Chapter 362 Family Meeting
As for the reason for buying jewelry, there is no reason. I just use it simply to pick up girls. It is worth paying the IQ tax if it can make beautiful girls happy. I am willing to do something that money can't buy.
Putting these jewelry aside, Sheffield picked up the phone. This time he was going to have a frank family meeting. Of course, a family meeting didn't need to be too formal. When the women arrived at Oak Manor, they saw Sheffield in overalls eating a watermelon, squatting and looking up at them, looking quite funny.
“How did it become like this? People who don’t know would think you’re bankrupt!” Annie said unhappily, “Why are you calling me here in such a hurry!” While speaking, she glanced at Evelyn and Natalia, also asking if the two vixens had any inside information.
"Find the feeling of being bankrupt and relax. My dears!" Sheffield asked the women to sit down and skillfully took out a cigar. Then Evelyn took the matches, Natalia pushed the ashtray over, and Anne directly took out the cigar cutter to help the slave owner complete this task.
Sheffield puffed out smoke and snapped his fingers. He took out the gift boxes he had just brought back from Europe and placed them in front of the women. However, he did not open them. Instead, he said, "This is a small gift for Natalia. I called you all here this time because I have something to say."
Hearing the slave master say in such a serious tone that he had something to say, although the women kept silent on the surface, their ears pricked up like little rabbits, waiting for the next words. They felt that what he said seemed to be very important.
"This is a family gathering, and it involves family matters. We'll talk about the main business later. I have something to say first." Sheffield organized his words, with a rare look of shame on his face. "Annie is one year younger than me. In other families, she should have been married at this age. This matter can't be delayed any longer. It's not fair to Anne. So I will find a time to marry Anne, that's it."
"William!" Anne covered her mouth, her eyes suddenly filled with mist, and she was so moved that she couldn't speak. As she got older, and with more women around Sheffield, it would be a lie to say that she wasn't anxious. Especially since Evelyn and Natalia lived in Oak Manor, it put a huge psychological pressure on her.
She wanted to urge Sheffield to marry her countless times, but she was afraid that this would cause the man to be disgusted and become distant. So she kept this worry in her heart. Sometimes Anne felt that she was going to get sick.
But today, Sheffield was able to make the promise in person in front of the other two women. She suddenly felt that all the waiting was worth it. All the complaints disappeared, leaving only the satisfaction of finally getting what she wanted after all the hard work.
"I'm not an emotionless killer. How can I stay in Arlington without knowing why?" Sheffield wiped away the tears from Anne's eyes and sighed, "But marrying you is not fair to Evelyn and Natalia. This is because of my personal moral problems, but it is not unsolvable."
Evelyn and Natalia, who were secretly sad, brightened up when they heard this. Evelyn recalled the first time she went to Europe with Sheffield and blurted out, "You are the Pasha of the Ottoman Empire."
"Well, an Asian country like the Ottoman Empire does not restrict the number of wives." Sheffield said a little embarrassedly, "I am the Pasha of Kuwait in the Ottoman Empire, and I can still marry you. It's just that the wedding may not be held in China, which may be a bit unfair to you two. As long as you are willing, I can also promise you that I will definitely give you a wedding."
"Yes!" Natalia said hastily, "I don't want to leave you."
"Same, same!" Although Sheffield's reason told him that if it weren't for his family factors, he would never get such an answer, but when he heard that the three women were willing to let him enjoy the blessing of having three women, his heart almost burst into laughter.
Sheffield wanted to tell Anne not to be jealous, then he opened the box on the table. The dazzling jewels inside attracted the admiration of several women. Several pairs of eyes were fixed on the jewels in front of them, unable to move their eyes away.
Sheffield took out two of the items, two diamond necklaces named the Eastern Star and the Star of Hope, and hung them around Evelyn and Natalia's necks. He said, "This is your compensation for waiting. I promise I won't make you wait too long. Slave owners are trustworthy and will not deceive women who pose no threat."
Both women touched the diamond necklaces on their chests and couldn't let go. They nodded heavily after listening to the slave master's assurance, indicating that they were willing to wait.
