Chapter 432

434. Chapter 428: Two Matters

In the massive study of the Tita family estate, this was once the place where Sarifu liked to stay the most.

There were many bookshelves filled with many books; sitting here felt like sitting in a small library.

He fit the stereotypes and prejudices of those people perfectly—people who haven't received a higher education often prefer to make themselves look cultured.

He indeed hadn't received a higher education, and he indeed liked to make himself look more cultured; there was no problem with that.

There were also many tables, chairs, and sofas in the study, and he also liked for the family members to sit together and discuss problems when something came up.

At this moment, sitting in his former seat was his eldest son.

Sarifu's cousin, Bosen, was sitting beside him.

A large family is like a super-complex group company; they don't just operate one kind of criminal business.

Families of this level often operate several or even a dozen types of criminal businesses, and so many criminal businesses involve a lot of content; one person cannot handle it all.

So, basically, the core members of the family will all shoulder some of it.

Just like Francisco's uncles and aunts; when Paul was around, he only handled some core businesses, and other businesses were also left to these brothers and sisters to handle.

Bosen held a position similar to second-in-command and steward in the Tita family; he actually didn't have much of an emotional reaction to inheriting the position of family head.

Sarifu was a family head who didn't pay much attention to status, so for the core layer of the Tita family, there wasn't any clear class hierarchy.

Everyone was family; although the bulk of the income was on Sarifu's side, they could also get quite a few benefits in their hands, so there were no complaints.

"Bandi wants us to stop; his attitude is very tough. If we don't stop, it is very likely we will be targeted by them."

"So, I want to hear your thoughts."

Over the past half year, the Tita family's losses have actually been quite heavy.

People always say the business world is like a battlefield, but in reality, the firefights between gangs are the true battlefield.

Bosen also chimed in from the side at this time, "If it were just dealing with that group of sons of bitches from the Casia family, our problem wouldn't be very big, because Francisco and Alberto would do it with us."

"But if the Bandi family is added, our pressure will be very great. They have great influence within New Jincheng, and by then, it could be multifaceted."

"So, we discussed it a bit, and we still need to see what everyone thinks."

Over the past half year, quite a few of the family's peripheral and core members have been wiped out; if we want to replenish them, it will take at least three months to about half a year.

And winter is coming soon; after winter starts, it won't be very convenient to replenish manpower, so in reality, we have to recuperate until late spring or early summer next year before we can have the ability to resist pressure.

Sarifu's son also said with a sunken face, "Father's death makes me wish I were dead. Every night when I close my eyes, my mind is filled with thoughts of revenge!"

"But our current situation is not very good. Many people died when Father went to negotiate this time, and we are now..."

He glanced at Bosen, and Bosen continued his words, "We can only mobilize at most about a hundred people now."

"If this batch of people is finished off, wiped out, then we won't have any resistance at all!"

A family member in the room said, "I can mobilize some more people from other places, about twenty."

A few others also spoke about how they could squeeze out some manpower; on the matter of taking revenge on the Casia family, they were of one mind.

Bosen shook his head, "I have an idea now, and I must talk to you all honestly."

"The Casia family is currently mired in internal strife, and I feel that if we put too much external pressure on them, it is very likely to make their family's internal strife end early."

Others nodded one after another upon hearing this, agreeing with his concept.

External pressure is often the best choice for diverting internal problems; at the moment of life and death for the family, giving up some personal grudges to collectively huddle together to get through the difficulties is an inevitable choice.

Seeing them all nod, Bosen continued, "The Casia family's gunmen were all hired cheaply from Angel Lake; they only lost money. If we are determined to continue the war with them, our own pressure will also be very great."

"This will cause the family to suffer heavy losses!"

"After all, it's not just our people who suffer losses after the war starts, but also our industries."

"So our idea is to let them continue their internal strife. As long as their internal strife doesn't end for a day, they will fight among themselves, and their strength will constantly decay."

"And we can restore our strength through recuperation and become powerful again."

"They are getting weaker, we are getting stronger, and the gap in strength will soon be leveled, or we might even surpass them."

"Moreover, a temporary truce can also deal with Bandi first. After we become powerful again, Bandi won't be able to continue demanding we do this or that like he does now."

Others fell into thought upon hearing this. Bosen and Sarifu's son looked at each other; they believed it was highly probable that everyone would accept this result.

Actually, to say there is hatred, that is certain, but to say we can't wait even a day, that's not necessarily true.

Sarifu did indeed die, but Rick also died; from a certain perspective, it seems they even made a little profit?

Of course, thinking this way is wrong; after all, a family leader died, but looking at it from a higher level, it is indeed like this.

