Traveling to Boston for a business? It's the dead of night, and it would take hours to drive there.

After thinking about it for a while, Ji Cheng decided to go over. He left for Boston alone except for Tom and Derek and a few bodyguards hiding in the shadows.

The distance of two hundred and twelve miles is still relatively long, and it takes almost three and a half hours to get there. Come to the agreed location.

Dover is located about fourteen miles southwest of Boston, an affluent neighborhood where many Asians live.

Because of the sparsely populated area, each family occupies a very large area, almost an acre, and more importantly, the family income is very high, with a median income of 80,000 US dollars in the current era, making it the wealthiest town in the whole of Massachusetts.

In front of you is a luxury estate. After the car stopped at the door, Ji Chengcheng came down from the back row, he didn't go in immediately, but turned on the perception enhancement to detect the situation in the manor to prevent fraud.

On the left is a horse farm with several majestic horses. On the right is a huge beachfront with a private jetty for several cruise ships and luxury fishing boats.

Needless to say, the environment in the manor is full of greenery and flowers, like a holy place on earth.

In that mansion, bathed in natural light in dramatic open spaces, lavish copper chandeliers illuminate the room in gold.

In the palace-like living room, five men and women of different ages were sitting and chatting. A white woman in her fifties with short hair who is well-groomed said, "Do you think Ji will say yes?" ”

"It doesn't matter if you say yes or not." The fifty-six-seven-year-old man at the head said slowly: "We gave him a chance, if he can't catch it, then I can only say regret, but for him it is a loss." Ji Cheng was stunned for a moment when he saw this person, because he knew him.

If memory serves, this man should be Edward. Moore. Kennedy, who currently serves as a senator from Massachusetts, is the youngest of the three Ken brothers, who, yes, were assassinated.

As the greatest parliamentarian of the beautiful country in modern times, he has a significant influence in the beautiful country!

"That's just as well."

"If it weren't for our weakness, we really wouldn't want to bring people in."

"Well, we'll decide what to do when he's got there and talked." Three other people also commented on it. Ji Cheng used the perception enhancement to spy and found that there were some defensive forces here, but there was no ambush that threatened him.

"Let's go, let's go in." Ji Cheng walked ahead. Tom and Derek guard left and right. After communicating with the person guarding the door, the other party learned that the person who came was Ji Cheng, and hurriedly greeted him respectfully.

After a while, come inside. As soon as Ji Cheng stepped into the living room, five pairs of eyes looked over. Edward immediately stood up and let out a hearty smile,

"Hahaha, our distinguished guest is here." The other three men and one woman also stood up and smiled.

Ji Cheng also smiled and stepped forward,

"Hello everyone." Edward was the first to come up and hug him, first introducing himself, and then introducing the other four.

After Ji Cheng listened, he knew that the other four people also had a great background. For example, the seventy-year-old man was called John. Davis. Rocky is the head of the Rocky family, the core of the Boston consortium.

Another man in his eighties is named Charles. Francis. Adams IV, the former chairman of Raytheon, retired almost twenty years ago and now runs the Adams family, another core of the Boston consortium.

The other man and woman are also the heads of the Lowell and Lawrence families, two of Boston's five core families.

Robert. Lawrence and Aimee. Lowell. All of them are heavyweights! All of them are big shots!

Ji Cheng finally knew the weight of the five people he had to face today, and at the same time, he also had a hunch that the next conversation might be related to him and even the development of the entire beautiful country.

After the acquaintance, everyone sat down. After asking Ji Cheng what he was drinking, Edward asked someone to bring him a cup of hand-ground coffee.

"Ji, can you let your two bodyguards go out first?" Edward said. Ji Cheng raised his hand and waved it out, and Tom and Derek went out.

After there were only six of them left in the room, Edward showed a satisfied smile, and he didn't say anything, and said bluntly: "Ji, we called you over this time because we have an important matter to discuss. The other four laughed slightly.

Ji Cheng showed a serious expression,

"Edward, please speak."

"Well, then I'll be blunt." Edward said in surprise: "We want to pull you in!" "What?

Want to pull me in? Ji Chenglai had already thought about various possibilities before, such as the Boston consortium wanting to win over him to work for him, or the semi-partnership senior worker with higher bargaining chips than the Citi consortium, but he never thought that the other party would directly want to pull him into the gang!

This is the Boston consortium! One of the top 10 consortia in the beautiful country! Ji Chengdu felt like he was dreaming, but he was very rational and didn't rush to agree, after all, there is no good thing in the sky that falls from the sky, he asked, "What do you need me to pay?" ”

"Money, shares in your company." Edward said unhurriedly: "I know you will definitely be unhappy to say this, but the same pay is rewarded, each of our subsidiaries will give you a certain amount of shares, and give you a good division of core business projects, and then fully support you." "Charles. Francis. Adams IV added,

"If you agree to join the company, the First National Bank of Boston will also give you a certain amount of shares and the right to speak, and the six of us will have the final say in the affairs of the consortium in the future." The temptation is just too great!

