America 1919

Donnie calmly said, "I will not leave Atlantic City, Nucky. I hope he can stay in Atlantic City forever!"

"If that's the case, I would be very fortunate to be able to leave Atlantic City smoothly today!"

Checking the time, Leck Young knew that it was time for him to leave.

"By the way, Donnie, I really want to know, after you have obtained my entertainment dock, how will you manage it?"

As Leck Young prepared to leave, he asked Donnie one last question.

"The Atlantic City of today no longer needs an entertainment dock!"

Donnie already had his own plans for Leck Young's entertainment dock!

So, after sending Leck Young away, Donnie called Kritch to his office.

"Now that Leck Young's entertainment dock is ours, I've decided to shut down all business at the entertainment dock!"

Kritch was stunned for a moment. "Although Leck Young's entertainment dock isn't as booming as it was in previous years, it still brings in an income of several hundred thousand each year!"

Donnie laughed, "So, if the entertainment dock, after our transformation, can't bring in at least 200,000 US dollars a year, then that's our problem now!"

Kritch still didn't understand Donnie's intention. In the past, such decisions about business were always discussed with Robert.

Being suddenly called to the office today, and hearing about the entertainment dock, Kritch couldn't grasp what Donnie was thinking.

"So, what do you mean?"

Donnie explained, "Cameron once told me that if we want to succeed in our logistics business, then we need to solve the storage problem. We can't yet handle the storage problem in other cities, but the storage problem in Atlantic City will be resolved."

With the expansion of the European bootleg liquor business, Donnie's need for a dock surged.

Also, after the Family Alliance nationwide, Donnie reached an agreement with the bosses of New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine for the provision of bootleg liquor, with the largest quantity being mid to low-grade homemade bootleg liquor.

And with Walker's acquisition of farms in the South, Elwood Village had become a huge base for bootleg liquor production!

Atlantic City, then, would become the transit station for all this bootleg liquor.

Thus, Donnie needed docks and needed storage.

All these issues could be faced head-on after Donnie acquired Leck Young's entertainment dock.

And the entire operation needed a dedicated person in charge. After carefully considering all the people around him, Donnie decided to entrust this matter to Kritch.

Not because Kritch was capable, but among everyone, Kritch was the tallest among the dwarfs.

After telling Kritch about his plans for transforming the entertainment dock, Kritch appeared very happy.

After all, when he had left Elwood Village, he too had hoped to achieve something noteworthy by Donnie's side.

"There are two things you need to pay attention to when you're doing this!"

Donnie cautioned Kritch.

"First, if we transform the entertainment dock, there would then be a need for a large labor force, but considering Leck Young's entertainment dock is located in the North District, where Atlantic City's former upper-middle-class residents live, it is unlikely they would come to do these jobs."

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I've already analyzed this matter, there are only two kinds of people capable of doing this kind of physical work, one is the black people from the North District, and the other is the white people who are out of work.

But the moment either of these groups enters the East District, it will inevitably cause a disturbance there. When that happens, you will have to keep the disturbance to a minimum!

Secondly, I have already contacted Ford Motor, and I will be ordering 30 B-model trucks from them. Once these 30 trucks arrive in Atlantic City, our own transportation team will be essentially established!"

The standard B-model truck from Ford Motor was not originally designed for the domestic civilian market, but rather for the United States army participating in World War I.

At the time, Ford manufactured a total of 9,500 B-model trucks, 7,500 of which were sent to the battlefield, while the remaining 2,000 were left to be absorbed by the domestic market!

In fact, at this time, Ford also had a TT-model truck, which was truly designed for the social welfare.

However, the carrying capacity and durability of the TT-model truck were not as good as of the B-model truck, and the price difference between the two models was only US Dollar 100... The TT-model truck was priced at US Dollar 750 per unit, and the B-model truck at US Dollar 850 per unit.

Considering the volume of deliveries and the distances involved, Donnie ultimately decided to purchase the B-model trucks.

And because Donnie was buying in bulk, Ford gave a price of US Dollar 820 per truck! Continue your adventure at empire

So, purchasing Ford's B-model trucks this time, the total expenditure was US Dollar 24,600!

"Thus, I still need 30 drivers, and to ensure the safety of our bootleg liquor, each vehicle needs to be paired with at least 5 bodyguards!"

Kritch quickly saw the issue.

Donnie nodded and said, "Exactly, we can have the ex-servicemen who are continuously arriving in Atlantic City join us, and we can also recruit within Atlantic City!"

Kritch couldn't help but say, "Such a force being assembled, plus ensuring each one of them is armed, and their wages on top of that, it's quite an expenditure!"

Donnie patted Kritch on the shoulder and smiled, "Their role isn't just to escort the bootleg liquor, that's too simple. Once this force is built, no one in Atlantic City will dare oppose us again."

Kritch understood what Donnie meant.

Thirty vehicles, with six people per vehicle including the driver, that's 180 people, plus Donnie's arrangements in the North District, South District, and the people from Elwood Village.

It could be said that Donnie's armed forces in Atlantic City would be unparalleled, even by the government!

"Won't this displease the government officials?"

Kritch asked.

Donnie said, "Don't worry about them. Once our team is established, even if they are displeased, they'll just have to endure it!"

At the same time, Donnie had Hoover as a card up his sleeve. With him involved, the matter could be kept under wraps for an even longer time.

"I understand, I will do my best to take care of it!"

Although there were many details to be worked out, Kritch was still very happy as he said this.

After all, his leap from a bartender at the Block Tavern to the leader of Donnie's strongest armed force was a significant rise in status, a cause for happiness for anyone.

After Kritch left, Donnie sat at the desk and began to tap lightly on the surface. There was still one thing Donnie hadn't told Kritch.

And that was, as soon as the renovation of the entertainment pier was completed, it was actually time to deal with Nevin Byrd!

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