Chapter 211 The Power of Capital

In the busy hall, gestures are shouting one after another, mixed with the ringing of the phone that has never been interrupted. The pieces of paper are transmitted from one hand to the other like a hot potato. On the blackboard around, a number has just been written by chalk, and it will be corrected again.

This is the New York Stock Exchange in Big Apple City. Stocks and materials are priced here, and then sent to various parts of the city by traders here. Finally, they are fed back through the telephone line and then marked with new prices.

Wheat, steel, oil and even corn, everything you can imagine can be traded here, this is the place where miracles are born. Here, a new millionaire can be born every day, and someone will go bankrupt and jump into the sea every day.

This is not only the symbol of the city, but also the symbol of the country's steaming!

New Yorkers are proud of being here, because it has become the trading center in the world after the United Kingdom, and the gap between them is rapidly narrowing.

Upstairs of the trading hall are private rooms. Usually, when the busy traders downstairs shout, they always look here from time to time, because everyone knows that these boxes are the paradise of those rich bankers and the center of astronomical digital transactions.

But today, no one cares about the bigwigs upstairs, and no one cares about the partners around you. Everyone's eyes stopped on the blackboard around!

In the past, there were rising and falling figures, but today, all of them are falling unexpectedly. What's more terrible is that this endless decline has lasted for several days!

Everyone is sweaty. No one would have thought that the front-page news on the Washington Post would become the trigger for this turbulence, and the two photos on the front page have also become the key to this game!

A few years ago, the famous American Thomas Mining Company suddenly made a comeback after several years of silence.

One month, Thomas Mining officially released the survey report of the Gulf of Mexico's super oil field. This news was like a blockbuster, which made Wall Street dizzy, and 1.5 billion tons of super reserves shocked the whole world! Even the Mexican ax, which has always been less concerned about oil, has proposed territorial sea power, hoping to get a piece of the pie.

After a few years of silence, Thomas Mining has once again become the hottest topic in the United States and even Europe, and Thomas himself has been marked as the world's first gold master!

Someones have even put him together with the Rothschild family in Europe.

But no one expected that the news would become the trigger for this disaster. The day after the announcement of reserves, George, director of Thomas Mining and president of East Texas Oil Company, announced that the Gulf of Mexico oil field would be merged into East Texas Oil Company!

This heavy punch, Lockfeller, who hit directly, fainted to death, because it indicates that Standard Oil's shares in East Texas Petroleum Company will shrink significantly and will even be counter-acquired!

Originally, the news was not a bad thing for the market, but the problem was the damn Thomas, who said in an interview that he officially announced that if Standard Oil could not come up with a matching capital injection, he would not rule out kicking Standard Oil out of East Texas Oil.

This news caused Standard Oil Company to fall by half in just two days and drove a large fluctuation in the entire capital market. What's more unexpected is that just five days later, Thomas Mining announced that it would build two large petrochemical plants in Australia and the Middle East at the same time. A bad news made Rockefeller's standard oil company even worse.

In addition, the U.S. economy has already entered the era of surplus, so this wave of decline has become more and more fierce. Even economic entities have fluctuated during this period, and the number of small factories closed in just one month is more than the sum of several years.

In the face of the continuous decline, everyone is nervous. Is the era of the financial famine coming? As they were busy, they raised their heads and fixed their eyes on the three-story building opposite the exchange.

Because the man on the building saved the U.S. financial industry, which was about to collapse, several times, when the crisis intensified, everyone began to discuss when he would take action.

Old Morgan stood in a transparent glass window, staring down with a pair of eagle-like eyes, looking at the lively exchange across the street, as if it were his territory.

In fact, that exchange is indeed his territory, as the most outstanding and richest banker in the United States, where he can even be called God!

But Morgan is not satisfied with just being a banker. After successfully matching up the now-famous General Electric Company in the United States, he has long wanted to show his strength in the face of the emerging steel market, so he just established a federal steel company not long ago, but he knew that his people were very clear, the little Federal Steel Company. Unable to carry Morgan's dream, his ambition is to establish a steel trust that monopolizes the whole United States!

But before that, he must defeat two other people, the first steel king Carnegie, and Rockefeller, the president of the standard oil company that controlled the Great Lakes iron ore resources!

Thinking of these two people, Morgan also has a headache. Whether it is strength or status, these two people are not inferior to themselves, and they are steady and difficult to deal with. It is more difficult to dig profits from them than to buy the whole New York Stock Exchange!

However, things seem to have changed today, because my dear Rockefeller is in trouble!

"Mr. Morgan, President Cleveland just called."

