Chapter 260 Morgan and Rockefeller

"I think of a big name."

Li A-sen. If this person who was the first governor of Washington State "appointed" by Guo Jinzhang, that is, the governor of Tang State, returned to Seattle, was not talking to Guo Jinzhang about the gold mines or other matters in Alaska, but about the name.

"Da Ming'er?"

Guo Jinzhang moved a chair and sat next to the office window. He was watching the increasing abortion outside. After hearing this, he couldn't help but turn his head in surprise.

"It's a big name." Li Asheng didn't feel embarrassed, "My 'Asheng' is a nickname, and I have been named for decades. When my parents were alive, they thought they would have the opportunity to spend money to get someone to get one in the future. They were not poor, so they never had the chance. Later, all the elderly in the family went there, and I just came across the ocean to Citiland, and I didn't think about it anymore... Originally, it would have been fine if I had been like that, but now... I always feel it doesn't sound nice."

"It sounds bad? Asheng, Asheng...isn't that bad," Guo Jinzhang said with a smile.

"I didn't say it, but I just felt something was wrong." Li Asheng smiled bitterly, "You are very knowledgeable, give me a nicer one, like? I don't ask for it, I'm so imposing, just like that Chen Lanbin... I feel that it's a bit knowledgeable and pleasant."

"I'll name you?" Guo Jinzhang grinned, "This responsibility is too heavy, I'm terrible that I can't afford it."

"I'm talking about you..." Li Asheng was actually in a bad mood. But thinking about it, he originally planned to avoid it, but he didn't expect that he had just arrived in Alaska and received a telegram saying that he would return to Seattle to serve as the governor of Tangzhou... This is the highest official position that the Red Corps has earned for more than two years. Guo Jinzhang was really righteous to leave this position to him. Although he was still the leader of them, the governor was still led by him, but he was also a governor. He was a man more than two years ago? Chinese workers were still a Chinese workers who could bully them by white men... People should be content.

"I am a person?" Guo Jinzhang glanced at him, "But if you really want to change your name, I can really come up with an idea. Look... like 'Li Kesheng'?"

"Li Kesheng?"

"Yes," Guo Jinzhang nodded, "It's just to remove your left ear from your 'a', like?"

"Not very good?" Li Asheng couldn't help but touch his left ear, "This sign..."

"That's what Li Nengsheng?" Guo Jinzhang said again.

"Are you playing tricks on me?" Li Asheng said with a glaring eyes.

"I'm playing tricks on you? You can have children and children... It means you have a lot of children and grandchildren. If you are not satisfied with this, then just call Li Shimin... Anyway, this is Tangzhou, you are the governor, aren't you?" Guo Jinzhang smiled again.

"Then you might as well kill me." Li Asheng gave him a blank look.

"Anyway, I'm all that, you can do it. If it really doesn't work, just choose one. After all, the name is just a code name, and it's no big deal." Guo Jinzhang said.

"It's no big deal? You don't use it, right? Then why don't you call it Guo Gai, Guo Tie, Guo Die?" Li Asheng gave him a blank look.

"There is no choice. My parents can choose the best, but they can't help it even if they want to change it." Guo Jinzhang said with a smile.

"You have to give me a shit." Li Asheng rolled his eyes for the third time. He actually envied Guo Jinzhang because Guo Jinzhang had a big name, and this big name was really not... Jinzhang is so powerful? A gold seal, doesn't this mean Guo Jinzhang will have great power sooner or later? And this "seal" not only means a seal, but also represents articles, which means knowledge... It can be seen that Guo Jinzhang's parents are really "foresighted". They arranged the way forward for their children with names in the morning. Let's take a look... Asheng gave birth to melon seeds? Will he have children in the future? Peanuts? This is not even Liu Tongfu and Cheng Degui.

"I'm not proud. This is a natural advantage. If you want to blame, you can only blame your parents for being too humble... If you choose a name, you have to spend money to hire someone. Can't you get it? I don't believe that the two old men can't even get a name." Guo Jinzhang said.

"I'm afraid I'm not good at getting it." Li Asheng explained.

"I don't think Asheng is." Guo Jinzhang also said.

"Forget it, I can't make sense to you." Li Asheng, Guo Jinzhang is not superstitious and has a sign of superstition, so he is too lazy to say more, "Let's talk about serious matters. We are still missing a mayor in Seattle..."

"In the whole Tangzhou, we only have one Seattle at present. With you as the governor, it doesn't matter if the city is not a mayor." Guo Jinzhang had long thought of this question, "Let's talk about it then."

"That's fine." Li Asheng had no objection to this decision. In fact, he did not think about appointing a mayor... Charlotte had a quarrel with the Colorado governor Grant, but they were still mortal enemies. He didn't want to appoint a mayor to cause trouble... Of course, if it were others, it would be okay to say that he was worried that Liu Tongfu would think of the mayor. That guy is not called restraint, he was completely like "one time he has power, he will take orders." Guo Jinzhang also said that Tangzhou is now just Seattle. What if that guy really got into Ren and intervened everywhere, and he was the governor? So, even if he had to be appointed, it would be better to wait until that guy and Qian Shide returned to the Qing Dynasty before talking.

