Chapter 230 Shocking the Boss
"They can go too? If you show the tens of thousands of armed forces in Cuba, who would dare to go?" Edith Rockefeller exposed Sheffield's hypocritical nature. Showing the armed forces and then going abroad immediately is just a demonstration.
Many large companies also have some core forces to help business expansion and remove obstacles, but there is no such thing as this group of southern companies, which have handed over all their forces to the unified command of the joint company, and the scale is so large. They even have two warships of several thousand tons, which is beyond the armament of other companies.
Once these private armies were deployed abroad, Sheffield could just go abroad to develop his career. Who would dare to follow him and become a competitor? Edith Rockefeller felt that she would not dare to do so.
"Then you can't blame me. We are all in a normal competitive relationship. There must be a focus in the industry." Sheffield said as if this matter had nothing to do with him. "For farmers like us, the land needs to be managed by someone, and of course we need a lot of people to help look after it. It's so dangerous abroad, isn't it normal to carry a few guns?"
And in this matter, no company can say that it is out of touch with the masses, especially Standard Oil. In another history, the discovery of the Texas oil field caused chaos in Texas in a short period of time, forcing the Texas State Guard to be dispatched and the state government to issue a martial law order. Who is behind this? Who has the ability to do something wrong in the oil field?
That is to say, large companies of the same level can still maintain affection for each other, but if it is a company of unequal status, you will know what the face of monopoly imperialism is.
There is no regret for this kind of thing, but it should be exposed to deter those with ulterior motives. The result is still very good. It successfully made the joint company take a key step towards internationalization and also grabbed nearly half of the market share. If the joint company had not made no achievements in the shipbuilding industry, this proportion would be even higher.
Internationalization is very important, and all eggs should not be placed in one basket. Sheffield has not yet had any thoughts of treason. But the sword of the antitrust law will fall sooner or later, because the apparent monopoly, even such idiots as the citizens of the United States, can see the unfairness. Whether it can successfully withstand the antitrust law at that time will not be the business of Standard Oil alone.
Now is the best time to merge industries, and take advantage of the present to expand their own strength as much as possible. Now the United Company has the upper hand over the DuPont Consortium for the first time, but this advantage is still not certain. If they want to consolidate this advantage, the merger with Rand Corporation is inevitable.
By taking over the third largest company in the gunpowder field, the United Company would completely suppress the DuPont Consortium in this field. With his wealth rising, Sheffield began his first round of mergers and acquisitions after returning to China, and also stayed in Chicago to accompany Edith Rockefeller.
Although this woman was a little older than him and not a stunning beauty, the label that most aroused her desire to conquer was that she was the daughter of Rockefeller and the sister of Rockefeller Jr. But this alone was enough. How many people wanted to work twenty years less but didn't have the chance. Sheffield also chose not to work hard and took a shortcut.
Sheffield had nothing to say about Edith Rockefeller's courage to give birth to the child despite the pressure from her family. The only thing he wanted to say was what Rockefeller Jr. thought about it now. "I've been wondering these past few days, does John know whose child this is?"
"I can't control who he guesses, but I didn't say anything." Edith Rockefeller stretched her explosive figure and said nonchalantly, "He can tell anyone what to do, but he can't tell me what to do."
Character! Sheffield secretly gave a thumbs up. This problem child of the Rockefeller family was so speechless, but this could not make him feel at ease. Edith Rockefeller meant that Rockefeller Jr. should be able to guess that the person who was his brother-in-law was himself.
"I did it several times in one night. Now I regret it." Edith Rockefeller said with a snort, "What's there to be afraid of? You are not an ordinary citizen. If you keep saying that I don't admit it, who can do anything to me?"
Edith Rockefeller answered the phone while they were talking. "Hello, OK, got it!"
"The representative of Rand Corporation has arrived in Chicago. Do you want me to accompany you?" Edith Rockefeller asked after putting down the phone.
"No need. I feel like I'm being cared for by you all the time." Sheffield said self-deprecatingly, "If my family wasn't pretty good, people would really think you were supporting me."
"If your family is not allowed, how could I know you? You can't even see me." Edith Rockefeller opened the closet, found a piece of clothing, asked Sheffield to try it on, and finally let him go when she was satisfied.
The communication with Rand Corporation was quite frank. In fact, this question is a judgment question. Don't think that judgment questions are very simple. No one knows what people think before the final result comes out. Everyone's head is determined by their buttocks.
