America 1919

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As per tradition, in August this year, the President will officially appoint the new IRS Director, and now, less than six months remain until August.

Donnie needs to get this done as quickly as possible.

Then Donnie continued to ask, "By the way, how is the investigation on Rene Mel and the other two going?"

Unbeknownst to Rene Mel who prided himself on being cautious in his investigation of Donnie, their investigation was completely under Robert's control due to the inside informant Archido Bowen.

"Everything is under our control!" Robert said with a laugh, "Rene Mel thinks that by going to Elwood Village he can dig up some information, but in reality, we've shown him exactly what we wanted him to see—Elwood Village's alcohol supply for Atlantic City. We haven't slipped up on this matter, and Cafe Jackson has already completed its tax declaration early this year."

As for the rest, he couldn't see anything. "But I bet during this time he has most definitely been a feast for the mosquitoes around Elwood Village."

Learning from others' past experiences with investigating Elwood Village, this time Rene Mel chose to hide on the fringes of Elwood Village and tried to collect information in a more covert manner.

Yet, such behavior did not ensure his secrecy, nor did he gather the information he wanted!

Donnie chuckled and said, "It seems this man does have some patience!"

Robert laughed and said, "Our people noticed, every time he returns to Atlantic City, he indulges himself wildly, probably in retaliation for the suffering he endured in Elwood Village!"

Donnie raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, and said, "If that's the case, maybe we can deal with them before we head to Philadelphia."

Robert gave Donnie a puzzled look. He had considered this as well, but Rene Mel was very cautious, even hiring prostitutes... Well, that's not illegal in Atlantic City!

So what else could be used to deal with him?

And even if they did deal with him, according to Coshek Kevin's investigation of Donnie for the IRS, Rene Mel's situation would not change the outcome. At most, they would simply replace him with another group of investigators.

And by that time, without the inside informant Archido Bowen, it would be more troublesome to know the situation of the investigation team!

After hearing Robert's concerns, Donnie also chuckled, "Then before we finish our plan against Coshek Kevin, let's feed them some information, just like Archido occasionally does. Keeping him here will be sufficient!"

Robert did not dwell on this matter with Donnie but instead asked, "Then how do we target them?"

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Douglas sat in the lounge on the 41st floor, looking very displeased. He had been waiting for half an hour, but Donnie had yet to meet with him, which upset him greatly.

In fact, when he learned last year that Pickford had sold her United Artists shares to Donnie, he had the impulse to come to Atlantic City.

Especially when he heard Pickford chose to live in Atlantic City for a while, even without any evidence, Douglas was convinced that something had happened between Donnie and Pickford!

Yes, that was a man's intuition!

However, since he had a movie that was about to be shot at the time, he could only shoot his film first. Now that the movie was finished, he came to Atlantic City at the first opportunity. Stay connected with My Virtual Library Empire

Actually, before meeting with Donnie, he tried to see Pickford, but she didn't meet with him, so he then went to see Donnie.

Donnie didn't refuse to meet him, but he kept him waiting...

This process did not leave Douglas in a good mood!

So when he finally saw Donnie, Douglas's face was long.

Donnie did not care about Douglas's demeanor and calmly asked, "Doug, what brings you here? Is something the matter?"

Douglas faltered, suddenly unsure of how to answer Donnie.

If it were about company matters, Donnie had already communicated with Charlie Chaplin, Griffith, and himself by letter when he bought United Artists shares from Pickford and had clarified his position. In those letters, Donnie stated that buying shares from Pickford was to ensure the company's purity, not wishing for it to be affected by an outsider's acquisition that might influence United Artists' operations.

Donnie, although now the largest shareholder, still respected their management of United Artists.

This stance was strongly agreed upon by both Chaplin and Griffith at the time. Douglas, though dissatisfied, had no choice at the time.

That is to say, meeting with Donnie at this time for company matters didn't leave him with much to discuss, right?

Then concerning personal matters?

But without any evidence to discuss a relationship between Donnie and Pickford... A few months ago he might have been able to talk about it, but now that he and Pickford had already completed their divorce proceedings, what position did he have to bring it up?

Perhaps one of life's most awkward situations is to confront someone with rage, only to find that once you're sitting across from them, the issues you want to discuss just can't be broached in that setting.

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