Sheffield knows how valuable a $100 million a year industry is. It can even be said that it far exceeds the $500 million that Morgan wanted to acquire the Carnegie Steel Company. Once established, it will be the largest merger in the history of the United States.

Morgan Alliance has billions of dollars in strength, and it seems that it can still succeed if it goes all out, but the amount of this merger is still too huge after all, although the two have not yet discussed the final amount. In fact, this is also a deliberate attempt to avoid specific figures.

Sheffield and little Morgan knew in their hearts that this amount of money was an astronomical figure, but there were still many ways to figure out how much it was and whether it could be reconciled in other ways.

Sheffield mentioned American International Shipping Company and General Electric. The former is a competitor of Black Gold Shipping Company in the field of shipping, but they usually live in peace. World War I is inevitable, and after the war begins, the United States can

Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, bet on both ends and do business.

What kind of transportation should be used to do business? Anyway, we can't use the airship parked in the Rockefeller Estate because the transportation capacity is not enough. The train cannot go to the sea, so of course we can only find a way to transport it by sea. Once the American International Shipping Company is in the hands of the Morgan family, after the World War

It fell into the hands of slave owners before.

The shipping strength in Sheffield's hands will be far ahead of other competitors, and it will be the best among the shipping companies in the United States. By taking advantage of the world war, the United Company will soar into the sky.

As for General Electric, its importance cannot be compared with that of General Motors. Although cars are also consumer goods and have a higher presence than the electrical field, they are still incomparable in the end. Now the cars seem to be popular, but the dividends have not been eaten yet.

Enough. On the other hand, the electrical field is far more durable than automobiles. If you don’t believe it, just compare the market value of Ford Motors and electrical companies with the same history a hundred years later.

Penguin once said that we hope to be the water and electricity of the Internet. Because no one can live without these two things, which means that on the Internet, what Penguin wants to do is to make people unable to live without them.

So, if Morgan Jr. wants United Automobile Company, what's wrong with that? Don't look at the annual income of 100 million. This can be discussed. There is nothing that cannot be discussed.

If it can get the American International Shipping Company, Sheffield can make its own company the biggest beneficiary of the world war in a few years. If it can get General Electric, even if it is only part of the control, the entire country will

Electrical, Sheffield has the final say, and there is no need to divide the world into two parts like it is now.

"Maritime? Electrical?" Little Morgan took a deep look at Sheffield and fell into thinking. He shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "Actually, it was all within my expectations. How could someone like you suffer? Even the DuPont family

Several giants of the country were devoured alive by you."

"Now is the present, and it's very boring to always talk about the past." Sheffield leaned back and leaned lazily on the backrest, "Back then, Carnegie Steel had an annual income of 40 million, and your father could even offer a purchase price of 500 million US dollars.

.This is a big business of 100 million a year. If I directly ask you to come up with 1 billion, I think the representatives of the Morgan Alliance will think it is too expensive. So even if I am not willing to accept it, I must accept the replacement of some industry.

.”

One billion is not a small amount for Morgan Alliance, and Sheffield just said it casually. He did not say that one billion would be able to achieve the goal. Moreover, his shareholding in United Automobile Company is comparable to Carnegie's shareholding in Steel Company.

Much larger, fully independent holding.

Even if there are no other conditions attached to one billion U.S. dollars, it can be said that once the merger and acquisition is successful, the richest man in the United States will change. The stock value of one billion U.S. dollars is just a number, but if there is a merger and acquisition, cashing out one billion U.S. dollars will bring

The shock is completely different.

The various details are very complicated. This cannot be decided by two parties and a spectator who can leave at any time.

"I still need to discuss it with the representatives of the Morgan Alliance, as well as my family." Before young Morgan left, his expression was not very relaxed. Only after having a really in-depth discussion did he understand that the difficulty he had previously estimated was still low.

.

"Are you interested in playing golf?" Rockefeller Jr. invited Sheffield.

"My airship is parked on your golf course. By the way, I won't pay rent. Everyone knows that I have no money."

I can’t fight, but it’s okay to watch you fight.”

Sheffield's refusal was just an excuse to cover up that he was not good at this sport. Although the airship was huge, it was still very small compared to the area of ​​the Rockefeller Estate.

