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Chapter 182: Join the New Jersey Consortium (8000 monthly ticket)
Chapter 182: Join the New Jersey Consortium (8000 monthly votes requested)
The senior executives at the bank cannot be let go, but it doesn't matter how many of the lower-level ones go.
The reason why Sean came out like this was because he couldn't help it.
We admit that bad people are indeed scary.''
We admit that we want the world to be beautiful, even if there are bad people, we also hope that there are more good people in this world.
After all, they are all bad guys, and it is difficult for bad people to survive.
But for Sean, the 'messenger of justice', good people are obviously more terrifying.
If you are a bad person, you can use money, power, and beauty to seduce, corrupt, and finally drag him down.
You can also use death to intimidate them. Once there is any outrageous behavior or endangering your own interests, Sean can kill them without hesitation.
But if you are a good person...
Sean was very afraid that the other party would secretly report him one day.
The bank will inevitably serve as the core of the group and the hub of capital transactions in the future. Sean is not sure whether the people below will discover anything.
However, after the company is acquired by him, it will definitely start a round of major expansion, and these old people will undoubtedly be promoted.
If there really are those bad people who have justice in their hearts and are not afraid of power, Sean will cry.
Under Sean's gaze, three people finally raised their hands tremblingly. Sean didn't say anything, but just ordered them to settle the account and add some compensation, "Let's all get together and part ways. I won't treat anyone badly. This part of the compensation will be paid."
It is divided into five parts, including economic compensation, special consolation payment, employment support payment, memory bonus and Christmas consolation payment."
In the end, different compensations will be given based on the different situations of the three people.
Sean is prepared to "maliciously raise the compensation standards", raise the compensation standards of Wall Street and American companies, and disrupt the capitalist market environment!
Yes, it’s that bad!
Behind closed doors, Sean held a small meeting with several senior executives of the bank.
"You may not know much about me, so I'll just tell you a little bit." Sean sat in the main seat with his legs raised on the big desk. He held a cigarette in his hand, took a deep breath, and looked towards
Everyone.
Seeing Sean's behavior, Monroe, Deaf and others looked at each other. Are they no longer pretending?
"My name is Sean K. Rockefeller."
"Currently, my main business is in New Jersey."
"There are 9 companies under our name, involved in security, film and television, media, construction, transportation, fitness, environmental protection, daily chemicals and other industries, with assets of more than 200 million. In the future, the bank's business will mainly be concentrated in New Jersey. Try our best to
Integrate the companies under my name and play the role of capital allocation."
As soon as Sean said this, Monroe, Dive and others stood up from their seats in surprise.
The time was short, and they were in New York. They didn't have time to understand Sean's situation. How did they know that the new boss was so rich and involved in so many industries!
With such a powerful boss as the backing, it is conceivable that the bank will inevitably enter a stage of rapid development in the future.
"In addition, I purchased 8 square kilometers of land in Colombia and plan to build an industrial park. In the future, the bank will prepare to enter Colombia and carry out international business."
Good guy!
The eyes of Monroe and Deaf immediately lit up. Fortunately, they did not resign, otherwise they would not regret it to death.
This is about reaching the sky in one step!
"Boss, if you want to develop international business..." Monroe Deaf asked impatiently.
"Wait, wait, I haven't finished speaking yet, why are you so excited?" Sean stretched out his hand and pressed down, "Besides, in the future, the salary settlement of all employees of the company under my name will go to our bank. This is a
The business is large, so in the future, we will open a branch in every major city in New Jersey."
"In the end, the 'Jonas' family, the largest mafia family in New Jersey, controlled the underground forces in New Jersey, and all their future 'legal' accounts will be taken from the bank."
"Understood!" Finally, Sean raised his voice and said.
"Ming, I understand..." Monroe Diff twitched the corners of his mouth fiercely.
What’s not to understand? You are the biggest mafia in New Jersey, Little Jonas, nothing more than a puppet!
Jonas:Are you polite?
No wonder he just said outside that he was not a good person and asked good people to leave quickly. This...
He is indeed not a good person!
"Do we need to help them pay for it?" Monroe Deaf looked around, with a sinister look on his face, and asked in a low voice.
