"Sir, even if I get the design drawings of the other party, the other party may increase the height due to competition, the best way is to let the other party build the building first, and we will build it again, so that we will definitely be able to surpass them."

William. Ram patiently persuaded.

At present, the construction industry has an annual output value of more than 10 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to the automobile and electrical industries, and is the three pillars of the US economic prosperity.

Thanks to these nouveau riche, architects in the United States have a very prosperous life, and this time they don't want to let go of the millionaire in front of them!

Rascob thought about it for a while, and felt that it made sense, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart and snort coldly: "Let that Chrysler villain be proud for a few days!" ”

In fact, the real reason is that the Chrysler Building has already started construction, and the Empire State Building is still just an idea, and it will not be able to complete the design draft, raise funds, buy the land, contact the builders, etc., such a huge project can not be started today and tomorrow, and it will take a year and a half to start at the earliest, and the Chrysler Building will be almost completed at that time.

In terms of building design, in addition to surpassing the height of the Chrysler Building, Lascob also had his own unique idea, requiring the designer to design an airship mooring tower on the roof.

Airship was the most common mode of intercontinental travel in the twenties, and airship routes were opened between the United States and Europe, which only a few wealthy people could enjoy, except for the slower flight speed, the enjoyment on the airship was not much different from the later Boeing and Airbus aircraft.

"Imagine an airship flying from Europe to New York landing directly on the roof of a skyscraper in Manhattan, and passengers coming down from the sky standing in the world's most luxurious building, must feel at home, and it is also a luxury experience that has never been seen before! Such an honor can only belong to the Empire State Building, can't it? ”

Lascob envisioned that the idea of building an airship mooring tower on the roof of the building was more than just a reflection of his creativity. It also shows his shrewdness as a businessman. Once realized, this initiative alone will already overpower the Chrysler Building.

William. Ram didn't think that getting an airship mooring tower on the roof of the building had any artistic bonus effect, but he thought it was quite silly and cheesy, he looked at Lascob with a smug face, and had to admit it in his heart. The millionaire in front of him is really a millionaire, and even his breath has the smell of money, and when he conceives how to design the roof of the building with artistic beauty, he has already figured out how to make money!

The owner of the gold cannot be offended, and the idea of the owner of the gold cannot be refused, even if people want to design the Yuan Bao Building by themselves, they have to do what they are told.

But Rascob's words reminded William. Ram, who praised against his will: "The idea of a mooring tower is very good, not only practical. It can also increase the height of the building, and it is certainly no problem to surpass the height of the Chrysler Building. ”

William. Ram assured that he had thought of something, and he reminded Lascob: "It is said that the German Zeppelin company is building the most luxurious airship in the world, they are the largest airship manufacturer in the world, and if you contact them, I think they will give us some good advice for our airship mooring tower." ”

Lascob nodded: "The Germans do build airships, and their airships flew to London to bomb in the last world war. Frightened the British. Hehe. ”

Rascob smiled and agreed to the designer's proposal to communicate with Zeppelin. Don't forget to tell the other party to keep it secret, and never leak this idea, in case it is plagiarized by the Chrysler Building.

The news that Lascob was looking for a designer and visiting an architectural firm was soon learned by the media, and everyone said that Lascob was really going to do a big job and compete with Chrysler.

Walter. Chrysler was dismissive of this. Only the Chrysler Building is a true masterpiece, and his automobile empire is like the Fifth Avenue building, which is getting taller and taller day by day, sturdy and solid, and at the same time about to reign over the world, like the Chrysler Motor Company stock price on the New York Stock Exchange!

After receiving the design task. William. Ram quickly sketched a draft of the Empire State Building, but the design was overturned several times and never impressed Lascob.

In the end, the pencil design was approved by Lascob, which means that the Empire State Building will be like an upside-down, stout and tall pencil, with a long nib, reaching into the sky!

After completing the design of the building, the location of the building became a problem for Lascob.

Unfortunately, he had his eye on Fifth Avenue, especially the place at 350, but unfortunately it was the address of the Chrysler Building, and now it is difficult to find a good plot of land on Fifth Avenue, so he can only find it elsewhere.

I finally found a suitable site at Cooper School on Lexington Avenue in east Manhattan, which was a good place, and it turned out that the Chrysler Building almost took a fancy to it, but later abandoned the choice on Fifth Avenue.

Building a high-rise building in Manhattan, where every inch of land is expensive, is one thing to have more money and less money, and fancy a piece of land with a good location and a large place may not be able to use money to solve the problem.

At Morgan & Co. at No. 23 Wall Street, William Financial Holding Company on the corner of William Avenue is "not good-looking", and the floor is not high, but it can't be bought for any amount of money.

After looking for a long time, Lascob was not satisfied with the rest of the place, and finally chose the land at Cooper School.

If Situ Nan knew that the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building had "changed places", he would definitely find it interesting.

But now he is in Macy's on Seventh Avenue, with bags in his hands, and he is coming out of the department store with a bitter face following his wife Laura, Andy, and daughter Alice.

