Chapter 176 High-class White Club

"Trust me, Milo, James will help."

Houston, Texas.

Energy corridor.

Inside the Zapata Offshore Oil Exploration Company.

Two hours have passed since Milo arrived here.

He and his two uncles had long since finished their conversation with James Mulvey, president and chief operating officer of Phillips Petroleum.

James Mulvey is gone.

Inside Herbert's office.

George said confidently to Milo.

"As long as he wants to stay at Phillips Petroleum, as long as he wants to stay in Texas."

"Then he will definitely help us, and he won't do anything unnecessary."

"And there's no need to worry about James telling on you."

The reason why the future president is so confident is that the Bush family has such a high voice in the entire Texas energy industry.

Herbert Bush is the first president of the United States to come from the energy industry.

While still in office, he launched the Desert War, which changed the world's energy supply pattern.

This, in turn, has boosted his family's influence in the energy industry.

Especially now that his son is serving as the governor of Texas, the largest energy state in the United States.

What George said was actually a bit modest.

Any person or company who wants to stay in the U.S. energy industry.

Especially a high-level worker like James Mulvey.

Then he couldn't offend the Bush family.

That would eliminate James Mulvey's place in the U.S. energy industry.

This is George, who is actually a relatively humble, introverted and gentle person.

If it were Herbert, Milo's grandfather would definitely replace the Texas that George mentioned with the United States.

Even the whole world.

In response, Milo smiled and shrugged, "Of course I believe it."

Before becoming the Great Leader, the Bush family might have been viewed as outsiders by Texans.

Herbert served as president and George became governor.

There is no doubt that shrubs are the representative of Texas, at least on the surface.

If you want to make it in Texas, you really can't offend the Bush family.

Even if George didn't live in the White House yet.

It should even be said that George can become the governor of Texas and the president of the United States.

That was not his own ability at all.

That was the ability of his father and grandfather.

And so Milo settled down in Texas temporarily.

He didn't move into a hotel or buy another house.

Live directly in the Shrub family's secret estate in the north side of Houston.

November, the 25th.

Bush Estate.

The bright spot of the sun in the sky is gradually shrinking, and the sunlight is filling the Houston skyline with warm orange and red tones.

The sky changes with the sunlight, and colorful clouds surround the scorching sun. At this moment, the entire Charles Town in the north of Houston has returned to tranquility, bathed in the warm sunset.

Milo, who was standing on the viewing balcony on the second floor, watched this scene and then turned around to look at his grandfather and two uncles behind him.

Herbert returned here the next day after his operation.

He returned with an entire medical team from MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Even in this bush manor, one of the small buildings has quite complete treatment equipment.

The medical team at MD Anderson Cancer Center will be on call 24 hours a day to monitor Herbert's physical condition at any time.

And all this at no cost to Herbert and the Bush family.

Reimbursement will be made directly from the U.S. Treasury.

Don't forget that Herbert is the retired President of the United States.

He enjoys everything a retired American president should enjoy.

Including security prepared by the Secret Service, the highest level of medical care in the United States, and more.

Besides, Herbert only had a tumor removed, not advanced cancer.

Even for ordinary people, they only need to stay in the hospital for a few days at most after surgery before being discharged.

"This is really beautiful. Massachusetts rarely sees sunsets like this. California does, but it feels different."

Milo sighed, “The Lone Star State is truly unique.”

"Then you can stay here for a while."

Herbert smiled.

"I want to, but I don't have that much time. For example, this..."

Milo held up the letter sealed with red ink in his hand to his two uncles and grandfather.

"Grandpa, they invited me."

At this moment, Milo was holding the invitation in his hand.

It was sent to him by a club called Bilderberg.

The Bilderberg Club, the name sounds like a small country inn in the Netherlands.

Or a golf club in the northeastern United States.

"They didn't invite me, nor did Jeb. Not even grandfather. Of the entire Bush family, only father was invited."

George, who was standing behind his old father, said with some gentle envy.

My second uncle Jeb didn't say anything.

But Jeb's eyes were fixed on the invitation letter in Milo's hand, which had the special emblem of the Bilderberg Club printed on it.

He thought, if they sent me an invitation.

How wonderful that would be! In two years, I will definitely be the governor of Florida!

Jeb thought to himself.

But he wouldn't feel unbalanced.

Because he has become the governor's brother.

George also never received an invitation to the Bilderberg Club.

"The grandson of Shrubbery, the future son-in-law of Rockefeller, the heir of Blackburn, the controller of the top five media groups in the United States, the godfather of Silicon Valley, and the famous predator of Wall Street."

Herbert: "You are qualified to accept their invitation."

"At your age, it's rare to get an invitation letter from a club."

Looking at the envy of my two uncles and the emotion of my grandfather.

Milo smiled and looked at the invitation in his hand again.

The Bilderberg Club is a very mysterious and secretive organization.

As far as he knows, both his grandfather and his maternal grandfather were members of the club.

