Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 171 The Lawrence Rockefeller Perspective

Spring of [-], New York.

Sleepy Hollow Country Club on the banks of the Hudson River was born in 27. Its predecessor was the luxurious manor of the Vanderbilt family. After his descendants took over, they transformed it into a private social club. The club, covering an area of ​​more than [-] acres, has a [-]-hole golf course, ten clay tennis courts, four squash courts, a large indoor horse field and supporting outdoor horse areas, stables and horse boarding centers.

Most of the time, this place is only open to members, but today, there are few people under the gray sky. Lawrence Rockefeller, who is close to 70 years old, is wearing a white sports suit, holding a golf club in his hand and constantly swinging, seriously Accurately calculate the ball trajectory and hitting power.

Beside him, two middle-aged white men in suits and leather shoes were putting their hands forward and reporting respectfully.

"Boss, after Jimmy was sworn in, your brother took a special plane back to New York. He went directly to Fifth Avenue, accompanied by Megan Marshak. It is rumored that he has included Marshak in the The will confirmed the identity of her designated beneficiary."

The news made the swinging hand a meal.

The silver-haired Lawrence Rockefeller raised his head, surprise and shock were written on his energetic face, "Nelson included that flesh and blood in the Rockefeller family's will?"

"Wow - does he really want to be a disgrace to our Rockefeller family?"

"That kind of little Hollywood girl can play casually!"

"Does he still want to take her into the grave of the Rockefeller family? If he has such thoughts, then we Rockefellers will have no face to stay in America!"

The words of dissatisfaction were like a tide, and the nerves of the two middle-aged white men who reported the news were washed away.

At this moment, they dare not say a word, let alone put forward any suggestions and ideas, because they know in their hearts that the grievances and hatreds among the wealthy families are constantly being cut and chaotic. Even if they have loyal masters, no one knows their masters. Will there be a change in the relationship with my brothers and sisters in the future, they may be dissatisfied with each other today, but what about tomorrow?If someone gave up some benefits, it might change the blood relatives' impression of him, even if it was only on the surface.

And that stuffy gourd-like reaction made Lawrence Rockefeller shake his head.

"What does my other good brother think about this matter?"

Lawrence Rockefeller was the fourth in his family. He had an older sister, two older brothers, and two younger brothers. So far, his eldest sister has passed away, and his eldest brother has also passed away due to pancreatic cancer. He is still active in society The family's eldest brother John, second brother Nelson, himself, and the youngest brother, David, who is currently serving as a director of Chase Bank.

And the good brother he talked about was John Rockefeller III, the eldest grandson of the family.

As soon as he was mentioned, the cheeks of the two subordinates hesitated.

"Boss, your eldest brother said that he himself is old."

"I don't want to spend my limited energy on these boring things."

"He said that if Mr. Nelson and Megan Marshak were true love, then he would bless them and wish them the best."

"Heh—" Lawrence Rockefeller laughed.

"John doesn't care, does he?"

"Since he thinks that there is no problem with Marshak being listed in our family's will, then there is no need to report this kind of thing to me in the future! After all, I am just an ordinary member of the Rockefeller family, and I am protecting myself by being myself. The honor of the family! As for other matters? I have no right to interfere!"

As he spoke, he turned his head back and swung the club.

There was only a 'pop', and the metal pole made a sound of breaking through the air.

The golf ball that had been resting on the turf moved in response to the sound and jumped out.

In just a few breaths, the white ball disappeared.

In the next second, another 'click' sound appeared.

Lawrence Rockefeller smashed the golf club in his hand to the ground and walked away without looking back.

The smooth and smooth movements made the two people who were reporting work look at each other and looked at each other, and finally took a step to catch up, and when they trotted all the way back to the shuttle bus with the boss, they arrived at the detached villa provided by the club for distinguished guests In the lounge, Lawrence Rockefeller, who took off his sports coat and wiped his cheeks with a hot towel under the service of his servants, spoke again.

"What about other things?"

"I want to hear some good news that will put me in a good mood."

This request made the two subordinates overjoyed, and they hurriedly opened their mouths.

