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But Hein Howell's face bore no smile; in fact, it was more solemn than before.

Even during Harry Sinclair's toast, Hein Howell seemed preoccupied with heavy thoughts.

"Hein, the situation this morning was just as you analyzed, why are you still like this?" Harry Sinclair asked, puzzled.

Hein Howell shook his head and said, "Something's not right!"

Harry Sinclair's expression changed and he quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Hein Howell spoke seriously, "I've been thinking all day about Donnie Block and Jesse Livermore's actions recently. According to our earlier speculation, Donnie just wanted to cause you some trouble—meaning the results he was after should have been accomplished today. But I keep feeling like the way things are progressing isn't quite right... uh, our success seems too much to be taken for granted!

Everything is developing just as we expected. This kind of smooth progress is making me uneasy!"

After hearing this, Harry Sinclair laughed it off, "Isn't that simple? Just think about it, Donnie Block is just a rookie on Wall Street. How could he possibly fight against you guys?"

Hein Howell said, "But Jesse Livermore is no rookie, and their actions over the past couple of days have also shown that Donnie has his own judgment on this matter. So why would he be so persistent in an action that he knows will fail?"

Harry Sinclair: "..."

"No, that's not right!"

Hein Howell's face suddenly changed, and he said somewhat panicked, "We've overlooked something!"

Seeing Hein Howell's expression, Harry Sinclair also became somewhat alarmed, "What thing?"

"Atlantic City Broadcast!"

Hein Howell said with concern, "We have overlooked Atlantic City Broadcast. Before, we always believed that retail investors, without timely access to information, could only make their decisions based on the next day's news reports or what their stockbrokers said, whether to buy or sell their stocks.

But now with Atlantic City Broadcast in the picture...

If Atlantic City Broadcast got involved in this war... no, rather Atlantic City Broadcast will definitely get involved, then those retail investors will be able to know about stock trades in the shortest time possible.

Furthermore, Atlantic City Broadcast is one of Donnie Block's industries. It will certainly speak for Donnie when the time comes, and then at that time..."

Hearing Hein Howell's analysis, Harry Sinclair became even more panicked.

"What should we do?"

After some thought, Hein Howell confidently said, "Harry, you shouldn't worry too much. If we had found out about this after Donnie had made his move, it would indeed have caused us losses, perhaps even irrecoverable ones. But now that we know, there is a solution!"

"What solution?"

Harry Sinclair asked anxiously.

Hein Howell said calmly, "The stock market, no matter what, ultimately boils down to the supremacy of capital. The US Dollar 700,000 we talked about before is probably not going to be enough. Harry, I need you to prepare an additional US Dollar 500,000. As long as we can ensure that no matter how many shares of Sinclair Oil Corporation are sold off in the market, we can buy them back immediately, it wouldn't affect our stock price too dramatically.
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Moreover, Atlantic City Broadcast isn't the only player in the United States. Harry, you should immediately have your people contact KADA and other broadcast companies to get ready. If Donnie makes use of Atlantic City Broadcast, then you will need these companies to shout and cheer for you. With a two-pronged approach, plus the current trend, Donnie's plan will not succeed!"

Harry Sinclair furrowed his brow; his net worth was indeed over ten million US Dollars, but that was his worth, not cash on hand.

He had already taken nearly a million US Dollars in cash for this matter. If he had to raise an additional five hundred thousand US Dollars, and then there were the advertising fees for contacting those broadcast companies, it could be another two hundred thousand US Dollars.

"Damn Donnie Block!"

An expenditure of nearly two million US Dollars was enough to make Harry Sinclair wince, and Donnie, the cause of all this, naturally became the person he loathed most.

"I've got it, I'll handle this!"

With the conversation reaching this point, there was obviously no time for lunch. Harry Sinclair left the restaurant and returned to the hotel to find Robert Stewart and James O'Neal.

"Gentlemen, I need to arrange for a cash loan from you!"

US Dollar 700,000 might not seem like a particularly huge sum for Harry Sinclair, but it was still very difficult for him to raise an additional US Dollar 700,000 in cash in a short period when he had already taken out a million in cash.

These men never managed their assets in cash but instead converted it into stocks, real estate, or made new investments.

Keeping cash was considered the least profitable investment for them.

Upon hearing that Harry Sinclair wanted to borrow money, both James O'Neal and Robert Stewart looked puzzled. James O'Neal cautiously asked, "Harry, didn't you say that US Dollar 1,000,000 would be enough before?"

They were aware of Harry Sinclair's recent financial situation.