Rebirth of the Wealthy American Chapter 606

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If American politics is regarded as a huge stage, then a puppet show is being performed on the stage. The politicians on the stage are all wire-controlled puppets. Li Mu and their rich men are behind the scenes.

An obvious fact is that even after the ex-president of the United States stepped down, he had to go to Li Mu's company to eat and dine, and the Secretary of State need not say, even if William M. Elva left the office of Secretary of State and continued to be his lawyer, The main thing is to serve Li Mu and their rich people, so in front of Li Mu, William M. Elva really can not stand up.

"Your performance today is really wonderful. I have to say that Mr. President has found a good helper." Li Mu's attitude towards William M. Elva is also good. Faces are given to each other, and the Secretary of State is equivalent to the Prime Minister of a country. , People treated Li Muke with a polite smile, and Li Mu couldn't scream and drink with high spirits.

"I don't know what the effect will be, but some gestures are already in place, which should touch the Colombian government." William M. Elva did not know today's meeting for Martinez Schiel How many tiles touched, from the atmosphere of the scene, the effect should be good.

"Your mission has been completed, so wait for my good news." Li Mu expressed satisfaction with William M. Elva's work, and it was up to Li Mu.

Yes, in today's Congress, whether it is William M. Elva or Winfield Hancock, they are all acting, a big drama specially prepared for Martinez Silva.

The Senate has never considered launching the Nicaragua Canal plan. When it signed the agreement with Nicaragua, it was originally to relieve the worries of monopolizing the Panama Canal. The United States has never considered opening a Nicaragua canal.

The so-called fan of the authorities, Martinez Silva probably did not think that Li Mu could have such great energy, he could talk to the Senate to cooperate with Li Mu's acting.

One fact that Martinez Silva overlooked is that Li Mu is not alone. Li Mu is representative of the Panama Canal Company. Li Mu is indeed not qualified by himself, but it is sufficient if the Panama Canal Company is included.

Just two days later, Martinez Silva signed the Supplementary Agreement on the Panama Canal on behalf of the Colombian and US governments.

As requested by Li Mu, the term in the Agreement is 99 years, during which the Colombian government must not arbitrarily interrupt the contract. After the expiry, if the Panama Canal Company is willing to continue to lease the Panama Canal, the Colombian government cannot refuse for other reasons.

In order to make Martinez Silva look better, the Panama Canal Company needs to pay the Colombian government an annual rental fee of 200,000 US dollars. To this end, the Colombian government has land within 20 kilometers on both sides of the canal. Also leased to the Panama Canal Company.

The lease of land is also a common method used by the government to attract private investment in public projects at this time. For example, the US government used this method when it built the Pacific Railroad.

If the Panama Canal Company owns only a Panama Canal, then the land that Panama Canal Company can obtain is at most 10 kilometers, but because the Panama Canal Company now controls the Panama Railroad, 10 kilometers becomes 20 kilometers.

As a business group, the efficiency of the Panama Canal Company is indeed very high. None of the members of the committee have a meal. J.P. Morgan and Ulysses S. Grant are busy selling stocks. Li Mu's task is to deal with Martinez. Silva, and the acquisition of the Panama Railroad was left to John Vanderbilt.

This was requested by John Vanderbilt. As the wealthiest family in the United States, the Vanderbilt family controls the most railways in the United States. Many people in the family are proficient in railway operations. John Vanderbilt That's the person best suited to do this.

It is indeed suitable. Unlike the costly Panama Canal, the value of the Panama Railroad is about 7.5 million US dollars. In the past history, in order to improve the efficiency of the canal construction, the French paid a high price of 23 million US dollars. The Malaysian Railway is in the bag.

Of course, John Vanderbilt could not use so much here. John Vanderbilt paid only 11 million U.S. dollars to buy all the shares of the Panama Railroad, which cost less than half of the French.

With the signing of the "Agreement", the wishful thinking of the French finally came to an end, the Yangji Canal Company became a joke, and the stock price of the Panama Canal Company soared again.

The last time the Panama Canal Management Committee temporarily suspended the sale of shares due to the emergence of the International Canal Company. In early April, after the "Agreement" was re-signed, the Canal Management Committee once again announced that it would publicly sell shares.

What is different from the last time is that the Canal Management Committee originally wanted to raise 500 million US dollars of funds. Now only one month later, the target of the Canal Management Committee has been raised to 700 million USD. The stock taken out is still ten percent.

"Is the price a bit too high ..." Li Mu couldn't help but stunned after hearing the plan.

It is indeed high. At this price, the three percent of shares that Li Mu and Will get would cost about US $ 210 million. I am afraid that even if the price is Li Mu 's wealth, it would not be available.

"Is it high? I don't think so, I still feel low." Rockefeller's attitude was even more radical than that of Li Mu, and it would be good to see the price increase to $ 1 billion.

"This is just the ideal situation. In fact, even if we can only raise 500 million US dollars, then we can accept it." J.P. Morgan is more cautious and although a bit optimistic, it is still much lower-key than Rockefeller.

"There is a problem now. According to the agreement we signed with the Colombian government, 10% of the shares in the canal belong to the Colombian government. We originally planned to give 20% to Washington, but now it seems that Washington does not seem to be satisfied with this ratio." J · P. Morgan briefed on an update.

The Panama Canal is estimated to be the largest project in the late 19th century, and the funds involved are rare in the world. As a result, the distribution of equity is extremely complicated, and the Colombian government and the US government should have a stake in it.

"How much does Washington want?" Li Mu's expression was calm, but there was a wave in her heart.

