Chapter 1313 The Famous Prodigal Son

"The co-founder of Jimmy Choo? I really don't know him, but why did he marry Matthew?"

Before he finished speaking, Yang Cheng came to his senses, "That's right, with Matthew's absurd deeds back then, he can do things like wipe his butt with a beautiful knife, and he doesn't mind scratching his butt with paper, so he wouldn't dare to do it." Yes, I believe even if you said he married a Martian."

He glared at Yang Cheng reproachfully, "Smelly poor~"

The two chatted about the gossip about Mellon's family for a while, then found a nearby hotel to rest, and did not take a car to pick up Mindy from get off work until the evening.

After the three of them had dinner together, they went to the private recuperation center affiliated to the Johns Hopkins Medical School. Quiet and quiet, it is very suitable for patients to recuperate. Of course, the price is also very touching. The minimum annual cost of 2 million US dollars is enough to prevent 90% of the crowd from staying.

It is no exaggeration to say that there are many more staff members than patients in the sanatorium, and it is basically guaranteed that at least 5 people will take care of one person, providing the most comprehensive service guarantee, and never letting you worry about things other than recuperation.

Before coming here, Zhao Anqi briefly talked about Matthew's recent situation with Yang Cheng. By the way, to fight against drug addiction, Matthew has been relying on OxyContin painkillers all year round. He needs to take 80 doses of OxyContin almost every day. spending as high as $100,000.

However, although he insisted on taking OxyContin, he still failed to resist the drug addiction, so that he began to give up on himself, and planned to give up treatment completely, and live as long as he could.

The most amazing thing is that this idea has been "strongly supported" by his two sons. It is called to reduce the pain of his father, but any fool knows what the actual idea is.

The convoy walked through a narrow private passage to the front yard of a villa. There was a Lexus LS parked in the parking lot, which seemed to be Matthew's car.

As soon as I got out of the car, I saw Matthew who was pushed out by the Shanghai stock market to relax. He was only in his 50s, but he looked like a dying person in his 90s. His skin was wrinkled like a dead tree. It is hard to imagine that this is what he once mastered. The fourth-generation heir of the Mellon family, the lifeline of American wealth.

It is said that the rich are only three generations old, but the Mellon family clearly survived the threshold of bad luck, but fell to the fourth generation of heirs. As the most famous prodigal son in the United States, after inheriting a huge wealth, they don't know what money is. It's not enough to describe his various crazy behaviors back then.

Later, although I don’t know who learned the lesson, he began to change his ways, quit drinking and duping, and learned business investment. Not to mention, the Mellon family gene has a talent for making money. Even without systematic learning, he still made money by investing in cryptocurrency. a lot of wealth,

With an investment of 2 million U.S. dollars, the value has increased to the current 1 billion U.S. dollars, ranking fifth on the Forbes cryptocurrency rich list. It has to be said that it is also a legend.

"Dad~" Mindy called out and went up to meet her, took the handle of the wheelchair from the nurse, and pushed her father over by herself.

"Dad, let me introduce you, they are my friends, Angie and Jason."

Then he leaned over and introduced the identities of the two softly in Matthew's ear.

Only then did Matthew open his mouth to speak, staring at Yang Cheng with those wild eyes, and said hoarsely, "Is Yang Sen okay?"

Speaking of which, Matthew and Yang Cheng's father are the same age. It's hard to say who is older, but the difference is not much, so Yang Cheng is not surprised that the other party can call out his father's name.

"My father is very good, Mr. Mellon, it's an honor to meet you."

Matthew didn't buy it, and sneered, "Mr. Mellon? How long has it been since you heard someone say that? Was it 10 years ago last time? Or was it 15 years ago? I can't remember, but you are fine, now Young people will always forget the greatness of their ancestors, but you still know how to be in awe, you are very good!"

After a pause, he asked back, "But seeing me like this, do you still think it's an honor to meet me?"

Yang Cheng didn't pay attention to this kind of verbal difficulty. He knew what kind of person the other party was, and growing up under the aura of "Meilon", he had the capital to despise everything.

Slightly shrugged, "Why not? The Mellon family has a long history and played a pivotal role in the political and economic fields of the United States. Hundreds of big companies.

Such a super family with considerable influence in the American business, political, financial, philanthropic and even art collection circles deserves the respect of any future generations. "

Matthew played with taste, "The truth?"

Yang Cheng disdainfully said, "To put it bluntly, if the Mellon family still controls the Mellon consortium under your leadership, I will say something to please you, but with your current state, with all due respect, it seems You don’t have the capital to flatter me, do you?”

