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206 Weng son-in-law

Andrew rushed to Los Angeles in the dust, saw his happy daughter's old face smiling as bright as a flower, and told Laura to pay attention to her body.

As for Paul, he didn't have such a good attitude, and Andrew didn't bother to pay attention to this unsuccessful guy except for a "hum".

This time, Andrew was really angry, thinking that if he didn't teach Paul a lesson this time, he didn't know what would happen next time.

Paul's hot face was attached to the cold buttocks, and he didn't dare to be annoyed, but he just smiled wryly, but instead of Situ Nan, who was busy in the kitchen, he greeted Andrew as the owner, and introduced Beverly Hills in detail.

Andrew listened to the silence, but his heart was very satisfied, satisfied with the environment here, and also satisfied with Paul's attitude, knowing that his son is more than a father, his son must have experienced a lot of things, and has matured a lot, if he is the former Paul, even if he does something wrong, he will not be as quiet as he is now.

"Are your hands alright?" After a long time, Andrew suddenly asked.

Paul's heart warmed and he said, "It's okay, it's almost better." The stitches will be removed in a few days. ”

"Oh, that's good. Don't run around, stay and help your sister and brother-in-law. Andrew said. He knew that Paul had no intention of inheriting his business, but he was a smart man and would have no problem doing something else.

"Okay." Paul replied cheerfully, he was bored right now anyway, Laura was pregnant, and the next few days were not very convenient to move, and Paul could do something that interested him.

"What's the name of this dish, it tastes good." During the meal, Andrew asked Situ Nan with a smile, and he was very satisfied with Situ Nan's cooking today. Although it was his first time eating Chinese food, he thought it tasted good.

"Kung Pao Chicken. Eat more. Situ Nandao, but his eyes were on Laura, and now she has become the object of the family's key care.

"This place is good, I heard that you bought a lot of land and came down?" Andrew overlooks Hollywood at the bottom of the mountain, and if he engages in real estate in the future, he should make a steady profit.

Situ Nan stood aside respectfully and accompanied the old man. "Yes. Henders used to have a ranch down there, and they gave it to me. Later, I bought all the land around me and didn't spend a lot of money. Why, are you interested in developing this hot land together? I know you've been making a lot of money lately! I really regret why I didn't invest more in the gunpowder factory in the first place? ”

"It's a good idea to invest in real estate here, but I don't have that much money to spare right now, so I'll talk about it in a few years. However, you kid don't get cheap and sell well! The gunpowder factory business is very good, but is there any company you invest in that is not thriving?

Not to mention the oil and steel companies, the Guben Energy Company alone has produced more than 100 million tons of coal this year! The sales revenue is more than 100 million US dollars, the profit is more than 30 million US dollars, and the 18 million US dollars you invested a year ago will be more than 10 million if you pay dividends according to 30 shares, and it will not take long to recover the cost. ”

Andrew said with a smile, not envious in his heart, because the Mellon family's Mellon Bank not only holds 7 shares in Guben Energy, but also 15 shares in Peabody Coal.

The scale of Peabody Coal Company is much larger than that of Guben Energy, and in the traditional coal industry, Situ Nan naturally cannot compare with the long-standing Mellon family by relying on a Guben Energy Company, and the Mellon family has invested much more money in the coal industry than Situ Nan, and has made more money.

Coal and steel industry is the dominant industry in Pittsburgh, and the Mellon family emerged from Pittsburgh, and the Mellon family is a consortium with Mellon Bank as the core and Guò Bank holding a number of large coal and steel enterprises in the Pittsburgh area. Mr. Stuart's entry into the coal industry was the matchmaker between Andrew, and Frick, the coal magnate of Pittsburgh, has been a close friend and partner of the Mellon family.

In the coal industry and the coal chemical industry, Situ Nan earns one piece, and the Mellon family earns at least five or ten yuan. In particular, the Pittsburgh coking plant and the gunpowder plant, in which Situ Nan took a small stake last year, became the second largest gunpowder plant in the United States after DuPont gunpowder as soon as it was put into operation this year, which made countless people blush.