It was founded in 1954 by Prince Bernhard, father of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, at a hotel called Bilderberg in the Netherlands.

Compared with other high-level elite gatherings in the world, the biggest feature of the Bilderberg Club is its mystery.

Every time a meeting is held, the venue is filled with armed police and security guards, and no one is allowed to travel within a 300-meter radius.

Participants must pass multiple levels of checkpoints before entering.

Unlike general international conferences and club gatherings, no media photography or interviews are welcome here.

Conference staff are also not allowed to come and go and talk at will; if they reveal any information related to the meeting, they will be immediately kicked out.

In order to ensure the secrecy of the gatherings, the Bilderberg Group pays hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to the governments of the host cities for security costs, such as sending armed forces for protection and even using helicopters to search and track journalists.

At this time of year every year, well-known newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post also have to assure the Bilderberg Group that they will not report any information about the meeting.

Sometimes even the host government is unaware of the meeting.

In 2000, the conference was held in Genval, a small town near Brussels, Belgium.

The local mayor was woken up by calls from the media and said in surprise: "Are you kidding me? If the Queen of the Netherlands and Henry Kissinger are coming here, how could I not be notified?"

People outside only know about the existence of this club and the two dates of its events that are occasionally leaked.

Thought it was held in June and July every year.

In fact, this is speculation.

Both my grandfather and my grandfather-in-law were members of this club.

So Milo knew.

The Bilderberg Club's annual meeting location is not fixed.

The number of members attending the meeting is not only 131 every year as speculated by some.

Everything about it is fluid.

No matter the time, location or participants of the meeting.

Even the meeting is not held only once a year.

If necessary, it can be held two or three times a year.

And if there is no need, we may not gather once a year.

The only constant is that the participants will only come from Europe and North America.

There will be absolutely no participation from Asia, Africa or Latin America.

In fact, it is a meeting for internal consultation among the vested interests in Europe and North America.

It can also be called the "upper class white club".

The invitation letter Milo received was for an event that the club planned to hold on December 28th this year on a private island off the southeast coast of St. Thomas in the Caribbean Sea.

The club invited him to become a member and also invited him to attend the meeting.

But Herbert was also a member, but he did not receive an invitation this time.

This is not because Herbert has resigned.

It's not that Herbert left the White House, so it's not that important.

It was not because they knew that Herbert had recently undergone surgery and could not travel far in the near future.

It was because the club's last meeting of the year had nothing to do with Herbert's field.

As stated in the invitation letter, the main contents of this conference are: accelerating globalization, comprehensiveness of the information age and so on.

In other words, the theme of each Bilderberg Club meeting is different every year.

So the members they invite to participate will be different each time.

Let’s talk about the most famous person in the field of information technology in the United States today.

Without a doubt, it is the famous Silicon Valley godfather Mr. Milo Blackburn.

"So do you think I should go?"

Milo raised the invitation in his hand and looked at his grandfather.

"Why not! This is a great opportunity. Milo, this is a chance to join the most important club in Europe and the New World!"

Herbert had not yet spoken.

Hearing Milo say this, second uncle Jeb became anxious and spoke quickly.

In fact, George wanted to say these words just now, but his reaction was not as fast as his brother.

And George didn't think as much as his brother.

But since his brother had said it, George felt that he had no choice but to speak out.

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He looked at his father and saw that his father had no intention of speaking.

George then said, "Jeb is right, I think so too."

Both sons spoke.

Herbert smiled and said, "It's good to go and take a look. We should also let those Europeans see the excellence of our young generation of Americans."

"Maybe then they won't be so crazy about trying to set up the European Union."

"Ha... I don't have that much ability."

Milo laughed.

If you were to say who is most unhappy with the establishment of the European Union and who most wants to break up the European Union.

It must be the Americans.

"But since even my grandfather said so, and my grandfather also suggested that I go. Then I will go." He said with a smile.

It was a gathering of extremely wealthy people who possessed both wealth and power.

As Milo's wealth, influence, and power grow, the information he has access to tells him more and more of a reality.

No matter how hard 99.99% of people try, they are destined to never succeed.

The rise of the super-rich has dominated the future of ordinary people.

The growing gap between the rich and the poor has become a global trend and a "globalization" phenomenon.

The super-rich of the new era plunder wealth in a more thorough and high-tech way than ever before.

The super-rich live in a world without borders. To them, the world is divided only into rich and poor, and the super-rich group they gather together forms a country of its own.

If in a few years, this new world of science and technology is divided up by the upstarts, and the subsequent cleanup plan of the big fish eating the small fish is implemented, Milo can only say to you: "Opportunities are never equal, and hard work may not necessarily make you rich!"

In my previous life, I was just an ordinary person among the countless people.

In this life, you get your admission ticket by your birth.

Through "struggle", I have the ability to enter the market again.

Don’t go and take a look. Don’t go and take a look at the inside story of the top level of this world.

How can I be willing to do that?

But the meeting won’t be held until the 20th of next month.

So don't rush.

But Milo has always paid more attention to personal safety.

