful when doing anything out of the ordinary.
It is now nearing the end of the year. In two months, a new plane beacon will be ushered in. I don’t know what kind of world and what kind of people I will encounter by then.
Josie was looking forward to it.
When we got home, it was already late at night, and Margot hadn't slept yet. Instead, she was sitting by the cradle in the specially built baby room next to the master bedroom, watching the two children giggle, while Francesca was watching over her mother-in-law.
Yawning.
So it’s really like being pregnant for three years?
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" Josie squeezed in next to Margot, looking at the two little babies in the cradle that had already turned pink and tender, and said with a smile.
"...Go and take a shower, what have you been doing? Your body smells so strong of rust!" Unexpectedly, Margot frowned as soon as Josie came closer.
Hearing Margot's words, Josie couldn't help being slightly startled.
Rusty smell?
The next second, Josie realized that it was not the smell of rust, but the smell of blood.
Although he had already cleaned himself slightly when he was in the nightclub, he had been in a bloody box for several hours after all, and Margot was still recovering from the postpartum period and was relatively sensitive, so it was easy to smell the smell.
There was no hesitation immediately and he went straight out of the baby room to take a bath.
There is no way, even though Josie looks majestic outside, but since the birth of the two little ones, Margot's maternal love has almost reached its peak, and all her energy is devoted to the children, which has led to Josie's status in the family.
linear decrease.
Fortunately, after Qiao Xi cleaned it several times,
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A few days later.
New York.
Competitive Social Club!
Although the external business card of this nine-member council is almost all over the United States, most of them still appear as high-end entertainment venues similar to Happy Zone nightclubs. The only ones with official club brands are New York and Los Angeles.
The first and second largest cities.
In the dim conference hall, seven people in suits and ties sat down around a large round table.
But Wilfred Malik, who had met with Josie not long ago, could only stand on one side.
Obviously, despite Wilfred's efforts over the past ten years, the Malik family has returned to the core circle of Hydra, but there is still a long way to go before they want to be on an equal footing with other snakeheads.
This has nothing to do with age, because among the seven people in front of him, Calvin Chadwick from the Iseldam Group and Huw Jones from the Roxon Group are actually about the same age as Wilfred.
However, the two of them leisurely occupy two of the seven existing seats, and they have a strong voice.
And this is simply because the strength of the Iseldan Group and the Roxon Group far exceeds that of the declining Malik family.
Only Wilfred himself knows the various tastes involved.
"Wilfred, tell me about your contact with Josie Kahn!" The old man sitting in the front seat looked at Wilfred Malik and asked.
The old man's name is Thomas Gloucester, the most powerful contemporary leader of Hydra, a Wall Street financial giant, and the helmsman of the First Citigroup.
First Citigroup is the top American consortium with Huaqi Bank as its core, and Citibank is the oldest bank on Wall Street.
In the world of Josie's previous life, the First Citigroup declined due to the Great Depression in the 1930s, and was controlled by the Rockefeller and Morgan conglomerates. It was not until the 1950s that it barely recovered.
But in this world, the First Citibank Consortium, under the control of the nine-member board of directors, cooperated with Roxon Energy Group and Iseldam Energy Group, and became the mastermind behind the Great Depression of the 1930s and the biggest winner.
On the contrary, Rockefeller and Morgan collapsed because they suffered heavy losses during the Great Depression and have become fringe financial groups... The most significant point is that the Rockefeller Center in this world is not called Rockefeller Center, but is called Rockson Center!
That is to say, in this world, the First Citigroup has replaced the original position of the Morgan Group, and the Roxon Energy Group has replaced the status of the Rockefeller Group.
The Iseldam Group is the core of the California consortium.
As for the Malik family, the prototype in Qiao Xi's original world was the Mellon family - in that world, the Mellon family also began to decline during the Great Depression, and control of the consortium gradually fell into the control of other families and companies.
In other words, if you include Malik, who has not yet regained his voice in the consortium, four of the top ten American consortiums in the world are in the nine-member council, and they are still the four most powerful.
It's no wonder why Qiao Xi values the Nine-member Council so much.
As long as you have the right to speak in the nine-member council, what's the difference between having control of half of the United States?
In comparison, the remaining members of the Council are weaker.
One is the newspaper tycoon Mortimer Hayez, who controls half of the media industry in New York and Los Angeles.
The remaining two are in politics.
In comparison, the ones with the biggest hips are actually the von Strucker family.
Straker in the comics is the red man under Mustache like the Red Skull, along with Zemo.
But in this world based on the movie universe, although the von Strucker family had its glory days, it was only a powerful family in Germany during World War I.
During World War II, Schmidt was kicked out of Europe because of his failed attempts at power struggles with Mustache and Schmidt. After running to the United States, he became a vassal of the Roxon Group.
It wasn't until he returned to Europe after the end of World War II and took over the remaining forces after the defeat of the Red Skull that he became slightly more independent. Then in the Avengers era, he took control of the whole party - the person killed by Ultron in the movie is the contemporary one.
The leader of the Strucker family and the son of Thomas von Strucker.
But it can also be seen from the movie that Stracke's status at that time was also lower than that of Gideon Malick and Alexander Pierce.
But in this world, it may be a little difficult for the Straker family to stand up again.
Because the Hydra forces in Europe have been preempted by Qiao Xi and have almost been annexed.
"Yes, leader, I can completely confirm that Josie Kahn is one of our own!" Facing the inquiries from several leaders of the council, Wilfred replied with a serious face.