Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 1230 The King of the World (Second Update, please subscribe)
Finally back in London!
When he walked out of the pier, Pierson looked around. This is London. He came to London this time to find new business opportunities.

Although he made a fortune during the gold rush in southern Africa, who cares about money?

Besides, this is still his task.

Soon, he saw a taxi driver holding a card, so he walked over, and the driver sent him directly to the hotel he had booked in advance.

In the morning of the next day, Pierson went to Smith Trading Company at the address provided by his family.

"You must be Mr. Pearson!"

Upon meeting Pearson, Smith seemed enthusiastic. He needed an investor for that mission.

"I've heard of your name in London too. People say Mr. Pearson is a lucky man..."

Facing Smith's compliments, Pearson frowned from time to time: Such compliments are meaningless to him, and he doesn't even understand why his family asked him to come here. This well-dressed guy looks pompous, a typical Londoner. upper class youth.

"Now, Mr. Pearson, it is certain that your luck is as good as it always is."

Smith unfolded a map and spread it out on the table. It was a map drawn in thick brown and red lines, with place names scattered on it, which looked like place names from The Arabian Nights.Pearson glanced curiously.

"where is this place?"

"Persia. Western Persia and eastern Mesopotamia, to be exact."

Smith responded to Pierson's blunt interrogation with a smile.

"Persia?"

"Do you know oil?"

Pierson was silent for a moment.

"what?"

"oil."

Pierson frowned again.

"As you know, the world's oil is either produced in North America, or Mesopotamia, or the Caucasus, and now this oil is used in many ways, not only for extracting kerosene for lighting, but more importantly, for Extract gasoline, which is the kind of oil used by motor vehicles. In the future, there will be more and more motor vehicles, that is, cars, cars, buses, trucks, and ships are all using gasoline."

Smith laughed.

"I dare say that the future is the era of oil."

Pearson just stood there listening to him go on.

"What does it mean? It means wealth."

Smith looked up at Pearson and said.

"Mr. Pearson, I would like to buy oil rights in Persia. If I can find oil, I will ship it back to England in batches. When the oil reaches England, I can sell it to anyone with a motor vehicle." Anyone who owns an engine, where the oil from Persia will replace the oil from Mesopotamia, to be exact, and it’s a multimillion-pound-a-year business.”

Pearson's eyes were as big as brass bells.He couldn't say why, but he felt that he was hearing a message of great importance, and now he finally understood why the family had let him here.

He sat down and stared at the map.

"Persia?"

Pearson asked,
"Is there oil in Persia?"

"I hope so."

"Where in Persia?"

"Underground, maybe even a mile underground."

"Like a coal mine?"

"Yes, it's a bit like a coal mine, but it's mined in a different way."

"It doesn't matter. You mean to buy the oil exploration rights in Persia? Is it the whole of Persia?"

"If you can find oil, you can make a lot of money, Mr. Pearson."

Then Smith did something, looked up at Pearson and said.

"Mr. Pearson, do you know?"

Then Smith looked very serious.

"Oil is the future,"

He went on to say,

"Oil is the fuel of the new century. Cars need it, ships need it, factories need it. Whoever finds oil will get rich. Not just rich - they'll be kings of the world. And now... "

Staring at Pearson, Smith said.

"You will have the opportunity to become the king of the world!"

Everything went smoothly, beyond the expectations of the two. One was rich and the other was ambitious. They hit it off immediately, and soon an investment agreement was reached between them. Smith finally got an investor for himself.

In the days that followed, Smith frequently went to various clubs, lobbying those outdated aristocrats-they seemed to be well-dressed, but in fact they were poor and white, with nothing but titles.

But there is nothing, and there is no problem.

Because what Smith needs is their titles. As for money, even if he invests 1000 pounds, he will not feel that it is less. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Those outdated nobles may be poor, but 1000 pounds can still be obtained. from.

In less than two months, Smith attracted investment from dozens of aristocrats and upper classes by using oil as a booing head.What he attracts is not just the investment of the nobles, he will also attract the investment of the officials of the empire.

"Looking forward to the good news you bring us!"

James Bond and John Smith shook hands as they left the company.

"Mr. Bond, I will go to Persia soon. Believe me, I will definitely bring back good news in the near future, and your investment will definitely reap extremely rich returns."

Senior civil servants are also the partners of John Smith. These senior civil servants may not have glorious titles like ministers, but they are different from ministers who change from time to time. They are eternal existences. They will be in the government Working for decades, it makes no difference to senior civil servants whether the prime minister is Conservative or Liberal.

Even those who know the British Empire know very well that the British Empire is not controlled by the Prime Minister and ministers, but by senior civil servants who make plans and implement decisions behind the scenes.

Who is the real soul of the British Empire?

It is these seemingly inconspicuous senior civil servants, and because of this, John Smith prefers to make friends with the kings behind the scenes here than to make friends with ministers. These talents are the real "uncrowned kings".

"I will look forward to hearing from you."

James Bond said with a smile.

"At that time, I won't see you off. I need to go to the Ming Empire next month."

"The Ming Empire?"

John Smith looked at him a little surprised, and then said.

"South America? How do you go so far away?"

"There is no way, you have to obey the arrangement like this with your salary. It's just work, but I also want to go there and see what the paradise on earth that other people talk about looks like."

(End of this chapter)