The joint acquisition of Carnegie Steel by the four major consortiums caused a sensation throughout the United States. The Thuringen consortium, the First Citigroup, the Cleveland consortium and the newly emerging Bank of America consortium bought $2 billion of Carnegie Steel's market value stock for $800 million.

Carnegie Steel has been under the prying eye of the Morgan consortium, and when the Zeringen consortium contacted Carnegie, Morgan was also actively deploying. It's just that Morgan likes to eat alone, and he wants to buy all of Carnegie's stock on his own. However, $800 million is an astronomical amount, and although the friction is far more than that, because of Morgan's expansion, the funds cannot be recovered for a while. This gave Piet Zeelingen the opportunity, and he went around co-opting collaborators. But Morgan knows Pitt's family background, and he also knows that the First Citi and Cleveland families have a relationship with the Zeringen family, but they are both small conglomerates, and together they can't raise enough $800 million, so Morgan is very relieved, and slowly returns his funds to buy Carnegie shares in one go.

However, Morgan never dreamed that Pitt would find the humble Bank of America, and he never dreamed that this humble Bank of America would have a huge amount of money to help Pitt complete the acquisition of shares in Carnegie Steel at one time.

Morgan admits that he underestimated his enemy. He immediately sent a crack force to investigate the bottom of the Bank of America, and the results surprised him even more, the boss behind the Bank of America turned out to be a Chinese, and it was none other than Wang Chenhao, a Chinese official who has recently been in the limelight in the international arena.

At Morgan's estate, Reiter, the executive manager of the Morgan consortium, reported to Morgan about his personal report to Bank of America and Wang Chenhao.

"Mr. Morgan, we have investigated, and this Chinese official named Wang Chenhao seems to have a veil of mystery and a unique ability to foretell international financial trends. During the gold run crisis, he took the opportunity to buy shares in some Wall Street banks, turning his capital to $100 million. During the international banking crisis, he gave advice to his country to prevent China's financial sector from being affected. During his visit to Russia, he used the mysterious submarine to help him find a treasure trove of shipwrecks under the sea, and it is said that he was rich at least $200 million. He then used the money to import all kinds of advanced equipment, technology and talents from Europe and the United States, and built a large industrial base in China called Jingjintang, which included all the projects necessary for a developed industrial country. He also formed a private fleet, and I heard that the Chinese Beiyang Army was his. ”

Morgan waved his hand and interrupted Reiter.

"Okay, don't tell me about military matters. Except for finance and industry, I am not interested in the others, and I don't want to bother to know. ”

"Yes sir!"

Leiter skipped some content and continued: "Some time ago, Wang Chenhao took his marine biological environment expedition team to the Caribbean Sea, and fished out a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry. According to locals, they are likely salvaging the Spanish treasure ships Lady Atoka and San Jose from hundreds of years ago. ”

Morgan said with some regret: "These two Spanish treasure ships are loaded with countless gold and silver treasures, and it is a pity to let Wang Chenhao take them away like this!" ”

"According to our secret investigation, Wang Chenhao injected his funds into the vaults of Bank of America, which made Bank of America's financial reserves very large, and Carnegie's $800 million was also deposited in the Carnegie Charitable Foundation, a partnership between Bank of America and First Citibank," Leiter said. Bank of America and First Citibank are now the most well-funded banks in the United States, even on a par with the Bank of England and the Deutsche Imperial Bank. ”

Morgan frowned, let out a long sigh, and complained: "This Carnegie must have broken his brain, and the $2 billion stock only sells for $800 million, so it's counted." But he actually let the buyer's Bank of America and Citibank take care of his money? Is this simply giving money to someone? ”

"What Mr. said was that this time it was a hard deal for Bank of America and Citibank. The Thuringen consortium, the Cleveland consortium, and the Citigroup have obtained Carnegie's stocks and funds, and now their assets are probably seven or eight billion US dollars, and Wang Chenhao's personal assets are estimated to reach one billion US dollars. The four of them are no longer small conglomerates, and to some extent they are comparable to our Morgan consortium and the Rockefeller consortium. In particular, I heard that the third princess of the Zeringen family, Rothiel, heard that she was engaged to Wang Chenhao, so that the Zeringen family married the Citigroup, the Cleveland consortium and the Bank of America consortium at the same time, and their combined strength was enough to compete with the Morgan consortium and the Rockefeller consortium. ”

Morgan snorted heavily, he had already guessed this.