"Boss, there is a lot of good news. For example, the fund you manage outperformed all market funds with an annualized rate of return of [-]... Also, for example, your investment territory continued to expand. Last year, several more The company was successfully listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq..."

Although when mentioning Rockefeller, people always think of Standard Oil, the largest oil company in the world, but after Standard Oil was split, Rockefeller channeled his funds to various industries through family trusts.They sprinkled a lot of money in real estate, medical care, culture, etc., and took countless monopoly profits, and the manipulator among them was Lawrence Rockefeller.

As early as [-], he founded an investment company belonging to the Rockefeller family. The first business he did was to buy Eastern Airlines from General Motors, because he stepped on the post-war civilian The development of the aviation industry is the wave of the times. In just a few years, this company has become the most profitable airline in America, monopolizing all routes from New York to Florida.

When this investment was successful, Lawrence Rockefeller instantly became a star on Wall Street.

But he didn't care, because the surname Rockefeller was already a star.

After his first investment was a big success, Lawrence Rockefeller fell in love with this kind of behavior of throwing coins. After some searching, he felt that technology was the future, so he set his sights on the semiconductor industry. His first investment A company named Thermo Electron Corporation, its patent is a high-pressure neutron vacuum tube, and its products are mass spectrometers, chromatographs, spectrometers, etc.

The second invested company is called Coherent. The company's products include solid-state lasers, gas lasers, semiconductor lasers, and so on.

The third company invested is Evans and Sutherland, which is a manufacturer of computer graphics modules and displays, and its products are projectors and image processors.

The fourth company, called Intel...

As Lawrence Rockefeller continued to cultivate in the field of science and technology, he felt that the name of a private investment company was no longer pleasant, so he specially changed the name of his investment company to Venrock.The company's name is also very meaningful, a combination of the words 'venture' and 'Rockefeller', which means it is a venture capital company owned by the Rockefeller family.

Although this change meant to hide his identity, how could a bloodline like Rockefeller hide it?Whenever Lawrence Rockefeller took a fancy to a company, their founders would be ecstatic to accept the investment and offer their shares with both hands after receiving the business card.

The whole process is like a snowball, with a slight push, it will get bigger and bigger.

Perhaps it was because he wanted to get what he wanted, so Lawrence Rockefeller now has no idea about those continuous successes. When his subordinates report to him endlessly, how much the funds and companies under his name have earned in the past year When he asked for the money, the number that looked like waste paper made him wave his hand.

"Stop, stop."

"I don't want to hear any financial reports."

"It's boring."

"How about something interesting?"

"It's more interesting than what kind of women my brother kept, how much money he gave to those women, and letting those women enter the Rockefeller family tree and enter the Rockefeller family's cemetery!"

Lawrence Rockefeller threw the hot towel in his hand to the maid beside him.

But that slightly Martian attitude made the two subordinates nod their heads quickly.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Of course there is!"

The two said: "Boss, a major event has happened recently in the latest electronic game industry in our country. In the past two years, the game of destiny, which has been leading the trend of the times, has suddenly encountered the joint attack of Warner and Philips. The purpose of launching their own new products this summer is to snatch the market share of Destiny Games in the field of video games.”

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The news stunned Lawrence Rockefeller for a second.

Then he asked doubtfully, "Are you sure?"

"Warner and Philips even teamed up to attack a company?"

"Don't they feel ashamed?"

"We are sure because this is the latest news today." The two subordinates replied.

"Publicly." They added: "Both parties have issued press releases."

'...' That fact made Lawrence Rockefeller squint.

He motioned to the maid to get him a glass of rum, then waved to his subordinates to follow him.Get into the meeting room in the club lounge, wait for the two to come up with the specific source of the news, after watching the news broadcast of the purchase of Warner and Philips, the sharp-edged old man suddenly touched his cheek and said: "If If I remember correctly, the video game industry is very popular recently?"

"Yes." The two subordinates nodded and said, "At present, the outside world is very optimistic about this industry."

"Everyone feels that the output value of this industry will surpass that of Hollywood in a short period of time."

"If there is no accident, they may become the next publicity outlet."

"Tell the world the story of our country."

