A week later –

"Du, it's 300 million dollars here!"

In the office of the Rose Group, the bigwig William Chen pushed the check for 300 million funds to Du Yongxiaodao.

"I will deposit all this money in Chase Bank in the United States according to your wishes-—— I know that you and Chase Bank boss Rockefeller are good friends."

William Chen opened the cherry cigar box from the desk, took out a cigar and cut it with a cigar knife, and handed it to Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao took the cigar, roasted it, took a puff, glanced at the checks with a smile and said, "This is our first cooperation, according to this extent, how much more can you estimate?" ”

William Chen also lit a cigar and smoked: "

500 million can't run, if you get those treasures of Fox, at least 800 million. ”

Du Yongxiao smiled, "Okay, a word is a certainty." ”

"Well, you answered so simply, it makes me a little jealous."

"Jealous of what?"

"I've been doing auctions for so many years, and it's rare to help people earn 300 million at a time, but you have it at your fingertips, and now you have to make 800 million, do you think I'm jealous?" William Chen shrugged his shoulders and made a jealous expression.

Du Yongxiao laughed: "You also charge a lot of fees, don't you?" ”

"Well, I also made a lot this time, 300 million, and I also have millions!" William Chen said sincerely, "So we have a happy cooperation!" ”

As he spoke, William Chen stretched out his hand towards Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao shook hands with him.

"Chen, to be honest, have you considered -——" Du Yongxiao sat down again, biting his cigar and brewing his words.

"Consider what?"

"Take Christie's."

"Huh?"

"Christie's—" Du Yongxiao shrugged, "I don't like them." ”

William Chen smiled: "If you are unhappy, you want me to buy it?" ”

"Yes."

"Will you help me?"

"Yes."

"Are there any conditions?"

"What do you say?"

William Chen sighed, "I know!" Well, you say, what conditions? ”

"I'll help you win Christie's, you help me contact Mercado, and I'm going to take a stake in Mercado's media group."

"Ah, this -——," William Chen pondered, "Mercado is a very dictatorial person, I'm afraid he's—"

"Just help me ask him out." Du Yongxiao flicked his cigar with a determined expression, "I'll take care of the rest." ”

"Okay then, deal!"

The two covered their hands again.

……

Golf course.

Mercado swung his club, went over the green, and hit a nice straight shot.

Du Yongxiao appeared from behind him, biting his cigar and clapping, "Good ball!" ”

Merkeldo smiled and looked at Du Yongxiao: "Du, William Chen has already told me that you want to invest in my media group, right?" ”

"Yes." Du Yongxiao held his cigar and looked at Merck to take a puff of smoke, "You should know that I now own Polygram Records, as well as Fox and Paramount Pictures." If you want these companies to do well, you have to control public opinion-—— and for me, the best way to do this is to use your media group, which can save a lot of time. ”

Mercado fiddled with the club and said with a smile: "Indeed, my media group has various resources in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and has more than 30 newspapers and magazines, as well as five television stations, and more than a dozen radio stations, and I am also preparing to acquire The Times and The Sun, as well as Sky TV in the United States." ”

After Mercado finished speaking, his eyes looked deeply into Du Yongxiao's eyes: "Mr. Du, to be honest, I admire you very much, you are a hero, it can be seen from the last time, many bigwigs and tycoons are willing to associate with you, and I feel honored to be able to meet." But -——"

Mercado paused, her eyes burning: "But if you want to take a stake in my media group, this matter is still a little difficult." ”

"Why?" Du Yongxiao walked to the rest chair under the sun lounger next to him, turned around and sat down.

Someone next to you brought fruit plates, snacks, beer, soft drinks and juices.

Du Yongxiao pinched a broad bean and threw it into his mouth, chewing and looking at Mercado with a smile.

Merk hesitated for a moment, walked over and sat next to Du Yongxiao: "The reason is very simple, I don't want my company to be controlled or controlled. ”

Du Yongxiao nodded: "Indeed, if I become a shareholder, I will become a major shareholder, and I will not make a small fuss, and it is likely to influence your company." ”

Mercado handed the club to the caddie next to him, "That's the way it is. As I said just now, you are a strong man, no matter what you do, you will be very strong, and I, similar to you, am also a very strong person. ”

"I'll let you take a stake in Fox!" Du Yongxiao said suddenly.

"Huh?" Merck was stunned for a moment.

Du Yongxiao happily ate broad beans, looked at Mercado and said, "If you are not satisfied, you can add Paramount." In this way, you have me, I have you, we are all major shareholders of each other, O is not OK? ”

Mercado's mind hasn't turned yet.

