Chapter 292 Everyone Wants to Open the Door for Dad

Milo knew there was no such thing as a free lunch.

Give up the JPMorgan Chase stake - there is no such bank yet.

Because the relevant banking laws in the United States have not yet been abolished.

In a parallel universe, this law will only be introduced in 1999.

Less than half a year later, Morgan and Chase Bank merged rapidly to form what was later arguably the largest private commercial bank in the world.

Considering the huge scale of the two companies, it is almost impossible to complete the merger within half a year.

In fact, the private work had already begun.

Milo knew that Morgan and Rockefeller had begun cooperating in this area at least before 1995.

That’s why it was possible in 2000.

It took less than half a year to complete the merger, releasing the world's most terrifying financial behemoth.

Milo was aware of this as well.

So two years ago, when I decided to marry Rockefeller.

He then proposed to old David that he hoped to have a place in JPMorgan Chase in the future.

The bargaining chip offered by Milo was to voluntarily let go of the Boston consortium and accept the invasion of the Rockefeller family.

The two parties had reached an agreement at that time.

However, at that time, Milo was not as influential as he is now in the Boston Consortium.

The Rockefellers also needed time to convince their allies.

Times have changed.

Today, Milo has become the undisputed leader of the Boston Consortium.

If we allow the Boston Consortium to be attacked again, the one that suffers the most will no longer be the Boston Consortium.

Milo will also suffer losses.

Rockefeller probably didn't do a very good job of persuading the Morgan Consortium.

Otherwise, this scene wouldn’t have happened today.

But…Milo knew very well about the shares of Coca-Cola Company.

It is definitely not something that can be easily obtained by agreeing to give up a hand in JPMorgan Chase.

It is likely that we will have to do it ourselves and open up some areas of the Boston consortium.

Only such an exchange of interests can ensure that you can get these Coca-Cola shares.

But...is it worth it? Originally, JPMorgan Chase was used to exchange some shares of Boston Bank and insurance companies.

Now we have to exchange these for Coca-Cola.

In just a moment, Milo thought it through and shook his head gently, "Coca-Cola's stock is indeed very valuable. It is difficult to own more than 10%."

“But,” Milo looked at the old man, “it’s still something that money can buy. Warren Buffett spent ten years to buy 7%.”

"The old guy spent less than $10 billion."

"I think if I tell him now, 'Warren, sell Coca-Cola to me and I'll give you 12 billion. '"

"I think the speculators in Omaha would be very happy about that."

"There are other institutions and retail investors who can always buy them by spending more money."

"It would probably take me more than 40 billion to get a stock similar to these shares."

“The premise is very clear, which is that although these are difficult, they are indeed things that can be bought.”

At this point, Milo threw the stock documents back onto the table.

“Whether it’s the voice of Boston’s banks and insurance companies or a seat on the board of JPMorgan Chase.”

“You can’t get these with money.”

"I refuse."

Besides, these 22% or so of Coca-Cola shares were not given away for nothing.

He still has to spend money to buy it.

The total amount is more than 30 billion US dollars.

Although the old guy still has to spend money to buy Boston stocks.

But the consortium’s core bank and insurance company shares were exchanged for Coca-Cola shares.

No one can do it.

"I knew it. I also told Morgan that you would never agree to it."

David chuckled. "But they made their point clear. I'm sorry, dear."

That is, Morgan does not want to introduce a guy like Milo into JPMorgan Chase.

Milo shrugged, but he wasn't particularly angry.

As time goes by, he no longer needs to improve his voice in the financial field as urgently as before.

As the Blackburn Bank grew, the Blackburn family's voice in the Boston consortium also increased.

This actually made up for the strength of the financial sector that he wanted at that time.

Besides, Blackburn's relationship with Rockefeller was changing as he grew up.

At first, Rockefeller simply regarded Blackburn as their claws reaching into the Boston financial group.

It was a springboard for them, a crowbar for them to pry open Boston.

But now, the crowbar is growing on its own.

It has already turned into the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

And Rockefeller is not Monkey King, at most he is just a demon king.