"Xian Qian, Xian Qian, Xian Qian!" Sean threw the cigarette butt in his hand and cursed loudly: "I am a legal businessman, legal, legal, do you understand, how can I launder money!"
"I have already said that only their legal money will enter the bank!"
"The bank is the core, and I won't let any problems occur in the bank!" Sean's eyes swept over everyone, "We can bear the risk, but we will never do anything illegal!"
"Of course, Franklin is innocent. Whether others violate the law or not has nothing to do with us. However, our bank itself cannot have legal risks."
"clear!"
"Understood, we are a serious bank and will never participate in any illegal or criminal activities, but what others do has nothing to do with us!" Monroe Deaver was startled by the cigarette butt just now. The boss was indeed grumpy, but he felt relieved.
Take a breath.
After he just found out that his boss was the leader of the largest mafia in the next state, he was really afraid that his boss would let him participate in activities such as collecting money.
Fortunately, the boss is very sober, like using white gloves Jonas, to clean himself legally.
"Very good!" Sean nodded with satisfaction, "Don't get involved in anything illegal. In the future, the bank will not lack business and will develop very fast. As long as the bank is clean, then there is nothing to worry about."
This is really not Sean's boast.
Even though the bank originally encountered a bottleneck in its development, it was a different story when it was in Sean's hands.
Just one company employee salary settlement business can allow the company to expand to tens of thousands of customers at once!
Yes, Sean's companies now employ tens of thousands of people.
Transportation and environmental protection are both high-employment industries.
As a transportation company alone, Sean has more than 800 transportation vehicles of various sizes throughout New Jersey and employs more than 1,500 drivers.
In addition, the transportation company is also equipped with two large maintenance factories, including logistics and dispatching personnel. The transportation company alone has more than 2,000 employees.
Garbage disposal companies have more people. Each city collects, transports, sorts, stores, and incinerates garbage... New Jersey handles so much garbage every day, and has more than 3,000 employees alone.
Tens of thousands of employees represent tens of thousands of families. The wages of these people are paid by the bank. In the future, daily consumption, study, loans, financial management and other businesses will fall into the hands of the bank sooner or later.
In addition to the gangs all over New Jersey, Sean has rough statistics. There are more than 230 gangs under his control. Each gang has a population of 20,000 to 30,000 in its territory. The core members of the gangs are in the dozens. This is another question.
There are more than 20,000 people.
Then there are the gangs and various industries...
For these reasons alone, the bank will need to expand at least 10 times.
This is because Sean didn't want to compete with the banks in the state for business from the beginning.
Otherwise, there will be more business related to schools, medical services, and various other services.
The company's affairs are very complicated, and Sean can only briefly explain them. After all, the bank will be the core institution in the future, and these things will be known sooner or later.
Rather than letting them guess slowly afterwards, it is better to lay down some basic information now to save them from doing anything unspeakable in the future.
As for the specific situation of each company, they have to go to each company to find out. Lamb will communicate with them about accounting issues.
Of course, Sean is not afraid of these things being leaked. To put it bluntly, he didn't say anything today, they are all things that can only be understood but cannot be expressed.
After getting this done, Sean took his people back to the base. It was still safe here, and he also wanted to chat with Armstrong, the intelligence chief.
"Send someone to investigate those people in the bank one by one, their family background, members, experiences, and summarize their personalities, what shortcomings they have, who are easy to control, and who don't take the hard way. You need to be detailed." Sean ordered.
"Okay, no problem." Armstrong knew these very well.
"Well, in addition, as I told you a while ago, how is the placement of people in various companies going?" Sean mentioned another matter, placing some people in the dark to help him monitor the company.
These people obviously have nothing to do with him, so he can't help them.
The intelligence team is now equivalent to the Jin Yiwei in his hands.
"Most of them have been put in place," Armstrong said with a nod.
"That's good. Later, you can keep an eye on other big companies in New Jersey and develop some informants. The higher the level, the better."
"clear."
After explaining the matter, Sean is now free.
After a day of rest, I will go to see Gilbert tomorrow to talk about joining the consortium.
By the way, we will do some work for the subsequent development of Cartagena, Colombia.
