Robert Stuart scoffed disparagingly, "Unless Donnie no longer wishes to stay in the United States, he would not be so foolish as to engage in such crazy acts. That would be a gunfight involving hundreds of people. Neither his connections in the Cabinet nor those in the Army would allow such an event to occur."
Even though, during this period, gunfights still occurred in various places across the United States, they were always between gangs, and those involving guns would not include many people. Soone as crazy as Al Capone was, after all, a rarity!
Harry Sinclair rose to his feet and walked over to the room's liquor cabinet, retrieving a bottle of whisky.
"Gentlen, I believe we can now celebrate. If there is no move from Donnie's side within five days, we can conclude that he has decided to back down!"
After saying that, Harry Sinclair, holding the bottle of whisky, ca to the door of the room. Upon opening it, a group of scantily clad won entered, laughing and cheering...
Washington, Albert Furr's residence!
In Albert Furr's study, there was a conspicuous lion specin hung on the wall, which was Albert's pride. During his ti in Ohio, he had once gone on a hunting trip to Africa, and this lion was the result of that expedition.
Every visitor to Albert Furr's office was warmly introduced to the origins of the lion specin by Albert himself.
At that mont, he had just finished telling Andrew llon the story of this very lion specin.
Andrew llon rely nodded politely, not revealing to Albert that he had several such specins in his own collection.
"Has Donnie called you?"
Sitting on the sofa and pouring himself a glass of brandy, Andrew llon then asked Albert Furr.
In Andrew llon's view, Donnie's acquisition of the rights to drill around the three major oil fields was closely related to Albert Furr. Now that there were problems at the oil wells, and Donnie had refused his own request, the only person Donnie could turn to was Albert Furr!
Albert Furr was sowhat dissatisfied with Andrew llon's indifference toward his lion trophy, but he knew that despite their apparently equal administrative ranks,
his own relationship with President Harding was even closer than that of Andrew llon's, yet his true status, compared to Andrew llon's, was still insignificant.
In the United States, financial magnates could roughly be divided into two types. One type was the industrialists, led by family magnates like DuPont and Rockefeller, all of whom possessed their own industries.
The other type was typified by financial magnates like the Morgan Consortium on Wall Street, which relied on the freedom of Arica's financial system to manipulate the stock prices and financial markets throughout the country.
But there were exceptions to everything.
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The llon Consortium, led by Andrew llon, was such an exception.
For industry, Andrew llon owned Gulf Oil and Aluminum Company of Arica, and in Philadelphia, he had five large-scale steel companies.
For finance, Andrew llon owned the fourth-largest bank in the United States, llon Bank—one of the leaders in Wall Street.
Everything he currently owned could be said to have been given by President Harding. If Harding was no longer president one day, then he, too, would no longer serve as a Cabinet Minister.
But Andrew llon was different. His status was evident here; no matter who beca President of the United States, they needed to be very polite when facing Andrew llon.
This was the real grandeur of Arica's great families.
One should not assu that in a place like the United States family was not important. In fact, the concept of family in Arica was even more feudal and powerful than in the East.
Just take the example of that old man who wet his pants in later tis—despite being President of the United States, he attended the Kennedy family's gatherings every year and wasn't even the most noticed person there.
"No, Donnie has not called from beginning to end!"
Albert Furr replied with ease.
Regarding the problems Pandora Oil Company was facing, Albert Furr had heard a little, but he had no desire to involve himself in the matter. Even though both Donnie and the four major oil companies were linked to his interests, he still did not intend to step in.
In Albert Furr's opinion, he had already helped them attain the benefits they desired, so the issue was no longer related to him—and if it wasn't related, why should he intervene?
Andrew llon furrowed his brows slightly, puzzled. If Donnie didn't seek Albert Furr's help at such a ti, who else could he turn to?
"Perhaps you should ask young Theodore Roosevelt. Donnie and his sister Alice are getting along famously, and it has even reached the point where marriage is being discussed. Maybe it is the Roosevelt family who Donnie has in mind as his first port of call for this matter!"
Albert Furr suggested to Andrew llon.
"Donnie is dating Alice from the Roosevelt family?"
Andrew llon looked at Albert Furr with surprise, disbelief written across his face.
Albert Furr laughed and said, "At least that's what young Theodore says. Moreover, Alice is currently working at Donnie's Starry Entertainnt, in charge of this year's Miss Arica. I heard that the top favorite, Guli Beckman, was recruited by her!"
Owing to this year's Miss Arica competition being larger than last year's, the preliminaries had also started earlier. The hottest favorite at the mont was Guli Beckman from New York.
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