Since the demon king cannot control the golden hoop, it is naturally impossible for him to win over Blackburn, the crowbar, as he did before.

At that time, the dependence relationship between Blackburn and Rockefeller was 1:9.

Blackburn only has 1 and Rockefeller has 9.

Even if the score is not 5:5 now, it is at least 4:6 or 3:7.

And Milo is still young, so young that it's scary.

It would be difficult for them to count on Milo becoming incompetent in the future, or on Milo's descendants being incapable of protecting the family business.

Because they are all old, and Milo can live to at least sixty or seventy years old.

After twenty or thirty years, all of them will have grown old and passed away.

Milo was in his prime.

They don’t believe the younger generation can survive this guy…

Don't let Blackburn make them a vassal when they try to make Blackburn a vassal.

So the marriage continues, but the previous kind of cooperation is fading.

The status of both sides began to gradually become equal.

Because of this relationship, even David and Milo can't be as close as before.

The American pie is only this big.

When creating a new cake like the Internet, we can still cooperate.

But when facing other original cakes, everyone is still in competition.

Blackburn is getting stronger and stronger, grabbing more and more pieces of the pie.

The amount of cake that Rockefeller and others can eat will become smaller.

It is difficult to make a new cake. It requires timing and cooperation from everyone.

But grabbing a cake is much easier than making a new one.

I stayed in David's office for more than ten minutes.

Milo left.

When I came out of the building, it was already dark outside.

This is the time when the lights are just coming on, and it is the most beautiful time of the day in Manhattan.

High-rise buildings are lined up one after another, and the glass curtain walls reflect colorful neon lights, as if you are in a bizarre crystal world.

The streets are crowded with cars, and the taillights of the cars form a red light strip, which complements the flashing neon lights and shop signs on the street.

The motorcade passed through Times Square, where a giant screen was playing colorful advertisements, many of which were pre-advertisements for the final part of the seventh Harry Potter novel, as well as publicity for the upcoming filming of a live-action Harry Potter movie.

Milo in the carriage didn't care about any of this.

He is in deep thought.

About Coca-Cola.

When it comes to the shareholder boss of Coca-Cola, most ordinary people think of Buffett.

Because of Buffett's fame.

But in fact, the old guy only owns 7% of the shares.

He can be said to be a major shareholder, but he is not the boss at all.

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Anyone who is a little more professional and tries hard to find out that the Chicago consortium holds a large number of shares in Coca-Cola.

If you look up history, you will find that Coca-Cola was originally a brand developed by a Chicago consortium.

But now, Coca-Cola Company is actually no longer the core controlling company of the Chicago consortium.

Because the Chicago consortium, which was once the most powerful American consortium, has always been plagued by internal conflicts and discord within its core family.

It had long been torn apart in the fight between the Morgan and Rockefeller consortiums, and was now in name only.

However, it was not Coca-Cola that first targeted the Chicago consortium among the two major conglomerates.

According to later memories, Milo knew very well that the Rockefeller and Morgan consortiums wanted the Chicago consortium's companies in the fields of finance, heavy manufacturing, oil and mining.

The next level is also companies in the retail sector, such as Sears, United Department Stores, Marshall Field's, and Tiffany & Co.

In this competition, Coca-Cola is just a by-product.

But who could have imagined that the accessory of that year would become one of the symbols of the United States as the global economy became more and more popular and the US national strength grew.

It has actually become the most stable source of cash flow.

The ugly duckling has grown into a white swan.

Fuck, I really want it.

But the difficulty is high.

The four major shareholders are Morgan, Rockefeller, Rothschild and Chicago consortium.

The first two cannot be given to him unless he gives up part of the control of the Boston Consortium.

The Chicago consortium is now a vassal of the first two and is almost becoming a zombie consortium.

It's impossible to get it.

Maybe……

He took out his cell phone and called the Blackburn Foundation.

"It's me. We're in Canada. Have we come into contact with anyone from Rothschild?"

"Okay, tell them. I want to see them."

“…”

After hanging up the phone, the convoy returned to the Upper East Side.

Sophie went to Los Angeles to set up her production company and work as a producer.

