Connes. Vanderbilt is a very good guy to deal with, and as the third generation of the family, he is neither a loser nor an extremely clever capitalist, and as the sole heir to the Vanderbilt family, he can only be considered qualified at best.

Song Biao had a hunch that he could persuade this person to stay in the three eastern provinces to invest in industry, so accompanied by Miss Shu Xuan and Li Enfu, he took time to accompany the Vanderbilt couple to Liaoyang and Shenyang New Districts to inspect the investment environment.

As long as he is free, Song Biao will be with Conns. Mr. Vanderbilt recounted China's history, culture, and repetitive and subtle emphasis on the three eastern provinces and the future of China's economic recovery.

After returning to the Tanglin Military Headquarters to live, Song Biao invited Conns, who had served as a captain in the U.S. Army. Mr. Vanderbilt visited the Northeast New Army, and on this day, he and Miss Shu Xuan accompanied the couple to visit the Qingzhao Mausoleum.

Zhaoling is the mausoleum of Huang Taiji, there has been a long-term guard of the army, when the Russian War, the soldiers of these Eight Banners Battalion have long run away and do not know where to go, Song Biao led the army back to Fengtian during the station, considering that the back will have to deal with the Qing political axe, and a part of the disabled soldiers will be arranged in several Qing Dynasty ancestral tombs as guard battalions.

Therefore, Song Biao brought people to visit here unimpeded, and Jin Liang, the general office of the Fengtian Banner Office, who is really in charge of these affairs, is a smart person, and he will never get along with Song Biao in these things. Vanderbilt.

After the Longen Gate, and then enter the Longen Palace, looking into the distance on the building of Fangcheng, anyone will suddenly feel extremely happy.

In the corridor of the cornices of the building, there is a delicate cypress table, with chairs on both sides, and Song Biao and Shu Xuan invite Conns. The Vanderbilts sat down here to rest.

After brewing a pot of green tea and sitting in this beautiful place looking around, Song Biao's heart seemed to have become particularly quiet, if it weren't for the fact that he wanted to accompany Conens. The Vanderbilts came to visit, and he thought he might miss out on the sights.

After thinking for a moment in the depths of his heart, Song Biao said to Conns: "The three eastern provinces are a good place, in this ancient and obsolete country, these are the few places that can develop rapidly again. ”

Connes. Vanderbilt nodded slightly, and praised: "Indeed, I feel more and more that the three eastern provincial capitals under your jurisdiction have very good prospects for development, and my only question now is how long your royal family and imperial government will serve you, and whether the new governor will continue to maintain your current policy." ”

Song Biao thought briefly and replied, "I think my term of office will be very long, maybe thirty years, or even fifty years...... Mr. Connes, if you don't mind, we can go to the South Building to talk, there will be a better view. ”

Connes. Vanderbilt had just sat down and was about to rest for a while, after all, after climbing the mountain road for half a day, he could only continue to get up and go south with Song Biao, and Zhang Kangren, who served as an interpreter, accompanied them again.

After this period of foreshadowing, Song Biao rarely put so much energy into others, and in the past two days, he is ready to find a suitable opportunity to communicate with Connes. Vanderbilt talks about more in-depth and realistic topics, and although he trusts Shu Xuan, he also believes that Shu Xuan should not be exposed to these things too early.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if he really decided to get engaged to the Shu family and marry the romantic and leisurely Miss Shu Xuan as his wife, he didn't want this weak little woman to share his political pressure.

Considering that Shu Xuan was more interested in poetry and lyrical prose, and was also interested in pursuing a career in women's teacher education, Song Biao had already considered letting Shu Xuan leave the army and do what she loved to do, rather than having to participate in the Liberation Revolution.

Especially in view of the various incidents of Mao Jiang and other predecessors and his wife, Song Biao actually hoped that his wife would not engage in political-related work.

Walking down the countless blue brick paved city walls, on the south side of the Longen Hall overlooking the side of the mausoleum road, Song Biao and Conns. Vanderbilt steers away from both wives and lovers and sits alone to renegotiate more serious topics.

et Connes. Vanderbilt sat down, and Song Biao said: "Mr. Conens, as far as I know, your family business is actually not doing as well in the United States as it was in your grandfather's time, of course, mainly because of the massive influx of British and European capital, as well as the rapid rise of new industries such as oil, and those amazing international capital is flooding the financial markets of the United States. In particular, Mr. JP Morgan, whose American Railroad and Morgan Bank he founded, are really difficult enemies to deal with, and the Atlantic United Shipping Company, which he is actively working on, may have a huge impact on your family's shipping business. ”

Connes. Vanderbilt shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "That Jewish gentleman is so loved and hated that sometimes, I even think that without his aggressive oppression, my father might have lived a few more years." Of course, I'm not saying that there is a feud between them, but it's clear that Amtrak's low fares put a lot of pressure on our railroads in the North and Chicago. In the early years of Amtrak's existence, we were losing money, but they paid a bit for it. ”

Song Biao, who knew that the other party was smoking, opened the cigar box with great interest and gave it to Conns. Vanderbilt lit one of them himself, and enjoyed a cigar from Cuba in the absence of the lady.

