America 1919-Chapter 674

Chapter 674: 232, King of Atlantic City Chapter 674: 232, King of Atlantic City Robert Coontz, a United States Navy Admiral, was now a member of the Cabinet, serving as the Secretary of the Navy.

Seeing Albert Furr’s smile, Donnie knew that this matter was definitely not going to be easy, but he didn’t argue with the other party and just smiled back, “Well then, I’ll just wait for your good news!”

After that, Donnie saw Coolidge in the distance, chatting with this year’s Miss America winner, Wendy Fiore.

“John, I didn’t entertain you properly before, you’re not mad at me, are you?”

Donnie, holding a champagne glass, with Alice arm in arm, the two walked over.

Coolidge laughed loudly, “How could I?

Donnie, everyone knows you are the king of Atlantic City now, and you must be very busy.

I wouldn’t want to disturb you with my idleness!”

Donnie waved his hand, “If you say that, I’ll have to take a day off tomorrow to have a good chat with you.”

Harding was going to be gone next year, and Coolidge would assume the position of the President.

Rather than squabbling with Albert Furr, it was better to establish a good relationship with Coolidge now.

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Moreover, Donnie’s goal was not as simple as purchasing a few warships from the Navy.

In the next few decades, maritime transport would become the main method of transport, whether for passenger or cargo ships.

Atlantic City had its own port, which was small, but that wasn’t important.

Donnie could find a suitable city in New Jersey to develop as a major port city, so that he could formally enter the shipping and manufacturing industries.

Besides the commercial passenger and cargo liners, the real big orders were government contracts, and naval preparations would become the main theme for the next few decades!

Of course, these were just Donnie’s current ideas.

How things would pan out in the future would depend on the situation, but this did not hold Donnie back from preparing for it now.

“I have no problems, just worried that your work might be affected, Donnie!”

Currently, although Coolidge, as the Vice President of the United States, technically didn’t have much to do, he was quite idle!

“Being able to tour Atlantic City with you, John, any matter would need to be postponed!” Donnie said with a smile.

Coolidge was touched.

Considering Donnie’s current achievements and influence, he had no need to be so cordial with someone whose political career was nearing the end.

Then there was only one possibility left: Donnie truly considered him a friend!

“Then I won’t be shy about it.

Miss Fiore just told me that a few thoroughbreds just arrived at the racetrack, and I was planning to go have a look tomorrow!”

Coolidge said happily.

Donnie nodded, “No problem, it’s also a good chance for you to give us some feedback on our lawn!”

Although the stadium was not yet completed, to experiment with breeding thoroughbreds in Atlantic City, Donnie would often purchase thoroughbreds of varying ages for Atlantic City.

At the same time, to train more jockeys, Donnie had also brought in a batch of lawn and soil.

This was to allow the Racing Club’s preparatory staff to better prepare for all sorts of matters following the commencement of horse racing!

Coolidge said, “No problem.

I can’t say much about other things, but for this matter, Donnie, you can rest assured!”

Albert Furr, in the distance, looked at Donnie and Coolidge chatting animatedly and pursed his lips.

He knew Donnie wasn’t quite satisfied with his answer, but there was nothing to be done as the matter was indeed not that easy to accomplish.

As for the chat between Donnie and Coolidge, Albert Furr didn’t take it to heart.

Although Coolidge nominally held a higher office than his own, in actuality, Furr wielded more power.

Unless Coolidge wanted to run for the next presidential election, but with Harding in place, it was impossible for the party to nominate Coolidge!

After figuring everything out, Albert Furr stopped pondering and glanced around the banquet hall, quickly locating his target for the evening!

“Donnie, do you actually see those black people as your nationals?”

At this time, William Mellon found Donnie, looking at him curiously.

Donnie asked, “What are you talking about?”

William Mellon said, “About Breton Bank setting up a dedicated bank for black people in the North District?”

Donnie replied with a laugh, “How did you come to know about this?”

“What’s ever new in the financial circles?” William Mellon said nonchalantly.

He then reminded Donnie, “However, you should really consider this matter seriously.

Those black people, they might seem obedient now, but just you watch, give it a few years and their true colors will show.

These people are the very definition of laziness, serving them will cause you to lose everything.”

This was actually the prevalent view of American bankers towards black people at the time.

Capitalists are profit-driven, and if there was profit to be had, they would still do business with black people despite their inner discrimination.

The future success of black people’s ZZZQ not only stemmed from the increase in black populations, making their votes important, but also from the rise of black consumer power.

For example, Marvel’s “Black Panther” series and Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” remake — that’s the kind of thing.

Audiences in Eastern countries generally wonder what on earth these movies were about.

Film studios must have had their brains squeezed by doors to have done something like that.

But in reality, although these movies didn’t do well in Eastern box offices, they performed very well in the United States and Europe.

It was for this reason that American financial conglomerates covertly pushed for these initiatives.

In simple terms, filmmaking used to focus on how to tell a good story and produce great special effects so that when the movie hit the theaters, it could turn a profit for the company.

But such investment was completely uncontrollable since nobody could accurately predict the audience’s preferences.

After the advent of ZZZQ, things changed.

As long as the movie matched what black people wanted to see about their ZZZQ, the box office would surely not be bad.

This made the film industry easier to handle.

Anyway, those simple-minded black people just love this sort of thing!

“I actually think it’s not as dangerous as you say, after all, their income goes through our accounts!”

Donnie didn’t offer much explanation to William Mellon.

William Mellon shook his head, “You should still think about it seriously, those people, I really can’t trust them!”

Donnie laughed it off, “No worries, even if it’s a loss, it won’t be much!”

Seeing that Donnie had such an attitude, William Mellon did not say much more.

After a brief conversation, William Mellon went off to seek his own prey.

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Donnie continued to mingle with the guests.

Only in the depths of the night did he and Alice return to the seaside manor…