Although Colombia is much poorer than the United States, it is precisely this kind of poor place that can generate high returns from development.
The United States is powerful and rich, but here, even the Rockefeller family, the Morgan family, and the Bush family cannot do whatever they want, let alone Sean.
Even if he switches to New Jersey, all the forces are intertwined. Sean has basically reached the top now. If he wants to go further, it will take time.
But Cartagena is different, with a population of 1.2 million.
Once developed, it will cover the sky with one hand!
Trenton, OceanFirst Bank.
This time I came to talk about business, so I didn't go to the golf course.
In principle, Sean has agreed to join the New Jersey local consortium, and all that remains is how to exchange shares.
Gilbert will exchange part of OceanFirst Bank's shares with the company under Sean's name.
In order to achieve the goal of having me in you and you in me, we can have in-depth communication with each other.
"You know what companies I have under my name, except for the security company and Sean's Bank, all the others can be cross-shared." Sean was very straightforward, there is no need to play tricks in this regard.
Gilbert seemed to have expected it. In fact, his feelings towards the security company were also very complicated. It would be great if he could hold US dollars in one hand and artillery in the other, but the security company is really a bottomless pit.
"Including that 'safe zone' you built in Newark?" Gilbert asked with a smile.
"Okay!" Sean nodded and then said with a smile: "You are quite well informed."
Gilbert burst out laughing. OceanFirst Bank has tentacles all over New Jersey, so he is certainly well-informed.
Sean didn't have anything to hide, so he explained his vision for the safe zone.
In essence, the safety zone is a gray area. If anything is illegal, it is only done by the people who come here. The Peace Hotel itself is not involved.
But it's not entirely clean.
Selling silver is not allowed in New Jersey, and Xinghui Nightclub definitely provides this service. Although Sean made some changes using the Japanese method of "compensated dating", it was ultimately a side effect.
Not to mention underground boxing matches.
At this time, there was no WWE, let alone UFC. What Sean was doing was an underground black boxing. If he wanted to develop into UFC, it would take a long way.
Today's black boxing still relies on cruel and bloody fighting to attract audiences.
Of course, Sean will definitely slowly develop towards the UFC model.
The money limit for underground black boxing is too low. If the boxers you have worked so hard to train die in just a few games, how can you still make money?
If they are frequently seriously injured or killed, how can they be broadcasted?
Sean explained his vision for the safe zone, including his vision for the future of underground black boxing.
If the safe zone can wait for Gilbert's help, it will be safer. After all, OceanFirst Bank has been entrenched in New Jersey for many years and has a much deeper relationship network than Sean.
After some discussion, Gilbert finally decided to select four companies under Sean's name: "Fitness Club", "Transportation", "Construction" and "Peace Hotel" for cross-share s
Gilbert will give up 5% of the bank's shares in exchange for shares in several companies owned by Sean.
The specific amount to be exchanged will require the help of an accounting firm later in asset accounting.
Gilbert is most optimistic about the development prospects of ‘fitness clubs’. As fitness clubs enter Pennsylvania, New York and other states, it will help the bank expand its business in other states to a certain extent.
Compared with fitness clubs, the development prospects of several other companies are much worse, but the Peace Hotel surprised Gilbert a little.
He initially thought Sean wouldn't welcome anyone else to participate.
Based on the information collected, Gilbert analyzed that the future capital flows in the safe zone will be extremely huge.
He doesn't care if the money is clean or not, as long as Franklin is genuine, breaking the law is other people's business and has nothing to do with me and Gilbert.
Sean has not thought about eating up all this business. Not to mention the volume is far from enough, and it is impossible for all the money in the hands of those people to be stored in 'Sean Bank'. There will be flows between several banks.
definitely.
After the business talk was over, Sean didn't rush to bring up Colombia's big plan. There was no rush.
Here Lamb is leading the Puhua Waterhouse team to perform asset accounting. This is not a small bank. The assets under Sean's name are very complicated and will take some time.
And Sean is not idle either. The construction of the blended oil refining plant in the ditch has been completed. Before starting the construction, Sean is going to take a look at it.
To be honest, the smell was really not that good. Sean was wearing a gas mask when he went in.
