If New York is regarded as a pyramid, Li Mu and these big capitalists are located at the top of the pyramid, and below them, there are countless businessmen of all sizes, who are attached to the life of large enterprises, acting as suppliers or distributors of large enterprises, and always staring at the every move of those people at the top of the pyramid, so that they can mix some soup when the bigwigs eat meat.

In addition to using his own power, Li Mu also has a special news channel, that is, Grover Cleveland, who once served as the chief lawyer of the legal department of Junma Group.

Grover Cleveland has been doing well in the past two years, after leaving the Horse Group, Grover Cleveland started his political career, not only successfully entering the Democratic National Committee, but also serving as the first secretary of the committee, this position is very important, generally speaking, after the first secretary leaves office, he is usually eligible to run for governor of a state, and may even get the opportunity to run for president.

As a Democrat, Grover Cleveland still keeps in touch with Li Mu, who has become the backbone of the Republican Party, after leaving the Horse Group, which is normal, the boundaries of political parties in the United States are not very obvious, as a Republican, it is also possible to support the Democratic Party, and vice versa, Grover Cleveland still retains his membership in the beach club, and after work, Grover Cleveland likes to go to Castle Clinton for a drink, which is not a secret in New York.

Li Mu and Grover Cleveland met at Castle Clinton, and it was in full view, which will not affect Grover Cleveland's status in the Democratic Party, people like Li Mu, whether they are Democrats or Republicans, are willing to make friends with Li Mu whenever they have the opportunity, and no one will refuse the friendship of a tycoon, which has nothing to do with political positions.

"Arms companies - I seem to have heard anyone talk about it, but I didn't care, you know, Time Magazine's role in the presidential campaign is too great, no one dares to ignore this, in order to compete with Time Magazine, we have also founded a lot of newspapers, but unfortunately, so far, none of them can match Time Magazine, as for arms companies, in fact, every once in a while someone will propose, after all, too many people want to copy your success, what I can be sure of now is that if this thing is true, Then it has nothing to do with the Democratic National Committee, and when I go back to investigate, I will keep you informed if there is any news. Grover Cleveland is still full of gratitude to Li Mu, if it were not for the experience in the Horse Group and the influence of Li Mu, perhaps Grover Cleveland would not have entered politics at all.

The most special point about Li Mu is that he is not qualified to run for president, so whether it is the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, they will not regard Li Mu as a thorn in the flesh, but regard Li Mu as an object that can be fought for, which is not without precedent, as long as the interests are sufficient, Li Mu may also switch to the Democratic Party.

As for replicating Li Mu's success, as Grover Cleveland said, many people want to do it, but so far no one has succeeded, and the establishment of a newspaper is just an attempt by the Democratic Party, and now those people have shifted their target to the arms industry, which has a more serious impact on the Junma Group than the creation of a newspaper.

Something that cannot be ignored, in the previous communication with Arthur, Li Mu realized a fact, not to mention the Democrats, even within the Republican Party, some people began to express concern about the monopoly of the military industry by the Horse Weapons Company, which is a very bad sign, if Li Mu does not handle it well, then it is likely to cause very serious consequences.

Li Mu also once imagined giving up the monopoly of the Junma Weapons Company on the military industry, but this idea only existed in Li Mu's mind for a second, and it was immediately overturned by Li Mu, it is impossible to give up the monopoly, and he will not give up in this life, the consequences are too serious for Li Mu and the Junma Group to bear.

"Thanks, Grover, I'm not worried about the competition, I just want to get to know my opponents and hope they aren't too weak." Li Mu showed a lot of generosity, no matter what he thought in his heart, he still had to do superficial work, even if Li Mu and Grover Cleveland had a good relationship, Li Mu would not shout and kill in front of Grover Cleveland, in that case, Li Mu would be too stupid.

Grover Cleveland is different from Arthur, the relationship between Li Mu and Arthur has been unshakable, and Grover Cleveland is using each other, Li Mu knows that Grover Cleveland may become president in the future, although because of Li Mu's intervention, Grover Cleveland may not be able to stay in the presidential palace as in history, breaking the Republican monopoly on the presidential palace after the Civil War, even then, Grover Cleveland is still an excellent politician. Cleveland, but Li Mu will not have a bad relationship with Grover Cleveland.

"You're welcome, you taught me a lot of things when I was in the Horse Group, and although we have different positions, it doesn't affect our friendship." Grover Cleveland is not stupid, like Li Mu, even if Li Mu will not join the Democratic Party, he will still work hard for the Republican Party during the presidential election, and Grover Cleveland is willing to maintain his friendship with Li Mu, after all, rivals and enemies are two completely different concepts.

"Haha, I remember that I didn't squeeze you a lot back then—" Li Mu stopped talking about the arsenal and talked to Grover Cleveland about the old fun.

Three days later, Grover Cleveland and Arthur sent news to Li Mu on the same day that the person who was planning the arsenal in Louisiana was named Simon Steele, and this guy had an impressive nickname, called "Manhattan Landlord".

The landlord, as the name suggests, must have a lot of houses in his hands, and after some investigation, Li Mu found out that this guy turned out to be a hidden rich man, in Manhattan, Simon Steele owns more than a thousand houses, more than the houses in Li Mu's hands.

Li Mu still remembers that when he first arrived in the United States, Li Mu's ideal was to become a landlord in Manhattan, which was nothing compared with Li Mu's current achievements, but hoarding land was still one of Li Mu's interests, and he didn't expect that there were still people who walked before Li Mu, which made Li Mu's interest in Simon Steele greatly increased.

To be able to become a "Manhattan landlord", Simon Steele still has some ability, don't look at Simon Steele's arms company has not yet opened, but Simon Steele has successfully obtained orders from the Louisiana government and the Texas government.

