After the party, Johnny Fontaine personally drove Hardy and Taylor back to their respective hotels. Taylor and Hardy were reluctant to part when they said goodbye.

Just as Hadi returned to his room, the phone rang. He picked it up and it turned out to be Mike calling.

"I just found out you were in New York. Why didn't you call me? Don't you plan to take care of your career?" Mike joked.

"I had a promise to Taylor, so I came to see her. I didn't want to stay and was planning to go back tomorrow," Hardy explained with a smile.

"So when do you plan to go back?" Mike asked.

"There are some minor matters at the moment, so we will have to wait for about two days." Hardy said.

"Do you have time to meet? I'd like to invite you to my house for dinner." Mike said.

Hearing that the old godfather was inviting him to dinner, Hardy did not dare to refuse, "Then I will go visit Mr. Vito tomorrow afternoon."

......

The next day.

The Lauders arrived early, and the three of them discussed the agreement in the hotel room.

Hardy will invest $750,000 to acquire 75% of the shares of Estée Lauder Companies Inc., and the Lauder couple will be responsible for the subsequent operation.

The company hired Ava Gardner as its spokesperson, with the endorsement fee being $200,000 a year. However, the company has no money, so it has to owe the money first.

Estee Lauder placed a large advertisement in Playboy magazine to demonstrate its high-end brand status. The advertising fee was US$40,000 for the whole year, which is still owed.

Hardy will help them set up counters in shopping malls across the country, tentatively planning to set up 20 counters in the most upscale shopping malls in the top 20 cities in the United States.

The next movie will have an Estee Lauder commercial inserted. Hardy's idea was that in the movie "Ghost", the hero gave the heroine Estee Lauder as a gift. The cost of this commercial was $50,000.

I still owe it first.

The invested funds will be used to expand production, company operations and invest in experimental research of new products.

Both parties felt very satisfied and found a lawyer to sign a formal agreement, and Hardy owned 75% of Estee Lauder's shares from then on.

The Lauders retained 25% of the shares. The couple also welcomed the opportunity for Lauder's rise. They happily said goodbye to Hardy and prepared to go back and do something big.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Mike drove to the hotel to pick up Hardy.

The two chatted about the TV company in the car. The old factory's sales are still very good. The implementation of the installment sales strategy means that the TV factory no longer has to worry about sales, and the profit margin is also higher.

As for new factories, both New York and Los Angeles are under construction and are expected to be completed in October next year.

The car stopped at the Corian Estate, where Hardy came for the third time.

The old godfather was standing in the yard. He smiled when he saw Hardy coming over. Hardy walked over and greeted him respectfully. The old godfather gave him a hug and patted him on the back.

After these incidents, the old godfather became more and more satisfied with Hardy, who was smart, decisive, and knew how to give back.

During the last promotion of the movie "Red Dead Redemption", the singer invited to promote the movie did something bad. He sent someone to warn the other party and asked Fonteyn to come over to help. Not long after, Hardy arranged a movie with Johnny Fonteyn as the male lead, which shows that Hardy is a man who values ​​friendship and gratitude.

This is very similar to Xixili people. He likes young people like this.

The dinner was simple, just an ordinary family dinner. After dinner, several people went to the backyard to smoke cigars. The old godfather suddenly asked, "Did you go to the opening of Siegel's casino?"

"Yes, we went there a day in advance." said Hardy.

The old godfather was silent for a moment, then said, "I heard that the casino encountered problems during the first two days of opening. There are very few gamblers these days, and we are losing money every day."

“That’s true.”

The old godfather sighed, "Siegel is very smart, but sometimes he is too arrogant and stubborn, thinking that what he believes is completely correct. In the long run, that will harm him."

At around nine o'clock, Hardy said goodbye and Mike took him back to the hotel.

"Are you leaving tomorrow?" Mike asked.

"It's done. I've booked the flight for tomorrow afternoon," said Hardy.

"Then I won't see you off. Call me if you have anything."

They both smiled.

The next day, there was still time during the day, so Hardy came to the crew to accompany Taylor. The girl knew that Hardy was going back and felt reluctant to let him go.

Hardy patted her cheek and said, "Don't worry. You will be able to return to Los Angeles in about 20 days. Didn't Director Hitchcock say that the filming is almost finished?"

Taylor looked up at Hardy and said, "Mr. Hardy, I am 15 years old this year."

Hadi was stunned. What did Nizi mean by this?

"In three more years I will be an adult."

"And then?"

Taylor gritted his teeth and said with courage: "Mr. Hardy, please don't get married in these three years."

Hardy finally understood what the girl meant.

"Haha, don't worry. I won't get married in my entire life, let alone three years." Hardy said with a smile.

"Why?" Taylor asked in surprise.

Hardy patted Taylor on the head and said, "Because I don't like the constraints of marriage, I estimate that in my life, I will have many girlfriends and maybe children, but I will not get married."

Taylor was surprised by Hardy's words.

She originally thought that when she grew up, she could marry Mr. Hardy, but it turned out that Mr. Hardy was a non-marriageist.

She suddenly made a decision.

He looked up at Hardy and said, "Mr. Hardy, can I be your girlfriend when I come of age?"

Hardy smiled.

"Of course."

afternoon,

Hardy flew back to Los Angeles.

