After hanging up the phone, Gustave muttered to himself, "Oh, this brat is really... It's time to chat with these two old guys, Thyssen and Koldowf again."
On the beautiful campus of Yale University, there is a small Greek temple-style building with a few long and narrow windows that are closed all year round. The whole building is shrouded in a mysterious color. This inconspicuous building is the most mysterious and most famous building in the United States. The location of the powerful alumni association. This place is never open to outsiders and always maintains its own unique and weird color and elite style, and it also has a chilling name called "Skull and Bones Society".
At this time, who would have thought that the most powerful people in the United States were gathered in this inconspicuous small building? The three-story building has a basement, and the brown stone exterior wall is surrounded by vines. Members call it a "grave" and multiple helicopters can be parked on the roof of the building. A famous saying is engraved on the side wall of the "Tomb": "Who is the idiot and who is the wise man? Whether he is a beggar or a king, his final destination is death."
The door here is always locked, want to knock on its door? If you are not a member of this classmate association, you will not be moved even if you stand outside the door for three days and three nights. Outsiders knew nothing about its interior or the activities of its members. It is said that the only time the "Crypt" was invaded by outsiders was in 1876. All this makes Skull and Bones even more mysterious.
In the basement of the tomb, there are people that American civilians never want to see, such as the Taft family, the Whitney family, the Ponty family, the Harriman family, the Lord family, the Phelps family, and the Rockefeller family. , Goodyear family, Payne family, Dupont family, Mellon family...etc., but it can be seen from the cold faces of these big shots that at least the mood of these big shots now is very unhappy. .
The long silence made people feel at a loss. Finally, an old-looking man sitting in the upper position, who was estimated to be about seventy years old, broke the silence. "All of you here are the elites of the United States. Don't you have nothing to say?" ?" The voice sounded very loud, not at all like an old man in his seventies or eighties. But anyone who has been involved in the American capital industry for a period of time has heard of a name, John D. Rockefeller. In 1882, he created an unprecedented joint venture-trust. This structure, which made it easy to accumulate wealth, enabled Standard Oil to become the world's largest oil conglomerate two years later. Rockefeller became a famous "oil king" at home and abroad.
Mobil Oil is a monopoly and should be broken up. Under the ruling, the Mobil oil empire was broken up into about 37 regional oil companies. However, despite the Supreme Court's decision and despite the fact that the media had long characterized Rockefeller as an "evil" monopoly capitalist who would do anything to achieve his goals, investors still enthusiastically pursued the stocks of these "Baby Mobil", causing many companies after the split to The total market value of the stocks far exceeds the market value of the original Mobil Corporation. Far from decreasing, the wealth of the Rockefeller family has become more than before, making John D. Rockefeller and the Rockefeller family famous.
"Uncle John, this time the Juncker consortium was obviously prepared in advance. They acted in a unified manner, showing discipline that has never been seen before. And there are sufficient reserve funds, which makes our resistance seem so insignificant." Pierre & Dupont said (haha, this is an old friend).
"Pierre is right, we also have the funds, but these Junckers are very decisive this time and have strong discipline. Needless to say, there have been no major mistakes so far, which prevents us from establishing an effective "We are taking measures to defend ourselves, Uncle John. All we can say is that we are in big trouble this time," Andrew Mellon also said. Andrew Mellon also has another identity, the Treasury Secretary of the previous government.
After a pause, Andrew Mellon turned around and took out a piece of information from the leather bag he brought and handed it to John D. Rockefeller, and said, "Uncle John, I used my original connections in the government to entrust the CIA to investigate. from".
John D. Rockefeller took the information handed over by Andrew Mellon and saw only a dense row of names and company names on it, Schacht, Schroeder, Sloman, Ullmann, Vogler, Thyssen , Hanel, Krupp, Siemens, Springrum, Bosch, von Oppen and von Koedel, Rheinmetall, Juncker AG, Schnatter.
"It seems that the Junkers have made great efforts this time. They want to swallow up the American market. Even if we try our best, we have fallen behind and can only ask how to minimize the losses." John D. Rockefeller After reading the information, he slowly opened his mouth.
