The journey starts from the Titanic

The cruelty of war, the love of comrades-in-arms, and the family affection when embarrassment comes, these are all he can't understand in normal times.

After coming back this time, Paul's attitude towards Situ Nan changed a lot.After experiencing this disaster, he gradually recognized the brother-in-law of Situ Nan.

However, some of his playful personality has not changed. If it weren't for his hand injury, he would still like to get on the plane immediately.Unfortunately, he didn't know that Laura had already imposed a flight ban on him, so Situ Nan would not help him in this regard.

By the way, Paul did not respond to the army's signs and went to the army as a flight instructor.At Laura's strong request, Situ Nan rejected the Army's "kindness" for Paul. She was afraid that her brother would be sent to the battlefield again.Therefore, Paul can only temporarily become a peaceful and happy rich man.

Soon after Paul returned to Los Angeles, his old son Andrew also hurried over happily because Laura was pregnant!

After receiving the news, Andrew couldn't calm down and got on the boat to Los Angeles overnight.Well, by the way, also teach the unfilial son who dare not go home, let him taste the taste of Andrew's cane.

It is impossible to calm down not only Andrew, but also Situ Nan who is about to become the father!His feelings are deeper, unable to describe how he felt when he heard the news at the time, excited?accident?Surprise?confused?perturbed?Sometimes the mind is blank, and sometimes the dreams are combined, and the feelings are intertwined, and it is difficult to describe.

Is there a future?!

Laura's pregnancy caught Situ Nan by surprise. Although he tried to keep calm, his heart was disturbed.Although life generally follows the original trajectory, Situ Nan felt that his rhythm was suddenly chaotic, as if a seed in his heart began to take root and germinate, he had a blood connection with the world, and he became more concerned and more responsible. Too much expectation.In any case, this is a good thing!Great thing!

"Sister, look, Stonney is starting to giggle again!" Paul looked at a man sitting on the sofa stupidly, Situ Nan said to Laura.

"He, he seems to be a different person these days. He often looks like this. If you have anything to do, just smirk on your own. Leave him alone!" Laura said with a smile, reaching out and stroking her flat belly, as if she could feel the existence of blood connections. .

Seeing Laura's maternal smile, Paul scratched his scalp and couldn't stand the two guys anymore.

"Honey, are you hungry? I'll cook for you, what do you want to eat?" Situ Nan said suddenly.

Laura pointed at the clock on the wall and said, "Here again!"

"Oh! It's only nine o'clock. I just finished breakfast. It was a little early." Situ Nan touched his nose and realized that he was a little nervous, but now he is not in the mood to go out for business affairs, and he will be tangled whenever he has time. Beside Laura, he asked warmly.

However, it also revealed that there is a secret in him, that is, he cooks very well.Especially Cantonese cuisine has a bit of master chef skills.This was done when a person was bored in the previous life.Has he exposed to anyone in his life?Especially the women around, for fear of becoming some people's royal cook.

"Oh, it's not too early, Andrew will be here later, you can cook! Just cook ten or eight dishes, and you will have Paul and the butler pick him up later." Laura said.

For a while, the faces of the two men in the room were bitter, embarrassing!Although Situ Nan's culinary skills are extraordinary, cooking ten or eight dishes is a challenge.As for Paul, to face his own Laozi, he is even more guilty-his face stretched out!

Chapter 206

Andrew rushed to Los Angeles eagerly, and saw his happy daughter smile like a flower, and told Laura to pay attention to her body.

As for Paul, he didn't have such a good attitude. After a grunt, Andrew didn't bother to care about this unskilled guy.

This time, Andrew was really angry, thinking that if he didn't teach Paul a lesson this time, he wouldn't know what disaster would happen next time.

Paul's hot face was put on his cold ass, and he didn't dare to be annoyed. He just smiled happily. Instead, he greeted Andrew as the owner instead of Stuart, who was busy in the kitchen, and introduced everything about Beverly Hills in detail.

Andrew listened silently, but he was very satisfied. He was satisfied with the environment here, and also satisfied with Paul's attitude. Knowing his son is not his father, his son must have gone through a lot of things and matured a lot. If you change to the previous one Paul, even if he did something wrong, he would not please himself in a low voice as he does now.

