Chapter 337: Double Happiness Comes to the Door

Li Xuan stood outside the delivery room of the clinic, walking back and forth all the time, and after a while, he looked at his watch with a very serious expression on his face. Zhong Chuhong has been in for more than an hour, and every minute he has been outside feels like a year.

"Is there any smoke?" Li Xuan asked the eldest brother Li Ke beside him. The Li family and the Zhong family came to New York on Li Xuan's private jet together a few days ago to welcome the arrival of the first new life of the third generation of the two families.

"Hehe, I've never seen the 'God of Wealth Li' who is so nervous when everything changes! Don't worry, this is the best clinic in New York, didn't the doctor say it, Ah Hong is still in the throes before giving birth! The first child is already more difficult, not to mention that Ah Hong is still pregnant with a dragon and phoenix fetus, and it is normal for a longer time!" Li Ke saw this younger brother, even in the face of billions of dollars in business, he was calm, but when he wanted to be a father at the moment, his face was full of anxiety, and he couldn't help but comfort him.

Li Xuan took the cigarette that Li Ke had just taken out of his pocket, took out one and put it in his mouth. He doesn't actually smoke, but at the moment he just wants to anesthetize himself with nicotine so that his tense nerves can relax for a while.

Having a baby is no longer a risky thing to do in today's medical technology. Even if a vaginal delivery is not possible, the doctor can arrange a caesarean section at any time, depending on the condition of the pregnant woman. But Li Xuan still couldn't calm himself down, and the apprehension of being a first-time father couldn't be described in words.

Li Ke took out a lighter and prepared to hand it to his younger brother. But Li Xuan suddenly took off the cigarette from his mouth again, and he walked directly to the consultation desk not far away and discussed a few words with the nurse on duty.

The nurse on duty made a phone call. Li Xuan then snatched the phone from the nurse's hand and said a few words, before nodding to the nurse.

"Dad. Mom, I told the attending doctor. Later, I will go into the delivery room to accompany Ah Hong. You don't have to worry too much outside, the doctor said there won't be any big problems!" Li Xuan walked over and comforted the four old men who were also very nervous.

Originally, the doctor did not agree to the family members to accompany the delivery, but Li Xuan himself strongly requested, and he was the most distinguished VIP customer of the clinic. In the end, the doctor who was in charge of delivering Zhong Chuhong still agreed to his request, so Li Xuan now has to go for a comprehensive disinfection, and then spend the next difficult period of pain with his wife.

"Take a deep breath! Come on! The doctor said that my brother was healthy, and my sister's brain was exposed. Work harder, and you'll be fine soon!"

Li Xuan held Zhong Chuhong's hand and let her nails sink into his flesh fiercely, sharing the pain with her. Finally, amid a burst of cheers in the delivery room, the twins were born. It was my brother who came out first to greet the world, and it was my sister who came to this world later.

Li Xuan looked at Zhong Chuhong, who was sweating profusely, and helped her straighten the bangs in front of her forehead with pity, and then kissed her. Leaning in her ear and whispering, "Thank you, dear, for your hard work!"

Although Zhong Chuhong was a little weak, the smile on his face was very warm. At this time, the nurse hugged the already bathed. Two children, wrapped in silk scarves, came to their parents. The new father and the new mother are holding a child together, and their movements are still a little stiff, for fear of making the baby in their arms feel uncomfortable. But the love on his face could not be hidden.

The two newborn ones were closing their eyes and their faces were wrinkled. Not cute at all. But Li Xuan had a feeling of blood connection. He felt that his life was sublimated in this moment, because he finally had the truest connection to this world.

The nurse holds the two children. Push their mom out of the delivery room together. The family members who were waiting anxiously outside suddenly surrounded them. The newborn child's resistance is still very weak, so the doctor only let the grandparents, grandparents and the little one meet once, and urged the nurse to send the twin siblings to a specially prepared constant temperature sterile baby room.