"You're saying you're willing to let me take a stake in Fox and Paramount?"

"Yes, I made it very clear. As long as you are willing to speak, I will promise you. Du Yongxiao threw the last broad bean into his mouth, pulled a napkin to wipe his hands and mouth, and crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the paper basket.

Mercado: "That I-"

"I'll take a stake in your media group, $300 million!" Du Yongxiao stretched out three fingers, "If you want, I can sign a contract with you now and pay you!" ”

"Similarly, if you want to take a stake in my film company, you can also take out 300 million US dollars privately, how about it, think about it?" Du Yongxiao smiled and made an inviting gesture to Merck.

Merkeldo couldn't cry or laugh, "Du, don't play with me!" I know you've been auctioning recently, and you can take out $300 million at your fingertips! I'm different from you, all my money is in the group, and the private ones are very poor, not to mention 300 million, 100 million is a bit difficult. ”

Mercado thinks Du Yongxiao is playing himself.

Du Yongxiao took out 300 million yuan in his private name to invest in Merck Multi Media Group. In this way, Du Yongxiao can become a well-deserved major shareholder.

As for Mercado, he looks very rich, but the money is in the company, especially he is an acquisition maniac, in order to buy newspapers, magazines, television stations, etc., and now he still owes a lot of money to the bank.

Du Yongxiao asked him to take out 300 million, which was absolutely difficult.

Du Yongxiao shrugged: "Na, now the situation is very clear, I am willing to take out 300 million shares in your company to solve your company's urgent needs." And I also agree that you will take a stake in my company in the same way and become the best partners for each other. We all have equal opportunities, now it depends on your choice, do you take 300 million to repay the debt and let me take a stake in your company, or do you continue to go to the bank for a loan and also invest in my company? Think about it yourself! ”

Mercado only fully understood at this moment, Du Yongxiao was setting up a trap for him from beginning to end.

What is the equal opportunity, you take a stake in me, I take a stake in you.

Du Yongxiao has 300 million, does he have more than Merk? No! And also a butt of debts to the bank!

From the very beginning, Du Yongxiao was killing people with a soft knife and forcing Merk to obey.

Seeing that Mercado was still hesitating.

Du Yongxiao's smile slowly retracted, picked up the soda, bit the straw, took a puff of Fanta, looked at Merkeldo and said, "To be honest, I like to be friends with you so much." If you still refuse my kindness, then I'm sorry, I may ask for a stake through the board of directors of your group, instead of playing golf with you here and begging you to take a stake! ”

When Merck heard this, she felt a chill in her heart.

Indeed, if Du Yongxiao took 300 million yuan, even if he wanted to stop it, those board members who saw the money would applaud and welcome Du Yongxiao.

After all, no one in this world is at odds with money.

When Mercado thought of this, her face became extremely ugly.

Du Yongxiao put down the soda, stood up and walked to him, snapped, patted him on the shoulder twice, and said seriously: "Don't think about it anymore, your group, I'll eat!" ”

……

A month later.

There are two major pieces of news coming from the American business community.

First message.

The FBI and the U.S. Internal Service Department conducted an investigation into Christie's, the world's largest auction company, and the results of the investigation were very popular in the United States.

Christie's is suspected of selling illegal art, helping gangs launder money, and evading taxes.

As soon as the news came out, the stock price of Christie's Group plummeted, and the Tiger Woods family, the head of the group, was invited to coffee.

Christie's, the overlord of the auction world, became a rat on the street overnight, and everyone shouted and beat it.

At the same time, in the face of Christie's nearly 10,000 employees around the world, William Chen, the big boss of the Rose Group, was compassionate and made a timely move to buy Christie's shares to save Christie's from fire and water.

In just a few days, Christie's changed hands, from the Tiger Woods family to the Chen family.

Christie's was taken over by William Chan and became an auction group alongside the Rose Group.

Of course, this sudden change has also made the entire American business community boil.

Some insiders revealed that Christie's changed its flag this time, and the leader behind the change of flag was not William Chen, the big boss of the Rose Group, but a mysterious Chinese who could influence the US FBI and the US Internal Revenue Service.

As soon as this news came out, the identity of the mysterious man became a rumor that everyone talked about.

The second big news in the American business world is that Merkel has been operating a media empire for many years, and suddenly someone spent 300 million US dollars to buy shares!

