"How rich am I?"

After returning home from the train station, protected by dozens of bodyguards, a thought kept spinning in John's mind that puzzled him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

John knew that his current industry was very large, except that because he had never thought of going public or cooperating with others, it must not be comparable to the Morgan consortium in scale, and it must have surpassed the Rockefeller consortium. For example, the annual earnings, the dividends of various companies have already exceeded 100 million US dollars, which will definitely scare a large number of people to death. But how many assets he has, John really doesn't know. Especially in the past 1911, when its automobile, agricultural machinery, aircraft manufacturing, machine building and chemical companies grew explosively, this account was even more difficult to calculate.

So on the third day back in New York, John gave the summons order.

The summoning of the big boss naturally made no one dare to slack off, and the people in New York immediately began to prepare the required materials, and they left to return immediately after receiving the news in New York. Fortunately, at the beginning of the year, it was the time for each company to summarize the data, and everyone had already prepared the relevant materials, so they would not be in a hurry......

On the last day of February 1912, John's mansion was filled with guests.

The morning was a meeting of the men, summing up the great gains of the Huntelaar consortium over the past year. After lunch, John quietly took his wife's little hand and smiled: "Anna, our afternoon meeting may be longer, help me take care of those ladies...... Oh, and don't forget their gifts! ”

"Don't worry."

Smiling slightly, Anna gave her husband a reassuring look.

Anna has been preparing for today's party for a long time. Although there are no outsiders here, they are all the wives of the managers of the Huntelaar consortium, but as John's wife, Anna still has to show the demeanor of the boss's wife. So in addition to a sumptuous lunch and a big ball, Anna also prepared a gift for everyone - including a new women's watch, a set of high-end perfumes, and a BMW mini that Huntelaar had just launched! Although they are all self-made products, a gift with a total value of more than $1,300 on time is definitely luxurious......

"Gentlemen!"

Just when Anna and the ladies were gathering in another hall, in the assembly room of the Huntelaar family, John raised the wine glass in his hand and said loudly: "First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their hard work in the past year, which has made the Huntelaar Foundation develop by leaps and bounds, thank you for your efforts......"

"Whoa......

Before John's words could be finished, there was a round of applause. All the participants in the morning meeting were very clear, and naturally they knew the meaning of the boss's words, and of course their hearts were hot. Therefore, when John opened his mouth to say hello, everyone raised their glasses, and the well-dressed gentlemen raised their glasses to their bosses, and then drank the mellow wine in the glasses together......

"Haha, send it in!"

After putting down the cup in his hand, John waved his hand, and the servants who had been prepared for a long time immediately entered one after another, and put down one beautifully packaged box after another in front of the executives. Unlike the morning, the afternoon meeting was not held in a conference room, and in order to make the atmosphere more relaxed and pleasant, John even chose the format of a banquet: everyone sat at a large round table, and the table was filled with fine wines and cigars......

Of course, those who were curious immediately picked up the box and checked it, and the small box was not heavy, so I couldn't see what was inside.

"Gentlemen, this is a belated gift!"

After scanning the four corners, John smiled and said, "To express my gratitude and thank you for your hard work over the past year, I have prepared this gift, I hope you will enjoy it...... Oh, please take it apart and take a look! “

"Tear up!"

This time, after John made a clear signal, the present began to open the gift box in their hands: there were only two things inside, a golden watch, and a key - everyone here knew that it was a car key, because it had a very obvious Lincoln logo on it!

"Hehe......"

Under the gaze of his colleagues, Henry? Ford and another middle-aged man, the general manager of the Huntelaar Watch Company, smirked. Henry? Ford said with a smile: "Gentlemen, this is our company's latest Lincoln sedan, with new technologies such as safety glass and windshield wipers, and the price is more than $2,000......"

"These twenty gold watches are all custom-made by Mr. Huntelaar!"

The general manager of the Huntelaar Watch Company also smiled and explained: "I don't want to say much about the specific cost, you just need to know that they are well-made, and each one has your company's logo and your name on it......"

"Buzz ......"

After listening to the explanations of the two, everyone let out an exclamation!

Although it was one less than the gifts of the ladies, the value was obviously much higher, and these two things would certainly not be bought without three thousand dollars! Even if everyone here is a high-level person with a lot of money, they can't help but whisper after seeing this gift. Perhaps for many people, $3,000 is just a month's salary, but who would not be satisfied with such a gift?

Seeing that everyone couldn't put it down, John also smiled.

As a boss, John certainly had a reason to treat his subordinates favorably. In 1911, the financial reports of the Huntelaar consortium were not good, after all, the after-effects of rapid expansion were very obvious, that is, except for the Huntelaar Bank and the insurance company, the net profits of all other companies fell considerably. For example, the largest Huntelaar Automobile Company, because it launched several factories at the same time, especially several truck production lines, and at the same time had to train a large number of skilled workers, etc., resulting in a profit of less than one million dollars for the whole year!

You know, this is a supergiant that sells hundreds of thousands of cars a year!

With a profit of only one million a year, it is too little for the only auto giant in the world, and it is not far from even the European General Motors. But at John's insistence, Henry? Ford is not only expanding its automobile production line, but also investing heavily in the production line of heavy-duty vehicles such as trucks, and desperately expanding its own production capacity. This disregard for the market has been questioned, because the market capacity of trucks is not so large today, but no matter where the doubts come from, they have been forcefully suppressed by John......

Another example is the Huntelaar Shipyard and the Huntelaar Shipping Company, which are now in a net loss state.

Huntelaar shipping is good to say, after all, it must cost money to buy a ship on a large scale, and the speed of making money is far from catching up with the crazy investment in buying a ship; As for the shipyards, although they made a lot of money, especially the orders of the American Navy, they made a lot of money, but because Mr. Huntelaar asked them to keep building new docks; Research and development of large cargo ships, the implementation of standardization, research corner accessories, etc., last year even lost hundreds of thousands of dollars!

Other loss-making companies include mining, oil and machine building, among others.

The reason for the loss, of course, is the massive expansion, especially the desperate purchase of land and mines by mining companies, especially those mature mines, which are quite expensive. On several occasions, his subordinates tried desperately to persuade John to give up his plan to expand so much, after all, the cost was too high, but under John's strong pressure, everyone could only follow his requirements.

Fortunately, even so, the Huntelaar consortium made a lot of money in 1911.

As a result of the expansion of the consortium's major companies, Huntelaar Bank's profits increased dramatically, completely consolidating its position as the leader of the banking industry in the United States. And the same is true of Huntelaar Insurance Company, which rushed to the top position with strong strength. These two companies alone made a profit of more than $100 million for the year! Therefore, even if other companies lose money, the annual profit of the consortium is still more than 100 million US dollars, which is why John is in a very happy mood today and generously gives everyone a generous gift!

And......

After everyone was quiet, John took a deep breath and said aloud: "In addition to thanking everyone for their efforts last year, I asked everyone to stay this afternoon, mainly for the development ......of this year and next year." )