In the nineteenth century, the United States seemed to be a capital desert, opportunities to make money abounded, and gold was everywhere, in fact, real high-quality assets were rare, and the Horse Group, which had never issued shares, was another Mobil oil, a joint venture between Li Mu and Rockefeller.

The biggest benefit brought by the development of the automobile industry is the development of the oil industry, before the advent of automobiles, the biggest use of the oil industry is kerosene for lighting, which obviously will cause great waste, oil has not been thoroughly refined at all, more part is wasted, so Rockefeller's net worth is not comparable to the Vanderbilt family.

The advent of automobiles has completely changed all this, and although limited to the production of the Horse Automobile Factory and the Vanderbilt Automobile Company, the current number of cars is not large, but the automobile industry has shown a bright future, and everyone knows that with the popularity of automobiles, the springfield of the oil industry has just arrived.

This is also the fundamental reason why Rockefeller insists on maintaining the same front with Li Mu, because Mobil Oil, Li Mu and Rockefeller have become an inseparable combination, and any other investment must be held back, including Rockefeller's acquisition of the Vanderbilt family.

"I don't want to get involved in the railroad industry, never want to, what I want is the part of the Vanderbilt family about the ocean, although William insisted on transforming before, but it is undeniable that in the field of the ocean, the Vanderbilt family still has strong strength, I want to take over this part of the force and become an important part of Standard Oil, and now it seems that this goal is getting farther and farther away from me." Rockefeller lamented, seeing that Li Mu had already obtained the Vanderbilt Automobile Company, but Rockefeller's goal was still far away, so Rockefeller did not complain, in Rockefeller's view, even if all this was not caused by Li Mu, it had a lot to do with Li Mu.

From the perspective of the 21st century, the United States in the 19th century is like a barbaric era, but in the eyes of people in the 19th century, there are still certain things that must be insisted on, and their attitude is far more determined than Li Mu thinks.

It is clear that Rockefeller was such a person.

"The Vanderbilt family dominated the maritime industry twenty years ago, and even if the Vanderbilt family still has some resources in their hands, it is inevitably a bit out of place, so why should you pay attention to this part? Actually I think, you've got better opportunities in more areas, and as for the Vanderbilt family, they're in decline, so let it go John. In any case, Li Mu would not give up the profits that had already been made, so Li Mu could only try his best to persuade Rockefeller to let go of the Vanderbilt family, even if it looked more like crocodile tears, Li Mu couldn't care about it.

As the first "billionaire family" in the United States, the value of the Vanderbilt family is obviously more than that, in addition to the railroad industry and the automobile industry, the Vanderbilt family's heritage in the navigation industry can not be ignored, and the Vanderbilt family is also the largest landowner in New York, in Manhattan, the Vanderbilt family owns more than 1,000 properties, even with these properties, the Vanderbilt family can have a chance to make a comeback.

"I'm not as out-of-the-box as your thinking, and I don't have as keen a vision as you, according to what you said, five years ago I should have invested in the arms industry, three years ago I should have invested in the telecommunications industry and the power industry, but unfortunately in fact we all know that it is impossible, people's energy is limited, I can only use my limited energy in the industry that is most suitable for me, so that maybe I have the qualifications to be remembered." Rockefeller is down-to-earth, and in many fields, Rockefeller thinks he can't do it to the extent of Li Mu.

"Okay, I'm sure you're serious, but Grace took the initiative to come to me, I can't refuse, for William's sake, if I can help, I will always help, what's more, Grace gave me what I wanted, so I'm sorry-" Li Mu didn't want to say too much, that factor came down to normal business practices, which would be more acceptable to Rockefeller.

"So—in the position of a friend, I have only one request, from now on, put an end to your worthless blood transfusion, and get everything back on the right track, and we'll see God's will, and if God is biased in favor of the Vanderbilts, then they're lucky, and if God happens to be dozing off—Reem, you know what you should do." Rockefeller is not entangled, only blame Li Mu for being too emotional, although Rockefeller does not think this is essential, but on this issue, Rockefeller has no say.