I don't know how the news got out, I ran to the Hudson Riverside villa to meet Kuzdova a few days ago and was noticed by Laura, Laura was unhappy, she would pull Situ Nan to go shopping, and then hang bags on Situ Nan, and after tossing Situ Nan, the anger was almost gone.

Situ Nan also knew this, and he didn't resist it, and he wouldn't let the bodyguards around him help.

"Daddy seems tired, should I help him?" Little Alice shook Laura's hand and pleaded with Laura.

Laura glanced back at Situ Nan, and saw that he was sweating profusely, so he looked embarrassed, and she was distressed and angry, but she didn't give Situ Nan a good look. Immediately turned his head to his daughter and said, "Alice is really sensible, unlike some people who are always dead and unchangeable. You go and help Daddy get something, just one! ”

Alice happily took two steps back and said to Situ Nan, "Dad, I'll help you get something." ”

"Alice is really my little angel!" Situ Nan was very happy in his heart, and deliberately picked the lightest bag for Alice.

Since Alice is so sensible, Andy next to him has to react. He didn't say anything, just came to Situ Nan's side with interest, smiled, glanced at Situ Nan, took two heavy bags from Situ Nan's hands, and carried them one by one.

"This kid still has some eyesight!"

Situ Nan looked at Andy's figure and smiled, feeling in his heart, before he knew it, he had grown taller to his waist, and the family went shopping at the mall together. It's really not too many times to have a good time.

Maybe it's because he doesn't spend too much time with Situ Nan, Andy's feelings for Situ Nan are not as dependent on Situ Nan as his sister Alice, on the contrary, he doesn't talk too much, and he has a bit of a youthful and old taste.

Situ Nan can say that there are almost no expectations for his children, as long as they don't steal, rob or cheat, it doesn't matter if they will be beggars or rich in the future.

Of course, this is his wishful thinking. Laura will not allow this to happen and attaches great importance to the education of her children. Since childhood, the number of tutors has not exceeded 5.

A few years ago, Situ Nan bought a five-story luxury apartment on Fifth Avenue, which was usually vacant, and Laura lived here when she arrived in New York.

By the time the car passed by the Chrysler Building, it had become a large construction site, which was fenced off by a net and had been built more than 10 stories high.

Laura shifted her gaze from the car window to Situ Nan's face. She saw the news of the Chrysler Building in the newspapers when she was in Washington, and the social circles in Washington were also discussing the New York nouveau riche wanting to build skyscrapers, but Situ Nan never told her about it.

The William family was the majority shareholder of the Chrysler Motor Company, and she knew it, so she asked curiously: "This is the car company building, and it will be built with 100 floors?" ”

"Walter has always wanted to do this. Promote his fame with a skyscraper. I had seen the design of the building, it was very beautiful, and there was a chance for our family to have a candlelit dinner on the rooftop. ”

Situ Nan said with a smile.

When it came to the candlelight dinner, he noticed a glint in Laura's eyes, and she was moved, feeling a long-lost romance.

"Okay!" Laura looked at Situ Nan and nodded with a smile.

When he returned home, he rarely talked about business, and rarely brought business with him, unless he felt it was necessary, such as when it came to the William Foundation, and he would talk to Laura.

This is his husband, no matter how many earth-shattering things he has done outside, he is always so quiet and reliable by his side, he is versatile, but he rarely shows off, and only the closest self to him knows that he has a big and deep heart.

Yes, Laura had never seen anything else in the house, except for the small safe that supposedly contained the will and diary, and Laura had browsed everything else in the house, Stuart Nan's collection, the company's share documents, Stuart Nan's book manuscripts, the records he recorded, and his various design manuscripts.

When Situ Nan was not at home, she admired Situ Nan's secret of opening a room to the outside world more than once.

If she hadn't lived with him for so many years, she would never have known that there was such a legendary figure in the world but there was no one in the world.

Situ Nan did not avoid Laura in many things, and even the will in the safe deposit box was shown to Laura, once Situ Nan encountered an accident, Situ Nan's property in his name would be donated to the William Foundation, and Laura would be the only designated person to manage the William Foundation. "What's wrong? What do you think? ”

Situ Nan saw that Laura didn't speak, looked at himself and wandered, and felt that she was a little strange, oh, those things at home, Situ Nan also knew that Laura had seen it, except for the "rebirth" diary that no one could understand, and now at home, he didn't have to worry about Laura.

"You said you had seen the design draft of the Chrysler Building, and I suddenly remembered that I had seen a design sketch of a building you drew a few years ago, and it seemed to be marked with Chrysler, I wonder if the building will be completed in the future like you painted?"

Laura asked.

"Is there one? I don't remember doing this, maybe I painted it before, and I forgot it after a long time. ”

Situ Nan said calmly, and said, "I have met the designers of the Chrysler Building, and I have also put forward a lot of opinions. Maybe there are similarities. ”

Such an understatement of explanation, I don't know if it will convince Laura.

"I was thinking that if I took out the manuscript of a book that you were a book for, maybe I would soon be famous. Or maybe become a musician or something. ”

Laura said with a smile, according to her investigation, this treatment is only available to her, and Situ Nan didn't leave many drafts, designs and other things with other women.