The First World War was a godsend for major American conglomerates, especially in the military industry, with the Morgan consortium, the DuPont consortium, the Mellon consortium, and the newly emerging William consortium of California, whose support for the military industry were American Steel Corporation, DuPont Gunpowder Company, the Pittsburgh Coal Chemical Plant (including several steel companies in Pittsburgh), and the Bethlehem United Steel Company.

In the financial industry, the Morgan consortium centered on JPMorgan & Co., the Rockefeller consortium centered on Chase Manhattan Bank, and Citibank, a consortium of several major families in New York, are the most powerful. However, Robles Securities can be in the first place on the fierce Wall Street, even the smallest giant, Situ Nan is satisfied for the time being.

However, although the major arms companies made tens of millions or more dollars, the money that fell into the hands of individual shareholders was not too much, because the wartime tax policy introduced by the political women stipulated that personal income of more than $40,000 should be taxed at 16.

According to the progressive tax system, the higher the income, the higher the tax rate, up to 67, which is simply a money grab! In particular, the billionaires, who make up 5 percent of the U.S. population, pay half of their taxes every year. The high personal tax is like a knife in the hearts of the rich, but this can't be helped, this battle is completely reasonable in terms of "those who have money pay, and those who don't have money pay".

When the company makes money, the major shareholders do not want to pay dividends, so they invest the money earned by the company in expanding production or buying war debts issued by political women in order to evade taxation by political women. Not only the individual tax, but also the business tax of enterprises has increased a lot, but in terms of how to increase it, the money is still earned by the arms dealers. That is why in the post-war period there was a large number of millionaires in the United States, whose real wealth was suppressed during the war.

The major companies under the William consortium have not planned to pay dividends in the past two years, and almost all of the astronomical money earned by Situ Nan has turned into a large pile of US Treasury bonds on the books of Robles Securities or in the warehouses of Wells Fargo.

"Andrew, the current tax on political women is dangerous, I think no matter how much money we make, it can't be put in our pockets for the time being, right?" Situ Nan suddenly said with a smile.

"That's it! Such high taxes will certainly change after the war. At present, it is only an extraordinary strategy in extraordinary times, and after defeating the Germans, it will be back to normal as soon as possible. ”

Andrew thought for a moment and said, "I think that in the face of the blockade of the whole world, the Germans will not survive for two years at most." Hehe, when the time comes, it will be normal. ”

"In two years, in another year the war will be over." Situ Nan thought to himself. He knew that Andrew would be the U.S. Treasury Secretary after the war, so he said, "Andrew, I think if you go into politics, you will be the most suitable person for the Treasury Secretary." I think Morgan Rockefeller DuPont will all approve of it, as long as the tax policy is corrected when the time comes. Situ Nan encouraged.

"Oh? How did you come up with this? But the idea is fresh and too early to say. Andrew waved his hand, a little moved in his heart, I wonder how different it is from managing a country's finances to manage Mellon Bank?

"There's still a lot of work to be done. I'm here this time, in addition to seeing you, there are some other things. It's about Venezuelan oil, Lake Maracaibo has really opened up a lot of oil fields, you kid really touched the hearts of many people as soon as he made a move!

Haha, now the British are so sorry that they hang their chests, after all, it was Shell that got there first, but unfortunately missed it.

The Mobil oil industry was ready to move, but according to the old Rockefeller's usual practice, he would not rush to make a move, but relied on Mobil Oil's advantages in oil transportation and sales to catch up and slowly swallow those small companies.

Even if we know this, we can't do anything about it, but before Mobil makes a move, we swallow the biggest and fattest piece of meat, so our Gulf Oil Company is ready to increase its investment in the Maracaibo region, what do you think? ”

Andrew looked at Situ Nan with anticipation in his eyes.

Situ Nan listened to the silence, and then he realized that Andrew had ambitions for Maracaibo's oil, but it was not easy to speak directly.

When the two families went to Venezuela to explore for oil together, Andrew agreed, but the investment was not much, for example, most of the funds of the Panama Petroleum Development Company came from the partners of the Situ Nan and William consortium, and the Mellon family did not have much money to invest in the name of the Gulf Oil Company.