"Is your hand okay?" After a long time, Andrew suddenly asked.

Paul felt warm and said, "It's okay, it's almost better. The stitches can be removed in a few days."

"Oh, that's good. Don't run around, stay and help your sister and brother-in-law." Andrew said.He knew that Paul had no intention of inheriting his career, but he was quite smart, and it would be fine to do something else.

"Okay." Paul replied straightforwardly. He is also bored anyway. Laura is pregnant and will not be able to move easily in the next day. Paul can do something interesting.

"What's the name of this dish? It tastes good." During the meal, Andrew asked Situ Nan with a smile, and he was very satisfied with Situ Nan's cooking today.Although it was the first time for him to eat Chinese food, it tasted good.

"Kung Pao Chicken. Eat more." Situ Nandao, but his eyes were on Laura. Now she has become the focus of the family.

"This place is not bad. I heard that you bought a lot of land?" Andrew overlooks Hollywood under the mountain. In the future, if he engages in real estate, he should make a steady profit.

Situ Nan stood aside respectfully with the old man."Yes. Hengda used to have a pasture below and gave it to me. Later I bought all the surrounding land without spending a lot of money. Why, are you interested in developing this hot land together? I know You have made a lot of money recently! I really regret why you didn't invest more in the gunpowder factory?"

"It's a good idea to invest in real estate here, but now there is not so much spare funds. It will be a few years later. However, you guys don't have to be cheap and sell well! The gunpowder factory business is very good, but what companies do you invest in? Didn't you make a boom in time?

Not to mention the oil and steel companies, the solid energy company alone produced more than 100 million tons of coal this year!Sales revenue is over 100 million U.S. dollars, and profit is over 30 million U.S. dollars. If you invested 18 million U.S. dollars a year ago with a 30% share dividend, it would exceed 10 million, and it won't take long to recover the cost."

Andrew smiled and said that he was not envious, because Mellon Bank, a subsidiary of the Mellon family, not only holds 7% of the shares of Guben Energy, but also holds 15% of Peabody Coal.

The scale of Peabody Coal Company is much larger than that of Guben Energy. In the traditional coal industry, Situ Nan relying solely on a Guben Energy company is naturally no better than the Mellon family, which has been operating for a long time. The Mellon family has invested in the coal industry. He also has much more funds than Situ Nan, and he makes more money.

Coal and iron and steel are the advantageous industries in the Pittsburgh area. The Mellon family originated from Pittsburgh. The Mellon family took the Bank of Mellon as the core and controlled a group of large coal and steel companies in the Pittsburgh area through the bank.Stuart's entry into the coal industry is Andrew's matchmaking in the middle. Pittsburgh's coal king Frick has always been a close friend and partner of the Mellon family.

In the coal industry and coal chemical industry, Situ Nan earns one piece, and the Mellon family earns at least five or ten yuan.In particular, the Pittsburgh Coking Plant and Gunpowder Plant, which Situ Nan Xiaodi invested in last year, became the second largest gunpowder plant in the United States by DuPont Gunpowder, which made countless people jealous.

The First World War gave the major consortiums in the United States a godsend. Especially in the military industry, the Morgan Consortium, DuPont Consortium, Mellon Consortium and the newly emerging California William Consortium were the most eye-catching. Their supporting military companies were U.S. Steel, DuPont Gunpowder, and Pittsburgh Coal Chemical Plant (including several steel companies in Pittsburgh) and Bethlehem United Steel Corporation.

In the financial industry, the Morgan Consortium at the center of JPMorgan, the Rockefeller Consortium with Chase Manhattan Bank as the center, and Citibank, which is formed by several large families in New York, are the most powerful. Juniors like Perth Securities can match it.However, Robles Securities can be in the first rank in the fierce Wall Street, even the smallest giant, Situ Nan is temporarily satisfied.

However, although the major arms companies have earned tens of millions or more of U.S. dollars, the money that falls into the hands of individual shareholders is not too much, because the wartime tax policy issued by the government stipulates that personal income exceeds 40,000 U.S. dollars. To pay 16% tax.

