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Richard froze for a moment.
This did not occur to him.Is Jin Bing directly planning to be honest with him?
"You should know who I am, who I am, who I am not in the public eye, so you may think that everything I say tonight is a thief shouting catch a thief maybe. But I promise you, everything I say is true. It's from the bottom of my heart. I really want this city to be better. What this city needs right now isn't a clean mayor, or a crime hero, no, no, neither. This city needs A guy like me, and only a guy like me, really understands how it works."
Richard said nothing.
He believed now that Fisk wasn't lying.Maybe Fisk is indeed right, all crimes are unified under the control of one person, and in the end, it might really make the city better.
But now he is more concerned about why Fisk said this to him?
Fisk continued on his own: "As I just said, I may have some big plans recently. This city will definitely undergo changes, and she will be reborn and usher in her most perfect posture. But here Before," he paused for a moment and turned serious, as if this was the main topic of the conversation, "I need to know the meaning of the 'big an' (the big an) behind you."
Richard was at a loss: "What sir? Who is it?"
"There is no need to hide this, Mr. Li. My energy may not be comparable to that of the people behind you, but my eyes and ears are relatively good in this three-acre area of New York." Fisk said leisurely, "In fact, it's not just me, but other powerful people in New York have guessed some of it."
Richard continued to be confused, and he spread his hands frankly: "I really don't understand what you are talking about."
"Okay then." Fisk mulled over and said, "Then let's talk about it one by one. Just from Blake at the city hall before, you filmed his infidelity to his wife, right? I remember He hired a few hitmen - top killers - to kill your photographer. You see, other people may not know the inside story. But this city is like my back garden, there is nothing Things can escape my eyes."
Richard recalled for a while.Hmm, that seems to be the case.But those idiots are still the top killers?Richard remembered throwing a few of them into the Pacific Ocean to feed the fish at that time, and didn't find any difference between them and others.The photographer didn't even know that his life was being missed.
"After that, those killers disappeared—completely disappeared, and even with my ability, I couldn't find the slightest trace. Our best experts told me that this matter was done too cleanly, even a little unusually clean. As for Mr. Black in the city hall, buying the evidence of the murder was discovered a little too smoothly a few days later, don’t you think?”
Richard was noncommittal.
Seeing that he did not make a comment, Fisk continued: "Then there is Adam Hensch. Adam Hensh was exposed as a pedophile by the Planet Daily in a large-scale project, and he had violated hundreds of young people in ten years. Girl that was a real scandal. But Adam is not a little guy, he has a member of Congress behind him, which is why many people have known about his actions for many years, but no one has spoken. After the incident, he insisted The Daily Planet deliberately fabricated evidence to slander, and threatened to make you pay the price, but let’s see what happened to him? He was beaten to death by four inmates after only three weeks in prison.”
Richard is also impressed by this.He remembered that Adam Hensch was also extremely arrogant at the time, and that guy pointed at Richard's nose and swore that he wouldn't even know how he died?But in the end Adam still went to prison.
As for being beaten to death by his inmates, Richard swears that it really has nothing to do with him.Pedophiles are quite unwelcome even in prisons, and it is not uncommon to be beaten by inmates.
But hearing Jin didn't mention it like this, why does Richard think it sounds like he bought this guy to kill him?
He's the owner of a decent newspaper!Is he the kind of guy who buys murder?
Besides, who does he want to kill?
Fly directly to other people's homes, and mention the Pacific Ocean and throw it to feed the fish?Is it worth spending this unjust money?
"There's Silvermane at the end." Fisk crossed his fingers and rested his fleshy chin, "I know that old guy, he is not someone who is easily scared off. So no matter who is behind you, it must be with you." We are not on the same level, are we? Who is your backstage? Is it some large multinational organization? Like"
Fisk narrowed his eyes, and even unconsciously lowered his voice, as if the word he was going to mention next was itself a taboo.
"As in 'The Hand'?"
Richard couldn't help being speechless: "What kind of rubbish is Hand?"
Chapter 22 The Name
"What kind of rubbish is the Hand?"
