America 1919-Chapter 711 - : 244, Plan the whole New Jersey_3

Chapter 711: 244, Plan the whole New Jersey_3

Donnie laughed heartily, but immediately thought of something, “Controlling the entire New Jersey votes isn’t as simple as controlling all of Atlantic City’s votes.”

“It requires a massive industrial chain for support, and none of the businesses I currently own are suitable for this task!”

A single Surf Hotel was enough to secure Donnie’s control over the whole of Atlantic City; it could be said that the permanent residents of Atlantic City were serving Surf Hotel, either directly or indirectly.

But when considering the entirety of New Jersey, the situation was different!

Nucky spread his hands and laughed, “I can’t help you there; what I have now is more than enough for me to live a carefree life, so you’ll have to find a solution to this tough problem on your own!”

Donnie cursed jokingly, “Old fox!”

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Nucky patted his bottom, stood up, and said with a smile, “Alright, I’ve told you everything that needs to be passed on. If you’re not too busy these days, I think the two of us could take a trip to Trenton. Despite all we’ve just discussed, it’s still important to maintain our current relationships!”

Donnie had no objections, and after agreeing on a time to head to Trenton with Nucky, the two parted ways on the boardwalk!

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“There’s no need to control all of New Jersey’s votes; as long as we control the majority, we can stand on invincible ground!”

After hearing Donnie’s idea, Helen offered her opinion.

Donnie sat on the sofa, nodded, and then said, “That’s what I was thinking too. I was considering starting a new industrial chain in Philadelphia, but it seems now that I have to give up that idea.”

Long before, Donnie had set his sights on heavy industry, with Philadelphia as his target.

After all, Philadelphia was the largest heavy industrial city in the United States and the nearest major city to Atlantic City.

But now Donnie only could transfer this idea from Philadelphia to New Jersey!

“Don’t worry about Philadelphia. As long as we become an important partner for them, their resources can be utilized by us. So, now our focus should still be on New Jersey!”

Donnie nodded and said, “Now we just have to choose a city that suits us!”

On the coffee table in front of Donnie and Helen lay a map of New Jersey.

Looking at this map, Helen quickly chose a city and asked, “How about Cape May?”

Donnie’s gaze fell on the location of Cape May.

Cape May County is located at the southernmost tip of New Jersey, between Delaware Bay and the Atlantic, with an area of 1,607 square kilometers. According to the United States population census from last year, there are a total of 84,386 residents.

As a coastal city, Cape May’s development should have been good. Even if it couldn’t compete with Atlantic City, it should have had its own tourism industry, but in reality, Cape May’s economy was in shambles and ranked among the lowest in all of New Jersey.

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“If we can get Cape May under control, then we can take advantage of the geographic location between Cape May and Atlantic City to unite Velasquez and Dennis. By then, we will have control over all the southern cities of New Jersey, and we won’t have to worry about the state government abandoning us anymore!”

Helen shared her thoughts with Donnie.

Donnie nodded and said, “As for the north of New Jersey… well, let’s focus on securing Cape May first!”

Helen remarked, “Taking over Cape May won’t be difficult. The real question is, do we have enough funds? You know, investing in a large shipyard is not a small amount!”

The first foothold for Donnie’s entry into the heavy industry field was actually a shipyard!

Although air transport would gradually grow in a few years, for the next few decades, maritime transport would remain the mainstream of global logistics. Furthermore, as naval arms races commence globally, the manufacture of various warships and vessels will enter a period of rapid development.

That was precisely why Donnie had repeatedly cooperated with the navy, purchasing decommissioned warships to retrofit them for this purpose.

In the United States, business is the mainstream. Even the U.S. military cooperates with numerous companies for joint research on new weapons.

Moreover, the U.S. military is the world’s largest purchaser. The DuPont Family rose so quickly in the United States because they were the biggest supplier of gunpowder to the U.S. military during the Civil War and World War I!

As long as Donnie maintained his current relationship with the White House, there was a high probability that he would be able to do business with the U.S. military in the future.

“Funds are not the biggest problem, the real issue is talents!”

Donnie confidently stated that the profits from his bootlegging empire were enough to support any business he wanted to engage in, and the real challenge for Donnie was finding the right talent.

Not the talent for management but for scientific research!

Heavy industry, both in terms of profit return and time efficiency, fell short compared to light industry and finance. However, if one could master some of the most advanced technology in heavy industry, with ample financial support, the influence of a heavy industry tycoon would far surpass that of a light industry mogul!

Helen suggested, “The best approach would be to acquire an existing shipyard and transfer all their technical talents to Cape May!”

Donnie laughed and said, “Then we’re looking at choosing between New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago!”

At the moment, the three biggest cities in the American shipbuilding industry were New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. New York was America’s first shipbuilding city, but as New York’s economy developed, those shipyards had already begun moving to Philadelphia and Chicago in the last century!