Chapter 295: The King Behind the Scenes
"Master, since you called us over because of this matter, you must have an idea, you say, we trust your judgment. A discerning family member saw that the following had been arguing because of differences of opinion, so he changed the subject.
Sure enough, as soon as everyone heard this, they quieted down, and they all wanted to hear the opinion of the head of the house.
David Rockefeller saw everyone stop and said: "Hey, there is a saying in China, rich can not be more than three generations, although our Rockefeller family has reached six generations, but we have long lost the glory of the past, when my grandfather founded Standard Oil, once monopolized 80% of the oil refining industry and 90% of the entire United States Later, because of the anti-monopoly law, we were forced to break down the huge Standard Oil Group, and our inheritance tax in the United States was too high, so we had to legally avoid taxes through charitable funds and trusts, but this greatly affected the development of our family. β
Speaking of which, David Rockefeller paused for a moment and continued to speak: " In the past, we had no choice but to play within this set of rules, but now it is different, the New Tang Empire provides us with an opportunity, if we succeed in winning a country, then the whole country will be the private wealth of our family, we don't need to pay taxes, there will be no inheritance tax, and there is no monopoly, we can build that country according to our wishes, with the influence of our consortium, we will definitely be able to build that country that belongs to us into the richest country in the shortest possible time, which is the best legacy we leave to future generationsγ β
David Rockefeller still hasn't said a word, that is, there are still genetic drugs there, once he succeeds in winning a country, then he will be one step closer to genetic medicine, he is 105 years old, and he can feel that his time is running out.
At this age, unless you are a person who is really pessimistic about life and death, the desire for life will be stronger than everyone else, obviously David Rockefeller is not a person who is pessimistic about life and death, he just had no hope before, and he can only let himself look down on life and death.
All of you here are the juniors of David Rockefeller, and they also respect this old man, and feel that what he said is reasonable, and they all recognize this giant ding, and since they have decided to participate in the auction, everyone began to discuss how to succeed in the bidding.
"I'm afraid we can't do it with the strength of our Rockefeller family alone, we have a net worth of only 11 billion US dollars, unless we mobilize the strength of the entire consortium to do this, and even this may not be enough, I believe that there are definitely no fewer families who think the same as the head of the family, not to mention those families in the United States, I am afraid that the consortium in Europe and those places in Asia will not let go of this opportunity." β
"Unlike us in the United States, there are many mysterious families in those countries that have existed for hundreds of years, and even in the East for thousands of years, and they have wealth that we don't know at all. β
"I just checked the auction reserve prices of the eight vassal countries of the New Tang Empire, and the lowest one is 1 trillion Tang Yuan (ps: this is the starting price, and the final transaction price is definitely more than that), and the highest reserve price of the Principality of Bali has reached a terrifying price of 4 trillion Tang Yuan."
"New Tang is crazy, it's so high, 4 trillion Tang yuan, that's not 2 trillion US dollars, or cash, it is impossible for anyone or force to be able to take it out, even if we have the entire Rockefeller consortium, and our consortium is already one of the most powerful consortiums in the United States, and other consortiums are even more impossible. β
"Well, don't get excited, in fact, this is not high, I looked at the situation in Bali, you see, although the original GDP there is not high, but it has also reached nearly 68 billion Tang Yuan, which means that it only takes 58 years to return to the capital. β
"Hehe, that's not how the account is calculated, this is just the starting price, I don't know what the sky-high price will be called at that time, and that's GDP, not fiscal taxes, I'm afraid the tax is not even one-tenth, so it will take five hundred and eighty years to return to the capital, and our Rockefeller family has only been one hundred and fifty years for six generations now. β
"We should look at it from the perspective of development, Bali's environment is good, in Indonesia's hands can develop so well, once we go all out to develop, then the future of Bali will definitely be more than the entire Xiangjiang, because the population there is not much less than Xiangjiang, but the area is several times that of Xiangjiang, when we not only can quickly return on the initial investment, but also can earn a hen that will always lay golden eggs, which will become the most successful investment of our family." β
The family members talked a lot, and at this time David Rockefeller spoke again: "Since we have reached an agreement, then you can use the strength of our entire consortium to raise funds as much as possible, and you can promise them a rich reward after success, I believe they will be willing." β
"Good. β
Everyone understands very well that there will be rich rewards if they succeed, even if they don't succeed, they don't have any losses, and they don't lose money, I believe that those people and families are not stupid.
