After another two years, Tom graduated from law, grateful to Victor for the child, did not want to go into his own career, wanted to follow Victor, stayed in the Corleone family to help Victor, at this time Victor is also a little worried about the future of the eldest son Sonny, this fight is not ambiguous, the combat ability is very good child, the temper is too grumpy, encounter things extremely impulsive, always want to use force to solve everything, talk without thinking about things too incomplete, if in the future to become the patriarch, this temperament sooner or later caused trouble. When Tom is willing to participate in family affairs, Victor looks at this child he brought up with his own hands, his temperament is just the opposite of Sonny's, in the growth process of these children, the mild-natured Tom, when Sonny bullied Fredo and Mike, he was always the one who was persuaded, from childhood wandering and foster life, but also let this child be kind,More empathetic, will put himself in the shoes of others, and Completely disregard for the feelings of Others Sonny is two extremes, and this child read the law, Consider the problem more thoroughly than Sonny, maybe the two brothers can complement each other, in the future with tom's assistance, Sonny can also be a good patriarch, since then, Victor has left Tom by his side, learning to deal with family affairs, as a military teacher training, and Tom's lawyer identity, on behalf of the family to negotiate some open business will be more convenient, especially with the political figures, and what Victoria did not expect is that the two brothers complement each other a little too much, it is difficult to see the two talking, quarrels are continuous.
Not long after, Mike set off for college in another city, majoring in finance, and the clumsy Fredo was neither involved in family affairs nor a serious matter to do as an adult, still living a stable life under the protection of the family, after which Tom married his wife Teresa, another female character throughout the Godfather trilogy, although they all left in a hurry, Sonny married his wife Ducila, and soon the two daughters-in-law were pregnant, and Sonny could not hold back his loneliness during the pregnancy of his wife Dusilla. Secretly went to Las Vegas to play, where he met Carlo, who grew up in Nevada,--- and also took his brother Fredo, who had been an adult all day, to play, and then a year later, Tom's child Andrew was born, Andura also gave birth to twin daughters, Mike, who was studying in a foreign country, in a new environment where no one knew who he was, met Kay Adams from New Hampshire, born in New Hampshire, a land where more than 90% of the people are believers,--- Kay Adams is also a devout Christian, at the same time as a new generation of highly educated women who have received new ideas, more independent and avant-garde, at this time Mike is also a devout Christian,--- both in college have roughly the same beliefs and interests, ideas, leaving aside family lineage, the future differences between the two have been buried at this time, when Mike breaks all faith and takes another path, Kay's reaction becomes understandable.
As Mike grew, values and ideas gradually matured, and his brother Sonny's handling of things more and more differences, family affection, treatment of things, the two often have different views on the same thing, Mike is not accustomed to many of Sonny's behavior, and Sonny thinks that his brother must be reading stupid, reading useless theory is often filled with two brothers who have taken different routes, Mike's ideal ambitions, and even the sense of justice and responsibility are scorned in him, when Mike was young, Sonny is angry and can still beat Mike, and as Mike grows up, the two brothers are still beating Mike when they have a conflict, and only Tom, who fights, and Fredo, who is sick with Mike, show sympathy. And as Mike grew up, he has been thinking about the future of Victor for Mike, in the process of contact with his political friends, slowly realized that the mafia in the eyes of those big people, has always been a tool to be used, can be abandoned pawns, he knows what those people are afraid of, but also began to prepare for Mike's graduation, thinking that one day Mike can also enter politics, leading the family across this class that he has not been able to achieve. At this time, the situation in New York had stabilized, and the two major leaders of the subordinates, the Pacifico side of the force independent of Brooklyn, and the Clemansha force on the outskirts of New York, echoed the Corleone family, and ran their own families without necessity. The determined Victor, on the one hand, began to slowly unload the family's arms, leaving only some of his best hands as the daily defense of the family, especially to alienate the murderous die-hard Luka. On the other hand, through the introduction of these current political relations, more political resources have been pooled to pave the way for Mike to enter politics.
Soon the time came to around 1941, World War II has broken out for more than two years, at this time Mike is also about to graduate from college, a chance family gathering, the family is watching the World War II news broadcast on TV, looking at the enthusiasm in the eyes of the younger son, Vido is a little worried, watching the death of tens of thousands of people on the battlefield every day, he is afraid that if the United States is involved in the war one day, Mike will impulsively go to the battlefield, Vido is not unpatriotic,--- just does not want to see the younger son adventure, some worry wants to give some advice, In order to respect the self-esteem of the adult Mike, he said some exhortations in a tactful voice, which Mike did not listen to at all, but Sonny was impressed. --- so that Mike would not be forced to recruit, Victor even used his political connections to win a deferred enlistment for Mike. --- knew that Mike would not agree to participate in family affairs, and the sunny road that Victor paved for Mike would also begin to be implemented after Mike graduated, in order to prevent himself from being gone one day, this plan could continue to advance, he repeatedly instilled Mike's line to the future military master Tom, instead of to Sonny, who would not understand and may not remember. What he did not expect was that this young son was not only rebellious, rejected the slow march he had won for him so hard, resolutely and resolutely abandoned his pen, but also had his own independent pursuit and ambition,--- when Mike heard that Tom and the old godfather had arranged for his future, he was very angry, thinking that the old godfather wanted him to participate in family affairs, and Mike, who had his own pursuit of life, would not accept other people's plans for his future.
