Two hundred and three consortia of struggles

A huge gunshot rang out in the mountains and forests of Wyoming, startling countless birds and beasts, a sturdy stag fell to the ground, and several animals rushed forward and dragged their prey for a while.

"Sue, your marksmanship is getting better and better," Carrick exclaimed, and Hamm applauded.

"Alright, what the hell is it that alarmed both of you this time and came to me?" Su Zhen ignored the compliments of the two, marksmanship is simply fed by bullets, in a stupid person, tens of thousands of bullets are fired, that is also a sharpshooter.

Hamm and Carrick looked at each other, and then Carrick said, "Sue, I don't know if you have noticed the situation in the Middle East recently?" ”

"The Middle East? You mean Iraq? As a reborn, Su Zhen thought about it for a while, and knew what they were referring to, but what did that have to do with him?

"That's right, the U.S. Congress approved the use of force when necessary at the beginning of the month, and basically this war is inevitable, it's just a matter of time." Carrick said.

Su Zhen nodded, the development of history has proved this, "What does this have to do with us?" ”

"Sue, you must know that Iraq is the third largest oil producer in the world" This time it was Hamm who spoke, after he was reminded by Su Zhen, he has begun to pay attention to the bubble of the real estate in the world, after a series of investigations, the results made him break out in a cold sweat, if Su Zhen told him before that the subprime mortgage crisis really happened, Dubai, which has insufficient capital chain, is likely to be doomed, although Abu Dhabi, which is also one of the United Arab Emirates, will certainly not stand idly by, but Dubai will also be completely reduced to Abu Dhabi's vassal, But today's Dubai's domestic economic construction is like a high-speed train, which can't stop at all, so Hamm believes that the best way to solve the crisis is to expand Dubai's fiscal revenue, just as the confrontation between Iraq and the United States has given him hope.

"Are you fighting the idea of Iraqi oil? Damn it. You are crazy? You will be skinned and stripped by those consortia" Su Zhen was a little shocked, this guy is too bold, right? That's the meat on the lips of the three consortiums of Mellon, Rockefeller, and Morgan.

"No, no, Sue, it's not me, it's us," Hamm said, shaking his head.

"We?" Su Zhen was puzzled, he had never had the idea of fighting Iraq, although he was now rich, but he was nothing compared to those old consortia.

"Yes, it's us," Carrick added, "Dubai, DuPont, and Citigroup, to be exact."

"Phew!" Su Zhen couldn't help but gasp. Not to mention, if these three consortia work together, it would be easy to tear off a piece of meat from the mouths of those veteran consortia, and Su Zhen couldn't help but feel excited. "But although I am a member of the Citi consortium, I can't influence the Citi consortium, and Citigroup and Rockefeller are so close, how can they help us in turn?" Because of the limited equity he holds, his position in the Citi consortium is not high.

"Definitely, Citi's development has entered a bottleneck. Because of the deliberate suppression of Morgan and other consortia, it has a large amount of capital but no corresponding basic industry, if it can cooperate with us this time and succeed, Citigroup can completely ask Rockefeller. They will not give up this opportunity if they are really short or short with those old consortia," Carrick said confidently, in terms of strength, DuPont is not much worse than those old consortia. But DuPont's biggest shortcoming is that there is no bank, which is also the result of several other consortiums jointly suppressing, if this cooperation with Citi can be successful. DuPont will also be completely free from repression, "It's just that we need a middleman, and you, are the most suitable." ”

"What am I for?" Su Zhen was a little puzzled.

"Because you have no roots," Hamm said.

"What do you say?" Su Zhen was a little speechless, this is not an advantage, right?

"Because you have only been in the United States for a short time, although you have a certain equity in the Citi consortium, your influence on Citi is basically non-existent, and because your current wealth is very important in the United States, and you have a special status like Warren Buffett, so you are least susceptible to the influence of various forces, so it is best for you to be the middleman," Carrick explained.