If the normal proportion is divided, Occidental Petroleum will swallow up most of the Maracaibo oil, and Gulf Oil will only get a small share. The stakes in this are too great, and Andrew can't help but be unmoved, since the last time Situ Nan mentioned to him that he wanted to develop overseas oil, Andrew has been paying attention to the progress of things. After the large oil fields were opened in Lake Maracaibo, they could not sit still.

After receiving the good news of Laura's pregnancy from Los Angeles, Andrew pushed the boat down the river and rushed over in a hurry.

Isn't it just to occupy more oil fields?

After understanding the mystery, Situ Nan smiled in his heart, but after all, he was an old man, and he had been taken care of before, and now he should repay one or two. There's so much oil in Lake Maracaibo that it's not a big problem for Occidental to give some to Gulf Oil, and it can do more to fend off Shell's counterattack, so why not? No matter how you say it, you have the lion's share.

"You're right, we can't stop people from coming in, but even if he does, we'll make a lot of money on them first. As for Shell, they are in trouble and are now crazy to buy oil exploration permits around Lake Maracaibo, allowing them to take some of the oil fields by mistake.

I still have a lot of leased land on the west bank of the lake, and I can transfer some of it to the Gulf Oil Company, but the price should be more expensive, otherwise I will not be able to explain it to the directors of the company. ”

Situ Nan said thoughtfully. Although the Mellon family also invested in Lake Maracaibo oil in Situ Nan, and is one of the shareholders of the Panama Petroleum Development Company, they do not hold many shares, and the rest of the company's shares are in the hands of Situ Nan and other shareholders from Occidental Petroleum Company.

"Really, great!" Andrew excitedly shook Situ Nan's hand, and after realizing that he had lost his temper, he immediately regained his usual calm and wise appearance.

With Situan's approval, the Gulf Oil Company will set up its own wholly-owned subsidiary in Lake Maracaibo, and with the assistance of Panama Petroleum Development Company and PetroCaribe Petroleum Company, subsidiaries of Occidental Petroleum Company, it will acquire part of the oil fields on the west coast of Lake Maracaibo. In fact, these fields were sold to Panama and Caribbean oil companies in the official name by the Gomez family, and now they are sold to Andrew by Situ Nan for a profit.

Of course, handing over such a large area of oil fields casually is a bit of a loss for Western Petroleum Company, but for Situ Nan, it is nothing, and he naturally has a way to make up for it from other aspects.

For example, in the deal, Cummins Power & Electric received a license for advanced transmission technology and patents from Westinghouse, one of the two largest electrical giants in the East, at no cost.

This is crucial for Cummins Power & Electric Company, which is in a critical period of development, because this transaction can shorten the development time by at least 5 to 10 years, allowing Sto Nam Soon to complete the layout of power and electricity in the western region.

In Situ Nan's view, after the Western oil company won the large oil field on Lake Maracaibo, plus the two super-large oil fields of East Texas and Houston in China, the oil field reserves are not a problem at all, and even if the new oil production areas are not expanded in ten years, there are enough reserves for exploitation.

At present, in addition to carrying out the oil plan in the South Seas, Western oil companies should digest the oil fields of Lake Maracaibo while speeding up technological research and development, intensively cultivating and developing high-grade gasoline, lubricating oil and other petroleum derivatives with higher added value.

Fascinated by the "scenery" of California, this old otaku wandered around when he had time, accompanied by Situ Nan, to visit the Los Angeles oil industry, the Long Beach aircraft industry, the Fangta steel industry, and the shipbuilding industries in San Francisco and San Diego. Everywhere he went, he would ask about the company's situation in detail, and then he was silent in thought, and finally patted Situ Nan's shoulder and sighed: "California is really a godsend!" I now finally understand where your faith comes from. ”

was praised by his father-in-law, Situ Nan was very useful, but he was still worried about Beverly Hills.

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206 Weng son-in-law

206 Weng Son-in-law,

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