America 1919

"Different people have different life choices!"

And Nucky knew about the stalemate in the negotiations between Donnie and William Fox.

So when the two met, Nucky personally poured Donnie a glass of whiskey and comforted him.

"Donnie, it's not that simple, those film merchants in Los Angeles are as greedy as the bankers on Wall Street. Fox is certain now that you won't be able to find a more suitable movie studio in a short time, and he's also betting on the fact that the Miss America city preliminary contests are about to start, so he definitely won't give up on this opportunity."

Donnie took the glass, "Mr. Nucky, it feels like you're gloating!"

"Really?" Nucky looked at Donnie with a smile, then said casually, "Well, if you insist on thinking that way, I won't deny it!"

Donnie shook his head, "If William Fox fails to reach an agreement with me in the end, he will definitely regret it in the not too distant future!"

Nucky shook his head at Donnie's stubbornness, but did not continue to try to persuade him; after all, he had not involved himself in the documentary investment. Besides, Nucky also hoped to see Donnie stumble on some matters.

In the past few months, Donnie's rise had been too rapid. Although Nucky did not feel threatened yet, it would be beneficial for him to have better control over Donnie if Donnie could take a fall.

"Alright, since you've made up your mind, I won't talk about this matter anymore. Let's talk about the Miss America preliminaries instead!"

At this point, Nucky sat down, and his expression became serious.

"I've already spoken to the bosses of those cities on the phone, and they are very interested in this matter. They will join us as bookmakers during the event, but some are worried about what to do if a heavy favorite emerges in the preliminary contests."

The preliminaries are different from the finals where hundreds of women stand together; there will definitely be a few who stand out, and naturally, they become the hot favorites.

And Miss America, in order to attract more spectators, will certainly need to choose beautiful women to advance to the semi-finals and finals.

Simply put, the preliminaries will have fewer backroom dealings.

For bookmakers like Donnie, this actually limits their ability to manipulate outcomes.

The result being that if everyone flocks to bet on the hot favorites, they naturally won't be able to make money... they won't lose money, but they'll definitely earn less!

This is the concern of the bookmakers in other cities.

"Nucky, you absolutely have to tell them, they must not give up the greater profits later for a small benefit now. Although the influence of Miss America has already grown large, more audiences are paying attention to the election itself, not the preliminaries.

So, according to my predictions, at the beginning, there won't be too many people betting. The real opportunity for us to make money will come at least by the city finals, when those who bet early will see the fairness we present, and those still watching will see some people getting rich from this event.

With such publicity, by the time of the finals, there will definitely be more people betting and placing larger bets.

If a boss in any city breaks the rules we have already set during the preliminaries, then sorry, they'll just have to leave the game!"

As the head bookmaker of the Miss America preliminaries, Donnie had the confidence to say so.

If those city bosses left the information provided by Donnie and ran their own books, Donnie could just slightly change the ranking order of the girls and make these people lose everything, even their underwear.

Nucky nodded, "Alright, I will speak to them about this matter and make sure they don't mess around!"

With Nucky's assurance, Donnie finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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"Donnie, you really owe me a big thank you this time, two months and finally your mission is complete!"

Just after Donnie returned to Block Tavern, he encountered the long-missed Brad Dorn!

The arrival of Brad Dorn filled Donnie with joy, "Does this mean the license has come through?"

Even though Brad Dorn had already made a phone call earlier, without seeing the actual license, Donnie couldn't fully believe it.

Now everything was settled, Brad Dorn had returned, and he brought another piece of good news.

"The other cities have also agreed to let us build the signal transmission stations!"

Brad Dorn exclaimed excitedly.

During this period, he truly experienced what it meant to spend money like water!

And it was Donnie's money he was spending, although most of it went into Donnie's broadcasting company, Brad Dorn also made quite a few of his own connections through this endeavor.

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"Dear Dorn, you are the number one contributor to Atlantic City Broadcast!"

Donnie too was thrilled and grasped Brad Dorn's hand, this news was indeed timely rain for him, as he had been worrying about how to further expand Miss America's influence.

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Now Brad Dorn had brought him such good news!

"Haha, this is what I should do, after all, the reward you've offered, Donnie, is just too tempting!"

Brad Dorn, having completed his mission, was very happy as well.

Donnie did not let Brad Dorn down and immediately threw a grand party for him at Block Tavern.

Although negotiations between William Fox and Donnie had been unsuccessful, William Fox had become a loyal patron of Block Tavern.

Every night, William Fox would come here for a drink, play a couple of games, and sometimes even take a girl from Block Tavern back to the Ritz Hotel.

Today, as usual, when the evening lights were coming on, Williams Fox arrived at Block Tavern.

The familiar bunny girl immediately came over to serve him.

Seeing Donnie and Brad Dorn among others happily chatting away, William Fox asked curiously, "What happened that has Donnie so happy?"

The bunny girl took William Fox's coat and said with a smile: "Mr. Brad has obtained a business license for our boss's broadcasting company, and Atlantic City Broadcast will become the first commercial company in the United States. Our boss is celebrating with Mr. Dorn and others right now!"

As a filmmaker, William Fox certainly knew about broadcasting and understood even better the power of the first commercial broadcaster in the United States.

Instead of asking the bunny girl to take him to a private room for a few games as usual, William Fox spoke to her a bit urgently.

"I need to have a serious talk with Donnie!"