"Behold, look, Lincoln!" Car fan Marvis's eyes widened, staring closely at the three cars driving in the distance. It is a very special car, although it is called a small car, but the length of the body is more than seven meters, and it is definitely a big car in a small car, even compared with ordinary light trucks, it is not inferior. The most conspicuous thing on the front of the car is the silver-plated waterfall heat dissipation grille, which is also connected by a silver-plated triangle made of roofs, which look like pillars supporting the roof from a distance, and the entire front of the car is like a graphic of the front of the White House. At the top of the roof on the front, there is an Statue of Liberty made of 18-karat gold.

"Bierman, that's Lincolnje! The most luxurious car in the world! "Did you know that this kind of car has two tons of armor, the windows are bulletproof, the doors are open like a carriage, the seats inside are the best sofas, and the panels decorated inside are all the best leather or the highest grade wood." It is said that the cherry wood on the armrests of the Lincoln sofa presented by Volkswagen to the President of the United States is still in China. Flourishing. What about the one that President Ton fell......

"Come on, do you believe in this kind of thing? Chinese. Flourishing. President Don was a kid when he cut down cherry trees, can the cherry trees he can cut with an axe be as thick as your little finger? Let's not talk about whether this piece of wood was taken out by his mother to make a fire and burn lunch, even if it is still there, that little thing can be used as a sofa armrest? You might as well say that the leather on the sofa in the car was ripped off the cow, which is a little more credible. Besides, you just have to look at this car, you are not a rich man, but you can't afford this car. You don't even have enough money to buy a Beetle, so don't think about it. Biermann replied disapprovingly, putting his hands in his trouser pockets.

"It's good to take a look...... Marvis continued to stare at the three Lincolns with wide eyes, "Bierman, you say, who is this, so rich, one guy bought three?" ”

"Who knows, it's not the big rich anyway, well, except for the notoriously stingy old Mr. Rockefeller, it's all possible." Behrman looked away and said, "Don't look, Mavis, you won't be able to catch the bus if you look any further." ”

……

The three Lincolns turned a corner and drove forward a little further, entering a small, but very high-walled yard with barbed wire and watchtowers. This is the home of old Mr. Rockefeller.

As soon as the car entered the courtyard, the thick iron gate was closed, and then the people in the front and back cars quickly got out of the car, and then a man in a servant's uniform came up and opened the open door of the car in the middle. Greystone slowly stepped out of the car.

"Uncle Rockefeller's yard is just too small, and with such a high wall, and a power grid and watchtower on the wall, it's no wonder that Dad always laughs at Uncle Rockefeller for making his house a Manhattan federal prison." Although it was not the first time that Greystone had come to Rockefeller's house, every time he entered this courtyard, he would remember Scrooge's ridicule of Rockefeller.

The counterpart to the "Manhattan Federal Penitentiary" is, of course, the "Federal Penitentiary" use vehicle. Similar to Scrooge, the vehicles used by Rockefeller were also bulletproof for safety reasons. However, the similarities between the cars used in the "Manhattan Federal Penitentiary" and Greystone's current cars are also this, in general, the MacDonalds put armor on luxury cars, and Rockefeller put armor on trucks.

"Uncle Greystone!" A teenage lady walked over, "Grandpa asked me to welcome you." ”

This is Hill Rockefeller, Rockefeller's grandson.

"Ciel, how is your grandfather doing this time?" Greystone hadn't been here in months, so he asked.

"Grandpa has always been in good health." Hill replied.

Hill led Greystone into the small building, up to the second floor, and into a small living room, where he saw old Rockefeller sitting and reading today's newspaper.

"Hello, Uncle Rockefeller." Gladstone hurriedly said.

"Ah, Greystone, you've been fiddling with China again?" Rockefeller put down the newspaper in his hand and said to Greystone, "Honestly, I really don't understand why you are paying so much attention to China." China may be important in the future, but for now, I think it's a little bit early. But your dad has always been smarter than me, maybe he has his own ideas. Well, sit down on my side...... Did you come to me for something? ”

Greystone walked over to Rockefeller and sat down. Rockefeller is a little thinner than before, but this makes his figure appear taller, and seeing that although he is sitting on the sofa, his back is still straight, you can know that the body of this seventy-year-old man is still very healthy.