Richard blurted it out without thinking, because that's exactly what he felt.
Under the world view of Marvel, where gods walk everywhere and superheroes are not as good as dogs, what else can your mere large ninja organization be if it is not rubbish?
The hand in the comics is a bit stronger, but in the world view of the movie, there is really nothing to talk about.It's just a ninja organization established by five old immortals who are greedy for life and afraid of death. According to their performance in the TV series, even SHIELD can give them a pot.
But Fisk doesn't think so.We must know that Jin Bin in the TV series has almost become the biggest overlord in New York, but even so, he is still in awe of the Hand on his territory.But now Jin Bin's power and connections are far from what they were then. The Hand, an organization with a profound foundation and influence in all aspects of the world, is undoubtedly an unrivaled giant for him.
However, such an existence that all bigwigs in New York can't afford to provoke, Richard didn't even think about opening his mouth and calling it rubbish.If it were someone else, Fisk would undoubtedly feel that it was because the other party was too ignorant.But the person who considered saying this was Richard, and Fisk only felt that it meant that the strength of the backstage behind him was even far above that of the Hand.
As a crime boss like Jin Bin, Fisk naturally knows more about certain aspects of the world than ordinary people.He knows that there are many deeply hidden but extremely powerful organizations in this world. Those organizations often have the power to shake the world, and ordinary people have never even heard of them.
He is now convinced that Richard is backed by such an organization.
Otherwise, how could he, a little-known tabloid, be so outspoken in a place like New York?Fisk was the first to say that they didn't have a backstage.
"Mr. Li, in New York, I'm fairly well-informed." Fisk continued, "But regarding you and the Daily Planet, I have to admit that I really failed to find any special background. I believe other people's investigations The result should be similar to mine. This time I asked you out to talk, and I don't want to know more information. I only want to know one thing—the only thing, and that is the attitude of the big man behind the scenes."
Richard was speechless.Why do some people always like to think about something and nothing?He really founded the Planet Daily from scratch, and he took care of all the troubles he encountered along the way. Where did he come from such a powerful backstage?
Richard really wants to say, he must say something backstage, and now he is sitting opposite you.
Wait, did Fisk just say, 'the lord' is coming
With a thought in his mind, Richard simply nodded along with Fisk's words, and pretended to be mysterious: "Since Fisk has already noticed, then we can speak clearly as you wish. I can't tell you You reveal too much, but I can tell you the lord's name—and only a name. His name is"
He paused deliberately when he said this, looked around in a circle as if inadvertently, and then moved closer to Fisk, lowered his voice and said the word mysteriously: "'Shafulin'."
Fisk repeated suspiciously: "'Safrin'?"
What is the name of this place?Or is it a code name?The crime boss Jin Bing searched his brains. He was sure that he had never heard of this name, but he silently wrote it down and was going to go back and investigate slowly.
Richard nodded solemnly, and deliberately explained: "Yes. But we generally don't mention this name, and you'd better try not to mention it publicly, it's for your own sake."
Fisk nodded in understanding.He somewhat understood this, the more terrifying the name of a big man, the less he could be casually mentioned, just like his name Jin Bin was a taboo in the New York underworld.
"As for the attitude of this lord, Mr. Fisk, you don't have to worry about it." Richard said slowly, "You can implement your own plan in New York. Compared with a small New York City, that lord Let's just say, the horizon is much wider. I don't think he should have time to pay attention to the affairs of such a city."
Hearing his words, a big stone in Fisk's heart immediately fell to the ground.
Wilson Fisk is quite an ambitious person. Although he is already one of the most influential people in the underworld in this city, he hopes to remove the "one" of this title.
He has been preparing for a long time to sweep away all other competitors in the city and become the unique underworld emperor in New York.Now Fisk is convinced that he is ready, and the only thing that keeps him from taking action is the attitude of some mysterious forces in New York.
The Hand would count as one of them, but he had negotiated terms with the Hand in advance.Fisk offered them a suitable price, and the other party accepted the deal, promising that as long as he did not break his promise, the Hand would not intervene in the upcoming gang fight.