78. Thieves look down on liars.
Sean Bay, who is in his twenties or eighties, his grandfather’s generation came to Philadelphia in the United States from Germany. At that time, Philadelphia was still the capital of the United States.
Although there have been three generations of development, in fact Sean's family is still just an ordinary working-class family in Philadelphia.
By Sean's father's generation, the family moved to Atlantic City. Sean's father opened a pharmacy in Philadelphia. By Sean's generation, he became a police officer in Atlantic City.
However, in the early days, Sean had an upright character and did not know how to make friends with the upper class. Even his girlfriend broke up with him because of his income problem.
It is for this reason that Sean decided to change himself.
It was also at this time that Robert contacted Sean Bey, and the two parties soon became very good friends.
Of course, during this period, Sean Bay also met Downey, and was impressed by how Downey was able to develop to his current position in Atlantic City in such a short period of time.
"Mr. Bullock, is there anything you want me to do?"
After meeting Downey, Sean Bey asked enthusiastically.
Downey smiled and said: "How is it? Does your ex-girlfriend regret it very much now?"
After joining Downey, Sean's life immediately changed drastically. Before that, he could only rent a boarding house and commute to get off work on two legs every day.
But after meeting Downey, Sean bought a two-story wooden villa on the East Side, where the real middle class is in Atlantic City, and also bought himself a Ford Model T.
"Without your help, Mr. Bullock, I would not have achieved what I have achieved now!"
Sean said humbly.
Downey was very satisfied with Sean's attitude and asked: "How is Eli's attitude towards you now?"
Sean immediately said: "I still want to thank Mr. Bullock. If you hadn't asked me to follow Eli to the Fuli Tavern before, he would not have thought highly of me!"
Eli directly faced Donnie's conflicts twice. The first time was because Donnie cut off the drinks at Folly Tavern. This made Eli very angry, so he took people to Block Tavern to take Donnie away directly.
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As a result, with the cooperation of Downey and Brad, they returned without success and triggered Eli Johnson's prestige in the security community.
At that time, many security police officers adopted a wait-and-see attitude towards Eli, but only Sean Bay, who received Downey's instructions, took the initiative to join Eli Johnson at this time and gained Eli Johnson's trust.
So when Eli Johnson went to the Folly Tavern for the second time, Sean Bey was at the front.
"Very good, I have already agreed with Eli on some plans for the reform of the West District..."
Downey briefly told Sean the plan he had previously agreed with Eli about reforming the West District.
"Great! This plan!" Sean said excitedly after hearing this: "If this plan can be successful, then the West End will become an independent kingdom relative to Atlantic City, and then Eli will control the West End
Everyone has the right to live or die!
The most important thing is that this plan can greatly improve the visibility of the West End and make it another symbol of Atlantic City after the boardwalk!"
Downey nodded with satisfaction. This is the difference between smart people and fools. He needs to break the whole thing down and tell Eli Johnson so that the other party can understand his purpose.
But Sean was able to understand the key through a brief introduction.
"John will help Eli complete the reform of the West Side gangs, and I hope that you can become Eli's official representative for the reform of the West Side!"
As long as John and Sean can successfully complete their tasks, then they will have completed their work on Eli. From the outside, it seems that Eli has completed the control of the West District, but in fact it is Downey who truly controls the West District.
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Sean did not answer Downey's words immediately, but after a brief consideration, he said seriously: "Although it is a little difficult, I believe I can complete the task you have given me, Mr. Bullock!"
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Downey nodded happily: "As long as you can complete this task, I can guarantee you that in three years, you will become one of the big shots in Atlantic City!"
"Thank you Mr. Bullock!"
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Regarding matters in the West End, with John and Sean, Downey can temporarily relax, but he will still keep an eye on the situation here.
Just after Downey returned to the Fuli Tavern, Chris found Downey and said, "Ponzi called just now and asked how your preparations were."
Only then did Downey remember what he had agreed with Ponzi at Ponzi's banquet.
Downey will definitely not invest money in Ponzi's company unless he has a problem with his head, but Downey hopes to get some of Ponzi's assets.
It is no exaggeration to say that the people with the strongest cash flow in Atlantic City at the moment are definitely not Nucky and the Brigadier General, but Ponzi, who has just arrived in Atlantic City.
