America’s Big Hero

In fact, Sean didn’t expect this bill to make him much more money. First, it’s impossible for Sean to collect all the fees collected. The government will definitely get a share of the action. Side will not ask for high prices.

After all, they are taking money from the gentry.

The main thing Xiao En likes is free, of course, he doesn't mind if he can earn a little more.

Get this done, there are still some troubles behind.

Sean contacted his cheap brother Hayden when he returned to Newark.

Arriving at the Peace Hotel by car, Hayden had actually stayed in the Peace Hotel for half a month, which Xiao En did not expect.

Sure enough, LSP is the ultimate driving force for the progress of human society.

When Sean saw Hayden, he was taken aback, and pulled him away without saying a word.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing?" Hayden struggled a few times with a confused face.

"I said, have you looked in the mirror recently? You're going to be fucked up!" Sean said with a dark face, pointing at Hayden's thick dark circles.

"Is there, I don't feel it!" Hayden, who was forcibly pulled into the car by Sean, raised his hand and touched his face and said, "It's just that I don't feel like I haven't gotten enough sleep recently."

"However, it would be good to smoke a few leaves!"

Sean rolled his big eyes, "Help me up, I can still fuck, right?"

Hayden pushed Sean with his shoulder, and said with a chuckle: "Don't say that, actually, you don't need to get up, just lie on the bed and enjoy it."

"Don't tell me, you have a lot of beautiful women here." Hayden tsk-tsk.

In a word, Sean didn't know what to say.

I take it as a compliment!

However, there are indeed many tricks.

Wow! !

Of course, there are also suitable for female customers.

After all, Sean is a staunch egalitarian, how could he not consider the feelings of female customers.

Ahem, Sean didn't directly send Hayden to recuperate, but pulled him to talk about himself.

"You want to buy technology patents from the family?" Hayden blinked, and he regained consciousness, "What technology patents?"

"It's not an important patent, but a part of the patent for electric furnace steelmaking. I want to build a steelmaking plant that uses electric furnaces to smelt scrap steel." Sean said.

"Well, why don't you contact them yourself? The family has shares in many steel factories, and this is not a particularly advanced technology." Hayden's body that had just sat upright shrank again.

"I have almost no contact with the family, I don't even know who the hell I should turn to, damn it." Sean cursed.

Of course, this is not about the Rockefeller family. Sean himself has never been able to visit the elders of the family, and he has not even been to the family foundation even once.

Ha, Hayden sneered, but he can also understand that Sean's achievements today are due to his own hands and feet...

He, tui!

It was shot one by one!

Sean is quite arrogant in his bones, and he is still the illegitimate child of the family, so it is normal to be a little awkward.

This is not the first time that the family has developed for a hundred years.

Of course, someone who is as awesome as Sean is really the first one.

"Tomorrow, I'll contact you. That's it, aha." Hayden opened his mouth and let out a big breath, and said without hesitation: "Find me a room, I have to sleep, and I suddenly feel very sleepy."

"Falke." Sean cursed, and waved his hand to ask the servant to take Hayden to the guest room upstairs.

The more he got to know each other, the more familiar he became, the more Xiao En discovered that these super second and third generations who used to be aloof in his eyes were all so lazy in reality.

It wasn't until noon the next day that Hayden, who had had a full day's sleep, got up and went downstairs.

Without the little goblin by my side, I feel a lot more energetic.

It's just that there is no time to do business today...

After eating a tonic that Sean asked the kitchen to make, Hayden lay lazily on the deck chair by the swimming pool, sipping juice, and telling Sean some family gossip secrets.

Xiao En thought that the big family with a long history in foreign countries would have a very advanced method of running a family fund, so there would be no infighting.

In fact, the situation was far beyond his expectations.

Shout out, Sean's ears pricked up.

Gossip is the spiritual need of this era.

"Let me tell you, it is the third generation of David Rockefeller who controls the family now."

