Hearing Donnie’s statent, Jack Morgan’s eyes lit up imdiately and he said, "You want to make a fuss about Al Smith’s situation?"
Tang Fei denied Jack Morgan’s idea, smiling as he said, "Al Smith is a person brought out by the Democratic Party, naturally left to the Republicans led by Herbert Hoover to deal with. If we overstep, it might push the Democrats to the brink."
Political struggles have their own rules. The newspapers of the Republican and Democratic parties can attack the opponent’s candidates and party policies, but if they cross that line, it effectively pokes through a hundred-year-old election ga maintained by both parties.
Donnie isn’t planning to break those rules of party struggle just yet.
Jack Morgan couldn’t quite believe Donnie’s idea. When Donnie ntioned Al Smith earlier, two things ca up: one was Al Smith himself, the other was the ’Dry Faction’ vs. ’Wet Faction’ competition during Prohibition.
Since Donnie wasn’t talking about Al Smith, he must be talking about the ’Dry Faction’ vs. ’Wet Faction’ competition during Prohibition.
"Block, this concerns your business!"
The bootlegging business, in Jack Morgan’s view, was undoubtedly the most untouchable among all of Donnie’s businesses, providing him with vast relationships and Venus Bank with a trendous amount of cash.
In such a context, if Donnie put the focus on the bootlegging business and accidentally drew attention to it, it might lead Congress to resurface debates on repealing Prohibition, which would be a loss.
Donnie understood Jack Morgan’s thoughts.
And precisely because he understood Jack Morgan’s thoughts, Donnie knew that Jack Morgan had no idea that the Bootlegging Empire was no longer an important thing for Donnie.
First, in terms of relationship managent, over the years the profit sharing of the Bootlegging Empire has solidified who are Donnie’s staunch allies, and whose partnerships are just business.
In fact, the cultivation of relationships through the Bootlegging Empire had long lost its significance.
Furthermore, profit-wise, the three billion US dollars in cash annually was indeed tempting for anyone, but Donnie knew that the repeal of Prohibition was only a matter of ti; such matters couldn’t be altered by personal will.
In preparation for the repeal of Prohibition, Donnie had laid out plans years ago.
First, he sent Bruce Currie to Canada to establish his own liquor brand. Over the years, Aricans have already accepted this brand, an acceptance not limited by the presence of Prohibition.
Additionally, United States Logistics and the Apollo Chain ensure that, once Prohibition is lifted, the Canadian liquor brand can seamlessly enter through United States Logistics into the Apollo Chain, reaching Arican tables via the Apollo Chain.
This would also bring the brand from underground to the surface, and with the industry’s legalization, profits would significantly surpass those of the bootlegging period.
Of course, during this period, countless new liquor brands would erge to challenge and share the industry’s profits, but United States Logistics and the Apollo Chain ensure that the Canadian liquor brand maintains an absolute leadership position.
Certainly, Donnie wouldn’t actively destroy the Bootlegging Empire; the power contained within this business empire was massive, and even as its helmsman, Donnie couldn’t destroy it.
This was akin to Tang Fei steering a ship full of gunpowder; one misstep by Donnie could ignite the entire ship, destroying everything including Donnie himself.
What Donnie needed to do now was find a second ship to bear his load of gunpowder, and preferably detonate it on that ship.
So Donnie brought in Robert.
"Did you see the news in the Wall Street Journal?"
Donnie asked Robert.
Robert nodded and said, "I already saw it, and I’ve called Hugh Bancroft, and he denied our suspicions!"
Donnie nodded and said, "Jack Morgan also called him. The response was the sa. Now what we need to do is prevent the influence of this matter from expanding. I’ve already discussed with Jack Morgan to launch another piece of news to divert everyone’s attention!"
Robert asked, "What news?"
Donnie said, "The craziest people in this world are those Puritans. Even now, they still see the enactnt of Prohibition as a great victory they won. Now, what we need to let them understand is that if Al Smith becos President of the United States, he will push Congress to repeal Prohibition and encourage the establishnt of many distilleries!
You need to make them see through the news that Al Smith’s decision is a shock to their beliefs!
Besides, this matter shouldn’t be ntioned first in the newspapers but should co from Herbert Hoover!"
The hottest news in the United States currently is still the presidential election, so Donnie wants to use this matter as a prelude to bring out the news of Prohibition, importantly, making it a back-and-forth accusation in their election if Herbert Hoover attacks Al Smith on this matter.
By then, it would also be part of their party competition’s permissible attack ga.
Robert understood Donnie very well, so imdiately after Donnie finished speaking, he understood his aning and said with a smile, "I get it, divert the heat. I’ll head to Washington now to discuss this with Herbert."
Donnie waved his hand and said, "No need to go in person; inform Café Jackson to relay our plan to Herbert Hoover!"
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