"Uncle Rockefeller, there are some things I need your help with." Greystone said.

"Let's talk about it." Rockefeller said.

……

"You're saying you need me to make the stocks of oil-related industries appreciate a little bit?" Rockefeller asked.

"Yes, not too much, very small, in a month or two to increase the market value of the oil industry by about three percent. I think that's enough. In this way, we can allow the investment in the market to shift to oil and shipping in an orderly manner. Gladstone replied.

"Well, Greystone, you must know that what you are trying to accomplish this time is very different from the previous ones." Rockefeller said, "We used to join forces to . . . Stocks, but all we need at that time is a short-term change in the stock market. Making such a change is a very simple thing for us, as long as we, and Morgan, don't mess around. But this time it's different, Greystone, you know, this time, we're trying to create a long-term boom. This is not the same, Greystone should know that the economy has its own laws, and it is almost impossible to artificially create a scene. ”

"Uncle Rockefeller, if I didn't even know this truth, then I would have been thrown by my father to the Philippines to pick coconuts." Greystone smiled, "Of course I know that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to artificially create a boom against the law. Before this year, though, the economic downturn had been going on for several years. There are already many signs that this recession is coming to an end. ”

"I know that, too." Rockefeller said, "It's just that over the years, the boom time between the two crises has become shorter and shorter." Even the time of the boom is significantly smaller than the time of the crisis of the recession. It is true that the last crisis has lasted so long, and many crisis factors have almost been released, and it is time for a new boom to begin. But the level of the new boom may not be as good as you need. Neither the duration nor the degree of prosperity will necessarily reach the level you need. ”

"Uncle Rockefeller, if you only consider us in the United States, it is true, but if you consider other countries, then there are new possibilities." "You know, there's still some places in the world where the market hasn't been fully developed. For example, China is now in the midst of a revolution, and now neither side of China has the power to refuse to further open its markets to the world. As a result, the total volume of the world market will also increase a little bit. In addition, there is a need for new ships in the shipping industry, so I think it is entirely possible to form a momentum of continuous expansion of shipbuilding capacity by this time next year. ”

"Maybe." Rockefeller said, "But this matter, we can't do it alone, we need to contact more people to do it together." Also, I don't have much in shipbuilding, but listening to what you said earlier, I suddenly became interested in large oil tankers. So, I hope that in the future it will be possible to get some share of the construction of tankers. Or the right of first refusal to acquire some enterprises for the manufacture of tankers in the future. and the right of priority to obtain the relevant technology transfer. ”

"Uncle Rockefeller, you should know that while the shipbuilding industry is soaring, your oil industry will also have a huge development. And, as you know, when we finally went to buy these shipbuilding companies, there was a prerequisite, and that was that the shipbuilding industry had collapsed. And the collapse of the shipbuilding industry was mostly caused by the collapse of the oil industry. I think that's when you should take the opportunity to further integrate the oil industry. If you put your money in that direction, it might work better. If you want to diversify your investments to avoid risk. Then on the shipbuilding side, we can also have joint ventures. It's also more convenient than running your own shipyard. Because in the case of a joint venture, technology or anything is not a problem. Greystone replied after a moment's deliberation.

Rockefeller was not surprised by this answer, and he knew that since Scrooge had his eye on the shipbuilding industry, he would not allow the emergence of shipbuilding companies in the United States that could compete with him at this time. If it were him, he would definitely have such an attitude. But by the time the war began, these shipyards were bound to bring in excess profits. It is also intolerable to give up such a money-making opportunity. And according to his judgment of Scrooge, Scrooge should accept the joint venture. Of course, when negotiating, we should first raise the requirements higher, and then negotiate slowly to see if we can get better terms.