"Then I thought. Since you don't want to show off, then I can also covet this unique secret. ”

Laura smiled.

Situ Nan smiled, looking "whatever you want".

In addition to the sketches of the building, the secrets that Situ Nan left at home, as time goes on, Laura will find more coincidences, which is not sure, but believe in her personality, and soon entangle these things.

After this more in-depth exchange meeting, the relationship between the husband and wife seems to be deeper. What made Situ Nan even happier was that Laura was pregnant again, and their third child was about to come.

Situ Nan was happy, but he did not forget to help Song Zi'an enter the American automobile industry.

At a banquet, Situ Nan congratulated Sloan General Motors on the commissioning of its new plant in Buffalo and did not forget to introduce Song Zi'an to Sloan.

Although from a business perspective, Situ Nan is a competitor of General Motors, Situ Nan and Sloan have a good relationship. At the same time, he has no contradiction with Song Zi'an, and is very willing to give Situ Nan a face. Teach Song Zi'an, a dream chaser, a little experience.

"Mr. Sloane, Lascob has gone to the competition to build a tall building, and this has satisfied both you and Pierre."

Stuart smiled at Sloan, making a small mention of the delicate relationship between Lascob and them.

Stuart does not usually get involved in Chrysler Automobile Company affairs, and can comment on the American auto industry with a detached attitude.

Sloan was not annoyed either, smiled and nodded: "Mr. Rascob's resignation is a loss for General Motors. I regret it very much. ”

Sloan asked Stuart in turn, "I remember that Mr. William didn't approve of early consumption, why did Chrysler also engage in installment payment later?" ”

"It can only be said that human nature is greedy, and high profits make people forget about risks."

Situ Nan shrugged and said lightly. Sloan's bit of sarcasm can't be hurt at all, installment payments and early consumption can't be said to be bad things, Situ Nan has reminded major companies to pay attention to risk control, and as for what steps those managers have taken, he has no idea.

"Compared to Wall Street's junk stocks, I don't think that risk is a problem for car companies."

Situ Nan said again.

Sloan nodded, he also saw the hidden risks behind the economic boom, Chrysler and General Motors have issued new shares this year and are sought after by investors, but those companies on Wall Street have sold junk stocks with a few pieces of news and then touted it, which makes the auto giants with impressive performance support a little unhappy.

However, Sloan and Stuart did not forget to congratulate each other on the success of the new stock offering, and Sloan also mentioned the recent acquisition of Dodge and Willis by Chrysler Motors.

"High, medium and low, multiple brands support each other and cooperate to fight competitors, this is what GM is good at, and we have to learn from it recently."

Situ Nan smiled, and Sloane's face was embarrassed.

He appreciates Sloan's strategy of working together to defeat competitors.

"With the exception of Ford, which used to produce only black Model T, and now only produces black Model A, Chrysler Motors' product lines are increasingly overlapping with General Motors, and even the auto finance business is similar."

Sloane shook his head with some distress at Situ Nan's straightforwardness.

Of course, people who are so proud of him will not think that Chrysler cars can surpass General Motors, and he thinks that he is the strongest manager in terms of company management and integration ability in the automobile industry!

Walter. Chrysler is certainly good, but when everyone was eating in Detroit, he was already an assistant to General Motors President Durant!

If it weren't for Walter. Chrysler was lucky, was favored by Situ Nan, and received a huge investment from the William consortium, and there are no Chrysler cars today?

"Compared to Walter, I think Mr. William is the best car dealer! Walter, I've known him for many years, and I think he's very good at reorganizing the company and reforming it drastically, but he is far inferior to Mr. William when he sees through GM's strategy at a glance.

In the past few years, it has not been Mr. William who has been pointing the fingers at Chrysler Motors, I don't think Chrysler cars will be able to overtake Ford and go toe-to-toe with General Motors so quickly. ”

Sloan complimented Situ Nandao and glanced at Situ Nan sincerely.

These words fell in the ears of Song Zi'an next to him, Song Zi'an admired his third brother-in-law Situ Nan even more, didn't he see that the CEO of General Motors admired the third brother-in-law?

In this regard, Situ Nan smiled slightly, as if he was happy to get Sloan's affirmation, and also seemed to be because of his natural self-confidence, in short, not to the point where others praised him and floated up, he nodded, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence that Chrysler Automobile's multi-brand strategic layout has his will: "If Walter listened to you, maybe he would be a little unhappy, because Mr. Sloan, you have already discouraged my partner and the CEO of the best car company." Personally, I prefer the oil and energy industries, and it's more rewarding to play against the world's giants. ”

That's crazy to hear!

Song Zi'an thought to himself, as if he was saying to the CEO of the world's largest automobile company, I am not interested in competing with you, otherwise I may really pull you down!

Song Zi'an "mixed" with Sloan for a while, gained a little experience, and later followed Sloan back to Detroit to visit General Motors.

And, of course, Ford cars. (To be continued.) )