After walking around the entire West End, Eli was so tired that he started to stick out his tongue.

"Donnie, I really can't do it anymore, why don't you tell me what you mean?"

Sitting in a slightly dilapidated coffee shop, Eli said weakly to Downey.

Downey gently shook the coffee shop in front of him and said: "After my statistics during this period, there are 369 pubs and 388 boarding houses suspected of operating brothels in the West District. Counting the pubs, there are nearly 500

A venue suspected of operating a casino can accommodate nearly 150,000 people in the West District at the same time, but how many people can there be in the entire West District?

Counting women, there are just over 23,500 children. Excluding holidays and the addition of tourists arriving in Atlantic City, the place they prefer to go is the boardwalk and the South Side. In fact, for the West Side, these places have already passed the saturation stage.

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Coupled with the fact that there are more than a dozen gangs of various sizes here, this naturally makes the West Side the most chaotic place in Atlantic City second only to the North Side."

Eli obviously didn't know these data. After hearing what Downey said, he was a little stunned and said: "I didn't expect you know so much about the West District?"

Donnie smiled helplessly and said: "I don't want to know each other that well, but I can't help it. Who made us friends? For your friend, I can only investigate these things clearly!"

Eli said puzzledly: "But what's the use of knowing these things? These pubs, boarding houses, and casinos all pay money to Nucky. They pay money, and Nucky lets them operate, and the more places there are, the more places they have.

Doesn’t that mean our income will be higher?”

These venues pay money to Nucky, but it does not mean that the money belongs only to Nucky, but to the entire Nucky's interest group.

Eli Johnson is the core member of this group.

Donnie laughed and said, "Is this really the case?"

"Isn't that true?" Eli asked.

Donnie shook his head and said: "If that's really the case, why should I take you around the entire West District?"

Eli asked: "What do you mean?"

Downey explained: "Atlantic City is a tourist city, which means that the city's main income comes entirely from tourists from Philadelphia and New York, not from Atlantic City locals.

For a tourist, in addition to Atlantic City being able to provide you with the services you want, the most important thing is to ensure your own safety.

There are four boroughs in Atlantic City, the southeast, northwest, and the south borough has the best business. You might think it’s because there are boardwalks and beaches there, which are the symbols of Atlantic City, but in fact, more importantly, it’s the safest place in Atlantic City.

Let me ask you, if the security department receives two alarm calls at the same time, one from the South District, one from the North District or the West District, which one will you go to first?"

Eli said without hesitation: "Of course it's the South District. As for the North District and the West District, let's wait until I have time to talk about it!"

Downey nodded and said, "Then let me ask you again, why did you choose to go to the South District?"

"Why?" Eli was stunned, and then said something meaningless: "Because that's the South District!"

Downey chuckled and said: "The most important thing is, even you know that the South Side represents the face of Atlantic City, and the North Side is inhabited by a group of niggas. In fact, we can just let them fend for themselves. As for the West Side,

Guests who come to Atlantic City will not come to the West End if they have a little more money. This will lead to the fact that even if you solve this case, you will not get much profit!"

Eli thought about it for a moment and nodded: "That's what I think!"

Downey continued: "Now let's take a look at the situation in the West District again, because various business establishments here have seriously exceeded their own passenger flow, which has led to frequent fights in various establishments here.

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At the same time, because there are many gangs, they have to collect protection fees in these business places, and these places have to pay more protection fees than other areas even though their customer flow is not large, so they will appear to be slaughtered.

Customer behavior.

Finally, in such an environment, unless they are customers who have no choice, they will not come to the West District to make themselves unhappy.

This has resulted in the West Side becoming the district with the least passenger flow in Atlantic City after the North Side.

If this vicious cycle continues, the West End will only become more chaotic and poorer, and this situation will also lead to Nucky and you receiving less and less money!"

After hearing this, Eli showed a look of surprise: "No wonder I always hear Nucky say that these places in the West End often default on our money!"

Downey smiled and said: "What do you think would happen if you could change the status quo of the West End at this time and make the West End another symbol of Atlantic City?"

Eli was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that Downey was actually telling him this, asking him to change the situation in the West End, or even turn the West End into another symbol of Atlantic City?

