Chapter 968 The Balance Has Been Broken

"Why are we doing this?" Club No. 22, the meeting got to the point.

Speaking is the representative of the Piermont family from the east coast, and he is also an important member of the Cleveland consortium.

Beside him sat Harvey Firestone and Martin Firestone.

What Pyrmont meant was very clear, that is why they wanted to fight against the Adams family.

In fact, before arriving in New York for the meeting, less than half of the people present had spoken with Charles or his representatives on the phone.

The remaining people are either not qualified enough, or they have the mentality of watching a show.

To be precise, there is no one who is really willing to stand by Li Zitao's side.

Compared with him, Adams, who has a profound background and history in the United States, is undoubtedly more respected and awe-inspiring.

Moreover, the Adams family is not only rich, but also has great power and influence.

In terms of business alone, within the Cleveland Consortium, which maintains close cooperation with Li, there are members who have an unusual relationship with the Adams family.

Here, Piermont is their representative.

John Rockefeller Jr. was also on good terms with the Adams family.

Astor family, Astor III was one of Jonathan's best friends before his father sank with the Titanic.

In the Mellon family, the two sides did not have much communication in business.

However, in the government and Congress, they have helped each other and jointly promoted the passage of many bills.

The only one who has little contact with the Adams family is the Chicago consortium.

And now he has fully favored the Li's consortium, and after losing most of the control over funds, he has also become an indispensable part.

However, from the bottom of their hearts, the McCormick family does not recommend fighting against Adams.

No one would easily choose to fight against an old family with a deep foundation, and the other party has extremely strong power in both political and business circles.

"I think everyone here wants to hear my answer." Sensing the silence at the scene, Li Zitao stood up from his seat.

Since they all want to hear their own ideas, then Li Zitao will not be stingy

"In my opinion, it's time for the old and ancient rules to be broken." Li Zitao's words shocked everyone.

Break the rules, does he know what he's talking about?

Does he think he can reshuffle the power structure of the United States and override everyone.

'This is impossible. ’ Even Jonathan and McCormick, who favored him, were taken aback by the idea.

A Chinese wants to push to the table to reshuffle the cards, don't talk about power, probability and other nonsense.

From the depths of their hearts, a heartfelt resistance arises.

"Right is always in the hands of a small number of people, just like wealth. The people sitting here now add up to about 6% of the benefits created by the United States.

They occupy more than 20% of the market in their respective industries. I don't think anyone will deny this. "

"That's why each of you should understand why the poor get poorer and the rich get richer."

"With the changing times and Washington's surveillance of the market, the importance of politics has increased again, and these effects are happening."

"Think about it, who can compete with the Adams family in this regard." Li Zitao paused for a while, and turned his eyes to look down.

"There are also Jefferson and Roosevelt. They will check and balance each other like a consortium, and the current president belongs to it." Someone retorted.

"Yes, you're right." Li Zitao smiled while pointing at the spokesperson, and suddenly said indifferently: "Then you should be lucky, they haven't woken up yet."

"When one day, Congress comes to the door with various reasons, antitrust, unfair competition, internal operations and a series of reasons, you understand what it is."

In fact, it will be true in the future. The so-called market freedom in the United States is also freedom within the rules it specifies.

And when it wants to find any corporate trouble,

They can find hundreds of reasons in the rules.

"No one is going to break the rules, and that will cost him his foothold in the United States." Again, someone refuted.

This time it was an acquaintance Li Zitao knew, Andrew Mellon.

His expression was very calm, with a benevolent smile that an elder should have on his face, as if he was just having a family debate with Li Zitao.

"No, not now does not mean that it will not appear in the future. Capital and politics should be equal at both ends of the balance. Now this equality is being broken."

Whispering voices sounded from below, and everyone whispered to each other with familiar people.

Yes, that's exactly what they're worried about.

Since the Roosevelt administration began to intervene in the market during the Great Depression, they have received more and more shackles and accusations.

There are more and more rules to abide by, and the previous set is no longer feasible.

However, most people believe that a regulated business system will make the market more active.

And judging from the current situation in the United States, their views are correct.

It took only 4 years for the Roosevelt administration to bring about a significant economic recovery in the United States.

As a result, Roosevelt was easily re-elected and became a hero in the hearts of the people of the United States.

The subsequent war made him an unprecedented three-term president in American history, and his term was extended until the end of the war.

This is a good thing for those who support Roosevelt, the people at the bottom.

Roosevelt, however, was not a friendly friend to capitalists, or to anyone.

On this point, I am afraid that no one has more say than Roosevelt's own family.

Since he became president, the family's business and external expansion have not only not received support, but have been restricted in various ways.

And the source of these orders was Roosevelt himself.

Other industries were also more or less affected, and Roosevelt tended to support more small companies to grow gradually.

He has extraordinary patience and a special preference for small companies, and he wants to continue his New Deal, allowing them to act as catfish to stir up the activity of the market.

There's nothing wrong with that, big corporations and capitalists welcome it.

The more people join, the bigger the pie will be, and there will be more 'little fish and shrimp'. '

They can let these little shrimps swim around and grow up gradually.

When it grows to the point where it needs it, it will open its bloody mouth to swallow the opponent, and let it create or absorb all the 'nutrients' for its own use.

This is also the way they are best at, and they can always gain something every once in a while.

However, successive 'protection' bills appear frequently.

Washington's protection and favoritism for small companies also aroused their displeasure.