Chapter 223 Transactions and Business Wars

Looking down from the sky, the Kimpo Golf National Club looks like a beautiful geographical pattern spread on the earth.

The court is winding and covered with green grass, like a green ribbon weaving through the land of New Jersey.

The Manhattan skyline in the distance sparkles in the sun, forming a sharp contrast with the lakes, bunkers and trees on the nearby golf course.

All of this constitutes a beautiful picture with clear layers.

Snap——

Milo hit the ball out with one stroke.

Unfortunately, it flew away.

He handed the club to Frank Culley, who was acting as a caddy next to him, and said with a smile: "So I like Los Angeles more. At least I can play golf better there."

"You can't deny that New York has its advantages," Gimp added with a smile.

Milo's reason is really ridiculous.

Because you can play golf better in Los Angeles, so you like Los Angeles and dislike New York? "That's right, at least it's nice to walk on the streets of Manhattan in the summer when it's drizzling." Milo looked at Giuliani who was walking over with a golf club.

“New York’s historical heritage is unmatched by Los Angeles.”

Giuliani smiled and said, "But I am not familiar with Los Angeles, so I am not qualified to make any comments on Los Angeles. But I think Mr. Blackburn must have his reasons for saying so."

"Hahaha..." Milo laughed, looking at the Italian mayor who was arrogant at first but respectful later.

But then again, strictly speaking, it was Giuliani's nephew who was arrogant at first but respectful later.

And as far as Milo knew, it was more than a year ago.

Giuliani drove his nephew back to Italy.

From this perspective, the Italian mayor is still very sensible.

"Dear Giuliani, since you have come to me like this and your attitude satisfies me, I will not go too far."

"Today is the 22nd."

Milo looked at Giuliani and said, "There are still three months until New York's vote this year. In three months, if you are willing to promote the construction of the Hudson Yards area, I think many people will hope that you will continue to stay in City Hall and serve the whole of New York."

"Hudson Yards area?" Giuliani was stunned.

Giuliani then quickly recalled a file that was placed in the archives of New York City Hall.

The Hudson Yards area, adjacent to the Hudson River to the west, has a superior geographical location and convenient transportation.

It was once Manhattan, a large factory in New York, and an important maritime transportation hub in its early days.

When New York was still a big factory, it was unknown how much cargo and raw materials were landed at this dock from all over the world, and it was also unknown how many industrial products manufactured in New York were shipped from this dock to the world.

However, industry in Manhattan has experienced a great decline after decades.

This former dock area was built into the current Manhattan West Railway Station in 1987 and became an inconspicuous subway station in Manhattan.

However, the original dock area was really large.

A metro station does not occupy the entire land area.

A certain amount of covered land area has been reserved at the original site of the dock.

It can be said that the land left is almost 10.5 square hectares.

It is currently the only large area available for development in Manhattan.

Since the subway station was built, New York City has had plans to promote urban renewal of the old industrial land in Hudson.

According to the plan, it will become an important extension of Manhattan's downtown business district and gradually develop into New York's new urban center.

However, due to various reasons, this plan has been lying in the archives of New York City Hall for ten years.

It is too difficult to achieve it.

Whether from the perspective of construction funds, construction difficulty, demolition issues, urban commercial layout, etc., this is not an easy plan to promote.

So for ten years, no New York mayor has wanted to achieve his goal.

Even Giuliani didn't think of this long-forgotten file at first.

But fortunately, the Italian-American mayor of New York has seen this old New York plan.

After Milo brought it up, he thought about it for a while and finally remembered this matter.

"Mr. Blackburn, what do you mean..." Giuliani tried to ask softly.

Milo shrugged.

"I am optimistic about the future of New York and Manhattan. But here, I don't even have a brand new building of my own. So I thought about trying to develop a city center of my own in New York, named after my last name or first name, just like the Rockefeller Center now."

"Uh..." Giuliani thought this was a really bold and somewhat whimsical plan.

Want to leave a unique name in the city center of Manhattan.

In the entire Manhattan, only Rockefeller Center has this honor.

But… he glanced at Milo, who looked serious.

If it's this guy, then it doesn't seem completely impossible.

"I understand your concerns, Mr. Giuliani. I will push Rockefeller and Morgan to join this plan."

