Peter Cohen is now Chinese New Year's Eve eight, and before joining Evan to acquire Civic National Bank, he was already the president of a branch of the Bank of America, and his future is promising, and there is no problem at least entering the headquarters as a vice president. And the reason why he was willing to jump from the big tree of the Bank of America to Evan's side was precisely because he saw the potential of Evan's acquirer.

Of course, Evan's attractive salary also contributed to it.

After becoming the president of the Citizen's National Bank, Peter put an unknown amount of effort into getting it out of the brink of bankruptcy. After more than a year of reforms, Peter succeeded in bringing the bank back to life.

Unexpectedly, all of a sudden, the Citizen National Bank was acquired again and changed owners. And the acquirer is still Peter's old club.

Of course, this was not sudden for Peter, because before that, his own boss Evan had already told him all about his plan. And Peter also took on a very risky task.

Boss Evan has to snipe at the schemes of the two major consortia in California, and he will be one of the executors.

After the bank was acquired, Peter Cohen did not stay in office, but became Evan Warren's agent, buying shares in Bank of America from other shareholders on his behalf, and together with the shares paid by Citizen National Bank when it was acquired, Evan became a small but not small shareholder of Bank of America - the kind that was eligible to attend shareholders' meetings.

Then, at the shareholders' meeting that Mario Giannini was forced to convene by the Morgan consortium, Peter Cohen became a member of the re-elected board of directors.

The original main candidate, Rick Taft, seems to have been targeted and was not elected.

Then, Peter Cohen followed the predetermined plan and stood on opposite sides of the two conglomerates.

This bold plan has been a thrilling success.

Peter Cohen wasn't too surprised by this.

He just couldn't help but sigh that it seemed that he would never get a chance to enter Wall Street and be a decent banker.

Bank of America is financially strong in California, and its directorships are certainly not low, but compared to Wall Street, it is ultimately in a corner.

What's more, this directorship title is obviously not long.

After dealing with San Francisco's hand, Peter Cohen returned to Los Angeles nervously. Then, I took a reassuring pill.

Evan was to entertain him alone.

After receiving a notification from Linda, the beautiful and young chief secretary, Peter was reassured.

He is not mistaken, his boss is indeed not the kind of person who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, and his merits are not rewarded.

"I have an idea, but I don't know if you're interested?"

Therefore, when Evan asked this question, Peter Cohen only paused and nodded in response, "Boss, even if you say it, you don't want to deliberately give me a choice that I am not interested in at all." ”

Evan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, since that's the case, I'll just say it straight." ”

"The situation at Bank of America, with my nail, shouldn't change much in a few years. After all, the size of the Bank of America is not small, and even if Morgan and Rockefeller want to be strong, they will not be able to take out too much capital for a while, not to mention that it will only cheapen others. ”

"This is about three to five years. ”

"These three to five years are our chances. ”

"After this cooperation, we are on the same front as the Giannini family, and although you can't continue to do it together, it doesn't mean that you can't go back to your old job. ”

"BOSS, what do you mean......" Hearing this, Peter Cohen guessed, "Let me go back to the Bank of America?"

"That's right!" Evan nodded: "After the death of Giannini Sr., the Giannini family's control over the Bank of America has decreased by more than a point, otherwise Morgan and Rockefeller would not have been in trouble at the same time." Now that they are in the game, the situation at Bank of America is solid. ”

Among the three, Morgan and Rockefeller, who are ostensibly outsiders, are the most powerful, and the local Gianini family has temporarily retained the right to operate. But from what I've got, Mario Giannini is a man of great ambition and talent, and he is not young, and if he makes a mistake or simply has a physical problem, the situation will immediately collapse. ”

"So, before that, I need somebody at Bank of America to help control the situation. ”

"I see. ”

To control a public company, equity is one thing, and the company's operating rights, i.e., management, are another.

Compared with equity, because Bank of America is too large and the shareholders are too scattered, no one can have an absolute voice, and then management becomes the key.

This is also the reason why the Morgan consortium chose to temporarily silence after seeing that it could not remove Mario Giannini as president.

They are outsiders who cannot match Mario's influence at the management level in any way.

Peter agreed to Evan's suggestion, believing that he would be at least a vice president when he returned to the Bank of America, based on the favor owed by the Giannini family.

Moreover, Evan's banquet today represents Peter's inclusion in his trust list.

For Peter, perhaps this was the biggest takeaway.

Things were settled, the two didn't stay in the restaurant for long, and when they were about to leave, the manager of the restaurant appeared again.

It's really courteous.

Instead of paying the bill in person, Evan declined the manager's offer and stood in front of the restaurant waiting for Bob to drive over.

After a while, Evan's car arrived.

With a "snap", the door opened on its own.

Don't get me wrong, Evan's car doesn't have this feature, and someone sits in the back seat.

Evan opened the door, sat inside, and slammed the door shut, asking Linda, who suddenly appeared in the back seat, while fastening his seatbelt.

"Why are you here?"

"Overtime?"

The car started slowly, Linda slapped her nose, keeping the alcohol on Evan's body away from her, and frowned: "There is an emergency, I think it is best to let you know as soon as possible." ”

"Can't you stop drinking?"

"It would be better to open the window. Evan said as he rolled down the window on his side, and the air outside immediately poured into the car, "What's the matter?

Linda said, "I think it's necessary. ”

"Then you can say it. ”

Linda glanced at Bob who was driving.

Evan noticed her movements and said, "Well, Bob's authority is enough." ”

Linda had no worries and said, "The news from Laplace is that there is a war on the peninsula. ”

"Peninsula?"

"Really?"

"Already confirmed?"

Evan doesn't seem to believe much in the authenticity of the news.

Linda nodded, "I've confirmed, I guess most of the current affairs headlines tomorrow will be this." ”

Evan fell silent, thinking about the impact of the news.

"First of all, Caesars Steel can bottom out, and the Bank of America consortium can also stabilize temporarily. ”

"Secondly, there is no way to deal with Caesars Steel, the only weakness of the American Bank consortium at the moment, and Morgan has only one option to retreat. ”

"In the end, the war broke out as scheduled (a little earlier than history), and it was time to start preparing to enter the East. ”