"Yes, according to my latest estimate, even if we fight to the death with Juncker, in the best case scenario, nearly 30% of the light and heavy factories will be swallowed up by them." An old man sitting next to John D. Rockefeller also spoke. Mouth, who is he? William H. Taft, Class of 1878, served as the 27th President of the United States from 1908 to 1912, and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He was the only person in American history to serve as both President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Official person.
"How about we contact Morgan?" Pierre & Dupont suggested.
"Morgan relies on the red shield to support him and acts based on other people's faces. Why contact them? Their family is just a follower of the Rothschild family," Andrew Mellon said with a look of disdain.
"That's right, Andrew is right, Pierre. Who knows whether Morgan will take this opportunity to join forces with Red Shield and the Juncker Consortium to attack us who are in a weakened state?" Robert A. Lovett also advised. Dow (served as the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State of the United States. He is one of the most powerful figures in the history of the "Skull and Bones" and has dominated American politics for nearly 40 years).
"And can the Red Shields be able to deal with the Junkers? As far as I know, the Red Shields family and the Jews behind them also have a large industry in Germany. Now there is a new prime minister in Germany. I heard that they hate them extremely. They are now I definitely want to have a good relationship with Juncker and will not take a trip into this muddy water,” said the treacherous-looking Henry Luce, the founder of the American “Time & Life” publishing empire.
"Now it seems that we have to accept these guests from across the ocean," said John D. Rockefeller.
"Uncle John, do we really have to compromise?" Pierre & Dupont looked unwilling.
"Pierre, you are still too impatient. Temporary compromise is not a bad thing. You really need to learn from Andrew on this," said John D. Rockefeller.
"If it really belongs to us, sooner or later we can get it back," John D. Rockefeller added.
"As a knight of the goddess of eloquence, the goddess of eloquence is with me," all the members present stood up and said solemnly.
Humph... Humph... Humph... Humph... Humph... Humph, Lin Wei, who was in the room, was arranging his appearance in front of the mirror, while humming about Zhu Bajie getting a wife, doing the opposite thing. But it was so harmonious, this scene was really indescribably weird, but he was still enjoying himself.
Bang... There was the sound of opening the door. Lin Wei looked back reflexively and saw Linda coming in with a smile, so he said with a smile, "Dear wife, I see that you are so radiant today. I didn't know you met me." Is there anything happy? Can you tell me?"
"Me? I just feel happy when I see you happy." Linda asked, "What about you, Lampard, why are you so happy? What song were you humming just now?"
"Ahem..." I can't tell you that Zhu Bajie is marrying a wife. Lin Wei said without changing his expression, "This piece of music comes from the mysterious country in the East and should belong to an ancient classical music."
"Oh" Linda showed no desire to continue asking, "Hey! I don't know how grandpa and the others are doing in the United States. It's really worrying," Linda said worriedly.
"Don't worry over there in the United States. My father has already called me in the morning," Lin Wei comforted.
"Oh, how is my grandpa? Did my father say anything? Grandpa is old and should not have gone to Runway America." Linda's face was full of anxiety, and there was some kind of complaint in her tone. .
"Don't worry, honey, grandpa is in very good health and has not experienced any discomfort. The group of upstarts in the United States have also decided to compromise. How can they be our Junkers' opponents? Experts from various families have concluded that this time The United States will give up at least 25% of its market. If the negotiations go well, 30% is not impossible." Lin Wei comforted Linda while taking out the SS uniform and began to change clothes.
"Lampard, what are you doing? Why are you wearing such clothes again?" Linda looked at the pure black military uniform and felt that she didn't like it.
"The party has temporarily decided to hold a meeting this afternoon, eh? Maybe it will last until the evening," Lin Wei replied, "I feel sorry for you, honey." Lin Wei immediately felt Linda's disappointed mood and started to pull Linda's seat* *, chatted with Linda about the past, and Linda was also happy.
Happy times always pass quickly. Not long after, Lin Wei went out for a meeting, passed through the lively urban area of Berlin, and arrived at the University of Berlin in the suburbs. The University of Berlin is one of the most famous universities in Germany. 1. Founded in 1810, it has a history of more than 100 years. It was founded by Wilhelm von Humboldt, Prussian Minister of Education, famous German scholar and educational reformer. Known as the "Mother of Modern Universities". This party conference was held at the University of Berlin.