1375 old friend
Wall Street sounds very high-end, and various data used to predict the distortion of the economy and the stock market are enough to scare any layman. But in ten or fifty years, what fund managers and investment advisors care about the most is actually the news and relationship network.
When people heard that Li Changheng bought more than 150,000 acres of land in Ohio, they immediately gathered information.
Soon, some media broke the news that there are four largest distribution areas for shale oil in the United States.
One is Texas, the second is California, the third is Wyoming, South Dakota, and the fourth is Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
After this report came out, even ordinary people understood that Li Changheng must have seen that many land in Mount Ohio was cheap, and he unscrupulously used his financial advantages to hoard a lot of land to try his luck.
Once you find shale oil in a farm or ranch, the value instantly soars dozens of times or hundreds of times.
It is equivalent to making all the investment back with just one piece of land, and the probability of more than a dozen pieces of land being used to try luck is actually very high.
Even if these lands are purchased in a planned and prepared manner, it means that Li Changheng alone can control more than 20% of the West Coast shale oil reserves.
Someone immediately wrote a column for this, and the value of all land in Ohio was suddenly rising.
Li Changheng took his bodyguard to drive quietly in the small town where he met Barney.
The purpose of coming here is very simple. If you want to ensure your own interests, the most direct and simple way is to win over local forces.
And this is a place where you can buy big drums.
Everyone has a pistol, a shotgun, and a shotgun, which are the standard features.
Even if the state government angers the locals, these people dare to shoot at the state police with weapons.
Under the guidance of Li Changheng, the convoy stopped in front of a three-story villa with a garden.
Li Changheng saw Sheriff Will, who was obviously much older at first glance.
After pushing open the car door, Will saw that it was Li Changheng, turned around and shouted at the room, "Bredo, Brado, come out quickly."
A 7 or 8-year-old boy looked puzzled and walked out.
Will shouted excitedly, "Bredo, I said I know Henry Lee, and now Henry is in front of us. You should believe it."
Li Changheng rolled his eyes after hearing this, but this is also the reason why he has not been worried about Will talking nonsense for so many years.
It is really such a thing as recognizing relatives and friends, as I become more and more famous and richer, there are so many examples in the United States.
Unless there are photos as evidence, even journalists will not believe it.
Seeing Will, who had gained a lot of weight and his head was almost bald, Li Changheng smiled and waved, "Long time no see, sheriff."
Hearing Li Changheng greeting, Will reacted. The young man in front of him, who seemed to have not changed much from more than ten years ago, was no longer from the same world as him.
"Okay, long time no see, Henry."
Looking at Will who was at a loss, Li Changheng smiled and pushed away a meter away, blocking his guard with his body.
Walking to Will, reaching out to hug him.
His actions not only stunned Brado, who should be Will's grandson, but also surprised the residents of the town who walked out because of the convoy's appearance.
This is the richest and most powerful man in the world.
And he is also the hereditary count of England, the princess’s husband, who actually knows Will, an ordinary town sheriff.
Of course, when Li Changheng came to the town, there were actually not many people who met him.
But I have only met one or two times, and one or two years is enough to blur the memories of these people.
Only Will and several police officers from the police station had contacted him a lot, and he had hunted down Barney who had been hiding in the mountains back then, so he wanted to forget that he would not believe him.
Lee Changheng let go of Will, smiled and looked up and down a few times, and said with a smile, "Sheriff, it seems that you have been in good times over the years."
Will laughed when he heard this.
I looked around and said in a low voice, "I earned tens of thousands of dollars from you back then, which really made my life much better.
And after you successfully land on the moon, one day I saw a newspaper saying that you bought Intel, and I tried to buy Intel's stock with you.
Unexpectedly, it rose 16 times in just 6 years.
After that, I bought all my money in Citi. After making 4 times in less than two years, I saw you reclaimed HL Media, and I bought all the money in this company.
Over the past decade, the 20,000 US dollars invested in that year has now exceeded 8 million, but I have never dared to use this money."
Li Changheng was immediately surprised by Will's operation.
"I'll help you get the source of the money."
"No need", Will immediately knew that Li Changheng was a misunderstanding, "It has been more than ten years since the money that year, and I have already explained the source as the tax bureau has made it clear.
The reason why I didn't dare to use it was just that I didn't want to become the target of some idiots and didn't want to move out of the town, so I never dared to move.
And I only have one daughter and grandson. Although I have had several girlfriends over the years, I have never remarried and I don’t spend much money.”
Li Changheng then smiled and nodded, then looked at Brado.
The little guy's face turned red with excitement, and Li Changheng smiled and greeted the little guy.
The more Will cares about this grandson, the easier it is for him to restrain him.
He immediately changed the goal of pushing Will to be the mayor of the town to push him to be the state legislator.
In addition, the decline of the Great Lakes Industrial Zone can also be used to promote the United States' sanctions on island countries.
Even if it fails, it is just a waste of money, and there are only hl media group's resources in Ohio.
Anyway, I had no political resources in Ohio before, and the media resources of the HL Group have always been placed on the Elephant's MPs.
Now I will split up some of them and cultivate my own people, and no matter how I calculate it, I will not lose money.
"Do you want to participate in a state assembly election?"
Will was stunned. He thought that Li Changheng came to him to find him, just to reminisce about the past, or to use his local snake to help him with some trouble.
But I didn't expect that the other party's goal was much bigger than I thought.
However, it is normal to think about it carefully.
If it were more than ten years ago, Will would never dare to agree, but over the years, his net worth of 8 million US dollars has given Will more confidence than before.
In addition, he was able to endure the 8 million US dollars. Not to mention how smart Will has become, but his patience and tolerance are definitely not low.
With Li Changheng's support, it means having huge capital and exposure.
Chapter completed!