After a few puffs of choking cigars, Song Biaocai and Connes. Vanderbilt suggested: "Although I am a soldier, it is clear that I am also a capitalist, and even if I am in the category of sudden explosions, I have some experience of growing wealth." It is typical of all the most successful businessmen in history to seize those new technologies and industries in the history of human progress, or to seize the development of some new areas, such as the miracle that your father created in the great age of steamships and railroads, such as the miracle of Mr. Rockefeller in the new era of the rising oil industry, as for Mr. J.P. Morgan, I think this gentleman really grasped the great moment of the rapid rise of the United States, and in the trust securities, electrical, Growing momentum in the steel industry. In general, the easiest way to grow your wealth quickly is to invest in the latest industries and the fastest-growing regions. ”

Connes. Vanderbilt agrees without denying it: "You are right, but unfortunately the oil industry is in an extremely solid monopoly, and the monopoly of electrical and trust securities is not much worse than that of oil, and even in the steamship and railroad business, the financial oligarchy led by JP Morgan is trying to create new monopolies." In all emerging industries, we hardly know where to invest! ”

Song Biao said: "Then you will retreat to the next best." The best business will always be finance, and it will never go out of style, unless the world doesn't need money. If I were you, I would not hesitate to invest all my money in the three eastern provinces to build a new corporate empire here. Let's put it this way, if you can set up a banking company in the three eastern provinces with assets of more than $40 million, I will seriously consider giving you the right to issue money. ”

Connes. Vanderbilt was surprised, but still exclaimed: "Four million dollars is not a small amount, it is almost the sum of all my possessions." When I was very young, my father told me that there is only one basic principle of business, and that is the rate of return, and for every hundred dollars invested, we need a return of five dollars a year, which is the minimum for us, and anything worse is just a bad business. If I put all my fortune into the three eastern provinces and end up with a higher rate of return than in the United States, that's the worst thing to do. ”

Song Biao said: "I don't think so. As I said, there are three best ways to invest, the first is the most stable, that is, to always concentrate capital in the financial industry, no matter where the world's hot spots are, where the most emerging industries are, the financial industry can grow rapidly; The second is to always invest in the most emerging industries; The third is to invest in the most emerging regions. When wealth reaches a certain level, it is always difficult to get high returns, and investing in a region makes a region grow rapidly, and reap returns in all aspects from real estate to shipping, from finance to industry, so as to create new returns and expand assets to a new scale. ”

Connes. Vanderbilt exclaimed, "You said it well, but after all, it's such a huge amount, and I need to think about it carefully." For now, my biggest concern is your term of office and whether your successor will be able to maintain this preferential policy. ”

Song Biao said: "I can assure you that my tenure will be very long, because almost all my property is in the three eastern provinces, and I have never worried about this. In the three eastern provinces, we can cooperate. If the development is better, I may have excess capital transferred to the United States for investment, which also requires your cooperation. What a great collaboration. ”

Connes. Vanderbilt agreed: "Yes, we can do have more cooperation, which is very important and beneficial for both of us, but the registered capital of 40 million US dollars is indeed too much, and even if I unite with other investors in the United States, the maximum investment I can give is only 30 million US dollars, which requires me to sell some of the property to raise capital." ”

Song Biao immediately proposed: "If JP Morgan is bent on creating the largest railroad company in the United States, then sell the shares of the railroad company to him in exchange for capital, and transfer enough manpower and capital to the three eastern provinces to invest in the construction of railways in the three eastern provinces." If that's the case, as long as your bank has a capital of $30 million, I can also give you the right to issue notes. In the United States, the railway industry has lost its glory, and in the three eastern provinces, this is indeed a high-tech emerging industry, and the return on investment and indirect influence of the two are not the same. In the three eastern provinces, you can invest in electrical, mechanical, machine tools, metallurgy, mining, shipping, shipping, start a bank, invest in insurance, and enter the securities trust industry. The foreign capital that really invests in the three eastern provinces belongs to small enterprises, except for my Far East company, you have almost no competitors here, and we can cooperate, we can operate various industries on a large scale, develop in China and the United States at the same time, use the technological advantages of the United States to rapidly develop business in Asia, and then use the profits from Asian operations to continue to develop new technologies. ”

Connes. Vanderbilt was finally persuaded by Song Biao, he no longer had any hesitation, and agreed: "Your idea is really good, then let's do it, this is a huge market with 400 million people, even if only 1/4 of the people use our products, we will become the largest company in the world." So, why not. ”

Song Biao said: "Very good, then let's do this!" ”

After saying this, he and Connes. Vanderbilt shakes hands.

The moment they shook hands, one of the most magical S&V alliances in the history of the world's business was officially concluded here.

For Song Biao, the Vanderbilt family is the most suitable partner.

Together, they will seize the Rubik's Cube of the times.

Actually, Conns. Vanderbilt did not consider at this moment that at this moment, the Vanderbilt family would establish a special cooperation with a Song royal family for a hundred years, as well as the most intimate relationship across the Pacific.

It will be the worst and greatest moment in human history.

When Connes. Vanderbilt still had too much hesitation, but finally decided to give it a try, and when he tied up the capital and the Far Eastern consortium of the Song Governor to form an alliance to sail together on the Pacific Ocean, this was the wisest choice he made in his mediocre life, and it was this choice that made him even greater than his grandfather.

Right in the Longen Palace, Song Biao and Conns. Vanderbilt discussed the various possible collaborations between the two, and basically established a very large cooperation plan for them according to Song Biao's vision.

According to Song Biao's plan, the Vanderbilt family would sell the railroad property in the United States in exchange for more financing to buy a more stake in a bank company that would have a controlling stake in a trust investment bank that controlled a number of industries at the same time.

On this basis, the subsidiaries of the Far East consortium and the enterprises held by the Vanderbilt family merged, and the main business scope of the merger included eight fields: automobile, electrical, shipping, metallurgy, chemical industry, mining, machinery, and shipbuilding, forming an international consortium around the Pacific Rim, and the focus of investment was concentrated in the three eastern provinces of China and the California region of the United States.

(To be continued)