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"What?"

Alice looked up blinking curiously at Helen.

Helen said, "Donnie's last marriage will definitely be with either you or me, one of the two choices; I just don't know who he will choose!"

Alice continued to blink and asked Helen, "This doesn't sound like the Helen I know. How could you possibly allow such a thing to happen?"

Helen shook her head, her eyes also showing some confusion, and said, "I don't know either. In fact, I've fantasized many times about what my future husband might be like, but I never imagined it would be someone like Donnie!"

Alice, attracted by Helen's subject, no longer felt sad about her own situation and continued to inquire.

"When did you start liking Donnie? Was it the time when Donnie protected us?"

Helen said, "That incident definitely played a part, but it wasn't everything. That incident just accelerated my fondness for him, but it wasn't what made me truly like Donnie, or even willing to accept the current situation for Donnie!"

Alice shook her head, "I still can't understand what you mean!"

After thinking for a while, Helen came up with an explanation and said, "It's compatibility, a dual compatibility of the mind and spirit. Donnie can know what's in my heart, I can guess some of his thoughts, and our views on many things are the same. That's a spiritual kind of liking, transcending the physical affection between a man and a woman!"

Alice shook her head and said, "I can't understand your thoughts. Isn't the love between a man and a woman all about the ultimate physical compatibility? Are you two planning to have a platonic relationship?"

At this point, Alice suddenly laughed and said, "How about this, I'll marry Donnie, and you can continue your spiritual pleasure with him!"

Helen languidly said, "I need double the enjoyment!"

"Yeah, right!" Alice rolled her eyes at Helen and said, "And yet you talk about it so innocently!"

Helen laughed, "Those are two separate things."

Having said that, Helen curiously looked at Alice and asked, "You've asked me just now. Now I want to ask you when you started liking Donnie, and when did you realize that even with all the things Donnie is doing now, you aren't unhappy?"

Alice's answer was much more straightforward.

"At the beginning, I just wanted to compete with you. At that time, to me, it didn't matter whether it was Donnie or John. I became interested in Donnie after really interacting with him and finding him to be a very interesting person.

Real liking began with the gunshot incident; a man willing to take a bullet for me is something unimaginable in our kind of families.

And then the day Theo came, that time made me fall hopelessly in love with him. No matter what thorns lay ahead, I won't give up!"

Helen laughed, "Even if, in the end, you can't marry Donnie?"

Alice said firmly, "Donnie will definitely marry me in the future!"
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Donnie, of course, was unaware that the girls' late-night conversation was about him.

At that moment, Donnie was thinking about how to get Albert Furr to agree to his terms.

If it were just Albert Furr, the problem would actually be easy to solve, but the people behind Albert Furr are not so easy to deal with.

My actions now are essentially snatching profits from their hands!

"Even if everyone eventually agrees with our proposal, problems will still arise in the future, especially with the mines. If I were them, I would definitely obstruct the construction there if I couldn't refuse!"

Donnie brought this matter to Robert for discussion, and after hearing Donnie's description, Robert offered his own opinion!

Donnie nodded and said, "That's true, they will obstruct us in every aspect, including transportation, mining, and workers!"

Robert said, "In such a situation, there are only two ways to deal with it!"

Donnie said, "Let's hear your thoughts!"

Robert said, "The first is as you often discuss with Walker, using business means to deal with it, but these people will definitely band together. We won't have any advantage in business, and even your partners, Morgan and Mellon, will advise you to give up those deals!"

Morgan and Mellon have connections with every industry in the United States, and naturally, the oil industry is no exception!

Robert continued, "The second way is to do it our way. If so, we'll need to continue hiring people, continue buying weapons. We've already purchased a batch of weapons from Colt and Springfield not so long ago, and if we keep buying now, I'm worried people will object to it again.

This time is different from the last; last time, it was just a Major meddling, but this time, who knows what kind of person will come out.

The only certainty is that the person who comes out this time will definitely be more troublesome than Graik Miller!"

Donnie nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "We can't rely on them to adhere to basic business rules!"

Donnie, who isn't too fond of following rules himself, naturally wouldn't expect others to abide by them either.

Especially since these people obtained these businesses through means beyond business rules.

"So, we can only take the second approach!"

In Donnie's view, the best solution is to be strong enough on our own. Only if our own military strength is formidable enough, we won't have to worry about their underhanded tactics!

With the support of little Theodore Roosevelt and Albert Furr, Donnie didn't have to worry about them using official power to obstruct him; the only concern was their potential military maneuvers!

"Human resources are easy to handle; we can continue to recruit those military veterans, especially now that they are being treated increasingly poorly, and their aid is often delayed.

The only concern is that this time, the amount of weapons we need is not small, and it would be difficult not to attract attention!"

Donnie mused for a moment and said, "Both issues can be solved at once, and when dealing with the incident caused by Graik Miller last time, I had already kept a card up our sleeve, which was intended to be used when forming the maritime transport fleet, but it seems we need to use it now!"

Robert asked, "What do I need to prepare on my end?"

Robert was just like that; once Donnie decided to do something, he wouldn't care about the outcome. He would just follow Donnie's orders.

Donnie said, "Since we've decided to go ahead this time, let's resolve most of the issues at once. You now need to calculate how many people we need to resolve this issue, and also the manpower needed to establish the maritime transport fleet, as well as the amount of weapons and the funds required to solve these problems!"

"Understood!"