"Bang! Bang! Bang bang! ……”

The sound of ball objects hitting the concrete floor is particularly harsh on the streets of New York in the early morning, so that many people passing by can't help but turn their heads to look. In a simple fenced field, dozens of energetic young men were slapping the balls one by one, and bursts of exclamation and laughter were heard from time to time. "John, the sport you invented seems to be very popular."

After retracting his gaze, old Huntelaar said with a smile in the corner of his eye.

"Hehe, because it's so simple."

Shrugging his shoulders, John nodded with a smile: "With just one court, a ball rack and a leather ball, a few people can play for hours, is there a cheaper way to relax?" ”

"Hmm......"

After listening to his grandson's explanation, old Huntlaar nodded thoughtfully.

Fast forward to the spring of 1891.

Since the "invention" of basketball two years ago, John has almost immediately come up with a full set of mature basketball rules, and opened a small basketball manufacturing factory, while also producing some sports equipment that is in line with the characteristics of this era on a part-time basis. Of course, in keeping with John's usual bad taste, the brand of basketball is Adidas, and the brand of sportswear and sneakers is a big checkpoint. Because basketball was just in its infancy, the scale of the factory was not large, and the total investment before and after was only a few thousand dollars, but only two years later, with the popularity of basketball on the streets of New York and even North America, the two factories not only recouped their investment long ago, but the monthly income was enough to make the old Huntelaar shine......

"Drop! Drip! ”

After honking his horn twice, Henry parked his car in front of a building.

A middle-aged man in his forties didn't wait for the car to stop, and immediately hurried up to meet him: "Good morning, Mr. Huntelaar!" ”

"Good morning. Mr. York. ”

After getting out of the car, John casually greeted and quickly turned around to wait for his grandfather to get out of the car. This Stanley? Mr. York, whom he had met a few times, knew to be one of J.P. Morgan's right-hand men, and would not have been able to stay downstairs and greet guests if it hadn't been for the New York Electric Company's shareholder meeting today. But even so, there was no need for John to be deliberately polite to him. After all, the identities and status of the two are there, and it is more important to wait for grandpa to get out of the car anyway.

"Good morning, Mr. Huntelaar."

"Good morning, Stanley."

After old Huntelaar and York greeted each other, the Mr. York looked at the two of them and asked with envy: "Sir, this is the latest Aurora II, right?" Don't know when you will be able to buy it in New York? ”

"Hehe, it won't be too long."

Smiling slightly, old Huntelaar replied lightly.

The first generation of Aurora has been on the market for several years. Naturally, it was enough for Benz to develop and launch the second generation of Aurora. Compared with the first-generation products, limited by the technology and material level of this era, the second-generation Aurora has not fundamentally improved the engine, body and other parts, but it has made a lot of progress in other aspects - more space and more comfortable ride. Other details such as horns and headlights have also been improved a lot, especially the battery invented by John, which is very useful on the new generation of Aurora!

Such a car naturally makes the rich people who are accustomed to the new means of transportation rush to it!

It's a pity. The launch of the new generation of Aurora has only been half a year ago, in terms of the production capacity of General Motors in Germany. However, three or four hundred vehicles have just been produced, even if John is the major shareholder, almost the entire Aurora II generation in the United States is concentrated in New York City, and there will be no more than ten vehicles at most! John asked for five, and the Huntelaar family kept three and gave one to Tesla. Gave Morgan a ......

A character like Mr. York is naturally impossible to buy at the first time.

But......

After sending more than 50 people to Karlsruhe to study and train hundreds of workers, General Motors of North America will also start production by the end of this year, not only the old Aurora generation. The latest Aurora II will also be produced in North America, I believe like Stanley? A wealthy man like York will soon be able to buy one.

This Mr. York is naturally well aware of this.

While chatting, everyone took the elevator to a large and palatial conference room on the third floor, where Morgan and other shareholders of New York Power were already waiting for them.

"Good morning, Mr. Huntelaar!"

"Good morning, Mr. Morgan."

……

Morgan was the first to step forward and shake hands with the elder Huntelaar, and then more than a dozen other shareholders also stepped forward, fully expressing their enthusiasm for the largest shareholder of the power company. Although there have been several capital injections and share expansions in the past two years, the shares of the Huntelaar family have always remained above 20%, and the largest shareholder is the largest shareholder, not to mention that Tesla has always entrusted them with the voting rights of its shares, and its influence is naturally self-evident.

