Hans's family of three stayed only one night at the Ozette farm, as Alice had only taken two days off.

On this day, the Hans family was returning to Nevada. Link takes them to the airport. Before getting on the plane, Barbara pulled Link aside to avoid Jessica and the others, and whispered to Link, "Link, I don't think you're going to pick up another kid back, are you?"

Link was stunned for a moment and said, "Mom, why do you say that? I didn't think about Allen's thing. But I'm sure there won't be any surprises waiting for you other than Alan. ”

"Alan was indeed a pleasant surprise. Barbara said with a smile. "It's not that I don't like Alan, he's lovely. I just wanted to say that it wasn't fair to Jessica. Alan's appearance is what you did before. I hope you think about Jessica's feelings later. ”

When Link heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Mom, I'm very, very sure. I love Jessica. In fact, now I don't have any women other than Jessica. I haven't done anything out there either. ”

"Hopefully you'll be able to promise it all the time. Jessica is a good woman, and she's a beautiful, intelligent woman. ”

"I know, Mom. She deserves the best in the world. ”

Barbara said nothing more after saying this. Got on the plane and left.

After that, Link had one more thing to consider. That's how Allen fits into family life and school.

Link takes him for a walk around Fox and takes him to Werewolf Theme Park. Hopefully, he'll be able to adjust to life here as soon as possible, and after that, after a few days, he will be assigned to Fox's elementary school. On weekdays, Link and Jessica are a little more concerned, but Allen's life is slowly adapting. In addition, he is a lively person, and he gets along well with several younger siblings.

After the family celebrates Halloween, they see Alan gradually integrate into the family. Link also gradually let go of a concern.

By the time Link finished his housework, it was already November. He also started to get busier. It's almost the end of the year. He needs to summarize this year's work with the management of each company and discuss the specific plans for next year.

Just a few days after Halloween, Claire arrives at Link's office.

Link looked at him frowning and asked him, "What's going on again?"

"I received word that someone was planning to snipe at the Texas Development Bank's listing. ”

Link straightened up when he heard this, and asked, "Who is it?"

"If I had to say it for sure, it would be Wall Street. Claire looked at him and said. "Now it's your target. Everybody wants to make a fortune on you. ”

He paused for a moment and continued, "But I've heard that it is possible that those people want to teach you a lesson. ”

Link lowered his eyebrows and raised his eyes for a long time before saying, "I'm afraid it's not just trying to teach me a lesson." "He's soaring so fast. Those who want to teach him must have the certainty that they can teach him. Those who are sure of that are either the conglomerates or the super-rich. The former is more likely.

He's developing too fast now. Although he scattered some interests, most of them were grasped by himself. Those people did not gain much from him.

"Perhaps, it was a mistake that we didn't think about bringing in that kind of money in the IPO. ”

Ozette is rich. But it is not possible to fully invest in the Texas Development Bank's stock issuance. And no matter how much money there is, can it compete with Wall Street? Now they're just a small group. It is almost impossible to get credit from other banks. And a few banks such as the Texas Development Bank, plus Ozette Bank, could give Link access to a complete banking system that, once developed, could become a competitor to those banks.

Since Link was not going to involve those banks in the circle of interests of the few banks he controlled. Of course, those banking groups were not willing to let Ozette Bank develop. If Ozette Bank is not listed, then they can crack down on the listed branches.

"If it is introduced, it will also be a mistake. Link sneered. "We're just latecomers. If we fit into their system, we can only be latecomers forever. ”

He thought for a moment and dialed Neil's phone, "Neil, are you free now? Claire was there too. ”

Hearing that Claire was there, Neil knew it must be at stake. He soon appears in Link's office.

"What's going on?" Neil saw when he arrived and saw that neither of them looked very good. "I guess it's the big deal. ”

Claire nodded and said, "The problem is indeed not small. I just got word that someone might be targeting the Texas Development Bank, just as it went public. ”

"Do you have more detailed information?"

"Nope. Samuel, you know. The information he gave me. But he didn't know much. ”

The people who heard Neil say it also knew that the news was basically convinced. Even if it's fake news, the most they can do is to do some precautionary work. Of course, they were doing that kind of work.

Neil thought for a moment and said to Link, "Link, what are your plans for calling me?"

"Is it possible that we will affect Wall Street on gold futures?"

Hearing his words, Neil leaned forward and said, "Link, that's almost impossible. And the gold futures market is not very large. The amount of money in it is not the majority for Wall Street as a whole. And we can't manipulate gold futures. ”

Claire also said, "Link, that's not an operational idea. ”

Link thought for a moment and asked, "So what do you think we should do?"

Claire began by saying, "Link, if you want to snipe at the Texas Development Bank stock, as long as you deviate from the listed stock price that we expected to issue at the price, it will be considered a success." What we need to do now is to prevent them from doing that. But that might require more funding. And we can't have that much money. ”

Neil also said: "Now we don't know what they're aiming for. But I think they're more focused on making a fortune in the Texas Development Bank's IPO. They don't necessarily need a stake in our bank. ”

"But we can't be unguarded. The customer base that Texas Bank now has is one of the foundations of the Benihans Group. As long as they disrupt the Texas Development Bank, they can affect the Benehans Group. ”

When others hear Link say this, they may think that he is a bit of a persecution paranoia. But he couldn't afford not to be on guard.

Claire also said, "Link is right. Now those banks have a very close business relationship with Benihans, and if the Texas Development Bank's listing gets out of control, it will have a lot of negative consequences for the listing of other banks. ”

Neil also knows that Link's current roots are the Benehans Group. If Link is to be defeated, it will be necessary to fight his Benehans group.

But now it's only a possibility, and even if someone does hatch such a conspiracy, it's hard for them to analyze what the other side will do now.

Neil thought for a moment and said, "Link, we're just getting that kind of news now, and all we can do now is wait." Look at the other person's movements and analyze their purpose and actions. ”

Link nodded and said, "Then it's hard work for you!" To analyze each other's goals and actions, Neil and Claire are even better.

Neil said with a smile: "There are still about two months before the Bank of Texas goes public. I think we should talk to Fren. He's on Wall Street and better informed than we are. And he is also one of the issuing agencies. ”

"I hope it won't affect your work on gold futures. ”

"They're experienced traders and they can handle most things. Neil was talking about a dozen of his men.

After the three of them discussed, Claire and Neil left Link's office together. Although Neil and Claire both let him not worry too much for the time being.

But he is not just concerned about the Texas Development Bank's listing.

Maybe Catherine was right. His act of lifting the lid will make people jealous of him.

But he was right. Americans have a hard time tolerating a yellow being their first. A world number one may not mean anything. But this is a strong irony of the white elitist rhetoric. He guessed that there must be quite a few elites trying to pull him down.

In particular, he is too small in the circle of interests. He's getting stronger, but those guys don't get the slightest benefit in the process, and they see a strong competitor. That's something they absolutely can't tolerate.

If those people are not so hostile to him, he may need to let them benefit from their rise.

Of course, his existing interests cannot be ceded to those people. But he may be able to use other projects to make more people his allies. While making himself stronger, he also made those who were hostile to him have to cooperate with him temporarily for the common good.

It's just that to achieve that effect...... The profit cake he took out had to be big enough.