At ten o'clock in the morning on April 17, Zhou Ming sat in the room prepared for him by Martin after breakfast, welcoming the conference call with the Morgan family that was about to begin.

Hearing the news, Martin's first reaction was to be taken aback, as one foot has stepped into the elite of high society, Martin is well aware of the horror of this Morgan family. The United States is undoubtedly the most powerful financial country in the world, and finance is also an important force controlling the lifeblood of modern America.

Behind these banks, there are one or many families in control, many of which are still financial families that have lasted for a hundred years, but when it comes to the first financial family in the United States, Morgan is always undisputed.

In the United States, Morgan is known as the Napoleon of Wall Street, and this title alone is enough to make the name Morgan shine all over the world. Of course, he himself is worthy of this title, not only did he save the US economy twice, but at the peak of the Morgan financial empire, nearly 30% of the entire American enterprises were directly or indirectly under the control of the Morgan consortium.

This is a very exaggerated number, which can no longer be described as a monopoly, but a kind of emptiness and loneliness that controls everything and is invincible.

Although later, with the sinking of the Titanic, it marked the collapse of the Morgan empire, and the entire United States began to retaliate against the entire Morgan consortium after the death of the old Morgan.

And after experiencing an attack by major conglomerates across the United States, the entire Morgan family seems to have become more mature, no longer so sharp to demand control of more enterprises, but to focus on the financial arms and information cutting-edge technology industry, and work with other consortia to control the country's economic lifeline, and become the largest contractor of the Department of Defense.

It was also due to the later explosion of information technology that the Morgan family finally returned to the first place in the United States after more than half a century of nirvana, and since then, no one has been able to shake it.

It can be said that the Morgan family has always been a legend in Martin's heart, and now Zhou Ming is really going to talk to the head of the Morgan family on the phone, how can this not shock him?

Maybe for him who has seen the president, the president of the United States is the same thing, especially the president is still changed every four years, but the head of Morgan is different, that is the emperor of the financial empire, if he does not die, then his power can last forever.

Therefore, for Martin, he is more in awe of the head of the Morgan family than the president.

It is also for this reason that after getting the news, Martin immediately vacated his study and prepared the most advanced equipment for Zhou Ming, using the most advanced encryption means to ensure that their conference call was smooth and not eavesdropped on by anyone, including himself.

It was also because of this incident that Martin was even more in awe of Zhou Ming, because he felt that since Zhou Ming could talk to the head of the Morgan family on the phone, what kind of identity was behind him?

This result made Zhou Ming cry and laugh, because it was only due to the Tang family, after all, the Tang family is also the core family of the California consortium, not to mention anything else, it is still okay to invite the head of the Morgan family to chat, but he didn't want to be high in Martin's eyes.

However, Zhou Ming didn't explain too much to Martin, and if he misunderstood, let him continue to misunderstand, anyway, as long as he didn't delay things.

The time soon reached half past eleven, because twelve o'clock was the agreed time for the conference call, so Zhou Ming dialed the number in advance, all the equipment was debugged in advance, Zhou Ming only needed to dial the pre-set number, and the conference call could start.

It was almost connected after dialing, and obviously Tang Ran and Lin Muqing had been waiting over there.

"Brother Ming, I'm Ran Ran, you dialed the phone so early, do you miss me and Sister Mu Qing?" Tang Ran asked with a smile, and she could tell that she was very happy.

Zhou Ming deliberately teased Tang Ran and said, "Sister Mu Qing, I think about it very much, but I don't think about you, a naughty ghost." ”

Tang Ran was not happy at that time: "What! Brother Ming, where am I naughty? I have always been very well-behaved!"

Tang Ran was very unhappy and wanted to prove it to Zhou Ming, but it wasn't until Lin Muqing told her that Tang Ran realized that Zhou Ming was deliberately teasing her, and accused Zhou Ming very unhappily, and Zhou Ming also coaxed her for a while before coaxing.

But to put it this way, the time passed quickly to twelve o'clock, which was originally the time they had agreed with Jack, the head of the Morgan family, but Jack's side had not been connected for a long time, which made them feel very strange.

"What's going on with Jack's side? The Morgan family still controls the International Telephone Company! As a result, they can't even do a minimum conference call, and their technicians should all be fired!"

Tang Ran kept complaining over there, and Zhou Ming immediately frowned, he wouldn't be naïve enough to think that the Morgan family would encounter any unsolvable technical problems, his tardiness either had a special purpose, such as wanting to give himself a disgrace or something, or he didn't take his people seriously at all. And for Zhou Ming, neither of these is obviously what he wants.

