America 1919

After Harding ascended to the presidency, Harry D'Agostino, as the campaign manager, officially entered the National Government and became one of the big four of the Department of Justice in the United States!

According to the American political system, the Attorney General is one of the four major members of the President's Cabinet, alongside the Secretaries of Defense, State, and the Treasury.

Salvatore asked, "Can I meet with the other party?"

Donnie shook his head, "You can't. If you have any doubts about this matter, you can choose to take the goods directly from me. As a friend, I will certainly give you the lowest price!"

Salvatore thought for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, "No need, I naturally trust you, Donnie!"

Donnie smiled and continued, "Since that's the case, then we're agreed on this matter. Now, you need to give me the supply amount for the high-end liquor in Philadelphia, so I can prepare in advance!"

Salvatore replied, "That's no problem, I will tell you later."

By this time, Donnie and Salvatore had officially finished discussing business.

Afterward, Donnie had John take over in hosting Salvatore properly.

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"So this time I have to go to England again?"

After Salvatore left Donnie's office, Bruce came to Donnie and learned about his next itinerary there.

Donnie nodded, "That's right, do you remember Billy Magini, whom we cooperated with on the battlefield? I've made contact with him. He has his own channels in England to acquire whiskey, brandy, and such purely distilled liquors. I need you to go to England this time to discuss the details of the collaboration with him!"

"Wow!" Bruce whistled, "I didn't expect you still had contact with him!"

Donnie laughed, "Did you forget, when I was in the army, everyone except George Kurle was my friend?"

"Forgot. I only remembered you once broke Billy Magini's nose with a punch!" Bruce laughed.

"Those are not important matters now; anyway, now I am very good friends with Billy Magini!" Donnie said proudly, smiling.

Bruce shook his head, "Then when do I leave? Besides, bringing those liquors back from England won't be simple."

Donnie to buy, Billy Magini to sell; but there was still a missing and critical link: transportation!

In fact, if given a choice, Donnie would prefer to transport goods from Canada, but unfortunately, he had no connections there.

But Billy Magini had a significant advantage: he was responsible for transportation!

"Billy Magini will take care of that, but when you go this time, there's another important thing: you need to observe Magini's situation. He makes everything sound too easy, and I am worried there might be some exaggeration in his claims," Donnie said with some concern.

Bruce nodded, "Understood. If that kid dares to cheat us, I'll make sure his nose breaks again!"

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The following day, Meyer arrived in Atlantic City, and with him came 'Lucky' Charlie Luciano!

Meeting with Meyer was more or less the same as the meeting with Salvatore; the two sides had already cooperated over the Miss America side business.

Although the volume of Meyer's previous cooperation with Donnie was not substantial, the high-end liquor market was different.
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Even though Meyer previously had channels for high-end liquor, he was just a middleman. The money he earned was substantial to an ordinary person, but not enough for them.

And most importantly, the profits from American high-end liquors were now far higher than those from mid- to low-end liquors.

Put it this way, before Prohibition, a bottle of high-end brandy cost only five or six US dollars, but its market price had soared to 75 US dollars a bottle now.

It was nearly catching up to the monthly wages of an ordinary person!

Meyer also chose the cooperative approach.

"Donnie, do you recognize this lady?"

After the official business was concluded, Meyer introduced the young woman who was with him to Donnie.

Donnie, who seemed somewhat familiar with her, thought briefly before laughing, "This is our company's Yaxia Durle, the winner of the Miss America New York regional preliminary competition!"

Although Miss Americas from other cities had also signed with Starry Entertainment, this was handled by employees that Starry Entertainment sent to those cities.

Donnie had only seen photos of these girls!

"Haha, I knew you would recognize her, Donnie!" Meyer laughed, "Donnie, what do you think about Yaxia winning the New York regional championship?"

Hearing Meyer's question, the expectant Yaxia by his side immediately showed a look of anticipation; although it was only a regional championship, it was already a great honor for Yaxia.

The Starry Entertainment staff had already informed these girls when signing them that after the competition, they would be sent to Hollywood. Then, they'd become real stars, and even without going to Hollywood, just by having the title of Miss America, they would receive more opportunities locally!

As for how a newly established Starry Entertainment could connect with Hollywood film companies and why those companies would promote them, these were not concerns for the girls at the time.