After entering the factory, Sean found that it was different from what he imagined. It was not as dirty as the small workshops in his previous life. After industrial design, the food waste would be dumped into a huge trough after being transported.
As the tank fills up, it will be lifted into a huge mixing barrel for mixing and crushing.
The viscous liquid after crushing is added, heated and then poured into the precipitation cooling tank.
After precipitation, the oil will be extracted, and the remaining residue will be filtered and the remaining organic matter will be sold to the fertilizer factory.
The extracted oil will undergo several heating, filtering, and color removal procedures before becoming the blended oil stock solution Sean needs.
This is not the final product. It has to go through degumming, dehydration, decolorization, deodorization, and deacidification. Finally, 'debitter' and 'flavor' must be added to ensure a consistent taste and produce fragrance when cooking...
"Not bad, how is the refining efficiency?" Sean's voice was dull through the gas mask.
"It's very good. It can basically extract 95% of the vegetable oil and 20% of the animal oil in the garbage." The person in charge of the nearby factory said with a smile: "We found that the blended oil produced contains a large amount of animal oil.
, contains much higher saturated fat than ordinary oils, so it is very suitable when making fried foods."
"The fried food made with our blended oil is crispier and stays in this state longer."
“Really a good oil!”
Hearing what people around him said, Sean suddenly felt like vomiting and vowed never to eat fried food made outside again.
"I really didn't expect that there would be so much oil in these leftovers. It's really a pity to dump them directly."
"Very good, your idea is very good." Sean patted the person in charge on the shoulder with great satisfaction, "You have an environmentally friendly heart, so hold on. We are doing this for the sake of the earth.
Contribute to environmental protection."
"Have faith!"
"Of course, boss, I firmly believe it!" the person in charge of the blending oil field said firmly.
"Well, the factory must pay attention to hygiene and clean more. We are an environmentally friendly company, do you understand?"
"clear!"
After that, Sean asked about the production volume again.
These oils will later be sold to South America, Asia and other regions, and the price will definitely be lower than the price of locally produced oil.
But even so, Sean did the math and found that the factory's output value was very objective, and the annual profit would not be less than 6 million US dollars.
This is because garbage classification has just been implemented and only less than half of the food waste in New Jersey can be collected. The output value will be higher in the future.
The next step is New York. If you can win the garbage disposal business in New York, you will make more money than in New Jersey!
Colombia needs to get on track as soon as possible, free Sol, and then let this guy develop the blended oil market.
(PS: Palm oil: Currently the vegetable oil variety with the largest production, consumption and international trade volume in the world, it is pressed from the palm fruits of oil palm trees. Due to its large output and low price, it also contains saturated fat that far exceeds that of other vegetable oils.
Fat, therefore, is mostly used in making fried foods, as is rabbit, which is cheap.)
Sean aspires to be the world’s largest producer of ‘blended oil’!
…
While Sean was inspecting various companies under his name, Cartagena on the other side.
Before Sean left Cartagena, he specifically told Butler Mitchell that the acquisition should be completed as soon as possible.
Butler Mitchell was very smart. After Sean left, he immediately used his connections to contact several local gangs.
These gangs are already active in slums, so they are naturally very good at doing this kind of thing.
Besides, the houses in the slums themselves are not worth much. Coupled with the methods of local gangs, the acquisition speed is naturally very fast.
As for some bad things that happened during this period...
What does that have to do with Butler Mitchell?
That was all done by gangsters, and he, Butler Mitchell, had already paid for it!
That is to say, Sean doesn't know about this yet, otherwise, as a 'messenger of justice', Sean will definitely be very angry and avenge those poor people!
Yes, it is like that.
…
After going around various companies under his name, Sean was preparing to go to Hollywood to relax... He went to Hollywood to see the filming situation of the crew, and Butler Mitchell contacted him.
This was agreed upon early on, and Sean helped contact Governor Benny Carville.
Although Butler Mitchell's identity is nothing in Benny's opinion, he is just trash, but Benny doesn't mind giving Sean a face.
Moreover, this is also news material.
Governors in the United States are not as busy as people think. Most government affairs are handled by the following teams and government functional departments.