The agenda of today's shareholders' meeting must be agreed by the two of them.

"What, isn't Mr. Tesla still participating today?"

After the greetings, everyone sat down, and Morgan said to John with a smile: "Today is an important meeting to decide the future development of the New York Electric Company, and to discuss the company's issuance of shares, he is the founder of the company who does not attend?" ”

Shrugging his shoulders, John smiled slightly and said, "No way, there has just been a major breakthrough in radio research, Mr. Tesla must sit in the laboratory, I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave." But as usual, he still entrusted me to exercise the right to vote on his behalf, so there was no delay. ”

"Oh? A new breakthrough in radio? ”

Ignoring the question of voting rights, Morgan's eyes lit up after listening to John's words, and he immediately grasped the point!

Mr. Morgan, who is a popular journalist on Wall Street, has been coveting radio technology for a long time, especially since Tesla completed a transatlantic radio transceiver test at the end of last year. It's just a pity that, as usual, the Huntelaar family and Tesla have a very tight grip on this technology, especially the multiple registered patents almost block the opportunity for others to interfere......

Looking at John with a calm face? Mr. Huntelaar, Morgan only felt a pang in his chest!

In the past two years, Morgan's popularity has grown, and his status in New York City has also risen. In this golden era of American monopoly groups, the Morgan consortium formed by Morgan can be described as infinitely beautiful, taking advantage of the economic crisis that began last year to make a windfall, and the speed of development has made all the old rich people look sideways!

Morgan is most proud of the countless high-quality properties in his hands.

In addition to finance, what he is best at is to use the huge capital and other resources in his hands to acquire and control those high-quality enterprises, and unite them to obtain greater benefits through complementary advantages. In this respect, the Huntelaar family's property is undoubtedly one of the best targets!

But......

The young man in front of him has always been a thorn in Morgan's heart!

From the very beginning of his attempts to the present, Morgan has never taken advantage of John, and the other party has almost never given him any chance. When Morgan came back to his senses, no one could have imagined that the Huntelaar family, which was only one old and one young, could develop to this extent!

A huge consortium is already taking shape!

Needless to say, the New York Power Company still holds more than 20% of the shares of the Huntelaar family, and Tesla's words are close to 30%! With the speed of development of the power company in recent years and the current scale, 30% of the shares will be sold for 3 million US dollars, and Morgan will feel cheap. The investment of the Huntelaar family has increased nearly tenfold in just three or four years!

But in addition to the investment of the power company, the investment of the Huntelaar family in other areas is also eye-catching.

Although General Motors' production is still modest at a few thousand units a year, the long-term outlook is very attractive. The development of radio technology is advancing rapidly, the transatlantic success at the beginning of the year, and now if there is a breakthrough, it is really not far from commercial use, which may be another Bell telephone company; Other industries such as Lego toys, daily necessities companies, and trading companies are also thriving, and even small elevator companies, basketball and sports equipment production companies, I heard that the profits are quite good......

Of course, the most tempting thing is Heinz Pharmaceuticals and Heinz Medical Devices, which have gradually taken the form of a giant Mac!

Heinz Pharmaceutical's flagship products are still aspirin, sulfonamides and local anesthetics, but after the construction of joint venture factories in Britain and France, these products have occupied the world at an astonishing speed, and are now well-deserved global hegemons. Medical device companies, driven by the X-ray machines that have just been launched, have also changed the tepid in the past, making the surgical instruments, stethoscopes and other small instruments that have an advantage in design and quality famous!

The huge profits are so big that Morgan has to be jealous.

However, if there were only these companies, Morgan's scruples about the Huntelaar family might not be so strong, but when he learned a few days ago that the old Huntelaar took advantage of the great opportunity of the economic crisis to finally take down a big bank with a huge amount of nearly three million dollars, the future Wall Street emperor knew that he had lost the opportunity to meddle in the Huntelaar family business forever!

Or rather, a Huntelaar consortium that even he can't shake is destined to appear!

With enough quality property and a large enough bank, there is nothing to stop the Huntelaar family from rising......

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After thinking about it, let's speed up the pace and speed up. (To be continued.) )