Chapter 295 Forbes Incident

“Pah~”

As the golf ball was hit hard, Milo turned around and looked at the Rochil and others behind him.

The Rothschild brothers were also looking at Milo, but they simply ignored Gimp, who was smiling beside them.

"Mr. Rothschild, how about it, what is your first impression of me?"

Milo said with a faint smile, looking at Rohir and the others with eyes as calm as water.

Jacob Rothschild looked like a kind old man at this moment.

Giving people a harmless impression, he smiled and shook his head and said, "Dear Mr. Blackburn, even though I am far away in Europe, I have been hearing your name for several years. Now we finally meet officially."

"As for my first impression of you, I think it should be excellent, excellent in every sense. From your appearance to your ability to your talent."

Milo raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said as if talking to himself: "Oh? I always thought I was very ordinary."

Without waiting for his reply, Milo immediately stopped smiling, looked at Jacob Rothschild seriously, and said, "Mr. Rothschild, let's talk business first. I think my chief advisor should have told you my thoughts."

Milo gestured as he spoke, "I hope you can give me a clear answer as soon as possible."

His words were somewhat forceful and his eyes were even more invasive, and after he finished speaking he just looked at Jacob Rothschild quietly.

Milo did not intend to waste time with the Rothschild brothers, as the initiative was already in their hands.

He wanted to get some Coca-Cola stock to facilitate the negotiations.

From the moment he appeared in front of the Rothschild brothers, he had been building up the atmosphere step by step. Now he was getting straight to the point, intending to take control of the rhythm in his own hands.

Jacob Rothschild was also an old hand, so he naturally noticed Milo's actions.

He had known who Milo was for a long time. In fact, the research that the major powers in the world had done on the American in front of them was beyond Milo's imagination.

Not only Milo, but also David, John Cleese and others.

The main figures of major American financial groups have a large number of people abroad who study their personalities and hobbies and analyze the way they do things.

Hoping to gain a little more benefit from it when negotiating with them.

This is also the main reason why the discipline of "international observation" exists.

Who says the United States is so powerful now?

Jacob came this time just to leave a good impression on Milo.

To pave the way for the Rothschild family to achieve their short-term and long-term goals, so he pretended not to notice.

Jacob Rothschild said with a smile: "Mr. Blackburn, there is no use for us to hold Coca-Cola shares. If you want, we are happy to give them to you."

"Compared to these stocks, I think it is more important for us to gain your friendship, Mr. Blackburn."

Hearing this, looking at Jacob Rothschild's sincere expression.

Milo sneered in his heart.

friendship?

How much is friendship worth?

Sometimes it's worth tens of billions of dollars, but most of the time it's worth less than five cents.

If you believe what these people say about friendship, you will be betrayed without even knowing it.

"Oh? Mr. Rothschild, this is surprising to me. After all, it's Coca-Cola, and even Rothschild doesn't have much. Are you really willing to sell me these shares for the sake of my friendship?"

Milo asked in a puzzled tone, but the playful smile on his face and the tone of his voice reminded Jacob Rothschild.

We are all smart people, so just say polite words.

But many times, people just pretend to be ignorant even though they know the truth.

Anyway, as long as there is no evidence, you can just brag about it. Jacob Rothschild seemed not to notice and said with a smile:

"Of course, that's true. Rothschild values ​​your friendship, Mr. Blackburn, more than any stock in the Coca-Cola Company."

"Mr. Rothschild, you think too highly of me. To be honest, I don't know when my friendship became so valuable."

After Milo finished speaking, he raised his right hand to shield his forehead from the sunlight, looked into the distance, and walked forward with the golf club in his hand.

His arrogant attitude made the Rochil people look at each other, and they could see some anger in each other's eyes.

Damn, lowly Ansa barbarians! Just like America! Jacob Rothschild sighed, realizing that it was useless to play those tricks with Milo.