The next day, Andy came to the company and saw his boss coming back. He happily reported, "Boss, Barbie dolls are selling well. The toy company's stock has increased a lot. Now it has reached more than 3 yuan per share. You have made a lot of money again."

Hardy handed Andy the agreement he had signed with Mrs. Lauder and said, "I have invested in another cosmetics company in New York. You will be in charge of what happens next."

Andy took the agreement and looked at it. "The boss is optimistic about this company?"

"Yes, I am optimistic about his future."

Andy said he understood and that he would contact Mrs. Lauder to complete the terms of the agreement.

......

That day Hardy was talking to Bill about gang matters.

The Biel Gang has grown rapidly, with more than 500 members, half of whom are veterans. The fighting power of the Jewish Gang, the Irish Gang, and the Mexican Gang can no longer be compared with that of the Biel Gang.

"A few days ago, some Irish people came to me and said they wanted to sell drugs in our territory. What do you think of the boss?" Bill asked.

Previously, the Spanish gang controlled half of the Los Angeles drug market. After the Spanish gang was killed by Hardy, the vacant market was quickly occupied by the Irish and Mexicans.

The Irish are very greedy and now they are setting their sights on the Bill gang.

"What do you think?" Hardy asked back, taking a puff of his cigar.

Bill shrugged. "I don't care. The slot machine and pinball machine business can earn more than 2 million a year, and other businesses are also on track. If the Irish want to sell goods on our site, the most they can get is 200,000 or 300,000 yuan in site fees a year. I don't care at all."

"More drug users on the site will also cause many other problems, such as the increase in homeless people, robbers and thefts, which will also have a certain impact on the order of our site."

Sometimes gangs care more about order in a place than the police do.

If a place has good order and more tourists, more people will go to bars and play pinball machines, and the profit will be much higher than the site fee.

"Where's the Jewish gang?" Hardy asked.

"The Jewish gang is now in charge of the second-in-command, Alan Payne. I heard that he has allowed the Irish to sell goods on the site." Bill said.

Hardy frowned.

The Jewish gang and the Irish gang have always been incompatible. In the past, it was understandable for the Spaniards to use the Jewish gang's territory to sell goods, but now they are actually colluding with the Irish.

Was this an order from Siegal or Fred, or did the second-in-command, Alan Payne, act on his own initiative?

Hardy thought for a moment and said to Bill, "Don't worry about others. Bill's company won't allow the Irish to come in and sell goods openly. We can't control if customers go to their company to buy goods."

"Also, try to send people to infiltrate the Jewish gang to monitor their situation, and also win over some of the Jewish gang members." Hardy said.

Bill was a little surprised: "Boss, do you think something will happen to the Jewish gang?"

“Who can be sure?”

Bill nodded. "I used to be in the Jewish gang. I know some leaders. I can try to contact them."

Hardy and Bill separated, and just as he returned to HD Security, his subordinates told him that Miss Han from the auction company called him and sounded very anxious.

Hardy picked up the phone and called Han Ye-jin. Han Ye-jin heard Hardy's voice and said anxiously on the phone: "Hady, we seem to have been cheated. That person cheated us out of a $100,000 check."

Hadi frowned slightly and said, "Don't worry, I'll go over now."

They drove quickly to the auction company and walked into the office. Hardy found that Han Ye-jin and Irina were both very depressed. Several department heads and appraisers of the company were also there, and everyone looked unhappy.

Hardy walked up to Han Ye-jin and said, "Tell me what happened."

Han Ye-jin pursed her lips and started to tell the story from the beginning.

A few months ago, a middle-aged customer came to the store and sold an 18th-century oil painting for $2,300. After the transaction was completed, the man left.

Two days later, the middle-aged man came again, this time not to sell paintings, but to find the person in charge. He said he had a business to discuss with the person in charge. Han Ye-jin and Irina met the middle-aged man together.

This man claimed to be a French Jew named Leo. Before discussing business, he asked Han Ye-jin and Irina to promise not to leak the news they heard next, otherwise he would not tell anyone.

This aroused the curiosity of the two women even more. They both said they would not tell anyone, and then the middle-aged man spoke.

"My two lovely ladies, I asked you to keep it a secret because this matter itself is a little illegal. I have a friend named Louis. His family used to run a very famous gallery, which collected some famous paintings and also sold oil paintings. Their gallery even has famous paintings by Monet and Picasso."

"Then World War II broke out and Germany invaded France. Louis' family was Jewish and they had no time to move the paintings. They only had time to pack up some gold and silver before fleeing. God did not favor Louis' family. His relatives could not escape and were all captured and killed by the Germans."

"And all the paintings in their gallery were looted by the Germans."

Hearing this,

Several thoughts came to Hardy's mind.

I'm afraid it's not the kind of trick where assets are unfrozen and people are asked to pay money, right?

I am a descendant of Louis XIII. I have a sum of assets, but unfortunately it is frozen by the bank. If you pay me, we will unseal it and I will give you a large sum of assets.

I am a princess of the Qing Dynasty. I have a batch of Qing royal property frozen by the World Bank, with a total value of 1 trillion yuan, as well as countless jewelry and antiques. Now I need to unfreeze the funds. As long as everyone who joins the group invests 39,000 yuan each, when the assets are taken back, each person will get 3.99 million yuan.

There are even simpler and more brutal ones.

I, Qin Shi Huang, want money!

I, the Jade Emperor, give you money!