"Then, have you paid attention to this fate game?" Lawrence Rockefeller asked with interest.

"Yes." The two subordinates nodded: "There are two of their founders, one is Ethan Jones and the other is Evelyn Johnson. Their entrepreneurial experience is very interesting..."

Seeing that his boss was interested, the two subordinates started talking blandly.

When Lawrence Rockefeller learned that the first time Ethan Jones appeared to the outside world was to beat up his former employer and current partner, he immediately laughed while pinching the frame of his presbyopic glasses. After waiting for two of his subordinates to tell that Ethan Jones not only refused to pay Philips the video game patent fee, but also took Philips' market share in the video game industry, the thin old man directly took off the hair on the bridge of his nose. glasses, tossing them aside.

"This company is very interesting, contact them, invest in them."

"As for the timing...just after Warner and Philips' new products are released."

"If they are defeated by Philips and Warner, then you can suppress the investment price, and if they survive the siege of Philips and Warner, then increase the valuation appropriately, even if... ...is a reward for them."

"Okay, let's go, I will stay here for a while, I haven't swim for a long time..."

Following Lawrence Rockefeller's wave, the two subordinates who came to report hurriedly resigned.

After leaving the club, the two only felt that their vests were a little chilly.

The boss's moody attitude made them a little nervous.

but--

"Fortunately, I passed the test." One of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ok!"

Another person nodded and said: "The better news is that we will no longer have to report his family affairs to the boss! Every time we talk about Mr. Nelson's pornographic news with the boss, he will have a gloomy face! That look is like an addict. A bloody tiger is too scary!"

"No way, who made the boss always feel that Mr. Nelson's behavior is embarrassing for the family?" The guy who spoke first took up the conversation, and then decisively killed the topic in the next second, "Okay, let's stop Discuss this matter, it has nothing to do with us! What we have to do now is to send money to the field that the boss is interested in! Right?"

"Hmm..." This proposal was agreed by another person.

With the roar of the accelerator, the two quickly left the manor by the river.

And after they followed the boss's request and kept paying attention to the fate game...

The Rockefeller family summer home in Woodstock, Vermont, summer of [-].

"what are you saying?"

"Can't you vote in the fate game?"

Lawrence Rockefeller, who was taking off his ski equipment, looked at his two subordinates with surprised eyes, and asked unexpectedly, "Is it because the fate game succeeded?"

"Because of that Star Wars?"

"But this can't be a reason for them to reject our investment?"

"Didn't you tell them who the Wenlock company is?"

"Will they say no after hearing my name?"

Lawrence Rockefeller couldn't believe it.

"Or, they took money from Morgan and Goldman Sachs in advance?"

The continuous questioning made the two subordinates a little embarrassed.

They shook their heads with a smile, and said, "No, no, Boss, Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Lehman also wanted to enter, but they were all rejected..."

"WTF?" Lawrence Rockefeller was startled.

"Why?" He didn't understand.

"Is there anyone behind the fate game? Why did these two young people dare to reject us? How did Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Lehman react after being rejected? Aren't they surprised?" Lawrence Rockefeller urgently asked want to know the answer.

Under his questioning, two subordinates also told the truth.

"Boss, here's the thing. The founder of Destiny Games, Evelyn Johnson, is a student of the current DoD celebrity Vinton Cerf. At the same time, the company of Destiny Games was founded by former Stanford principal Fred Terman. We grew up with support, so when we invested, we followed the rules of insiders and sent inquiries to Fred Terman, asking if the company he supported needed funds, and Fred Terman said that the children wanted to It operates independently, so... we will report..."

The news made Lawrence Rockefeller frown.

He pondered for a while, then said, "Fred is a student of Vannevar, right?"

"Yes, he is one of Dr. Vannevar's three favorite students. During WW2, our country's top-secret radio research laboratory was appointed by Dr. Vannevar to take charge of it. After the war, Stanford's Electronics Research Laboratory The DoD also paid for Fred to establish it. Now, although he has retired, he still manages Stanford's systems engineering laboratory, which is the starting point of electronic warfare. He is also a founding member of our National Academy of Engineering... "

"Well." Lawrence Rockefeller nodded slightly, and continued: "If I remember correctly, one of his students who founded HP seems to be in DoD?"

