America 1919-Chapter 396 - 167. Donnie Takes Action (10,000-word chapter, continuing to repay the debt~)_5

Helen also understood Donnie’s situation and said, "Since that’s the case, you need to get ready. After you make your move, they might not know how to respond for a short period, but I don’t think they will admit defeat after just one exchange!"

Donnie rubbed his brow and said, "What worries me the most is that I can’t guess what kind of tricks they’ll pull next!"

After giving it some thought, Helen said, "They keep on saying they’re using business tactics against you, but in reality, their methods are anything but businesslike. This might be why they think you’re an easy target. But once you win this round, I think they will start to take you more seriously."

At this point, Helen paused and added, "The angle they choose might not involve oil anymore!"

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Donnie pulled Helen from behind the sofa into his arms and asked, "What do you think?"

Helen replied, "After this round, Andrew Mellon will definitely reassess his partnership with you. So, I believe he might stop dithering. If you have Andrew Mellon’s support, it will be difficult for them to make a move in the oil sector, and they will look for ways to target your other enterprises."

"Atlantic City Broadcast, Miss America, Surf Hotel—these businesses of yours don’t give them much to work with. It’s only your speakeasy business that they can truly target, as it’s an industry that can’t be legitimized. If I were in their shoes, I would definitely trip you up there!"

Donnie shook his head after some thought, "Unlikely, the speakeasy business involves too many stakeholders, including the Department of Justice, Coast Guard, local police departments, Bureau of Investigation, and other government agencies. If they really do that, they would be cutting off the revenue for everyone involved, which is an outcome they won’t accept!"

Donnie’s speakeasy business had infiltrated every power institution across the United States, which was why he had become the country’s largest bootlegger.

He never hoarded the profits of this industry for himself; if he had done so, his bootlegging business might have not even made it out of Atlantic City by now.

Donnie didn’t believe that someone could deal him a blow in this industry.

Helen explained, "Of course they won’t go after the entire industry, but they can tamper with one link in the chain, possibly the link that’s your personal profit. This is similar to the moves they’re making on Pandora Oil Company. Although Andrew Mellon is your partner, he’s not siding with you on this matter.

Because he knows no matter how much they stir things up, they can’t harm his core interests."

Donnie became pensive and even stopped what he was doing with his hands.

"It seems I really need to think this through!"

Two days passed.

During this time, Donnie made no moves, and to everyone else, this seemed to signal that Donnie had backed down.

Everyone was now waiting for Donnie’s specific actions.

However, the calmer Donnie appeared, the more it seemed like the calm before the storm. In fact, Donnie had already joined forces with Nucky, Mellon Consortium, Morgan, and started sending out invitations to numerous American celebrities!

"What does this mean? Donnie is sending us invitations now, asking us to attend the grand opening of Surf Hotel on November 11th?"

In New York, the Vanderbilt Hotel, Harry Sinclair and others received Donnie’s invitation.

It was already August, and there were only about three months left until the opening of Surf Hotel.

Honestly, it was somewhat early to send out invitations.

"Ha, isn’t that easy to understand? Donnie is just struggling in his final moments!"

Robert Stewart played with the invitation in his hands and explained, "Donnie Block is reminding us of his assets. The grand opening of Surf Hotel will surely attract many wealthy celebrities, and besides, I believe that once Surf Hotel officially opens, it will become a hub for many to launder their dirty money.

Donnie wants to use these two affairs to tell us, and his partners, that he still has a lot of value. If we want to do our business at Surf Hotel in the future, we should offer him support in this current matter!"

"Ha!" Harry Sinclair laughed disdainfully after hearing Robert Stewart’s explanation, "If that’s the case, we must have overestimated Donnie Block. Using the yet-to-be-realized Surf Hotel to get others to help him and to intimidate us is utterly delusional. As long as we defeat Donnie Block this time, his business won’t be as solid as it seems!"

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Nearby Elk Hills, Cafe Town.

This town was the closest to Elk Hills, and a few months ago, it was quite a thriving town in California, thanks largely to the Elk Hills oil field nearby, with many town residents owning their own oil wells.

However, as the three major oil fields were contracted by Albert Furr to the four major Oil Companies and the surrounding wells were given to Donnie, the oil well owners in the town initially disagreed and refused to relocate but were eventually driven out by the Navy’s men.