He knew his family's plan clearly. To plot against a highly vigilant and thorny person like Milo would be a long-term and time-consuming task.

The first thing is to lower Milo's vigilance, and it would be best if you could become good friends with him.

He slowly intervened in his career from the perspective of helping him, and finally when Milo lost his vigilance, he found the right opportunity to kill him with one blow and took over his business.

In the years since the rise of the Rothschild family, they have encountered many people similar to Milo, but in the end they all died one by one and became the nourishment for the rise of the Rothschild family.

But this time, the difficulty may be higher.

But the benefits are obviously huge.

If successful, Rothschild might even be able to actually return to the United States.

Instead of being forced into a corner, being constantly weakened by the joint efforts of Morgan and Rockefeller, with no possibility of victory in sight.

He waved his hand slightly, signaling Leobold Rothschild and Evelyn Rothschild to calm down.

Jacob followed Milo and spoke from behind him: "Mr. Blackburn, I know it's not easy for you to believe in our friendship. So now I don't want to say anything else. I just want to say that as long as the price is right, we can transfer the 15.3% Coca-Cola shares we hold to you."

Jacob saw.

After I said this.

The hateful Angus barbarian in front finally stopped.

He turned around and said, "Twenty-seven and a half billion dollars."

Jacob was stunned for a moment, then realized that it was Milo who was quoting the price.

$27.5 billion to buy 15.3% of Coca-Cola shares in Rothschild.

With Coca-Cola's current market value of approximately $150 billion.

This price has a premium, about 20%.

This is a normal premium for normal acquisitions in the market.

Although the barbarians are barbaric, they are not truly barbaric after all.

The price is very fair.

"OK!" Jacob responded quickly.

Just like how fast they spread the news.

It was not even noon yet, including Morgan and Rockefeller.

Almost all the major financial groups in the United States have received this message.

The Rothschild family sold their 15.3% stake in Coca-Cola to Blackburn for $27.5 billion.

"Wow, what does Milo want to do? Is he trying to challenge Morgan and Rockefeller?"

San Francisco, California.

In the Wilson family's compound on Nob Hill in downtown.

Milo's oldest cousin, Edward Johnson, reported the news to his grandfather, Schneider Wilson.

"Doesn't he know that if he does this, it will easily make Morgan and Rockefeller angry?"

Edward shook his head: "You know, Morgan and Rockefeller hate Rothschild the most. Why would he get close to Rothschild when there are so many other people he could get close to..."

"Very smart." Schneider Wilson suddenly spoke, interrupting Edward, his grandson and heir.

"Huh?" Edward looked at his grandfather.

"You, what do you mean?"

"I mean, it was a smart move on Milo's part."

Before his grandson could speak, Schneider Wilson, who was lying on a recliner in the sun, said, "Morgan and Rockefeller are very powerful. Even if we put them together, we can't beat them, right?"

Edward thought about it and nodded.

Morgan and Rockefeller were originally the first and second financial groups in the United States.

When these two work together, no one else can possibly beat them.

What's more, Citigroup, DuPont, Chicago, and Cleveland are all defunct in name only.

They are all influenced and even controlled by these two consortiums.

"In this situation, if they have another Blackburn in their team, what will happen?"

One more Blackburn...

Edward thought about it and realized that it was even more powerful.

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It is like in the camp of two powerful dragons, there is a strong but young dragon that has not yet fully developed.

"So, put yourself in the shoes of the rest of us. When we face them, when we confront them, what will we do? Will we give up resistance?"

That's impossible.

Edward thought.

Even Citigroup, Chicago, DuPont, and Cleveland are parasitic and controlled conglomerates.

In fact, I haven't given up struggling yet and still want to regain my freedom.

Not to mention these normal and healthy consortiums.

No one wants to bow down to others, especially at their level.

If we really face off against this evil dragon army, the only outcome will be a fight to the death.

It's impossible to surrender.