"Damn Pete, I should have been ruthless in the first place to defeat the Zeringen family, so that he didn't have a chance to turn over."

"So what do we do now?" Leiter said worriedly: "The rise of any consortium will seek corresponding political interests!" ”

Morgan snorted coldly and said, "This time Pete has caused me a lot of losses, and since he has declared war on me, it looks like I have to take the initiative to fight back!" ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

"The Cleveland and Citigroup are deeply entrenched in the United States, so let's not mess with them yet. As for the Bank of America consortium, we kicked them out while they were still on the ground. You go to Congressman Mason and ask him to find a way to find evidence of the Bank of America's violations and find a way to sanction them. In addition, you go and spread the news to the Spanish Legation, telling them that the gold, silver and jewels on the Lady Atoka and the San Jose have been salvaged by Wang Chenhao, and let them take care of Wang Chenhao's return of the treasures. We will take a two-pronged approach, first teach the Chinese a lesson, and then go back and deal with the other three. ”

"Mr. Gaojian, I'll do it!"

××××××××××××××××××××××××× Wang Chenhao and his entourage in the United States gained a huge amount, obtaining $500 million worth of shares of Carnegie Steel and Salvage $140 million worth of undersea shipwrecks, increasing the capital operation of Bank of America to $700 million, including directly managing $400 million of funds from the Carnegie Charitable Foundation. In terms of talents, Wang Chenhao has obtained the world's top technical team of Carnegie Steel, the design and manufacturing team of Ford Motor, and top scientific research teams such as Tesla. The other is the alliance with the Zeringen, Citigroup, and Cleveland consortiums, which has given the Bank of America consortium allies in the United States. There is also a personal aspect, Wang Chenhao's marriage with the Zeringen family got the beautiful third princess Rothel of the Zelingen family.

This series of achievements made Wang Chenhao quite happy. At the same time, with the declaration of war on August 1, the Beiyang Army, which Wang Chenhao had trained and cultivated, won successive victories, and Wang Shizhen and others urged Wang Chenhao to return to China as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation. And Wang Chenhao also thinks that returning to China now is a good opportunity, and he can take the opportunity of the Qing-Russian War to take the naval and army forces into his own hands and create conditions for his future hegemony. At the same time, with the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin-Tang Industrial Base, the Manchu Qing Dynasty lords must rub oil and water on Wang Chenhao, and if they want to keep their family business, they have to hold the military power in their hands.

Based on these reasons, Wang Chenhao decided to leave for China in the next few days.

However, just as Wang Chenhao was preparing to return to China for this side of the matter, the Bank of America was suddenly investigated by the New York City Department of Industry and Commerce, and at the same time, the Spanish minister to the United States protested to Tang Shaoyi, demanding that Wang Chenhao return the gold and silver treasures on the salvaged Spanish shipwrecks Mrs. Atoka and San Jose.

Two things were placed in front of Wang Chenhao at the same time, so that Wang Chenhao had to pay attention to them.

In the conference hall, Wang Chenhao convened Tang Shaoyi and Ge Denger to discuss the matter.

"Boss, I learned through my connections with the Department of Commerce and Industry that the reason why the New York Department of Commerce and Justice is investigating Bank of America is mainly because Congressman Mason and some lawmakers accuse our bank of illegal operation and speculation."

Wang Chenhao frowned and said, "Didn't you say that you have already called on all the members of the Congress?" Didn't you say they wouldn't make trouble for us? So what's going on? ”

Goddener smiled awkwardly, and then explained: "The boss doesn't know that in the Bipartisan Congress in the United States, the Morgan Party is the Morgan family, and the Republican Party is the Rockefeller family. They can only deal with normal situations, and when we touch the interests of the Morgan or Rockefeller consortiums, they will trouble us! ”

Wang Chenhao asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Godener smiled bitterly and said: "The boss has made Morgan's fortune by buying Carnegie shares in a joint venture with the other three consortia this time, and you are also engaged to the third lady of the Zeringen family, which is equivalent to helping Pete against the Morgan consortium, and they are fighting back now." ”

Wang Chenhao asked, "You mean this is Morgan's hands and feet behind his back?" Did they find any tricks? ”

Godden knows too well about American politics and what big conglomerates like Morgan do when they lose profits. In the past, he was just a small person, and the war between the consortia had nothing to do with him, but now it is different, as the executive manager of the Bank of America consortium, the Bank of America has swelled to the position of challenging the Morgan consortium, and this kind of war without gunpowder is approaching.