In recent days, the two little princesses and little Paladin have been living with Milo in a townhouse on the Upper East Side.

There are really no single-family homes in Manhattan.

It's a place where every inch of land is valuable. Even Roosevelt, the owner of Manhattan Island back then, didn't have it.

The specific address is 4 East 74th Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan.

A six-story townhouse built in 1910 with an interior area of ​​22,745 square feet, or about two thousand square meters.

As soon as you enter the door, you can see that the hall is illuminated by the lights in the hollow ceiling as if it were daytime. A very beautiful large crystal chandelier passes directly through the corridor on the second floor and hangs above the center of the hall.

The walls on both sides of the hall are paved with large pieces of marble, and there are two bright wall lamps on the wall every few meters.

At the innermost part of the hall are stairs leading to the second floor on both sides. The design is very clever, a hollow semicircle with a grand piano placed in the middle of the hollow part.

There was nothing in the middle originally, and the piano was added after Ivana came to live here.

I felt that it looked ugly in an empty space, so I put a piano there.

Ivana bought the piano at a Christie's auction in New York.

What is it called "C. Bechstein Louis XV Golden Piano".

It is said that this piano is a replica of the Louis XV piano built for the British royal family in the 19th century. To celebrate the 140th anniversary of Bechstein, Bechstein's master craftsmen spent three years to build it, adding a large amount of rare materials such as gold.

Ivana spent $1.5 million to get it back and put it here.

It's been a few months, and I've played it two or three times at most...

The first floor of the villa is basically like this, which can be regarded as the reception hall, entrance hall and waiting room.

There was an elevator, but Milo didn't take it. Instead, he climbed the stairs to the second floor.

After exiting the stairwell, two maids helped him open the door to the living room.

The sound of children's laughter was immediately heard inside. It turned out that Lily, Rose and Paladin were playing and fighting everywhere.

Ivana, the housekeeper Mrs. Soli, Xiaoli Liu, Milo's personal maid, and several servants followed the children and watched over them while they played.

This is the life of children from wealthy families. Even when they are playing, there will be two or three servants following each of them, for fear that they will fall and get hurt.

"Dad is back!" Lily, who was already two and a half years old, spoke clearly. She was close to the door and immediately rushed over with a smile.

The other two children came over and also cheered.

"Dad, you're back! Why did you come in without knocking? You should knock on the door before you come home!"

Lily ran up to her father and pointed to the living room door.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't know that because someone opened the door for me."

"Then you should go out and knock on the door again. I will open the door from the inside. Then you can come in!"

It sounds a bit sharp.

He is only two and a half years old, but he can speak so many words fluently.

They look like dolls. Well, she and Rose are "foreign" dolls, foreigners' dolls.

"Okay, okay." Seeing Lily's relentless look, he hugged Rose and the little Paladin who had just run over.

Milo withdrew and knocked on the living room door.

"Excuse me, is anyone home? If so, could you open the door for me?!"

Lily's happy voice came from the other side immediately, "Yes, I'll open the door for Dad right away!"

But she was too small and the door was too big, so she couldn't even reach the handle, and naturally she couldn't open the tightly closed door.

But Ivana, who had already caught up, secretly gave him a look.

Liu Li helped concealedly and opened the door, so that it looked like Lily opened it herself.

The little Loli smiled even more happily.

As soon as the door opened, she threw herself on her father, and after being picked up by her father, she kissed him on the face.

But before Milo could put her down, or pick up Rose and little Paladin who were coming over from behind.

Rose was already shouting in dissatisfaction, "I want to help Dad open the door, too! Dad, get out, I want to open the door!"

Milo: “…”

Ivana was laughing so happily that her huge belly was shaking.

"Hahaha, I told you not to take the elevator. Hahaha, I also experienced it a few days ago! Hahaha, twins, twins, this is the biggest trouble of twins! Hahaha..."

So Milo had to go out again and ask Rose to help open the door.

Finally, the little Paladin, who couldn’t even speak fluently, was also wanted.

So this time when Milo came home, he entered the door four times and knocked three times...

(End of this chapter)