Thomas Lamont's poor health was naturally told to him by Alan Sproul, who was in New York. Wall Street is the center of the United States, and there is no escaping or avoiding, and finding opportunities to fit in is the most realistic option.

In the current American business world, the two major consortia, Morgan and Rockefeller, are the top two, with assets of more than $50 billion and $26 billion respectively. Other conglomerates, such as Kuhn Robbie, Chicago, Mellon, DuPont, Boston, and Cleveland, are only local conglomerates compared to the former two, and none of them have assets of more than $10 billion. As for Evan's California, the consortium that will be dubbed California in the future has not yet been fully formed. It has three major economic entities, namely the Bank of America with Bank of America and Caesar Steel as the core, the Southern California system with Los Angeles Security First Bank, the Bank of California, Lockheed Aircraft Company and the United Oil Company of California as the core, and the San Francisco system with San Francisco as its base.

Evan's current career is focused on California, and he intends to become a key member of the California consortium in the future. For no other reason, Evan's main business is the electronics industry, and California is the center of the electronics industry and the center of innovation.

With Evan here, Silicon Valley can't move.

Now that Evan has made up his mind to take root in California, how to deal with the relationship with Wall Street and the two major conglomerates of Morgan and Rockefeller, which are eyeing the western region, has become an important matter that he needs to consider and pay attention to in advance.

Because of the rise of the California region during World War II, especially the boom in the arms industry and the oil and steel industry, the westward expansion of the two major consortia became inevitable. In the face of the invasion of foreign forces, it is inevitable that local forces in California will resist together. In order to increase the strength, expansion became a natural choice.

The industries owned by Evan at present, whether it is the Magic Seven Group with toys and entertainment products as its main products, or the applied health care company specializing in medical products, and the applied physical system company with the lowest operating income at present, are all high-quality industries. Therefore, it is very likely that it will be targeted by local conglomerates that are in dire need of expanding their capabilities.

This could have happened even if Evan's father had been the governor.

In fact, there has already been a temptation from a local consortium.

But Evan himself was by no means willing to be a vassal of others.

Therefore, in order to quickly build up his hard power, Evan decided to take a risk - to contact the two giants of Wall Street in advance.

Logically speaking, Wall Street is certainly stronger than the local consortiums, but why did Evan dare to deal with them first? Why, as mentioned above, banks in the United States are regulated at both the federal and state levels, and the influence at the state level is no less than that of the federal government, so the big banks at this time are almost never cross-state. For Evan, the threat to the local consortium was much greater than that of Morgan Rockefeller. And Wall Street, to describe them in one word, is - "beyond the reach of the whip".

Of the two giants, Evan preferred Morgan. The reason for this is not only that by chance, there is an opportunity to acquire a stake in JP Morgan, one of the core of the Morgan consortium, but more importantly, Morgan's influence in California is a little smaller than that of Rockefeller.

……

After talking to Carl, Evan left Inglewood. By the time he returned to Pasadena, it was almost eleven o'clock.

Blacker House, outside the door of room 111.

"Evan!"

Evan took out the key, and as soon as he opened the door, a shout came from the hallway, and his tone was full of excitement.

He looked back and saw that the owner of the voice was Layton.

"Hi...... Leyton!"

As soon as Evan said hello, Layton came up to him. Ruddy-faced and full of alcohol, he shouted at Evan, "Evan, we succeeded. The experiment was a success!"

As he spoke, Layton also tried to open his arms and give Evan a big hug. Evan frowned, smiled against Layton, and said, "I see, seeing that you are so happy, I immediately understood." ”

Evan is developing very quickly, and he is now slightly taller than Layton. Therefore, he can easily contain Leiden.

"You've had a lot of drinks, come in and sit down and take a break. ”

With that, Evan "invited" Layton into the dormitory, let him sit quietly in a chair, and mixed him with a glass of honey water.

