Two people from Texas, one named Charles Bart and the other Dane L Duncan.

Charles Barth is the majority shareholder and controlling owner of the current H-E-B grocery store chain, which has more than 2,500 stores in Texas and the neighboring country of Mexico with annual sales of $25 billion.

Dane L Duncan is the founder and chairman of EPP, a gas and oil company.

What these two men have in common is that they are both super-rich in the southwestern region of the United States and both are major shareholders in Anadarko Petroleum.

And they came to Abel because they were the shareholders that Alex had told Abel about selling their shares in Anadarko Petroleum Company.

Although both of them are super-rich, they are both super-rich with a net worth of more than 10 billion dollars. The business is also mainly in Texas and the southwestern United States. But because of industry and uplift, they are not members of the Texas consortium.

At noon on the day, Malibu Beach.

Abel and Ikana's six-vein-shaped beach villa on vacation, and he received the two tycoons in the living room.

Both were old men, especially Dahn L Duncan, who looked to be seventy or eighty years old. Charles Barthes is slightly younger, but at least over 60.

In this way, the two old men who looked a little drooping and old, and Abel, a young man in his prime, sat together, and the contrast seemed very strong.

So much so that on the stairs on the second floor, Paris and Ikana, who were holding their children and preparing to leave for a lunch break, quietly made an evaluation.

"Hey, it's hard to imagine he's so young. can make so many old people respectful in front of him! ”

Paris was the first to sigh, but she remembered that before she was with Abel, her grandfather respected Abel with great respect.

Although she is a little better now, her grandfather, who is almost 80 years old, still looks very short in front of Abel, and it is difficult for people not to feel emotional.

Paris naturally knew that it was the invisible height that came with wealth and social status.

What she lamented was only Abel's actual age, and the huge disparity in his invisible height.

Ikana pursed her lips gracefully when she heard this, "This is normal. Isn't it? In our world, status is not based on age. It's wealth or power! ”

Paris was about to nod, but her pretty nose wrinkled, and she looked down and sniffed her son Barron's little ass in diaper.

"Hey, little villain. Pull the stinky ...... again Anyway, I'll deal with it first. Then take Barron for a nap, good afternoon, dear Ikana. ”

Ikana said goodbye to her and took her two twin babies back to the house for a nap.

In the noon meeting room, only Abel with David and Allen remained, as well as two guests.

“…… I already know the intentions of the two gentlemen. Yes, I will not hide it from you. I'm really interested in the two of you in terms of your stake in Anadarko Petroleum. I think you've been in contact with my people before coming here. I'm sure you already know my offer. ”

"So ......"

He smiled and looked at the two old men: "I think the two of you should be satisfied with my offer, at least not object." That's why you're here, right? ”

Abel's offer for Anadarko Oil, Dahn L Duncan and Charles Bart naturally won't have much doubt.

This is the basis of everything, otherwise how could two tycoons with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars come from Texas on purpose.

"Of course." Looking at the young man in front of him, who was a few years younger than his grandson, Dahn L Duncan was very emotional.

His grandson only knows all he knows all day is in Austin, Houston and Mexico City. In addition to wasting money, he has made no contribution to the family and society.

As for the young man in front of him, he is even younger.

But he is already a person like himself, who has to bow his head slightly in front of him, and he has to hold a big man in the kingdom of respect.

At this moment, Dahn L Duncan and Charles Barth naturally had the psychological reaction that most of the old rich Americans would have after meeting Abel Zhenren for the first time.

"There was no problem with the price. We all spoke carefully with Mr. Alex Smith before we came. ”

Dahn L Duncan said Abel's grandfather's name, and at the same time deliberately observed the expression on Abel's face.

He observed that naturally nothing was gained, and Dahn L Duncan was a little disappointed.

The old man was sure in his heart that although Abel was very young, he was definitely not the kind of waste that his grandson was.

"Dear Mr. Smith...... I...... Or should I say it's the two of us. Daan L Duncan paused at this point and looked at Charles Barth, who nodded at him before he continued:

"Bart and I came here because of the stake in Anadarko Petroleum. And because there is another thing that wants your permission. ”

"Oh? What kind of things? Abel smiled brightly.

In fact, what the two old men wanted to say, Alex had already talked to Abel. But it's not a negotiation now, of course, you have to pretend to be confused.

