Chapter 117 Keane's Dilemma
"By the way, we have released Keen's goods, but they are already rotten in the ship." McHale patted his head and said, "Originally, I wanted to inform you when I came here last time. Isn't that woman here?
I forgot about it for a moment. I don’t know what Keane’s mood is now.”
"Who knows, maybe I asked Morgan for help." Sheffield said with a dumb smile, "But no matter who it is, agriculture and animal husbandry cannot be touched. If this field is swallowed up by the Yankees, you and I will really have nothing.
It's not a solution if Edith Rockefeller always refuses to leave. She came here with the exploration team, and I have no suitable reason to let her leave."
"This is your problem, I have no suggestions!" McHale opened the newspaper and turned a deaf ear. He had some suspicion that Sheffield seemed to have something with this married woman, but there was no evidence.
A few minutes later, when the newspaper was turned over, a byte about the Honduran police's suppression of the protesters flashed across the front page.
Agriculture and animal husbandry are very important, mainly because this thing is not obvious, but it is something that everyone cannot live without. Moreover, in Sheffield’s mind, agriculture, animal husbandry and military industry have long been industries that must be fought for, because these two
It seems that the field has not been threatened by antitrust laws. The most basic things are often not dared to be touched by the government regardless of the model, because it will lead to consequences that no one knows. According to Eastern words, this will shake the country's foundation.
This is also an important reason for the bad relationship between the Sheffield family and the DuPont family. In addition to competing for the military industry, the DuPont family mainly focuses on industry and mining. The relationship between the two families is essentially between landlords and mine owners. The business is too conflicting.
.Even Lafayette did not think that the DuPont family was declining and following in the footsteps of Vanderbilt.
Although the DuPont family has little capital flow, the minerals in its hands can be liquidated at any time. The current company chaos is not fatal.
A person's ability to start from scratch can probably turn ten thousand into one million in one year, or one million into one hundred million. With personal efforts and abilities, as well as the vision or luck of adapting to the general trend, one can turn one million into one million.
Assets of this magnitude can increase hundreds of times. But when you have more than 100 million in assets, ensuring that the assets do not depreciate with inflation is already a person's maximum energy under normal circumstances.
If the internal combustion engine did not appear, and the Rockefeller family's wealth wanted to expand, they could not only develop in the petroleum field, because the petroleum field was already in the hands of the Rockefeller family. It was the emergence of the internal combustion engine that greatly increased the importance of petroleum and its application fields.
Driven the Rockefeller family to continue to expand.
Therefore, when emerging industries first appear, they often create huge wealth. Therefore, the speed of the Internet in later generations to create huge wealth is faster than that of many traditional industries. Who made the Internet an emerging industry?
Many giants in the United States have actually hit the ceiling. Even if the founders of many giants are still alive, they cannot tell what new industries will emerge to replicate the wealth myths of their youth. If they cannot break through this ceiling, it will breed
It is not incomprehensible that steel magnate Carnegie finally sold his steel company to Morgan due to the idea of cashing out.
People like Rebus, who have missed so many opportunities and still seize many opportunities to become one of the giants in the industry, are very rare and have genius-like acumen in judging emerging industries.
Therefore, to break through this wealth ceiling, different giants have different methods. Morgan chose mergers, acquisitions and reorganization to control as many industries as possible. Rockefeller also intervened in other industries, but mainly to establish an undisputed leader in his own industry.
status. As for the future, the United States will still need to work hard. The stronger the United States is, the more these domestic industry giants can go abroad to break through the ceiling again. After all, the population of the United States is limited, and it must be expanded to expand the scope of exploitation.
Annabelle is consolidating her advantages in agriculture and animal husbandry and controlling as much land as possible. The current heirs are looking for new industries to develop, which is essentially for the development and growth of the family.
The factory building in Houston has not yet been completed. After receiving some guests from the other side of the border, Sheffield set off again with the blessings of the Mexican guests. This time the destination was Sheffield Farm.
"If you're not in Houston at the critical moment, why are you going to the farm?" Edith Rockefeller showed dissatisfaction, but still followed her.
Can you stay here? I didn't ask you to go with me! Sheffield hesitated, but he still explained, "I have been to Thanksgiving. This is our family's tradition. I came back during Thanksgiving after moving."
The first farm, celebrate with the Indian chief, you don’t have to go!”
"An Indian reservation? Anyway, this is your home place and there can be no danger. Why don't I go? I also want to see how the Indians live!" Edith Rockefeller whispered in a low voice, "I'm going!
Your family seems to be pretty good to the Indians."
"Why don't you thank me for your help during the civil war?" Sheffield said in a long voice, "The friendship of fighting is still stronger than other friendships."
There is currently no fixed date for Thanksgiving in the United States, but it is probably on those days that states begin to prepare. However, this Thanksgiving is destined to not be a feeling of gratitude for Keen, a fruit merchant who has been deeply involved in Central America for many years. On the contrary,
He felt that the world was full of malice toward him.
The whole world is targeting him. As a multi-millionaire, he plays an important role in his hometown. He dare not say that he is walking sideways in the United States, and he is also a guest of many people. He has worked hard and carried a heavy load for many years, using various means to forge.
Keane, who has dreamed of the American dream, is shocked to discover that he is still an insignificant existence in the eyes of some people.
Keane met with JP Morgan and complained that he had been subjected to malicious competition. Not only did he not get the support he needed, he didn't even get any verbal encouragement. He only saw Morgan's expressionless look and the scrutiny in his eyes. Once he asked about the repayment deadline,
If it is overdue, what can be used as collateral?
At this moment, Keane finally discovered that the families in the south who had joined forces to target him were certainly enemies, and Morgan was also a wolf that could eat people without spitting out their bones. Business competition was dangerous everywhere. The same methods he used on others were used by others on himself.
, he himself was equally helpless.
Once the term of the loan is up, Keane has no doubt that Morgan may rush to cut off the most valuable part of himself before everyone else. When he thinks of this, he feels chills all over his body and feels fear for no reason.
"Boss, how are you?" The waiting servant saw Keen and asked cautiously.
Boss? Now that he hears this word, Keen feels a little ironic. What kind of boss is he? He is just a relatively strong pig, still within the range of being slaughtered. Taking a deep breath, Keen
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