Harold Finch found the meeting unsatisfactory because he could not stop Salomon and Elijah's conversation from spiraling downwards. His estimate was not wrong. Elijah did know who Salomon was. This former gang leader seemed to know everything that happened in New York City. Salomon did not take it seriously when he first saw this chubby bald man. , but following what Elijah said, even he had to look at this seemingly ordinary middle-aged man with careful eyes.
The two parties had a discussion about the gangs in New York besides Manhattan. When Mr. Finch noticed that something was wrong, Salomon and Elijah had already opened a bottle of wine and were describing the scope of contraband business in New York City. . The gang leaders who lived near Salomon's apartment were all local whites and Italians. People's purge of the surrounding area was tantamount to breaking the peace between the gangs - although they usually fought, the leaders were all dead in one fell swoop. This hasn't happened yet.
"Don't worry about black people, they don't live long." Elijah explained to Salomon softly the situation of black gangs in New York: The reason why he didn't interfere too much with black gangs was because compared with Gangs of other races, black gang leaders always don't live long.
"There is also an element of police intervention, because no black person can bribe the police with such arrogance. The Irish, Russians, Latinos and even Chinese can do it, but black people can't. Everyone can see that they are criminals." He shook his head. Shaking the glass, he said slowly, "But the black gang sells goods very quickly, whether it's cocaine or drugs. If you go to the black community, you will see black children helping to sell goods. Everyone there Being a member of a gang, they have no hope, and selling contraband is the only means of survival. The competition between black gangs is also very cruel, and they have no idea about unity. Not just because their communities are connected , and it’s because every piece of goods represents tomorrow’s life, and if someone else sells one more piece, it means you sell one less piece.”
Harold Finch was strongly opposed to Salomon and Elijah working together. Compared with Elijah's spies all over New York, Mr. Finch can only investigate through cameras - but the sisterhood members have destroyed all the nearby cameras pointed at the apartment, and even Mr. Finch can't investigate Salomon's Surveillance is carried out around the residence.
He didn't know what kind of armed force Salomon had in his hands, but Elijah did. The former gang leader believes that as long as the National Guard does not enter the city and the methods are not so humane, Salomon's high-tech armed forces are enough to eliminate all gangs. Even if the New York police patrol the streets, the crime rate in New York City will be reduced to a minimum.
Elijah didn't mind letting Salomon eliminate the black policemen together. He promised that all the working capital and real estate of the black policemen would belong to Salomon. By then, Salomon would be one of the largest landowners in New York City.
There is a price to pay for using Salomon's hand to fight against enemies, especially criminal police and gangsters who have broken away from cooperation. Salomon didn’t want dollars, he just wanted gold. Elijah was obviously very interested in such a deal. He promised that as long as Salomon eliminated his old enemy, he would help Salomon convert the gang money into gold, and he would also make a profit on the price difference.
This is also what Harold Finch opposes the most. He hopes to use legal means to eliminate those black police officers, rather than using violence to fight violence. Elijah did not mock him. On the contrary, he admired Harold Finch's idea very much, but he said that it would not work and that idealists only suffered failure.
Moreover, Harold Finch did not have enough manpower to face those black police. If a war was forced, it would mean casualties.
"Why don't you find the Punisher?" Salomon asked before leaving the prison. "You should know that he is now attacking gangsters indiscriminately, right?"
"Frank Cassel, a land warrior, the best one." Elijah raised his eyebrows, "That man is a madman, as you said, he attacks gangsters indiscriminately, and I was once a gangster Boss. Do you think he won’t kill me?”
"I think as long as you stay in this prison, no one is going to take your life."
"According to the customs of war, the winner can dominate the defeated party as he pleases." Elijah's eyes were buried behind rimless glasses, making it difficult to see his eyes clearly. Salomon could only know that he really I really like Caesar's "Gaul Wars".
"I have lost, so even in prison, other people's hands can reach in." He said, "Thank you for your visit, but it is not safe here. At least I don't think it is safe here. I will find someone I think is safe." way to conduct transactions.”
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Dinah helped Salomon take off his wide-striped suit jacket and leather shoes. The sorority members responsible for guarding the apartment said goodbye to Salomon and returned to their rooms. The maid lowered her head and reported to Salomon the situation in the Eternal City, including Lorelei's situation and the research and development progress of Princess Shuri of Wakanda.
As for Maya Hansen, she had a vacation from Salomon, protected by two Sisterhood members who stuffed bolters into their handbags.
Now the first vehicle for use by the Sisterhood has been assembled. The aircraft has not yet been named, but after experiments, the aircraft can fly into low-Earth orbit, and can perform orbital airdrops with the artificial man's power armor and steel wings module. Then that aircraft will begin mass production, but due to limitations in raw materials and technology, the production capacity will not be the same as that of large military industrial companies.
This research project had already been established, but Su Rui was busy with other work at the time. Now she seems to have received advice from the Wakanda royal family and has completely stayed away from genetic modification projects, instead focusing all her energy on machinery. Salomon also acquiesced in this behavior. For him, Wakanda is still an irreplaceable force today.
But the goals of both parties are not completely consistent, and the Wakandans will eventually be replaced.
"What else?" Salomon took the water glass from Dinah, "Is there any news from SHIELD?"
"Yes, Master." Dinah took out a report. This report was given by artificial intelligence. The above intelligence shows that SHIELD's ship "Lemuria Star" is now listed as a reward on the dark web. The reward information about the ship is very detailed, including The identity and armed presence of all crew members. Now someone has photographed this bounty, and according to artificial intelligence tracing, it is a group of notorious mercenaries.
"Let the artificial intelligence track down the person who posted the reward." Salomon handed the report back, "I know what is on the Lemuria Star. What I am curious about is the address where Nick Fury posted the reward. Seize it. That's where we caught Nick Fury's tail."
"Master, isn't Nick Fury our current cooperation target?"
"No more." Salomon said, "hurry up and gather intelligence. Our organization cannot stay underground in the Eternal City forever. Now that my funds have bottomed out, we must put on another layer of clothing to obtain resources. In other words, we have to take over the full power of another organization.”
"We're going to be Hydra."
