I was a little excited in my heart, I knew that I was probably right, so I gritted my teeth and continued: "Okay, look, let me tell the truth... Of course, this truth may be harsh, but I think, sometimes, Harsh truths always work... Oh, did you know that we have a saying in China, 'Good medicine tastes bitter, but faithful advice hurts the ears'!"
"Speak." Sorin is now overwhelmed by me.
"First, what I want to ask is, you must get this business, is it for your own consideration or for your organization?" I sneered: "Oh, you don't have to answer now, please be patient and wait until you finish speaking." .”
I had finished smoking one cigarette, and immediately lit another one for myself, and quickly said: "Okay, my second question is... um, maybe this is hard to hear, but I still hope you think about it carefully. You, the great Mr. Thorin, the number one person in the underworld in Canada, a powerful figure. But at your current age, have you considered it? I have to say that you are already an old man. As an old man, a person who thinks deeply As the leader, you must now seriously consider your successor. Otherwise, at your current age, how many years can you still sit in this position? Three years? Or five years?"
My point is clear...
Thorin was old, really old. He's in his fifties, and I've heard he's not in very good health. Like me, he had injuries when he was younger, and not a few. Such a person, when they get old, their health will get worse! How many more years can he last in this position?
He himself must have realized the problem long ago. Yang Wei told me about this at the beginning: Sorin is so anxious to get rid of it now, because he knows that he doesn't have much time, and he wants to finish things as soon as possible! !
Well, even if he can live another ten or twenty years... But can he live in this position until he dies?
Hell, it's not some party leader, it's not a government leader! This is the underworld! When he is old, weak, blind, and unable to manage affairs, even if he can live for a few more years, he can't continue to sit in this position! !
Thorin has been working hard to develop his organization into a "family-oriented" model. In the familial model, he must reserve his place for his blood relatives... preferably direct blood relatives! !
It's a pity that the only candidate... seems to be only one, and that is the absurd and lustful Princess Her Royal Highness.
But even idiots know that it is absolutely impossible for Her Royal Highness to become an outstanding leader... She is not even "qualified".
Then leave the place to someone else
In that case, old Sorin understood that even if he left it to his most trusted subordinate or comrade in arms... then once he abdicated, no matter how loyal the previous person was to him... once someone else took power, he would definitely not be able to survive! Not only will he die, but his precious daughter will also not be able to survive! ! !
This is the rule of the underworld! ! !
"I... actually have already found a successor." Sorin seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, and his eyes dimmed. He comforted himself like this: "I have taken a fancy to Alan, that young man is good, he is very smart in doing things, and he has always been loyal to me and respects me a lot. He is still my godson... I think he will..."
"But we are an underworld." I ruthlessly hit old Sorin's confidence: "Many people in the organization know your intention to let Her Royal Highness take over. It's just that in the end you found that Sophie was really not a suitable candidate. , That's why I decided to let this... Well, Alan, take over, right?" I sneered, "But, please, once Alan takes over, he will tolerate a possibility...even if it's just a potential threat to him. Do guys with status exist? No! Certainly not!!"
I looked at Sorin: "Ask the simplest question. If you are Alan, you know that your boss once wanted his son or daughter to take over, but finally gave up the position to you... After you took over, you Will you tolerate your boss's son or daughter continuing to live?"
"No!!" Thorin replied very simply: "Because their existence will affect the 'orthodoxy' of my status, and once something happens in the future, others will make a fuss about it and challenge the orthodoxy of my leader. Status! So I will definitely... cut the grass and roots!"
Sorin was completely discouraged: "But, I will leave a sum of money to Sophie, let her go to Europe, or go to other places, to be a rich man, to live out this life, I know the rules of this game, before I die, I will Give up all your power and try to get my daughter out of this circle..."
He spoke more and more quietly, because even he himself could not convince himself of these words.
Come on, we're all gangsters! We will not place our hopes on others! ! A person who is a threat to himself... unless he is a dead person! ! Otherwise, we will not rest assured!
This is the rule of the game on the underworld! ! !
"You are an excellent leader, but at the same time, you are also a father." I looked at Thorin, feeling that the time was about right, and smiled: "Look, this is what I want to say. So, I think, We have an opportunity to work together.”
I walked up to Suo Lin and sat down, looked at him, and slowly said: "I admit that the so-called friendship between us before was just a hypocritical and boring entertainment... But now, I want to get this opportunity, let me, Chen Yang, become a true ally of the great Sorin family!! I mean, a true ally! No matter at any time, he will never give up the other party's ally!!"
"Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie is only in her twenties this year. I think a beautiful and healthy girl like her can live to be at least eighty years old... Can you protect her until she is eighty years old?" I laughed: "This is obviously impossible. And then I looked at Thorin: "But I can! I can protect her, be her staunchest ally, her most faithful protector."
"Is this your plan?" Sorin looked at me with a sneer: "Honestly speaking, you are not the first one to make such a suggestion to me, and many people are using Sophie to get the idea of my current position! Hmph!! God knows if you want to catch up with my daughter through me, and then control the Hell's Angels after I die!"
I squinted my eyes and looked at him with a slight smile: "Mr. Sorin, please pay attention to my skin, hair, and the color of my eyes."
