"Damn old fox," Su Zhen cursed in his heart as he looked at the old Chinese man sipping tea leisurely in front of him. After deciding that he was going to join forces with several established families to make money by taking advantage of the economic crisis, Su Zhen contacted John Rockefeller Jr. and J.W. Morgan, the contemporary helmsmen of Rockefeller and Morgan, through Dick Rockefeller, who they had met once. The two agreed with the cooperation idea proposed by Su Zhen. In fact, it is impossible to say that they do not want to suppress Su Zhen. If Su Zhen develops gradually like Buffett and Bill Gates, perhaps Su Zhen's industries have already been controlled by several major families, but Su Zhen's rise is too fast. Fast, so fast that they can't react at all. Especially after Su Zhen starts to cooperate with the Dupont family, it will be even harder for them to suppress Su Zhen. Moreover, they are not fools. They must do it even if they know it is impossible. It doesn't do them any good. And what¡¯s the best way to deal with an enemy that you can¡¯t completely eliminate after it grows up? Needless to say, they naturally pulled the other party into their own camp So they had no reason to refuse the cooperation proposal proposed by Su Zhen. Things like integrity did not exist in the eyes of capitalists. There was only one thing in their eyes. Planting something is profit. Marx said in "Das Kapital": "Once there is an appropriate profit, capital will be bold. If there is 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; if there is 20% profit, it will be used everywhere." It becomes active; with 50% profit, it takes desperate risks; for 100% profit, it dares to trample all human laws; with 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime and even risk hanging. " Another old family, the Mellon family still didn't like Su Zhen very much. He didn't send anyone to contact Su Zhen, but he didn't object either In other words, he acquiesced, but he just couldn't lose face. Su Zhen doesn¡¯t care either, since the goal has been achieved anyway. However, not long after the Freedom Alliance and the three major families reached a tacit agreement, someone approached Su Zhen. It is Mr. Wu who represents the Hanhua Consortium in front of him. "I wonder why Mr. Wu is here this time?" Su Zhen still couldn't bear it and asked. Only then did Mr. Wu put down his teacup and said softly. "Haha, I am here to discuss cooperation on behalf of Hanhua Group and Mr. Su Zhen," Mr. Wu said with a smile. "Hanhua Group?" Su Zhen frowned when he heard this. Su Zhen knew about Hanhua Group, and it was also a very powerful consortium in the United States. Although Hanhua Financial Group is not among the top ten financial groups, its strength cannot be underestimated. In fact, among all the financial groups in the United States, the one that Su Zhen is most confused about is not the Mellon, Rockefeller and other financial groups with deep foundations, but this one Hanhua Consortium, this Hanhua Consortium is really a bit too low-key. It is even so low-key that almost no one knows all the background of this mysterious consortium. "Haha, I wonder if Mr. Su knows about the Guangzhou Thirteen Tours?" Mr. Wu noticed Su Zhen's confusion and asked with a smile. "The Thirteenth Bank of Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty?" Su Zhen was a little confused. Does this have anything to do with the old man coming to see him today? "Haha, I've already said it before, my surname is Wu," the old man said still pretending to be nonchalant. Su Zhen frowned when he heard this, but then a flash of realization flashed in his mind. Guangzhou Thirteen Lines? Your surname is Wu? Wu Bingjian? "May I ask who Mr. Wu Bingjian is?" Su Zhen asked tentatively. "It's the ancestor." Seeing that Su Zhen had guessed it, the old man nodded and replied, with inexplicable pride in his tone. But Su Zhen didn't care at all, because this old man had the confidence that made him proud, and it was because of Wu Bingjian. ¡°Perhaps many people know about Hu Xueyan, the richest red-top businessman in the Qing Dynasty, but they don¡¯t know that before Hu Xueyan, there was another very rich man, that is Wu Bingjian. As we all know, the Qing Dynasty can be said to be the most closed-door dynasty in domestic history. However, the Qing Dynasty was not completely closed. However, all foreign trade could only be conducted through the Qing government-designated dental firms (similar to modern brokerage companies and intermediaries). Guangzhou Thirteen Lines is one of them (although it is called Thirteen Lines, there is actually no definite number, it is just a general name). During the Qianlong period, the Qing government ordered