money player

Chapter 191 The Gambino Family

After walking around in Chinatown, Xian Yaowen and the two went to Little Italy next door. They bought a few tabloids on the street and read through them. They also struck up a conversation with a few men on the roadside. Following God's guidance, the two came to a store with flashing neon lights. Very charming bar.

Valentino is generally transliterated as Valentino. In a few years, it may be translated as Valentino. The free translation is lover or love saint. When used as the name of a bar, love saint is probably more appropriate, but this does not include the one in front of you.

Lover's Bar, a very stylish bar, fully embodies one of the meanings of the bar's existence.

There is no bar in the Lover's Bar, and guests can only sit in booths, which are divided into two types. One is ordinary seats, which are not much different from other bars. There is also a more special booth "San Valentino", which has only two seats and one seat. It was empty, and a "Valentino" was sitting in the other seat.

With a lover, every day is Valentine’s Day, so it’s really appropriate to name the deck “Happy Valentine’s Day”.

There was a stage in the bar, and dancers performed conservative stripteases on it. Xian Yaowen took Qi Longque and sat down in an ordinary booth. He glanced at the stage and helped Qi Longque find a lover.

"How about the first one on the left?"

"Too strong."

"It's better to be strong, porcelain is solid, you can do whatever you want with it."

Qi Longque shook his head, "I want to be thinner."

"Look to the right, there are several thin ones over there. You pick one, and I'll teach you a couple of Italian phrases you'll need for a while, 'Sei la mia Venere', 伱 is my Venus, 'Ti voglio baciare' ,I want to kiss you."

Qi Longque repeated it several times, and after he remembered it, he asked: "Sir, will it be useful if I learn it? I don't understand the other person's reply, how can I continue?"

Xian Yaowen said with a smile: "If you don't understand, just look at his face. After you say the first sentence, see if your lover smiles. If he laughs, say the second sentence. You don't need me to teach you how to do it later. Even a man knows it. The third one from the right The first and fourth are both good.”

"I like the one in the middle."

Xian Yaowen glanced at the face of the lover Qi Longque said, "If you like this, go ahead. After you sit down, your lover will pour you wine. Don't be in a hurry to drink. If you drink, it will show that you are satisfied with her." , It won’t look good if you think about changing it again.”

"gun?"

"It's okay, take it with you."

"it is good."

Qi Longque stood up and walked towards the lover he liked, his steps were very hasty.

No matter how many returning guests wander between life and death, they can't change the fact that Qi Longque is a young chick who has just practiced flying. It is full of vigor and vitality and knows its taste by eating marrow.

Xian Yaowen's eyes followed Qi Longque for a while, until his lover held his arm and walked towards a secret door, he waved, called a waiter, ordered a glass of wine, and asked Qi Longque to pay him the bill. Knot.

The waiter left quickly and came back, not only bringing the wine Xian Yaowen ordered, but also an extra bottle of Dom Perignon champagne.

"Sir, this bottle of champagne was given to you by Mr. Gambino."

Xian Yaowen picked up the champagne and looked at it, then took out five dollars and handed it to the waiter, "Help me express my gratitude to Mr. Gambino."

"Okay, sir."

The waiter responded happily and left with another big tip. He could get seven or eight dollars tonight, a great day.

Xian Yaowen was not in a bad mood either. He came to Little Italy with the idea of ​​meeting Gambino by chance.

He poured himself a glass of champagne and took a sip. As the various fruity flavors filled his taste buds, the idea of ​​stocking up on wine came to his mind.

In recent years, the rich in various countries are still licking their wounds and are not focused on the pursuit of luxury life. Wine and champagne are not sought after by anyone, so the prices naturally cannot rise. However, after World War II, as the world generally stabilized and energetic soldiers returned to their fields, , the world ushered in a baby boom, nearly 3 million new dividends were born, and the world became more and more beautiful.

From birth to education, to getting married and having children, one can predict what kind of consumption a person will have in this life process, and which industries are getting better, will get better, and will rise in the future. It can also be predicted.

The changes in the wine market are just a symptom of the great changes in the world economy. Rich people with strong wallets and nowhere to flow funds have to have some fun. An expensive product that makes them feel superior can satisfy their rising class and taste. Pleasure, if it also has the attributes of collection and price increase, that would be even better. "They" can clap their hands and brag: Look, I made money while playing.

