Chapter 111: To Hollywood

Connie gave her a hug, and for a moment she forgot about her groom when a voice from the stage said, "How about singing us a song? Come on, Johnny."

Johnny Fontan saw that it was his childhood friend Nino Valenti. The two of them were inseparable at first, playing musical instruments and singing together. Later, when Johnny became famous, they parted ways. Johnny jumped onto the stage without hesitation. An obscene Sicilian love song sang to Nino's mandolin.

Standing at the door, the godfather was very happy to see that Johnny hadn't forgotten his childhood friends and the songs of his hometown, so he asked someone to bring fine wine to Johnny; Johnny took a sip from each of the dozen or so wine glasses handed over, Walking towards the godfather's house, Shen Long hurriedly followed, "Mike, I'm going to have a few words with Johnny."

When Johnny was not famous, he sang in a song and dance troupe. The foreman of the song and dance troupe signed a harsh contract. Johnny wanted to get rid of this contract, so the godfather found the foreman of the song and dance troupe and was willing to pay 20,000 dollars to buy out the contract. The foreman refused. Yes, the godfather smiled and reduced the 20,000 to 10,000. The owner of the song and dance troupe didn't understand what this meant, so he still refused.

The next day, the Godfather found him again with Gianco Abbandando and Luca Brasi, put a gun to his head, and told him to sign the contract or his brains would be spilled all over the place. The contract, the foreman signed, and the godfather pocketed the gun, leaving a check for ten thousand dollars.

"Hey, Johnny, I heard that something happened to you recently?" Shen Long stepped forward to greet Johnny, and they entered the godfather's house together, listening to him talk about his misfortune.

Waltz, the boss of Johnny's film company, recently got a good script. The actor can be said to be tailor-made for Johnny. Given the chance, Johnny can only turn to his godfather for help now that there is only one week before the filming.

The godfather scolded him like a father, and then resolutely agreed, "I will make an offer he can't refuse." Then he slapped his face hard, "Now go play, play as much as you want, you will get to that role."

After Johnny left, the godfather began to arrange the matter, "Tom, you go to Hollywood tonight and get this done."

"I'm going to collect his information right now." After Tom finished speaking, he planned to leave and make a phone call. The Corleone family has influence on several guilds in Hollywood, and it is easy to find out the details of Woltz.

"It's better to leave this matter to me. Tom should stay at home and prepare for the negotiation with Sollozzo. This is the more important thing, isn't it?" Shen Long interjected.

"You? Fredo, do you want to hook up with those Hollywood whores again?" Fredo used to be a guy who liked to spend time and drink, which disliked the old godfather who valued his family.

"No, actually there is no such thing. I also plan to go to Hollywood recently. I just got an important news, which is very useful to us." Shen Long whispered in the godfather's ear for a while.

The face of the godfather became more and more serious. This news was completely beyond his expectations, but he had to admit that this was indeed very important to their family. If it was used properly, the family's strength would definitely grow stronger.

"We need to study this matter carefully." The godfather sat down, asked carefully about the details of the news, and then reviewed the details of the operation with Shen Long step by step, and finally said, "This time you really let me I am surprised, this plan is very careful and meticulous, just do what you say! After saying goodbye to Abbandandu tonight, you will go to Hollywood with Johnny."

After the wedding, the godfather brought members of the Corleone family and Johnny to the hospital. His old military strategist, Gianco Abbandando, was seriously ill and was hospitalized for a long time. Today, he has come to the end of his life.

At three o'clock in the morning, Gianco Abbandando passed away,

The godfather announced on the spot that Tom Hagen would succeed him as the new military advisor of the Corleone family; after leaving the hospital, Shen Long went to the airport with Johnny Fontane.

At this time, it was too late to buy another ticket, but Shen Long showed the priority card sent by an officer of the Pentagon General Staff and successfully boarded the Constellation nonstop passenger plane.

On the plane, Shen Long chatted with Johnny about Hollywood while flipping through the materials collected by Tom. Jack Woltz is one of the three major film studio bosses in Hollywood. He has dozens of stars under his command. He is also a member of the Film Department of the Presidential War Intelligence Committee, has attended White House banquets, and hosted Edgar Hoover at home, but he has no personal friendship, otherwise the godfather would not dare to threaten him.

Today's Hollywood is far from having as much influence as later generations. The Corleone family is powerful enough to convince Woltz. Shen Long is more concerned about another matter. He casually chatted with Johnny about his relationship network in Hollywood. I asked him about the situation of several female stars.

Johnny thought that he was repeating his old problem, so he happily talked about gossip about these female stars with him, and even planned to hold a party for him.

"No, no, let's talk about this time after we understand the matter. The most important thing is to help you get that role first." Shen Long smiled and didn't agree, he was not really interested in those female stars.

After arriving in Hollywood, Shen Long went directly to Woltz's film studio. Before that, he got in touch with the head of the Hollywood labor union Bille Goff through the relationship of the Corleone family, and made an appointment with Woltz , if the negotiations break down, Woltz's film studio will usher in a strike.

The first meeting is the same as in the movie, Shen Long tells Woltz that if he gives Johnny the leading role, then his studio will not have a strike problem, and neither will his drug-addicted star Being exposed, the proud Woltz regarded Shen Long as a gangster and sneered at his words. Shen Long left his business card and left without any fluctuations, "I must remind you, maybe we can do something like Hoover impossible thing."

When he arrived at the hotel, he called the old godfather. Woltz's film studio was on strike. He learned how powerful the Corleone family was, and soon called to invite Shen Long to his house to continue the conversation.

Shen Long came to his country villa in the car sent by Woltz. This villa occupies a very large area. It not only has luxurious houses, but also a vast courtyard and a cinder road specially laid for horses. Next to the stables is a Large area of ​​pasture.

Getting off the car, Shen Long glanced at the stables and entered the villa.