Chapter 2 The $2 Billion VAM

After a long flight of more than five hours, John's plane finally arrived at JFK International Airport, when New York was already lit up and a few stars were shining in the dark night sky.

The United States is a country that likes to give cute names to cities, such as Los Angeles is called the City of Angels, New York is called the Big Apple, John, who has lived in the city for 20 years, has long been used to seeing the night view of the city, so he did not stop too much, and took a taxi directly outside the airport to the Morgan Manor on Long Island.

New York's Long Island is located on the east coast of North America, surrounded by the sea on three sides, the island is covered with forests, the climate is humid, and due to its oceanic climate, the summer is not hot, and it is considered one of the most habitable areas in the world.

At the same time, it is also a gathering place for the rich, many rich Americans, including foreign tycoons, have bought real estate here, and the more famous ones are the Morgan family's opponents, the Rockefeller family, the outstanding leader of China and the Republic of China, Song Meiling, the CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, President Roosevelt, Clinton, Hollywood ace director Steven Spielberg, and financial tycoon George Soros all live here.

And the Morgan family's estate is on the south's fork, the easternmost tip of Long Island.

After more than 2 hours of driving, the car finally arrived at Morgan Manor, the 31.3-acre estate is not the only place where the Morgan family lived, in upstate New York, Palm Beach, downtown Manhattan, as well as in France, the United Kingdom, Italy and other places have Morgan real estate, among which the largest and most luxurious area is the Morgan Manor in upstate New York, the entire estate covers an area of 1,500 acres, and the Manhattan real estate after the death of JP Morgan, the second generation of the family patriarch donated, has now become the famous Morgan Library.

After getting out of the car, John looked at the familiar beige complex in front of him, handed over his luggage to the servant, and walked towards the hall on the soft Iranian silk carpet, although he had not been back for a long time, he was very familiar with the place where he grew up.

After skillfully turning a few corners, walking through the long passage, and entering the hall, two middle-aged people, a man and a woman, appeared in front of John's eyes, which were his parents, Morgan Sr. and Mrs. Morgan.

"Father and mother, I'm back!"

John has long been accustomed to the attitude of his parents, after 20 years of getting along, strangers can cultivate feelings, not to mention parents with blood ties, although the old Morgan has had a bit of a stiff relationship with John in recent years, but John never blamed him, because John knew that the old Morgan had good intentions.

"Oh, kid, come and show me!"

"John, you're all skinny!"

Mrs. Morgan pulled John to her side and looked carefully up and down, left and right, her fair face showed a distressed look, and at the same time she looked at old Morgan beside her dissatisfied.

"It's okay mother, I'm in good health now, you don't have to worry. John hurriedly spoke out to comfort his mother, for this mother, John is very respectful, from childhood to adulthood, his mother is very attentive to him.

In John's memory, his mother has always been gentle and kind, knowledgeable, and although she is now over forty years old, she looks about the same as she was in her thirties due to good maintenance.

At the same time, he was born in the DuPont family, one of the top ten families, and was nurtured and educated by the family since he was a child, which made his mother have a unique temperament.

"Okay...... let's eat first, we're talking after eating!"

Old Morgan on the side looked at the unkindness in his wife's eyes, and quickly diverted the topic.

Although they haven't seen each other for a long time, after a family banquet, everyone didn't speak, just tried to eat the food in front of them.

For Lao Mei's food, John is still not very accustomed to eating it for 20 years, for him, a top-quality steak or caviar is not as good as a bowl of braised pork, but if you want to eat braised pork at home, it is impossible.

In Lao Mei's eyes, Chinese food is too greasy, although there are many Chinese restaurants in New York's Chinatown, such as Sichuan cuisine and Cantonese cuisine, but the taste is not so authentic, many dishes are improved, such as fried offal, which is some animal offal in China, but Lao Mei does not eat animal offal, so the fried offal sold in Chinatown here, you can't see the offal, basically a mixture of meat.

There is no way to do this, follow the local customs, and you must change it when you come to other people's sites, otherwise how to attract guests.

After dinner, the family sat in the living room and prepared to talk about some family affairs, and the first to break the peace was old Morgan.

"John, now that you've graduated, do you have any ideas for the future?" Old Morgan's expression was very serious, and the only son in front of him gave him a headache, but he was smart and clever, but he didn't take the right path.

"Father, you know, I want to be a good director, and I'm ready to make my first film. John replied earnestly to his inner thoughts.

John understands that his dream is not supported by his whole family, but becoming a director is his dream for two lifetimes, and he does not want to compromise, even in the face of his parents who have raised him for twenty years.

"Hmph...... John, don't think that you can become a director after graduating from film school, let me tell you, Hollywood has never been short of directors, even if you are talented and can make good films, but can you guarantee that there will be a film company to release it? Can the theater be successfully released?" Old Morgan folded his hands, leaned back on the sofa, and looked at John with a provocative gaze, he wanted John to understand that this world is not just talented.

John, who was sitting on the side, frowned tightly when he heard such a naked threat from old Morgan.

John understands that with the status of the Morgan family in the United States, as long as the old Morgan greets several major distribution companies and theaters in the United States, no company will distribute and release John's films.

"Father, how can you not interfere with my filming?" John has no way to deal with such a naked threat, in the face of capital and absolute strength, the power of individuals is small, especially in the face of behemoths like Morgan, they can even control the political situation and the world pattern, not to mention the fate of individuals.

"Hehe! It's okay if I don't interfere with your film, but we have to make a bet!" Old Morgan was like a winning rooster at this time, with his head held high, and he looked like he had a chance of winning.

"You say ......!"

John was a little helpless, knowing that this was a trap, but if he didn't step on it, he wouldn't be able to step on it, and if he stepped on it, there might be a glimmer of life, if he didn't step on it, then Old Morgan would definitely block himself in the film and television industry.

"John! You have always been a member of the Morgan family, and you will never be separated from the Morgan family in this life, one day you will be in charge of this giant ship, and I can allow you to make a movie, but you have to prove that I am not there one day, and you have the strength to control this giant ship, so I want to make a bet with you once, you use the one percent of the shares in your name to go to the bank for a loan of 500 million US dollars, if you can use this 500 million US dollars to earn 2 billion US dollars in five years, then I will not interfere with your filming, until I am not healthy, and you will come back to manage the family。

If you don't make $2 billion in five years, I'm going to forfeit that one percent of your shares, and you'll have to give up your film career and work for your family company. Old Morgan told him everything about the bet, and when he had finished speaking, he looked at John and waited for an answer.

"Uh-huh......!"

John heard the words of the old Morgan, and suddenly the whole person was not good, the heir of the Morgan family has one percent of the shares of the entire Morgan consortium, this 1% of the shares are not allowed to be sold, and can only enjoy annual dividends, this 1% seems to be very little, in fact, there are more than 500 million dividends every year, even if John does nothing in this life, he is also a proper billionaire.

After being silent for a long time, John looked at the old Morgan in front of him and said, "Okay, I promise you......"

When John was just silent, he was asking himself whether he would like to live an unhappy life with tens of billions of dollars, or be willing to live happily and without regrets about his hard-won rebirth, and John obviously followed his inner thoughts and chose the latter.

Old Morgan on the other side didn't say anything when he heard John's promise, but stood up and handed over a copy of the equity book to John, turned around and walked towards the study, but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly at the moment of turning.