Expedition to Europe

In fact, next year is the election year in the United States, but because of the physical condition of the current US President Woodrow Wilson, the campaign has already started.

In next year's election, Warren Gamillier Harding was nominated by the Democratic Party as the presidential candidate, and Calvin Coolidge, the governor of Massachusetts, was Harding's running mate.

History is always surprisingly similar. Like the Republic of China, Warren Gamillier Harding, the presidential candidate, was also a product of compromise.

Several presidents before Harding were politicians with outstanding ideas, especially the current president Woodrow Wilson.

Woodrow Wilson was destined to write a bold and colorful chapter in American history because he ended the world war during his term and successfully led the Paris Peace Conference.

Even in this year's Nobel Prize selection, Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Prize, which shows the outside world's evaluation of Woodrow Wilson.

In fact, Woodrow Wilson's reputation in the international community is not very good, especially after the "Fourteen Points" were proposed, the British and French did not like Woodrow Wilson very much, and even in the United States, not everyone liked Woodrow Wilson, especially the gentlemen in the US Congress.

Power struggle is the eternal theme of politics. Just like the French National Assembly, which was strongly suppressed by Clemenceau during the World War, the US Congress is unwilling to be a rubber stamp forever.

So the French found a prime minister who was easy to bully after the war, and the Americans also selected Harding from a large number of candidates because Harding was the most mediocre American and the most reassuring person.

But such a presidential candidate needs to make more efforts to defeat his competitor, James Cox, the governor of Ohio. James's running mate is also famous, the young and promising Deputy Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt.

Is this name familiar?

That's right, he is the "Little Roosevelt" who was re-elected as the US President for four consecutive terms.

Of course, in this time and space, it is still unknown whether Franklin Roosevelt still has such an opportunity.

Facing such a strong competitor, Harding needs more support, especially the support of financial oligarchs like Andrew William Mellon.

Andrew William Mellon, many people in the 21st century are unfamiliar with this name, and the impression of this name is not as familiar as Rockefeller, Morgan, and Carnegie, but in the early 20th century, this was a more prominent name than Rockefeller.

The Mellon family controls all aluminum production in the United States, and owns Gulf Oil Company and five other steel companies. The Mellon family is also the largest financial group in the United States. If the direction of history does not change much, then by next year, Mellon will become the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and will stay in this position for twelve years.

Twelve years, that is, the term of office of three US presidents, can be seen Mellon's status at this time.

Although he did not get the recognition of the Morgan Consortium, Simon Allen's days in the United States can be regarded as a gain, and being able to get Mellon's invitation is proof of this.

"Prepare a sum of cash, I will attend Mr. Mellon's banquet." Simon Allen will definitely not refuse the olive branch thrown by Mellon.

"Okay, how much does it cost?" Jane Correggi was not surprised. Mellon's invitation at this time was naturally to raise funds for Harding's presidential campaign. If Simon Allen wanted to get into Mellon's circle, this kind of political participation was essential.

"I'm not sure now. Let's prepare 10 million first and add more if necessary." Simon Allen had a big appetite and wanted to contract the funds needed for Harding's presidential campaign.

If you want to get enough benefits, you must pay enough first. There is no free lunch in this world.

"Okay." Jane Correggi immediately marked the document and prepared to transfer it to the financial department later.

The current Federal Group is estimated to be the richest in cash flow in the United States. If you compare the ability to raise cash in a short period of time, the Federal Group is not much inferior to the Rockefeller Foundation.

Giants like the Rockefeller Foundation do have money, but many of them are investments and real estate, which cannot be turned into cash immediately. Therefore, financial oligarchs such as Mellon also need to raise funds to start certain things. If we simply compare cash, even a foundation like Rockefeller cannot compare with the two money-making monsters, Federal Biology and Federal Automobile.

In the past year since its establishment, Federal Biology and Federal Automobile have accumulated more than 500 million US dollars, and the accumulation speed is far higher than that of Rockefeller and other foundations. For example, the total assets of the Rockefeller family are estimated to be only a few billion US dollars, and the annual growth rate can reach 10%. It is estimated that the head of Rockefeller will set off firecrackers.

Simon Allen is also an old employee of Qin Zhiyuan. Since the establishment of "LLL", Simon Allen has joined Qin Zhiyuan. Qin Zhiyuan is indeed new to Simon Allen, so he appointed Simon Allen as the head of the Federal Group.

Of course, trust is one thing, and institutional constraints are another.