Who doesn't know that Boston First National Bank is the core of the Boston consortium, if you can really get shares and enough right to speak, it is equivalent to really entering the Boston consortium, and you will also be one of the top ten consortiums in the future.

"To tell you the truth, I'm very moved." Ji Cheng said honestly: "But I don't know one thing, I'm just an investor who has made a name for himself in the financial market, yes, in the eyes of ordinary people, my fame has reached the point of thunder, but for your Boston consortium, I'm afraid I'm not too important, why should I be pulled?" "Edward, Charles. Francis. Adams IV and the other five looked at each other and smiled.

John. Davis. Rocky spoke: "Since you have been in the beautiful country for so long, you should know something about our Boston consortium, right?" ”

"A little bit of understanding." Ji Chengdao.

"Hmm." John. Davis. Lodge continued,

"As early as the early sixties, our Boston consortium ushered in a new peak, and obtained a large number of military orders, to tell you the truth, at that time, we united with the Rockefeller consortium to support Edward's brother to enter the beautiful country, but after the death of Edward's brother, our situation is getting worse, even the former allies of the Rockefeller family have abandoned us, and also planted a large number of spies under our hands, trying to find an opportunity to annex us." Aimee. Lowell sighed and said, "If we don't change, sooner or later we will be beaten down by other consortia, so ......"

"We need to find a commander who can lead our consortium to charge forward and occupy the market again!" Robert. Lawrence looked at Ji Cheng with deep eyes,

"You're our best bet."

"Oh?" Ji Cheng was curious: "Why are you so sure?" "Charles. Francis. Adams IV said with a smile: "First of all, you are a person from Huaxia, and there is no too close relationship between the major consortia of the beautiful country, we have done a survey on your background, even if you are in Huaxia, you do not belong to any big family, that is to say, you are rootless duckweed, if you are a partner, don't worry about your betrayal." Ji Cheng bowed his head slightly to indicate that he was listening.

Charles. Francis. Adams IV raised his hand,

"Secondly, you have offended the Rockefeller family, the Citigroup Group, the State Street Group and the Pioneer Group, Citigroup and Rockefeller are powerful as old consortia, you can't deal with it alone, as for the State Street Group and the Pioneer Group also belong to their own consortium, although they do not belong to the top ten consortia, but the current strength is no worse than our top ten consortia in the United States, especially the State Street Group, it is based in Boston, and we form a competition, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, we can rest assured to pull you into the gang."

"What's more, you're a very capable person!" Edward took the conversation,

"Your ability in the financial industry is beyond our imagination, and our Boston consortium is relatively weak in the financial sector, mainly engaged in the textile industry, as for commercial banks, insurance companies and investment companies and even military factories, we have them, but the problem is that these are not enough to compete with other consortiums, the main reason is that the financial sector is a little weak, and we need a strong person to take charge of the expansion of the territory." John. Davis. Rocky Lao Yifu said inspirationally: "Ji, as long as you join us and make a little brilliant record, you can also lead the First National Bank of Boston in the future, how about it?" Interested in joining? "Drawing such a big pie for himself, Ji Cheng is really hard to refuse.

But reason told him that it was not so easy to join the gang, and there must be other aspects to pay.

"Is it really okay if I pay the money and the company's shares?" Ji Cheng asked the few people in front of him again. Edward smiled: "This is the most important thing, in addition, you have to marry a woman of any of our five families, and the children born next also need to marry the other four families, this has been the case for generations, only marriage can make us closer." "In ancient and modern times, large families like to maintain relationships through marriage.

Ji Cheng knows this very well, he is actually not against marriage, otherwise how can others believe you?

"I don't have a problem with that." Ji Cheng felt that he could agree after carefully weighing the weight of interests, but he still had a question,

"I only have one question, that is, if I move in, will I be able to keep the core industry?"

"You mean Joaquin Capital?" Edward asked. Ji Cheng nodded,

"Yes." Edward frowned and said: "We just told you that the Boston consortium needs a strong head of the financial sector, if you keep Joaquin Capital, how can we trust you wholeheartedly?" "Alas.

You can agree to anything, even marry Ji Cheng, but Huajin Capital is the core, and it is impossible for him to share it with others.

On the surface, the strength of Joaquin Capital is much worse than that of Boston First National Bank, and it seems that the merger is a good thing, but for Ji Cheng, he can search for countless get-rich-quick information from modern society, and it is only a matter of time before Joaquin Capital reaches the scale of Boston First National Bank.