Maybe Charles Barth's personality is more direct, after Abel finished speaking, he said directly before Dahn L Duncan could speak:

"Mr. Smith! Honestly, Duncan and I want to join you! ”

Perhaps worried that Abel would pretend to be confused again, Charles Barthes immediately emphasized after his voice fell:

"We mean to make HEB Grocery and EPP a part of the Texas consortium! That's why we're here to help you take control of Anadarko Petroleum as soon as possible! ”

These are Charles Bart and Dane L Duncan, the two super-rich people in Texas who are worth more than 10 billion.

The reason why I made a special trip to Texas to meet him - to join the Texas consortium!

As we all know, the Texas consortium was originally one of the top ten consortia in the United States.

Each of these ten consortia is a behemoth composed of many enterprises. They represent plutocratic organizations in many places and interest groups in the United States.

Previously, the Texas consortium was a multitude of companies controlled by five families, including MacKitson, Richardson, Elkins, Hunter, and Brown.

In addition, there are more than 20 other small family controlled enterprises, and the community of interests formed through complex mutual shareholding or mutual infiltration.

In the past, although the presence of the Texas consortium in the United States was known because it was a veteran army. The industrial complex is therefore particularly strong.

But when it comes to strength, it ranks a bit at the bottom of the American consortium.

It is slightly better than DuPont, which has been infiltrated and weakened, and the Cleveland consortium, which also has no financial core, and the Mellon consortium, which has been dispersed.

But don't talk about comparing with the heroes of Mahogon and Rockfeller.

The previous Texas consortium could not even compare to the California consortium with a very similar nature.

Not to mention several old chaebols such as First Citigroup, Boston Consortium, and Chicago Consortium.

This is mainly the original Texas consortium, which is in addition to the military in the industry. Work is energy, finance is still very weak, and other industries are a mess.

Just one Texas Instruments is okay in terms of semiconductors, and the others are about equal to nothing.

Its own strength is not strong, so naturally it cannot be compared with those powerful consortia that are very strong financially and have a very comprehensive field.

Fortunately, these are all old calendars, and this is the former Texas consortium.

Today's Texas consortium, in the internal information of many people in the United States, has been called the Smith & Texas consortium, or the Texas joint consortium.

Different from the previous Texas consortium, the current Texas consortium is a combination of Smith Media, Smith Financial, and a series of other Abel's companies.

The addition of these has made this behemoth make up for its original financial shortcomings and turn it into a strong financial consortium.

At the same time, Smith Media, as well as many other strong companies in different industries, make it more colorful in terms of diversification.

So the current Texas consortium has been abbreviated as the Texas United Consortium.

Its actual influence and status have gone from being at the bottom of the hierarchy a few years ago. Now the rapid climb, surpassing Boston, Chicago, First Citi, etc., is currently only below the combined Mahogon and Rockfeller.

Such a powerful Texas consortium naturally attracted the watch-and-see of the "princes" of the American southwest who were originally reluctant to join Texas and the surrounding Texas, but were actually very powerful.

Joining a consortium, no matter which one you are, will result in a loss of autonomy and a sharp decline in one's and family's control over the company.

But there is no doubt that the benefits of being able to join a consortium and form a giant chaebol with a large number of companies are very numerous.

Otherwise, even powerful ones like Mahogon and Rockefeller would not be able to bring so many people together to form four forms of monopoly plutocracy: cartels, syndicates, trusts, and contchens.

Over the past few years, I have seen the Texas United Consortium get stronger and stronger.

Finally someone was moved and took action.

The first to act were two men, Dane L Duncan and Charles Bart.

Charles Bart is a very pure Texan tycoon, but Dahn L Duncan is not actually a Texan, and he and his business are mainly active and operating in Oklahoma and New Mexico.

However, Oklahoma and New Mexico, two poor states, have been deeply influenced and radiated by Texas, and to some extent they are the little brothers of Texas. It is also normal for the local "princes" to think of wanting to join the joint consortium.

The intention of the two old men, Abel is naturally very clear. Because since he did a game with Morgun last year, not only did he not lose, but he also mixed with them, and even got more Fed voting rights for the Texas consortium.

There are many people in Texas and around Texas who have similar ideas to those of Dan L Duncan and Charles Barthes today.

But because Abel is not in Texas all year round, he is more active in New York or Los Angeles.

In addition, his age is indeed at the level of the generation, and the older generation of bigwigs in the American Southwest are not familiar with him.