It is impossible to give up resistance.

"It seems you have figured it out."

Schneider Wilson laughed: "So if he continues to stand with Morgan and Rockefeller, he will sooner or later be hostile to us. In our fight, he may even be used as a shield by Morgan and Rockefeller."

Edward thought about it and found that this was indeed the case.

Still the same metaphor.

Two strong evil dragons and an undeveloped young dragon.

When faced with such enemies, when we really fight them.

The first ones they would attack would probably be the young dragons.

Even the evil dragon might want the young dragon to come up first and die.

"So what you're saying is..." Edward looked at his grandfather, "Milo is deliberately distancing himself from Morgan and Rockefeller?"

Schneider Wilson shook his head again: "I don't know, because I'm not David Rockefeller, nor John Chris Morgan, nor Milo Blackburn."

"My dear, the truth is not important. What matters is what we can gain from it. I hope you understand what I mean."

Edward took a deep breath and nodded, even though he still didn't quite understand.

But I can only pretend to understand.

Seeing this, Schneider Wilson sighed in his heart.

I thought, it would be nice if Milo's last name was Wilson.

This conversation in the Wilson family is a similar situation that occurs in many families.

But then, there was news that Milo acquired 15.3% of Coca-Cola shares.

When Roxelles took the initiative to expose it in the news.

What ordinary people are concerned about is not that Milo actually "bought" Coca-Cola.

Instead, at the same time as this news came out, Forbes' new list of the world's richest people came out.

But it’s different from last year.

This year, the world's richest man is no longer Milo Blackburn.

But a desert tycoon and his family!

So when many people saw it, they couldn't help but think - Fuck, Blackburn just bought Coca-Cola and spent nearly 30 billion.

Why isn't his name on the rich list?

He was the world's richest man last year, so he wouldn't fall so quickly, right? But he spent nearly 30 billion on Coca-Cola.

Also, his Yahoo is now almost becoming the world's most valuable listed company.

And Paladin Media's stock has never fallen.

Why did his name suddenly disappear from the Forbes rich list? Many readers were curious, and even his colleagues as journalists were curious.

Many people called or wrote to Forbes, wanting to know why Milo Blackburn was not on this year's rich list! This made the Forbes editorial department anxious and angry, but they were speechless.

In fact, the name Milo Blackburn was on the original rich list.

And he remains the undisputed richest man in the world.

However, before the latest issue of the global rich list is released.

Steve Forbes, the owner of Forbes magazine, president and CEO of Forbes Group and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, is speechless.

Because he was on the latest Forbes list, he received phone calls before going public.

Someone said to him on the phone.

It is said that if the names of Rockefeller, Morgan or Mellon were not on the list.

Then Blackburn's name shouldn't appear on it.

Otherwise, Steve Forbes will bear the consequences.

Afterwards, Steve Forbes, who had been struggling for many days, finally gave in.

At the risk of possibly affecting Forbes' credibility, in the latest Forbes rich list.

Take Milo Blackburn's name off.

The timing was exactly the same as when the news of Milo's acquisition of Coca-Cola shares broke out.

This triggered the Forbes magazine’s crisis of confidence:

There was no Milo's name, and Milo had just bought Coca-Cola.

So why is Milo's name not there? How can Milo, who can even be "bought" by Coca-Cola, not be the richest man in the world? This is too unscientific.

What about Steve Forbes?

He could only ignore the disturbances from the outside world and pretend that he did not receive those phone calls and questioning letters from readers.

It's your own fault, and Steve Forbes really doesn't want to bear that possible consequence.

And it was even more impossible for Steve Forbes to include Morgan and others on the list.

The only way to avoid offending anyone is to pretend to be dead and let the readers guess for themselves.

But in the United States, a country where entertainment is everything, no news can last for more than a week.

So not long after, as another scandal broke out in Hollywood, the Forbes incident was quickly covered up.

(End of this chapter)