"Los Angeles Times" 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 Times", Kyle Palmer!
"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 Times"; his father-in-law, General Harrison Otis, had come to Los Angeles after the end of the American Civil War and, together with friends, purchased the then-unknown "Los Angeles Times", taking it to its present eminence.
And in the process of developing the "Los Angeles Times", 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 time Harrison Otis managed the "Los Angeles Times", Harry Chandler graduated from Dartmouth College in the Ivy League and joined the "Los Angeles Times". 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 Times" over to Kyle Palmer.
He paid Kyle Palmer a very high salary and even allowed him to live in his villa.
But if Kyle Palmer made even a slight mistake, Harry Chandler would kick him out of his villa.
After some time, due to other reasons, Chandler would allow Palmer to move back in!
So, facing Harry Chandler's scolding, Kyle Palmer showed no displeasure... after all, he was used to it!
"Boss, it's my responsibility, and I will investigate this immediately!"
"I don't need you to take responsibility now; I need news, do you understand? I want valuable news right now!"
Just as Kyle Palmer was at a loss for words, Bob Ferry suddenly spoke up.
"Boss, maybe I know what happened!"
Harry Chandler immediately 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 immediately expressed his gratitude.
"Speak, tell me everything you know!"
Harry Chandler came 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 moment, Harry Chandler felt he had every reason to look down on Donnie; after he inherited Harrison Otis's business empire, he immediately focused on more profitable ventures.
As a coastal city, Los Angeles faced the same problem as Atlantic City in its early days, which was the issue of freshwater resources.
370 kilometers northeast of Los Angeles, there was the Owens River. Although it was relatively far from Los Angeles, it had become the best new source of water for the city! Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on ɴoᴠel Fɪre.nᴇt
In 1905, Harry Chandler secretly purchased a huge tract of land near the Owens River's water intake in a discreet manner: an investment 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 time 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 handsome profit again!
Such a man, worth hundreds of millions, naturally looked down upon Donnie's bootlegging business!