There is still a month left to start.

He had asked someone to check the island mentioned in the invitation letter.

He discovered that the island was called Little St. James Island, and its total area was approximately 300,000 square meters.

The property belongs to a wealthy European man, and various entertainment facilities and villas have been built on it.

It was the name and location of the island that made Milo feel strangely familiar.

I just can't remember it for the moment.

Wait until he boarded the plane leaving Houston and heading back to California.

"Fuck the Shet."

Patting the handrail of the boarding gangway, Milo couldn't help but curse under his breath.

He suddenly remembered.

Little Saint James Island, off the southeast coast of Saint Thomas in the Caribbean Sea.

Isn’t this the LL Island that later caused a sensation all over the world?

But Milo remembered that that Love would probably buy the island two years later, right?

Or maybe it is actually Ai Pu who is the scapegoat.

Before he took over the island, was there anyone doing this kind of thing on the island?

Or maybe this island was originally a legitimate private resort island.

But then the Bilderberg Club held a meeting here and it became unruly? Or was LLD actually initiated by the Bilderberg Club, and Epstein was just a scapegoat?

Judging from the hobbies of the old white men in old Europe and the American Eight Banners.

The last guess is not impossible...

But Milo soon figured it out.

This has nothing to do with me.

Because even if there is no Ai Po, there is no LLD.

There will still be "hate splash" DLL and so on.

As long as the average morality of human beings cannot reach the level of saints.

Exploitation will always exist.

Where there is exploitation there will be classes. As long as there are classes, people like Ephedrine will never be eradicated.

Milo could only guarantee that if it really was LLD by then.

At most he could follow Jin Pu's example and go to the beach to enjoy the breeze.

Want him to stop this from happening?

Sorry, he can't do that.

He is only Milo Blackburn after all, not Clark Kent.

November 28th.

Milo, who had just returned to California.

He learned the good news he had been waiting for from Shabote, the chief consultant of the Smith Foundation.

The Federal Reserve and FDICI have both approved Blackburn Bank's application to acquire Weaverville County Savings Bank in California.

Blackburn Bank is actually a new bank opened by Milo.

It is an investment bank in nature.

It is very easy to open an investment bank in the United States.

In fact, in the United States, almost anyone engaged in finance-related industries can easily obtain an investment banking license.

The Weaverville County Savings Bank of California is a local savings bank.

Of the four types of banking licenses in the United States, a savings bank license is the most difficult to obtain.

Many times, the Federal Reserve and the FDA simply won't approve new savings bank charters.

The Weaverville County Savings Bank in California has an existing savings bank license.

It has a long history and is located in Weaverville, the county seat of Trinity County, the poorest county in California.

And now, in 1996, the wave of bank failures in the United States is coming to an end.

In 1980, there were 18,727 federally insured institutions in the United States.

Among them, there are 14,364 commercial banks and 4,363 savings institutions.

From 1980 to 1996, a total of 3,212 insurance institutions went bankrupt.

Among them, 1,817 banks were closed or received assistance from the FDIC, and 1,356 savings and loan institutions were closed or received assistance from the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC).

Weaverville County Savings Bank in California is one of them.

But it was saved once, and now it is on the verge of bankruptcy again not long after.

Because Trinity County is so poor, the population never exceeds 50,000, and the unemployment rate is always above 20%...

This damn place shouldn't be able to support a bank.

But it was also popular in its day. It was once a must-go place during the California Gold Rush.

The Weaverville County Savings Bank of California was established at that time and was also prosperous for a period of time.

However, as time passed, the gold was long gone.

Weaverville Savings Bank is also in Trinity County.

From a gold rush hub, it has now become the poorest place in California.

Milo wanted to acquire the Weaverville Savings Bank, and he only needed to come up with $10 million.

It will also assume the bank's additional foreign debt of US$35.65 million.

Then 80% of the bank's shares can become his.

The remaining 20% ​​belongs to the Federal Reserve and the FDIC, as well as the Federal Reserve.

This is also the practice and regulation of savings banks across the United States.

The Federal Reserve or the U.S. Reserve Bank and the FDIC must hold a certain number of shares.

Does it look familiar?

It is absolutely true to say that the Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States.

Milo had been trying to acquire the bank for more than two months but still hadn't succeeded.

It's not because of funding issues, but because the Weaverville Savings Bank, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, is very cheap.

But if you want to acquire a savings bank in the United States, you must obtain approval from the U.S. Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and other relevant agencies.

Shabotey stayed in Washington for almost two months with so many people.

Even Milo's father offered to help, and Milo mobilized some of his connections.

Only then did his application get approval, allowing him to acquire the local savings bank.

Once the application is approved, the rest is obviously easy.

As long as you have money.

The thought of having a settlement center of my own makes me happy.

To be honest, even if it is penniless and its debts far exceed its value.

Milo was also happy.

He was waiting, waiting for the spring a few years later when the Glass-Steagall Act would be completely repealed.

He is very much looking forward to it.

(End of this chapter)