For the Italian Gambino Family and the Russian Mafia of Brighton Beach, who were constantly monitoring Li Wei's every move, this was an unmistakable signal.
This was only the fifth day since Chen Haisheng had officially taken the wheel of the Cadillac Escalade.
In the back room of the Fujian Business Association in Manhattan Chinatown.
A tall, white Russian man with deep-set eyes sat formally in the guest's seat, playing with a pair of smooth, well-worn walnuts in his hands.
If not for his stereotypically Slavic face, one might mistake him for an authentic northern old-timer just from the sound of his voice.