In order to ensure the normal operation of the Federal Group, Qin Zhiyuan and Lao Renault sent professional financial personnel to the Federal Group. It is an independent department that operates separately from the Federal Group and is not under the jurisdiction of the Federal Group.

As the head of a consortium, if you want to ensure that Simon Allen does not make financial mistakes, it is not enough to rely on personal moral restraint. The key is prevention, so that Simon Allen does not have the opportunity to make mistakes. If no prevention is done, , that would be tantamount to condoning Simon Allen's mistakes, which was not Qin Zhiyuan's original intention.

After arranging today's work, Simon Allen lit a cigar, came to the south-facing window, and looked in the direction of Wall Street with a lot of hatred in his heart.

"Not interested in my suggestions? Very good!" Simon Allen said unconsciously.

The headquarters of the Morgan consortium is on Wall Street, two miles away from Fifth Avenue where Simon Allen lives. Wall Street is also known as the heart of New York and even the United States. As for the wider scope, forget it, many Americans They don't care at all what kind of life people in other places are living. They don't even care about whether there are people outside the United States in this world.

In the 1920s, when isolationism was most prevalent, many Americans did not care about things outside the United States. They only cared about their own lives.

"Yes, they will pay the price." Jane Coleridge came to Simon Allen and stood side by side with Simon Allen.

No matter what the circumstances, Jane Coleridge will always be on the same page as Simon Allen.

"That's right, when the time comes, we will turn the headquarters of the Morgan Consortium into a staff dormitory." Simon Allen was a bit ambitious in a spoof.

"Haha, then the top floor must belong to you." Jane Coleridge was also amused by Simon Allen's plan.

It is not that easy to bring down the Morgan Consortium. Although the young Morgan's sense of business is not as sharp as that of the old Morgan, he is not a fool. As long as the young Morgan does not commit suicide, behemoths such as the Morgan Consortium can generally survive. A question of more than a hundred years.

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Here again, Andrew William Mellon is used as a negative teaching material. In the past, after Andrew Mellon passed away, his son would rather manage the museum donated by Mellon than go into business. The result was brilliant. The Mellon family gradually declined and gradually faded from public view. However, even so, this huge family still occupied an important position in the American economy by virtue of its strong resilience until the 21st century.

Simon Allen didn't know the future of the Morgan consortium, but he was full of confidence now. So when he heard Jane Collage finish speaking, Simon Allen made a pistol gesture with his hand, and then fired it in the direction of Wall Street. trigger.

"Bang!" In order to be more vivid, Simon Allen completed the dubbing himself.

Before Jane Coleridge could laugh out loud, the glass on the window suddenly trembled violently, and then there was an earth-shattering explosion.

"boom……"

If Simon Allen knew Chinese, he would definitely describe it as lingering and endless, but this meeting was not so leisurely. The moment the glass started to shake, Simon Allen pulled Jane Coleridge and escaped from the window. side.

"I just shot it with my mouth. How can it be so powerful?" Simon Allen was still in the mood to joke.

"Damn it, what is that, what happened?" If it weren't for Simon Allen's support, Jane Coleridge must have collapsed on the ground now.

Simon Allen had experienced a world war and was very familiar with the sounds of exploding artillery shells, so he could face such emergencies calmly; but for Jane Coleridge, who had never been to Europe, the world The war was just too far away.

Jane Collage could have sworn she had never heard such a loud noise in her life.

"A certain bomb or a certain shell exploded. I don't know. I know as much as you do." Seeing that the window had returned to calm, Simon Allen came to the bedside again and bent down to remove the Turkish handmade carpet. He picked up the cigar that he had thrown away in panic.

"Cannonball? How is that possible? This is New York!" Jane Coleridge said in disbelief.

"What's wrong with New York? Can't there be bombs in New York?" As a former European, it was difficult for Simon Allen to understand the thinking of some Americans, even if he had a close relationship with Jane Coleridge.

"Sir, are you okay here?" The voice of the security director came from outside the door.

"I'm fine. Send someone to see what's going on?" Simon Allen went to open the door himself.

"Yes, sir." Lu Yongyan didn't look much, turned around and walked towards the stairs.

That's right, Lu Yongyan is Chinese, Qin Zhiyuan has no one in his hands, but there are many security personnel. When he can use his own people, he will definitely not use foreigners.

That's not right. Lu Yongyan should be a talent of Lan Fang now. The United States still has not repealed the "Chinese Exclusion Act". It is not easy for Chinese people to live in the United States.