This is a bit too much to say, forget about Texas, but the current governor of Louisiana is still a Republican, and he can't even control this kind of thing, which shows that the Republican Party really can't survive in the Southern states.

This is a fact, in fact, after Hayes withdrew his troops from the three southern continents, the southern states became the vote base of the Democratic Party, if Li Mu is not mistaken, from now on, almost for a hundred years, the southern states will not support the Republican Party in the presidential election, until the middle of the next century, this point will not improve.

To Li Mu's surprise, Simon Steele is still a member of the beach club and will stay at Castle Clinton at least one day a week, which makes Li Mu cry and laugh, it turns out that unknowingly, the enemy has entered his hinterland, but he still knows nothing.

Simon Steele was a small old man, and like most Americans at this time, he had an impressive mustache with a slightly upturned end of the beard, which matched the surprisingly long eyebrows, and Li Mu could be sure that although he often came to Castle Clinton, Li Mu had never seen Simon Steele, otherwise Li Mu would have been impressed.

Since he is in New York, it is natural for Li Mu to meet Simon Steele at Castle Clinton.

"This is the legendary Chamber of Secrets? It's not very tight, but the scenery is very good. Simon Steele, who came to Castle Clinton for the first time, was curious.

Clinton Castle was a battery before it was converted into a club, and the third floor was the highest observation deck in the entire battery before, the scenery here is of course very good, standing on the semi-open terrace, you can overlook most of Manhattan, and there is an invincible sea view, when the sun is shining, you can even see Li Mu's office building on Governors Island.

Although the third floor is also a part of the club, if you don't get the invitation, ordinary club members will never get the opportunity to climb the third floor, which is a personal privilege of Li Mu, including Henry and Rockefeller, they can also get the opportunity to climb the third floor at will because of their close relationship with Li Mu.

"It's just a rumor, in fact, there is no secret room, we Chinese believe that everything must be said to others, the so-called gentleman, never behind the back of other people's right and wrong." Although he reminded himself to be restrained, Li Mu still couldn't help but be sarcastic, this is normal, no matter which tycoon has a temper, he has already gone to other people's pots to grab food, so don't blame people for speaking ill of each other.

After returning to the United States from Cuba, Li Mu shifted his focus to New York, and since then, Li Mu has almost been the most dazzling figure in New York, according to legend, Li Mu and Rockefeller and a group of people planned the annexation of Hawaii on the third floor of Clinton Castle, decided the opening of the Panama Canal, and just pushed Congress to declare war against Spain, no matter which one, it is enough to add a layer of mystery to the third floor of Clinton Castle.

"Gentleman! It sounds like a gentleman's word. Simon Steele's face is not blushing, most of the successful people have the ability to spit on their own faces, and they don't even have this kind of self-cultivation, so don't think about getting ahead, unless it's the kind of Long Aotian in the middle, and if a person like Long Aotian is in reality, he usually can't survive three episodes.

"Yes, the gentleman is the gentleman among us Chinese, and we are two types of people." Li Mu was still a little face, and he didn't put gold on his face.

The concept of a gentleman and a gentleman is still not very different, the gentleman in the East should at least be the same on the outside, while the gentleman in the West is different, the gentleman is more in behavior and demeanor, and the moral standards of the two are not the same height.

In the United States, no one dares to say that Li Mu is not a gentleman, but by the standards of the East, Li Mu's actions are not on the same level as a gentleman, and even according to the standards of traditional Oriental culture, many times Li Mu's behavior can be attributed to villains.

Anyway, the reputation is already bad, in the United States, the nickname of "warmonger" is well known, Li Mu doesn't want to disguise, and he doesn't care about disguise, and it is not bad to establish an image of being ruthless, as long as the Chinese like Li Mu, it is enough.

"Hehe, I'm going to set up an arms company recently, Mr. Reem, you shouldn't mind." Simon Steele doesn't take it at all, a gentleman loves whoever he loves, Simon Steele doesn't care, Li Mu admits that he is not a good person, Simon Steele can't talk about it, if you want to be a successful landlord, you can't always do good things.

Looking at an old man with a beard and gray eyebrows calling himself "sir", Li Mu felt a little funny, but now is not the time to laugh, Li Mu will not pretend to say anything "welcome competition for the prosperity of the industry", looking at Simon Steele with a cunning face, Li Mu's attitude is really not good: "Hehe, I am going to build a house in partnership with the city government recently, there are more and more people in New York, and the city is becoming more and more crowded, but we can't stop people from pursuing the dream of a better life, we can't meet everyone's requirements, At the very least, we can give them a place to live. ”

Li Mu is not asking Simon Steele's opinion, there is no rudeness, Simon Steele wants to open an arms company, of course, he can't stop Li Mu from building a house, not to mention, this is what Li Mu and Arthur and Edward Jeffrey have decided, as for Simon Steele, it was purely a mistake.

If you want to build a house, you must first have land, so it seems that Li Mu and Simon Steele will have to deal with each other in the future, after all, people are known as "Manhattan landlords", more than 1,000 houses are not a joke, the houses here do not refer to buildings, they are all the kind with homestead certificates, after all, in these years, the United States does not need real estate to drive the economy.

"Good idea, that's what a gentleman should do, you know, I have quite a few houses, and if I can work on it, you're welcome." Simon Steele doesn't care at all, people with more houses hope more than one more, so that the rent will be higher and higher.

"Tell me about your arms company, what would your options be if I asked you to abandon this decision?" Li Mu doesn't want to go around in circles with old thieves, and old guys like Simon Steele are best at going around in circles.

This can be regarded as Li Mu's ultimatum, so Simon Steele still thought about it carefully, and then decisively said: "Impossible!" ”