In the room on the second floor of Block Tavern, which was previously Donnie's, Donnie, John, and Old Carl were seated in the dim yellow light, all looking sowhat astonished at the man before them — LeBron Jas!
"I want to bring my business to Block Tavern!"
This statent shocked Donnie greatly. Just half an hour ago, they had been discussing how to suppress LeBron Jas in the coming days, and now, half an hour later, LeBron Jas had co to offer his allegiance!
First, he followed Nucky, then flirted with the Commodore, and now he had co to offer his allegiance to Donnie himself.
Could it be that you are the reincarnation of Lu Fengxian?
That was what Donnie really felt like asking LeBron Jas.
"LeBron, your sudden arrival here makes question your motives!"
"I'm simply trying to save my life and preserve my influence in the North District!"
LeBron Jas sat opposite Donnie, his voice tinged with reluctance.
Donnie asked, "Is there anyone in the North District who dares to confront you?"
Since he had co to offer his allegiance, LeBron Jas did not keep any secrets and told Donnie everything about his previous situation in the North District.
After listening, Donnie fell into deep thought, not having expected LeBron Jas's situation in the North District to be so precarious.
If that were the case, then his offer of allegiance could be trusted to so extent.
Then Donnie began to consider whether or not to accept LeBron Jas's allegiance.
Actually, it didn't require much thought — very soon, Donnie stood up, extended his hand to LeBron Jas with a smile, and said, "Welco to our team. Here, you can be at ease; no one will provoke your reputation in the North District ever again!"
Seeing Donnie's gesture, LeBron Jas finally let out a long sigh of relief. He had been truly worried Donnie would reject him. If that were to happen, by the ti Nucky covertly allowed Pierce to take control in the North District, it would spell the end for him.
"However, although we are now allies, we can't make this public. We can only support you covertly for now. You need to understand this!"
Donnie hadn't forgotten his cooperation with Mobley. The foundation of their agreent had been that both had a common enemy — LeBron Jas.
Now that LeBron Jas had suddenly offered allegiance, Mobley would undoubtedly not accept it, so Donnie could only choose to work with LeBron Jas in secret.
"I understand. Now I have to see what specific help Mr. Block can provide !"
LeBron Jas bowed slightly, showing even greater respect to Donnie.
Donnie said with a smile, "Right now, your biggest problem is actually a lack of people and booze!"
LeBron Jas nodded and said, "That's true, especially with the alcohol. I've heard that Pierce has started setting up his own distillery. The distiller who used to work for is now with him. If I can't produce my own whiskey and rum in a short ti, I'll soon lose control of the entire North District."
In fact, at that ti, the North District had already slipped from LeBron Jas's control, but he believed that only by saying so could he make Donnie value him more.
"Dad, it seems our distillery needs to up our production!"
Donnie turned back and spoke to Old Carl.
Old Carl's face flushed red as he loudly said, "No problem, liquor is the least of our worries in Elwood Village!"
Donnie turned back to LeBron Jas with a smile, "You see, your liquor problem is solved just like that! However, this ti we will provide the liquor, but we want an eighty-two percent profit split. I assu Mr. Jas, you have no issue with that?"
At that point, LeBron Jas had no bargaining chips left, so he nodded, "No problem!"
"Great, let's now talk about the lack of people. Although Nucky has sent Embiid to keep an eye on you, I believe if Embiid were injured and hospitalized, then you could recruit so n for yourself without him knowing, right?"
Donnie asked LeBron Jas.
LeBron Jas nodded slightly, "Without his watchful eye, I can accomplish this."
Donnie said with a smile, "Good, now let's plan how to get Embiid hospitalized."
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Three days after LeBron Jas secretly t with Donnie, in the afternoon, LeBron Jas called for Embiid.
"To deal with our current situation, I have found a supply of rum and whiskey in Philadelphia. Take your brothers and bring the goods back."
Embiid was slightly stunned after hearing this. Over the past few days, he had observed LeBron Jas busily constructing a new distillery and had never found LeBron in contact with anyone from Philadelphia.
"No problem, when do we need to depart?"
Although puzzled, Embiid readily agreed to LeBron Jas.
"The sooner the better," LeBron said seriously, "I have already prepared trucks for you. If all goes well, you could arrive in Atlantic City by the latter part of the night!"