"Haha!" After being stunned, Eli suddenly laughed and said: "Donnie, I understand what you mean, and I am very grateful for your kindness, but this matter is not so easy. The whole West District is a mixed bag.

, the entanglement of interests is even more confusing. If you want to make this place a new symbol of Atlantic City, I would rather believe that the Commodore suddenly had a stroke when he woke up this morning!"

Donnie didn't speak, he just looked at Eli laughing quietly. Such a look made Eli slowly stop laughing. In the end, he even felt that he had made a mistake, and then looked at Donnie carefully.

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"Did I say something wrong somewhere?"

"Of course it's wrong!" Downey said unceremoniously: "I just told you so much, but actually I want to tell you one thing, that is, the reason why the West District is in chaos is because he has no rules and wants to end the current situation.

Such chaos, as long as there are rules, everything will be easier to handle!"

Facing Downey like this, Eli felt a little guilty, "You mean, you want me to ban the deceptive behavior of these business establishments in the West District and stop those gangs from charging randomly. But if this is the case, it is equivalent to cutting off the money."

How these people make money will cause the entire West District to fall into chaos. The most important thing is that they will not listen to me."

Downey shook his head in distress. It is true that idiot Eli Johnson is easier to control, but the other party is too stupid. If many things are not explained to him clearly, he will have no way to understand them.

"The kind of behavior you mentioned is impossible to succeed at all, and it will cause countless troubles for yourself. The most important thing is that it treats the symptoms but not the root cause. The chaos caused by the lack of rules in the Western District is because the current Western District does not have a reasonable plan.

Imagine the Pennsylvania Avenue we just walked through. If there were only three to five taverns, an equal number of boarding houses, and casinos on this street, then they would still have fights with each other because of grabbing customers.

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If the number of gangs in the West District changes from a dozen to only two, and they manage different neighborhoods and no longer have entangled interests with each other, do you think they will still fight?"

Eli Johnson was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Downey meant, but then he had a new question: "But if this is the case, the owners of pubs, boarding houses, and casinos that are prohibited from doing business by us will be removed from the list.

Gangs, they will also cause chaos!"

Downey could only continue to explain: "This is a very simple matter. You have to first find the two largest gangs in the West District, reach an alliance with them, and let them annex those smaller gangs in a planned way. When you take control of these gangs,

After gathering strength, we can then effectively divide the pubs, casinos, and boarding houses in the West End from the black and white approaches.

We can even mark out the places suitable for building these places on each street, their scale, etc., and let the owners of the original pubs, casinos, and boarding houses conduct auctions, and the highest bidder will win. I can guarantee this alone.

It will make you a lot of money.

Of course, there are still a lot of details that need to be worked out. If you have the courage, I will ask John to help you do it. I can assure you that in less than three months, the entire West End will be completely new.

At the same time, your prestige in the West District will reach unprecedented heights.

By then, both your brother Nucky and the Brigadier General will be impressed by you!"

Eli Johnson was fascinated by the scene described by Downey, and his eyes were fascinated.

Finally, Eli asked Donnie with a trembling voice: "Can it really succeed?"

"It can really work!" Downey said firmly.

Eli suddenly slapped the table hard and laughed loudly: "Donny, don't worry, as long as the West End becomes what you said, I can guarantee you that in the West End, I have the final say during the day and you have the final say at night!"<

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"Haha!" Downey chuckled and said, "I just hope to become a successful businessman. If the West District does well, my business will do well. As for day and night, it's all up to you!"

Eli burst out laughing.

Now that Eli has decided to do this, the two of them immediately returned to John's tavern, and then the three of them came to John's room, and Donnie began to tell them a complete story about his plan.

Since neither Eli nor John had very high IQs, Downey simply tore it into pieces and told them his plan in detail.

By the time we finish talking about this matter, the weather has already turned cold.

Eli Johnson stretched and said: "Donny, your plan is very good. I will start implementing it immediately after I go back. I hope John can cooperate with me well by then!"

John smiled and said: "Don't worry, I already know the situation in the West District very well, and I guarantee that I won't let anyone get out of our plan!"

Eli Johnson left, but Downey preached to John seriously.
Chapter completed!