"Are you asking about this decline?" Morgan turned around and saw his assistant nodding. Suddenly, the corners of his mouth hooked, "Mars, do you know Thomas?"

The assistant nodded: "Yes, but the friendship is not deep."

"Then what do you think of him?" Morgan asked again.

"He is a very powerful guy. He seems to have the ability to find out in advance where there are suitable minerals for development, such as his adventures in East Texas. And as far as I know, soon after he obtained Mr. Rockefeller's injected capital, he immediately circled the waters of the current Gulf of Mexico. After several years of survey, the reserves were announced.

Morgan looked at the talkative assistant and smiled: "It seems that everyone, like you, is attracted by his "golden magic", but forgets something deeper."

"Deeper?"

"Yes, in the eyes of others, Thomas is a person with magical abilities, but in my opinion, this is nothing. There are many miracles in this land, and it is not normal to be found, not to mention that he has enough funds to survey the whole world."

Morgan's eyes flashed and sharp as sharp: "You know, there are very few people I admire for so many years, but Thomas is one of them, not because of the gold, but because of the auction he led!"

"It was a magical night. He used the means of capital to the extreme. I have been paying attention to him since that day, and I think he has been preparing for today for a long time. His dream is not to rebuild a new oil empire, but to completely defeat Rockefeller and make Standard Oil his hands. The toy in my heart."

"He is a terrible opponent, a wizard who plays with capital, a wizard I have never seen before!"

Morgan's words made his assistant swallow fiercely. He was the first to see the world financial market, and the first person on Wall Street used such words to describe a person.

"Try to tell President Cleveland for me that I can't help him this time, because I need to wait for someone here."

"Wait for someone?"

"Yes, Rockefeller, or Thomas." Morgan smiled and stood back at the window, overlooking the New York Stock Exchange across the street.

Where the war is still in full swing--

In the White House of the United States, Cleveland squeezed his eyebrows and walked back and forth in the room with a cigar, in front of him, Vice President Adley. Stevenson's face was also full of sadness.

During this period of time, the disputes caused by Standard Oil and Thomas Mining have threatened the real economy of the United States. The severe financial turmoil has caused a large number of enterprises to face financial crises, and this unprepared situation has led to Cleveland's restlessness.

Seeing that his term of office has entered its last year, it is a critical moment to seek re-election as president. If this crisis cannot be solved as soon as possible, leading to the unemployment of a large number of workers, then his career in the White House will probably come to an end!

"Adeley, Morgan really doesn't want to come forward?"

Adeley Stevenson nodded: "Yes, I have contacted Mr. Morgan, but he did not receive me, but his assistant Mars has clearly told us that Mr. Morgan will not intervene in this financial dispute."

"Why?" Cleveland wondered that everyone knew that Morgan's ultimate goal was the crown of the father of American finance. Why did he give up such a good opportunity to earn fame and money?

Adeley shook his head: "I don't know, but Mars told me that Mr. Morgan was busy with the Federal Steel Company and couldn't pull out for a short time."

Federal Steel Company?

Cleveland remembered Morgan's fourth largest steel company in the United States, and his eyes flashed: "He wants Rockefeller's Great Lakes?"

"I think so." Adley said: "Morgan has always had the idea of establishing the largest steel company, surpassing Mr. Carnegie, but he lacks sufficient steel mineral resources, and the Great Lakes under Rockefeller also have a large number of steel ore resources, so I think he may be ready to take this opportunity to divide Rockefeller with Thomas Mining. "Le."

"These damn guys." Cleveland scolded secretly, but there was no realistic way. These elephants who run rampant in the United States would have a serious impact on the economy if they trembled casually. What's more, this time it seemed to be a dispute between the two families, but they involved supertrusts in various fields, including Morgan, Rockefeller, Thomas and Carnegie.

Cleveland doesn't understand why he is so unlucky that there is such a great financial turmoil at the critical moment when the new round of presidential election is about to begin. Now that a reshuffle of the super-rich people affecting the United States has begun, what he has to do is to ensure that in the rest of his term, this kind of Shuffle does not threaten new elections!

"Adeley, what do you think they want to do? Don't they make enough profits?

Adeley sighed: "Mr. President, the trusts need to contain it. Anyway, otherwise the United States will be held hostage by them and become their paradise."

Hearing his vice president's words, Cleveland was stunned. The call to break the industry monopoly has not appeared in China for a day or two, but at this time, can he do this?

He shook his head, put the idea out of his mind, and roared, "I don't care about the struggle between them. I just need to stabilize the financial market as soon as possible. I can't let the situation develop like this anymore. It will destroy the entire American economy!"

