Chapter 6: Chapter 6: It's All About Influence!
Ohara is not too far from Mariejois. After sailing from Mariejois for about ten days, you can see the island.
"It's quite unique..." Doflamingo stood on the deck, looking at Ohara from a distance.
His back is very tall and straight, standing there gives a very energetic feeling, wearing a wine red suit, with a flamingo feather coat on his shoulders, one hand in the pocket of his trousers, the other hand, holding a cigarette.
I don't know if it's Doflamingo's original habit, or the sequelae after time travel. In short, Doflamingo feels that he can't leave his cigarettes.
"It's really distinctive, and people can recognize it at a glance. It's Ohara." Vergo said standing beside Doflamingo.
His height is also different from ordinary people, but after all, he is not as exaggerated as Doflamingo, and he is about two meters and thirty or forty centimeters now.
At this time, Vergo was wearing a white plaid shirt, with a cold expression on his face, looking cool.
The reason why Ohara is unique is that from a distance, a huge ancient tree completely covers the center of the island, which is very conspicuous.
And that tree is the 'Tree of Knowledge' known as the treasure of human culture and history!
At the same time, the closer you get to Ohara, the more ships appear on the surrounding waters. Obviously, Ohara is still quite lively.
I have to say that people in West Blue are very enthusiastic. When Doflamingo's Flamingo passed by a fishing boat, several fishermen on the boat smiled and waved to him.
"Fufufu...it seems that my notoriety has not spread to West Blue." Doflamingo laughed.
Doflamingo's reputation in North Blue can be said to be able to stop children from crying.
In June last year, Doflamingo hung his two smuggling business partners in the port pier on North Blue Jonathan Island, cut their legs to the bone with a knife, and fed the leg meat to a school of fish.
In the end, he stopped their bleeding, treated their wounds, and hung them on the pier for three days in the sun, roasting them to death.
He did this because the two partners swallowed a sum of money that they should not have taken, however small it was.
Donquixote Family walks on the dark side, and if they want to gain a firm foothold in the dark world, they must be ruthless, poisonous, and brutal enough.
Therefore, Doflamingo often deliberately does some f*cked up things to show his evil, wild, and cruel side, so that his reputation can always maintain a certain deterrent force!
But in the final analysis, to put it bluntly, it is because his own strength is not enough. If he has the strength of Whitebeard, then even if he does nothing, others will not dare to provoke him.
"Our business is not big in West Blue, so it's understandable that they don't know about it." Vergo said calmly.
North Blue is a sea of evil. Relatively speaking, it is more chaotic and brutal. While West Blue is also not a calm place, mafia culture prevails in West Blue, and most West Blue people have a "gangster" theme, violent but romantic and with a code of honor.
From a fisherman in the port to even a common dog on the street, everyone may have a connection to the Mafia.
It can be said that the people here are more or less all related to the mafia in some way.
Donquixote Family has always wanted to do business around the world, and West Blue is naturally included, so Donquixote Family also has a certain amount of research on West Blue.
According to incomplete statistics, there are at least 50,000 mafia gangs in the entire West Blue, and most of them survive and develop in the family mode, entrenched in the islands and kingdoms of West Blue, except for a few islands and kingdoms , such as Ohara or something, almost the entire West Blue is involved with the Mafia.
Therefore, if you want to do business in West Blue and make it bigger and stronger, it is basically impossible to bypass the mafia.
And standing at the top of all the mafia families is the mafia known as the "Five West Blue Families". Doflamingo doesn't care much about the other four. Only the Capone family is the one he thinks is more suitable as a partner.
This time he came to West Blue, if he had the chance, he hoped to have a chat with the Capone family.
After all...in about twenty years, Capone Bege of the Capone family will become the true and only godfather of West Blue, leading the Capone family to dominate the West Blue mafia!
The Donquixote Family's current business is mainly smuggling, mixed with some other scattered bad activities.
And Doflamingo has always wanted to diversify his business, and he hopes to get involved in the arms industry.
He had tried a few times in North Blue before, but it can only be said to be small ventures, and he has never made it big. In the final analysis, it is because there is a Germa Kingdom in the North Blue, and most of the North Blue's arms business is in their hands. Their own technological strength is very strong, their arms are more advanced, and their competitiveness far exceeds that of the Donquixote Family.
Speaking of background, to be honest, the Donquixote Family led by Doflamingo has no profound background at all. In total, it only took seven or eight years to make a fortune.
The Germa Kingdom has a history of hundreds of years. Even if it is now down and out, it will not be so easy to deal with. I'm afraid it can't be said out loud, but Doflamingo does have some fear of Germa.
Similarly, in West Blue, the five major mafia families are very powerful. According to the investigation, the Capone family has existed for more than 300 years and has a very strong background. The development is also good. The Capone family has mastered more than 30% of the West Blue arms market. They have mature military production lines, arsenals, and logistics.
Doflamingo very much hopes to reach a cooperation with them to sell West Blue's arms to North Blue and become a large arms seller of North Blue.
It doesn't matter if you don't have a production line, let's spread the channels first, it's a chicken-and-egg thing, sell West Blue's arms first, grab the business with the Vinsmoke family, and sell your own products when you can produce them yourself in the future.
Doflamingo isn't kidding about wanting to be king of the world.
To realize this kind of ambition, timing, luck, strength, and influence are actually indispensable.
There is no need to say too much about the timing. In the next twenty years, it will be the surging tide of the era. Destiny and opportunities are hidden in the tide of this era. It depends on who can catch it!
It's not just him Doflamingo, there will be countless heroes on this sea, galloping all over the world, fighting against each other.
Things like luck are illusory, how much you have depends on fate, but Doflamingo is a Conqueror who is only one in a million people, and I don't know how many lifetimes it takes to meet a time traveler, so with those two things combined his luck can't be too bad, right?
As for strength, Doflamingo has never let up, he has been motivating himself, and trying to find ways to keep leaping towards the ladder of the strong!
Finally, there is power!
Azu once said, "Well, are you good at fighting? Will it be used for a fart? It's all about influence!"
(T/N: No idea who that is, probably a Chinese reference)
Can Red Earl Patrick Redfield fight? Can Garp fight? But what's the use?
In contrast, Celestial Dragons are mostly petty dogs, but they can call Marine Admiral around, this is power!
If you want to form power, you must have connections and money.
In the past few years, Doflamingo has actually been accumulating.
No matter whether you want to be a pirate or do anything in the future, if you want to walk steadily, fast and well, these are indispensable!
The Flamingo soon berthed in the port of Ohara, and Doflamingo stepped off the ship with a calm and graceful step.
To be honest, it took him a lot of time to correct his habitual arrogance.
Unlike those common islands in the past, Doflamingo can feel the unique charm of Ohara just after getting off the boat.
Obviously he is a coolie who is responsible for unloading goods and moving bricks at the pier, but when he is resting on a wooden pile, he can even make a few academic conjectures, which opened Doflamingo's eyes.
This island of cultured people is cultured!
(T/N: This floor is made out of floor!)
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