According to the progressive tax system, the higher the income, the higher the tax rate, up to 67%, which is simply a steal!In particular, the rich, who account for 5% of the American population, account for half of their annual taxes.A high tax cuts the rich people's hearts like a knife, but there is no way. This battle is completely reasonable in terms of "the rich will pay and the poor will die".

The company has made money, and the major shareholders do not want to pay dividends. They invest the money earned by the company to expand production or purchase war credits issued by the government to avoid government taxation.Not only is it a tax, but the corporate business tax has also increased a lot, but no matter how it is increased, the money is still made by arms dealers.This is why a large number of millionaires appeared in the United States after the war. Their true wealth was suppressed in the war.

The major companies under the William Consortium have not planned to pay dividends for the past two years. The astronomical amount of money earned by Situ Nan has almost turned into a large amount of U.S. Treasury bonds appearing on the books of Robles Securities or in Wells Fargo. In the warehouse.

"Andrew, the current government tax is dangerous. I think even if we make more money, it can't be put in our pockets for the time being, right?" Situ Nan said with a smile suddenly.

"That's it! Such a high tax will definitely change after the war. It is only an extraordinary strategy in an extraordinary period. After defeating the Germans, everything will return to normal."

Andrew thought for a moment and said, "I think, facing the blockade of the whole world, the Germans can't survive for two years at most. Haha, by then everything will be back to normal."

"In two years, the war will be over in another year." Situ Nan thought to himself.He knew that Andrew would be the U.S. Treasury Secretary after the war, and said: "Andrew, I think if you go to politics, you will be the most suitable candidate for the Secretary of the Treasury. I think Morgan Rockefeller and DuPont will all approve of it. It's time to correct the tax policy." Situ Nan encouraged.

"Oh? How did you think about this? But this idea is new and it's too early to say." Andrew waved his hand, feeling a little moved, wondering how different is managing a country's finances and managing Bank Mellon?

"There is still a lot of work to be done at the moment. I am here this time, besides seeing you, there are still some things. It is about Venezuelan oil. Lake Maracaibo has really opened up a lot of oil fields. How many people's hearts are affected by the shot!

Haha, now the British have regretted their chests. After all, Shell Oil Company was the first to get there, but unfortunately they missed it.

The Mobil oil industry is ready to move, but according to the old Rockefeller's usual practice, he will not rush to shoot, but rely on the advantages of Mobil Oil in oil transportation and sales, and slowly swallow those small companies.

Even if we know this, we can’t do anything about it, but before Mobil sells, we swallow the largest and fattest piece of meat first, so our Gulf Oil Company plans to increase investment in Maracaibo. What do you think? ?"

Andrew looked at Situ Nan with anticipation in his eyes.

After listening to the silence, Situ Nan realized that Andrew had become ambitious about Maracaibo's oil, but he couldn't speak directly.

When Situ Nan proposed that the two companies go to Venezuela to explore oil together, Andrew also agreed, but the investment was not much. For example, most of the funds of the Panama Petroleum Development Company came from the partners of the Situ Nan and William consortium. The Mellon family agreed Gulf Petroleum didn't have much money to buy shares in its name.

If distributed according to normal proportions, Occidental Petroleum will swallow most of the oil in Lake Maracaibo, and Gulf Oil will only be able to divide it into a small portion.The benefits are so great that Andrew couldn't help being unmoved. Since the last time Situ Nan mentioned that he would develop overseas oil, Andrew has been paying attention to the progress of the matter.After Maracaibo opened a large oil field, I couldn't sit still.

After receiving the good news from Los Angeles that Laura was pregnant, Andrew rushed over happily.

Isn’t it necessary to occupy more oil fields?

After understanding the mystery, Situ Nan smiled in his heart, but after all, it was the old man, who had been taken care of before, and now it should be paid back.There is too much oil in Lake Maracaibo. It is not a big problem for Occidental Petroleum to give up part of it to Gulf Petroleum, and more can be used to resist Shell's counterattack. Why not?In any case, I have taken the bulk of it.