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    "Berman, look, Lincoln!" Mavis, a car fan, opened his eyes wide and stared closely at the three cars approaching in the distance.  It was a car with a very special shape. Although it was called a car, its body length was more than seven meters. Among cars, it was definitely a big one. Even compared with ordinary light trucks, it was not inferior.  The most conspicuous thing on the front of the car is the silver-plated waterfall-style heat dissipation grille. Above the grille are the same silver-plated triangular roof-like connections. From a distance, those grilles look like pillars holding up the roof.  , and the entire front of the car looks like the front of the White House.  At the highest point of the front roof, there is a Statue of Liberty made of 18k gold.  "Berman, that's a Lincoln! The most luxurious car in the world!" Mavis's eyes sparkled, "Did you know that this kind of car has two tons of armor and the windows are all bulletproof?  The door opens like a carriage, and the seats inside are all the best sofas, and the panels decorated inside are all the best leather or the highest-grade wood.  It is said that the cherry wood on the armrest of the Lincoln sofa that Volkswagen presented to the President of the United States is from the same tree that President Washington chopped down" "Come on, do you believe this kind of thing?  President Dayton was still a child when he chopped down the cherry tree. Could the cherry tree he could chop down with just one ax be as thick as your little finger? Not to mention whether this piece of wood had already been taken out by his mother to start a fire.  After lunch, even if it is still there, what kind of thing can be used as the armrest of the sofa? You might as well say that the leather on the sofa in the car is taken from Sitting Bull, which would be more credible. Besides, this car.  Just look at it, if you are not a rich man, you can't afford this car. You don't even have enough money to buy a Beetle, so don't think about it." Bierman put his hands in his pants pockets and replied disapprovingly.  explain.  "It's good to have a look" Mavis continued to stare at the three Lincolns with wide eyes, "Berman, tell me, whose family is this, so rich, that one guy bought three Lincolns?" "  Who knows, it¡¯s not the rich people anyway, well, it¡¯s possible except for the famously stingy old Mr. Rockefeller.¡± Berman turned his eyes elsewhere and said, ¡°Don¡¯t look at it, Mavis, no more.  It looks like we won¡¯t be able to catch the bus. "" The three Lincolns turned a corner and drove forward for a while, and drove into a small, but very high wall with barbed wire and a sentry tower.  's yard.  This is the home of old Mr. Rockefeller.  After the car drove into the yard, the thick iron gate was closed. Then the people in the two cars in front and behind quickly got out of the car. Then a man in a servant uniform came up and opened the car in the middle.  Opposite doors of the car.  Gray Stone slowly walked out of the car.  "Uncle Rockefeller's yard is just a little too small, and the walls are so high, and there are power grids and sentry towers on the fence. It's so simple. No wonder my father always laughed at Uncle Rockefeller for turning his home into a Manhattan federal prison." Ge.  Although it was not the first time for Lestone to come to the Rockefeller house, every time he entered the courtyard, he would think of Scrooge's ridicule to Rockefeller.  Corresponding to the "Manhattan Federal Prison", of course, are the vehicles used in the "Federal Prison".  Similar to Scrooge and others, the vehicles used by Rockefeller are also bulletproof for safety reasons.  However, the similarity between the car used in the "Manhattan Federal Penitentiary" and the car used by Gray Stone ends in this point. Generally speaking, the Macdonalds are armoring luxury cars, while the Rockefellers are armoring them.  The truck is armored.  "Uncle Greystone!" A teenage lady came over, "Grandpa asked me to welcome you." This is Hill Rockefeller, Rockefeller's grandson.  "Hill, is your grandpa okay during this time?" Graystone asked as he hadn't been here for several months.  "Grandpa has always been in good health." Hill replied.  Hill took Graystone into the small building, went up to the second floor, and came to a small living room. He saw old Rockefeller sitting there reading today's newspapers.  "Hello, Uncle Rockefeller," Graystone said quickly.  "Ah, Graystone, have you been messing with China again recently?" Rockefeller put down the newspaper in his hand and said to Graystone, "To be honest, I really don't understand why you pay so much attention to China? China?  It may indeed be important in the future, but now, I think it's a little early. But your father has always been smarter than me. Maybe he has his own ideas. Well, come sit here There is something wrong with you coming to me.  "?" Graystone walked over and sat down next to Rockefeller.  Rockefeller is a little thinner than before, but this actually makes his figure appear taller, and even though he is sitting on the sofa,The old man's back was straight and straight, which showed that this man in his seventies was still in good health.  "Uncle Rockefeller, I need your help with some things." Graystone said.  "Tell me about it," Rockefeller said.  ¡­ ¡°You mean you need me to make stocks in oil-related industries appreciate a little?¡± Rockefeller asked.  "Yes, the amplitude cannot be too large, it must be very subtle, and the stock market value of the oil industry will increase by about 3% within one or two months. I think it is enough. In this way, we can allow market investment to increase."  shift to oil and shipping," replied Graystone.  "Well, Graystone, you have to know that the goals you want to achieve this time are very different from those before." Rockefeller said, "We used to join forces to operate stocks, but at that time  What we need is the short-term ups and downs of the stock market. It is very simple for us to create such changes, as long as we and Morgan don't cause trouble. But this time is different, Gray Stone, you have to do it.  You know, this time, we are trying to create a long-term boom. This is different. Graystone, you should know that the economy has its own laws, and it is almost impossible to artificially create a boom."  "Uncle Rockefeller, if I didn't even know this truth, I would have been thrown to the Philippines by my father to pick coconuts." Graystone smiled, "Of course I know that going against the rules and artificially creating prosperity, even if  It's not completely impossible, it's also very difficult. But the economic downturn has been going on for several years before this year. There are already many signs that this recession is coming to an end. " "I also know this.  Rockefeller said, "It's just that over the years, the boom period between the two crises has become shorter and shorter. Even the boom period has been significantly shorter than the recession period. Indeed, the last crisis lasted so long.  The crisis factors have almost been released, and a new boom is about to begin. But the degree of the new boom may not be what you need, either in terms of duration or degree of prosperity.  "Uncle Rockefeller, if we only consider the United States, this is indeed the case, but if we consider other countries, there are new possibilities," Graystone said, "You know, there are still some in this world."  The local market has not yet been fully developed. For example, China is now in a revolution, and no one in China has the power to refuse to further open its market to the world. Therefore, the total volume of the world market will also increase slightly.  The shipping industry has a need to update ships, so I think it is entirely possible to gradually form a momentum to expand shipbuilding capabilities by this time next year. "Maybe," Rockefeller said, "but this is the case."  We can't do this alone. We need to contact more people to do it together. In addition, I have nothing in the shipbuilding industry, but after listening to what you said before, I suddenly became interested in large oil tankers.  Therefore, I hope to obtain some shares in the construction of oil tankers in the future, or the priority to acquire some companies for manufacturing oil tankers in the future. " "Uncle Rockefeller, you should know that in the future.  While the shipbuilding industry is booming, your oil industry will also develop tremendously. And, you know, when we finally acquire these shipbuilding companies, there is a prerequisite, that is, the shipbuilding industry collapses.  The collapse was mostly caused by the collapse of the oil industry. I think at that time, you should be taking the opportunity to further consolidate the oil industry.  If you invest your money in that direction, the results may be better.  If you want to diversify your investments to avoid risks.  Then on the shipbuilding side, we can also have a joint venture.  This is also more convenient than running your own shipyard.  Because in the case of joint ventures, technology is not an issue.  "Grandstone considered the language and replied. Rockefeller was not surprised by this answer. He knew that since Scrooge was interested in the shipbuilding industry, he would not allow companies that could compete with him to appear in the United States at this time.  Shipbuilding enterprises. If it were him, he would definitely have this attitude. But when the war begins, these shipyards will inevitably bring excessive profits, and it will be intolerable according to his attitude toward Shi Gao.  According to Zhi's judgment, Scrooge should accept the joint venture. Of course, when negotiating, he should first raise the requirements higher, and then negotiate slowly to see if he can get better conditions.
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