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I haven't seen little Ivy for a long time.

Taking advantage of Suri's return to Hollywood, Talia brought her baby over in a low-key manner and lived in her own small estate in Bel Air, which is worth tens of millions of dollars.

At this moment.

Suri sat next to the stroller and teased her daughter.

The little girl in front of him, with double eyelids, long eyelashes and a very cute look, was smiling with her eyes curved, holding his fingers and making "ah-ah-ah" sounds, as if she was chatting with him.

This made Su Rui in a good mood, and he said:

"Based on her cute appearance, I would accept her even if she turned out to be a spendthrift. At most, I can give her 1000 million US dollars a year, and I can earn the money back from the interest on my bank deposits. I can't squander my fortune at all. Others are always worried about having a child who spends a lot of money, but I think it's because they have too little assets."

Talia scolded:

"You will spoil her. If you go easy on her, then I will have to be strict with her. In the future, won't she like you more than me?"

Suri smiled and said:

"I'm just preparing for the worst. It would be best if she has the same personality as you. I haven't seen her for a while, and I think she has grown up a lot. She doesn't sleep all day like she did when she was little. She likes to interact with people."

Talia nodded and replied:
"Because she is always taken care of by different nannies, Ivy doesn't seem to be afraid of strangers. I often take her for walks outdoors recently. She can already see the scenery in the distance and occasionally laughs loudly."

We often meet and chat through video calls. Although we have been apart for a long time, we don’t feel unfamiliar with each other.

Shuri asked Talia:
"Now that the baby is born and you have basically recovered, have you ever considered continuing to make some movies? As for taking care of Ivy, you can ask my parents to help. They are both very cautious and careful, and there is a professional nanny to take care of her."

Talia has been resting for more than a year since she became pregnant.

Apart from occasionally sharing some daily life on social platforms, she has turned down all other work. Many actors do not perform for three years, and then make a living for three years after they start working, so it is common for them to take a temporary break.

For so long, Talia's life has always revolved around her baby. She is not a strong woman who is a workaholic, but it seems nice to take a break and relax occasionally.

Ever since she became Ivy's mother, she sometimes almost forgot how easy and free she was before she became pregnant.

So she answered:

"Okay, I'd better play some supporting roles, the kind that can be filmed in a week or two, otherwise I'm worried that she will completely forget who I am."

Thinking that this arrangement was indeed a good one, Suri made an OK gesture and said that she would help find a suitable role for Talia.

I saw that the topic always revolved around me and my baby.

Talia asked curiously:

"How have you been recently? The news said that ExxonMobil and other companies sent lobbying teams to try to stop your investment in the S electric car super factory in California. In fact, it's enough to have enough money. There's no need to make yourself so tired."

The outside world has always believed that Suri is not interested in work and is busy traveling.

However, Talia understood that many of his actions had deep meanings. For example, during his trip to Australia, he acquired several companies in one fell swoop, covering the banking, hotel, and insurance industries, with a total investment of more than one billion US dollars. All of these were to reconfigure assets and enhance his ability to resist risks.

Suri waved his hand and said with a smile:
"The United States has been the world's leading power for many years, which has led people to subconsciously fall into a misconception that all companies cannot survive without the US market."

"In fact, if it wasn't for easing relations, I would never have thought of investing in California to build a factory. Now that ExxonMobil has jumped out to stop me, it just gives me a reason to delay."

"With the current sales volume, one Shanghai Super Factory would be enough. Even if a new factory is built now, it would be a waste of money to support a group of employees just for show."

ExxonMobil is the largest oil company in the United States, and its founder is the oil tycoon John Rockefeller.

After more than a century of development, it has already become a giant and its influence cannot be underestimated.

Fortunately, ExxonMobil is only worried about the future, and the current conflict between the two parties is not that big. The main reason for suppressing S electric vehicles this time is that the concept of new energy vehicles is too strong, which has affected investors' confidence in the prospects of oil companies. Otherwise, other small and medium-sized oil companies may rebel, which will have a negative impact on ExxonMobil's appeal in the alliance.

The reason why Suri knew the details was that, like the Koch brothers who bought off Koch Industries, many people on the board of ExxonMobil also invested in S Electric Vehicles.

All we can say is that sometimes the interests of company executives and shareholders are not consistent with those of small shareholders and retail investors.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that S Electric Vehicles has a much stronger development prospect than the old-line company ExxonMobil, so how could it miss the opportunity to make money?

Many people hate Su Rui, but in fact it is not because he is rich. The key point is that he is so good at making money, but he did not bring them wealth together.

Since there are more wolves than meat, Su Rui can only take care of some of the most powerful troublemakers, so naturally the conflicts cannot be completely eliminated.
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Since learning to treat every day with a normal mind, Su Rui's mentality has become much calmer.

Time flies as I prepare to shoot a TV series and film in Hollywood, polish and create new songs, and at the same time try to find more time to spend with Talia and her daughter.

A week later, Suri arrived in Washington, D.C. on the East Coast in a high-profile manner on an Airbus A380 private jet.

If he was just an overseas investor at the mercy of others, the inquiry would be particularly important. However, since he heard the news, he immediately understood that the key to breaking the deadlock was not in the inquiry itself.

So Suri came in person.

The nights were busy with private parties, so during the day I took some time to move around.

He would go to Washington every year and quietly invest up to nine figures in public relations funds. He also recruited a group of former civil servants as consultants and fed them well. After spending so much money, it was finally time to see a return.

It's not convenient to talk about the details.

But before the inquiry meeting officially began, Su Rui had already received assurances in advance that the whole matter would eventually come to nothing, and S Electric Vehicle Company would not be punished, but it would also be difficult to obtain financial and policy support.

The main purpose of the traditional car companies and oil companies that took action against him this time was to slow down Suri's pace and buy themselves more breathing space, rather than completely crush the S electric car company whose market value has reached more than 20 billion US dollars.

It's not that I don't want to kill him completely, it's just that there's no chance.

First, by understanding this point, you can find out where the focus of the game should be placed.

S electric cars were still small in scale, and Suri did not want to turn the situation into a life-and-death struggle, so in the famous Oval Office, he personally promised not to build a factory in the United States within three years and not to sell electric cars priced below US$4 within four years.

This is equivalent to making some concessions in exchange for a few years of stable development for the company, giving traditional American automakers a fair chance to compete, facilitating them to make adjustments to their existing businesses and avoiding too sharp a drop in stock prices.

That's what it looks like on the surface.

The fact is that since S Electric Vehicle Company launched the S-Car 11 SUV coupe in November last year, orders have quickly exceeded 7 vehicles, and subsequently the stock prices of several American car brands have fallen by an average of 14.2%.

The overall share price of oil companies also fell by more than 8%.

After getting a few years of breathing space, many major shareholders who are pessimistic about the fuel vehicle and oil markets can slowly reduce their holdings and reallocate their assets.

Su Rui made concessions in exchange for avoiding further escalation of the conflict. Considering that it takes a long time to improve the industrial chain, these two promises actually did not have much impact on him.

Given the battery costs, it is impossible to launch very cheap pure electric vehicles in the short term.

Since the main anchor of the US dollar is oil, Washington is also worried that Suri's pace is too fast. Having a clear timetable will make everyone feel at ease.

Thinking about the BBA electric cars in the past that could never be made, Suri is not too worried that General Motors, Buick and Chrysler will be able to catch up.

After all, neither Washington nor the trade unions will allow them to relocate factories on a large scale to China, Mexico and other places to reduce costs.

(End of this chapter)