America 1919

Chapter 586

?Chapter 586: 210.

Trouble after Nucky steps down Chapter 586: 210.

Trouble after Nucky steps down The new underground emperor of Atlantic City, Donnie Block, currently has no time to enjoy the various conveniences this identity has brought him.

Previously, Donnie had focused more of his energy on the IRS investigation, leading to many matters that he had not dealt with promptly.

Now that the IRS investigation has concluded, Donnie naturally had to devote more effort to these issues, and not just these issues alone.

“Donnie, what do you think of my idea?

I’m telling you, as long as this club opens, it will definitely become one of the landmarks of Atlantic City!”

John was sitting opposite Donnie, tirelessly pitching his plan.

At this moment, Donnie understood all too well why Sun Wukong was so annoyed by the verbose Tang Sanzang.

Even though John hadn’t reached the level of Tang Sanzang, Donnie wanted to pull out the Colt 1911 from his drawer and fire a shot at John’s head.

“John, you are now the Deputy Chief of the Atlantic City Police Department, and you have at least three million US dollars in cash, right?

Do whatever you want, you don’t have to report everything to me!”

John was oblivious to Donnie’s frustration and excitedly asked, “Do you really think my plan is good?”

I don’t even know what your plan is…

Donnie nodded firmly and said, “Of course, you are my brother, I believe your plan must be good and will definitely make money.

Go ahead and do it with confidence!”

John stood up excitedly, boasting loudly, “Of course, since you also think highly of my plan, Donnie, I’ll go ahead with it.

You just wait and see the show!”

After finishing that, John left Donnie’s office with a big laugh.

“What’s up with John?

Why is he so happy?”

Robert, who had just entered, saw John leave in such a state and curiously asked Donnie.

Donnie shook his head and said with a troubled look, “I don’t know, it seems like he wants to do some business.

I’ve just had too many things to handle and haven’t been paying attention!”

Robert laughed and said, “Looks like John wants to make some achievements too!”

Donnie retorted, “The biggest personal loan business in Atlantic City, making more profit in one day than Breton Bank makes in Atlantic City in a month—isn’t that a good enough achievement?”

As the Surf Hotel’s influence grew across America, more and more people were coming to Atlantic City.

Naturally, this led to John’s money-lending business doing better and better.

In fact, it wasn’t just John.

Pawnshops could be seen all over Atlantic City, providing personal collateral services to visitors and high-interest loans…

naturally with higher interest than the banks offer.

And the less legitimate they were, the higher the interest rates!

“Right, you should discuss this matter with John and Eli.

It’s not that we don’t want them to make money, but they can’t be too excessive.

Otherwise, their actions will sooner or later affect the reputation of Atlantic City, and that will impact our business!”

Donnie said to Robert.

Robert nodded and said, “I was just about to talk to you about this.

It’s one of the reasons I came.”

“Recently, I’ve learned from Nate that in Atlantic City, there have been some people starting to prey on tourists at the Surf Hotel…”

Atlantic City was no so-called ‘City of Angels’—it was just that under Donnie’s management, the dark side was hidden behind the city’s bright façade, unknown to most.

But previously Donnie had turned a blind eye to these matters, after all, everyone needed to make a living, as long as it didn’t massively compromise Atlantic City’s reputation.

However, the matter that Robert had brought to Donnie made him frown.

It turned out that a group of people had emerged in Atlantic City, a mixture of natives and outsiders, who did not work for the Surf Hotel but preyed on its gamblers.

Some of these people would hang out at the Surf Hotel every day, not staying as guests or consuming food or drinks, they only watched the gamblers.

Watching to see who had won money, they would then target these individuals after they left and rob them of their winnings.

“They’re not just stealing money, they’re getting violent.

Quite a few tourists who visited Atlantic City have been robbed and ended up in the hospital!”

Robert reported to Donnie.

Donnie frowned and said, “Why hasn’t the police department dealt with this matter?

Have they forgotten the rules of Atlantic City?”

When Donnie was developing the West District of Atlantic City, he had established a rule—that all activities not in the interest of Atlantic City itself were not permitted.

Clearly, this issue was now severely damaging the interests of Atlantic City!

Robert replied, “Nate told me he had already spoken to the police.

They promised to look into the matter, but there’s been no response yet.”

Donnie knew that if Robert had come to him about this matter, it meant something had already been uncovered.

He asked, “Do you know something?”

Robert said, “I’ve investigated the matter and discovered that these people are deeply connected with the police department.

If I am not mistaken, their backer should be Eli Johnson.”

Donnie’s frown deepened; this was a complication.

Nucky had just shown weakness to him, and if he took action against Eli Johnson over this, it wasn’t just about whether Nucky would overthink it, but also how the ordinary people of Atlantic City would see it as him taking down Nucky.