The Morgan Consortium, or the Morgan Empire, is arguably the largest consortium in the United States today, but like Rockefeller, it is no longer what it used to be, or has become more secretive.
In the early days, the Morgan League and the Morgan family were collectively known as the Morgan League.
In the Morgan Alliance, the Morgan Company is used as the axis to lead the chain of directors, and it is connected with major financial institutions with more than 200,000 yuan below the large financial capital, thus forming a "Morgan System" with a large structure and strict organization.
This financial group accounts for 33% of the financial capital of the United States, with a total value of nearly $20 billion, and also has $12.5 billion in insurance assets, accounting for 65% of the insurance industry in the United States.
At the same time, it also owns ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Company), National Cable, Postal Cable, AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph Company) and so on.
The Morgan Alliance has $51 billion in total assets and major trust companies such as Anakoda Copper, Westinghouse Electric, and United Metal Carbide.
All of the above are added up, adding up all the total assets, deducting the duplicates, the Morgan system before the Great Panic had a total capital of 74 billion US dollars, equivalent to 1/4,167 of the capital of all enterprises in the United States.
In the 1930s, the total assets of the large banks and large enterprises controlled by the Morgan consortium accounted for more than 50% of the eight major conglomerates in the United States at that time.
Since 1871, Morgan has been particularly fond of being a creditor of various countries, France, Mexico, etc., and even the British Empire, which was in full swing, wanted the Morgan consortium to ask for help, but at the beginning of the 20th century, it is no exaggeration to say that Morgan has become a creditor of the world.
It's a pity that the glory of those years, the monopoly era that belonged to Morgan, is gone forever.
Now, with the end of the monopoly era and the decentralization of the world's business power to different institutions, as the best-selling book "The Morgan Consortium" says: "There will never be a bank as powerful, mysterious and wealthy as the Morgan Consortium."
The elder Morgan also brought together the main members of the family today, for the same purpose as Rockefeller, for the affairs of the New Tang Dynasty.
Old Morgan said: "I have summoned my family for a meeting today, there is an important matter to inform you, our friend Rockefeller and several other consortiums will participate in the auction of the New Tang Dynasty, now is the time for us to make a decision, as the largest consortium in the United States, we must participate in this feast, even if we don't plan to bid, but we can also help other families, so as to profit from it." β
"It is not the law that drives history, but money, and information is the magic weapon to make money. As you all know, now that our Morgan family is once again standing at the fork in the future, we will lose everything if we are not careful, let's discuss it. β
As soon as Morgan's words fell, the following began to discuss, each expressing his own opinion.
"I think we can help other families to participate in the auction, we better not get involved ourselves, our Morgan family rose in the war of that year, because we are only a consortium, not a state, once our Morgan family becomes a country, we will lose a lot of opportunities. β
"We are now in an unbeatable position in the United States, and we can even manipulate the presidential election, we ourselves are the kings hidden behind the scenes, why should we come to the forefront, and how can a subject country be worth the entire United States, we help those families to bid successfully, not only can we reap huge profits from it, but also send away an opponent, why not, why do we want to be Li Quan's subordinates. β
"We can't just look at the past and the present, we should look at the future, if we look forward to a hundred years, the United States is no longer the most powerful country on the planet, and the probability of being replaced by the new Tang Dynasty and China in the future is more than 80%, from this point of view, now is the most appropriate time to invest in the New Tang Empire. β
"And the New Tang Empire is different from the United States, the United States is a capitalist society, our Morgan consortium can mix here like a fish in water, but we all know that the New Tang Dynasty is a feudal imperial society, there is no way to live in the consortium, if you want to mix better in the New Tang Empire, you can only be the aristocratic class, then I really can't think of any nobles in the New Tang Dynasty system who are worthy of those vassal countries with great autonomy, I am afraid that in the New Tang Dynasty system, those vassal countries are second only to the existence of the royal family. "I want to talk about "Super King" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "Youyue Literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~