"You should all have guessed that Edith Rockefeller's child is indeed mine. Let me make everything clear today. My personal problems have been explained, and now we are all a family. Let's talk about the company's business, which is also related to you!" Sheffield put an end to his personal issues and began to talk about the current situation. Since they are in fact husband and wife, there is no need to use the tone of a meeting. He told the women directly that the super conglomerate model of the joint company, like the trust model, is at risk of being dismembered by the federal government, and this risk is quite large.
"The federal government won't let you expand endlessly!" Anne looked at Sheffield who had just made a promise and spoke. She had long recognized this problem. "You're getting involved in more and more industries, and you're even more open about it than Morgan. You want to hold a controlling stake in every industry. Your goal is too big."
"Speaking of this issue, I just talked to several giants in the publishing industry a while ago, wanting to merge their companies." Sheffield smiled at Anne and changed the subject, "This is the last madness. President Roosevelt's term in office has made several big businessmen very anxious. The coal and canal issues have kept him very busy, but once he is free, he will cause trouble for big companies. I am a greedy person. I want to see other companies suffer, but I also want to protect myself. I don't want to coexist with Morgan, DuPont, and Boston. There is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. No one remembers the strongest one. People only remember the strongest one. Now there are only two behemoths left in front of me. If the president wants to weaken them, I will definitely stand idly by."
"I'm afraid that after the two of them are weakened, no one will come to help you." Anne sighed slowly. She really wanted to ask Sheffield, out of class solidarity, to unite with all companies to block Roosevelt's antitrust laws, but her man was obviously not interested.
"It's not that my joint venture cannot be split up at all, because the joint venture does everything. As long as the entire industrial chain is formed, even if it is split up, it will still be a comprehensive conglomerate company with a wide coverage. Agriculture and animal husbandry, chain supermarkets, beverages, sugar and tobacco can become one company, and steel can become one company with automobiles, shipbuilding and aircraft. As for the media, it can become an industrial chain with publishing and film. It doesn't matter." Sheffield spread his hands, not in a hurry.
Annie was stunned. This was a solution. She said very obediently, "Now that you have thought it through, I am not worried at all."
Anne is French, and feels that Sheffield's idea seems to be similar to that of a very powerful financial family in Europe. Rothschild's five sons developed in important cities of the powerful countries at that time, namely London, Paris, Vienna, Naples and Frankfurt, which created the peak of the Rothschild family.
Almost, but not entirely. The Rothschild family made a major mistake, which was to deploy everything in the European continent and ignore the United States. However, they did not expect that the United States became a refuge for many Europeans due to the frequent wars in Europe and developed very quickly. If Sheffield also had five sons, he would definitely send them to the Five Eyes Alliance countries.
The purpose of this family meeting was to tell the women about his views on the future development of the joint company and possible ways to deal with antitrust laws, and then to talk about his personal emotional problems and give Anne an explanation.
For the first time, Oak Manor welcomed three hostesses living in at the same time. From that moment on, McHale and his people disappeared all of a sudden, as if they were avoiding the strange situation at Oak Manor.
There was no quarrel at all, the slave master was just in the engagement period with the three mistresses, and was trying to see when the time was right.
"Of course the venue is Arlington, which is the headquarters of the United Company and is the safest." Natalia tried her best to arrange the wedding of her man and another woman. "May should be just right. The season is also suitable."
"For guests who want to send invitations, companies in the south must be notified!" Evelyn held her head with her bare hands and said as she thought, "Should alumni from Texas, people in the media and entertainment industry, and guests in the publishing industry be notified?"
"Of course we have to notify them. I don't know what they are thinking about it." Sheffield said without thinking, "When the time comes, I will settle the publishing business. It will add some glory to my wedding."
"In fact, we should have informed Edith Rockefeller. I'm not trying to show off, but it would be bad if we didn't." Anne explained quickly when she saw that everyone was looking at her. "Besides, we can't keep this a secret. If we keep it secret from Edith, it will affect the relationship between William and her."
"Then notify her. I'm not afraid of anything. I'll call now." Sheffield stood up leisurely with a fearless look and disappeared in front of the three women.
(End of this chapter)
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