"Yes, David Packard was the deputy secretary of DoD before, and he was promoted by General Electric, Lockheed and Raytheon. He has done a good job in defense procurement, and the three companies are very satisfied."

"Oh—so—" Lawrence Rockefeller laughed.

He nodded and said, "Since Fred thinks those two young people have done a good job, then there is no need to bother them anymore. Even if they are really short of money, they will not use our funds."

"I thought they were self-made..."

"Hehe...the young people nowadays are really interesting, and the backgrounds are hidden deeper than each other."

The boss's abandonment made the two subordinates breathe a sigh of relief.

He nodded and left the scene quickly.

And just when they thought it was over...

In the autumn of [-], Lawrence Rockefeller Snow Mountain Ranch in Wyoming.

The emperor who rode wildly in the reserve of more than 100 acres summoned his courtiers.

"I recently discovered that the personal computer industry is doing very well."

"Different from the self-entertainment of insiders in the past two years, personal computers have gradually entered the homes of ordinary people, and are no longer a show-off toy for engineers."

"When people start to accept this product, this product will have the attributes of a consumer product, and it will have the value and significance of long-term investment..."

"The best of them all is a California company named Apple."

"Go and find out, and vote for it."

"I think it can become the industry leader in the personal computer field."

After this order appeared, after spring and summer, the two subordinates who were passing through autumn suddenly felt that they might not see the winter sun anymore...

because--

"Boss, this company may not be easy to vote for." The two said cautiously.

"Why?" Lawrence Rockefeller looked displeased. "If I remember correctly, this is the second time you have rejected me this year? Please give me a reasonable reason."

"otherwise……"

"You guys just get out of here."

"..." The direct threat made the two subordinates a little overwhelmed. They pursed their lips and said, "Boss, this company has shares from Ethan Jones, and one of its founders, Steve Waugh Zniak's father was also a senior engineer at Lockheed's Stanford Research Park..."

When two subordinates said that Apple might not be able to make the shot, Lawrence Rockefeller frowned suddenly, and after a while, he smiled and shook his head.

"The reason is not valid."

"Because in our country, no one has a market to himself."

"Standard Oil has been split, and other companies still want to play natural monopoly?"

"nonexistent!"

"You can communicate directly with Apple this time, and you don't need to ask Fred for advice."

"I, Lawrence Rockefeller, have given him face once."

"He wants to keep the fate game, so we won't move it."

"others……"

"Let's make money together!"

The boss ordered the two of them to peck their heads like chickens pecking at rice.

And just when they obeyed the boss's wishes and sent their employees to California to discuss investment matters with Apple, Lawrence Rockefeller stopped them again——

"The competitor of Destiny Game is Warner Communications?"

"Yes."

"Call Steve Ross and ask him if he has the details of Ethan Jones. You have to do everything in your power to win this project...Of course, don't worry too much, Steve Ross will not refuse I asked for it, after all he took my money before..."

"Oh, by the way, if you see Ethan Jones, give him my regards."

"Although this young man is a bit arrogant, his stuff is really good."

Lawrence Rockefeller looked at his subordinates with a smile.

The spring-like smile made the two subordinates nod again and again.

"Okay, Boss."

"We will definitely buy you an apple!"

　Note: ① The story of Nelson and Megan Marshak of the Rockefeller family is a scandal. The content is that Nelson met the intern Megan of the Associated Press during his tenure as deputy commander. After several contacts, Nelson invited her to be a own deputy.Take it with you even when you go back to New York.In the end, when Nelson died, only Megan was by his side.Because the death was relatively sudden, according to common sense, an autopsy should be done, but the members of the Rockefeller family disagreed, and finally nothing happened. ② Thermoelectric's current name is Thermo Fisher, a giant. ③Coherent will merge with other companies in 2022 and is now called Coherent Corp, which is also a giant in the laser industry. ④Evans and Sutherland's graphics and image technology was very powerful at that time, and they did a good job in Hollywood's computer visual effects. Of course, they were beaten by Industrial Light and Magic in the end.

　　
　
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