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Don't look at Li Mu and Rockefeller, the tycoons at the top of the pyramid have a good relationship, first of all, on the premise that there is no conflict of interest, otherwise this superficial harmony cannot be maintained, behemoths like the Junma Group and Standard Oil, they are in their own monopoly field, and no one else is allowed to interfere, if anyone dares to break this unspoken rule, then it will definitely attract everyone's unanimous counterattack. Vertex updates are the fastest

It's like Paul Maysfield, as the city boss of Philadelphia, if you want to say that there is no relationship between Rockefeller and Paul Maysfield, then no one will believe it, Philadelphia is the second largest city in Pennsylvania, and Standard Oil is headquartered in Pennsylvania, so there must be a connection between them, and it should be said that the relationship was very good before, even so, when Paul Maysfield tried to touch the bottom line of the unspoken rules, Rockefeller immediately made his choice, This does not mean that Li Mu and Paul Mesfield have much weight in Rockefeller's heart, but it can only be said that in Rockefeller's heart, rules are the most important.

In a social class like Rockefeller, the importance of rules is far beyond ordinary people, because they themselves are the makers of the rules, and challenging the rules is equivalent to challenging the entire system.

Seeing off Rockefeller, Li Mu called Arthur and invited Arthur to watch the first stop of the 1877 National Automobile Rally over the weekend, which was the New York station.

After three years of accumulation, the National American Automobile Rally has become one of the most influential events in the United States and even the world, in the era of the Olympic Games has not yet appeared, sports events for the first time in the form of competition began to show their charm, the annual National Automobile Rally is equivalent to a carnival, all the host cities almost from the end of the day began to look forward to the next year to start again, almost all the cities in the United States have applied to the National Automobile Rally Organizing Committee, I want my city to be a part of the National Rally.

With the influence of the National Automobile Rally, the influence of New York is also continuing to expand, the former New York is only the economic center of the United States, when it comes to New York, people always yearn for the city at the same time inevitably position the city as "a city full of copper smell", but after the influence of the National Automobile Rally continues to expand, the image of New York in people's hearts is quietly changing, and the rally has added more different charm to the city.

According to the statistics of the New York City government, in the course of last year's National Rally New York, in just one week, more than 200,000 people poured into New York to participate in the carnival, including many Europeans willing to cross the Atlantic, these people spent more than $15 million in New York, creating more than $5 million in profits for New York City, of which the New York City government's increased tax revenue alone is enough to cover the entire rally expenses.

This year's New York tournament is even bigger than the previous two years, and in order to continue to increase its impact, the organizing committee invited Mr. President to fire the rally, which will be watched by more than 50 dignitaries from political circles, including foreign heads of state such as Cuban President Sylvestre.

For Arthur, the New York station of the National Automobile Rally is a stage for Arthur to show himself to the fullest, don't look at Arthur has been inaugurated as the governor of New York, but in fact, Arthur also serves as the chairman of the National Automobile Rally Organizing Committee, which is an important way for Arthur to continue to expand his personal influence, even if he wants to run with James Garfield in the future, Arthur will not give up this position.

Sitting in the VIP box at the top of the stands, Arthur held a cigar from the Bahamas in one hand, and a glass of champagne from France on the low table in his hand. ”

In the past two years, the Phantom team has won two consecutive championships, and Mason has also become the best driver of the American Rally for two consecutive years, and given the growing technical reserves of the Horse Motor Company, if there are no surprises, this championship is likely to be monopolized by the Phantom team for the next few years.

"No, this year's winner will be Standard Oil, and only if everyone is evenly matched can there be enough suspense for this event to have a long-term viability." Li Mu spared no effort to promote the rally, even if he gave up the championship.

In fact, Li Mu is of course not so great, in order to break the monopoly of the Phantom team and win a championship, Rockefeller paid a full price of 3 million US dollars, which can allow Li Mu to raise ten more Phantom teams.

$3 million seems like a lot, doesn't it?

Actually, no, John Vanderbilt increased the price to 5 million, Li Mu still did not agree, after all, Rockefeller is engaged in oil, and there is no direct competition with Junma Automobile Company, and Vanderbilt Automobile Company Although it is difficult to survive under the squeeze of Junma Automobile Company, after all, it can pose a threat to Junma Automobile Company, and Li Mu does not want to personally support a rival for Junma Automobile Company.

"Hahaha, you despicable guy, I knew it wasn't that simple." Arthur praised Li Mu's behavior, no matter how Li Mu and Rockefeller tossed, in the end it was the National Car Rally that benefited, and Arthur's influence would also rise, so Arthur had no reason to oppose it at all.

"This summer, I'm going to start another competition, what do you think of rugby? If we do a professional football league, it will definitely become an event with no less influence than the national car rally, and with the blessing of professional football leagues, New York will definitely be better. Li Mu threw out another event to try to enrich the charm of New York City.

There are no less than 50 rugby clubs in New York, and there are more than ten subsidiaries of the Junma Group, among them, the Battery Park Rugby Club is the largest, with more than 1,000 members, almost every week the club organizes games, Li Mu as the founder of the Battery Park Rugby Club, has also come to the scene to watch several games, according to what Li Mu saw, Now the introduction of a rugby league is almost a matter of course.