"I beg my pardon for not being able to say yes." Ji Cheng refused,

"There's no way I'm going to share it with anyone." Edward, John. Davis. Rocky and Charles. Francis. Adams IV and the others showed a look of disappointment when they heard this, they never thought that Ji Cheng would be able to refuse after weighing such a huge temptation, I have to say that the young man in front of him has too strong self-control.

"Otherwise, we don't want Huajin Capital, but all subsidiaries of Huajin Capital, each of us needs to get a certain amount of shares, and you use these shares to exchange shares in its properties with us, and similarly, Boston First National Bank shares can't be given to you." Edward took a step back,

"But we can support Huajin Capital to set up a national bank, if there is business in the future, and Boston First National Bank will advance and retreat together, do you approve of this proposal?" Charles. Francis. Adams IV added: "You still have to marry us." "This is a disguised way to let myself join the Boston consortium, but the core industries have not been merged.

Ji Cheng didn't hesitate this time,

"Okay, I'll join!"

"Haha, good, good."

"You're welcome to join us!"

"Ji, I want to remind you, if your subsidiaries and our cross-shareholdings, the company's funds are not less, at least each subsidiary has one billion assets, there is no problem, right?"

"There's no problem with that."

"Well, I'll ask someone to give you a copy of our industrial structure map, and you need to set up some subsidiaries in the structure chart after you go back, and then after injecting funds, we will exchange shares, and then go public to roll up money." Ji Cheng reached an agreement with everyone and signed the contract that night.

…… Early in the morning, back home. Ji Cheng let Tom and Derek go to sleep, and he sat on the sofa in the living room and looked at the structural diagram.

For example, the Boston consortium has a large stake in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is the de facto controller, and they use MIT's research to develop emerging technology industries, from the textile industry to electronics, optics, space, and missiles.

For example, Textron Company, which is ostensibly engaged in the textile industry, is actually engaged in the development of the aerospace industry and the electronics industry, and has more than 70 subsidiaries, including Bell Helicopter Company.

In addition, large enterprises such as Raytheon and Polaroid belong to the Boston consortium. In fact, many companies here are not too much of a problem for Ji Cheng to cross-sharehold, but in the military industry, he really has no clue.

I don't have a military industrial enterprise, even if I set up a military industrial enterprise, I don't have anyone familiar with it, how can I cross-hold shares with Raytheon and Textron?

Is it possible to acquire a military industrial enterprise? Ji Cheng thought about it and used his brain, he felt that it was time to acquire a military industrial enterprise, the top ten consortia of beautiful countries, which one of them did not own military industrial enterprises?

More importantly, he can get a lot of information on more advanced thermal weapons from modern society, and if he buys a military factory, it seems that he has a very promising future.

Thinking of this, Ji Cheng directly picked up the phone and dialed Steve. White's call. Both, all both. The call was quickly connected.

There was a call from Steve. White's slightly sleepy voice,

"Hello?"

"It's me." Ji Chengdao. Steve. White came to the spirit all of a sudden,

"Mr. Cheng." Ji Cheng said: "Today, I will find out which military factory is for sale, I want to buy a military factory." ”

"Uh, you're going to buy a military factory? Are there any special requirements? "Steve. White asked. Ji Cheng blinked and said, "It's not too much of a requirement, as long as it's a military factory." "Steve. White smiled: "I happen to have a military factory seeking to be acquired, I saw that they were not doing well and hesitated, since the boss you want, I will contact Colt tomorrow?" ”

"Colt?" Ji Cheng was stunned for a moment, of course he knew about this military industrial enterprise, after all, this company had created a myth in the history of light weapons, as long as the boys who loved thermal weapons a little bit basically knew more or less.

Colt is best known for producing firearms, such as revolvers, rifles, and more. But if Ji Cheng remembers correctly, Colt should be sold to Hording Company this year, how did he still find Huajin Capital?

"Are you sure it's Colt?" Ji Cheng asked.

"Yes, it's Colt Corporation in Connecticut." Steve. White remembers it well: "Their boss came to me and proposed two proposals, the first was $50 million in financing, giving us 65 percent of the shares, and the other was $85 million in a wholly-owned acquisition. Ji Cheng thought for a while,

"Make an appointment with them, I'll inspect it today or tomorrow, and if it's really okay, I'll say yes for $85 million."

"Okay, I'll make an appointment." Steve. Whiteley went on his mission. Hang up.

Ji Cheng sat on the sofa and couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect that he was just an ordinary young man in modern society, but now he was going to become an arms dealer in this time and space.

Connecticut is very close to New York, about a hundred kilometers. As long as Colt gave an answer, Ji Cheng could drive over.

How many men are not interested in firearms? Ji Cheng was naturally interested, and he couldn't wait to go to Colt now.