A weak leader of the Five Great Families and a strong leader of the Five Great Families traded each other; isn't that the weak one taking advantage?

A fight to the death needs a target; Rick is already dead, so there is hatred, but it's not that intense.

The discussion of the others soon had a result; the people among them also accepted this idea.

Among them, another cousin of Sarifu asked, "Then next year or the year after, what excuse will we find to restart the war?"

Bosen curled his lips, "Perhaps by then they will have already weakened to such a state that they will be finished without us needing to take action."

"If we still need to take action, we can manufacture an attack, for example, I get attacked."

"This way Bandi won't be able to stop us. As for whether this is true, it actually doesn't matter, because he will understand that this is our attitude!"

When a person is willing to self-mutilate to start a war, Bandi actually doesn't have any chance to choose.

"At the same time, I will also contact Alberto and Francisco; we will take action at the same time. This time we will solve them once and for all!"

Others nodded one after another, indicating there was no problem.

Just at this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the door. A family member went outside the study, and after about ten seconds, he came in, looking incredulous, "The Director Du Ke side called over, saying they accidentally damaged Sarifu's tombstone."

Everyone in the room was stunned. Sarifu's son stood up, mouth agape, unable to believe this matter!

For federal people, the tombstone itself is the final proof and sustenance of a person's existence!

If this tombstone is damaged, for some superstitious people, that is absolutely the worst news!

"Why would they damage Sarifu's tombstone?", Bosen was very angry, but that person didn't know either.

He immediately made a decision, "I'll go see the situation; at a time like this, he needs me!"

However, Sarifu's son stopped him, "Uncle Bosen, the family needs you more; I'll go handle this matter."

"After all, the one lying below is my father; I will definitely handle it properly."

After considering for a while, Bosen agreed.

Sarifu's son immediately gathered a dozen people and took four cars toward the cemetery.

Actually, a long time ago, some of these large families liked to bury the deceased in the family cemetery, which is behind the estate.

However, this habit is gradually disappearing, especially in situations like gang families, where people die all the time; no matter how big the estate is, it can't bury so many people!

So in the end, most of them still choose a plot of land in the public cemetery to buy as a whole, used to place family members.

But this doesn't exclude forces that continue to bury family members behind the house, especially some financial magnates; they are still following this tradition.

Because they believe that doing so can allow them to get good luck—

It sounds ridiculous, but they believe that if the deceased family members continue to be with them, they will bless them with everything going smoothly.

The Tita family bought a large piece of cemetery, and Director Du Ke gave it to a cemetery management company for unified management; usually cleaning the ground, wiping tombstones, etc., these all need people to do.

Actually, no matter how many people liked a person when they were alive, as long as they die and are buried in the soil, people will soon forget them.

They won't go see them anymore, nor will they clean for them or clear the environment, so this matter still needs management personnel to do it.

It might be that the management personnel accidentally damaged the tombstone while doing something.

Sarifu's son and his party all carried weapons, but they weren't too nervous, because behind Bandi's demand for them to negotiate peace was also the Casia family's idea.

They were busy solving internal problems and had no time to continue the war, so it was highly probable they wouldn't take action casually.

The motorcade soon left the bustling area and arrived at the public cemetery next to the Creek Valley area.

Before the mayor had a falling out with everyone, he had considered continuing to expand the urban circle, so there was a high probability that this place would eventually be incorporated into the city's internal environment.

Some people had protested, believing that wrapping the cemetery within the city's scope would make the deceased restless.

This is actually a very strange phenomenon; they believe on one hand that their relatives went to heaven, and on the other hand believe they are sleeping in the coffin; one can only say that federal people are very sloppy on the issue of faith.

Everything went smoothly when the motorcade arrived at the small cemetery, and at the same time, they also saw a forklift in the cemetery, as well as half a tombstone that had been bumped and damaged.

Sarifu's son's eyes turned red immediately; he cursed "fuck" and rushed toward the tombstone, so much so that he didn't even notice that it was terrifyingly quiet nearby!

The cemetery is on a hillside; federal people don't pay attention to the orientation of the tombstone, nor do they care if they are touched by sunlight; many cemeteries are exposed to the sun.

Just as this group of people entered the cemetery, many gunmen suddenly rushed out from behind the bushes on the hillside, and they pulled the triggers without hesitation at those people below.

Slaughter erupted at this moment!

Sarifu's son never dreamed he would encounter an attack here; they immediately began to organize a counterattack.

But because many people were shot in the first instance, their counterattack was actually very limited.

Watching the family members around him fall one by one, the young man hiding behind the forklift could only accept this fact in the end!