You must know that Mercado has always been a strong figure, in order to build his own media empire, he has spent countless efforts, and in addition, he is crazy and acquires major newspapers and magazines, TV stations and other media in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries.

It can be said that in his media empire, Mercado is a well-deserved dictator, not allowing anyone to become his potential opponent, especially not a major shareholder with "veto power".

However, this time, it is reported that Mercado not only allowed the other party to invest 300 million US dollars in one go, but also allowed the other party to hold 23% of the group's shares, becoming the second largest shareholder after himself with 28% of the shares.

In other words, since then, Mercado's media empire is no longer his own, and the mysterious second largest shareholder has the ability to compete with Mercado.

As for who the second largest shareholder is, Mercado's media group did not disclose it to the public, and it is said that it was the second largest shareholder himself, in order not to disrupt the normal operation of the media group, nor to affect the perception of Mr. Mercado by major media.

And the mysterious major shareholder also publicized that he himself had no intention of competing with Mr. Mercado for the power of the media group, and he trusted Mercado very much, and he also believed that the group was thriving under the leadership of Mr. Mercado.

After these news came out, the major media in the United States became silent.

However, there are still many people speculating about this mysterious major shareholder, who is he? Where did you get so much money? Is the United States, or the global media sector, also going to change?

……

Just when the outside world was speculating about this major business incident, another major earthquake occurred in the US political circles.

The "Watergate scandal", which had already been suppressed, once again broke out inside information.

One of the seven people involved in the case, McCord, chose to confess in order to get his sentence reduced. He took the initiative to break the news in court that there were actually more White House members involved in the Watergate wiretapping incident. He and his accomplices had previously committed perjury under pressure and threats. McCord's confession was reported by the media, and the Watergate scandal once again received national attention.

Now Nixon can no longer pretend to be innocent, he can only admit that he knows what the White House did at the beginning and publicly apologize to the American people.

Nixon's actions, although egregious in nature, were not enough to impeach him from office, and at best his reputation would have been damaged.

However, Nixon himself could not dig a hole for himself!

Congress also took this opportunity to send an investigation team to interview White House staff and dig deeper into the Watergate scandal.

In the process, investigators made new discoveries. In order to facilitate the writing of his memoirs in the future, Nixon installed recording equipment in the White House, which recorded many of Nixon's secret conversations.

Investigators demanded that Nixon hand over the recordings on the grounds that they were investigating Watergate. Nixon, however, refused to hand over the tapes on the grounds that they involved state secrets. Since Nixon was the president of the United States, there was indeed a certain level of secrecy in his recordings, so the two sides reached an impasse.

At this moment, however, Nixon made another bold move. He used his power to brutally dismiss Cox, the independent prosecutor who investigated the Watergate scandal, in an attempt to end the Watergate scandal.

The U.S. attorney general and deputy secretary of justice also resigned because they did not want to listen to Nixon's bad decision. As we all know, the United States is a country with a separation of powers, and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches are independent of each other, which is the foundation of American democracy and something that Americans have always been proud of.

However, Nixon's behavior was undoubtedly interfering with the judiciary and opposing American democracy. In the eyes of the American people, this is undoubtedly arrogant and despicable. What made them even more unbelievable was that this was the work of a democratically elected president.

As a result, Nixon offended the public outrage and was boycotted by the entire American public. Nixon's behavior, in short, was a violation of the rules, because he abused the power conferred on him by the process, thereby shaking people's trust in the process, and behind it was the credibility of the entire US government.

It doesn't really matter what is in the tape anymore, and Nixon, who was abandoned by the American people, knew that he was gone. He had to compromise with Congress, hand over the recordings, and offer his resignation to Congress.

On August 8, 1974, Nixon announced his resignation in a nationally televised speech at the White House. Of course, even if Nixon does not resign voluntarily, he will be ousted from office two months later by an impeachment resolution passed by Congress.

This is the end of the legendary "Watergate" scandal.

At the same time—

Rumor has it that the person in charge of the real investigation of this incident is actually a mysterious Chinese, a Chinese FBI agent.

From beginning to end, he was almost involved in this incident, which means that the poor US president was actually removed from power by him, by this mysterious Chinese!

The political earthquake, the business earthquake, and the three times there was a mysterious person involved, which made countless people start to think, who are these three mysterious people?

Some even make even more bold guesses, will these three people be the same person?

When this idea came out, it was scoffed at!

The reason is simple,

How can it be?

I don't believe that the three major events that shocked the world are the same person!

And this mysterious person could also be Chinese?

Lose!

How can it be?

(End of chapter)