Layton, who was obviously drunk, unexpectedly obeyed Evan's orders, but after drinking the honey water, he still kept talking.

Evan basically only listened to Leiden's drunken words, and at most made a "hmm" from time to time as a response.

He used Leiden's voice as a background sound for his homework assignments.

After about an hour, Leiden's sanity gradually returned. He looked at Evan, who was writing his paper, and said embarrassedly, "Evan, I seem to have caused you a lot of trouble." Uh, the experiment was successful, and I'll give you my report tomorrow...... Now, I have to go back. ”

With that, Layton put down his empty glass of water and got up to leave.

Evan put down the pen pen and shouted, "Wait a minute. ”

"Are you sure you're awake?"

Layton nodded heavily, "I promise!"

"That's good...... I'll get you in the car!"

Layton hurriedly waved his hand and said no, but Evan still went his own way, took the key to the house and walked out of the dormitory building with Layton.

Leiden's current residence has not changed, and it is a bit far from the school, which Evan is not worried about.

Although taxis are usually available at this time, if they can't get one, Evan will let Layton stay at the school.

On the way to the school gate, Evan and Layton briefly exchanged the results of the experiment and the arrangements for the future.

Along the way, Leyton reported the experimental data, and it was only then that Evan really decided that he was indeed awake.

"Since the data is good, let's write it and publish it as soon as possible. ”

"Write the paper, Leyton!"

"Don't be too busy saying no......," Evan said to Layton as he stood at the school gate, a taxi had pulled up to the side of the road.

Layton hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, "Okay, leave it to me, Evan!"

Before getting into the car, Evan shook hands with Layton and said, "Thank you, great cooperation!

……

The next day, Dean Dubridge and Professor Watson came to the Warren-Leiden lab to watch the repeated validation experiments. Then he quickly left, no longer bothering Leiden to compile the results of the experiment into a paper.

As for Evan, as usual, he didn't come to the lab until after the course. By this time, Leiden had almost finished preparing the article. The two of them were in the office discussing the specifics of the paper all the time in the evening. For the content of the paper, including grammar and principle explanations, and even the accompanying pictures, Evan's requirements are very high and strict, which even Leiden, as a doctor, is ashamed of.

So it took another day for this article about junction transistors to be sent.

Of course, before that, the relevant patent documents had already been submitted to the patent office.

……

Sunday, October 12, Los Angeles Union Station.

After a few months, Girard stepped on the soil of Los Angeles again.

After three months of working on two projects, cards and bricks, Evan called him back to Los Angeles.

The two new products of the Magic Seven Company seem to be quite successful so far, although the sales of plastic building blocks can only be said to be just breaking even, but the sales of cards are not low, and the profit margin is even higher compared to its low cost. Even official sales are steadily rising.

The new product can have such achievements, I have to say that Girard's marketing department has made great efforts. Still, Evan called him to Los Angeles.

Because, there is not much Girard can do next, it is better to come over and help Wells.

"Hi Girard!" Joe Wells, who had come to pick up the car, shook Girard's hand cordially. Although the two have not met much, they are quite familiar with each other.

"Hi Wells, long time no see!"

The two walked out of the station while greeting each other and got into the special car.

Wells smiled and said, "Girard, today is the weekend, let's find a place to relax, and then the sales department of the (Applied Physical Systems) company will be handed over to you for tuning!"

Girard was also polite: "Whatever you arrange, I have no opinion." However, it's still early, and I have a place I want to visit first, you see......"

Wells said, "Listen to you, where?"

Girard casually gave an address, which sounded familiar to Wells.

A few minutes later, the car came to a small shop in downtown Los Angeles with a sign that read, "House of Magic"

Wells suddenly realized, no wonder he was familiar.

When the store opened, he accompanied Evan.

Wells said, "Girard, how about we go in and have a look?"

Girard nodded and said, "Okay, I'll see if there's any new routine developed here in Los Angeles." ”

Because it's a weekend, this card store has a lot of customers. When Wells and Girard walked into the store, they found that there were people at every table, surrounded by players watching in pairs and threes.