Sean thought about it for a moment. This is the youngest son of Rockefeller Jr., the youngest son of the third generation.

(PS: Rockefeller Family Genealogy: First Generation: John D. Rockefeller I, Second Generation: John D. Rockefeller II, Three Generations and Five Brothers: Eldest John D. Rockefeller, Second Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller , the third is Lawrence Rockefeller, the fourth is Winthrop Rockefeller, and the fifth is also the third generation: David Rockefeller)

"This is our grandpa, the fourth in the third generation, and the earliest to pass away. Grandpa David, who is now at the helm of the family, doesn't have a good relationship with our family."

The corner of Sean's mouth twitched, "Why is there a bad relationship!?"

It turned out that after the death of the second-generation John D. Rockefeller II, the family should theoretically be handed over to the third-generation boss, John D. Rockefeller III Jr.

However, John Rockefeller III Jr. is not as capable as his younger brothers.

Among them, the second brother is Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller. After graduating 30 years ago, he worked in the family business at the age of 22, became a director at the age of 25, and entered the government at the age of 32 as the mediator of American affairs of the State Department.

At the age of 36, he was promoted to Assistant Secretary of State for American Affairs.

At the age of 42, he served as the chairman of the Truman Administration's International Development Advisory Committee.

At the age of 44, he served as the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee of the Eisenhower Administration and the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Health, Education and Welfare.

At the age of 50, he successfully ran for the governor of New York State, and served as the governor of New York State for four terms until 1973.

From 1974 to 1977, he served as the vice president of the United States and the moderate leader of the Elephant Party.

This is a ruthless man. In the 1968 general election, he unexpectedly lost to Nixon, who had retired from politics for a long time, in the 1968 general election, and sent his confidant Kissinger to the White House. Nixon stepped down.

Kissinger served as secretary of state for one term in the weak Ford administration.

He was dissolute in his later years, and died in the office after indulging in sex.

In 1960, after the death of John Rockefeller, this man wanted to use his power to control the power of the family with one hand, but the eldest of the three generations, John D. Rockefeller Jr. quit, and the two fought in family affairs.

It is rumored that the reason why Nelson lost to Nixon in the party's nomination was John Jr.'s handwriting.

In the end, John Jr., with the help of his third brother Lawrence Rockefeller and fifth brother David Rockefeller, snatched the family power back from Nelson.

In his later years, Nelson retired from the position of vice president at the age of 69. The power of the family was gone, and his political career was over. Nelson, who could not accept it for a while, indulged. Finally, at the age of 71, he died in the belly of a woman in the office .

A generation of werewolves!

Of course, John Jr., who won the fight against his second brother Nelson, also failed to control the family power. The third brother, Lawrence Rockefeller, established his father's business acumen. In 1937, he inherited the New York Stock Exchange bought by the first generation, and he is the father of venture capital. .

The fifth younger brother, David Rockefeller, who is now in charge of the family, is even more powerful. This man has mastered the way of the "dog", and successfully laughed in the struggle between the boss and the second. Most of his political legacy, as the president of the Bank of Manhattan, although he does not directly participate in politics, he supports many political figures behind his back and participates in many political decisions.

Sean and Hayden's grandfather, Winthrop D. Rockefeller, was the fourth child in the family.

This one is amazing, he used to be the governor of Arkansas!

Yes, like Zipperton, it is Akon, color.

Different from the fifth, Chenggong had the last laugh in the fight between the eldest and the second.

The fourth child and the second child Nelson have a very good relationship, they both follow the political line, they sided with Nelson in the struggle, and in the end, they succeeded in the struggle between the eldest child and the second child,

was killed...

He was the earliest of the five brothers to die.

As for ability...the difference between the governor may be greater than the difference between a human and a dog.

Therefore, Xiao En's branch does not hold much power in the family business, and the relationship with the current three-generation head is also very general.

It's too far away, uncle and grandpa.