"You will have to meet two people later." Guo Jinzhang suddenly said again.

"People?" Li Asheng asked.

"The president of the large consortium...the uncrowned king of the United States of America." Guo Jinzhang said seriously.

"Better than the president?" Li Asheng asked.

"The president has the power, they have the money..." Guo Jinzhang said.

"But the president's power is subject to the constraints of Congress, but rich people can decide to spend money... So, these two people should be more powerful than the president. Right?" Li Asheng asked.

"No." Guo Jinzhang nodded, "Just as I told you before, in the land of the United States, power is not considered a matter of being a part of the United States, because at most you can only hold power in your hands for a few years. So, having money... is the real big man."

"Who are these two?" Li Asheng asked solemnly.

"John Pierpont Morgan, and... John Rockefeller"

"You are not Chinese people looking for us?"

Many years later, Morgan and Rockefeller will be the wealth representatives of the United States and even the whole world... There is a saying that goes, "The Democratic Party belongs to Morgan, and Ke and the Party belong to Rockefeller." Although their glory lasted for less than a hundred years, after the 1990s, few people mentioned the names of these two once extremely brilliant families or consortiums, and some even said that they were lonely. However, more people would rather these two families that were so huge that they were beyond imagination and were actually just secluded behind the scenes, manipulating the situation in the United States and the entire world behind more and more thick curtains.

In fact, in 1882, these two families had already emerged and established their respective monopoly organizations. John Pierpont Morgan established the Financial Syndicate, uniting almost all large-scale financial investment companies on Wall Street; and John Rockefeller established the oil trust and monopolized the oil industry in almost the entire United States.

Their careers are booming.

But at this moment, they received invitations from Seattle... The founders of two famous consortiums in later generations were puzzled by this. They had no friendship with the Chinese. However, after thinking about it for a while, they came to Seattle almost indiscriminately and lived in the hotel arranged for them by Guo Jinzhang...the former mayor's apartment in Seattle.

"This group of Chinese people is very mysterious... The politicians in Washington have been defeated by them more than once. I really think they will suddenly come to us."

Apartment living room. Morgan rubbed the porcelain teacup in his hand while looking at Rockefeller who was drinking... He arrived for the first time and was dissatisfied with the Chinese who arranged another group of people to live with him, but after communicating his names, he became more and more sure of the correctness of the trip.

"I think the Chinese people want you to come for their gold mine." Rockefeller finished a cup of tea, smacked his lips, and poured another cup, "or it was for the financing of the Panama Canal. But I really don't know. They asked me to do it... Is it just for kerosene?"

"I heard that your kerosene is being sold to China in large quantities?" Morgan asked suddenly.

"It's not as good as Europe. Not many people can afford kerosene in China. They prefer to use a kind of boiled local oil, and even don't light the lamp." Rockefeller's tone seemed not very satisfied. "It's hard to imagine that such a huge country and such a huge market would be as poor as that."

"If they weren't too poor, we wouldn't have to face these Chinese people." Morgan smiled, "But I have to admit that the appearance of these Chinese people gave us a very bad opportunity."

"I don't want the Chinese to give me a chance." Rockefeller was very depressed. As he said just now, it might be because the Chinese invited Morgan to handle gold mines or canals. After all, this is related to the industry of financial investment, but he is just a refinery and kerosene... Those Chinese people come to him for work? It's impossible that it's because there is not enough lamp oil, so I want him to provide more goods, right? That's not to ask him, the big boss of Standard Oil Company, to go there personally.

"Perhaps, it may not be necessary for the Chinese to have a new oil field." Morgan also took a sip of tea slowly and said with a smile.

"If it were in the past, I would definitely tell you that I didn't think Chinese people would know how to call oil fields. Now I will no longer have such naive ideas, but I really don't rely on oil fields... This requires very professional knowledge. Even if ordinary people see crude oil, they may not be able to tell the truth. Really, I have seen such guys in Cleveland. They think they are dirty water in the sewer when they see crude oil." Rockefeller said.

"Does the Chinese have the prospect of the oil industry and want to invest in Standard Oil?" Rockefeller's legal counsel Dodd walked in from outside. He greeted Morgan first and said to Rockefeller.

"Well, I think there is a possibility." Morgan smiled. He was also known to Dodd for a long time. This legal counsel is actually not a small person. Rockefeller was able to establish a trust monopoly organization, and Dodd made great contributions to it. The "trust", one of the three forms of monopoly organization, is also the original creation of this legal counsel.