Milo made the conditions clear: "What you need to do is to push New York City Hall and the City Council to agree to this plan. At the very least, take it out of the archives and put it in front of the citizens of New York."

Giuliani understood.

Milo wanted to do this thankless task.

Why has this Hudson Yards industrial area been abandoned for so many years and no one wants to start it up?

One is that it is very difficult to get started, and the demolition problem alone is not so easy to solve.

You have to know that this is Manhattan. The difficulty of demolition here is among the highest in the world.

Another possibility is if a large new urban center or new commercial area is developed.

What about other old commercial areas in Manhattan, such as Rockefeller Center? Will the construction of new city centers affect these old city centers and commercial areas in the future?

Will it absorb their traffic and reduce their rent?

If that's the case, it's robbing people of their money, which is no different from killing their parents in America.

Even in the eyes of many American capitalists, this is more painful than killing their parents.

No matter who is pushing it, it is never an easy task.

Don't mention that Milo only gave himself three months.

Giuliani felt that even if Milo gave him three years, it would not be easy to do.

Looking at Giuliani's embarrassed and silent expression.

Milo shook his head.

"If it's difficult, then don't bother you, Mr. Giuliani. I think Ruth W. Messinger would be interested in hearing my plan."

Ruth W. Messinger was elected as this year's candidate for New York City mayor at the New York local Donald Trump convention last month.

Twenty years ago, this man had become a member of the New York City Council and had also served as Speaker of the New York City Council.

In a parallel universe, Giuliani's re-election process also took a lot of effort to face the competition from Ruth W. Messinger.

In fact, if possible, Milo also wants to support Ruth W. Messinger.

Because Milo doesn't like Giuliani very much.

It's a pity that Ruth W. Messinger was once a Carter faction among the Donkey Party.

This faction was the one that opposed Kennedy within the Democratic Party, so it became the Blackburn family's main political enemy.

Even now, their faction does not support Joseph as Minister of Defense.

It’s just that the people in power now are the Zipperton faction, which inherited a small part of Kennedy’s power and has become a faction of its own after years of development.

Therefore, their faction could not do anything to stop Blackburn's development in the Donkey Party.

So if it were possible, Milo didn't want to support Ruth W. Messinger.

Of course.

If Giuliani is really ignorant.

Then Milo could also have Ruth W. Messinger brought over.

I believe that it is for the sake of the mayor of New York and for the sake of Paladin Media.

Ruth W. Messinger might be able to switch sides, which is nothing in American party circles.

This is not the America that was created after Blackie opened Pandora's box.

Not to mention the situation within the Donkey Party, even if the two parties switched sides, it would not be a big deal.

The only people who are angry about this kind of thing are the grassroots supporters of both parties.

"tomorrow."

Fortunately, although Milo didn't like him very much, Giuliani inherited some of the decisive character of the Italian Sicilian.

Giuliani said: "Tomorrow I will submit a resolution to the City Council to re-promote the construction of the Hudson Bay Terminal area. I will prepare a complete memorandum to let all New Yorkers know how much benefit it will bring to our city if this place is built!"

Maybe I have made up my mind.

It could also be that he just heard Milo say that he would persuade Morgan and Rockefeller to join in.

Giuliani risked his life.

"I can at least tie one-third of the city council members. In addition, I believe that this is something that is very beneficial to New York, and the New York State Attorney's Office will definitely support it. As for the New York State Attorney's Office in the South, I think Mr. Robert Morgenthau would be happy to meet with you, Mr. Blackburn."

"Let's talk about the demolition issue. I don't think it's a very troublesome problem. The property rights of the Hudson Yards area are already under discussion, and most of the buildings there are in disrepair. They should be happy to give it up."

"good!"

Milo no longer plays golf.

He smiled and said, "New York will surely have a better future because of such an ambitious mayor. Dear Mr. Mayor, I think the position of mayor of New York can only be held by a brave and heroic person like you."

"call……"

After hearing what Milo said, Giuliani let out a breath and a happy smile appeared on his round, fat face.

Because for Giuliani now.

Milo Blackburn's full support may not guarantee his re-election.

But Milo Blackburn's full-throated opposition will definitely dash his hopes of being re-elected as New York mayor.

After gaining control of a large part of the lower-level gray forces in New York.

Giuliani knew that Milo could directly influence at least 300,000 votes.