If the split of Rockefeller was the beginning of the decline of the Rockefeller family, then this family power struggle is the starting point of the second decline of the family.

For the first time, Rockefeller II managed to turn the tide.

This second time will be difficult.

However, this is not something Sean can worry about now, well, he is not qualified to worry about such national affairs with his small body now.

Let's do a good job of our own three-acre land first.

After chatting about gossip at home, Hayden finally got down to business.

"If you want to buy patents and build electric furnaces, this matter is actually very simple. Just contact the steel factory that has the relevant patents. There are many, but it's best to pay a visit to our fifth uncle first." Said Hai Deng glanced at Xiao En with a smile, "It's been more than two years, and you are famous now, and you haven't met the patriarch yet."

Heh, Sean chuckled lightly, "What's the benefit?"

"There are definitely no obvious benefits." Hayden shook his head, "After all, you don't have any shares in any company under the family name."

"However, after all, you are a member of the Rockefeller family, and you are outstanding in ability. If you are recognized by the patriarch, the family foundation can pass on your family-approved identity. You are all members of the Rockefeller family. It will provide a lot of convenience when dealing with companies with a certain shareholding.”

"Then what are you waiting for, make an appointment!" Sean urged.

"Hey, you'd better make a plan in advance." Hayden gave a meaningful look.

Sean rubbed his chin and didn't speak.

Hayden didn't make it clear, but Sean did.

He has no shares in any company under the name of the family. This visit to patriarch David is considered to recognize his ancestors and return to his family. Should he take out the shares of the company under his name to replace the shares of some companies in the family, or whether to accept the family fund for investment? Invest in companies under your name.

There's a lot to say here.

There was a lot of chaos for a while, which made Sean hesitate.

He didn't know what to choose.

Naturally, the benefits of joining the family system are not small. In the future, as long as there is no conflict of interest and within the scope of cooperation, it will be absolutely unimpeded and smooth sailing.

However, even the decision-making is bound to be influenced by the family, even if the shares are not exchanged, only the investment is accepted.

After all, compared to the size of the Rockefeller family, Sean is nothing now.

If he doesn't join, he can only borrow a name. The real benefits are almost impossible to get, and the cooperation will continue as usual, but everything must follow normal business rules and work according to the contract. At most, those companies under the family name will not cheat him. .

But the advantage is absolute independence.

Sean fell heavily on the beach chair with a headache!

There is no way to discuss this matter with anyone, and no one can help him make a decision.

I don't have much appetite for dinner, so just eat a little.

Going to bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, Sean suffered from insomnia for the first time since he came to this world.

It wasn't until dawn that he fell asleep in a daze.

Early the next morning, a pillar of support...

He is in good health, not having a good night's sleep is not a big problem, he looks much more energetic than Hayden.

After breakfast, the two were ready to go out.

David Rockefeller, born on June 12, 1915, has been living in the Rockefeller Center in New York and is in charge of the family office after taking control of the power of the Rockefeller family.

As the fifth generation of the family, no one stopped Hayden and Sean from coming. Of course, an appointment is required. Sean soon met the third-generation heads of the Rockefeller family under the leadership of his secretary. Uncle, David Rockefeller.

As soon as the two entered the door, compared to Hayden who honestly and politely bowed to David, Sean quickly looked around the office, and then bowed slightly, did not speak, did not say hello.

David Rockefeller's office is unexpectedly small, only about 40 square meters, with a large mahogany desk, a long sofa, a small bar for drinking in one corner, bookcases on the walls, and various The piles of books are full.

None of these old-school plutocrats are extravagant.

"Grandpa David, this is Sean Rockefeller, and also his father's son." Hayden pointed to Sean and introduced.

(Don't talk about foreign titles, after all, it's for our own people to see)

"Grandpa David, hello." Sean bowed and said hello, and looked at the famous helm of the family.

The 70-year-old David Rockefeller is a short and fat man, his face is full of fat, and his body is slightly bent, but his mental state is still very good.