The governor is, to a certain extent, a mascot.
They are not like rabbit officials who have to start from the grassroots level. Governors and mayors in the United States have done everything before they start.
People like Schwarzenegger had no experience in governing before becoming governor. If someone like this jumps in, you can't rely on them for the rise and fall of a state.
Butler Mitchell is coming to New Jersey to visit, as the mayor of Cartagena. He wants to see with his own eyes Sean's influence here and whether he has the ability to promote those huge plans.
.
He didn't want to be cheated.
"What if Sean isn't as strong as he says?" Butler Mitchell's confidant asked.
"It's better not to be so powerful." Butler Mitchell showed a mysterious smile, "In the end, we can kick him away and the profits fall on ourselves. Wouldn't it be better."
Butler Mitchell waved his hand indifferently, "At least, this guy named Sean is very smart, and his idea is good. As long as he can bring those American companies over, even if it is just a start, we will
It will work just fine.”
"As long as people come, the land can be speculated and we can make money."
"As for what's behind it, what does it have to do with us?"
Butler Mitchell is a mature politician and will not put all his wealth on Sean.
Even if his last name is Rockefeller.
The plane from Cartagena landed directly in Trenton, and Sean personally brought someone to pick him up at the airport.
After getting off the hanging ladder, Butler Mitchell saw Sean standing not far away.
Walking down quickly, Butler Mitchell warmly held Sean's hand and exchanged greetings.
It's not surprising to him that Sean can enter the airport to pick up people. He can do the same in Cartagena. If he doesn't have this ability, he's nothing like a local coward.
However, he didn't see the car coming to pick him up at the airport, which made him a little confused.
Sean led him onto the battery car inside the airport and drove all the way to the other end of the airport.
Seeing the Black Hawk helicopter parked in front of him, Butler Mitchell was stunned on the spot.
If it is low, the pattern will be low.
Pick up at the airport, pick up at the airport, of course it should be by plane!
Must be armed.
Look at that plug-in weapon system...
Although they are all empty.
After all, this is a city, so loading should not be allowed.
If this thing is fully armed, at the speed of the Colombian army, one of them can destroy a ground combat unit.
What is the gap?JPG
Sean stood under the Black Hawk and made a gesture of invitation.
The smile on Butler Mitchell's face was a little sincere.
Colombia also has these things, but they are all in the hands of the military, and there are not many of them in total.
This is really the first time that Butler Mitchell has ridden on this thing.
Sitting on the plane, Butler felt very good. Unlike Americans who pursue the comfort of helicopters, he who was born in Colombia felt that safety was more important.
Free America, shooting every day is something that only rabbits can laugh at.
In fact, the United States is already a country ranked very high in the world in terms of security.
Of course, small countries such as Singapore, Austria, and Monaco cannot be counted among them. They are not even as big as New York and have no comparative value at all.
At least Butler Mitchell likes it very much and feels safe sitting in it.
The helicopter took off from the airport and arrived at the square in front of the state government within a few minutes.
After getting off the plane, Governor Benny Carville greeted him in front of the building, giving him enough respect.
There were reporters from TV stations and newspapers walking along the route, as if they were on a visit by a national leader.
Butler Mitchell was in high spirits.
Blackhawk, hard!
Governor, high!
Sean, so high and hard!
What’s ‘it’s better that Sean isn’t that powerful’?
Who said this!
Stand up and see if I beat him or not.
Watching Butler and Benny enter the state government building, Sean did not follow them, but turned around and got on the plane again and left.
Sean didn't care what they were talking about, he was just here to show off his strength.
Even the people from the TV stations and newspapers outside the door were hired by him with money.
Soon, only a bunch of people from the TV station and newspaper were left at the scene, and those left behind by Sean were handing out red envelopes one by one.
"Hey, you didn't even turn on the camera, what are you kidding me?" The person who handed out the red envelope looked at the people on the TV station in shock.
"It's just a show, and it's impossible to go on a TV station. Why waste film, right?" the other party said matter-of-factly.
"Okay." After handing over the red envelope, the man looked at the newspaper office, "But we agreed that you will be published in the newspaper tomorrow. I have bought the front page, headlines, and space. The photos will be very big.