It is said that in 1872, Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company had controlled 21 of the 26 refineries in the Cleveland area, and Rockefeller's oil empire was gradually taking shape. But similarly, Rockefeller also saw that with the continuous development of his oil empire, the uncontrollable dangers caused by its hugeness became increasingly greater. This disadvantage attracted his special attention. However, Rockefeller could not find a solution at all. Until one day, Rockefeller wrote in an article in a publicly issued publication: "The era of small businessmen is over, and the era of large enterprises is coming." After reading this article, he felt that this coincided with the idea of ​​monopoly, so he highly praised the article and hired the author of the article with a monthly salary of up to $500, that is, Doddwei's law

Lawyer consultant. $500, many Americans can't make so much money in a year. Rockefeller, who has always been famous for being petty, can be said to be extremely generous. After Dodd was hired, he was grateful for Rockefeller's high opinion of the enemy. In order to repay his favor, he tried every means to find legal loopholes for Rockefeller's company. One day, when he was carefully studying the trust system in the British Law, he suddenly had inspiration and proposed the concept of "trust" as a monopoly organization. He believed that many companies that produce similar products should not act independently, but should form a comprehensive enterprise group in a highly united form. This form is much more monopoly than the original "cartel", that is, the independent enterprises, forming a joint front in production and sales in order to master the market.

Rockefeller was very good at getting Dodd's theory of "trust" and on January 20, 1882, the beginning of this year, a general meeting of shareholders of Standard Oil Company was held, and decided to form a "trust committee" of 9 people to take charge of all the shares of Standard Oil Company and the stocks of subsidiaries. Rockefeller was elected as the chairman of the committee. Subsequently, the trustee committee issued 700,000 trust certificates, and Rockefeller and four others alone had more than 460,000, accounting for 2/3 of the total. In this way, Rockefeller got his wish and created an unprecedented joint venture - Trust. Under this trust structure, Rockefeller merged more than 40 manufacturers and monopolized the refining industry in the United States in the 80s and the oil pipe business in the 90s.

The advantages of the monopoly form of trust have also attracted American entrepreneurs. Shortly after Rockefeller established the oil trust, the trust was spreading rapidly across the United States, and various industries also spread like wildfires. Even he, John Pierpont Morgan, was thinking about the possibility of integrating its financial companies into a new trust. What is certain is that with the current situation, the vast majority of the American economy in the future will surrender to the monopoly organizational form, and they will usher in a unique and powerful era - the monopoly era.

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"Hmph, if this is the case, then they don't even think about it." Rockefeller trusted the legal counsel very much and agreed with Dodd's speculation. Hearing that the Chinese might be trying to join the company, he immediately said unhappy.

"From the experience of the Chinese fighting with Washington and the federal army, their leader doesn't seem to like fighting unsure battles... He won't take action casually without preparation or winning. Just like snatching the Panama Canal from the French... Everyone thinks he won't succeed, but he didn't use it for even a month. What we can be sure is that when he made the decision to grab the canal, he should still be negotiating with the Washington government." Dodd said in a deep voice.

"I don't think he has shares that I can deal with, and I will never be able to sell." Rockefeller snorted coldly. However, compared to his uncompromising attitude, his legal counsel seemed not so firm:

", I think if Chinese people really have this kind of thinking, we might be able to have a good exchange with them."

"No, if it were me, I wouldn't have given up such a good opportunity." Morgan also smiled.

"You mean..." Rockefeller is certainly not a fool. Although he was stingy, he was called a "vampire" by people because he was too stingy. No one could deny his talent in business operations. Dodd and Morgan's successive affirmation made him realize the "benefits" of cooperating with the Chinese... If the Chinese really want to take over his oil empire, then he can completely use equity operations to make the Chinese lose all their money and use it to strengthen their strength. Of course, the Chinese are not easy to mess with. But even if the Chinese get angry at that time, they can never start a war because of a commercial failure, right? And if the Chinese don't start a war, there is still something that the Chinese can threaten others?

"I didn't say anything. But I think I need to remind you: Chinese people are very smart." Morgan smiled again.

"Is that?" Rockefeller sneered, "Then I really want to see if they are smart."

"Haha..." Morgan laughed twice, but didn't say anything more. However, he was imagining another picture in his heart: Rockefeller cheated the Chinese and made a big profit, and the company grew stronger. But then, the Panama Canal was opened, and the Chinese used powerful force to ban all products of Standard Oil Company from passing. At the same time, it was still deterred by powerful force. The Chinese also vigorously suppressed Standard Oil in the western states... Finally, Standard Oil lost the Eastern World and the western markets of the United States, and could only live in the eastern and European markets of the United States, and it was difficult for the company to develop further... Then, the Chinese launched a acquisition war against Standard Oil Company with the money earned by canals and minerals. Rockefeller encountered a huge crisis. At this time, he, J.p. Morgan, appeared and helped Standard Oil overcome the crisis, and at the same time, he also inserted a hand in Rockefeller's oil empire...

Chapter 260 Morgan and Rockefeller

Chapter 260 Morgan and Rockefeller
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