America 1919

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By then, if my Miss Americas could make an appearance in their films, that would be quite the treat!

Walker, however, seemed to hear something amusing, "Donnie, aren't you a bit too naive about Hollywood matters? Didn't I just tell you? Even Chaplin and his group aren't shooting their own movies under their company's name anymore. Investing in such a company is of no benefit to you."

Donnie firmly believed his memory was not mistaken; United Artists would definitely flourish in the future. Most importantly, as Walker had just mentioned, he had no foothold in Hollywood. If leveraging United Artists would grant him successful entry into Hollywood, then everything would be much easier!

"Leave the benefits to my judgment. All I want is for you to help me make the connections so I can successfully invest in United Artists!"

Seeing Donnie's mind was made up, Walker spread his hands and said, "Well, I don't think it's a difficult task. Chaplin and the others would very much welcome a shareholder from Atlantic City who cannot meddle in their Hollywood operations. Isn't Chaplin coming to Atlantic City as a judge for the Miss America finals? Just have a good talk with him about this matter then!"

Donnie smiled, "That's the Walker I know!"

Walker said helplessly, "I'm starting to worry that you might lose all the money you made from this Miss America event!"

Donnie laughed heartily, "No worries, if I lose it, I'll just sell you to United Artists!"

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On the night of Meyer's arrival in Atlantic City, Donnie arranged a dinner party. The attendees included Atlantic City's Donnie Block, John Block, Nucky, Eli Johnson; New York's Meyer; and Salvatore from Philadelphia.

At the dinner, the six of them were drinking and making merry, quite lively.

When the atmosphere reached its peak, Donnie made a proposal!

"Gentlemen, I have a suggestion!"

Now no one could ignore Donnie's suggestions, so everyone turned to him.

Donnie smiled, "Though we haven't seen the profits from the bootlegging business yet, I believe everyone has seen the profits from the Miss America event. This has shown us something very important!"

Salvatore laughed loudly, "Donnie, just say what you have in mind!"

Donnie smiled, "It's quite simple. Through the Miss America event, I believe we all saw that when we band together, the profits are enormous. So why not continue our partnership for the long term?"

Donnie's words brought a sudden silence to the room, as everyone pondered what he had said, especially Nucky who felt that Donnie had become increasingly bold lately.

"Donnie, better speak plainly about what you have in mind!"

Salvatore asked Donnie.

Donnie explained, "Gentlemen, our bootlegging businesses are already united, but our transportation network is underdeveloped. I was thinking, if we could unite with the bosses of other city gangs to form an offensive and defensive alliance, we could establish a complete transportation route that covers east-west and north-south across America.

Furthermore, to avoid harm to our individual interests within this alliance, we could delineate our territories. We might even settle stupid wars between families through negotiations. Just imagine, if we had such an alliance, we could control all the mob business in America!"

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"How enormous would that business be?"

Donnie's words made the breathing of everyone present begin to grow heavy, as his suggestion was simply too tempting for them.

And Donnie's suggestion would, in fact, a few years later, be brought up again by Charlie, who had been cooped up in the warehouse of Block Tavern for several days, and used Al Capone's incident to hold that event in Atlantic City. At that time, Charlie Luciano was the initiator of the United States Syndicate, and Nucky was the host of this grand event.

At the time, seven American crime organizations participated... This was Charlie's mandate. He had a mysterious fascination with the number seven!

And this organization also came to be known as the Seven Gangs!

Now Donnie had spoken about this plan in advance, and he also believed that more family factions from other cities could be invited!

"Donnie, if we join the alliance you're talking about, then whose opinions will everyone listen to at that time?"

The biggest problem one faces when initiating an alliance is always who will be the spokesperson for the alliance!

Donnie had clearly long had his own plan: "When the time comes, we can completely establish a gang committee, where the leaders of families from each city will automatically be members of the committee. If we encounter a problem that everyone can't solve, we can decide by a show of hands."

Everyone else must accept the result!

"How should we convince others to join?" asked Meyer, who had been silent up until now.

Donnie said with a smile, "I believe that as long as there are interests, everyone will definitely participate. The alliance has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of each family, which gives each family absolute autonomy. And we now have a common interest... bootlegging!"

Salvatore asked, "What if there are two major families in one city?"

Everyone knew Salvatore was asking about his own situation.

Donnie explained, "It's simple, family matters are to be settled by the family itself. If a family can't solve its own problems, it can pay to get help from other families in the alliance. I believe everyone is quite willing to do such a thing!"

Salvatore was somewhat tempted; if he could solve his adversary Harry Rosenthal with a sum of money, Salvatore would be very willing to spend it!

At this moment, Nucky suddenly spoke up, "So, are you saying that only one family can participate from a city?"

When Nucky asked this question, everyone looked at Donnie. This proposal was Donnie's, but the issue now was that in Atlantic City, everyone knew there was Donnie, and there was Nucky, and they were not from the same organization!

Donnie nodded, "I believe so, because only in this way can we solve the problems better!"

Nucky gave Donnie a meaningful look and asked, "What about my Atlantic City?"

Donnie replied straightforwardly, "Of course, Mr. Nucky would represent it, but I hope Mr. Nucky can choose John as your assistant, and I, I'm just a businessman and merely a proposer of this idea!

It's that simple!"