LeBron spoke earnestly.
"All right, we will prepare now!" Having said that, Embiid prepared to leave.
"Wait a mont!" Jas halted Embiid, continuing to give his grave instructions, "This is our last resort; we absolutely cannot let the outside know, especially Donnie Block. He's already gnawing at our markets in Atlantic City. If he learns of this, it's likely he'll bring n to snatch this batch of goods, and then we'd have an even harder ti establishing a foothold in Atlantic City!"
Embiid replied with a confident smile, "You can rest assured, Mr. Jas. Mr. Nucky sent us to assist you precisely because he believes in our strength!"
"With your word, I'm relieved!"
Jas revealed a smile.
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After saying goodbye to LeBron Jas, Embiid didn't leave for Philadelphia right away, but instead reported the matter to Nucky.
"Heh, it looks like LeBron Jas is really anxious this ti, to the point of making use of his connections in Philadelphia!" Nucky said with light laughter after hearing the report.
"Boss, could there be any problems with this?" Louis asked, sowhat worried.
With a gesture of confidence, Nucky replied, "No, it wouldn't be strange for Jas, having controlled the North District for so long, to have made so friends in Philadelphia. What he needs most urgently now is to use alcohol to consolidate his power base. Only in this way can he prove to us that he still holds value."
Realizing Nucky's point, Louis nodded in understanding and said, "Boss, you've always wanted to diminish LeBron Jas' influence in the North District, and this situation is a perfect opportunity!"
Nucky understood Louis' thinking, but shook his head and said, "It's not only Jas who lacks alcohol; we're short on it too. Up to now, I still haven't settled things with the Bay Guard, and the cost of bringing in alcohol from Chicago is too high. Right now, we also need a batch of alcohol to maintain stability in Atlantic City!"
With that said, Nucky instructed Embiid, "You must be careful on this trip and avoid any slip-ups."
With Nucky's orders, Embiid had nothing to worry about. After leaving Nucky's place, he imdiately gathered his n and headed to Philadelphia.
At the sa ti, in the ho of Pierce from the North District.
"Boss, great news!"
At that mont, Gordon ran into Pierce's ho, exclaiming loudly.
Sitting on the sofa with his leg propped up on the coffee table, Pierce took a tired drag from his cigarette and asked, "What great news? Did that bastard Jas die under a car wheel?"
Gordon hastily replied, "No, I just received news that Jas has called upon his contacts in Philadelphia and ordered a batch of alcohol, which should arrive in Atlantic City by dawn tomorrow!"
With a swoosh!
Pierce stood up abruptly, flicking his cigarette furiously onto Gordon, and roared, "How is this good news? Our distillery is about to start working, and Jas is bringing in alcohol to Atlantic City at this ti. Isn't this just causing us trouble?"
At that mont, Pierce was sowhat panicked. Having been dominated by Jas for over a decade, he was very aware of Jas' thods. If Jas regained his past glory in the North District, Pierce would certainly be the first to suffer!
"Boss, just hear out!" Gordon, unconcerned with the cigarette butt on him, continued excitedly, "If we could ambush and hijack the shipnt on their way back, we would have the alcohol and Jas would have none.
Then, boss, you could use this batch of alcohol to negotiate with Nucky, asking him to kick Jas out directly, and you would be the undisputed boss of the North District!"
The prospect made Pierce's eyes gleam. Becoming the boss of the North District of Atlantic City was his ultimate aspiration. If things went as Gordon suggested, he might indeed have a chance!
But then Pierce expressed his concern, "But Jas has all of Nucky's n around him now. If we act, Nucky is surely going to be unhappy about it!"
"What's there to fear!" Gordon dismissed the concern nonchalantly, "Jas doesn't just have us as his adversaries; there are the 3K party and Donnie Block too. When the ti cos, we just kill all those transporting the alcohol, who's to say it was us? We can just pin the bla on Donnie Block or the 3K party!"
Pierce's expression turned excited as his inner turmoil intensified over whether to proceed with the plan.
A few minutes later, Pierce burst out laughing, clapping Gordon on the shoulder vigorously, "Good lad, how did I never notice your brilliance before!"
Gordon, head bowed, flashed a fleeting, strange smile, then resud his fawning laughter, "It's all thanks to your wise guidance all along, boss!"
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