Before leaving the cemetery, Hardy took another look at Siegel's tombstone and said to himself, Siegel, I will help you complete your unfinished business and ideals.
On the way back to the manor.
Bill and Hardy sat together and talked about things in Los Angeles.
Since the destruction of the North Shore Gang, the Los Angeles Gang is now the only dominant force. Bill has led people to reorganize the industry, and it has now been basically completed.
"Boss, the guy you arranged, Victor, has already contacted the Mexican gang. The North Shore Gang's drug business has been cut off. There is a shortage of drugs in Los Angeles right now, and the price has skyrocketed. Victor found the Mexicans, and they were very happy when they heard that he had a large amount of drugs."
"A few days ago, Victor sold 50 kilograms of cocoa powder to the Mexicans. The Mexicans now have complete faith in him. Victor is still teasing them, saying that he can sell them 250 kilograms next time. The Mexicans are now raising money."
"Once this deal is completed, we will be able to drain all the cash from the Mexicans, and then let the security company and the police solve the case. I don't think the Mexicans will be able to recover in a short time." Bill said with a smile.
Hadi nodded in satisfaction.
He needs the Mexicans to serve as negative examples, but he cannot let them become too powerful and threaten the status of the Los Angeles Gang, so he will torment them when he has nothing to do.
"Bill, although the LA Gang now occupies Los Angeles, you must be careful. Other Mafia families may have their eyes on Los Angeles. This time we had a conflict with the Selden family in San Francisco, and they may retaliate. And we should also pay attention to the revenge of the Irishman Raymond."
"I'll keep an eye on it, boss." Bill said.
Hadi thought for a moment and said:
"Bill, in the second half of the year, I will have Lanster vigorously develop the security company's business in San Francisco. You can first send a group of capable subordinates to get a feel for the situation in San Francisco."
Bill's eyes lit up immediately.
"Boss, are you planning to expand the Los Angeles Gang to San Francisco?!"
"I don't want anyone on the West Coast to become a threat to us. We have already made enemies with the Selden family, and I'm afraid other families will take advantage of this, so we have to plan ahead."
"Planning is the key to success. We can't just wait for things to happen before we deal with them hastily, right?"
Bill blinked.
"Boss, what did you mean by the last sentence?"
Hardy was somewhat helpless.
Bill really doesn't understand these flowery theories.
"Just do as you are told." said Hardy.
"I understand, boss." Bill replied with a smile.
Bill took his men back to Los Angeles, but Hardy asked him to keep Rossi, who was one of the four legion leaders of the Los Angeles gang, and it was he who killed Hemiweis.
Rossi is also a Marine and one of Hardy's confidants. He chose to join the gang himself.
He has more than fifty people under him. Hardy kept him and put him in charge of the security of Flamingo and in the future he would also be responsible for the underworld forces in Las Vegas.
......
During this time,
The Corrion family casino was robbed and is now closed.
The casinos of the four major families including the Basini were also robbed and even bombed, leaving them in a semi-ruined state.
The continuous conflicts have caused panic in Las Vegas.
During this time,
Newspapers and radio stations in Las Vegas are still spreading news that are not optimistic about the future of Las Vegas, making those who have purchased land very worried.
More and more people are listing their land for sale, and prices have begun to fall. Some people's selling prices have already fallen below the price they originally purchased the land for.
Reluctantly cut flesh.
Hardy felt that the time was right, so he asked Andy to send someone to negotiate with the land owners and buy the land at a lower price if they were willing to sell.
That's it.
In just half a month, the real estate company secretly acquired more than 6,000 acres of land, almost half of the best land on both sides of the future Las Vegas Strip.
But he also spent a lot of money.
There is a Wells Fargo branch in Las Vegas. Now Wells Fargo and Hardy are partners. Every time the real estate company buys a piece of land, it takes the land to Wells Fargo for a mortgage loan. This process goes on and on. In the end, the real estate company only spent more than 1 million US dollars to acquire these lands.
And this one million was stolen from the casinos of the four major families.
Some people say, "Strength is money, and money is strength. The two complement each other." Hardy thinks this is very true.
......
One week later.
Las Vegas held a municipal meeting. In addition to discussing the municipal construction of Las Vegas, one other thing was discussed at the meeting, which was whether it was necessary for the police department to sign an agreement with HD Security and hire HD Security as a supplementary force for the police department.
At the meeting, Chief Steve made a statement, showing from many aspects that it is very necessary to make HD security a protective force for the police.
"Now the population of Las Vegas is increasing, the number of cases occurring each year is also surging, the number of police officers is seriously insufficient, and violent cases often occur. A large number of additional personnel are needed. We calculated that it would be best to add about 100 people."
"We also need to replenish the corresponding weapons and cars, and build new offices. The current police station is too small and can't accommodate 100 people. We also need a special cafeteria and public baths."
"We calculated that the annual increase in staffing would require additional wages, equipment funding, facility funding, etc., which would be around 150,000 to 200,000 yuan."
When the congressmen heard this, they thought it was a lot of money.
"How much does it cost to hire HD security?" a member of parliament asked.
"120,000 per year, renewed every three years," said Steve.
The bill is easy to calculate. Hiring police officers includes not only equipment and wages, but also future medical insurance, life insurance, retirement pensions and other miscellaneous things. Another person spends money to hire a police officer, 120,000 yuan a year for everything, and doesn't have to worry about anything else.
No matter how you calculate it, you know that hiring HD security is more convenient.
What was there to consider? The majority of the congressmen agreed. Two days later, HD Security and the Las Vegas Police Department formally signed an agreement, and HD Security became a supplementary force in maintaining order in Las Vegas.
The manor where Hardy and his friends live has been bought by a security company and will become the headquarters of HD Security's Las Vegas branch in the future.