"... Well, I see." Thorin's eyes lit up!
"Look, I'm yellow and I'm Chinese. Do you think a Chinese could usurp the leadership of the Hell's Angels? This is absolutely impossible! It's as if the Americans would elect a yellow-skinned person Be their president? Oh my god, this is ridiculous!!" I laughed and said, "I just said that I am a Chinese, and the Chinese want to build an organization powerful enough to threaten the Hell's Angels in this white world , at least several generations of hard work, plus the right luck that God gave me... You see, I can't threaten your family's status for at least a hundred years. Then there will be no conflict of interest between us , there is no conflict of interest, this is the best basis for our friendship!!"
I am further tempting the old Sorin: "Think about it, Mr. Sorin... I know that your lifelong wish is to establish a family model of development. You hope that the Hell Angels that will flourish in your hands can develop in a family model. To develop... It's not that after you die, Hell's Angels immediately take on someone else's surname!! In that case, after ten years, who will still remember you? But if the family model continues, then even after another hundred years , you are still the greatest first-generation leader of this organization!! Your name will be etched forever on the first page of the family tree!" I looked at old Sorin and said with a smile: "I am willing to be Her Royal Highness's Loyal ally, loyal protector! In this case... you can let that Allen go to hell, let Her Royal Highness inherit your position, and then, develop the Sorin family!!"
This is how I caught Thorin's greatest weakness... human selfishness! !
The Hell's Angels were developed by Thorin's hands! Sorin has made countless contributions to this organization, and only then has the scale and climate of today... Could it be that Sorin is really willing to hand over such a huge empire to an outsider after him?
joke! Even a person as smart as Mr. Yang Er would let a smart young man like Yang Wei not use it, insisting on making his idiot son his successor! !
This is the selfishness of human beings! ! !
I have to say that what happened to Yang Wei actually inspired me a lot.
"Very tempting, very tempting...very tempting." Sorin rubbed his temples: "Chen Yang, I'm beginning to think that you are a very powerful guy. If you were a white man, I would kill you immediately Death to you! Because I feel threatened in you! Besides, you just painted a wonderful picture for me... Huh, Sorin... Family! Oh, family! What a wonderful name, which represents my descendants will Inherit the empire I created for them!"
But Sorin changed the subject and looked at me coldly: "But, how can you guarantee that your promise will not change? Hmph, to be my daughter's ally, her supporter, protector...God knows how many words are in that Sincerely! Maybe once I'm dead, you'll change your mind! How can you convince me to believe you?"
"I'm sorry, you can only choose to gamble, because I have no other way to use it as evidence to make you believe me." I said lightly.
"Or, I have a good idea... Oh, I know Sophie has a crush on you, how about..." Before Sorin finished speaking, I immediately refused: "No, I won't marry your daughter."
"Why?" Some angry sparks flashed in Sorin's eyes again: "Don't you think my daughter is not good enough?"
Well, this is the truth, I really despise the princess... I will not marry this kind of woman! Unless I'm a sucker for cuckolds!
But it is impossible for me to say this: "Because I have a girl I like. I have a lover." I said seriously: "No, no, you don't need to say it, I know what you want to say. I also I know that sometimes, business is more important than feelings. You may want to persuade me... But I still want to tell the truth... If I marry your daughter under pressure today, then I will be calm on the face, but I will remain in my heart. Hate! This is the truth! No one likes being forced to abandon the woman they like to marry another woman! Once you are gone, do you think a man who hates in his heart will treat your daughter wholeheartedly? "
"Oh, what you said makes sense." Sorin immediately gave up. He is a smart man. Now that I have said this, he will not force me. Forcing me to marry his daughter will only make me hate! He understands this very well: "But, without the marriage relationship, how can I trust you?"
"So I said, you can only take a gamble." I smiled, but the smile was very sincere: "Yes, there is no evidence, you can only choose to bet, bet that I will keep my promise. Become an ally of the princess It's good for me, and I'm telling the truth. After all, only Sophie becomes the leader of the Hells Angels, which is good for me in the end, and that... Alan? I remember the name correctly? Well, I don't know God knows if he will continue to steal my smuggling business after he takes office. No, no, let Sophie be the leader, so that I can feel safe."
I stared at Sorin: "This is a single-choice question... Two choices, A, if you don't believe me, kill me and take away my business, maybe you can get tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of profits every year from it... But you can only enjoy these things for three to five years, and after you go to see God, all of these things will be cheap for others! Does this make sense? Then, choose B and keep me, although it may be in the next three to five years I earn tens of millions less every year, but at least I gave your daughter a chance! Yes, a chance, even if your trust in me is only 50% now. But with a 50% trust, in exchange for a Opportunity... An opportunity for your descendants to control a huge underworld empire! An opportunity for Sorin's blood to continue to flow in the blood vessels of this empire!!"
Finally, I sighed, looked at Thorin, smiled and said, "Now, I'll wait for your answer."
I looked at the hesitant expression on Sorin's face, but I was secretly amused: Yang Wei is right, negotiations are nothing more than coercion and temptation... The coercion has already been forced, but the temptation is completely reversed, becoming It's up to me to lure Thorin...
Fuck, I'm such a genius! Depend on!