that Guangzhou would be the only foreign trade port in the country, allowing Guangzhou Thirteen to completely monopolize the foreign trade privileges at that time, thus creating a large number of wealthy people, among whom Wu Bingjian was the leader. In 2001, the American "Wall Street Journal" listed the richest people in the world in the past one thousand years. Among them, four Chinese were selected. They were Liu Jin, He Shen, Wu Bingjian and Song Ziwen, and Wu Bingjian was the only one. Selected as a businessman. As the general merchant of the Thirteenth Bank of Guangzhou at that time, Wu Bingjian had outstanding foresight. He not only owned huge industries in the country, but also made bold investments.The railway industry, securities investment, and insurance business in the United States were at the end of the 19th century. The United States was only a few decades old, and even the famous Civil War had not yet broken out. At that time, the United States' international status was actually even worse. In the Qing Dynasty, under such circumstances, Wu Bingjian dared to invest heavily in the United States which shows his foresight. At the same time, Wu Bingjian was also the largest creditor of the British East India Company. When the British East India Company had difficulty with capital turnover, it would borrow money from Wu Bingjian What was the East India Company? It was the most powerful country in the world at that time, the vanguard of Britain's resource plundering in Asia. It not only had commercial monopoly power in Asia recognized by the British government, it also had its own army, and even for a long time Here, the East India Company was the actual controller of the entire India, but it was such an outrageous company that it needed to borrow money from Wu Bingjian It's a pity that Wu Bingjian was born at the wrong time. Although he was already awesome, he was born in the feudal period when merchants had no status at all. Even though he spent countless financial resources to buy a third-rank official position from the Qing government and served as a substitute during the Opium War, The Qing government paid war reparations, but still could not save its own industry. Under the pressure of the Qing government, the Guangzhou Thirteen Banks eventually went bankrupt, and Wu Bingjian was completely disheartened by the Qing government. If it weren't for the fact that he was already very He was old and could not withstand the hardship of traveling across the ocean. He really wanted to immigrate to the United States, but in the end, Wu Bingjian died suddenly in Guangzhou. However, Wu Bingjian's death does not mean the decline of the Wu family. Because of Wu Bingjian's foresight, the domestic business is no longer the Wu family's only lifeline. During the Opium War, the Wu family sent money to the Qing government and paid for the war. The compensation was only over two million taels of silver, but how much was Wu Bingjian worth at that time? 26 million taels With this net worth, Wu Bingjian was truly the richest man in the world at that time. But after Wu Bingjian¡¯s death, Wu Bingjian¡¯s descendants and his huge assets were completely lost in history. Now, the old man in front of Su Zhen claimed to be Wu Bingjian¡¯s descendant. How could Su Zhen not be surprised? If all this is true, it means that the Hanhua Group is a family group older than Mellon, Morgan, and Rockefeller. More importantly, this family group is controlled by Chinese Americans. The longest-standing family consortium in the United States is actually a Chinese-American family consortium. This is really amazing news No wonder the outside world has never been able to truly understand this mysterious consortium. A family that has existed for as long as the history of the United States has such a It is not surprising that Su Zhen even suspected that the hidden strength behind this consortium far exceeded its actual strength. After all, the Chinese are famous for saving money, especially these established families. What he likes is hiding gold and silver Su Zhen cannot imagine what is hidden behind this. But since the United States has such a profound Chinese family, why do the Chinese in the United States still have such a low status? "It's a long story." When Su Zhen asked this question, Old Man Wu sighed and said, "It starts with the Civil War." When Su Zhen heard this, he immediately had black lines on his head. Let me wipe it. More than a hundred years ago? Do you need a history lesson about relationships? PS: The content about Hanhua Group is purely fabricated by me. In reality, Hanhua Group is indeed quite mysterious. The specific information cannot be verified, so please don¡¯t take it seriously.