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Doing business, engaging in politics, everything is so good, for Andrew, a capable and cheap father-in-law, Situ Nan only admires, although he thinks that he is not inferior to Andrew's achievements in business, but when it comes to playing politics, Situ Nan is a few streets worse than Andrew. (The first text is published in the reading room biquge.info)

Especially to be a politician in the United States, it is not a simple matter, lying without blinking, if you want to climb high, you must not only have a certain amount of financial resources, but also need extraordinary talents and insight into people's hearts.

Andrew is such a person. His three successive secretaries of the Treasury had no more perverted political evergreen than Andrew, except for an even more perverted Franklin D. Roosevelt.

At least what Stoney thinks, because when Andrew was Secretary of the Treasury, all the heavy decisions of the White House could not be made without his nod, and he was the real "uncrowned president".

Situ Nan looked at Andrew, who was sitting in a contemplative chair, his thin body crouched slightly on the sofa. Andrew had been in this position for almost half an hour since he had finished talking about Kodak, and he didn't even notice that his cigar had burned his fingers.

Laura once warned Situ Nan that Andrew often sat down alone and pondered for a long time, and he hated it most when people interrupted his train of thought. So Situ Nan didn't say anything, and kept quiet on the side.

Small man, big achievement. Concentration gave this old man who was not very tall a kind of power, and Situ Nan could feel the power in it.

The cigar is still burning in Aishang Novel, and the air is filled with the aroma of tobacco Aishang Novel Burning Web. The burning pain between his fingers made Andrew feel uncomfortable, and he subconsciously frowned and slowly woke up.

Letting go of the cigar in his hand, Andrew said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I just got distracted!" That's how it is when you're older, it's easy to get distracted. By the way, where are we? ”

"You said Eastman was the most suitable manager for Kodak." Situ Nan replied respectfully.

"Oh. That's right! This is the end of Kodak's business, which can be regarded as the beginning of a good cooperation between our two families. ”

Andrew said, and then changed the subject: "Before, I heard Robles say, you want to invest in the coal industry? ”

"I had such thoughts, but I am not familiar with Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania, so I have never had a good opportunity." Situ Nan confessed.

"Well, good vision, it's a hot time for the coal industry. Our Mellon family has a lot of experience in this industry, and in addition to coal mining and transportation, we also opened a coke company called Pittsburgh Corpus.

To make Pittsburgh's abundant coal into coke for steel smelting, even U.S. Steel had to use our Pittsburgh Corpus products. ”

Speaking of which, Andrew was a little excited.

He went on to tell about Corpus. It turned out that the company was opened two years ago, when a young man named Rust learned that the German Heinrich Corpus was raising funds to build a coke oven company, Rust approached Andrew, used his talent to convince Andrew, and finally Andrew agreed to the investment, so they left the German Heinrich Corpus and joined forces.

The Mellon family held 37.5 percent of the shares in the new company, and Rust became the president of the new company, and he took good care of the coke company and actively supported the research of metallurgical technology. With the support of the Mellon family, Pittsburgh Corpus grew rapidly, building coke ovens for the basic industry, as well as providing a complete set of by-product equipment, including coal machinery and a light oil refinery.

Moreover, by-products of coal coking, such as toluene and benzene, can be used as chemical bases for explosives.

Seeing that the war in the United States was approaching, Andrew saw a business opportunity and was now raising funds for the Pittsburgh Corpus Corp. to become an explosives factory.

"It's a good thing. I hope we can work together. Andrew said.

Well, you keep talking so much, it turns out that you want to let yourself invest in his explosives factory! Situ Nan thought to himself, but how could such a good thing fall on his head?

"With the financial resources of the Mellon family, there should be no shortage of funds for the mere explosives factory, right? Why do you want to work with me? I don't have the technology. Situ Nan asked.

"You're right, we can indeed cope with this investment with our financial resources, but you also know that there are so many opportunities for the United States to make money now, and we have to invest not only in explosives factories, but also in steel, oil, transportation and other industries.

You can't make enough money, but you can make more money by investing with more partners. I hope you will join us in our cause. ”

Andrew explained that if it weren't for the tight time, the U.S. government had not yet entered the war, otherwise with Andrew's connections, he could have received a large investment directly from the government without having to go through the trouble now.

Now it's not just the Mellon family that's doing it, it's the rest of the American family, they're desperately trying to raise money, and then they're investing heavily in all the industries that make money, and everyone knows that sooner or later the White House will make that decision.

If you don't prepare in advance, when? Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and everyone is not stupid, so let's spread the stalls one by one desperately.

Well, Situ Nan did the same, otherwise he would not have thought of investing in coal before.

Needless to say, the importance of coal is that although oil has become more and more important with the rise of automobiles, the most important energy source in the world is still coal.

Even the British Royal Navy, where most of its warships are made of coal, not to mention the vast majority of merchant ships, and although oil shows its importance, it is still too early to replace coal, so there is a lot to be done to invest in coal.

Situ Nan knows this very well, but he has never had a good opportunity, and the cost of mining coal is very large, unlike when he was exploring oil, he made money quickly, drilled an oil well, and then sold the land to become a millionaire.

And it is impossible for a person to do so many things at the same time, Situ Nan does not have three heads and six arms, his funds can only be concentrated in the industries he can see, so Situ Nan has been desperately throwing money into the Western Petroleum Company.

As for the coal industry, there is not much room for a while.

But now that Occidental Petroleum has grown, it's time to invest in other industries, so Situ Nan's ambitions have risen.

Situ Nan didn't object to Andrew's suggestion, but he felt that the Mellon family had the lion's share, and he was a little unaccustomed to it.

Situ Nan's companies are tightly controlled in his own hands, he can act arbitrarily, his orders are holy decrees, and no one else can dictate them. So naturally I don't want to be a little brother after others, even if I am a little brother, I can drink some soup.

Well, it's normal for people who are used to being the boss not to want to be the little brother, but things won't go as planned, and when you meet someone stronger than you, there's nothing to be ashamed of being the little brother behind him for the time being.

Situ Nan thought about it, and then thought about it. It's not a big deal, it's just a little obstacle in my heart, and it can be easily reversed.

Besides, isn't it a matter of time? Now my strength is not strong enough, maybe this cooperation with the Mellon family is also a good opportunity to let my career develop from this cooperation.

Besides, Andrew is still his future father-in-law, so he can't refuse him the first time he speaks, right? That's too ignorant of lifting, so I must support this cooperation and support it vigorously.

Thinking of this, Situ Nan said: "Since you can afford me, then I am not hypocritical, let's say, Andrew, how do you want to cooperate?" ”

"It's very simple, now that we've raised $30 million in funding, there's still a gap of $20 million, you can subscribe as much as you want, and if it's not enough, I'll find someone else."

Andrew said, looking at Situ Nan with gray eyes, some expectation.

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