Chapter 202 Arm Wrestling
Old man, you are too much!
Looking at the stubborn little Morgan, Li Zitao is a bit at a loss for words. Anyway, Rothschild will enter the American market sooner or later. Wouldn't it be good for everyone to cooperate?
If he asked Jr. Morgan that way, the answer would definitely be ‘NO. '
The financial world is more cruel, dark, and bloody than traditional business.
Either you die, or I live.
Morgan does not need a declining Rothschild, let alone see this financial monster from Europe rejuvenate.
For Morgan, what he wanted most was for it to collapse weakly and be swallowed by him in one gulp.
To that end, Morgan has been biding his time.
Li Zitao's actions disrupted his plan and allowed Rothschild to find a new life. This giant beast, which was supposed to be sunset, is being reborn from its shell.
Although the change was slow, it still put Morgan in a bad mood.
"Mr. Morgan, Wall Street is an open financial market. It is perfunctory based on the New York Stock Exchange, and it is not anyone's private product."
Li Zitao didn't want to slap his face, but Morgan's aggressive performance made him choose to draw another bloodstain on his barely concealed face.
"What do you want?" Little Morgan saw that he was determined to mess around.
But for his performance, Little Morgan actually appreciates him from the bottom of his heart.
Only by abandoning the boring self-esteem and honor can we win the commercial war without gunpowder.
Li Zitao's performance just proved that he is a qualified businessman.
If he knew that Morgan Jr. was praising him, it was shameless enough, Li Zitao might fill up the wine for him!
"Shares in the American Telephone and Telegraph Company." Li Zitao opened his mouth wide.
And this opening of the mouth almost tore the lion's mouth open.
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is one of the most important large companies in the hands of the Morgan consortium.
Its company scale covers 90% of the telephone and telegraph business in the United States, whether it is local calls, overseas telephone or telegraph communications, all are provided by it.
Moreover, AT&T also owns the world-renowned Bell Telephone Laboratories.
The emergence of long-distance television transmission, digital computers, sound films and artificial larynx is inseparable from the support of Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Do you have an appetite for a stake in the American Telephone and Telegraph Company?
Little Morgan sat motionless in his seat, looking at him with those shrewd and bright pupils, without blinking his eyelids.
"I'm willing to pay for it." Li Zitao took out his pocket watch a little guilty, opened and closed it with a click, and played with it.
"Can I have a look at your pocket watch?" Little Morgan's eyes narrowed into needles, and the pattern on the pocket watch made him more vigilant.
"Of course." Handing the pocket watch to him, Li Zitao waited for the answer he wanted.
If he guessed right, after he took out his pocket watch, Morgan Jr. would definitely back down to a certain extent.
Li Zitao can only think optimistically about how many shares he can win in the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
One percent is not too little, ten percent is not too much, it depends on the final result!
"You have 3.85% of the shares in your hand, isn't it enough?" Little Morgan wiped the cover of the pocket watch and looked at it for a long time after opening it.
"Who would think he has too much money? Do you? Mr. Morgan." Li Zitao asked back.
"Hehe." Hearing Morgan's laughter, Li Zitao felt mocked.
In fact, he was indeed being ridiculed. In the eyes of Jr. Morgan, he was a bit too greedy, and his former sanity was inflated by the sudden change of identity.
Just thinking about what happened in front of the Kendy Manor, it was a lie for Little Morgan to say that he was not worried.
With Li Zitao's rapid rise, the bosses felt more and more that the S.H.I.E.L.D. under this guy was a huge threat.
Originally they regarded each other as a superficially legitimate mafia who wanted to take care of their compatriots, but now it seems that they thought too simply.
Li Zitao valued it and refused to let it go,
Not for nothing.
The influence of capital on the military is limited, at least for now, and the new Chief of Staff of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, is even more useless.
Li Zitao, who they didn't care about at first, quickly climbed up to the military when they focused more on the Congress, members of parliament, and the powerful navy.
Look at the joint training between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Chicago National Guard. After those soldiers came back, they boasted about the strength of S.H.I.E.L.D.
What about their honor and dignity?
There is also S.H.I.E.L.D.’s security funding for Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington, and other places. A lot of funds are filled in like waste paper.
As for the military department, the fully automatic weapons laboratory and actual combat training ground just built in Los Angeles are under investigation by the military department.
Once the inspection is passed, the Los Angeles S.H.I.E.L.D. branch will become a partner of the military, and the relationship between the two parties will be one step closer.
Because of Li Zitao's shooting incident, the military department was made very passive, so in order to avoid suspicion, the military department also intends to step up cooperation with him.
Besides, Li Zitao has always been very docile, and S.H.I.E.L.D. has also started its own business in a law-abiding manner.
The generals were satisfied with the strong support for security and national defense.
Of course, they will never mention where the check in their pocket came from.
It feels like the landlords are looking outside, planning how to bring back the wealth of the landlords in other territories.
Turning his head and looking back, he saw that there was a shit-stirring stick in his field, making trouble there, and he made a big fuss about it.
Pulling a group of farmers who were not valued at all, they have already achieved independence. At this time, the army is really the one that grandma doesn't love and uncle doesn't love.
And this pocket watch, where did he come from, Habsburg?
Slap.
Buckling up the pocket watch, Little Morgan pushed it in front of Li Zitao, and said in a deep voice, "Quit the hydropower project."
"I want Nicholas." Li Zitao put the pocket watch in his pocket.
"2% of the shares, as for the person you want, that has nothing to do with me." Little Morgan wore a top hat, bowed his head like a gentleman, and left the restaurant leaning on a cane.
2%, plus his holdings, a total of 5.85%, he will become the third largest individual shareholder of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
"Who do you want to appoint as the shareholder representative?" Li Zitao leaned back, expressing his satisfaction at being able to get 2% of the shares.
As for withdrawing from the hydropower project, no problem!
Isn't Aiken's Wood family also competing for this project?
Let Nikola provide technical support, so it is not a violation!
"Wait until the business of Express...huh!" Li Zitao smiled sarcastically, but did not continue.
"Arrange a car and go to the branch." Four cars drove away from the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and Wells Fargo Bank on Wall Street was about to usher in a new day.