Chapter 77 The Crazy Plan of the Former Richest Man and the Current Richest Man
Tom ate the steamed buns so quickly that he choked. He hurriedly picked up the kettle and drank a few sips of water.
"Um?"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Gudong, Gudong, Gudong."
Tom's funny actions and stupid looks easily destroyed the extremely serious atmosphere in the conference room that had become serious due to Cornelius's entry.
After taking a few sips of water, Tom greeted Vanderbilt as if he were chatting with everyone:
"Mr. Vanderbilt, are you here alone?"
"It's a person. The most confidential way is of course to come alone."
"With such a luxurious crutch, that's a sapphire? Aren't you afraid of being robbed?"
"I'm not afraid. When someone asks me, I tell them it's a fake, and I'll give it to them if they really want to steal it. No one believes that a bad old man like me, a gay Yang old man, can take the train from New York with real things."
Come to Houston."
"That's right. It's normal for most people to think that such a big gem is glass. Speaking of which, you are really rich. You deserve to be the American Shipping King and the American Railroad King."
"It's just a compliment. If you like it, I can just give it to you."
"Really?"
"of course it's true."
Tom's eyes were extremely greedy as he stared at the crutch in Cornelius' hand, the crutch inlaid with hundreds of carats of sapphires.
The greed of this "common man" makes people unable to believe that he is the "head" of Hero Company. Coupled with Tom's suit that looks full of "cheapness", it makes Tom Smith more like a
Tom left the main seat directly, walked excitedly to Cornelius, picked up Cornelius's sapphire crutch, looked left and right, and used the most vulgar words to praise the crutch, it looked like a
A "country bumpkin" who has never seen the world.
And the next sentence of "selling crutches" made the Vanderbilt family members present, without exception, look down upon Tom.
"John, go back and auction it off. All the money from the sale will be used to buy gold. At the auction, it must be said to be the crutch used by Cornelius Vanderbilt, the richest man in the United States, railroad king, and captain. It can also be added
Quite a starting price.”
Even Henry was a little confused as to how much "shit luck" such a person must have to become the "richest man" in Dixie.
Only Cornelius continued to smile, looking at Tom's "clown" behavior with a smile, without the slightest contempt in his eyes.
Cornelius looked at the things placed in front of Tom's seat, white crustless "bread", canned beef, a red cube, which seemed to be a "new variety" of cheese spread on the bread, and a gold "cigarette"?
Cornelius was a little curious when Tom Smith used this "luxury product".
"Mr. Smith, is that cigarette made of pure gold?"
"You said this, of course it is pure gold. Look how soft it is."
Tom pulled out the cigarette holder of the gold fake cigarette, used chopsticks to scoop it up, and all the "filters" inside came out. Tom pressed the gold "pipe" hard again.
The deformation of the gold fake cigarettes is visible to the naked eye, which shows how pure the gold is.
Under Cornelius's puzzled gaze, Tom took out another gold "pipe", pressed it on the cigarette holder, and threw the gold "pipe" that he had "deflated" to John.
"John, remember to return this to the vault."
"Hahahaha, what an interesting young man, what an interesting person. I bet that if you didn't often have to deal with some so-called "gentle people", you wouldn't even bother to make this golden cigarette."
"The one who knows me - Cornelius Vanderbilt is the one! Hahahaha!"
The two richest men just laughed loudly at each other under the puzzled eyes of others.
Tom waved his hand, and all the executives of Hero Company except John exited the meeting room. Cornelius also agreed and sent out all his entourage except his son.
"Let's talk business. I invited you all the way here because I have a plan that can completely destroy the gay Yang consortium in the United States. Do you want to hear it?"
"Oh? Destroying those stubborn and arrogant consortiums? Just the two of us? Interesting."
"Let me tell you in advance that if you listen to this plan, you must participate. If the plan leaks, I don't mind controlling the "source"."
"It's so interesting. I didn't expect that in my old age, I would still encounter something that makes my blood boil."
"You can think about it slowly..."
"No need, I knew this matter when I received your letter. It must not be a trivial matter."
Cornelius didn't seem to hear Tom's warning, and ignored his son's dissuasive gaze. He knew that his whole life, he had been "stealing from the tiger's mouth" at the hands of the Yang Gang's bullshit consortium, and he had long been unhappy with them.
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Maybe it's "like attracts like", maybe it's Tom's "glorious history", or maybe it's just "king's intuition"...
Cornelius must take another gamble just as he gave up shipping and betting on railroads when he was young!
Let's see what kind of plan this crazy richest man in Dixie can come up with if he wants to risk his life!
Tom walked to a small podium in the conference room and lifted up a piece of cloth. Under the cloth was a map of the United States, an American railroad map.
Cornelius was a little shocked by the detail of this railway map. Not only all the railways under construction in the United States, but also semi-abandoned railways were completely marked on the map.
The map indicates the company owning each railroad.
The railroads owned by the Vanderbilt family are specially marked in red.
The numerous red railways, like a red tentacle monster, completely occupied the vicinity of New York.
“What is the most profitable thing right now?”
“It’s agricultural products!”
"It is an agricultural product with a high premium. It is an agricultural product sold to our hero company. It is an agricultural product that can be speculated like stock gold!"
"You control more than 80% of the operating railways in New York, and New York is the most important railway hub in the United States and the throat of Yankee freight."
"Look at these three railroads."
Tom pointed out with his hand three red railroads starting from New York and ending not far from Texas.
"These three railroads are not far from Houston. I will sell you the grain I purchased at one-third of the price. As for how you transport it back to the Yankees and how much you sell it to them, that is your business.
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"You can also transport the Yankees' agricultural products over and sell them to me. I will sell them to you at one-third of the price, and you can sell them to the Yankees at your price."
"I need to let the whole world know that I continue to purchase farm products crazily, regardless of price!"
"The most important thing about this matter is confidentiality! It must be kept secret! I can guarantee that my loaders don't know what they are loading, and you must guarantee this too."
"Only this, only this!"
"Only can those financial groups who are crazy for "petty profits" die like the Wall Street investors on Bloody Monday under the "stock" of agricultural products!"