Stocking up on wine is a good idea. At the current price of wine, you can turn over a few bucks in five or six years. However, this idea is only suitable as a supplement to financial planning, not as a main profit-making project. Maybe wait for him. It would be a better idea to marry a concubine who is talented in finance and let her run the business.

Thoughts flashed through his mind, Xian Yaowen walked towards a woman with a wine glass, not a lover, but a female guest.

He came to the woman's booth, sat down on his own without waiting for an invitation, raised the champagne glass in his hand, "Hi, sweetheart, alone?"

"Yes, so?" The woman looked at Xian Yaowen with an unkind expression.

"not in a good mood?"

"Does it have anything to do with you?"

"It probably doesn't matter." Xian Yaowen spread his hands, "However, I want to give you a suggestion. Since you are in a bad mood, why not go on a date to change your mood?"

Hearing this, the woman said in a mocking tone: "A date? A date where you have dinner, watch a movie, strip naked, and sweat profusely?"

"No, change the first two items to drinking." Xian Yaowen had a premonition that he was about to be embarrassed.

"Go Fuck Yourself."

really!

"Yeah, thanks for the advice and have a nice night."

After saying that, Xian Yaowen stood up and returned to his seat with a calm mind and no feeling of despair.

There is no such thing as a perfect shot in picking up girls, and it doesn't matter if you fail once. What's more, his attack this time was not out of hormonal needs, but because of jealousy. Qi Longque had it, but he didn't.

After sitting for a while, Gambino came to him holding a champagne glass.

"Can I sit?"

"Please sit down." After Gambino sat down, he raised the cup in his hand and said, "Failed, aha."

Xian Yaowen raised his glass and clinked it with Gambino, "It's impossible to succeed in everything in life. Regular customer?"

"Veronica?" Gambino glanced at the woman, "No, she and I have some business dealings."

"Veronica Lake?" Xian Yaowen also looked at the woman, "I thought she looked familiar just now. How much?"

"Thirty thousand dollars."

"Her husband is director Andre?"

"Yes."

“‘Wings of the Storm’ did well at the box office.”

"Their financial situation is not good."

"Uh-huh." Xian Yaowen nodded, "How about you, it's just one day, but you have a bigger bar?"

"No, this bar belongs to my new boss." Gambino's face looked a little gloomy.

"New boss?" Xian Yaowen asked in surprise.

Gambino nodded, "Yes, our company has changed its name. Albert Company is the current name."

"Do I need to say congratulations?"

"Probably not. I'm still selling buttons, but the store is a few feet bigger than before."

Gambino said this, and Xian Yaowen roughly knew his current status. The Button Man was equivalent to the 49th member of the Triads. He was responsible for daily fighting and killing. He was on the front line every day and was a person who could be sacrificed at any time.

To compare with a similar character, Gambino is probably equivalent to Chen Haonan in the first part of "Young and Dangerous". He has several subordinates, but he has to personally lead most things. Moreover, Gambino has nothing to do with Young and Promising , his age is approaching the age of destiny.

"Ha." Xian Yaowen chuckled, "It's a coincidence that our businesses are very close. I sell clothes. Maybe we can cooperate in this area."

"How to cooperate?"

"It's very simple. I will give you the design and material requirements for the clothing, and you will produce it according to my requirements within the specified time. I will buy all the clothes, um, at a reasonable price. You can produce it yourself, too. You can leave it to others to produce it, it doesn’t matter, all I ask is to ensure quality and time.”

As soon as Gambino heard this, he understood why Xian Yaowen wanted to cooperate with him. The other party was interested in the cheap labor "stowaway". After thinking about it for a while, he said: "I hope the cooperation method will be changed. You will provide the raw materials and I will only be responsible for the processing."

Xian Yaowen pretended to think for a while, "It's not impossible, it's just that the risk of the cooperation method you mentioned is lower than what I said, and the profit you deserve must also be reduced."

"It doesn't matter, I only make a reasonable profit." Gambino waved to the waiter to bring a plate of pickled olives and nuts. He put a pickled olive into his mouth, nodded intoxicated, and invited Xian Yaowen to taste it together. , after receiving a negative answer, he continued: "Mr. Hepburn, how many workers do you think I need?"

Xian Yaowen twisted an almond from the nut platter and threw it into his mouth, rubbed his hands and said, "Let's put it this way, I don't ask for quantity in June and July. I will give you an order for as much as you can make. From August Initially, the monthly quantity cannot be less than 2.5 pieces, and this is about shirts.

