"Now, do you all understand my requirents?"
Seeing Donnie's expression, everybody imdiately nodded in understanding.
Tom Hudson even directly stated, "I'll contact Robinson from the Atlantic City Post right away and announce our condition!"
Only then did Donnie nod in satisfaction.
Jim Chugor said, "Boss, the staff stationed in other cities have also sent telegrams, and their situations are sowhat better than Atlantic City's, as those are all gacities. So, I wanted to ask if the condition we're applying to Atlantic City should also be extended to the other cities?"
Donnie nodded as if it was the most natural thing in the world, "Of course. The United States is a country of equality and freedom. Do you want won from those cities to accuse us of regional discrimination?"
The manager of the advertising departnt, Olidru, spoke with so difficulty, "Boss, if that's the case, our advertising sponsorships may face so troubles. The brands we are in touch with already have skeptical attitudes towards the Miss Arica pageant. If we open up this condition, I worry they might abandon us for the sake of their companies' reputations!"
"Olidru, rember this!" Donnie said gravely as he looked at Olidru, "Our main sponsor has already been secured. As for those smaller ones, don't worry about what they think. As long as our event is successful enough to attract the attention of the entire United States,
then they will surely give up their pathetic pride for the traffic we can provide!"
Brand honor?
Such a concept simply didn't apply to Donnie. In his view, every brand in this world, as well as in the future world, had one and only one goal with their so-called brand honor.
And that was to make their products sell better!
European businessn discovered diamond mines in Africa, so they crafted diamonds into symbols of love and harvested the wallets of generations of won.
If this world required n to need diamonds instead of won, they could even have made diamonds symbols of friendship right from the start.
The sa goes for celebrity endorsents. As soon as a star is embroiled in a scandal, the brand would be eager to announce the termination of their contract with that person.
Do you think they truly care about their brand honor?
No, it's because they understand that a scandal could cause the celebrity to lose fans, and being blacklisted would subtract the flow of traffic the celebrity would have brought.
If the star isn't blacklisted and their fans still possess enough purchasing power, the brand surely won't give up on the star. In fact, so might even continue to seek ways to cooperate with them.
Take the case of a certain popular idol from the later generation—how loudly his fans protested, even prompting the state dia to step in.
But what of it?
The idol just needed to lay low for a while before making an imdiate coback, and the so-called national brands would still scramble to sign contracts with him.
So, all that talk of brand honor and culture is nothing but deception by corporations.
And right now, Donnie had a huge advantage; the thoughts of Arican won were in an enlightening phase of opening up, and when it ca to beauty pageants, Starry Entertainnt was the only player in the entire nation.
Under these circumstances, the Miss Arica pageant was inevitably going to beco a hot topic of national conversation.
Who would care by then what the participating girls did for a living?
Moreover, Donnie wasn't without ans to handle these people!
Seeing Donnie's firm stance, the rest of the people in the eting room naturally didn't say anything more.
Then the manager of the accounting departnt, Terry Rollins indicated to Donnie that all funds had been transferred into the Miss Arica beauty pageant's account.
Donnie expressed his satisfaction.
After the eting ended, Donnie returned to his office where John was already waiting for him.
"The situation in the West District is progressing smoothly. Eli told to ask you when the auction could take place since he knew I was coming to see you today," John said.
Under the absolute suppression of force, the West District had experienced so chaos at the beginning, but it had now moved from a phase of disorder to one of ordered developnt.
However, to avoid unnecessary conflicts, the West District had already begun to auction off properties street by street.
"Did Eli say what Nucky thinks about this matter?" Donnie asked John.
John replied, "Eli said that after Nucky returned from Washington, he discussed it with Eli. The only concern Nucky has is what to do with the nurous pubs, lodging apartnts, and casinos that will be vacated in the West District; how should the empty houses be dealt with?"
The number of houses on the streets of the West District is fixed. Previously, these buildings served as pubs, lodging apartnts, and casinos, but now they were not viable for business due to Donnie's plans, though there was compensation from auction fees and increased regulatory fees.
But this could still leave parts of the West District feeling sowhat empty.
Donnie said, "It's simple, those establishnts that survive this upheaval will surely expand, and that will take care of so of the empty spaces. As for the rest, we can start pharmacies, restaurants, pool halls, amusent arcades, boutiques—all sorts of places for tourists to eat, drink, and be entertained."
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