Shenhao started as a military training anchor

Holly landed in Austin at three o'clock in the afternoon. Texas Lieutenant Governor David and Mayor Adler went to the airport to greet him in person.

The security factor is very high.

The National Guard was deployed.

"Welcome, Mr. Huo," Deputy Governor David greeted warmly.

Go up and shake Holly's hand and hug him.

"Long time no see, David," Holly greeted with a smile.

Mayor Adler then shook hands and hugged Hawley.

Both of them are members of the "Jellyfish" team developed by Holly.

When the lieutenant governor ran in the state election, Hawley was the funder behind him.

The money came from Madagascar.

Hawley also promised to continue to fund him in any election.

Mayor Adler has met Holly many times, and he has visited cities such as Hangzhou and Jiangcheng in China.

The laptop and semiconductor industries are the main industries in Austin.

The Dell brand is from here, but the world's largest production and assembly plant is in Jiangcheng.

Jiangcheng assembles and produces a quarter of the world's laptop computers.

When Adler visited Jiangcheng, Holly, together with the municipal party committee and government, received him and the foreign investment team. It was from that time that the two established contact.

With this relationship, Holly's safety can be guaranteed when he moves around in Texas.

Unless it is a sniper rifle mounted in the dark.

After exchanging greetings with several important state officials at the airport, Hawley got into a Cadillac armored car and was escorted to his hotel by a National Guard motorcade.

The hotel prepared a sumptuous dinner.

At the dinner table, Deputy Governor David gave a detailed introduction to the security arrangements during the negotiations.

In name, it is to ensure the safety of both parties, but in reality it is biased towards ensuring Holly's safety.

The city of Austin is under their jurisdiction and is also the seat of the state government. No matter who attacks Holly, they can take emergency measures to ensure Holly's safety.

Whether it is internationally or on the federal government side, they all have legitimate reasons.

Holly raised his glass to express his gratitude.

David also said that if the situation was extremely serious, he could open the Texas airspace for Holly and allow Holly's military security company CSS to come in.

They knew that Hawley had established a branch in Cuba.

It was a very quick trip from Cuba.

The Republic of Texas joined the federal government as an independent state.

Therefore, it is in compliance with local law for the state government to open its airspace to allow foreign armed forces to enter.

There is no violation of federal government law.

David thought very carefully.

If the talks between the two sides do not go well or even break down, when the Texas National Guard and federal troops confront each other, state officials may consider the property and life safety of the state's people and give up protecting Hawley personally.

It was up to Holly's own armed security team to rescue him.

"I've done a great job," Holly said, smiling and raising his glass. "I've tried not to cause you too much trouble."

"Thank you Mr. Huo for your understanding and support."

David and Adler toasted Holly.

The meaning of this glass of wine is that both parties will continue to cooperate and facilitate each other's needs.

No need to explain, just one smile and you'll understand.

After dinner, David and Adler said goodbye to Holly and returned to the state government.

Holly stayed in the hotel, preparing for the negotiations two days later.

The acquisition of Intel is just an overt negotiation; the focus of this negotiation is still on rebuilding global financial rules.

It is best to divide up the areas of control for each party.

For Holly, it was a gamble.

For the seven major families, this means sacrificing huge interests.

There will inevitably be some heated debate at the negotiation table.

Even away from the negotiation table, there is a possibility of accidental conflict.

Holly was fully prepared. When he was about to rest at night, he received two encrypted emails.

They are all red-headed documents.

And it's a top secret document.

One letter is from China and the other is from Russia.

On the morning of the day of the negotiations, the country will launch an intercontinental missile into the Pacific Ocean.

On the Russian side, a certain fleet's nuclear-powered submarine has entered the central Atlantic Ocean and will arrive in Cuba in two days.

It is common for Russian ships to visit Cuba.

Holly just didn't expect Putin to stand up and push him this time.

These two pieces of news are encouraging and make Hawley more confident at the negotiating table.

Before leaving, he had detailed communication and exchanges with his superiors.

These two official documents should be the support given to him by the higher-ups.

I slept very soundly tonight.

The next morning, Holly met with Intel President Terry Parker at the hotel, and the two discussed the acquisition model.

They are indeed negotiating the best cooperation model on behalf of both companies.

No other topics were discussed.

Hawley remained tough and insisted on obtaining absolute voting rights.

After some fruitless debate, the morning negotiations had to be suspended.

What Holly didn't expect was that two uninvited guests came to the hotel in the afternoon.

One is Peter, the founder of Blackstone Group, and the other is John Bogle, the boss of Vanguard Investments.

The intentions of these two people coming forward are different.

Vanguard and Blackstone are both major shareholders of Intel. On the surface, it seemed that the two men came to discuss the acquisition of Intel with Holly.

In fact, the two companies are actually "relatives" and they hold shares in each other.

In the global financial market, wherever you see Blackstone, you will definitely see Vanguard.

The real wealthy people behind these two investment institutions that manage more than 10 trillion US dollars are the Rothschild family and the Rockefeller family.

The two most powerful families among the seven families behind the Federal Reserve.

The founder of Blackstone, Peter, is one of the officials of the Federal Reserve.

The two of them came to the hotel to meet Holly today to warm up for the meeting the day after tomorrow?

Or are the seven major families planning to use two capable men to deal with him in the future?
This is not what Huoge is pursuing when he ventured to Texas.

These two people have no say in global financial rules.

At most, they can help serve the seven major families in formulating the economic and monetary policies of the United States.

Holly did not refuse to meet the two people, but also met them in the hotel conference room.

"Mr. Huo, I have admired you for a long time. America welcomes you." Peter, the founder of Blackstone Group, smiled and took the initiative to shake hands with Holly.

Holly extended his hand and said, "This is the first time we meet in real life, but online, we should be considered acquaintances."

Peter smiled and nodded.

Holly added, "To be precise, it's a familiar opponent."

Peter's smile gradually faded and his expression changed slightly.

Holly looked at John Bogle standing on the other side and praised, "Pioneer Navigation is doing very well in Asia."

Bogle forced a smile, shook hands with Holly, nodded, and thanked Holly for the compliment.

He knew that Holly's words were definitely not a compliment, because Pioneer's Asian headquarters had just recently made a business announcement, announcing its withdrawal from the Japanese and Hong Kong markets, and its Asian headquarters had also moved to Shanghai.

Is Hawley reminding him that he should consider the practical benefits before making any decision?
If competing in the Asian market, Bogle is not sure that he can beat Holly's Shunwei Capital by relying on an Asian headquarters, especially after this financial war.

Shunwei Capital is now one of the top investment institutions in Asia.

When the financial war was at its most intense, Holly relied on his own "hands", with Shunwei Capital in one hand and Caihai Bank in the other, to forcibly pull up the financial market of small and medium-sized enterprises and hold on to the end.

One battle to become a god.

Except that the scale of funds under management is not as large as that of Blackstone and Vanguard, its fame is no less than theirs.

(End of this chapter)