So by the time the National Family Alliance convenes, it'll have become a joke!
Donnie gave the other party an assured look, then continued.
"I've heard about the conflict between you two when I first returned to Atlantic City, but I still can't understand what specific issues are causing such displeasure between you, especially since Los Angeles and Chicago are over two thousand miles apart. I suspect this is the first time you two have met, right?"
At Donnie's question, Joseph Adonis snorted coldly, and Johnny Torrio said, "Some people's actions are just too ugly. I had already negotiated with Charlone White from Canada to jointly run the bootlegging from Canada to the United States. But just before I came here, I received a call from White, who actually told me that Joseph had also contacted him and offered a more tempting price than ours."
Joseph Adonis disdainfully said, "When doing business, naturally it's about who offers the right price. Just because you contacted Charlone White first, does that mean I can't reach out to him too?"
Donnie looked back and forth between the two men. He originally thought of securing the supply from Europe first and then sorting out the situation in Canada, as Canada was closer to the United States. If a deal were to be made, both shipping costs and risks would be lower on his end!
What he didn't expect was that these people had already started contacting the Canadians.
Indeed, money can make any fool active!
"So are you two going to fight to the death over this, letting Charlone White sit back and reap the benefits as the fisherman?"
"Donnie, I get what you're saying, but I can't swallow my pride. This time, I have to properly compete with Joseph Adonis to see if their West Coast gangs are tougher or if our East Coast gangs are the ones to be reckoned with!"
Johnny Torrio said loudly.
"Let's fight; our West Coast gangs have never been afraid of you East Coast scum!" Joseph Adonis was equally defiant!
Hah, they weren't irredeemably stupid. Even at this point, they were still considering forming alliances!
Donnie smiled and said, "And then what? You both fight to the death, and your city's rival gangs just have to wait until you've weakened each other enough and then come in for the kill, or perhaps wait for the U.S. Government to step in and throw you both in jail, only for you to watch from behind bars as your territory is taken by others?"
At this point, Donnie's expression turned grave as he continued, "In that case, I might as well hand each of you a gun now and have you duel it out outside. Whoever wins gets the final say, how about that?"
"Donnie, we are not your lackeys!"
At Donnie's reprimand, both Johnny Torrio and Joseph Adonis showed their dissatisfaction!
"If you were my brothers, I would have already sent you back to Elwood Village by now!" Donnie stood up, walked a few steps forward, and then looked them both in the eye.
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"Gentlemen, I just want to ask you one question: Do you want to make your money safely, or do you want to fight to the death and hand your territory over to someone else?"
Johnny Torrio and Joseph Adonis both snorted at the same time but didn't bother to argue any further.
Donnie knew they had already understood how to choose on this matter; it was just that as gang leaders they couldn't let go of their pride just yet!
"Gentlemen, the whole point of the National Family Alliance that Nucky is starting is to unify the gangs across the country to fight our common enemies rather than to create the situation we have now.
While I'm not a member of the Alliance, I am from Atlantic City and have business ties with you all.
More importantly, we are family, one family. A little friction among family members is nothing. We should sit down and resolve our issues through negotiation, valuing harmony above all else.
This way, we don't lose our strength and can also make more money.
Now I ask you both, who would be happiest with you fighting ?
The answer is definitely your city's rival factions, and also Canada's Charlone White, because the more intense your infighting, the more money he will take out of your pockets.
On the contrary, if you two could unite, no, not just you two, if we all unite together,
Then Charlone White would lose his biggest bargaining chip, and I can guarantee that the price Charlone White is offering you now would drop by at least thirty percent!
How much is thirty percent?
It's at least two hundred thousand US dollars a month!
But if you continue fighting, he will certainly raise the price. The difference is right there, and then you won't be losing just two hundred thousand dollars a month; maybe it'll be three hundred thousand or even four hundred thousand!
So, are you really fighting against him?
No, you're fighting against the US dollar.
Alright, now gentlemen, are you really prepared to spend an extra four hundred thousand dollars each month just to fight him to the death?" The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the ɴoᴠel Fɪre.nᴇt
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