Although the four old men were a little dissatisfied, they still complied with the doctor's arrangement. And Li Ke quickly took out a stack of good red envelopes that had been prepared long ago, and prepared to send a red pack to every doctor and nurse.

"Thank you, Mr. Smith, please accept the red envelope from my brother on behalf of our family. This is not a tip, but a tradition of auspiciousness and festivity for us Orientals!"

Accepting gifts from patients' families is definitely a very strict thing to do in the medical industry in the United States. Therefore, the doctors and nurses present avoided what Li Ke handed over, which made him a little embarrassed. So Li Xuan had no choice but to speak out to relieve the eldest brother, the authority of his speech as the richest man in the world was obviously very high, and the doctors and nurses present took the red seal with a smile.

"Aaron, the results are coming out over there in Washington?" Li Xuan finally found the assistant Ke Lilun standing by the crowd. Li Xuan had previously arranged for his other assistant Sophie to help at the clinic, and Ke Lilun, who had just come to the United States, was arranged by him in the office of Dongfang Electronics in New York to deliver the latest news from Washington at any time.

Since Ke Lilun deliberately came to the clinic, Li Xuan guessed that Dongfang Electronics' merger and acquisition of RCA must have had a final result.

"Li Sheng, today is a double happiness! News has just come from Washington that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has approved the acquisition application of the Oriental Electronics Group for the US RCA Corporation 40 minutes ago!" said the good news with a happy face.

After receiving the approval of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the Eastern Bloc has been preparing for several months, and the dust has finally settled on the acquisition of RCA.

For Li Xuan, the greater significance behind this lies in the recognition of the Eastern Bloc by the US government, at least not excluding it from the rules of Western capitalism. Only by proving its innocence can the Eastern Bloc let go in the next competition.

After all, as the influence of the Eastern Bloc grows stronger, every move in the future will cause more and more waves. Li Xuan never thought that the Oriental Group would receive supra-national treatment in the competition in overseas markets, but he also had to at least ensure that he would not be discriminated against.

"Lee, I heard you're a father. Congratulations in advance!" Citibank CEO John Reid gave Li Xuan a warm hug.

After receiving approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the Group, Oriental Group signed a formal acquisition agreement with RCA. Subsequently. Li Xuan and the Oriental Group held a grand celebration dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. Citibank is behind the merger. One of the most important financial supporters was naturally warmly invited by Li Xuan.

Although Li Xuan rejected the infiltration of the American consortium into Dongfang Electronics Company, if he wanted to do business in the United States, he must learn to balance interests. The real controller of the United States is not the entire American people. The quadrennial presidential election is nothing more than a façade launched by conglomerates to fool ordinary people.

Politicians who do not serve the interests of the consortium simply cannot stand a chance to become candidates for president, congressmanship, or governor. Even if some politicians turn their faces and deny their accounts after coming to power, the conglomerates have enough means to get these disobedient wolf dogs down again and from the peach incident. to embezzlement scandals and even outright assassinations.

The United States has only a short history of more than 200 years, but as many as nine presidents have been assassinated, and five of them have died directly. That included Lincoln and Kennedy. It can be said that the president of the United States is definitely one of the most dangerous heads of state in the world.

Behind Citibank stands the First Citigroup Consortium. The world-famous Boeing Company, the electronics giant Xerox Company, which has a much longer history than Dongfang Electronics, and the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, which is not well known to foreigners but is a household name in the United States, are all companies controlled by the First Citigroup consortium.

This time, Dongfang Electronics acquired RCA company, and spent $5.22 billion in cash. $2.5 billion in loans from Citibank. In the next few years, Citibank will be able to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in interest income every year.

In fact, the three major rating companies, including Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings International, and Moody's, generally give very high corporate ratings to Oriental Group and its subsidiaries. It can be said that Li Xuan has a bunch of very high-quality enterprises. I am not afraid at all that I will not be able to find a source of loans.

