Raymond had heard about Sigel's casino project, which had now become a joke in the underworld.
Raymond understood a little.
"You want to kill Sigel, and then Los Angeles will be vacant. Are you proposing to use Los Angeles to make a deal with me?"
"Sigel's Austrian gang occupies the best territory in Los Angeles, and their property is estimated to be worth millions," Barzini said.
It would be a lie to say that Raymond wasn't tempted.
"Then what do you want?" Raymond asked.
"It's very simple. We want Las Vegas. After the deal is done, Las Vegas will belong to our families, and the Irish gang will not forcefully enter to steal business," Barzini said.
In other words, Barzini was going to use the territory of Los Angeles to trade with Raymond in exchange for the Irish gang not entering Las Vegas to steal business.
In fact, Barzini did not pay anything for this deal. The so called millions of assets of the Austrian gang had nothing to do with him.