The two chatted for a while, and Rockefeller Jr. revealed that he had just received a telegram from China, "Doctor Wu Liande said that the plague has been brought under control."

"I've said it before, it's no problem for a government like China to deal with a plague." Sheffield praised his foresight. It was a government with unlimited responsibility. As long as people can solve this problem, they can definitely do it.

As for shortcomings, being too conservative may be considered a shortcoming, but it is not China itself that has fallen into stagnation. As Sheffield said, it was the outbreak of European civilization that defeated other civilizations, and the East Asian region is just one of them.

The victims. It's not that other civilizations themselves have any problems, but that Europeans suddenly turned them into problems.

"Dr. Wu Liande popularized masks, but many doctors are skeptical about the role of masks. They think it is just a comforting effect." Little Rockefeller hit a beautiful ball and said half-jokingly.

"This? I'm not surprised." Sheffield felt a sense of depression in his chest and felt very uncomfortable. This was so similar to a hundred years later. If this were another country, wouldn't it be a proper system problem?

Watching the fire from the other side eventually caught fire. During the Spanish Flu pandemic, citizens of the United States also wore masks honestly. But to do it all over again after a hundred years, this is unforgivable stupidity. In a society with such advanced information,

, the United States actually has to go through the dynastic cycle law again.

"Sheffield mentioned two industries, one is American International Shipping Company, and the other is General Electric." Young Morgan returned home and talked about this matter with his father. Although in recent years, Morgan has been affected by his age.

, has completely let little Morgan run his own business, but when it comes to such a large merger and acquisition, little Morgan still wants to listen to his father's opinion.

Morgan listened to his son's narration without any change in his expression. He nodded and said, "You want to create a benchmark for the stock market? So you chose the automobile industry? Your vision is still very accurate. There is still a lot of room in the domestic automobile market. The most important thing is

What’s more, it’s the effect of scale that allows United Automobile Co. to do well in exports. Now the automobile industry is so profitable that once it goes public, it can absorb a huge amount of funds and make the market popular, attracting speculators to join.”

After talking about so many advantages, Morgan changed the subject and said, "The only disadvantage is that because it is so profitable, you can't convince Sheffield at all. Even because of the huge amount of merger and acquisition, our alliance representatives may be frightened."

"Yes, father. William also said, how much money are you prepared to pay me to acquire such a profitable industry?" Morgan Jr. said with a bitter smile, "He said it wouldn't be more than one billion, and I might not be able to come up with it. If I want

By exchanging industry cross-holdings, he acquired two industries, American International Shipping Company, and General Electric?"

"He is quite picky!" Morgan smiled and shook his head. "Is it better to talk about International Shipping Company, General Electric? The Sheffield family's Southern Electric and General Electric are competitors. If both companies become his hands,

Industry, and the entire country’s electrical field, he has the final say. Let’s not talk about whether we agree or not. If we give it to him, it will create a de facto monopoly, and antitrust laws will soon come to our door.”

"At least during the Democratic administration, he probably didn't care about antitrust laws. It is also possible to cross-shareholding at a certain percentage, which can reduce the financial pressure." Morgan Jr. shrugged, "In fact, we divide the shares of each industry into

Share some of the shares with him, and just make up the amount. You can also leave some unimportant industries to him, such as American International Shipping Company..."

"The person you have to convince in this company is Louisa!" Morgan interrupted his son and said, "She is now managing shipping matters."

Despicable? Dirty, shameless? Sheffield had a poker face, looked directly at Louisa Morgan in front of him, and said calmly, "As a successful woman in the upper class, your education didn't tell you what ladylike manners are.

?It was your brother who set a trap to steal my property, and now he comes to accuse me? Can I give the United Flag City Company to you? What can you give me in return? "

Sheffield felt that the world was really weird. What if he didn’t sell? What if he could sell it and asked for a price? And he would still have to be criticized by a strange woman?

"The price is one billion, and we also want stocks in important industries. Why don't you grab it?" Louisa Morgan said with tears in her eyes and gritted her teeth, "What do you want? I am managing the American International Shipping Company. You grab it?"

My career."
Chapter completed!