Adeley knew what the president was worried about. The new U.S. election was about to begin. At this time, no one could give his opponent a chance, so he quickly said, "Mr. President, although Mr. Morgan is not going to appear, Mars has given us a suggestion."

"Oh, talk about it." Hearing the advice, the restless Cleveland immediately stopped.

"Math said that this disturbance is actually not related to the real economy. The reason for this is that it is caused by the surplus of American industry over the years, so he suggested that you can start from expanding demand. As long as those large companies can get enough orders, the confidence of the market will soon be restored. "

"Adequate orders? God!" Cleveland patted his head. Since they all know that the United States is saturated, where can they go to find orders? Is it me? They are almost out of their panes, or they are going to rob the colonies of other countries and start a war?!

Cleveland can't laugh or cry. Is this a suggestion?

At this time, Adeley seemed to see through Cleveland's mind and suddenly said, "Mr. President, there is no order."

"Oh? Come on, where is it?"

Adeley paused for a moment and said, "Have you forgotten the two Hawaiian Foreign Ministers who are visiting China? Mars said that they had visited Mr. Morgan, hoping to purchase a batch of rail steel for railway construction from his Federal Steel Supply Company.

"And!" Adeley aggravated his tone: "Math also said that the two of them still have a procurement budget of at least $40 million!"

"Procurement budget of 40 million US dollars!" Clevelanders are stunned. That little Hawaii brought so much money? Is white sugar more expensive than gold recently?

At this time, the door of the office was suddenly pushed open. The secretary walked into the office and handed a telegram to Cleveland: "Mr. President, Mr. Roosevelt sent a telegram."

Criland clenched his teeth! ——

"Pom."

After a crisp sound, the white champagne foam immediately gushed out of the mouth of the bottle, with hundreds of wine glasses next to each other. After a moment, a jubilant sound was immediately remembered in the office building of Thomas Mining.

I won!

In the face of Thomas' plan to forcibly merge the Gulf of Mexico's super oil field into the East Texas Oil Company, Rockefeller tried his best to stop it, but under the seductive interests thrown by George, the shareholders went against his will this time. Coupled with the shares of Standard Oil Company held by Thomas Mining, they unanimously passed the agreement. The combined plan.

Although Rockefeller still holds most of the shares of the oil company and can completely veto the merger, the oil empire he established will face division. In addition, the construction of Thomas Mining's two major oil refining and petrochemical enterprises has been discussed, and the decline of Standard Oil Company is almost inevitable.

Rockefeller knows the important surname of oil better than anyone else, otherwise he would not have spent many years to build an oil empire when oil profits were not very rich, so under the pressure of internal and external troubles, he had to negotiate with Thomas in person.

And finally reached an agreement before yesterday, agreeing to replace 30% of the shares of New East Texas Oil Company with its Great Lakes iron ore resources and $50 million in cash, but also required Thomas's new refinery not to enter the U.S. market.

50 million US dollars is nothing, but the iron ore resources of the Great Lakes are enough wealth to make people jealous or even crazy for anyone. It is estimated that the Great Lakes Iron Mine is worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars!

With the Great Lakes, it only takes a few years to build a new second largest steel company in the United States, so Thomas is particularly excited. He constantly hugs with every employee and clinks glasses to celebrate. At the same time, he also admires that guy's means to invest in five bodies, capital injection, and embezzle by diluting shares. How did he come up with the property of his hand?

But when he raised his glass to celebrate with everyone, George suddenly pulled him to the corner.

"Dear Thomas, Li has a telegram."

George glanced at the crowd celebrating and shook his head with a wry smile: "Thomas, Li asked you to sell the Great Lakes to Morgan immediately."

"What!"

Thomas is stupid. He finally got the Great Lakes. It only takes a few years to build a new steel empire. Why should he sell it?! George took out a telegram and handed it to him, "He asked me to tell you, please believe his judgment. He said that as long as Morgan buys the Great Lakes, you will become the God of America in a year."

Thomas patted his forehead hard, God of America? Damn, what the hell is this damn guy?!

" By the way, 3,000 gasoline-using cars will arrive next month. Li said that this is a gift for everyone." Looking at Thomas's sad expression on the corners of his forehead and mouth, George took the champagne in his hand and took a sip.

"It tastes good."

"That's a good bullshit!" Thomas snatched back the champagne fiercely, raised his middle finger and despised, "Damn Li, this is not a gift. It's clear that he wants me to advertise for him for free!"

"Haha!" ......

(to be continued)