"Certainly-" Li Mu didn't want to go too far, the Vanderbilt family was already in a catastrophe, and Li Mu couldn't offend the Boston Consortium and the New York Consortium for the Vanderbilt family, that was irresponsible.

Over the next few days, Bank of America agreed to a loan from the Vanderbilt family, and then Grace Vanderbilt withdrew $15 million on the same day, which will be used to stabilize the shares of the New York and Hudson River Railroad, which is the core industry of the Vanderbilt family, and its importance to the Vanderbilt family, can be referenced by the importance of the Horse Arms Company to the Steedmont Group.

Dealing with Rockefeller's criticism, Li Mu did not think that everything was fine, in fact, Li Mu has been waiting for news from Washington, even if Hayes can't spare time, then the Secretary of State should also stand up and take a stand at this time, but to Li Mu's surprise, the presidential palace did not react to this matter at all, which made Li Mu very embarrassed.

"In the second half of last year, our business situation was not good, especially the Horse Arms Company, although the Horse Arms Company got close to 50 million US dollars in orders, but these orders were all paid in installments, in fact, in the past six months, the Horse Arms Company has been operating in debt, if it is not for the group's blood transfusion, then the situation of the weapons company will be even worse, so Mr. Ulysses Grant believes that we should increase our investment in the Horse Arms Company, especially in terms of the source, we must find more orders, Only then can the Horse Arms Company stabilize its position in the arms industry. Vice President Henry personally reported the financial situation to Li Mu, and the Horse Arms Company was criticized by Henry by name, which was unimaginable in previous years.

"No matter what, at least we can still get the order - tell Zhang, I don't ask him to make a profitable financial statement, what the arms company needs to do now is to stabilize the market on the one hand, and on the other hand, to continuously develop new products, as long as these two things are done, then Zhang is qualified." Li Mu's requirements are not high, as long as the status quo can be maintained, even if the laboratory researches new weapons, Li Mu does not plan to sell them, so he keeps them as technical reserves, anyway, the promotion of new weapons takes a long process, and Li Mu seems to have gotten used to it.

"I didn't say that Zhang was unqualified, Zhang did a good job in the first century, but compared with the current Junma Arms Company, Zhang has gradually fallen behind, so Reem, I suggest that Zhang be placed in the advisory team, as for the weapons company, we need fresh blood, and I believe that the weapons company can do better." Henry also had his own insistence.

Maybe it's because Zhang Leye's background is not good enough, so Henry has always looked down on Zhang Leye, but because of Reem's maintenance, Zhang Leye is now still serving as the general manager of the Horse Weapons Company, this position is a bit hot, Zhang Leye also wants to make some achievements, but unfortunately his own ability is not good, and it is not easy for Zhang Leye to get to this point.

"Then that's it, give Zhang another chance, I believe that Zhang will definitely be able to get through the bottleneck, I have known Zhang since a few years ago, and Zhang has never let me down." Li Mu insisted on giving Zhang Leye full confidence, and did nothing else, just because Zhang Leye was Chinese, Li Mu thought that it was necessary for him to stand up, otherwise it would be a dereliction of duty.

"Well, I hope so, but I hope that when the time is right, I can have the right to suspend Zhang Leye." Henry made a request that seemed a bit out of the ordinary.

The "out of line" here does not refer to Henry's request for rights that do not belong to him, but that Henry hopes to get the rights that originally belonged to Henry, which has nothing to do with Li Mu, many times, Henry is not famous, especially in the face of Chinese, Henry looks a little weak, but Henry is by no means big-hearted, Henry has this account in his heart, and every Henry remembers.

Speaking of which, I have to mention the quality of Chinese managers, because of the level of education, there are many Chinese people in the Junma Group who seem to be on the top by virtue of "nepotism", but in fact this is not the case, the Chinese managers led by Zhang Leye have rich experience, and they are studious, under the same conditions, their performance is not worse than that of whites, which is also the fundamental reason why Li Mu supports Chinese.