Mason relied on the support of the Morgan consortium to become a member of Congress, and most of the powerful politicians of the Morgan Party are inseparable from the support of the Morgan consortium. Although I didn't find anything this time, I have to be prepared, boss. ”

Tang Shaoyi had been listening, and then said: "My lord, this time the Spanish side asked you to return the treasure, I'm afraid it has something to do with Morgan's ghost." ”

Wang Chenhao was a little annoyed, thinking that he could develop in the United States with peace of mind by leaving China to avoid the Qing political axe, but now he found that he was not so optimistic. When Bank of America grows and grows, it will inevitably collide with the interests of the domestic consortium in the United States, and this collision with the Morgan consortium seems to have a headache in the future.

"The Spanish side doesn't have to deal with them, we resolutely refuse to admit it, and if we are in a hurry, we will fight with them, anyway, we are not afraid of them."

Tang Shaoyi also knew that Spain had long since declined, and the current funds and strength in Wang Chenhao's hands were enough to compete with Spain.

"How are you going to deal with the provocation of the Morgan consortium?"

Wang Chenhao thought for a while and said: "Morgan has a lot of money, and there are a large number of people from the Mingzhu Party who support him politically, and it is not a way to fight with him. I heard that the U.S. election has come to an end, and Republican candidate McKinley has become the next presidential candidate. Since the Morgan Party, we will work with the Republicans. ”

Geddon said, "Boss, this is indeed a good idea! The JPMorgan consortium is infiltrating the financial sector, and we will have a collision of interests. However, the Republican Party is backed by the Rockefeller Consortium, and the Rockefeller Consortium has the main purpose of operating oil and related industries, and has no direct conflict of interest with our Bank of America, and has a broad alliance base. ”

Petroleum?

Wang Chenhao suddenly had an inspiration and said with a smile: "If I don't mention oil, I'll forget it!" Since Rockefeller loved oil, I had a way to work with him. ”

Ge Denger and Tang Shaoyi looked at each other, not knowing what Wang Chenhao meant, but both of them were convinced of Wang Chenhao's words, and knew that Wang Chenhao must have another unexpected plan.

"Shaochuan will immediately contact Rockefeller on my behalf, and I want to meet him."

"Yes, sir. But on what grounds should I ask him out? ”

Wang Chenhao replied: "Tell him that I have a huge oil business to cooperate with him?" ”

Godale asked, "Boss, we don't seem to have an oil business?" ”

"Soon after!"

Wang Chenhao smiled mysteriously and ordered the guards to take a map of Texas.

Both Ge Denger and Tang Shaoyi have seen Wang Chenhao's mysterious smile, and every time this super confident smile appears, they will have an amazing discovery.

Wang Chenhao looked at the map of Texas, he knew that the land of the second largest state in the United States, which is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, is full of oil resources, and in his time, there were 6 super-large oil fields, 54 large, medium and small oil fields, and a total oil reserve of 31.1 billion barrels, which is the largest state in the United States in terms of oil reserves and exploitation. Wang Chenhao thought to himself that the Yankees opposed Mexico's annexation to the United States, but he didn't want to agree to the annexation of Mexico's Texas to the United States. Knowing that Texas is a baby.

Wang Chenhao entertained himself crookedly and quickly got to the point.

Wang Chenhao pointed to Houston, which was still an ordinary small town, and said: "Here, Houston Town, Godener, you immediately send someone to Houston, no matter what method you use, how much money, first buy the land from Houston East to Galveston Bay and South to the Gulf of Mexico." ”

Godener looked at the map and said, "Houston is a small town dominated by animal husbandry, and the land is very cheap, but there are many farms there, and I am afraid it costs tens of millions of dollars. ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said with a smile: "Yes! You can buy it! No matter how much money it is, in the future, we will add a zero to the back and sell it directly to Rockefeller! ”

Ge Denger and Tang Shaoyi looked at Wang Chenhao in surprise, and asked almost in unison: "My lord (boss), do you mean that there is oil here?" ”

Wang Chenhao smiled and said, "It's not too much, 7.5 billion barrels!" ”

"7.5 billion? Bucket? ”

"Uh...... It's 1 billion tons! ”

(To be continued)