It’s not good, and I won’t live to be 101 years old...

"Hello, little Sean, I've heard of your name, ha ha." David Rockefeller looked very kind, without putting on airs, and said after making a little joke: "Sit down, I'm here You don't have to be so polite here."

"Thank you." The two thanked each other. Hayden sat upright, with his legs together and his hands on his lap. Sean's legs were spread apart, with one hand resting on the armrest beside him and the other pressing on the sofa.

Observing the sitting postures of the two, David did not speak, but looked at Sean carefully.

Entering a strange place, the first time to observe the environment subconsciously shows that this kid has a strong sense of crisis and a strong desire for self-protection. He also sits down. The sitting posture of this big horse and golden knife shows that he has a more domineering personality and habits. To be honest, he always appears as the protagonist and central figure on weekdays.

People's subconscious behavior can best reflect some things.

The old man has been around for more than 70 years, and his eyes are very poisonous.

Without mentioning a single word about business, David smiled and asked about Sean's situation, and chatted throughout the whole process, even asking Sean if he had a girlfriend, and when he was going to get married, which made Sean a little dumbfounded.

It's not just the elders of the rabbit who co-author like to urge marriage?

But I can't see that the relationship Hayden said is not very good. In Sean's mind, it's all the matter of the previous generation. The threatening junior is not worth targeting at all.

After chatting for half an hour, David seemed to have had his fill of fun, and then brought the topic to business.

"In the past year, many old friends have mentioned you in front of me. You started from nothing, and they all said that our Rockefeller family has produced another outstanding person."

"It's all messing around." Sean still subconsciously said modestly whether it was the soul of the rabbit.

"Hahaha, it would be great if everyone else could mess around like you. You are humble." David smiled and glanced at Hayden.

Hayden: Look at me...

"It's not modesty." Sean said with some seriousness: "The management team came to me several times, saying that my business, um, is too chaotic, scattered, and unsystematic."

"This is a fact. I admit it myself. I haven't received any higher education, don't know any business philosophy, and don't have much experience to pass on. It's really too messy."

"I came to find Grandpa David this time, and I also want Grandpa David to teach me."

"After all, I'm not a witness. I can only speak from the perspective of a bystander." David thought for a while and said.

After all, Sean is a member of the Rockefeller family. If nothing happens, then that's all. There are more than 100 people in the family, and David will not pay attention.

But Xiao En has risen rapidly in the past two years and made such a big battle, how could he not pay attention.

Even if Sean's size is completely incomparable with Rockefeller's.

"First of all, decentralization and system are two completely different business ideas. In essence, they are not good or bad. Managers are good or bad, but business ideas are not." David spoke slowly, as if he was afraid Xiao En couldn't understand, "Systematic management can give full play to the advantages of the system and have greater influence, but when risks come, it must be the whole that bears the impact."

"The overall collapse is likely to be relatively large."

"Decentralized management does make it impossible for each company and industry to exert its full energy, which will cause a certain degree of waste, slow down the development speed, and compress the competitiveness. However, when the storm comes, it can avoid energy. Effectively avoid a large part."

"There is little prospect of a collective collapse of all corporate sectors."

"Essentially speaking, the major consortiums can be regarded as decentralized operations. For example, Rockefeller has investments in petroleum, chemical industry, steel, raw materials, electronics, manufacturing, sports, clothing, finance, media, entertainment, real estate... Many industries have invested in each other. There is linkage, but it is not a complete system, and it is important to share risks."

"So, there is no need to think too much about this point, just follow your own thinking." David said with a smile.

Huh~~!

Sean breathed out silently, he really thought he must be wrong.

It turned out that it wasn't my fault, it was that the gang under him were not good enough, no, it should be said that they didn't stand high enough.

This may be due to the different perspectives of professional managers and chairman of the board.

"But." David suddenly changed his style.

The word "but" startled Xiao En and brought it up again.