Not to mention this guy's brilliant achievements. Although he is not from New York, because he has been active in New York for a long time, many New Yorkers regard him as a hero of the city.

If he stands up, he can use his fame and influence to call for action.

Then there are at least hundreds of thousands of people in New York who will vote based on what Blackburn says.

Not to mention he also has a massive media conglomerate.

This media group is very influential in New York and can at least influence the voting intentions of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers.

Plus the inclination his attitude aroused among some of New York's upper class celebrities.

New York now has a population of nearly seven million and more than 4.5 million votes.

The number of people that Milo Black could directly and indirectly influence adds up to almost a million.

Giuliani really didn't want to continue to be at odds with such a guy.

Anyway, I can be selected. At worst, I can just keep pushing it and put less effort.

If you are not selected, then the difficulty of promotion will have nothing to do with you.

After figuring this out, Giuliani became more open-minded.

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After getting Milo's promise, Giuliani left happily.

"I didn't expect you to forgive him, cooperate with him, and trade with him."

After the mayor of New York is gone.

The owner of this golf club, Jinpu, came over and said.

"Why not? Trading, I like trading."

Milo looked at Kimpo with an indescribable smile: "If capital flows, there will inevitably be transactions, but transactions are not limited to capital, or money. This is a very special word. In a sense, it can be regarded as the foundation of our country. Transactions can make criminals who should be sentenced to death only stay in prison for a few decades, and transactions can make drug lords not have to serve long sentences. Transactions can make the police turn a blind eye to the minor crimes of billionaires, transactions can make congressmen compete for the throne of the president, and transactions can make the president boldly violate the law... In my eyes, there is nothing that cannot be used for transactions, as long as there are enough chips that make me excited."

Milo's slow and unhurried words echoed in the ears of several people around him.

Although it may not be pleasant to hear, it is all true.

Everyone here, whether it is Kim Pu or Frank Culley, who served as a caddy, has walked in the gray area and made deals with the government.

"Thought-provoking words," Gimp spoke again, "No wonder you can become the miracle Blackburn. And we can only be small roles."

Once the people who could be traded left, Milo didn't stay in the court.

As for Frank Carley and Gimp, will they continue to play or return to New York as well?

That's their own business.

Milo didn't bother to care about the movements of the two young generals who were under his command in different directions.

On the custom seats of the speeding black Cadillac Escalade.

Milo stretched out his tall body in a lying position and looked at the time on his watch.

Then he reached out and took a folder on the side, opened it and looked through some documents.

"Hmph!" Milo frowned and snorted coldly, slammed the folder shut and threw it aside, a cold gleam in his eyes.

"This old Bill. He looked like he wasn't afraid of causing any trouble at the party, but in reality he's even more vicious than Jobs!" Milo sneered and said softly.

The matter is related to ITK chat software.

After nearly a year of repackaging and development, ITK, the instant messaging software launched by Milo, was launched on the market around May this year.

Due to its complete functions and very smooth software running speed after core streamlining.

In addition, the Internet giant Yahoo is leading the promotion.

So once it was launched on the market, ITK achieved huge success.

Even more successful than ICQ in a parallel universe.

In just one month, the number of downloads exceeded 8 million, and in three months it exceeded 20 million. Now it has been downloaded nearly 30 million times.

With over five million active users per day, many people are treating this as the new online chat room.

However, due to Milo's acquisition of the original ICQ company.

In addition, he was dissatisfied with the functions of the original ICQ software.

Therefore, the launch of ITK was relatively slow and cannot be said to be the world’s first instant messaging software.

Before this, Microsoft, Netscape and many other startups had already launched their own instant messaging software.

After all, this concept was proposed three years ago when the Internet first appeared.

It is understandable that ITK was launched slower than these software.

What made Milo angry was not that these instant messaging apps were launched before ITK.

Rather, it is these instant messaging software that have achieved huge success after ITK was launched on the market.

They all came out one after another, and various cosplays copied ITK's functions.

Although due to the development time, they are still not as smooth as the perfect ITK.

But among them, especially MSN launched by Microsoft, backed by the Microsoft operating system, has developed very well despite the crazy plagiarism of ITK.

It has already affected the development of ITK itself.

The key is that other small companies are more or less afraid of the reputation of Milo and Yahoo.

