Chapter 583 North and South Confrontation

With the withdrawal of the troops and the California wildfires finally dealt with, John was finally able to rest for a few days and wait for The Matrix to start.

While John was enjoying his vacation, Charles, who was far away in New York, was in trouble.

GM and the UAW union were unable to reach an agreement, and GM withdrew from Detroit when the workers' contracts expired.

GM withdrew, and the UAW union took GM to court on the grounds that GM discriminated against union members.

Under the political correctness of the state's deunionization, this nationwide lawsuit ended with a resounding victory for General Motors.

With GM's victory, Ford and Chrysler Motors have officially declared war on the UAW union, and both companies have issued regulations saying that they will not hire union members.

Employees of both companies saw that former GM workers had become unemployed, and they quit the UAW union one after another.

The UAW union became a rat crossing the street for a while, and everyone shouted and beat it!

In this fight with General Motors, the UAW union suffered heavy losses, not only losing more than a billion dollars, but without members, they could only announce the closure of the company.

After the victory of the anti-union in Detroit, there was also a great wave of anti-union activity across the country, and the American unions, with unprecedented unity in the nation's factories and the support of the government, finally withdrew from the stage of history.

This anti-union activity in the United States, also known as the anti-union movement by later generations, is known as the starting point of the rise of American industry, and it is precisely because of this movement that American industry has exploded with strong vitality, prompting the United States to become the world's industrial center in the 21st century, and the "Ark Project" has been successfully implemented.

Of course, after General Motors left Detroit, many parts factories also evacuated Detroit, hundreds of thousands of workers suddenly became unemployed, and the government's fiscal deficit was already large.

The once glorious automobile city has become a bankrupt city today, and many people can't help but sigh when they watch the excitement.

And as the manager of the northern government, the elder Rockefeller called Charles to his study when he learned that Detroit was bankrupt.

"Detroit is bankrupt, this matter is left to you to deal with!" Old Rockefeller did not talk nonsense, and handed over the bankruptcy of Detroit to Charles.

"Okay grandpa!" Charles nodded and took the task.

Back in his study, Charles was extremely angry, Detroit went bankrupt, and the Rockefeller family lost face this time, and all this was caused by General Motors moving out of Detroit, General Motors is a Morgan company, so Charles blamed John for this and decided to make John responsible, at least let John pay to help Detroit tide over the difficulties.

Charles then called John directly.

"Charles, what's the matter, say!"

John actually knew why Charles was calling him.

"JK, Detroit is bankrupt, and the Morgans must take responsibility!" Charles said in a cold tone.

"Why should the Morgans be held responsible for the bankruptcy of Detroit?"

"Because the bankruptcy in Detroit was caused by the move of General Motors, as a company of the Morgan family, shouldn't the Morgan family be responsible?"

"You don't know why General Motors moved out of Detroit? What is wrong with General Motors moving to a place with low labor costs because of the high cost of employing people in Detroit? Why did the Morgan family have to pay for the Rockefeller family? Did you forget to take your medicine today?"

"If you want to say that, then my Rockefeller family's business in the South is also very expensive, so don't you also move back to the North?" Charles threatened John.

"If the Rockefellers want to move their factories out of the South, do whatever you want. But if you, the Rockefellers, want to continue to extract oil in the South, the petrochemical-related factories must stay in the South, or I will take back the rights to exploit these fields. John didn't give in and went toe-to-toe with Charles.

The Rockefeller family's industry is very single, except for the petrochemical industry, the Rockefeller family rarely invests in other industries, and even if there is, it is a joint venture with other families, and these enterprises are not the final say of the Rockefeller family, so John is not afraid of Charles's threat at all, and the Rockefeller family's lifeline is in the hands of the Morgan family, once John takes back the Rockefeller family's oil fields in the south, the Rockefeller family's oil will be reduced by half instantly.

Moreover, the southern government is a coastal area, and the oil transported from the Middle East needs to dock before it can enter the United States, and once the Morgan family closes the port of the Rockefeller family, the Rockefeller family will not want to enter the United States with a drop of oil, but can only borrow from Canada, but in this way, the cost will be high, and if the Morgan family exploits the oil fields themselves, it will be a fatal blow to the Rockefeller family.

"If you dare to shut up my oil field, I will dare to send troops to take it back. ”

"Okay, you send an army! I'll wait for you, whoever doesn't come will be a bastard. ”

John snapped and hung up.

Since Charles blackmailed John for the second time before, John has not been giving Charles face, and this time he asked General Motors to withdraw from Detroit to knock Charles, but Charles actually dared to intensify it, which made John unbearable.

"Sazo...... Zozo!"

Hanging up, John called Zozzo. "Shut down all the oil fields of the Rockefeller family, block the ports, and not allow a drop of oil from the Rockefeller family to enter the United States. ”

"Good boss. Zozo nodded.

After the order, John called the elder Morgan again and asked the elder Morgan to authorize him to mobilize the army, and the elder Morgan agreed to John's request to transfer the army after hearing the cause of the incident.

John then personally called the Ministry of Defense and ordered all the forces of the southern government to be put into combat readiness and assemble on the front line in the north.

Of course, John was not going to war, he was just posturing so that Charles could not finish his meal and walk around.

It was exactly as John had guessed, and when the elder Rockefeller learned of the cause and effect of the incident, he angrily called Charles to his study.

"Our oil fields in the South were shut down by the Morgans, you know?"

"Yes!"

Charles nodded with a dark face, he didn't expect John to be so decisive.

"Our tankers are floating on the sea and can't enter the port, you know?"

"Yes!"

"All the troops in the south are in combat readiness and are massing to the front line in the north, you know?"

"Yes!"

"Bang!"

The elder Rockefeller raised his hand and slapped it the desk, looking at Charles angrily.

"I asked you to settle the Detroit bankruptcy, and that's how you did it?"

"Grandpa, Detroit's bankruptcy is entirely because of the Morgan family, what's wrong with letting the Morgan family be responsible? Why should we pay for them?"

"Bastard! Detroit, as a northern government city, we as northern government administrators, we are not responsible, who is responsible?

The cost of employing people is too high, so what's wrong with people moving to a low-cost place?

Why do other car companies use their own profits to help the northern government support people?

I am very disappointed in you if you didn't hurry up to deal with the bankruptcy of Detroit, resettle the unemployed, readjust the industrial structure, increase the management of public security, ease relations with the Morgan family, attract investment, and go to the trouble of the Morgan family, which has now led to the closure of the family oil field, the lock of the port, and the imminent outbreak of border wars, resulting in the confrontation between the North and the South, and the rift.

Your vision, heart, and thoughts make me feel that you are not suitable to continue to be the heir of the Rockefeller family. ”

Old Rockefeller called the butler and told the housekeeper to inform the family members to hold a meeting, Charles disappointed him again and again, he couldn't bear it anymore, and decided to withdraw Charles's heirship.