"Decentralized operations are fine, but it's better to have a core."

"Core?" Sean asked after turning his head, "Bank?"

"The core can be a bank, but not all banks are the core." David shook his head with a smile.

"What is the core? The core is the center of all industries. It should not only provide financial and relationship support during development, but also provide sufficient shelter when danger comes." David said slowly: "This That's the core."

"For example, your X security is the core."

"X Security?" Sean frowned. Although he regarded X Security as his foundation, "Asylum can protect, but X Security cannot provide financial support. Can this be considered the core?"

"Why not? It doesn't have to be funds, it can also be relationships. What's more, the Jonas family provided a lot of sources of funds during your early development." Said, the 70-year-old man winked at Sean Eye.

Sean: "..."

The old guy knows quite a lot.

"Okay!" Sean shrugged, it's useless not to pretend to be intimidating in front of celebrities.

"But..." David seemed to have a bad taste, changed the subject again, and said in a long tone, looking at Sean.

Sean's heart tightened again.

"The security company is not a very good core." David said slowly again: "The mainstream of the world is peace, which is no longer tens or hundreds of years ago. It's not that X security is useless, but, most of the time, It has power, but you can't use it."

Sean raised his brows, and he also felt this, but before, he felt a little hazy and his hands were tied, and the words of the old man really woke him up.

Before facing Santos, when facing Brewster Jesse, he didn't dare to directly use the power of X Security, so he could only use some insidious methods secretly.

Very uncomfortable!

If the Rockefeller consortium wanted to deal with them, they could do so openly and aboveboardly from the benefactors behind them, the party, and the law at the same time, appearing in a crushing posture.

Of course, the greater possibility is to directly make the two of you 'invisible' from now on, even if you still show up every day and are still working, but there is no news of you in the media society, everyone alienates you, and you are a living person who is alone and completely disappears. before the public.

"What about the core of the family?" Sean asked directly.

"The consortium, we can influence all walks of life through the consortium. This is a net, no one can escape, and we can always affect the 'enemy' through some industries."

"Well, I can..." Xiao En shook his head. He also has a bank under his name, but the main business is the company under his name, which is regarded as the center of fund transfer, which is far from such a deterrent.

"I can't give you an opinion, you need to find it yourself." David shook his head.

"Join the family consortium?" Sean suddenly raised his head and said.

David didn't speak, just stared at Sean.

Sean didn't speak, and the two looked at each other.

Hayden suddenly felt that the air seemed to be viscous, and shrank his body vigorously, trying to make himself smaller. He cursed Sean in his heart for speaking too directly, while muttering silently, he couldn't see me, he couldn't see me.

After a while, David suddenly smiled and shook his head with a smile, "This is not a good way."

Sean had no expression on his face, but his heart was relieved.

On the way here, he had already considered it. He would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. The advantage is that I can ask for less, but he will definitely not join the family consortium or accept investment.

He came here to ask for benefits, not to find his father.

It was just a test just now, but now hearing what the old man said, the whole person relaxes.

Although Xiao En hid it well, David still saw it, and said directly: "Even if you join the consortium as a whole, it will not have any substantial benefits to the consortium, so it is completely unnecessary, and it will delay you." It’s a lose-lose situation for its own development.”

David looked out the window and said suddenly: "I like observing animals and insects very much. I have collected 40,000 completely different insect specimens."

Sean looked at David in bewilderment, not understanding why the other party suddenly mentioned this.

Is there a relationship between the consortium and the bug?

The old man turned his head, looked at Xiao En with a smile and asked, "Do you know about elephants?"

Sean didn't know why, so he could only nod.

"The elephant is already the largest living creature on land. It has no natural enemies. It eats a lot every day. But why doesn't the elephant continue to grow up after it becomes an adult?"

"Because, I'm an adult!" Sean's mouth twitched, what's the point?

