usatvline Chapter 379: Kro's Visit
Chapter 379: Kro's Visit
A week later, Lu Chen was talking to Morgan on the phone, discussing when to go to India to meet Earl Thomas. Suddenly, there was a hurried knock on the door.
Hans said to Lu Chen outside the door:
"Boss, there's a man named Kro outside the villa. He said he wants to talk to you about something."
Lu Chen and Morgan were deciding on the departure time at this time, and he had no idea who this Kro was. He said to Hans impatiently:
"Kro? I don't know him. Send him back to where he came from."
After replying, Lu Chen continued to discuss the trip to India with Morgan. After more than ten minutes of soft and hard persuasion, Morgan finally decided to take Lu Chen to India to meet Earl Thomas in May of this year.
After talking to Morgan about India, Lu Chen remembered the name Kro. He was the leader of the group that stopped him last week. Lu Chen didn't expect that this man would actually come to New York to find him. But he seemed to have asked Hans to send him away. After realizing it, Lu Chen hurried out of the study and shouted:
"Hans, Hans, has the man called Kro left?"
After hearing Lu Chen's shout, Locke immediately said to Lu Chen:
"He hasn't left yet. Hans is now at the door of the villa trying to persuade him to leave."
Seeing that no one had left, Lu Chen immediately said to Locke:
"Tell Hans to bring the man in. I remember who he is."
"Good boss."
After Locke replied to Lu Chen, he immediately ran out of the villa. Soon, Locke led a middle-aged man wearing a black windbreaker and a black gentleman's hat into the lobby of the villa.
As soon as the man saw Lu Chen, he immediately took off his hat and gave Lu Chen a gentleman's salute, which made Lu Chen wonder if this man was a gang leader.
Lu Chen returned the greeting and extended his hand to ask the other party to sit down. Then he asked:
"I don't know what you want to talk to me about, Mr. Crowe."
Kro put the hat aside and said to Lu Chen respectfully:
"Mr. Lu Chen, please let me introduce myself first. My name is Kro, and I am the current leader of California 18th Street. We are mainly engaged in casinos on California 18th Street, as well as gray industries such as smuggling."
After listening to Kro's introduction, Lu Chen became even more confused. The business he was running had nothing to do with him. Why did he come to him to drag him into smuggling?
Seeing Lu Chen's puzzled look, Kro continued:
"Our business on California 18th Street overlaps with that of Gnandi's Blood Gang. So our relationship has never been very good. But fortunately, our strength is still okay, and we have always been in an advantageous position in the confrontation with the Blood Gang. But recently, I don't know who Gnandi found as a backer, which made the Blood Gang's strength suddenly increase. I was suddenly at a disadvantage in the confrontation. I learned from a friend that Mr. Lu Chen has a grudge against Gnandi and has always wanted to get rid of Gnandi, so I thought of cooperating with you to deal with the Blood Gang together."
After hearing what Kro said, Lu Chen immediately fell into deep thought. The sudden increase in the strength of Gnandi must have been supported by the Rothschild family. But Lu Chen was a little skeptical that a gang that was originally more powerful than the Blood Gang would not be able to find out who was supporting Gnandi behind the scenes. Kro was obviously hiding some information from him.
Lu Chen was a little hesitant about cooperating with Kro to deal with Gnandi, mainly because Lu Chen didn't know much about Kro and California 18th Street. Suddenly a stranger came and said he wanted to cooperate with him, and this person was a gangster. This made Lu Chen feel a little unreliable.
So he said, "Mr. Kro, I wonder if you have investigated the person who helped Gnandi. The person who can greatly increase Gnandi's strength must not be a simple person. I need to understand it clearly before I can decide whether to cooperate with you."
The reason why Lu Chen said this was to see the strength and sincerity of Kro and the others. First of all, Lu Chen certainly didn't believe that Kro and the others didn't have any information about the Rothschild family. If they told him honestly, it would prove that they were sincere in their cooperation.
Secondly, if they even found out who supported Gnandi, it could only mean that the strength of the Kro gang was not as strong as he said, and that it could suppress the Blood Gang. If that was the case, Lu Chen would definitely not cooperate with him. A gang that was originally weaker than the Blood Gang would not be able to fight against the Blood Gang, which was supported by the Rothschild family, even if he joined now.
If they knew that it was the Rothschild family that was behind Gnandi, it would prove that they all had good connections and were qualified to work with Lu Chen.
After hearing Lu Chen's question, Kro thought for a while and then said:
"It's the German branch of the Rothschild family. They are preparing to enter the United States, and the Washington family behind Gnandi is their chosen partner."
After listening to Kro's words, Lu Chen nodded secretly. To be able to investigate so clearly, it seems that Kro's connections are also very powerful.
Lu Chen thought for a moment and said:
"Mr. Kro, compared with the Rothschild family, my strength is like an ant and an elephant. Even the German branch is not comparable to me. Even if I agree to cooperate with you, it will not be of much help to you."
Kro said quickly: "Mr. Lu Chen, you underestimate yourself. Although your strength may be much weaker than that of the Rothschild family, you must be aware of your own advantages. You have five or six thousand veterans under your command. Those people are not comparable to us little hooligans. If our two families cooperate, I believe that it won't take long to wipe out the Blood Gang."
Lu Chen lowered his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"Mr. Crowe, I don't think so. I think it's useless to just destroy the Blood Gang to deal with Gnandi. As long as the Washington family is still there, even if we destroy the Blood Gang now, Gnandi can still build up the Blood Gang with the support of the Washington family. So if you come to me just to deal with the Blood Gang, then I don't think there is any need for me to cooperate with you."
Kro thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Lu Chen, it is not easy to deal with the Washington family. I am afraid that our two families alone are not enough to deal with them. Besides, Mr. Lu Chen, we are just a gang. It will not be good for us to deal with a family like the Washington family that has a great influence in the business and political circles."