America 1919

However, what many people do not realize is that the successful enactment of this law was the result of over a hundred years of struggle in the United States. As a country of immigrants, people from various nations brought their drinking cultures with them, as well as their religious beliefs, upon arriving in the United States.

Among the strict codes of the Puritans, abstinence from alcohol was a very important aspect!

In addition, women had absolutely no social status during this period, and after men drank, it was inevitable that they would vent their surplus energy on their women with their fists.

Under such circumstances, organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and the Anti-Saloon League and other various prohibition groups were established in America, advocating for a ban on alcohol.

This movement was quite effective; before the American Civil War, prohibition laws had been enacted in several states across America and achieved remarkable success.

The outbreak of the Civil War put the prohibition movement on hold. After the war ended, the prohibition laws were brought up again, and by the time of World War I, the National Government finally passed the application for Prohibition, and this time it was not postponed by the outbreak of the war.

Instead, it was brought to Congress for a vote!

At that time, Americans really believed that their Prohibition law could be successfully enforced. Initially, they indeed achieved good results, with the nationwide destruction of various whiskies, rums, and the number of distilleries across the country plummeting from over 2000 at their peak to fewer than 30!

But, from a historical perspective, alcohol represents human desire, and desire cannot be blocked. In fact, desire becomes even more fervent because of the blockade!

So less than a year after the Prohibition law was enacted, the entire United States became a haven for bootleggers, creating countless millionaires and multi-millionaires.

Today, all Americans support the Prohibition law because they are still able to drink alcohol, which is why everyone supports the advent of the Prohibition law. This also led to the current situation where American liquor merchants, in order to dispose of their rum and whiskey before the formal proclamation of Prohibition, kept dropping the prices of these spirits.

But once Prohibition was in place, liquor prices across America immediately doubled, and once the domestic stock of alcohol was almost consumed, the prices would continue to soar.

Although Donnie has now taken over Korla Bar, there is hardly any stock of liquor in the bar. If that's the case, it might be better to close for two months and wait for Prohibition to start in two months. By then, the value of the liquor stock in the bar would naturally double!

Not only that, Donnie also wanted to take this opportunity to try to stock up on more liquor during this time.

Donnie continued with a wry smile, "Just like you said before, I really don't want to end up living in North District two months from now, so I want to take these two months to consider my fallback plan!"

Olman looked at Donnie somewhat suspiciously. If Donnie was really doing as he said, wouldn't the most correct course of action be to quickly sell off all the existing stock of liquor in the bar?

Although curious, Olman did not voice his question. As he had said, he had only known Donnie for two days, and they were not friends. Whatever Donnie wanted to do, what business was it of his?

"It's your business whether you operate or not. As for the money, you can pay less, but you can't skip payment. That's the rule set by Nucky, and there is nothing I can do about it!"

Donnie nodded. He had some understanding of this outcome and said, "Alright, then please mention it to Nucky for me!"

Olman nodded indifferently. After all, this was within his duties, so he had no reason to decline.

Seeing that Olman agreed, Donnie continued, "There's another matter for which I need your help!"

Olman looked at Donnie with some displeasure, "I need to know what it is?"

Donnie was unfazed by Olman's attitude and simply smiled, "Prohibition is about to start, and surely there are many liquor distributors trying to get rid of their stock. I have no connections in Atlantic City, so I want to ask for your help to get in touch with some distributors. I plan to buy some cheap whiskey and rum from them!"

Olman's displeasure vanished, replaced by a look as if he were observing someone with a mental illness.

Currently, breweries, bars, and liquor distributors across the country had only one task at hand: to sell off their inventories as quickly as possible to avoid having their liquor dumped like garbage once Prohibition started. And yet, Donnie was looking to acquire even more stock?

Still, Olman was no fool. Remembering what Donnie had just mentioned about wanting the Korla Bar to close down for two months, he looked at Donnie with a puzzled gaze.

"You haven't come across some information, have you?"

Donnie continued with a bitter smile, "If I had access to that kind of information, do you really think George Kurle would have given me the bar?"

Olman placed his arms on the bar, shaking his head, "No, he wouldn't!"

Donnie nodded, "Exactly. My idea is to hold off until a few days before Prohibition starts and then release all the liquor at once. At that time, surely everyone will be stocking up, and maybe I could get a good price for it!"