"Los Angeles Tis" headquarters, their boss Harry Chandler was flying into a rage.
"How could you manage this? A union strike parade by Chaplin and his group, such a big event, and I had to hear this news from a radio broadcast by Atlantic City Broadcast?"
Everyone on the floor didn't dare to lift their heads, rebuked by Harry Chandler.
Harry Chandler fiercely turned towards the editor-in-chief of the "Los Angeles Tis", Kyle Palr!
"Kyle, is it because my villa is too comfortable that you have forgotten your duties? From today on, get out of my villa; I don't want to see you living in it any longer!"
Harry Chandler was not the founder of the "Los Angeles Tis"; his father-in-law, General Harrison Otis, had co to Los Angeles after the end of the Arican Civil War and, together with friends, purchased the then-unknown "Los Angeles Tis", taking it to its present eminence.
And in the process of developing the "Los Angeles Tis", Harrison Otis didn't give up his military career. In 1897, when the United States went to war with Spain, Harrison Otis once again volunteered for service and was appointed a brigadier general!
Therefore, everyone was willing to address Harrison Otis as General Otis!
During the ti Harrison Otis managed the "Los Angeles Tis", Harry Chandler graduated from Dartmouth College in the Ivy League and joined the "Los Angeles Tis". Soon, Chandler used his wit to firmly secure the newspaper's circulation in his hands.
In fact, because of this, Harry Chandler even had a conflict with Harrison Otis, who was not his father-in-law yet.
It was during this conflict that Harrison Otis finally recognized Harry Chandler's talents and gave his daughter's hand in marriage to him.
When Harrison Otis passed away, he left his vast business empire to Harry Chandler!
However, Harry Chandler was not very fond of the newspaper industry, so he handed the daily operations of the "Los Angeles Tis" over to Kyle Palr.
He paid Kyle Palr a very high salary and even allowed him to live in his villa.
But if Kyle Palr made even a slight mistake, Harry Chandler would kick him out of his villa.
After so ti, due to other reasons, Chandler would allow Palr to move back in!
So, facing Harry Chandler's scolding, Kyle Palr showed no displeasure... after all, he was used to it!
"Boss, it's my responsibility, and I will investigate this imdiately!"
"I don't need you to take responsibility now; I need news, do you understand? I want valuable news right now!"
Just as Kyle Palr was at a loss for words, Bob Ferry suddenly spoke up.
"Boss, maybe I know what happened!"
Harry Chandler imdiately looked at Bob Ferry: "Ah, I know you, Bob Ferry, you did a great job reporting that thing in Atlantic City!"
"Thank you, boss!" Bob Ferry imdiately expressed his gratitude.
"Speak, tell everything you know!"
Harry Chandler ca over to Bob Ferry, hands on his hips, and said. Continue your journey on empire
Bob Ferry replied: "The reason we fell behind Atlantic City Broadcast in terms of news sources, is actually because this event was likely orchestrated by Donnie, that's why Atlantic Broadcast knew the details before us!"
"Donnie Block?" Harry Chandler said disdainfully: "The bootlegger from Atlantic City? When did he start getting involved in our Los Angeles affairs?"
At that mont, Harry Chandler felt he had every reason to look down on Donnie; after he inherited Harrison Otis's business empire, he imdiately focused on more profitable ventures.
As a coastal city, Los Angeles faced the sa problem as Atlantic City in its early days, which was the issue of freshwater resources.
370 kiloters northeast of Los Angeles, there was the Owens River. Although it was relatively far from Los Angeles, it had beco the best new source of water for the city!
In 1905, Harry Chandler secretly purchased a huge tract of land near the Owens River's water intake in a discreet manner: an investnt of half a million US dollars for a 16,000-hectare farm and an expenditure of two and a half million US dollars for a 46,000-hectare farm.
The following year, after Chandler had completed all preparations, he announced his water diversion plans. This caused an uproar among Los Angeles citizens at the ti and dubbed Chandler 'the water thief'.
However, since Chandler already owned the land around the river mouth, naturally there wouldn't be any land disputes.
With the irrigation from the Owens River, the value of the farms Chandler had purchased increased from three million to one hundred and twenty million in just three years.
Moreover, Chandler issued bonds to Los Angeles water users, selling water rights to them.
This made Harry Chandler a handso profit again!
Such a man, worth hundreds of millions, naturally looked down upon Donnie's bootlegging business!
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