Many times we have to admit that the promotion of a sport is indispensable to the behind-the-scenes promoters, and Li Mu is now the behind-the-scenes promoter.

Compared with the popularity of football, the real national sport of the United States in the 21st century, "baseball", is currently in the process of transforming from amateur to professional.

In 1839, the first-ever baseball game was held in the town of Goopas, New York, USA, in 1860, professional baseball players began to appear in the United States, and in 1871, the United States established the "National Professional Baseball Players Organization", and last year, this organization was renamed the "National Baseball League".

It seems that baseball has a full advantage over football, but in fact, because of the lack of behind-the-scenes promoters, baseball is not as influential as football in New York.

This is probably because compared with baseball, the rules of football are more in line with the violent genes in the American body, Americans have always liked a lot of physical contact games, ice hockey and rugby are representatives of this aspect, baseball is the other extreme, relatively speaking, Americans do not like European football very much, this is probably not only because of the low efficiency of football, the score of each game is sometimes even embarrassing 0-0, but also because football is limited by the rules, can not play more effectively physical factors, so it is not liked by Americans.

In fact, before proposing the professional football league, Li Mu also became interested in baseball, but compared with baseball, Li Mu preferred the rough and direct of football, so Li Mu gave up baseball, maybe one day in the future, Li Mu will also be interested in baseball.

"How?" Arthur was very interested in Li Mu's suggestion, and now Arthur has tasted the benefits of the National Rally, and is very optimistic about the unborn professional football league.

"It's very simple, we just need to run an event, charge a certain entry fee to each participating team, and then return the entire entry fee to the winner as a reward, so that we don't even need to advertise it, and naturally someone will sign up." Li Mu prepared empty gloves for the white wolf this time, and didn't want to pay for the subsidy out of his own pocket.

"The full registration fee? So who pays for the operating costs? Arthur didn't want to pay for it, and even Arthur was a little disappointed in his heart, after all, with the jewel of the National Rally in front of him, Arthur still counted on Major League Football to subsidize the New York State Treasury.

"It's just the first season, and when we get to the second season, we can build the stadium, and then sell tickets, sell all kinds of memorabilia, and then I don't need to talk about it, how we run the National Rally, how we run Major League Rugby." Li Mu is ready not to make money in the first year, even if it is acceptable to lose some money, these losses will be compensated in the future.

"Well, it's a very interesting idea" Arthur thought about it in his mind, and had to admit that it was the same as what Li Mu said, it was indeed feasible.

In the United States in the 19th century, there was almost no entertainment, there were no computers, no televisions, and people could only play with their children when they went home in addition to trying to make people.

In this case, there is little doubt about the acceptance of sports activities, compared to tourism, listening to opera and other relatively high-cost entertainment behaviors, sports should be the lowest cost, not only do not damage one's own pocket, but also good for one's body, no one will refuse such activities, ordinary people's love for sports activities can be seen from the popularity of rugby in the past year.

A year ago, Li Mu paid out of his own pocket to make only 5,000 rugby balls as a gift to the audience of the National Automobile Rally, almost in the blink of an eye, rugby quickly became the new favorite of New Yorkers, the streets, early morning and evening, anytime and anywhere, there are several young people holding a rugby rampage, including many rich children, there is no lack of children from poor families, on the sports field, the body's own athletic ability is the capital of the competition, and almost no one cares about the amount of wealth.

That's the beauty of sports.

"Rugby league lasts longer, has a wider audience and has a greater impact than a one-month rally, so let's say there are 20 teams playing, then we can divide them into groups to play cross-play, for example, the East Coast team only plays on the East Coast, and the West Coast team only plays against the West Coast team, so that each team has 10 to 15 games in a season, and the season lasts two to three months, when all the games are overIt is expected that by then, Major League Football will be a carnival that will last for about half a year, and everyone can participate in it, even if they can't play in person, but they can also cheer for their teams in the audience. Li Mu has already planned a complete schedule for Major League Rugby, and given the poor traffic conditions at this time, the games will eventually be played in New York, which will further enhance the influence of New York.

"That's a good model, and maybe we can go further" One game alone is not enough for Arthur, Arthur needs more exposure, which will get more votes for Arthur and James Garfield in the future.

"Absolutely, ice hockey, baseball, even soccer, you can use this model." Although Li Mu was not a professional sports person in his previous life, he had also been to the game site to feel the atmosphere of the scene, and now even if he takes out the fur in his impression, it is already a concept beyond the times.

In fact, in English, football and rugby are the same word, Li Mu did not express it clearly, but Arthur did not care about Li Mu's mistake, Arthur was already immersed in the bright future of Li Mu's weaving: "Then it's decided, I'll go to Edward tomorrow, and summer will begin?" ”

Arthur can't wait, for Arthur, he can't wait to get all the good things in the world to New York, and it is better for the United States to move the capital to New York, so that Arthur will be satisfied.

"It's up to us to decide when we want to start, even tomorrow if you want." Li Mu made it clear that he would not interfere with Arthur's operation, this was to give Arthur a chance to be exposed.

As a Chinese, Li Mu has done almost everything he can in the United States, so this honor will be given to Arthur, anyway, Li Mu is used to being invisible behind the scenes, and hiding behind the scenes and manipulating everything is Li Mu's interest.

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