by dack2001 » Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:03 am
That's one of the more fascinating aspects of OC that is rarely addressed. A guy like Chickie Narducci surely had large hidden interests and assets all over the city. Had partners in the some businesses, legitimate and otherwise. Also had a large shy business and gambling business... I would assume with the rackets, especially the ones where the family or other members are partners the business goes to whomever the boss wants it to go to. Wasn't Salvy given a large portion of that book? Those interests "belong" to the family. The shy book would be a bit different, that would belong to the kids because the father staked the money and the kids are members.
When Bruno went, the partnerships that he had with other members belonged to the family. His other interests belonged to his family, who likely had to pick up the pieces where they could find them and rely on Bruno's partners to pay them out or continue the business partnership. In Chickie's situation, I would assume that Phil and Frank had knowledge of the partnerships that he had all over town. When Chickie goes, his sons protect their families interests. They also had the extra leg-up of being members themselves, so anyone trying to screw them knew that. I would suspect that a large part of the wealth in that family was generational.
That's one of the more fascinating aspects of OC that is rarely addressed. A guy like Chickie Narducci surely had large hidden interests and assets all over the city. Had partners in the some businesses, legitimate and otherwise. Also had a large shy business and gambling business... I would assume with the rackets, especially the ones where the family or other members are partners the business goes to whomever the boss wants it to go to. Wasn't Salvy given a large portion of that book? Those interests "belong" to the family. The shy book would be a bit different, that would belong to the kids because the father staked the money and the kids are members.
When Bruno went, the partnerships that he had with other members belonged to the family. His other interests belonged to his family, who likely had to pick up the pieces where they could find them and rely on Bruno's partners to pay them out or continue the business partnership. In Chickie's situation, I would assume that Phil and Frank had knowledge of the partnerships that he had all over town. When Chickie goes, his sons protect their families interests. They also had the extra leg-up of being members themselves, so anyone trying to screw them knew that. I would suspect that a large part of the wealth in that family was generational.