Most of these people have found Alex, Alexander, or the bush family with whom he is married.

The most people are looking for Alex, and this time the two old men are hoping to join the new Texas United Consortium with the shares of Anadarko Petroleum Company as a vote of investment through Abel's grandfather.

"Ha ......"

Hearing Charles Bart's intention, Abel, who had been prepared for this, was also very direct.

“ Why not？ Why not? ”

He even stood up directly and stretched out his hand to the two old men: "Welcome to this big family!" I hope that we stand together and can make us stronger. It can make our voices more valued in the United States! ”

The two old men were overjoyed, they both thought that they would have to tangle a little, and it might not be so easy.

didn't expect Abel's statement to be so direct.

The two old men stood up excitedly, and some scrambled to shake hands with Abel.

As everyone knows, if it was the previous Abel, it would indeed be left to them for a while before thinking about it.

But a while ago, when Abel tried to reorganize Smith Intelligence, his mentality changed again.

He looked beyond Texas, or even the United States, to the whole world.

He wanted more influence, he wanted a bigger consortium.

I want to be the real emperor!

After figuring it out, Smith Intelligence got his latest job requirements.

That is to make a list of companies that are complementary to the current Texas Consortium, and must also be independent companies that are not part of the consortium.

The list includes a wide range of companies around the world, not just in the United States.

Dane L. Duncan's EPP Oil & Gas Company, and Charles Bhatt's HBE Grocery Chain Group are on the list.

EPP, whose full name is Corporate Partner Products, Inc., deals primarily in natural gas and oil, with operations in Oklahoma and New Mexico. It's much smaller than Anadarko Oil, but if it can merge with Pacific Energy and add to Anadarko Oil's acquisition, it can go well.

At that time, Pacific Energy, which has annexed these two oil companies, will soon have a volume similar to that of giants such as the Seven Sisters of Oil!

Of course, the same size doesn't mean the same power. The rich heritage of the Seven Sisters of Oil, and their synergy with each other, are destined to be the most powerful energy giants on the planet.

Even if Pacific Energy can annex Anadarko Oil and EPP, it will at best be comparable to any of the Seven Sisters in terms of scale and volume.

Taken together, there is no company in the world, or even any country, that can match this aspect.

And the Seven Sisters of Oil, together with finance, are the main strength of Rockefeller.

From this, you can see how powerful Rockefeller is, especially now that they have merged with the Mahogun.

In terms of wealth and influence alone, there really is no family or company that can compare to them.

There are only the governors of certain powerful countries who can make them show respect.

And the HBE grocery chain, it is the retail grocery giant in the southwestern United States and Mexico. In terms of volume and scale, let's put it this way, it's right to think of it as Meiyijia here.

If Smith Supermarket and the Agricultural Group can swallow it, it can make Pacific Supermarket directly have a super brother on the periphery.

If Wal-Mart can be annexed again, then Abel's supermarket & agricultural group can even rank among the top three in the world at once.

Of course, the annexation of Walmart is hard to do. It can even be said that no one can do it.

It's not that the Walmart family is so powerful, but the strategy they choose is very powerful.

The reason why Wal-Mart is not limited to a few states or a certain region like other American supermarket groups, and rarely receives the influence of local protectionism with American characteristics.

It is because every time they go to a place to develop, they will be willing to put down their bodies to accept the investment and shares of the local "princes", and naturally become locals.

If someone really wants to buy and own Wal-Mart, it is almost a confrontation with all the American princes in terms of retail.

So in the United States, at least, no one really has full control over Wal-Mart's domestic business.

After Abel learned this, he didn't think about Walmart for a long time.

Now the addition of these two tycoons is very complementary to the Texas Consolidated Consortium, and both can strengthen their respective fields.

Abel naturally had no reason to refuse.

As for Elkins and Brown, they won't refuse, and they even wish that more people would join the better.

To put it bluntly, the consortium is capital, and the nature of capital is to multiply and expand indefinitely, and of course it will not refuse members who can grow themselves to join.

It's just that the previous Texas consortium really didn't have the ability to attract others to join, and it was a very standard local regional consortium model.

It is since the introduction of Abel as the leader, and under his leadership, he actually obtained more voting rights in the Federal Reserve, that the Texas consortium has become more and more attractive to those independent tycoons.

