At the Vanderbilt family home on Staten Island, New York, John is snuggling up on a single couch with his eyes closed. www.biquge.info It's only past 10 o'clock in the morning, and the annual family Christmas party has just begun. Most of the family members had festive smiles on their faces, but John was the only one who looked sluggish and dozed off.

Fortunately, in the past two years, John's position within the family has been basically solidified. Most of the family members are very knowledgeable and understand that he is "exhausted" and "overworked" for the family business, so no one comes forward to disturb his rest.

"John, what's wrong with you, are you sick?" William, who had just arrived from Washington, walked into the room, saw that John's face was a little blue, and quickly asked with concern.

"It's nothing, I slept late last night and was a little sleepy." John rubbed his sour eyes and got up to say hello to William.

John didn't just sleep late. After returning home from the Metropolitan Opera last night, he and Adele "fought" for half a night, completely venting the lust that had accumulated for more than two months. Thanks to his regular exercise in the military school recently, otherwise he might not be able to get up in bed like Adele at this time.

Even so, when he woke up in the morning, John felt a little sore in his lower back. In the end, he is almost forty years old, and it is better to do less in the future for such a thing as "scoring three times". If it weren't for the fact that as a member of the family's decision-making level, he couldn't be absent from today's activities, he would definitely have been in bed until noon. So at this moment, he is catching up on sleep while reminiscing about the afterglow of last night.

"Adele, aren't they coming?" William asked curiously.

"She's a little uncomfortable, so I'll bring the kids over in the afternoon." John casually made up a reason.

William thought that Adele was tired from organizing last night's activities, so he persuaded: "Let Adele pay more attention to rest, it's really new and hard work for her recently." Last night it was a good event, I saw the report in the morning and the response was very good. ”

"Thanks, I'll remind her." John hurriedly made his mistake and went down the stairs.

A few moments later, the Harolds arrived. Seeing that the people were almost there, John and the others went to the small study on the third floor. Because when little Eric was baptized before, the family members had already had a meeting. So this year's Christmas party is relatively simple, a few family members can talk to each other and exchange their respective business responsibilities.

It can be seen from the atmosphere of today's meeting that everyone had a good life in 1940.

Needless to say, John's own gains. Because of his outstanding performance in this year's election, Cousin William finally managed to enter the core of the Republican Party and realized his long-cherished wish. Next, it was time for him to think about cultivating party henchmen and forming a team of descendants. However, with his age, he can at least continue to work hard in the political arena for more than ten years (historically, William died in 1944, that is, when he was just in his sixties, and here is the need to help him live 10 years old for the plot), so there is no need to be too anxious.

All he has to do now is to secure the Republican position as chairman of the National Committee of the House of Representatives. This position has a big say in matters for both MPs and gubernatorial elections, and is a good fit for someone like William who needs to develop a lineage.

Harold has also been on a smug ride lately. Through his partnership with the Kuhn-Lobb consortium, he has swept away the Morgan's threat to the New York Central Railroad. Today, the New York Central Railroad has signed a package of cooperation agreements with several major railroad companies such as the Pennsylvania Railroad, the South Pacific Railroad, and the Union Pacific Railroad, which are owned by the Kuhn-Lob consortium.

After these agreements came into effect, the New York Central Railroad not only significantly reduced its operating costs, but also showed a rapid growth in business volume. With a strong performance in the last two months, the company's performance this year has reached its best level in nearly a decade. It is believed that after the announcement of the financial report, the company's stock will also usher in a round of sharp rise.

Although John is not optimistic about Harold's cooperation with the Kuhn-Loeb consortium, he is still happy with the current situation of the company. He has decided to take advantage of this wave of market to sell some of the company's shares. As for whether to choose to withdraw funds directly or exchange FedEx shares from Harold, it will depend on the specific situation at that time.

However, no matter how proud Harold is, he can't compare to Alfred. Today, Alfred's Vanderbilt Foundation for Education is in high demand in the United States and even in Europe. Since the Foundation cooperated with the British Children's Overseas Reception Management Committee to take on the work of receiving British children, in just a few months, it has received more than double the amount of donations for the whole of last year.

Of course, this donation is only the most insignificant part of all the Foundation's gains. As the Vanderbilt family's boss, no one would weigh hundreds of thousands of dollars. They value the public's reputation more. Isn't that why they spend so much money on charity every year?

Now, how good is the reputation of the Alfred and Vanderbilt families among the people? To cite two simple examples, Alfred has received offers of appointment as honorary principals of a total of 39 schools in recent months. Among the young adult books on the market, the sales of the old Cornelius biography in the second half of the year actually surpassed that of Rockefeller and Carnegie.

In contrast, the situation on Cornelius III's side can only be described as so-so. Thanks to the overall rise in Wall Street, the family's financial industry has also made good gains. However, compared to other peers, it can only be said to be average. The media industry, on the other hand, is also profitable due to the presidential election in the second half of the year.

However, this is only the opinion of other family decision-makers, including Cornelius III himself. In John's eyes, the family's media industry can no longer be described as developing rapidly, it is simply a huge leap forward, which is really surprising to him.

At present, the family's media business is under the specific responsibility of Cornelius Jr., the son of Cornelius III, the chief information officer of FedEx. It may be due to his frequent dealings with experts, scholars, and senior media professionals in the think tank team, that Cornelius Jr.'s vision and awareness have been greatly improved.

In recent years, under the influence of John and others, he began to consciously transform from paper media to radio and television. Not long ago, Cornelius Jr. took advantage of the fact that Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was sued by the Federal Telecommunications Commission for alleged monopoly and split into two broadcast networks, red and blue, and successfully became the second shareholder of the company's blue broadcast network.

If we talk about the red broadcasting network and the blue broadcasting network, many people in later generations may not be familiar with it. But when it comes to ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation) and NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation), the three major television networks in the United States, everyone must know it. This blue broadcasting network is the predecessor of ABC, and the red broadcasting network is the predecessor of NBC.

John believed that with Cornelius Jr.'s stake in the Blue Broadcasting Network, he would be no worse than his father's achievements in the future. Could it be that the Vanderbilt family is going to produce a media tycoon? But little Cornelius is really not interesting, why didn't he reveal such a good deal in advance, so that he could also follow a little light.