At this point, Donnie picked up the ss in front of him and smiled, "Here, I toast to the four of you bing big stars in Hollywood someday!"


    Experience tales at empire


    Jessica Dole and the others lifted their sses and sincerely expressed their gratitude to Donnie.


    .


    The tter of the train continued, but this time without thepany of Jessica Dole and the four beauties. Nheless, Donnie didn''t neglect himself, bringing along a Hollywood actress for his return to Antic City.


    This actress''s journey earned her a paycheck of 500 US dors.


    Besides this actress, there were actually five other people on the train, though they did not stay in Donnie''s privatepartment but took regr seats instead.


    They were only entitled to visit Donnie''spartment when he summoned them.


    These five were none other than Max''s group, the instigators behind the incident at Universal Studios.


    Although Carl Lemore and others had no way to hold Donnie ountable for that affair, they were still investigating it. To ensure everything remained as reported in the newspapers, Donnie had decided to bring Max and the others back to Antic City toy low for a few months.


    After a few months, when the furor had died down, they would naturally be able to return to Los Angeles!


    After the journey of more than two days, Donnie and his entourage finally arrived in Antic City.


    Steve Cotting had already driven the car into the train station and immediately came up to greet Donnie with joy when he saw him!


    "Is there anything going on in Antic City?"@@novelbin@@


    Donnie asked directly.


    "Indeed, there is something," Steve Cotting replied, taking Donnie''s luggage from Max''s hands and opening the car door for Donnie.


    "Right, did you arrange the ce for them as I asked you to?"


    Donnie stood at the car door, looking at Max''s group, and asked Steve Cotting.


    On his way back, Donnie had already called Steve Cotting to arrange a ce for Max and the others!


    Steve Cotting said, "It''s all arranged, in the Fifth District of West District!"


    Donnie said, "Just have Chris take them over!"


    Chris''s truck was just behind the car driven by Steve Cotting!


    "Sure!"


    Chris nodded.


    "Let''s go to the tavern," Donnie said to Steve Cotting after getting into the car.


    On the way, Donnie asked, "What''s been happening in Antic City?"


    Steve Cotting said, "The Family Alliance has already convened, and at this time, all the big-city gang leaders from across the country have also gradually arrived in Antic City..."


    Donnie didn''t let Steve Cotting finish before he understood the situation. With so many leaders gathered in one city, conflicts were bound to ur among these figures who were unchallenged in their own territories.


    What Steve Cotting said next actually confirmed Donnie''s guess.


    Jealousy,petitiveness, and outbursts of foulnguage over disagreements frequently urred in Antic City during this period.


    Just this morning, Johnny ''Big Daddy'' Torrio of Chicago and Joseph from Los Angeles had a verbal altercation on the street, which nearly escted into a gunfight – over nothing more than which of their cars should proceed first after both cars came head to head!


    Joseph had arrived in Antic City two days ahead of Donnie.


    "Nucky has been mediating these issues every day now; I think he has lost his former glory!" Steve Cotting finally said.


    Donnie didn''t care about Nucky, certain that in the end, he would resolve everything.


    "How''s John? Did he have any conflicts with these people?"


    Steve Cotting was somewhat silent, from which Donnie already knew the answer.


    Under Donnie''s gaze, Steve Cotting reluctantly said, "John had a bit of a spat with Mordaliz from Clevnd, but it didn''t escte to gunfire!"


    "Why?"


    Donnie asked.


    "Dalitz thinks we''re asking for too high a profit on the bootleg liquor business, so he wanted to renegotiate the profit split. However, the man is arrogant, so he and John ended up arguing!"


    Clevnd, situated in Ohio, an ind city, relies on coastal cities to import high-quality foreign bootleg liquor. The low to mid-grade liquor they produce themselves, coupled with the fact that Clevnd is in the northeastern United States, makes transporting raw materials for liquor production difficult, hence even their own low to mid-grade liquor has a high cost.


    It''s for these reasons that Clevnd has seen several cases of deaths caused by inferior bootleg liquor recently!


    After discussing this issue, Steve Cotting brought up some other matters to Donnie.


    For instance, "Antic City Post" had firmly established itself in cities like New Jersey, Phdelphia, and New York.


    However, with the end of the Miss America pageant, "Antic City Post" was only the best-selling newspaper in Antic City, with sales in New Jersey, Phdelphia, and New York being only moderate to low.


    "That''s as far as Robinson''s abilities go!" Donnie said with some resignation, as he had previously thought that Robinson''s skills could at most support the sales of a city newspaper, and now that the scope of the territory had expanded, Robinson''s limitations were bing apparent!