."
"Don't worry, the layout has been prepared a long time ago." The other party smiled and took the red envelope and squeezed it, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
Tomorrow, these newspapers will be on Butler Mitchell's breakfast table.
What is face engineering?JPG
In the next two days, Sean first took Butler Mitchell to visit the company under his name, which naturally included X Security.
It's an armed helicopter and an armored vehicle, and it's full of security.
Other huge industrial chains also made Butler realize that Sean not only possesses powerful force, but also has huge financial strength.
Later, he took Butler to a welcome dinner hosted by the New Jersey Foundation.
Only then did Gilbert know that Sean was planning to make big moves in Colombia again.
It's just that the specific situation is not clear yet, and this needs to be communicated to Sean afterwards.
After staying in New Jersey for five days, Butler Mitchell was very satisfied. In fact, on the first day he met the governor, he called back and asked his staff to speed up the progress of land acquisition.
Influenced by his career as a 'politician', Butler Mitchell trusts Governor Benny far more than Sean.
This is the governor of a state in the United States, the largest country in the world. In comparison, the mayor of the fourth largest city in the small country of Colombia is completely inadequate.
He could see that Benny admired Sean very much, so he naturally believed him even more.
After Butler left, Gilbert immediately contacted Sean and asked him to invite him to his home for dinner.
In any country, inviting guests to your home for a meal represents intimacy.
After dinner, the two of them walked in the garden of the manor, and Sean told him about his plan in Cartanach, Colombia.
Gilbert asked a lot of details, and after pondering for a while, he said, "Ocean First Bank can participate."
Butler's participation is equivalent to "official insurance".
Having Sean's security company branch base is equivalent to 'military insurance'.
The Jonas family will inevitably expand. This is "underground insurance".
If you also bring the New Jersey consortium to participate, this is "commercial insurance."
A complete collusion between government and business. Is there any business that is more certain than this?
Anyway, Gilbert couldn't think of any reason why he couldn't speculate on the land.
Unless there happens to be another war and coup in Colombia at this time.
"I'm not short of money for the time being." Sean said with a smile.
Since he came here, he meant that he wanted to take Gilbert to play with him, but he still had to bargain.
"Information, resources, reputation, connections, credit." Gilbert extended his palm and gestured, "Information: Due to the trade deficit problem, a large number of domestic companies in the United States are preparing to relocate to third world countries to reduce labor costs, and OceanFirst Bank
Find out which companies are willing to relocate.”
“Source: OceanFirst Bank has business relationships with many companies, which influences their choice of relocation targets.”
"Reputability: OceanFirst Bank has been established for more than 80 years and has excellent reputation. With a bank guarantee, it can win people's trust."
"Contacts: OceanFirst Bank has extensive connections. As long as the Colombian side is operational, the bank will be able to spread the news throughout the United States and find various experts to speak highly of the plan."
"Credit: Once land prices rise, subsequent promotion will require banks to provide large amounts of loans. Your Sean Bank does not have the capital to undertake such a large project."
"Haha, you are not afraid that if you lose money in the middle of the operation, the loan will become a bad debt." Sean smiled and looked at Gilbert.
"Don't be afraid. OceanFirst Bank only needs to support the market in the early stage. The loans will only be from the land itself. The land is the best value-preserver and the risk is very small." Gilbert said with a confident smile: "As for the high-risk subprime credit
For business, some banks will follow suit and enter the market.”
"Oh, you're so cunning!" Sean clapped his hands.
"Thank you for the compliment." Gilbert showed no embarrassment on his face as he smiled and extended his hand, "Then, happy cooperation."
“A pleasure to work with!”
The specific method of cooperation will be communicated later. It is most important to reach agreement on the general direction.
However, Sean will definitely not give up those 8 square kilometers of land.
As for Gilbert, he would be no less resourceful than Sean, and he would definitely buy a large piece of land next to that piece of land.
In this regard, Sean is happy to see the results. With Gilbert's participation, it will be much easier to attract some companies to Cartagena.
Sean quickly saw this. The resources in Gilbert's hands were indeed not comparable to his.
…
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