So it's not surprising that Rand Corporation expressed its gratitude to Sheffield United for valuing it, and then changed the subject to something else. No one likes to make wedding clothes for others in vain.
Sheffield remained patient enough on this point, and from patents to corporate strength, he said that apart from the United Corporation and the DuPont consortium, Rand Corporation was the weakest, had the lowest profit, and also controlled the fewest patent authorizations.
They couldn't even compete with DuPont in military explosives, and the civilian field was also squeezed by the two companies. Once a price war broke out, it would be counterproductive. Moreover, Sheffield's mergers and acquisitions did not mean he was pursuing 100% control, and he was not the kind of person who would leave no way for others to survive. All along, mergers and acquisitions were pursuing simple controlling stakes and mergers that left room for maneuver.
Moreover, after the merger, the new Sheffield Rand Corporation will become the largest gunpowder manufacturer in the United States, both in the military and civilian fields. The combined strength of the two companies will surely exceed that of the DuPont consortium.
This will change the domestic explosives landscape, and the new company will have greater strength and image, and will be able to become stronger and stronger. It may also be able to vigorously expand new businesses, which is good for both parties.
"We need to consider this carefully, after all, the interests of many shareholders are involved." A representative of Rand Corporation said that this matter needs to be considered and the interests of major shareholders need to be balanced.
"I don't object to this, but I believe that most shareholders are rational and can understand the interests involved. Now, for every company with a scale of over one million dollars on the market, none of their owners are idiots." Sheffield complimented with a smile, expressing his expectation for good news.
Originally, this was a good thing for both parties. Sheffield was also waiting for the other party to negotiate, and it was probably just a means of raising the price.
But the matter was not over yet. For some unknown reason, the news that Sheffield was going to merge with Rand Corporation leaked out, and Rand Corporation's stock price rose accordingly. Although Sheffield found it funny that Rand Corporation leaked the news to boost performance, he thought it was a normal means of pressure and he was not angry about it.
But the following newspapers changed the normal merger of the two companies. The front page of the World News on that day was like this: "The alliance of arms dealers, a new company selling death!" Half of the newspaper was a big headline, and the subheading read: "The arms company that caused millions of deaths has grown again..." I have to say, seeing such a headline and accompanying picture, now Sheffield wants to buy a copy to see it.
"As the biggest war criminal and human trafficker in the United States, after committing numerous bloody crimes overseas, the first thing he did when he returned to the country was to expand his empire of death. Now this culprit has set his sights on the Rand Corporation."
The newspapers expressed hatred for Sheffield's deep involvement in the war, and also stated that according to internal information, Sheffield had a mental illness and had unclear relationships with many women, one of whom was an unimaginable woman who had given birth to a child for him.
"This bastard, does he know what the consequences will be if he dares to write like this?" Sheffield was furious when he took the newspaper handed over by Jesla. He turned around and looked at the name of the newspaper and cursed, "It's this Irishman's newspaper again. He only knows how to write gossip every day."
William Hearst, the ancestor of the US Department of Shock Waves, is now a newspaper tycoon in the United States. He, another Joseph Pulitzer, and Sheffield's newspaper media currently share one-third of the United States.
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In later times, there was the Pulitzer Prize for free speech, but in this era, these two people were synonymous with having no bottom line, using solid gossip, scandals, crime news and fabricated news to completely replace the content that a newspaper should report. The erotic headlines and shock department bosses of later times all have to call these two people their ancestors.
If it was something else, it would be fine, but the problem was that Sheffield was guilty and knew that the news about him was not made up, but was about him and Edith Rockefeller.
"Originally I didn't want to deal with them and wanted to take care of my own business first. But now I have to show them both a little bit of my power!" Sheffield was furious. He scratched his head and didn't know who to vent his anger on.
"Boss, I'm going to kill them!" When Jesla saw Sheffield was so angry, he immediately expressed his willingness to solve the problem, and the way to do that was to get rid of the problematic people.
"Of course the excrement collectors in newspapers and media are afraid of death, but if they don't handle it well, the impact will be huge, so major companies will not respond to harassment as long as it is not excessive. Of course, this matter cannot be resolved like this, but there are other ways." After hearing what Jesla said, Sheffield calmed down and said, "Let me think about this problem."
(End of this chapter)
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