America 1919

The host was very friendly towards Alisa Clark, asking only some routine questions, but when he turned to face Ban Johnson, his courtesy waned.

"Mr. Johnson, as everyone knows, the entire league is now under suspicion by the American public because of the Black Sox Scandal. On this matter, do you have anything you would like to say to the national audience?"

Sure enough, such a bold inquiry once again offered a feeling of exhilaration to the listeners in front of the radio.

Before the arrival of Atlantic City Broadcast, although everyone could read the response from Major League Baseball in newspapers, it always felt as if there was a thick armor separating them, depriving them of a truly satisfying sensation. Now, however, with the person in question directly replying, they could hear it with their own ears, a situation that undeniably excited them.

Upon hearing this question, Ban Johnson showed no change in expression, for he had anticipated the question ahead of time.

"We at Major League Baseball are deeply regretful about the reaction caused by the Black Sox Scandal and that our national audience had to witness an ugly game. However, please believe that such an incident is an extremely isolated case. The Major League Baseball still represents a clean, pure competition league.

Moreover, to allow more people to join in supervising us, we have decided to include live broadcasts in the upcoming games of the season. Everyone will then be able to stay tuned in to their radios and listen to live programs from Atlantic City Broadcast, hoping this will enable our national audience to better monitor us!"

Wow!

Hearing Ban Johnson's response, all the listeners in front of their radios were surprised, first by the fact that Johnson didn't evade their questions but instead addressed them directly.

Secondly, they didn't expect Major League Baseball to have reached a collaboration with Atlantic City Broadcast. Does it mean, from now on, they could listen to Major League Baseball games from the comfort of their homes?

Such a development was incredibly exciting!

In an era where television programs had not yet emerged, no one could imagine being able to watch live games from home. Of course, they also didn't think that merely listening to a live game would be unsatisfactory.

For those who could never regularly attend live games, being able to listen to the games through a radio was already a technical revolution!

Owen Young and Luke Jackson exchanged glances once again.

However, this time, their gaze lacked competition but contained a hint of worry!n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

They hadn't expected Ban Johnson to backstab them.

Before coming here, they had clearly agreed to be comrades on the same front, yet in just one night, had Johnson betrayed them?

Keep in mind, Major League Baseball was one of their key bargaining chips in negotiations with Donnie.

Without this chip, even if they were now the tycoons of the United States, their influence over Atlantic City Broadcast had been minimized.

Were they to ban their own produced radios from broadcasting Atlantic City Broadcast?

If that were the case, they would probably have to face a lawsuit from Atlantic City Broadcast sooner or later!

Things were getting difficult!

With this thought, both men wished to confront Ban Johnson and Donnie at the earliest convenience—to question Johnson on why he betrayed them and to try to mend their relationship with Donnie!

So, when Luke Jackson saw Owen Young walking the red carpet with Boston's second-ranking Keira George, he grew anxious!

Being a leading candidate for President, Harding naturally had his room and would be reminded by a special attendant when it's his turn to walk the red carpet… Yes, Harding would also walk the red carpet!

This eventuality would be impossible in the East, but in the West, under the presidential election system, any opportunity to curry favor with the national public is something no presidential candidate would pass up.

Harding was no exception!

Moreover, the persona Harding presented to the public was not one of aloofness.

Harry and Harding were in the same room.

"Donnie's move was truly brilliant. I didn't expect that Donnie could sort things out with Ban Johnson in just one night. It seems that General Electric and Westinghouse will have to change their strategies!" Harding said with a laugh after hearing Ban's response over the radio.

Harry also commented with a hint of admiration, "I expected Donnie would be able to resolve the issue, but I did not foresee he would do it so quickly. It seems that even if another business radio station emerges, it would be impossible to challenge Atlantic City Broadcast in a short period of time!"

Harding nodded, his smile growing even brighter. Although he had brought Owen Young and Luke Jackson with him, it didn't mean he was necessarily inclined towards them.

In fact, although Harding had brought Owen Young and Luke Jackson, deep down, he really hoped Donnie would win in this three-way contest.

The reason was simple!

A monopolistic Atlantic City Broadcast was more in line with his own political aspirations. Now that he had a deep cooperation with Donnie, as long as their partnership remained, other competitors would not be able to contend with him in the increasingly important field of broadcasting!