He was brought to his father's tombstone with a pale face; father and son would be reunited at this moment!

A gunshot rang out, and quite a bit of fresh blood splashed onto the remaining half of the tombstone; the young man who lost his life fell onto the coffin lid that protruded from the surface.

He lay there, just like he lay in Sarifu's arms when he was a child.

On the other side, Vittorio was on the phone in his villa, Bandi's call.

"A little kid doesn't understand the difficulties of managing a family at all; he only knows how to mess around following his own emotions."

"That person Alberto is not a good person; who can believe he is doing all this just to repay the kindness Paul once showed him?"

"Anyway, I don't believe it, but there's no way; Cisco would rather trust an outsider like him than trust me."

"If we let them mess around, the family will only get worse and worse!"

Bandi on the other side of the receiver kept agreeing with his point of view, giving him more desire to confide.

Actually, everyone has a desire to confide, to complain, to vent some dissatisfaction encountered in life and work.

But this world lacks a good listener who can patiently listen to all your complaints and soothe your emotions.

No one can do these things, so when someone is willing to do them, it makes people feel close.

"Vittorio, from the perspective of an outsider like me, you are the most suitable successor to the Pasleto family."

"You have rich management experience, are familiar with family affairs, and also have great face among us, and we are all very familiar with each other."

"Although Francisco is Paul's son, he lacks some experience; he still needs to learn, and he is too young!"

"Do you know how absurd and ridiculous it is to let me sit at the same table with a child and discuss those things that can change the pattern of this city?"

"You really should discuss it properly and see if there are other opportunities for you to take on this role."

Vittorio felt like his whole body was going to melt upon hearing these words from Bandi; he liked these words, they spoke completely into his heart!

"You understand me, Bandi; they always feel that I have many problems and am an ambitious person."

"God is above; I have absolutely no selfish motives in doing these things, it's all for the family!"

"Won't these all be his in the future?"

He was completely in the guise of loyalty to the family, but whether it was him or Bandi on the other end of the phone, they both knew he was lying.

This could allow him to hold great power; the more promising Francisco is, the faster he will die.

Just while chatting, someone suddenly said Francisco had come over, and Vittorio ended the call directly.

"I have to talk to him again; we'll contact each other later."

Bandi calling him, besides wanting him to make the Pasleto family give up the idea of continuing to fight as much as possible, was also hoping to facilitate some cooperation with him.

The days of the Five Great Families sharing the world have passed; now it is the Koda family that is supreme, and he won't give other families a chance to rise again.

He will find ways to make them continue to fight internally, or destroy their chances of rising again.

He sees it clearly now; New Jincheng doesn't need so many voices, one is enough!

Soon, Alberto and Francisco came before him; when seeing Alberto, Vittorio's face couldn't have been uglier.

However, he still maintained superficial politeness, let the two sit down, and even had people bring fruit and drinks.

Inside and outside the house were their people, Vittorio's people, and Alberto's people.

The current Vittorio was very impatient with these two people appearing before him; he endured the thought of letting them get out and tried to make his tone as gentle as possible.

"Is there something?"

"My dear grandson?"

Francisco said, "I came to talk to you about the Casia family."

Vittorio frowned slightly, "I don't think there's anything to talk about; we need time to recuperate, Cisco."

"We have to recruit some people to fill those we lost, and we have to consider the relationship with the island, and then there are many other problems that need to be solved."

"Starting a war will only make us decay faster, not better!"

Francisco glanced at Alberto before facing Vittorio again, "This is not the tradition of the Sumuli people; we have grudges to settle, not grudges to endure!"

"The Casia family is about to be finished; we can completely give them a fatal blow!"

"I believe the family members will understand my idea; this is a sacred revenge!"

Vittorio's gaze also looked toward Alberto, "Did you make him say this?"

He believed that Alberto was the one behind all this, and his tone was naturally very impolite, "This has nothing to do with you at all, Alberto; you have no relationship with the Pasleto family!"

"Whether on the island or here, you are an outsider; I don't like your attitude of interfering in family affairs!"

Francisco raised his voice a bit, "This is my idea!"

Vittorio directly and impatiently raised his voice too, "Your idea?"

"You have never been in contact with family affairs, and you have been in school before; what ideas could you have?"

"Cisco, face reality; you don't understand these things at all, and you don't know how to handle the family's problems!"

"You should go back to school and study hard; Paul hoped you could go to university; isn't it good for you to fulfill his last wish?"

"Why do you still want to meddle in these adult matters?"

"And still being remote-controlled by an outsider who has no blood relationship with us, to oppose these relatives who have been so good to you since you were little?"