"Mr. Chen, I didn't expect you to have an office in Washington, D.C."

Morgan looked up and down the room for décor and furnishings.

Chen Jianqiu handed over a cigar.

Morgan took it, put it under his big nose and sniffed it, and exclaimed, "Pure Cuban cigars are still of good quality smoked from you, Mr. Chen." ”

"If you like it, I'll ask them to send a box to your company when you get back."

Chen Jianqiu picked up the cigar cutter from the table and stuffed it into Morgan's generous hand.

The study was cloudy for a while.

"Sit."

Chen Jianqiu pointed to the sofa by the window and greeted the tycoon.

"You came here from Boston, you shouldn't just come to see me, right?"

The flesh on Morgan's cheeks shook.

How did the person surnamed Chen know that he was from Boston?

However, his hesitation did not let Chen Jianqiu see it.

"I'm here to talk to you about some things, and solve some problems for you by the way." Morgan gets straight to the point.

"Solve the problem for me?" Chen Jianqiu was holding a cigar in his mouth, and the corners of his mouth were already curved, "What's wrong with me now?" ”

"I've heard that the railroad from Louisiana to Texas has been broken from time to time lately, and the fighting in the southwest must have affected the business of the Western Railroad Company there, right?"

Morgan said as he observed Chen Jianqiu's expression.

Who knew that Chen Jianqiu said casually:

"Oh, you say this? It's not a big deal, and the Western Railway Company has more than 100 lines like this, and the abolition of one or two will not affect the overall situation. ”

Morgan plucked his ear piercing with his index finger and continued.

But his voice became a little quieter:

"As far as I know, the federal government is preparing some lawsuits against you, especially against the Western Railroad, which must be a bit tricky, right?"

Chen Jianqiu was silent for a while this time.

"There is a lawsuit, but the impact is not too big for the time being, you know, Mr. Morgan, my legal team is strong enough." He thought for a moment and then said.

Hard mouth!

That was Morgan's first reaction.

Chen Jianqiu, Chen Jianqiu, do you really don't know or pretend to be stupid.

If you were the same skin color as me, maybe you wouldn't have had such and such troubles.

But you are a Chinese, and you are not willing to give up those weaknesses that have dragged you down.

Businessmen, just talking business, why do you have to stir up those troubled waters?

No matter how strong your lawyer team is, you will burn money!

"The Western Railroad Company has operations in almost every western state, and if one-third of these states collectively make trouble, I'm afraid even Mr. Chen, you won't be able to clean it up, right?"

Morgan owes his body.

He didn't even wait for Chen Jianqiu to speak, he continued:

"In addition, due to the high cost of workers' treatment and service standards, I believe that the Western Railway Company is not as profitable as expected, right?"

This sentence has a bit of personal emotions in it.

Because the employees of the Western Railway Company were treated better, the union of Morgan's Eastern United Railway Company caused trouble all day long.

Experienced and capable skilled workers all ran to the west.

This was completely unimaginable before.

Leaving the bustling east behind and working in the west, where birds don't, is something that only those who can't make it in the east do.

In addition, citizens of the United States generally believe that there is no way to compare the service on the train with the Mississippi River as the boundary.

The journey to the west, which was previously full of thieves and train robbers, became comfortable and safe; On the contrary, the journey of the Eastern Railway Company often shows the phenomenon of losing luggage.

For this reason, the operation of the Eastern United Railway Company has been criticized.

Chen Jianqiu glanced up at Morgan and said in Chinese:

"You can't pull out, you can't blame the earth for not having gravity."

Morgan was stunned for a moment, with a strange expression:

"Sorry, I didn't hear you, what did you just say?"

"I mean, the Western Railroad is doing well, it's having good cash flow, and there's no risk of any bankruptcy for the time being."

Chen Jianqiu said with a glance.

"Is it so official?" Morgan frowned.

"Or else?" Chen Jianqiu said calmly.

Since the oil and salt don't come in, then Morgan won't go around the bend anymore.

He stood up.

"Mr. Chen, I hope you will be able to sell your shares in the Western Railroad Company to the Morgan consortium."

Chen Jianqiu laughed.

"Not for sale!"

Morgan's expression became serious.

"Mr. Chen, many of the Western Railroad shareholders have become unhappy with you because of your behavior in Louisiana turning a blind eye to the destruction of the railroad line. Many of them are my customers. ”

Morgan's customers here are bosses who are willing to hand over their funds to themselves.

"You're putting politics ahead of the company's interests, and they're disappointed."

Chen Jianqiu was dismissive:

"Just a few cowards? I don't dare to fart in the board of directors, so you want to help them get ahead? ”

"That's not it." Morgan said, "But the matter of doing business in partnership is like falling in love, and the twisted melon is not sweet." ”

"So you want a third party to step in?" Chen Jianqiu looked at Morgan, "Do you think it's possible?" ”

Morgan thinks it's possible.

He has always believed that everything in this world can be clearly priced.

If the other party says it's impossible, it must be that the price is not high enough.

"The current market value of the stock price is $8.5 per share, and we calculated that we would like to buy all of your shares for $10 each." Morgan offered his own price.

Chen Jianqiu didn't even reply.

"What about $10.5?" Morgan tentatively added, "Very conscientious." ”

Chen Jianqiu couldn't stop laughing:

"Mr. Morgan, you've got a good hand at it."

"When the East and West Railroads merged, you had a monopoly on railroad operations throughout the United States."

"No one can interfere with your pricing power, you can set as high as you want; If you want to reduce the treatment of employees, you can compress it as much as you want, because they have no choice but to go to your job, especially those skilled jobs. ”

"When the time comes, the money you and your boss will earn is not an astronomical amount."

"Just give me this price, it doesn't have much to do with my conscience, right?"

Morgan's mind was seen through, and he simply said directly:

"You can make an offer."

Chen Jianqiu flipped his palm over.

"Double, $17, cash, no share exchange."

Morgan almost choked on the puff of cigar he had just inhaled.

He exhaled his cigarette and thought with his hands on the couch.

And Chen Jianqiu, who was on the side, continued to blow the wind:

"Your guests should know that the Western Railroad is in very good debt, and there aren't too many risks involved."

"If the news of the merger of the two railway companies into one spreads, the stock price will not only double, but it may double or triple it."

"To tell you the truth, I'm just trying to raise my 'property defense forces' with some cash, otherwise, I won't agree to double it."

Morgan Celestials are at war.

He thought about it for a while, but still gave Chen Jianqiu a reply:

"I'm going to go back and let my team do the math and re-evaluate it before I can tell you if we can agree to the price."

Chen Jianqiu said with a smile:

"No hurry, no hurry."

Morgan shook hands with Chen Jianqiu, and then prepared to leave.

"By the way, I'll have people deliver the cigars later, remember to collect them!" Chen Jianqiu said to Morgan's back.

Morgan's team, after evaluating Chen's plan and various aspects of information, came to a conclusion:

Feasible! It's not expensive!

The value that monopoly brings is not even explained by price alone.

In the end, the deal was closed for a total price of $490 million.

Chen Jianqiu surpassed Rockefeller and became the richest man in the world.

(End of chapter)