The reason why the Ponzi scheme caused a sensation in the entire financial world is not because of how much cash Ponzi's scam involved. According to subsequent records, Ponzi's scam involved a total of about 15 million U.S. dollars.
Although this amount of money is already an astronomical figure in this era.
But compared to the long history of finance, this amount is indeed not too much.
What really made the Ponzi scheme far-reaching was that his model opened up a new scam genre for future generations. Even in the era of Downey's rebirth, such scams were still emerging in endlessly.
Ponzi never thought about using his own money to invest. All the money he defrauded was used by him to live a luxurious life, which can be seen from the fact that he became a social celebrity in Atlantic City in just a few days.
In his later years, Ponzi was already a penniless pauper when he died!
After thinking for a moment, Downey dialed Ponzi Manor's phone number.
"Dear Mr. Ponzi, I'm very sorry. I've been busy with the beauty pageant these past two days. I hope you won't be offended!"
"Haha!" Ponzi laughed loudly on the phone: "I have read about the beauty pageant in the newspaper. It is a very good thing. I never thought that you and Mr. Nucky would come up with such a genius idea.
Let’s make Atlantic City famous!”
Downey said humbly: "As an Atlantic City person, I naturally hope that Atlantic City will get better and better!"
Ponzi asked: "So what did we agree on?"
Whether Atlantic City holds a national beauty pageant and who is responsible for this matter is actually not important to Ponzi. What he is more concerned about is whether Downey can come up with the funds!
Downey has always been very humble when it comes to his potential God of Wealth: "I am about to discuss this matter with Mr. Ponzi. I wonder if you have time now?"
"Of course, I always have plenty of time for young people with potential!"
"Okay, I'll go over now!" Downey smiled.
After hanging up the phone, Downey asked Dwight, who was already with him, to start the car.
After Downey got in the car, Dwight looked at Downey hesitantly.
"If you have anything to say, just say it!" Downey said calmly, sitting in the passenger seat.
"Boss Bullock, there have been quite a lot of rumors about Ponzi's company in Atlantic City recently!"
Dwight said carefully, considering his words.
"What do you want to say?" Donnie closed his eyes and rested.
"That's right. You know my previous job. Although we were doing a business without a capital, we actually worked very hard all day long and couldn't steal much money. We would also be taken care of by some gang bosses from time to time.
Our industry is already a profit-making industry, but Ponzi claims that his company can earn 400%. If this is really the case, why don't those big guys do this business?
After all, in Atlantic City, whenever a good industry appears...just like the Junket Operator business run by Boss John, many people will definitely learn to do it.
Then why doesn’t anyone compete with Ponzi for business?”
Although Dwight's words were a little confusing, Downey still understood: "So you suspect Ponzi is a liar?"
Dwight smiled awkwardly and said: "He is a big shot, I don't dare to say that. I just think this matter is quite strange, and he doesn't have a deep relationship with you, Boss Bullock, so why should I help you?"
I even look a little anxious now."
Donnie laughed slightly and said, "It would be good to use your brain more when encountering this kind of thing in the future!"
Downey then terminated the conversation.
Soon the two arrived at Ponzi's villa. Downey got out of the car and Dwight stayed in the car.
"Donnie, what you said on the phone just now are you ready to give up?"
After meeting Downey, Ponzi spoke a little hastily.
Downey looked embarrassed and said: "I am very grateful to Mr. Ponzi for helping me, but there are indeed some problems with this matter now.
I think you should know that I had some conflicts with Mr. Nucky before. Being able to cooperate with Mr. Nucky this time is a very rare thing for me that can ease the relationship between us.
So I have no choice. Regarding this beauty pageant, no matter how you look at it, it is a waste of money.
To be honest, I have now invested all my liquidity in this matter!"
Ponzi frowned slightly and said with some dissatisfaction: "Now that you have decided, Mr. Downey, I can only regret to tell you that you have lost an opportunity that could save you ten years of hard work!"
Downey hurriedly said: "Mr. Ponzi, don't be angry. The reason I came here this time is actually to tell Mr. Ponzi that you now have an opportunity to let more people pay attention to your company, Mr. Ponzi.
Chapter completed!