In addition, I will give you a batch of orders for leather coats and leather jackets... Well, this business will be a little more complicated than shirts. Not only do I need you to produce, but I also need you to develop the market. Accordingly, you will not only get processing fees, but also Get sales commission. "

"Mr. Hepburn, my father told me when I was very young that to do professional things, you need the most professional people. I am very professional in 'recruiting' workers, but I am a layman in producing and selling clothes. I need the most professional people." People help.”

"Mr. Gambino, I have to say that your father is a wise man. In your unprofessional field, I happen to have the most professional people. I will lend you people to build the factory, and I will also provide you with As for the purchasing channel for sewing machines, in fact, I am also the agent of a sewing machine brand in Dongyang, and I will give you the sewing machine at the agent price."

Xian Yaowen spread his hands, "Of course, I don't make any profit at all. I have a sales target every year. As long as I achieve it, the brand will give me a bonus."

Gambino raised his glass to pay tribute to Xian Yaowen, "Mr. Hepburn, it is a pleasure to work with you."

Xian Yaowen raised his glass and responded, "Me too."

After a glass of wine, the two chatted about the details. Xian Yaowen gave Gambino a general introduction to the operating model of the garment factory. He described it based on the underground factory model he knew with slight modifications. For Gambino, What he talks about is all practical information that can be directly applied in practice.

After talking about the factory, Xian Yaowen also initiated the topic of holding a barbecue party in New York Harbor.

The United States is the golden market for textiles. Not only does it want to squeeze into the brand market, that is, mid- to low-end clothes, it also wants to create a world for Chinese clothing. There is no doubt that it will face many competitors, not every one of them. Opponents will confine competition within the scope of normal business methods. If someone is playing evil, he will need someone to help him set fire to the dock, and he will also need someone to throw rats into the container.

This kind of shady thing, if you can't help it, don't do it. Gambino is a professional, outsourcing the work to him would be a good choice. It just so happens that Gambino is just a button man. New York has not yet born Gambino. The Nuo family.

At ten o'clock, Xian Yaowen left the bar with a very refreshed Qi Longque. On the way back to the hotel, he found a bookstore that was still open and bought a bunch of large and small newspapers to look for the news he had missed.

Since most families in the United States subscribe to newspapers, a social news culture has been born. Many people will publish a paid news in the newspaper when something big happens. When they have a child, they will publish "someone" in the newspaper. "A certain family is blessed with a daughter, and the baptism will be held in a church on × year × month × day." The wedding ceremony will be even more exaggerated. Not only will the church where the ceremony will be held be specified, but the guest list will also be listed, and even what wedding dress and accessories the bride will wear. All will be logged out.

Newspapers are used as a medium to show off, announce good news, and announce funerals. In some more exaggerated families, news worthy of showing off that happened between the birth and death of a child will appear in newspapers. Through newspapers, one can learn about a person's life.

Sitting in the taxi, Xian Yaowen searched through the newspapers and easily found a missing person notice among the hot news, looking for an Italian Vincent Mangano, who was the boss and founder of the Vincent family. people.

"That's weird. A missing person notice was issued. Shouldn't we just issue an obituary?"

Through the missing person notice, Xian Yaowen could imagine that after Vincent Mangano was killed, the body was also disposed of. According to the common practice of Sicilian people, it was either buried in an old pit in the cemetery or sent directly to the incinerator. The more poetic method of chopping and feeding pigs is probably not very convenient to implement.

Within the Italian family, Vincent Mangano's death should have been certified, otherwise the Vincent family would not have become the Albert family. Judging from the theory of who benefits and who is suspicious, Vincent Mangano There is no doubt that Gano was killed by Albert, and Albert's fate has been determined that he will be killed by Gambino in the future.

This is a good tradition of Italian families. It is rare for a family boss to die a good death after one generation is killed. Gambino, the old fox, is an outlier among them.

Xian Yaowen did not remember when Gambino came to power. Although he had some relationship with the Gambino family in his previous life, he would outsource some shady black jobs to Peter Gotti, the boss of the Gambino family, but he never Never seen this person.

After all, he was eating ready-made, and he did not build the family's chamber pot system himself. He only needed to familiarize himself with the information about the chamber pot so that he could use it more easily. There was no need to be familiar with the history of the chamber pot.

However, according to the information he knew from some channels that he could not remember clearly, Gambino should not have come to power so early, at least not in the early 1950s, but he appeared, and history was destined to change.

(End of this chapter)