"No!" David shook his head and said with a serious face, "Because, if he continues to grow up, the elephant's internal organs and legs will not be able to bear it, and he will collapse himself."

"A small bacterium, as large as a country, in a certain period of time, even if it has the ability, if it grows uncontrollably, it will collapse. Everything has its limit."

Sean frowned, the old man suddenly jumped from business management to biology, and from biology to philosophy, which was completely unacceptable to Sean who had no higher education.

I really want to hit someone!

Jonas: How the hell do you know that too!

In the past, it was Xiao En who had a strong mind jumping, which made the group of his subordinates unable to accept it, and this time he also realized it.

This is why Sean was crushed in terms of IQ and knowledge. He didn't understand what "philosophy is the science of science". When you can't find the answer in science, you can go to philosophy.

"Taking countries as chestnuts, Rome was too big and eventually led to division. The Mongol Empire also had to be divided into many countries because it was too big." Fortunately, David did not continue to go around the circle, and directly gave an example.

"The consortium is actually the same."

"If wealth could keep increasing with the development, then Rockefeller would have dominated the United States long ago, and there would be no Morgan consortium, Citibank consortium, DuPont consortium, Boston consortium, etc. In fact, well, if it could really be like this , the British Empire will not collapse, oh, no, it should be the Spanish royal family, hahahaha." David suddenly laughed.

"Rockefeller has reached a certain size, and his wealth has increased by a few hundred million. There is no real use for more than ten or two billion. This is the bottleneck."

"And breaking through the bottleneck may not be a good thing. Just like an elephant, if it suddenly doubles in size, it will die by itself."

"Do you understand, little guy!" David grinned and looked at Sean with a smile.

Heh, heh, Sean laughed dryly.

I really don't understand, I'm not that far.

But he understood what the old man meant. The Rockefeller consortium is now an elephant, and he himself is a bug.

Maybe it's still poisonous.

But to be honest, compared to X security, Rockefeller has Lockheed, Martin, Boeing and so on.

Bank, Rockefeller has, Chase Manhattan (Note 1).

Petrochemical, well, let’s not talk about it...

Others, forget it...

How embarrassing!

Damn it, Sean felt ashamed and flustered. With his thick skin, his cheeks felt a little hot.

Of course, that's just hot.

It is impossible to blush, and it is impossible to blush in this life.

Slightly hot is the limit.

In David's eyes, the most important thing is not to fall behind in the struggle with the other seven consortiums.

Sean?

It was a child, something to brag about in other old-timers' meetings.

That's it.

Of course, David was also very happy to see the young people full of vigor and vitality. He talked to these backs more and felt younger.

After all, it is an old man.

But, Sean wants to go further?

Let's wait until Sean is truly qualified to stand in front of him after he puts aside the Rockefeller surname.

The secretary knocked on the door and walked in to remind David that there would be an important conference call. Sean immediately stood up and said goodbye.

"Sean, the things in the early years are over, you don't mind, now that you have returned to the family, I come back often to see, and walk around with the family members more often." David said with a smile.

"I didn't really care about it. After all, my living conditions were pretty good when I was young. Although my mother never worked and took drugs, I still went to a private noble school. If it wasn't for my mother's drug overdose and sudden death." Sean shrugged, "I didn't understand at the time, but now I understand that my family's foundation supported me when I was a child. I will never forget this."

"That's good!" David smiled, and finally said after some consideration: "Finally, I can give you a little suggestion."

"Grandpa Fifth please advise!" Sean immediately showed respect.

"Do you know Patent Company?" David nodded seeing Sean, "In the future world, peace will be the main theme, and the role of guns will be greatly reduced, while relying on the United States, patented weapons will be able to play 200% of their role. "

"Especially when you stand behind the world's largest country, Rockefeller, and X Security Company."

"A Bible in one hand, and a gun in one hand!" Sean's eyes lit up, wishing he could slap himself. That's right, as a descendant, how could he forget the patent issue!

"You're such a smart little guy." David praised again.