Chapter 673 Cross Shareholding with Morgan?

In East Africa, two ships pulled towards the siren and slowly docked at the anchorage.

"Bring the boat over, be careful." Beside the pier, the monk asked the boat to lean against the back, and the small fishing boat was as insignificant as an ant in front of the giant ship.

Looking up, someone on the giant wheel waved, and then a walkie-talkie was lowered from a rope.

"It's at the position, it can be released." The monk said after grabbing the walkie-talkie and untying the rope.

"Received, received." A wooden box was lowered from above, followed by another one, and then another. Three wooden boxes were hung side by side and lowered by ropes at the same time.

Three fishing boats leaned against the side of the boat and left after they were full, and the other three docked at the previous positions.

On the giant ship, two inspectors from the Arms Commission were sleeping soundly in the cabin, with two cheap girls lying beside them.

There was a big dance on board last night. Stimulated by beautiful women and music, they got so drunk that they haven't woken up yet.

Until night fell, the wooden boxes stored in the power room and the kitchen warehouse were all unloaded, and the two inspectors finally woke up from the hangover.

Rubbing their dizzy heads, the two stumbled to the deck. When they found that the ship had already docked, their expressions changed drastically.

"When did we land?" the inspector asked the sailor beside him.

"Now, sir, we haven't had time to lower the deck." Sailor pointed to the deck that had not been lowered.

The two were a little skeptical, but after disembarking and checking the port entry records, they dispelled their doubts.

It seems that just like what the captain said, they just moved the arrival time one day earlier, but for some reason, the two of them always felt that something was wrong.

Looking at the increasingly busy pier, the two suddenly realized that the previous pier seemed a bit desolate, "Maybe it's time for a shift change."

"Have you seen those weapons?" one of them asked.

"It's all in the cargo hold, sealed well." The companion nodded.

It's just that neither of them knew that those wooden boxes had been repacked during the journey, and what was sealed inside were not weapons, but large stones.

At the simple pearl fishing pier behind the northwest corner, pearl divers work in groups of two and two, lifting heavy wooden boxes from fishing boats and loading them into trucks.

After the car was full, the tarpaulin was put down, and the personnel carrier drove quickly to the desert. After driving 200 miles, a small airport appeared in front of us.

The entire airport has only one narrow runway, next to it is a wooden house, and the gaps between the logs are covered with mud to prevent wind and sand.

"Hurry up." As soon as the car stopped, four people ran out of the room and sent the wooden box to the plane under the driver's call.

Six more cars came from behind and parked beside them waiting for the plane to return.

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Santa Monica, end of Highway 1.

A light blue Rolls Phantom 2 slowly drove towards the fork, and the grassy fields on both sides were full of tranquility and peace.

"Sometimes even I'm jealous, it's so beautiful here." Thomas said enviously that the flower garden was like a colorful garden world.

"Your manor in Maine is much bigger than here." Li Zitao said sitting opposite him.

"It's too desolate there, it can only be used for vacation." Thomas smiled wryly and shook his head.

The desolation he refers to is the real "American desolation," where there is no human habitation for hundreds of miles, and it takes a day to buy something every time.

Fortunately, most of the manor is self-sufficient, otherwise life alone would be a problem.

"Here we are." When the car stopped in front of the gate of the castle, Mary was standing at the gate with her servants to welcome the guests.

"Mr. Lamont, welcome to Dream Castle." Mary greeted gracefully.

"Thank you, Ma'am, I am honored to be invited." After Lamont was polite, everyone walked into the castle together.

Along the way, the surrounding decorations and artworks made him amazed from time to time. Thomas was very interested in the hitching post in front of the partition at the end of the corridor.

"Charlie, I can't wait to take a good look around.

"Sitting in the living room, looking at the huge portrait behind him, Thomas said with a cheerful smile.

"I'll get someone to lead the way for you later, you can stay for a few more days." Someone served hot tea, and everyone retreated, only Dan stayed.

"My personal servant is also a reliable friend." Li Zitao pointed to Dan and introduced.

Knowing that there is no need to hide, Thomas directly talked about the business, "Fuguo's development is surprising, why do you want to become a partner of Morgan?"

"No one thinks too much money, Thomas, do you?" Li Zitao asked back.

"Of course not." Thomas smiled, as if wondering about something; "It's just your relationship with Morgan that makes other partners very worried."

No one would object to making money, but the competition between Li Zitao and Morgan made other partners worry about his purpose.

If they agree to him becoming a partner, they will not be friends, but all kinds of troubles will be ushered in, and they will also have a headache.

"If my news is correct, the Morgan consortium is not only belonging to the Morgan family, it is a large group of common interests,

Thomas, do you think I'm going to offend so many people for a little thing? "

After Thomas lowered his head for consideration, he said abruptly, "I have an idea."

"Tell me." Li Zitao leaned back.

"Cross-shareholding." Thomas said seriously: "This is the way to make everyone feel at ease. Morgan and Wells Fargo have reached a strategic alliance."

"Congress will not agree." Li Zitao shook his head and said.

JP Morgan has just been split into Morgan Commercial Bank and Morgan Stanley, and now it wants to cooperate with Wells Fargo. Congress will definitely block this deal.

The timing was wrong, and it would have been a good proposition if it had been before Roosevelt came to power and the market had been liberalized.

But at that time, Morgan would not be interested in his rich country.

"We can cross-hold shares as partners, and it doesn't involve industrial shares. Congress has no reason to stop it." Thomas's mouth showed an arc.

Partners cross shareholding, the combination of interests between shareholders and shareholders does not involve the industry, this is a way.

It's just that the risk of doing so is a bit too high. Once personal interests are involved, no one can guarantee whether their position will change.

"Mutual penetration, are you so confident?" Li Zitao pointed out the other party's purpose directly, and turned the cup in his hand playfully.

"We are only optimistic about the development of Fuguo. I am already old. Who knows what will happen in the future!" Thomas looked at him with some emotion.

That young face made him full of envy, and in just 6 years, he had grown to a point that no one could ignore.

Even 'miracle' is not enough to describe his journey.