Chapter 159 [The Stillman Family]
Yang Nianzhong couldn't help but move in his heart when he heard this, it seems that his valuation of the Declaration of Independence is quite accurate. This made Yang Nianzhong feel very proud, because Yang Nianzhong's job was to participate in the warehousing auction organized by the Federation of Warehousing Companies.
Although he was looking for treasure in the garbage heap, he participated in countless auctions of all sizes, although he had never made such a big deal, but the valuation was accurate, which made Yang Nianzhong very proud, and looked at Griffin and said with a smile.
"So Uncle Griffin, in your opinion, which family has the strength to buy this declaration of independence in my friend's hand."
Griffin smiled slightly, looked at Yang Nianzhong and said. "David, in the eyes of us ordinary people, this Declaration of Independence is a priceless treasure, if in the eyes of those big families, this Declaration of Independence is just one of their collections, nothing more than a tool to show off and exchange for benefits."
"Or with which political family, get in touch with it as political capital in exchange for the benefits they need, in fact, it is a commodity to exchange, and the buyers who can buy this Declaration of Independence have in the United States."
This sentence is quite hurtful, but you have to admit that it is a fact, even the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are two conglomerates, and even the dollars used by ordinary people are issued by the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve is also an individual, the economic lifeblood of a country, and it is controlled by those big families, and such a wealthy family is called a real top wealthy family.
Griffin was very happy today, and at the same time, there were some ingredients that Yang Nianzhong showed off in front of his eyes, and he drank the wine in the cup before he said with a smile. "David, you also know that I work at Citibank, so do you know what kind of bank Citibank was formerly and which family it served? Do you know how powerful the boss behind me is? ”
Yang Nianzhong shook his head, lit a cigar and said with a smile. "Uncle Griffin, these are not something that a little person like me can touch, you can tell me about it, let me have a number in my heart, and see if the money is insured in Citibank."
"Hahahaha, David, you can really joke, let me tell you this, Citibank, the boss behind it has two families, one is the Stillman family, and the other is the Rockphil family."
"Compared to the Rockefeller family, which is always so high-profile, and the other boss, the Stillman family, is not so famous, in your Chinese parlance, that is, the Stillman family is very low-key, and the low-key ones are not noticeable."
Yang Nianzhong nodded with a smile and said, "Keep a low profile, what's wrong?" Aren't we those Hollywood stars who live in the spotlight and don't even have a little secret, right? ”
"If I had money, I would be very low-key, but unfortunately I was born at the wrong time, if I was born in the last century, I would definitely develop the Yang family into the top wealthy family, and the Federal Reserve will be fortunate to have a share of the Yang family."
Seeing Yang Nianzhong's stinky fart, his mother Yang Lan patted his head and said with a smile. "Your kid is not ambitious? If you were born in the last century, you would be poorer than you are now, and you don't know that the last century was Chinese exclusion. ”
Yang Nianzhong hurriedly raised his hand to surrender, and his mother was right in everything he said, and at this time, Griffin on the side said with a smile. "Let's go on to say that Citibank was founded very early, controlled by two families, and was hit hard by the worldwide economic crisis of the 30s, and to be honest, it suffered a lot of losses at that time."
"But where is the background of the two families, especially the Rockefeller family, who controls the oil resources, and every barrel of oil pumped out is in dollars."
"In the wave of mergers that began in the 50s, First Citibank came back to life, and in 1955 it merged with First Bank of America and changed its name to First Citibank. It was only changed to its current name in 1962, and the old people basically knew it, and your mother and I also knew it. ”
Yang Nianzhong turned his head to look at his mother, and his mother Yang Lan also nodded to Yang Nianzhong, proving that Griffin was right. Don't look at Griffin's excitement right now, it's a bit like showing off, but when he mentions his boss, it's not easy, there must be something going on in it.
Sure enough, when Griffin saw Yang Nianzhong's sudden realization, he still said with a smile. "Do you know the Federal Reserve? Do you know which families the Fed is controlled by? One of them is our boss, the Stillman who controls the Federal Reserve. ”
Yang Nianzhong leaned back in his chair and looked at Griffin and said. "Uncle Griffin, you've told me so much, your boss's family's glorious history is not just to show off, this declaration of independence, the potential buyer is the Stillman family, am I right?"
Griffin snapped and gave a thumbs up. "David, I just like the cleverness of your kid, and that's right, the potential buyer of this Declaration of Independence is one of my bosses, the Stillman family."
At this point, he sat down, patted his chest and said. "I work in Citibank's art inspection team, and my job is scored in two ways, one is personal mortgage credit, and the other is to participate in those top auctions to verify the authenticity of artworks."
"Because my two boss families are so rich, the poor have only money left, and their only hobby besides eating, drinking, and having fun is collecting art, they like to buy everything, and they never ask the price, as long as you sell it."
At this time, Griffin quietly lowered his body and beckoned to the mother and son, and the three heads touched together, and Griffin said. "I heard that in the underground castle vaults of my two boss families, there are mountains of art comparable to the gold reserves of a small country, and you say how many things they have collected."
"And this one, David, your friend brought it, the Declaration of Independence is so rare that it is more attractive than any work of art. So David asked me to help introduce buyers, and very simply, my boss was the best buyer. ”
Sure enough, no matter who the other party is, Yang Nianzhong just agrees to spend money to buy the Declaration of Independence in his hand. At this time, Griffin stopped squeaking, looked at Yang Nianzhong with a smile, and looked at Yang Nianzhong with a little hair, and suddenly Yang Nianzhong leaned back in the chair, looked at Griffin and said.
"Uncle Griffin, although this Declaration of Independence is not mine, but my friend entrusted me, I will earn a benefit fee from the middle, and your commission is indispensable, you make a price, and I will discuss it with my friend."
This is the duty of a businessman, who will take the risk of matching others to do business in vain, if it is not beneficial, who will do it? What's more, Yang Nianzhong said that this declaration of independence was not his, but a friend entrusted him to sell it.
Yang Nianzhong also earns benefits from the middle, so Griffin can't work in vain, right? Seeing that Yang Nianzhong was so sensible and said it himself, Griffin wanted to say what he wanted to say the most. Griffin felt very happy, and after thinking about his usual participation in major auctions around the world, he carefully calculated the commission for buying artworks, and looked at Yang Nianzhong and said.
"David, what do you think of 1%? Uncle told you that I really don't want much, if you give me a job for my boss, I can't get off without 2.5%, I'll give you 1%. ”