Chapter 39 Boston's Eyes

"It's a surprise. I'm fascinated by your novel. It's so well written."

In the garden, Hector Cabrera looked at the exquisite and beautiful garden and drank his coffee. He suddenly smiled and showed a doubtful expression, "Milo, did you really write that?"

"certainly."

Milo admitted without hesitation that he had written it. "The original manuscript is still in my safe. I plan to auction it off when the sales of The Da Vinci Code exceed 20 million copies. The proceeds from the auction will be used for charity."

"Twenty million copies!"

Hector almost spit out his coffee after taking a sip. He swallowed it hastily, but it was a little hot, which made him look a little embarrassed:

"You're really bold! There are only a few novels in the world that can sell more than 20 million copies."

"I'm sorry, but it should be able to break through soon. Wendy has told me that the local sales have exceeded 2.5 million copies so far."

Milo shrugged, crossed his legs, and lay back in a chair in a comfortable position. "It will soon be translated and released in eleven countries around the world. New York Times Editor-in-Chief Hayek predicts that in about half a year, the sales may exceed 20 million copies."

"Fuck!"

Hector's face fell, and he looked at Milo seriously, "Milo, how can we hear the voice of God?"

Milo smiled, but waved his hand and said, "I can understand that March came here. But Hector, you are living well in Manhattan. Are you coming to Los Angeles to catch up with me?"

Cabrera, like Blackburn, is a member of the Boston consortium that has its roots in New England.

The Boston Consortium is centered around Boston's banks and investment companies and is one of the most important financial centers in the world.

But in fact, the foundation of the Boston Consortium is still its arms industry.

California, Texas, and Boston.

These three consortiums are the embodiment of the word "industry" in the US military-industrial complex.

Blackburn and Cabrera have different positions in the consortium.

Due to historical reasons, Blackburn is inclined towards religion.

Brest, the ship's chaplain on the Mayflower, was Milo's ancestor.

Cabrera has great influence in the U.S. Army.

On the surface, the entire consortium is headed by the Lowell, Lawrence, Adams and Lodge families.

But it is different from Morgan and Rockefeller, who are showing more and more signs of converging.

The power within the Boston consortium is very decentralized, and its internal struggles are also very frequent compared to other consortiums.

By the way, the one with the most creative mind, the only Catholic president in American history.

His family is also a peripheral member of the Boston consortium.

The entire consortium consists of hundreds of families, large and small.

Blackburn, Cabrera, Harrison, Bayard, Adams and others are all outstanding members.

Hector as a member of Cabrera.

His life trajectory should have been to join the army and then work at the Pentagon.

For example, his brother March is a retired former American Elk and is currently the head of the DEA in the Los Angeles area.

But this kid has shown his love and talent for finance since he was a child.

After he married the daughter of the Lawrence family two years ago.

Hector went to Manhattan, where he worked at the First Bank of Boston branch.

Hector would never be here without a reason.

Fortunately, March, Hector's brother, was there.

This man naturally saw Milo's doubts. He smiled, leaned forward slightly, and whispered:

"Hector has changed his job, starting next month. He is the venture capital director of Boston First Bank in the Los Angeles area."

"Um?"

Milo looked at Hector in surprise and smiled, "I remember you were the venture capital director in Manhattan. You were transferred from Manhattan to Los Angeles. From my understanding, you fell from Hollywood A-list to ordinary first-tier."

There are many financial centers in the United States.

New York, Chicago, Boston, DC, San Francisco, these are all.

No Los Angeles anyway.

In particular, the influence of the Boston consortium is mainly concentrated in the New England region.

That is, six states: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

At most, it radiates to the east coast, and its presence on the west coast is very low.

In Manhattan, Boston still has some voice.

In Los Angeles...

It cannot be said that the Boston Consortium has no influence, but it can only be said that it is better than nothing.

Blackburn's influence here may be stronger than that of the entire consortium.

Because old John captured Miss Wilson's heart back then.

"Laugh if you want to, my father-in-law resigned as chairman of Bank One this year. But I came to Los Angeles instead of going back to Boston. It was my own choice."

Hector said sincerely.

"Because I'm here, you want to come over and rekindle our relationship?"

"Fuck you, your mouth is still so poisonous! Rachel is pregnant, and I'm not gay!" Hector said angrily.

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Rachel is the name of Hector's wife.

Although they had a falling out, Blackburn and Cabrera later reconciled.

The original Milo also went back to attend this guy's wedding.

"Well, congratulations, congratulations on becoming a father. Say hello to Rachel for me, too."

Milo shrugged and smiled.

By the way, Hector's wife is six years younger than Hector.

Hector was one year older than Milo, which meant that the guy was twenty-one when he got married.

His wife Rachel, emm...don't be surprised, although the United States has always opposed child marriage around the world.

But in reality, even by 2024.

There are 45 states in the United States that still allow girls under the age of 18 to marry.

The kind that is permitted by law and can obtain a marriage certificate.

“I chose Los Angeles because of Silicon Valley.”

Hector seemed to not want to talk to Milo any more, and he finally got straight to the point: "But Claude from Lowell is in charge of San Francisco. I can't squeeze him out, so I can only retreat to Los Angeles. Besides..."

"When I was looking at the Silicon Valley companies that appeared on the list of Wall Street investment banks, I was surprised to find that among the investors of those companies, there was almost always a share of a company called Paladin Venture Capital."

"Of course I know who owns Paladin Ventures. In fact, the whole of Boston knows it too!"

Hector narrowed his eyes, the smile on his face became very bright, and he slowly expressed his opinion.

"Milo, I think this is a great opportunity for the Blackburn family to increase their voice in Boston."

"You may not understand what I am saying before, but now I think you should understand what I just said."

Milo smiled and said deliberately, "Ha~ Of course I understand. To put it bluntly, it was because of me that you chose Los Angeles."

Hector shrugged, not refutating but not admitting either.

In fact, Milo knew this even without Hector telling him.

In the past, his grandfather might not have called him a few times a year.

The people he talked to the most were Paladin and Robin.

Especially Paladin, he calls more than his mother.

But after Paladin's death, Milo's grandfather spoke to him almost every month.

Especially Milo wrote "The Da Vinci Code".

And after Netscape went public and achieved huge success.

Old John calls him almost a dozen times a month.

Naturally, the Boston consortium.

Even Wall Street is very interested in the shares of Internet companies that they hold.

Milo knew this very well.

(End of this chapter)