Fast forward to December 1941, Sonny's friend Carlo in Nevada, a young man with a good face and a gambling business, came to New York to develop, Sonny thought that his adult sister should also have a landing, as the eldest brother, he was obliged to match this handsome boy to Connie. In the early morning of December 7, the little devil sneaked into pearl harbor in the United States, the United States passively participated in the war, after the incident, Mike secretly signed up to join the army without hesitation from his family, this day also happened to be The 49th birthday of Victor, at the birthday party, Sonny brought gifts for his sister, One by one for The Family Members introduced the family members of the family,--- Dusilla and Teresa Two female relatives in Zhang Luo dinner, the brothers were fighting, chatting about the topic of war, when they heard Mike signed up for the army, everyone was stunned, Connie, who is not allowed to take care of the housework, goes out with his new boyfriend, Carlo, Tom can't understand Mike, Dad loves you the most, and has done so much for you, why do you want to reject it all? The grumpy Sonny is directly engaged in fighting, stopped by Tom and Tesio, only there is no place in the family, Fredo, who has been wandering all day, staring directly at Mike, thinking that if one day, I can also have my own career to do, I can't help but congratulate Mike, but was interrupted by Sonny. The family's happy birthday party was made angry by Mike's decision, and when all the family members went out to meet the old godfather, only this young man who was incompatible with the others was left, staying alone in the house smoking a cigarette. The child who is the most unfilial at present has become the one who will be most loyal to the family and father in the future.
Mike is then called into the army, and Victor worries about this honorable child, while occasionally showing unconcealed pride in front of others, and all his preparations for Mike's political career are shelved, and he has not mentioned it to anyone else. After another two years, Carlo and Connie have been in love, looking at Fredo, who still has nothing to do and has no family, sonny offers to let Fredo also participate in family affairs, and follow up with learning to deal with family affairs. Then came to 1945, Tom became more and more familiar with family affairs under the guidance of the old godfather, Sonny has been cultivated as the next patriarch, Fredo followed the study, at this time Sonny's wife Dusilla was pregnant with the third child, and the unstoppable Sonny ran to fool around with the girl again and hooked up with Miss Mansini, and his behavior was also known to everyone, especially the old godfather reprimanded him many times. In the second half of the year, Connie and Carlo, who have been in love for more than three years, are ready to get married, at this time world war has begun to come to an end, Mike will also retire at the end of the year to return home, in order to wait for Mike, the old godfather specially set Connie's wedding date after Mike returned home, as the days approached, New York City came a big drug lord Solozo, under the protection of the Tartaria family, stationed in the New York market to carry out white-faced business, Zolozo repeatedly communicated with Tom by phone, and introduced the drug business to Tom in detail. He wanted to borrow the Corleone family's cash and political connections to run the business together, but the old godfather repeatedly refused, under the pretext of waiting for his daughter's wedding to discuss.
The old godfather was not ignorant of the drug business, and unlike the business he now runs, which can reach ten times the profit in the short term, to borrow a phrase: 'As soon as there is a proper profit, capital is bold.' With 100% profit, it dares to trample on all human laws. With 300% profit, it would dare to commit any crime, even risk hanging. The old godfather knows very well that this kind of ten times the profit business will definitely make people crazy, the process of operation will be accompanied by killing and fighting, which is a business that will threaten his family, and the United States has experienced a hundred years of opium history, the old godfather knows that the white face of social harm, unlike other mafia families, these Italian compatriots in his sphere of influence have deep feelings with him, and he will not hurt his neighbors without a lower limit in order to earn money.
And the most important point, Mike is about to return to honor, these political resources he prepared are prepared for Mike, the plan that has been stranded for a few years can be really implemented immediately, for the future of the family, absolutely can not hurt these political resource reserves, but Sollozzo repeatedly asked to meet, but also made him a little uneasy, he thought of the once frightening Luka, let Tom also send Luka an invitation to Connie's wedding. Soon the wedding approached, Mike, who had been awarded the Navy Cross, returned home, hurriedly met the old godfather, and immediately ran to New Hampshire to find Kai, who had been waiting for him for several years, and told his father that he would attend Connie's wedding on time, and the little couple who had known each other for several years, Mike ran directly to Kay's home to meet with his parents, the two of them whose feelings reached their peak, And Kay also agreed to visit Mike's home at Connie's wedding. On the part of the Corleone family, they were in full swing, waiting for the wedding day to come, according to Sicilian tradition, no one could refuse any request on the day of the daughter's wedding, and Tom prepared the wedding day reception list in advance.