Under Abel's management and management, the diversification of the Big Mac was completely formed.

This is what it is today's attraction, which can be sent thousands of miles to the door to annex!

After seeing off the two jubilant old men, Abel turned and smiled and said to David and Allen:

"Go back and get ready. And it's not just HBE and EPP that need to be done. ”

Alan smiled and said, "Boss, I understand. I'm sure after Dahn L Duncan and Charles Barth, there must be many others who will be tempted! ”

The addition of Charles Barth and Dahn L Duncan will definitely not be the result of the growth of the Texas Consolidated consortium, but just the beginning.

It is different from other "old" and "big" consortia that have been formed for a long time and their internal interests have long been fixed, such as Boston and Morgun.

The new Texas Consortium has not yet secured the interests of its members. This gives other newcomers a chance to position themselves well internally.

Whether to continue to walk alone, or to enjoy the shade under the big tree.

This is definitely going to be a big thing that many companies and the controllers behind them, at least in Texas and surrounding states, and even in California and New York, have to think about.

There are not many opportunities to peacefully join a big consortium and get a good position internally!

Now that the opportunity is in front of them, those who are excited will naturally choose to act.

The two old men left, and Alan also worked overtime to get to work.

Looking at the beautiful beach and ocean not far outside the villa, Abel decided to relax again.

Since you're on vacation, it should look like you're on vacation. He went to see Ikana and the children first, and they all slept soundly during the nap.

I went to see Paris and her son again, and found that the child was still resting, but Paris was already up.

He simply pulled the eldest lady of the Hilton family out of the room and onto Malibu Beach, which looked like a tropical sandy beach.

Half an hour later, around half past three in the afternoon.

Clear and smart, as far as the eye can see, the seabirds fly freely above the sea surface under the blue sky and white clouds. The private beach directly opposite the villa is loose and clean.

The sun is a little harsh, but it's not very hot, and the cool sea breeze blowing through is very comfortable.

Paris, who has changed her clothes, wearing a set of white Abiakiani and a pair of large sunglasses, lies on a white inflatable chuang on the almost crystal clear sea surface, in the endless blue, leisurely blowing the sea breeze, enjoying the purity of nature.

Next to it was another inflatable chou floating on the sea, but this one was empty, and two ropes connected to a beautiful yacht parked there not far away.

The yacht is the Ikana. After deciding to be resident on the West Coast, she asked people to bring the yacht over, and the palatial yacht naturally rushed over this time to let the owner enjoy the vacation.

Wow –

Abel suddenly emerged from the sea, grabbed the edge of the inflatable chuang where Paris was lying with both hands, and spat out a mouthful of seawater from his mouth and landed on Paris's body.

Paris turned her head and frowned, and said coquettishly, "It's so cool......"

That's not the case with California's beaches, the sun and sand are all beautiful.

The water is generally cold, even in the hottest months, so there are usually fewer swimmers here because the sea temperature is lower

If you really want to go out into the water, it is better to have a real tropical beach.

People on the West Coast usually go to Hawaii. Those on the east coast can choose to go to the Caribbean islands.

"Wow-"

"Ahh Poof~ Abel, I won't let you go! ”

Paris screamed with a smirk, and it turned out to be a wicked smile Abel who dragged a large long moon retreat from Paris, and pulled her from the inflatable chuang, who had just been sunscreened, into the sea.

Paris screamed and fell into the water, took a sip of seawater, sunglasses hung obliquely on her face, looked at Abel who was holding her a little embarrassed, grabbed Abel's ears in horror and began to twist them a few times in annoyance.

But he was not willing to use his strength, and it seemed that it was more like a punishment than a dance.

Abel did not beg for mercy, but raised his hand high, raised the white object in his hand, and raised his eyebrows at Paris with a wicked smile.

Ahh

Another scream, Paris wrapped her hands desperately, and said coquettishly: "How can you wait for little Barron to eat like this!" ”

"Haha...... It's okay, it's not much. What's more, there is Ikana, she is full of weight. She can feed 4 at a time! ”

"She does have a lot of them...... I can't compare. But plus little Barron is only three children, how can she feed 4? ”

"Have you forgotten that there is still me? Yours is not enough for me and the child to eat, so we can only be a little aggrieved and go eat Ikana's mother's. ”

"Falk you!"

Paris: ╭∩╮╭( ̄〈 ̄)∩╮

(End of chapter)