America 1919

After Nucky transferred his power to Donnie, an essential feature was effectively the transfer of financial authority!

Before that, Nucky had controlled the financial power of the entire Atlantic City. In the past, part of the salaries of the public company's staff, including those at City Hall, had to be handed over to Nucky and the Republicans behind him.

If they did not comply, they would lose their jobs.

Indeed, they had no right to refuse because the money had already been deducted before the wages were dispensed.

After taking over this power, Donnie actually had always wanted to give up this source of income, for he did not see a great need for this money.

However, while Donnie didn't care about the income, the Republicans of Atlantic City did, so Donnie had not made any moves.

But Donnie had used this system, along with his cooperation with the banks Morgan, Mellon, and Breton, to gain a clear control over the flow of funds throughout Atlantic City.

It could be said that if Donnie wanted, he could track any flow of money in Atlantic City... Although such an act was illegal, who cared!

Just take the black people of the North District, for example. Atlantic City did not support idlers; if they lived in Atlantic City, they needed to work there. If they didn't work and wanted to become vagrants, well, they would soon be driven out of Atlantic City.

The jobs for black people in Atlantic City were primarily in the hotels, boarding houses, taverns, and the construction company soon to be established by John and the other two.

In these places, Donnie could make it a rule that a portion of their wages, including the interest and part of the principal on the loans, be collected in advance upon salary payment.

Even those involved in the cardsharper business needed to pay a share to their boss.

Not to mention that the boss of the North District, Irving, was their "lapdog."

Even if these people did lose their jobs during a particular period and couldn't pay back the loans, the solution was simple: repossess their houses, after all, Atlantic City would never be short of black people in the future!

After listening to Donnie's introduction, Dick was somewhat tempted.

If that was the case, it could ensure that the interests of Breton Bank were protected!

"It's just that doing so will earn us the ridicule of our peers!"

Donnie chuckled, "You can rest assured about that; I'll instruct the newspapers of Atlantic City to keep this affair out of the press. As long as the city's newspapers don't report it, I don't think other papers will pay attention to these matters!"

With Donnie's assurance, Dick felt at ease and said with a smile, "Well then, since you've said so, Donnie, I have no objections. I'll remind the manager in Atlantic City about this matter!"

Donnie also revealed a satisfied smile.

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The expansion of Atlantic City and the relocation of North District residents were almost certain after the various powers had been dealt with, and everyone involved in this endeavor had started to take action, all except for the North District residents who were still in the dark.

To ensure his own interests, Irving had not brought this matter up for discussion with the North District residents right away. Instead, he collaborated with Eli, John, and Westglenn and began to aggressively purchase houses and land in the North District.

Naturally, there were some who were unwilling to sell their property, even though they had been promised it would be rented out to them at an extremely low rate.

Still, there would be people expressing opposition to such proceedings.

That's when Eli and John's convenience in their positions came into play!

Opposition?

No problem!

On that day, the police would show up at these people's workplaces or homes, fabricate a charge against them, and then take them away.

After the last boardwalk beach incident, the black residents of North District were already living in a state of worry and anxiety, naturally, there wouldn't be any large-scale resistance.

Of course, Irving played a role in this too.

But there will always be those who find a way.

For example, some black people from North District found Donnie and informed him about the recent events in North District.

After Donnie learned about it, he said he would pay attention to the matter and try his best to resolve it.

Then, Donnie called the four of them over, but instead of reprimanding them, as he had promised those people, he simply said he had no objection to what they were doing, after all, when he handed over the business to them, it was with the intention of letting them make some money.

However, one shouldn't go too far; it's still important to show some restraint.

After receiving Donnie's warning, the four indeed started to exercise restraint.

Nevertheless, such matters can never be kept secret for long, and after a month, news about the expansion of Atlantic City began to spread, with the new North District at its core. Finally, some people understood why, before this, John, Eli and the others had been so eager to purchase land in North District.

This situation naturally caused a lot of discontent, especially among the people of North District, where feelings of dissatisfaction almost reached a peak.

But what could they do?

Nothing!

Common folk have no rights at all!

They could only vent with words!

This is a universal truth!

Of course, regarding the relocation issue, just as everyone had foreseen when they began planning it, a significant number of North District residents still protested, not wanting to leave North District.

Even with the unforgettable scenes from before, now that their homes were involved, there would definitely be resistance!

Donnie didn't take this matter to heart; since he had handed it over to the four of them, it was their job to deal with it.

Meanwhile, Donnie's attention had already shifted to the third Miss America pageant!

By this year, the Miss America pageant had been held three times already, and its influence was naturally growing. Although in the last two years, many commercial radio stations and cities had held similar contests, none could truly compete with Miss America.

Now, the Miss America pageant had become an annual grand event in the United States, one that everyone followed with great interest.

Not only that, Miss America had now reached a cooperation agreement with the United States Tourism Association, starting this edition, the Miss America winner would go on a national speaking tour.

Though this move might not bring direct profits to Miss America, it would increase its visibility.

And this was something that Alice had played a big role in bringing about.

Counting this year, this was Alice's second year with Miss America, and Donnie had naturally elevated Alice's position, making her the Deputy General Manager of the Miss America project team, and he planned to hand over the project to Alice completely in a few years!

Alice was extremely happy about this!

But while Donnie was focusing his attention on Miss America, the relocation work, as expected, ran into some unexpected issues!