Zhao Anqi and mindy's expressions changed at the same time, only Matthew, not only was not angry, but smiled happily~

"Hahahaha~"

Such an insolent smile made even Yang Cheng look sideways at it.

"Yes, now I'm sure you're telling the truth, boy, that's crazy, but I like it!"

Matthew's character is really elusive, shouldn't he get angry after hearing Yang Cheng's words?

This is the logic of normal people, but unfortunately, Matthew has not been a normal person since he was born.

"It seems that you know a lot about the Mellon family?"

Yang Cheng spread out his hands, "Of course, people like us have been fighting for the glory of the family since birth. If we can bring our family to the height of the Mellon family, it will be considered a success. So for the former More or less, you need to study some of your successful experiences.

For example, like most people who have succeeded in the United States, you are not out-and-out Americans. No, to be precise, no one can be regarded as a true American except for the natives of Indian reservations.

About 200 years ago, your great-grandfather, that is, Mr. Thomas Mellon, left his hometown of England with his parents when he was young, and set off from London to cross the Atlantic Ocean, passing through eastern Canada, which is probably where St. John, Newfoundland is now, and then changed to offshore The ferry started again, and after more than three months of arduous sea voyage, it arrived in Baltimore and set foot on the American mainland.

As the founder of the Mellon family, competing with big figures like Rockefeller at the same time, what a magnificent scenery it is, and now we descendants can only see it from books.

However, the success of the Mellon family is inseparable from your grandfather Andrew Mellon. When he was the secretary of the US Treasury, it was also the time when the Mellon family shined.

At that time, the largest economic crisis in the history of the capital market broke out in the United States.

In almost a week, Americans lost as much as $10 billion in wealth on the stock exchange. Farmers poured milk into the Mississippi River to destroy the excess product, but Mellon was unscathed and even went upstream. There is even a nursery rhyme popular in New York~”

Speaking of this, Yang Cheng paused for a moment, looked at Matthew, and said at the same time, "Melon blew the whistle, Hoover rang the bell, Wall Street gave the signal, America is going to hell!"

"Hahaha~" There was another burst of wild laughter, and with a smile, a few tears fell from the corners of Matthew's eyes. They were tears mixed with unwillingness and anger. Repeatedly trampled on.

The three of Yang Cheng quietly looked at Matthew crying and laughing for a while, looking crazy, but no one stopped, Mindy shed sad tears silently, while Zhao Anqi had a serious face, she could understand but couldn't imagine Matthew has been tortured since birth.

Outsiders only know that he is a prodigal son and the "founder" of Mellon's decline, but no one thinks that if the same position is replaced by another person, will there be good results?

I don't know how long it took, but it was Yang Cheng who broke the silence, "The Mellon Consortium has always been there~"

Matthew's expression was a little moved, and in just a few seconds, he laughed at himself, "So what? Mellon is no longer Mellon~"

Mindy persuaded, "Father, we all know that you are not to blame for Mellon's decline."

Zhao Anqi also said, "Yes, Mr. Mellon, there are many reasons for the family's decline, but in fact, since your uncle's generation, the Mellon family has been on a downhill road."

This is a fact. The Mellon family is able to far exceed Ford, DuPont and other well-known conglomerate families in terms of assets. It's a heavy stroke.

Andrew was born with a talent for doing business. He successfully completed a real estate business at the age of fifteen. After taking over the family business, he immediately decided to use the bank as the control and coordination center and use the joint trust and investment company Carrying out various activities, the several banks founded during the Andrew period together accounted for more than one-third of all deposits in Pittsburgh.

Later, mining groups such as aluminum, petroleum, and corundum were successively established, as well as industrial giants that produced train carriages, coal tar, and other products. Later, Pittsburgh's coal mines, shipbuilding, steelmaking, and public utilities were all merged by Mellon's diversified monopolized by large companies.

Later, Andrew further controlled the market with the help of stock trading, goods payment, patent control, and tariff protection, and even proposed to use litigation to resolve competition. Large-scale exploitation of loopholes in the tax law, and two proposals to cut taxes were proposed to protect the interests of large business owners, thus benefiting the Mellon family a lot.

But after Andrew passed away, his son Paul would rather manage the "National Art Museum" donated to the ZF by the old Mellon than do business. This is the root cause of the decline of the Mellon family.

The immediate family was unwilling to accept it, and the huge Mellon consortium could only be handed over to Paul's cousin Richard. However, Richard was not capable enough to control such a large enterprise. Some up-and-coming stars have been disintegrated and corroded the Mellon consortium a little bit, and the Mellon family has also gradually split and declined. When it was in Matthew's hands, Mellon was left with only a skeleton with a damaged skin and separated flesh and blood.