"Why does this have anything to do with Warren Buffett again?" Su Zhen was puzzled.

"Because he's the middleman between Mellon, Rockefeller, and Morgan," Carrick replied. "Otherwise, do you think that a person who simply plays stocks can have this status today?"

Su Zhen's eyes widened, Damn, it turns out that Buffett still has this kind of background? But it's not bad if you can become someone with a special status like Warren Buffett.

"But as far as these three are concerned, the strength is a little insufficient, right?" Su Zhen glanced at Hamm, after all, the Dubai consortium is not an American consortium, and it has almost no impact on the United States, and Citigroup and DuPont alone are not enough to compete with the three old families.

Carrick and Hamm looked at each other, and Carrick said, "Actually, the Cleveland consortium will be on our side then."

Su Zhen's hand shook when he heard this, the gun almost fell to the ground, and he said in a trembling voice, "Are you sure?" Although the Cleveland Consortium ranks almost at the bottom of the top ten conglomerates in the United States, because of the particularity of this consortium, its position is not inferior to any other, because it almost controls one of the most important economies in the United States, the steel industry.

Since the beginning of the last century, after the steel king Carnegie donated all his assets, the steel industry in the United States was divided up by several old consortia, and during World War II, Cleveland relied on the abundant coal and iron ore resources in its region to emerge as a new steel kingdom, and half of the entire American steel industry was in the hands of this consortium.

But if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising, although the United States is still one of the top ten post-war consortiums on the surface, but in fact, the California consortium has been divided between Citigroup and Morgan, the Chicago consortium is also controlled by the Rockefeller and Morgan consortiums respectively, the Texas consortium is also basically controlled by Rockefeller, and the old consortiums that still retain independence are only DuPont, Cleveland and Boston consortiums, but the Boston consortium has been suppressed by the Rockefeller and Morgan coalition since the Kennedy incident, and it has long been in a slump. Although it is still known as one of the top ten conglomerates, its actual financial strength is not even as good as that of large group companies such as IBM and Microsoft, and DuPont and Cleveland have also been facing the blow of the old three major conglomerates, which is also why the Republican Party will be suppressed by the Democratic Party for a long time in the future, and it will not begin to turn over until the subprime mortgage crisis appears.

Su Zhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this is the DuPont consortium and the Cleveland consortium are ready to take advantage of this incident to fight back, if it can succeed, then the situation of the dominance of the old three consortia will no longer exist, and the forces led by Citigroup, DuPont and Cleveland will be able to get the strength to resist the old three consortia, instead of barely resisting the infiltration of the other party as now.

"But now it's the Republican Coalition, and they're going to see us benefit?" Su Zhen is still a little worried, after all, the current President George W. Bush is a Republican, and he represents the conservatives of the three old families.

"There is no need to worry about this, although the government is controlled by the Republicans, but Congress is still under our control, so there is no need to worry about the pressure from the government." "And in the Middle East, Hamm can represent the UAE as our external support, and we have a high chance of winning this operation, not to mention that even if we fail, we will not lose anything, at most we will sacrifice some peripheral industries." ”

"What about me?" Su Zhen asked worriedly, if he was the middleman this time, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not be hated by the old consortium.

"You don't have to worry about this at all, it's not the past, the United States is a legal society, as long as you don't break the law, they can't do anything about you, and use special means, which will be rejected by the entire American upper class, not to mention that the industry you control now is not trivial, they won't touch you, at most, they will control Microsoft's industry like suppressing Bill Gates, you know, Bill was much more ruthless than you at the beginning, he even wanted to rely on himself to fight against a few consortiums, and now you see that he is still living a very nourishing life?" Carrick said with a smile.

As soon as Carrick explained this, Su Zhen relieved his heart, that's right, Bill Gates offended a few old consortia at the beginning, at most, the industry was infiltrated.

"I need to think about it and I'll give you an answer when I get back," Su Zhen said after thinking about it. (To be continued......)