Chapter 203: Chips
"George, you know, the Los Angeles Times can't possibly be in the hands of one person, it's something that no one else will allow!"
For George's sudden proposed deal, a look of embarrassment appeared on Smith's face, and he very much hoped to be able to get closer to George, nothing else, only interests!
As a scheming person who never cares about anyone other than himself, even his own flesh and blood, when facing interests, he will be like a shark and can find prey by smelling fish, let alone a prey like George.
Although this prey is now a little difficult, but he is confident that the hunt will be successful, and he will re-establish a deep relationship with George, although he does not want to admit it, but now he has to admit that if there is a strong and capable relative by his side to support him, he can obtain greater benefits, as a political figure, face is a dispensable and illusory coarse talent for them, is it true that a big face has benefits? This is also the most common psychology of Americans.
As for the Watt family, although he is a member of it, he also knows that the family's resources are numerous, and once a more capable person rises, the corresponding support he will receive will be reduced a lot, so it is better to take advantage of the fact that before it happens, he will get the future things done.
He believes that with the importance of blood in the Chinese people, he believes that as long as he can give George enough respect and let him vent the resentment that has been buried in his heart for many years, everything will develop in a good direction.
It's just that he didn't know that George's psychology had changed a lot at this time, and if he knew, he would definitely change his mind immediately.
Blood relationship is the most important in any country in the world, and it is also the most noticeable, but as an illegitimate child, he has received countless abuse, and the ostracized George has completely lost the last trace of family affection for Smith over time.
"There's nothing hard to do in America, it's just that the wonderful Franklin isn't in place, and I think once Franklin is in place, everything will go very smoothly, you say, Mr. Smith!"
Looking at the embarrassed look on Smith's face, George's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked carefully at Smith sitting opposite through the smoke, why did this person who had never looked at himself before appear in front of him twice in just three days, wasn't it just for profit!
Although George has a parasite in Smith's stomach from time to time, Smith can pull down his face, put down the shelf and appear in front of him three times and twice, wanting to get closer to his son, who he never valued, for what is it, a fool can see it!
Since he wants to get closer, let him do things for himself first, and after doing things, it depends on his heart.
Of course, if you can have a hardcore congressman behind him, George will not refuse, after all, many things in the United States need to be decided by these people elected by various forces, and the president is just a mascot who can only shout slogans in many cases.
"If Mr. Smith agrees, you can choose any means of payment, Franklin, stocks, etc., as long as I can do it, there will be no problem!
Of course, I know that Mr. Smith won't care about that, after all, people from the Watt family won't care about these things, but I can fund advertising for you in all the big newspapers in America when you need it!"
Without waiting for Smith to speak, George pushed his chips out directly, no way, the chips in his hands are too few, like Amazon, which already occupies half of the shares, has not yet grown, the eastern side has just begun to layout, eBay and PayPal, not to mention, even if it develops in the future, the market value will not be too high, the only role is to be reported by others when announcing shareholders.
As for the biggest bargaining chip in his hand, the large oil field in Texas that has not been explored, he does not dare to take it out at all, and it can be said that once he takes out the oil field with no foundation in the United States, he will only make a wedding dress for others in the end, and he may not be able to get anything at that time, and he may even be burned.
All he could do now was gamble that Smith would pay some price to woo him, and that price he needed was to hope that Smith would use his status to contact the other shareholders of the Los Angeles Times and thus take control of it, an idea that George had thought of for the time being, and had not yet made any plans.
"The Los Angeles Times is the second largest newspaper on the West Coast, and it's so influential that if you want to take it into your hands, it's not a decision that I can make alone, and I need to contact them to make a decision, and I can't give you any answer right now.
Of course, the only news I can give you is that I can sell you my shares, but you have to show your sincerity!"
Smith was noncommittal about George's statement, but in order to win over George, who was based on a stable foundation, he quickly made a decision in his heart, and the shares of the Los Angeles Times were somewhat dispersed, although on the surface it seemed to be controlled by the "Mirror", in fact, the control of the Inner Mirror had long been infiltrated by Morgan and the California consortium to become an independent newspaper, and if it were not for some reason, it might have been separated from the Mirror.
If it weren't for the fact that the California consortium was placed by the Morgan consortium and let them control the financial power in their hands, perhaps the California consortium would have received the Los Angeles Times in their hands long ago.
Now George's request is tantamount to a big problem for Smith, and there is no big problem with the shares in the hands of the California consortium, after all, even if George splits from the Watt family, he is still a member of the Watt family in the eyes of others, and as long as there are no accidents, he will still support them.
But the Morgan consortium is not so easy to let go, if you want to grab something in their hands, the price paid is not simply Franklin can be solved, their appetite is too big, of course, more because of the California consortium, it is possible that the lion opens his mouth, which is Smith's biggest headache.
George has already taken over 10 percent of the shares in the hands of the First Citigroup consortium, and if you add the 4 percent of his own dealings with him, there is still some way to go before George's minimum demand for control of half of the shares.
He wanted to persuade George to give up this idea, but seeing the determined look in his eyes, he knew that his current relationship with him could not persuade him to give up, and it was even possible that his own persuasion would arouse his stronger desire.
If the opponent is not the Morgan consortium, he has a great deal of confidence in persuading the other party to sell the shares to George, but he does not have much confidence in the Morgan consortium, the culprit who once wanted to annex the family.
"I wonder what sincerity Mr. Smith wants, just bring it up?"
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