America 1919

What's the core issue for Joseph Adonis and Johnny Torrio?

Is it the collaboration with Charlone White from Canada?

No, their core demand is to make more money through cooperation with Charlone White!

Making money is their central concern!

Young kids join gangs, maybe for the glory, maybe because it makes it easier to pick up girls.

But for Joseph Adonis and Johnny Torrio at this level, the gang is just a tool for pursuing high profits.

"Even if we don't work with Charlone White, others will still cooperate with him. With the current situation in the United States, it's a buyer's market; Charlone White is not worried about lacking partners!"

By now, Johnny Torrio had begun to waver in his thinking.

Donnie laughed, "That's exactly why we're calling for a national Family Alliance meeting. If we can unite, we won't give Charlone White any chances, and even if others have this idea, we can take them out at sea.

Maybe you alone can't do it, but what about when we combine all our strength?

Joseph, Johnny, you should understand that united, we are definitely stronger than any individual scattered efforts."

"Now we're just in the bootlegging business, but if our cooperation can become truly tight through this venture, we could also move into tobacco and even arms trading in the future. Then our business territory will not be just the United States, but the whole of the West and even globally!"

Donnie's seductive words began to warm the pale faces of Joseph Adonis and Johnny Torrio.

Yet Nucky's expression turned somewhat helpless.

Indeed, he hoped Donnie would solve the issue of the national Family Alliance, but when Donnie actually persuaded these men, he felt a twinge of discontent!

If he had given it serious thought, he could have come up with these ideas too.

Under Donnie's persuasion, Joseph Adonis and Johnny Torrio finally set aside their prejudices and shook hands.

The tense situation just moments ago had been replaced by a harmonious atmosphere.

Even Joseph Adonis, Johnny Torrio, and Robert were chummy, chatting away with their arms around each other!

"Donnie, I have other matters to attend to, so I'll leave the rest up to you!"

Nucky glanced at the current scene, held back any further comments, and turned to leave.

"Looks like Nucky's going to use your talking points to persuade the others!"

Robert came up beside Donnie, a bit worried. "He's trying to take all the credit for your achievement!"

But Donnie sat down carefree and said, "If that's the case, Nucky is bound to be disappointed in the future!"

Donnie's proposal seemed to offer all the gangs involved in the national Family Alliance a chance for development while also enhancing his own power.

But gangsters will always be gangsters if they had far-sightedness, they wouldn't be in a gang in the first place.

Today's issue between Joseph Adonis and Johnny Torrio wouldn't have happened.

In the future, once the cooperation honeymoon phase was over or if the prohibition in the United States were lifted, these people would once again clash over various interests.

By then the organization would be in name only.

Even now, as long as Joseph Adonis and Johnny Torrio were involved, others would definitely know it was Donnie who resolved the issue.

Nucky might be able to reap some reputation from this incident, but Donnie's reputation wouldn't be any less.

What's more important is the higher Nucky's reputation, the more attention the U.S. Government would place on him over this matter.
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If the organization really took shape, then based on their nature, they would inevitably become a force that could influence the decisions of the U.S. Government for a time.

The U.S. Government was not yet so corrupt as to acknowledge a political force made up of gangsters!

"Okay, I'll leave things here to you. Foster good relationships with them; the most important thing is to get information about the situation in Canada from them. Once Bruce returns from Europe, we'll start our bootlegging business in Canada!"

Donnie patted Robert's shoulder with a smile.

Robert grabbed Donnie and cautiously glanced at Joseph Adonis and Johnny Torrio before whispering, "If we get involved, won't they hold a grudge against us?"

Donnie laughed, "In Canada, we're not going to be middlemen anymore. We should be owning a complete upstream industry chain!"

As he spoke, Donnie shared his plan with Robert, "Being mere middlemen won't last; we also have to plan for the future. The United States will inevitably lift the prohibition one day, and then the bootlegging business will move from underground to aboveboard, reducing our profits but providing long-term sustainable development opportunities."