One thing that continually puzzles me is why Michael was so obsessed about acquiring a European real estate company.
Well, Gilday gets Michael to pony up an extra $100 million by saying:
This deal with Immobiliare can make you one of the richest men in the world. Your whole past history, and the history of your family, will be washed away.
I wonder which was more important to Michael, the money or the washing away of the family history?
On the surface, the washing away of his family’s history but deep down it was the money and power. He really did want to make his empire “legitimate†and he succeeded for the most part. I for one, am surprised more people around him did not go jail because we know the feds were watching their every move.