The good news is that this situation should ease after July, when the first batch of Chinese graduates will be out of school, and it will finally come to fruition after Li Mu's years of investment in education.

Speaking of which, this is also thanks to the current situation of education in the United States, a year ago, the first batch of graduates finally appeared in the Junma Affiliated School, they joined Harvard, Yale, MIT and other famous universities at this time for further study, which of course have their own efforts, Li Mu behind the scenes to promote is also indispensable.

According to the American education system at this time, students in colleges and universities, need to reach three years or more to graduate, but for the horse group, this limit is obviously not so absolute, compared with ordinary American college students, although the students of the horse affiliated school are young, but the learning speed is amazing, they can often complete the white students in three months for half a year or even eight months of courses, which greatly shortens the study time of the graduates of the horse affiliated school in the second half of this year, The first batch of students will go out of school for internships.

Li Mu is looking forward to the arrival of this moment, when the time comes, the vast majority of Chinese students will enter the major subsidiaries of the Junma Group, and even the headquarters of the Junma Group for internships, because of the racial relationship, they are born to be the reserve cadres of the Junma Group, it will not take too long, they will get sufficient opportunities for training, and the best of them will also take up leadership positions, then Li Mu will no longer have to worry about the inheritance of the Junma Group, and the new blood will continue to join, which will make the strength of the Junma Group stronger and stronger, and the vitality will be more and more sufficient. There will also be a lower and lower percentage of whites in management.

"No, Henry, I'm sorry I can promise you any other conditions, but this can't work, you know the importance of Zhang to the Horse Weapons Company, even if he doesn't do anything, just standing there can give people endless confidence, so let's do it, I am in charge of the Horse Weapons Company, your main task now is to completely digest the Vanderbilt Automobile Company, disrupt all the employees of the Vanderbilt Automobile Company, and then arrange different shifts, in short, as long as you don't fire Zhang, whatever you do." Li Mu gave a sweet jujube with a stick, which not only gave Henry enough face, but also did not bring danger to Zhang Leye and them.

Li Mu knew that Henry was also for the good of the Horse Arms Company, and throughout last year, the Horse Arms Company received orders of nearly 100 million US dollars, including 50,000 rifles ordered by Ottoman Turkey, but these profits were not reflected in the financial statements, and Zhang Leye was undoubtedly derelict in this regard.

The question is: Zhang Leye is Li Mu's descendant, this person can't fight, shouting and cheering on the side, and handing towels to the next team members is a good trick.

However, Zhang Leye has a high prestige in the hearts of the workers, since taking office, Zhang Leye has almost never turned his face with others, even if there are Chinese workers, Zhang Leye can remain patient, perhaps this is Zhang Leye's nature.

"Then we might as well change our thinking, since you don't want to let go of Zhang Leye and you don't want to let go of others, then can we gamble? Just bet — $10,000. ”

Ten thousand dollars is not much for either Li Mu or Henry.

"Bet on what?" Of course, Li Mu did not flinch, the so-called: If you don't die, you won't die, Henry is a long life.

"Reem, Mr. William is here—" Yan Shun reported, "William" refers to William Evatt, the current US Secretary of State, who came to Li Mu, and under normal circumstances, nothing good.

"Please-" Li Mu nodded, and finally waited for Washington's rebuke, to be honest, Li Mu had been waiting for this day for a long time.

"Do you want me to avoid it?" Henry still has colors, leaving room for Li Mu.

"No, you are the vice president and general manager of the Landmark Group, talk to Mr. Secretary of State, maybe you will find the answer to your question." Li Mu didn't let Henry go, compared with Zhang Leye, Henry should actually be in the advisory group, but Li Mu never spoke, so Henry wanted to continue to stay as general manager.

It's a rhythm that doesn't tire Henry to death.