As long as Li Mu supported Hayes for the presidency, Li Mu knew that Hayes sometimes had some behaviors that were difficult to control, so Li Mu was prepared for it, but Li Mu did not expect that this day would come so fast.

"Thirty percent ..." Even when calm as J.P. Morgan, his expression was a bit ugly.

"A big appetite ..." Li Muqi laughed extremely.

Hays' appetite is indeed too big. In this way, a Panama Canal project alone can contribute 2.1 billion US dollars to the US government, which is higher than the GDP of the United States last year.

"Twenty percent is already on the government's platform for us. As for thirty percent, this is simply a delusion." Rockefeller was dull, and his knuckles were a little white.

"Thirty percent is absolutely impossible. Twenty percent is our bottom line." Li Mu didn't know if he should be said to be smart or to be stupid. The Panama Canal project concentrated almost all the rich in the United States, Hayes. Doing this is tantamount to standing on the opposite side of all American bourgeoisie.

"Mr. President seems to have some kind of misunderstanding of our work, so Rim, if necessary, it seems that you have to go to Washington and talk to Mr. President to avoid some kind of misunderstanding." J.P. Morgan said More politely, the subtext is that since you are the one who brought you up, you are responsible for it.

"Maybe you don't know yet, yesterday our Mr. President signed two orders to withdraw troops from South Carolina and Louisiana, and you should know what this means, and I think in the days to come, our It is difficult for Mr. President to get a good night's sleep, and there will definitely be a lot of people going to trouble him. "Rockefeller was gloating over the side, this one is really big-hearted, and the standard is not too big to see the fun.

South Carolina and Louisiana are the last two states in the South to exercise military control. This is one of the rights obtained by the federal government after the Civil War. Rockefeller said that "many people will find Hayes in trouble." Refers to the 360,000 federal soldiers who died during the Civil War. The power they gained in a **** battle was thus abandoned by Hayes.

Li Mu really knows a little bit about this. Hayes' intention is to alleviate the contradictions between the North and the South, and to rebuild the southern states. This is a good thing. Li Mu is also very supportive, because only the southern states have been developed accordingly. In order to have more markets.

Now it seems that Hayes seems a little over-the-top. As soon as he took office, even before the differences within the party have been settled, he began to think of easing the contradictions between the two parties.

It 's really a low-handed man. If nothing else, let 's say that Hayes often drew a “clean” government when he was running. Li Mu was not very optimistic. So in the final period of the election, Li Mu specifically explained to Hayes. Don't put the word "corruption" on your lips anymore.

Of course, Hayes did not discuss this with Li Mu. Li Mu supported Hayes' election as president. Hayes will take care of the interests of Li Mu and the Junma Group to a certain extent, but will never act as Li Mu's puppet. In fact, there is no right to blame.

However, Li Mu is not optimistic about Hayes 'decision. Once the federal government withdraws troops from South Carolina and Louisiana, the Democrats are bound to make a comeback in these two states. Hays 's move pleases the Democrats, but also offends the Republicans. Some of them, and blacks in the two states.

Those blacks who had originally hoped to completely eliminate racial discrimination in South Carolina and Louisiana through military control are still rushing to withdraw their troops, and to a certain extent, they have failed the trust of the blacks in the two states. The consequences of this incident are indeed a blessing. .

"Guys, since we have chosen Hayes, we should have some preparation for his character. This is what he is like, and similar things may happen next, even more extreme things will happen ..." Li Mu did not want to justify Hays. Although Li Mu and Hays are still allies, the degree of "alliance" is certainly not as good as those of Li Mu and Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan.

"Who knows, I wouldn't be surprised if Mr. President left the Republican Party and joined the Democratic Party one day." Rockefeller did not like Hayes originally, but now he is a bit annoying.

"This should not be, Mr. President is not so stupid ..." Li Mu had to stand up and speak for Hayes. At this level, it is a bit off-topic. If Li Mu does not stand up again, maybe he will suffer some time later. To impeachment.

That would be funny.

Putting Hayspon on the throne of the president in one hand and pulling Hays up in the other hand, the Republican party is beating his own face.

"Tomorrow I will go to Washington, when I will have a good talk with Mr. President." Li Meng's mood is a bit complicated now. Maybe it was the sadness of Hayes to be born in this era. If you change to decades, people like Hayes will definitely be able to accomplish a great cause.

"So much the better…"

"It's too late for me to say that." JP Morgan and Rockefeller had very different attitudes.

Back home that night, Li Mu talked to Will about the incident, and wanted to hear what Will 's soldiers thought about it.

"In fact, we all know that withdrawal is sooner or later. The only question is when to withdraw. Since Mr. President has done so, it must have been the result of careful consideration. We should not question this decision, especially me." Will was more cautious and unexpected. Has a lot of good impressions on Hayes.

He was also a soldier before entering the political arena, and also participated in the Civil War, so Will's impression of Hayes is very good.

Of course, this is without comparison. If Li Mu and Hayes are standing in front of each other, Will will not hesitate to stand on the side of Li Mu.

"I understand your position. What I want to know is your true attitude." Li Mu didn't want to listen to Will's perfunctory words, but wanted to hear Will tell the truth.

Politically, soldiers are a special group, and the army cannot have its own inclination, so Will will help Hayes speak, which Li Mu had expected.

"The truth is-this decision is a standard nonsense, wait and see, it is estimated that it is difficult for our President to spend his four-year term peacefully." Will is not optimistic about Hayes, in the presence of Li Mu There is no need to avoid taboos.

"Well, you won." Li Mu was unhappy and finally learned what people really think of Hayes.

I knew it was-

Well, I knew that, hehe, there is no regret medicine in this world.

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