And Citibank easily grabbed this piece of fatty fresh meat. The reason why Li Xuan chose Citibank is not only because it is the largest commercial bank in the United States, but also because of the First Citi Consortium. This is the most expansive consortium among the top 10 conglomerates in the United States in recent years, to resist the pressure exerted by other forces on the Oriental Company.

"Thank you very much Citibank and you, John, very much. Huge support for Dongfang Electronics Company!" Li Xuan said very politely.

"I also want to thank you for sending us such a good business!" Reed said lightly patting Li Xuan's shoulder.

At Citibank decided to act for the acquisition of Li Xuan. From the moment the loan was offered, the two became the closest partners.

After Li Xuan exchanged a few words with Reed, he saw another noble lady wearing a pale red evening dress not far away.

"Good evening, Ms. Hogan, you are so beautiful and moving today!" Li Xuan gave his praise very gentlemanly.

"Mr. Li, thank you for inviting me to attend tonight's celebration banquet! In two days' time, Hope Angel Care Fund will hold a charity auction at the Hilton Hotel, I wonder if you are honored to invite you to participate?"

This demure white lady is named Kate Hogan, and her husband, Alb Hogan, is the current Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. The Committee on Foreign Investment in China, chaired by Alb Hogan, has just approved Li Xuan's acquisition of RCA, and he naturally wants to return the favor.

"Every child is an angel sent by God to earth. Thanks to the favor of the Lord, my wife and I have just harvested two lovely angels! I hope to be a qualified father, and I am also willing to contribute my own strength to protect those angels with broken wings!" Li Xuan, an atheist, now showed a very pious look.

Kate Hogan's Hope Angel Care Fund is a charitable foundation founded by her to help runaway and abused children. It is not difficult to set up a charitable foundation in the United States, and many celebrities are very fond of setting up various charitable funds to enhance their style.

Moreover, the restrictions on charities in the United States are not strict, and only 5% of the total assets need to be used for charity every year, and they can be approved by the relevant institutions in the United States. So philanthropy has often become an excellent means for many wealthy Americans to avoid paying taxes.

Wealthy people donate all their assets to a charitable fund, and the money they need to spend on charity each year is much less than the amount of taxes they need to pay. Although their property no longer belongs to them in name, they can formulate the norms and guidelines of the charitable fund in advance, firmly control the foundation in their own hands, and even pass it on to their children and grandchildren in the future, and even the inheritance tax is exempted.

In addition to often serving as a tax shelter tool for the wealthy in the United States, charitable funds are also a tool for politicians to accumulate money. For example, most of the donors of Kate Hogan's Angel of Hope Care Fund are generous to her because of the huge political influence of Alb Hogan.

On the surface, US officials are subject to very strict supervision and restrictions, and even accepting small gifts of a few dozen dollars from others or a dinner banquet may be fiercely attacked by political opponents. However, as the saying goes, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom, and everyone naturally has a set of ingenious means of accumulating wealth in private.

For example, after Kate Hogan established the Hope Angel Care Fund, she participated in the daily operation of the fund, and naturally received a large amount of legal salary from the foundation. Of course, the family income of many important political figures needs to be publicly disclosed, so naturally they can't go too far.

However, daily expenses such as Kate Hogan's daily expenses can easily be accounted for as the operating costs of the Hope Angel Fund. For example, on the necklace that this Kate Hogan lady is wearing now, the purple gemstone is expensive at first glance.

But unless you have a blood feud with Mr. Treasurer-Minister, who would want to offend such a high-ranking official and investigate the question of how much this purple gem would cost Mr. Hogan several months' salary. What if a person's gemstones are rented from a jewelry company?

However, in order to thank Mr. Hogan for his help and support to Dongfang Electronics Company, Li Xuan will definitely give back all these thanks to his support for Mrs. Hogan's charity.

Li Xuan shuttled through the banquet hall and greeted the guests from all walks of life. This celebration dinner is actually a continuation of the merger and acquisition action, and many people who have provided explicit or implicit help to the acquisition action, Li Xuan has to thank them one by one and give corresponding returns. (To be continued......)