But as a listed company, Microsoft, one of the overlords in the IT field, can't take care of this.

Bill Gates would rather risk being sued and let MSN copy a large number of ITK's functions and interfaces.

This is what made Milo angry.

But then again, from a business perspective, this can only be considered unfair competition.

Milo didn't even want to kill Bill Gates as soon as he took up his post.

And from another perspective, Bill Gates is not some grassroots person without any support.

Bill Sr.'s father runs one of the largest law firms in the world, and there are many members of Congress with the last name Gates. It's a large, loose family that's well hidden.

Kind of like a weaker version of Mellon, but not a minor character either.

Bill Gates' mother was simply an oilman. Before her death, she was an independent director of IBM, chairman of the United Way of the United States, a director of the University of Washington, and a director of First Intercontinental Bank.

His grandfather was the president of the Bank of America and the president of the American Bar Association.

That's why Bill Gates dared to drop out of Harvard and go home to start a business.

That’s because even if their business fails, they don’t have to worry about the future.

Similarly, Buffett's status is not bad either.

Warren's father was a senator from Nebraska, his mother was an oilman, and his teacher was Graham, also an oilman.

Who is Graham? He is the founder of American value investing, the father of modern securities analysis, and one of the godfathers of Wall Street.

There is not a single real grassroots or small character.

If they were really grassroots, they would not have been able to stand at the top of the American dream for so long.

Facing these people, even a core member of the upper three flags like Milo could not stand it.

You can't kill someone just because you want to.

They are not David Filo’s pure Southern rednecks.

Or those Asians and blacks with yellow skin and white hearts.

Although in a parallel universe, Microsoft will establish its position as the global operating system leader next year.

But now seeing what Bill Gates did, Milo decided to make things difficult for Microsoft, even though he himself was one of Microsoft's shareholders and a director of Microsoft's board of directors.

Steve Jobs' macOS series is very good, although Apple cannot overthrow Microsoft's dominant position.

But it can make Bill Gates disgusted indirectly.

Operating systems such as Linux, BSD, and Solaris can also be developed to disgust Microsoft.

Although they have a small market share, they still have certain application value in specific fields and scenarios.

But in the United States, the best solution to this kind of infringement problem is to sue.

Who cares if your grandfather is the president of the Bar Association? There are so many lawyers in the United States anyway.

There are too many people who want to start their own business.

And Microsoft clearly does not have an advantage in this type of company.

After all the fighting, Microsoft will definitely lose in the end.

Thinking of this, Milo had already made a decision in his mind - to take a two-pronged approach.

On the one hand, he supported people like Steve Jobs, and on the other hand, he indirectly pressured Bill Gates.

It can also be regarded as a market catfish, allowing Microsoft to develop better.

In this way, Milo, as a shareholder and director, can also get some benefits.

The more important aspect is to simply set up a luxurious team of lawyers and go directly to Microsoft to sue it.

The fleet of Cadillac Escalades returned to downtown New York City.

Milo made a few phone calls, which marked the beginning of a business war with Microsoft.

Seeing that it was almost time, Milo did not go back to Manhattan to continue his official business.

He turned the convoy around and returned to his villa estate on Long Island.

The place they went to was a new estate surrounded by dense woods in Southampton, Long Island, which was purchased not long ago for Sophie Marceau and her two little babies to live in.

The large black iron gate was wide open, with a large number of bodyguards in black standing on both sides. Milo's motorcade drove in unimpeded and stopped in front of the fountain square of a white mansion that looked like an ancient Greek temple.

But it seems that Sophie Marceau has guests visiting today.

When Milo arrived, she was standing in front of the main entrance of the manor with two people, waiting for his arrival.

"Honey--"

As soon as Milo's car door was opened, Sophie came over.

Milo got out of the car, hugged Sophie, who looked a little worried, and touched her pretty face with a smile, "Don't worry, leave everything to me."

"They came suddenly. It really wasn't me who asked them to come." Sophie said a little worriedly.

"I know. I know it all."

"I believe you too." Milo smiled.

After comforting her like this.

Milo looked up at two guys from France who were wearing suits and looking at him with smiles.

After reading the latest version of the American Entertainment News, I was completely dumbfounded. I felt that even if I wrote it ten times more seriously, it would not be as good as the real American Entertainment. (End of this chapter)