America 1919

Chapter 706: 242, Pandora Oil Company is neglected_2

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Donnie asked Alice.

Franklin Roosevelt had set off for the warm springs in Georgia for treatment a month ago!

Alice stood up with a smile, “If you hadn’t asked, I almost forgot, we just received a letter from him today!”

Even though the telephone was already in existence.

But for many people, they still preferred writing letters because it gave people of that era a sense of a more intimate relationship.

Soon, Alice came over to Donnie with a joyous expression, holding a letter in her hand, and passed it to Donnie.

“Dear Donnie!”

From the beginning of the letter, one could tell that Franklin Roosevelt’s feelings for Donnie were very fond.

And the contents of the letter conveyed even more of Franklin Roosevelt’s joy.

“… After soaking in the warm springs for a week, my toes finally have some reaction. Do you know how delightful the feeling of regaining something lost is, Donnie? Now I am filled with strength, and I discuss my condition with the doctors every day. They say I’m the most persistent man they’ve ever seen in their medical careers, they just don’t know how much pressure I’m under….”

Between the lines, one could see that Franklin Roosevelt’s current state was entirely different from when Donnie had last seen him.

Donnie was also surprised. He knew Franklin Roosevelt’s symptoms and that indeed they had been treated with the warm spring therapy, which indeed had allowed him to leave his wheelchair and walk with the aid of a cane!

But Donnie had not expected that those warm springs would be so effective?@@novelbin@@

The whole content of the letter was actually divided into two parts: the first part shared his joy with Donnie, and the second part expressed his gratitude towards Donnie.

Donnie, along with Alice, went to the study to write a reply to Franklin Roosevelt.

Donnie also had not expected that his first letter would be written to a man, and moreover, a man who was temporarily incapacitated.

However, there was no helping it; on the matter of the Baku Oil Field, Donnie had also seen a crucial issue in his business empire.

That was, Donnie lacked energy outside of the United States.

Although there was Thomas Gilbert from the United Kingdom and Bruce Currie from Canada, their influence still wasn’t enough.

Thomas Gilbert was now preparing to step out of Birmingham, but due to his background, his path forward was filled with uncertainties.

The situation with Bruce Currie was somewhat better, as the alcohol produced by their distilleries was not sold in Canada, making Bruce Currie without any rivals in Canada, only friends!

Even the workers recruited by the Canadian distilleries had established certain contacts with the Canadian government.

But Canada was not yet on par with the United States, and in the short term, Donnie had no plans to run other projects in Canada; therefore, they couldn’t provide much help to him.

So now, when dealing with the matters concerning the Soviet Union, Donnie found himself in a difficult position!

No one could open that market for him!

Therefore, Donnie turned his attention to Franklin Roosevelt. If he managed the relationship well with this man, then this problem would not be so difficult for Donnie.

However, there were still several years to go before Franklin Roosevelt took office. After writing the letter to Franklin Roosevelt, Donnie also wonders if he could start preparing in advance?

In Donnie’s memory, the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union was actually not good for the next decade; the mainstream view in American politics was that the Soviet Union was a country that defied God, and they could not establish diplomatic relations with such a concealed nation.

This situation continued until Franklin Roosevelt took office; at that time, the United States was experiencing the Great Depression, and to address such difficulties, they need to change and stimulate the domestic economic environment, and the second was to look for new investment points to stimulate the American economy.

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In such circumstances, Franklin Roosevelt turned his attention to the Soviet Union and personally wrote to Kaliningrad, the Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union. In his letter, Franklin Roosevelt expressed his regret over the lack of normal diplomatic relations between the United States and the Soviet Union at the time, and he hoped to initiate formal negotiations with the Soviet Union!

Kaliningrad took Franklin Roosevelt’s letter very seriously because establishing diplomatic relations with the United States was also very advantageous for the Soviet Union; it could better contain Japan, which had often been provoking them during that period!

Therefore, Kaliningrad replied to Franklin Roosevelt without delay, and after just over ten days, sent a delegation to the United States for formal diplomatic negotiations!

In 1933, the two great nations officially established diplomatic relations.

Although the establishment of relations occurred then, that doesn’t mean there couldn’t be contact now; this can be understood by referring to the foreign policies between the East and the United States in the sixties and seventies.

As long as it benefits both parties, there is nothing that cannot be negotiated!

“So now we still need a middleman!”

Feeling the urgency of time, Donnie believed that when other Oil Companies had not yet gotten involved, Donnie could let Magichi venture into the Soviet Union alone to find suitable partners.

But now that the major Oil Companies had begun eyeing the Baku Oil Field greedily, Donnie couldn’t allow Magichi to venture there alone any longer.

Indeed, by this time, Donnie had realized he could not give up on the Baku Oil Field. Although the field would be destroyed during World War II and then be entangled in a variety of complex issues after the war, in the decade or so before then, the Baku Oil Field could still generate a vast fortune for the Pandora Oil Company.

More importantly, with the Baku Oil Field, Pandora Oil Company would truly be sitting at the oil business’s high-stakes table, and Donnie could even leverage the Baku Oil Field to launch his series of plans in the Middle East!

The most important question now facing Donnie was, who should he find for this role?

It must be someone with sufficient clout!

Soon, an image of a person came to mind for Donnie.

Having understood all of this, Donnie finally relaxed and was able to sleep soundly.

The world cannot revolve around just one issue. For many people, the so-called battle for the Baku Oil Field was of no concern, as it was too remote from them.

For the people of Atlantic City, what they cared most about was the ongoing Global Gambling Contest!

With the experience of hosting such a competition before, Starry Media was more than capable of helping Surf Hotel with this event.

Surf Hotel and Starry Media joined forces to launch a new column in the recent “Atlantic City Post,” where they began introducing the contestants of the competition.

Moreover, the Surf Hotel even collaborated with City Hall to hang up posters of some of the contestants on the street lights of Atlantic City.

Of course, not everyone could enjoy such treatment; those who did were very famous in this circle.

They were also the popular contenders in the contest.

Among these contestants, Donnie noticed one particularly unusual participant—a Chinese gambler!

Out of curiosity, Donnie asked Joshua Allen about this contestant and learned that he was a real dice and card gaming maestro in the United States. Most importantly, this man had been in the United States for less than two years.

In two years, a Chinese master of gambling became not only widely acclaimed in the United States but also remained unharmed. This wasn’t something that could merely be explained by superior gambling skills; this person either had great success in personal dealings, or he was an all-around master.

Under such circumstances, Donnie took notice of this man named Lu Honggui.

And it was precisely because Donnie took notice that he came to learn about the events surrounding Lu Honggui in Atlantic City…