Zhou Ming thought for a while, and said to Tang Ran in a deep voice: "Don't be so anxious, maybe something happened to him is not necessarily, after all, it is the Morgan family, and he controls such a big family business, it is inevitable that something will happen temporarily, let's wait patiently, when you took the inheritance qualification examination, didn't we choose Jack Company? ”

And Zhou Ming said so, but he waited directly until two o'clock, and the head of the Morgan family, a big name, was only overdue.

"So you're all still here? I'm Jack of the Morgan family, so let's start today's meeting, what do you have to discuss with me?"

This made Zhou Ming's brows furrow even deeper, because Jack's words did not mean any apology, obviously he did not take this conference call and himself and Tang Ran, who had just become the patriarch of the Tang clan, into account, or that he did it on purpose at all, in order to make himself angry. Either way, that's not a good sign.

Thinking so in his heart, Zhou Ming still said very kindly on the surface: "Of course, the meeting will start soon, we know that Mr. Jack is the head of the Morgan family, and there must be a lot of things to be busy, just like this conference call scheduled for twelve o'clock did not start until two o'clock." ”

Zhou Ming said this on purpose, the purpose was to point him out, but Jack just said as a matter of course: "That's right, that's it." ”

Tang Ran was very unhappy when he heard this: "Mr. Jack, three-year-old children know that they have to apologize for doing something wrong, so as the head of the Morgan family, don't you even understand this truth?"

Jack was amused: "Ms. Tang Ran, I can apologize to you if you really need it, but I'm afraid this is the end of our conference call." ”

This time, without waiting for Tang Ran to speak, Zhou Ming said first: "Then let's stop here, Mr. Jack, do you hang up the phone first, or do we hang up the phone first?" I don't think Mr. Jack was two hours late just to come and hang up the phone for us, right?"

Jack was silent for a moment and then said, "This is Mr. Zhou Ming, right? It's really interesting, okay, it's my fault that I'm late this time, for which I would like to extend my most sincere apologies to you, I'm very sorry." ”

Zhou Ming also said: "We also apologize to Mr. Jack for our tone and some inappropriate words just now. ”

After apologizing to each other, Zhou Ming said to Jack: "Dear Mr. Jack, this time I invited you to this conference call because we currently have a plan for the Big Wood family, and we hope to cooperate with the Morgan family. ”

Jack said: "I think Mr. Zhou Ming, you should know that our Morgan family is a business family that has lasted for nearly two hundred years, and in our family tradition, there is a very important ancestral motto, that is, how to carry out any cooperation, we must clearly know where our interests are. ”

"Of course, no businessman would want to do a loss-making business. Zhou Ming said, "The biggest benefit of this plan for the Big Wood family is on the Big Wood Bank." ”

Zhou Ming paused deliberately when he said this, and then said: "I know that the Morgan family is the No. 1 financial family in the United States, but if there is an opportunity to add another feather to the family's banner, I don't think the Morgan family will refuse, right? ”

"It seems that Mr. Zhou Ming is very confident that he will be able to defeat Big Wood Bank?" asked Jack on the other end of the phone.

Zhou Ming did not answer directly, but said: "Mr. Jack, as the head of the Morgan family, I think you must know the financial market well, then I think you must also know the trouble that Big Wood Bank has encountered recently, not only is his stock price constantly falling, but also encountered a very powerful run, hundreds of thousands of people queue up at the door of Big Wood Bank every day to withdraw money, and the reputation of Big Wood Bank has been seriously damaged!"

"But Mr. Zhou Ming, what you said is not enough to convince me. "Or I could put it more bluntly, before this call, George of the Big Wood family also called me and offered to trade his entire stake in General Motors, which he controls, in exchange for the Morgan family's support...... Do you understand what I mean? Mr. Zhou Ming. ”

He had already said it so bluntly, how could Zhou Ming not understand it? So Zhou Ming asked: "Then I don't know what kind of chips we need to come up with to make Mr. Jack tempted?"

"What a smart boy!" Jack said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou Ming, Ms. Tang Ran, I heard that Jinghui Private Bank and Tang Bank Institutional Asset Management Company have recently transferred their shares, so can the equity of Tang Retail Bank, which is also Tang Bank, be sold to Morgan Bank? Or I know that the Big Wood family still controls the $80 billion stake in Tang Bank, and we don't mind." ”

"I'm sorry, this is a condition that we can't accept!" Zhou Ming said.

"Mr. Zhou Ming, if I'm not mistaken, you don't seem to be from the Tang family, then please forgive me, you don't have much say in this. Jack reminded.

Tang Ran said very righteously at this time: "What Mr. Zhou Ming said is what the Tang family meant. ”

"Originally, I heard that Mr. Zhou Ming could be the head of the Tang family, but now it seems that this is the case. Jack continued, "In that case, it seems that our conference call can only end here, if we are not willing to make concessions to each other." ”