The Mafia Empire

Chapter 10 - 10 Brewing a New Plan

Julian's initial reluctance soon faded away. Frank seemed genuine, and everything Graf had mentioned about the union rang true. Without further hesitation, Julian agreed to join. Frank took the fifty-cent membership fee, officially inducting him into the Workers Union, with the promise that his name would be registered with union headquarters by the end of the week.

Julian returned to the platform, where Graf quickly approached him. "How'd it go? Not too bad, right?"

Julian smiled and nodded. "You were right. They got me six dollars from Mr. Kreen."

Graf's eyes widened in disbelief. "Six dollars?" His gaze shifted to Julian's bandaged hand, and then, as if a light bulb had gone off, he slapped his forehead. "Wait here—I'm getting my six dollars from Mr. Kreen too!"

Mr. Kreen's face twisted in disbelief, as though he'd just witnessed the most upsetting event of his life. Already in a foul mood after losing six dollars to the union over a supposed work injury, he had spent the entire morning cursing them in his office. So, when Graf burst in, drenched in sweat and shoving his bandaged hand in Kreen's face, demanding compensation, it was more than he could handle.

Graf was caught off guard when Kreen didn't put up a fight. Without a word of protest, Kreen nearly threw six dollars at him and practically shoved him out the door. The union had shaken him so much that he seemed completely uninterested in arguing any further.

Julian and Graf, still shocked by their sudden windfall, decided to advance their plans for "market re