No matter how much wealth the Yankee consortium loses, as long as it can keep Tom Smith in the United States, it will have no worries about finding opportunities to divide it up in the future.
But what if Texas were to become independent from the United States with the support of external forces, just like it was when it became independent from Mexico.
That's really like picking sesame seeds and losing watermelon.
Of course, Tom will not lead Texas to become independent from the United States. Tom will also help the United States expand its territory.
Tom wants to be the elected emperor of the American Empire, not the trash king of the Texas Kingdom.
Just when a group of masters were finishing their argument and preparing to disperse.
The father of a pair of father and son sitting in the corner nodded frequently while reading the information about Tom Smith, John Muller, and other core members of the Smith family.
"It's a pity that I quit shipping a few years ago, otherwise I would have wanted to take a boat to meet these interesting young people."
"If this information is true, then these brats, especially this young man named Tom, are really interesting."
"Captain" - Cornelius Vanderbilt, played with the sapphire ornament on the cane in his hand, and then looked at his son, his chosen successor - William Henry Vanderbilt.
"Father, what's so interesting? He's just a big factory owner who has mastered new production technology."
"Sooner or later, other factories will learn his production methods, and then Smith Company will have no advantage at all and become an ordinary factory company."
"In recent years, there has been a large-scale economic crisis every few years."
"Sooner or later, the capital chain of Smith Company will be broken due to the economic crisis, and then the only option is to sell shares to raise funds."
"Even if their family is lucky, they will at most become the first family in Texas. If they are unlucky, they may just become a major member of the Houston, Texas, consortium."
William Henry Vanderbilt did not approve of his father's excessive praise of Tom Smith.
Even the Vanderbilt family's railroad company and former shipping company have raised funds to survive several massive economic crises, using dilution of equity in exchange for cash flow to survive the crisis.
A kid from Germany sneaks into the country, and by chance, he knows a little bit about technology and can he live forever?
This is of course not William's opinion alone, most of the heads of the Yang Ji Lao Group think so.
Otherwise, he would not have agreed to spend a lot of money to appease Tom Smith.
"I don't think so. The United States has a population of more than 30 million and nearly 40 million. Back then, I could earn a million dollars a year just by sailing a "gold rush line" from the east coast to the west coast, while he,
He is selling necessities to Americans across the United States, and they are medical and life-saving necessities that cannot be negotiated. How much do you think he can earn in the past six months?"
"Take New York as an example. There are millions of people in the New York City area. Many of Smith's miraculous drugs are basically effective in curing diseases. The price on the black market is one per day... Father, in the past three months, he may have made a profit
Tens of millions of dollars have been withdrawn!”
As the designated successor of the family, William Henry Vanderbilt quickly understood how huge profits Tom had in the chemical industry chain, including medicine alone.
At this time, the two of them had already left the conference room and boarded the carriage on their way back.
The gold-rimmed carriage is about to be pulled out of the gate of this luxurious private estate, pulled by several white Lipizzan horses.
"This is just the pharmaceutical industry. Even if we only count the profits of the pharmaceutical industry, at this rate, it will only take one or two years for him to replace me and become the richest man in the United States. Counting other industries, I can't imagine it!"
"But this chemical industry chain is not a long-term solution after all. Let's not talk about the problems after the technology is cracked. Just talk about the recent situation. Pennsylvania has begun to increase state tariffs."
"Do you think he doesn't know? The Texas State House recently proposed a law to comprehensively increase tariffs. Do you think there is no operation of Smith Company behind the proposal of this law?"
"Isn't he himself the dominant party in the industrial chain? Shouldn't he encourage free trade and vigorously advocate lower tariffs?"
Cornelius Vanderbilt touched the sapphire on his crutch. He did not answer his son's question directly, but thought about this interesting young man's previous actions and smiled slightly.
"Have you ever seen a mafia leader use all his assets to expand the industrial chain and expand factories?"
"He still lives in his office every day and has not built a house as his "mansion"."
"It wasn't until last month that he recruited his first attendant as his secretary. I heard that the attendant was very average-looking."
"People, after becoming rich, are greedy for pleasure and vanity."
"The sapphire on my crutch can build a railroad from New York to Washington, but I exchanged gold and U.S. dollars for this stone of little practical value."
"Because I already own too many railroads. Seventy percent of the railroads in the entire northern United States belong to me. I am almost in control of the American railroad network. One more or one less does not matter to me."
"If you were a self-made multi-millionaire, or you became rich within six months, would you resist buying some luxurious accessories and beautiful women? Even if it only cost a little innocuous money."
Cornelius Vanderbilt wanted to use this to educate his children not to be extravagant and to pursue pleasure, but he looked at the sapphire gold crutches and custom-made suits in his hands, as well as the ones he bought at auction for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The former French royal family owned a Breguet watch. I really didn’t have the confidence to educate my son directly, so I could only use subtext to wake him up.
Just when the carriage just walked out of the gate of the manor, Cornelius raised the golden crutch in his hand and pointed to several other wealthy carriages in the surrounding area.
"There is no way these idiots can defeat Tom Smith in this war."
"On one side are the madmen who risk their wealth and life and exchange every drop of blood in their bodies for bullets."
"The other side is just a bunch of losers, and the war is over before it begins."
These carriages seemed to be carved out of the same mold. They were all pulled by tall white Lipizzaners and had carriages decorated with gold trim.
Even the wealthy people inside all held gold and diamond-encrusted canes.
Of course, none of the wealthy people in the Yang Kai Group thought of one thing.
Tom is really going to sell the shares of Smith Company to these Yang guys, it's not a joke.
As far as Tom is concerned, since these Yankees want to acquire Smith Company, let them acquire it.
Tom really doesn't want Smith Company anymore,
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Pen name: Rosemary Goo
Ke Zongwen, a small god of Western fantasy short stories in a niche forum, came to Qidian to preach for the "first time".
The subject matter is a long science fiction and suspense novel.
There is no need to ask about the writing style, with nearly ten years of creative experience.
I helped to come up with the main character’s name / Dog Head
Also, I suggested changing the main character’s cell phone ringtone at the beginning of the chapter / Dog Head
It can be said that 80% of this book was written by me./Funny
If you are interested, you can search for the correlation between the protagonist's name and the ringtone.
The writer’s words are a direct line.
Original introduction:
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