Wells has been here, and Girard is a senior executive of his own company, so the store manager naturally recognizes him. Seeing them, the store manager wanted to come over to greet them, but was driven away by Girard with a wave of his hand.

However, of course, the store manager would not let go of the opportunity to set up a close set, and enthusiastically brought drinks to the two.

So, Girard held a glass bottle of Coca-Cola in his hand and looked over with interest from table to table. As he reached the fourth table, Girard paused.

There was something special about the two sides of the battle at this table, one side was very young, ten years old at most, a boy, and the other side was a middle-aged man, if it weren't for the fact that the two of them didn't have the slightest similarity, Girard almost thought it was a father-son game.

Although card games are suitable for all ages, ordinary players who really play well, like the age in front of him, Girard is also the first time to see it.

Girard stood on the side for a long time, and the middle-aged man mistakenly thought that he was here to find the little player opposite, and smiled: "Hey, man, don't lose your temper with the child, this thing is fun and puzzled, do you want to try it?"

"By the way, get to know me, my name is Jack, Jack Parsons!"

Girard was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "My name is Girard......"

An hour later, Girard, who had become acquainted with Jack and had borrowed someone else's deck to play a few rounds, left the "House of Magic".

……

On the other hand, although he knew that Girard was here today, Evan did not pick up people, and he was not going to attend the later activities, but accompanied Audrey to stay at the Friesman House for a day.

After a short career on the stage, Audrey, who returned to school, was lost for a while.

If you can't perform on stage, what work should you do in the future, what major should you study, and will the current dance major continue?

Faced with these questions, Audrey couldn't come up with answers and make a decision for a while.

For Audrey's troubles, Evan, who had been prepared for a long time, naturally would not notice it. To help out, Evan spent weeks on weekends with Audrey to discuss with her which major or profession she liked.

Evan once suggested that Audrey study art, Audrey already likes to paint oil paintings, and becoming a painter is also a good choice, but Audrey shook her head and didn't choose this because she was self-aware and her talent in painting was not high.

After that, Evan successively made suggestions such as studying music, literature, and economics, but Audrey was either not interested or felt unable to learn. In the end, Evan had no choice but to propose the fashion designer. Like Evan's hunch, Audrey was really interested in the profession.

Since Audrey was interested, Evan took her to the Freesman House to give her a hands-on experience of working as a fashion designer.

Although the elder Friesman was a tailor, there was a certain difference between him and a real fashion designer. But after all, he has a lot of experience in the clothing industry, and he can teach Audrey a lot.

Watching Audrey cut fabrics under the guidance of old Frisman, Evan couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Audrey is really inseparable from "beauty".

In the evening, after returning to the cabin in the woods, Audrey, who had only learned a little trade, pulled Evan and asked him to measure his body and prepare to make him a dress.

Evan was very cooperative at first, but then he began to deliberately make trouble, so that Audrey could not even measure the length of her thighs for a short time. When Audrey found out, Evan immediately laughed "haha" and hugged his girlfriend who was about to drop her small fist on his chest.

Audrey naturally didn't cling, and after a few moments of gentle struggle, she laughed.

It can't be helped, Audrey is an itchy person.

Audrey grabbed the big hand that was playing tricks on her waist, and somehow, it turned out to be ten fingers crossed.

Evan was lying on the couch and Audrey was lying on top of him.

Evan stroked Audrey's back and said, "It's decided, don't regret it?"

Audrey let out a soft "um", then propped up her upper body with one hand, looked directly at Evan, and said, "Evan, how about making all the clothes at home for me in the future?"

Evan smiled and said, "Okay!"

Audrey smiled sweetly, then fell back on Evan's chest.

After a pause, Evan added, "But old Frisman might not be happy. ”

"You haven't been out of the master yet, you're robbing the master's business!"

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