With hair as white as snow, and a forehead wrinkled like the bark of an old tree, Giannini's eyes were deep in disappointment as he looked at his eldest son, who was a handful of old but still did not see how mature he was.

Giannini is the founder of the Bank of America consortium.

In 1904, he came to San Francisco to open the Bank of Italy, and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 gave his bank a rapid rise because it was the only bank that could provide services at the time.

In 1909, California legislated to allow banks to open branches, and Giannini's Bank of Italy quickly followed, opening its first branch in San Jose that year, and within two decades it had become a major bank with hundreds of branches.

There are two major centers in California, North San Francisco and South Los Angeles. The Bank of Italy had its headquarters in San Francisco, but Giannini began investing in banks in Los Angeles in order to cover the whole of California, and his chosen target was the Los Angeles Bank of America, founded by Monette. In 1929, the Bank of Italy merged with the Bank of America in Los Angeles, which became known as the Bank of America.

Monette had a huge presence within the nascent Bank of America, but the ultimate winner was Giannini.

Giannini and his control of Bank of America have more influence in California than just money. He supported California's wine industry and was a patron of Hollywood, with Giannini's first animated feature-length film, Snow White, being produced with Giannini's support. During the Great Depression, Giannini bought bonds for the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. During World War II, he invested heavily in a number of industrial enterprises that served the war effort, including the shipyard of the industrialist Kaiser, the steel company, and the aircraft company in Los Angeles.

It is precisely this series of investments that has formed a consortium with Bank of America as the core and a strength that cannot be underestimated.

From a small man to the controller of a small conglomerate, Giannini is definitely a representative of the American dream. However, even if he is as successful as him, there are still many unsatisfactory places. For example, the education of future generations.

Giannini has three children, the eldest son Mario is rough, the second son Virgil is not interested in banking, and the youngest daughter Claire has a short temper although she has been with him for a long time and has enough ability.

In short, in Giannini's opinion, none of the three was enough to take over his shift.

As for the grandchildren who have not yet grown up, they can't be counted on.

As he grew older, Giannini became more and more concerned about what would happen to his children and the Bank of America, which he regarded as children, if he died.

It is certain that the Bank of America is out of control, and as for the accumulated wealth, it should not be so easy to deplete.

Earl Warren is not a simple person, and it may not be impossible to get closer to politics, and this time he will sell him a face, hoping that one day he will be rewarded.

It's just a small bank, not to mention just withdrawing from the bid, or letting Bank of America take over at a premium in the future, it's not a big deal.

In Giannini's opinion, it would be nice if things really went the way he thought they would.

You know, Earl Warren wouldn't have been involved in this kind of thing in the past.

There is a transaction to have a relationship.

"Alas!" Thinking of this, Giannini suddenly sighed: "When the father's ...... It's not easy!"

……

First day of November, Saturday, morning.

Pasadena, Caltech Stadium.

Evan and Audrey arrive at the spectator booth next to the stadium, where students from the sports club are training.

Bob and several other S.H.I.E.L.D. employees stood far away.

Audrey sat directly on the concrete floor in jeans, and Evan stood next to her, chatting with a middle-aged man.

The man was none other than Albert Barton, whom he hadn't seen in a while.

The infringement case that Albert is responsible for will not have much variable, and with the precedent of the New York court in front, those unscrupulous manufacturers have no choice but to admit defeat.

Chicago, the most powerful city in the region, bowed its head, not to mention the rest of the city.

Albert believes that it won't be long before the Magic Seven Company will get the corresponding compensation.

That's why Albert dared to get out of his hands and go back to California.

After a while, Karl also arrived at the stadium. He first said hello to his father, and then briefly reported to Evan about the internal business review of the Citizen National Bank.

The reason why the Citizen National Bank was on the verge of bankruptcy and was taken advantage of by Evan was precisely because it made a big mistake in a loan business and suffered huge losses. Now that the bank has changed controllers, Evan naturally doesn't want to repeat the same mistakes, so the first thing he did after the acquisition was to have Carl conduct an internal review.

Not only that, but Evan also had Carl overhaul the bank's management, and poached replacement elite executives from well-connected Bank of America and Wells Fargo.

Originally, poaching people from peers was not a pleasant thing, but this time neither bank said anything.

What's more, the salary given by Carl is not low, and people can't stop it if they want to change jobs.

Such a big change naturally caused confusion in the Citizens' National Bank for a period of time, and many depositors who got the news were worried that something would go wrong with the bank and wanted to withdraw their deposits. In order to appease depositors and prevent a run, the new bank president, who has worked at the Bank of America for more than ten years, and the experienced Peter Cohen has been the first bank to arrive these days, and it took a lot of effort to dispel the concerns of depositors and allow the bank to continue to operate.

Of course, this is also thanks to the fact that no one fell into the trap.

The specific work of the review was done by Peter Cohen, and Carl just read from the script, and judging from the results, it seems that there is no big problem.

Evan, who listened to the report, was noncommittal, and his attention was not on Karl's report at all, but at the entrance to the stadium.

"It's coming!"

Bob, who was on alert, suddenly made a noise.

Evan gestured towards Audrey and walked towards the entrance. Audrey immediately followed suit and stood up.

At this time, two black cars stopped at the entrance of the stadium, and a middle-aged couple stepped out of the cars.

As soon as he saw the two of them, Evan couldn't help but quicken his pace.

Because that couple was the governor and his wife.

"Evan, long time no see!Well, it looks like he's grown a little taller. Audrey too, not seen for a while, beautiful again!"

Seeing Evan and Audrey, Nina was overjoyed, hugging and kissing.

Evan let Nina fiddle with him before greeting his father, Earl Warren, "Father, long time no see, you look pretty good." ”

After looking Evan up and down, Earl Warren looked across the road at the entrance to Caltech, and said, "Your mother and I came here today on purpose, so let's take a tour." ”

"Absolutely, willingly," Evan said. ”