The manor was very large, and Lanster invited all the police officers from the police station to visit. When the police saw the piles of weapons in the warehouse, they were stunned.
The shelves are filled with pistols, machine guns, carbines, and submachine guns, but these are nothing. There are also more than a dozen heavy machine guns. Just look at the long bullet chains to know how lethal these guys are.
A policeman who was a little more knowledgeable asked: "Are these machine guns M1919A6 heavy machine guns?"
"Yes, it is M1919A6."
The police officer who was asking the question said, "This thing is enough to fight tanks. Can it be used here?"
"Haha, who knows if we might run into bandits, so it's better to be prepared." Lanster said with a smile.
The other police officers heard it.
Bandit,
No matter what kind of gangsters there are, they will all become obedient in front of you, because you are real murderers.
Going further inside, the police saw something even more surprising.
Grenades, explosives, even bazookas and m260 mortars, the police were shocked. Are these things used to deal with criminals or to start a war?
The tour is over.
The police have a clearer concept of HD security.
Don't mess with them, these guys are here to kill people.
......
Hardy took action in Las Vegas and took down the casinos of the four major families. This incident made the four major families in New York very angry.
Philip, the head of the Tattaglia family, found Basini and said, "That Jon Hardy is on good terms with the Corrion family. With him around, our business on the West Coast will be ruined. We should unite and get rid of that Hardy."
Basini is a shrewd man. He squinted his eyes and said nothing for a long time.
"Bassini, what do you think?" Philip urged.
Basini shook his head. "I received news that Jon Hardy has unified all the forces in Los Angeles. He not only has gangs, but also HD Security Company. They can exercise the power of the police at will. This is very tricky."
"How many people can we send to the West Coast? One hundred, two hundred, or five hundred? His Los Angeles gang now has no less than 500 people, and most of them are veterans. The HD security has 1,500 people, and their combat effectiveness is even stronger."
"That Jon Hardy is now entrenched in Los Angeles, and we can't touch him," said Basini.
Raymond told him all this information. Basini and Raymond made a deal. Raymond wanted the interests of Los Angeles, and they wanted the interests of Las Vegas. But in the end, neither side got what they wanted.
All plans were ruined by Hardy.
Raymond wanted revenge and sent people to Las Vegas to investigate. These situations were not difficult to investigate. Basini then realized that Los Angeles had such a powerful opponent.
And seeing how he had planned all along, step by step, with almost no flaws, he knew that his opponent was a man with deep thoughts and was by no means easy to deal with.
If I rashly send someone to kill him, if it fails, I will probably invite crazy revenge.
Basini is not stupid. Hardy has so many veterans in his hands. If he randomly picks a few of them, he might be killed by sniper bullets shot from nowhere.
"Are we just going to let him destroy our industry and do nothing? How are we going to survive in the future?" Philip shouted angrily.
Bassini shook his head.
"Philip, everything we do is for business and to make money. Sometimes when we know something cannot be done, we have to learn to let it go instead of acting on impulse," Bassini advised.
"What now?" Philip asked.
Basini thought about it.
"We have been fighting for so long and both sides have suffered a lot. I think it's time to sit down and talk. Otherwise, it will be of no benefit to anyone."
"I'll call Vito. We should hold a meeting of the Mafia Commission. Wasn't the original intention of the Mafia Commission to resolve internal disputes within the Mafia? There are some things we can discuss at the meeting."
Basini was a very shrewd man, and he was able to put aside his pride. He personally called the old godfather, and the two chatted on the phone like old friends.
"Vito, I think it's time to stop. It will not benefit anyone if we continue. What do you think?" said Basini.
During this time,
The Corion family actually suffered greater losses. After all, it was a single family fighting against the other four major families. Almost all industries in the Corion territory came to a standstill. There was no income for several months, many people died, and they were in a state of challenge every day.
The old godfather actually felt more pressure than other families.
The eldest son Sonny was killed, Mike was also assassinated, and then someone wanted to kill Fredo. In order to protect his two sons, the old Godfather left them all in the manor.
As a result, Mike's business was affected.
Mike could only give remote control over the old TV factory and the construction of the new one over the phone, because he might be assassinated if he went out.
If it were not the case, the Godfather would not have asked Hardy for help in shutting down the casinos of the four major families in Las Vegas. In fact, it was just an alternative display of strength, telling the other side that he still had very powerful foreign aid and that the Corrion family had not yet collapsed.
Now Basini called, which was exactly what the old godfather wanted.
The old godfather said in a hoarse voice:
"Bassini, I think what you said is very right. We have been heading in the wrong direction from the beginning. We tried to make money, but now we have suffered heavy losses. This is not the original intention of any of our families."
"Call the committee members, we should have a meeting to discuss what to do next." The old godfather said in a deep voice.
Put down the phone.
The old godfather thought about it, called Hardy and told him that the patriarch of the Basini family wanted to talk to him.
"Thank you, Hadi. I think this meeting will discuss issues related to hate crimes and drugs. Do you have anything to say?"
Hardy thought for a moment and said, "Siegel's casino. Originally, the four major families wanted to occupy the Flamingo Casino. Now I have taken it back. When Siegel was alive, I bought 61% of the shares of the Flamingo Casino, and the other three families each had 13%.
Mr. Vito helped me tell them that if they were willing to sell their shares, I would be willing to buy them. If they were not willing to sell, they should continue to invest. I would continue to build the Flamingo Casino and make it even more luxurious and grand than Siegel had imagined.
"Of course, if someone has bad intentions, I will use all my strength. You know I am very young, and young people are sometimes very impulsive and can't control their anger, so they do something drastic."
Hardy's last sentence was a naked threat and intimidation, and it was a threat to the four major families in New York.