stonecrandall Chapter 354
Chapter 354
Rockefeller Jr. didn’t follow up!
One hundred million dollars!
This price made him completely sober!
It was not worthwhile to spend such a huge price to fight for a false reputation, so even if it risked embarrassment, he had to give up this bid!
“Mr. Vanelke is really generous and heroic. I admire him. I have something else to do. Excuse me!”
Rockefeller Jr.’s face was not very good. He said something hurriedly and left quickly.
At this time, many reporters who heard the news had rushed over and surrounded the place in three layers.
If the camera had not been invented at this time, the reporters might have carried the camera and recorded this scene. As long as these things were recorded, they would definitely become classics!
Vanelke saw the back of Rockefeller Jr. fleeing in a panic, and he felt a little disappointed. He wondered if he had raised the price too much just now and scared the other party. Otherwise, why didn’t this guy follow? However
, the price of 100 million US dollars is already a sky-high price. This money can be handed over to Hans openly and let Ribbentrop take it back.
But poor Ribbentrop, the second airship that Mainz had just given him became Vanelke’s in the blink of an eye!
“Congratulations, Mr. Vanelk!”
Ribbentrop shook hands with Vanelk with mixed feelings. He was happy that he had earned $100 million in exchange for an airship, but he was also jealous of Vanelk, who was in the spotlight and enjoying a luxurious life with all kinds of top treatments!
“How about we switch?”
Seeing Ribbentrop’s expression, Vanelke lowered his voice and whispered in his ear.
This sentence woke Ribbentrop up. He envied Vanelke’s aristocratic life, but Vanelke paid a greater price to enjoy such a life. He could not enter Hans’s power center, and he had to continue to lurk in North America, and he had to worry about the security risks of his identity being exposed!
Compared with himself, Vanelke’s life did not seem so enviable!
Thinking of this, Ribbentrop smiled and said,”No, I don’t think I can do what you do. Only you can do this well. Come on!”
This statement is not self-deprecation, but sincere praise. After all, even the President of Mainz praised Vanelk’s business acumen. Although he received a lot of support and intelligence from Mainz, if he himself did not have a business acumen, these things would not be of much help even if they were handed over to him!
Hearing Ribbentrop’s words, Vanelk rolled his eyes at him and went to receive his airship with mixed feelings.
He suddenly felt that letting Ribbentrop drift on the sea for more than ten days was really a bargain for him!
……
The news that the president of Goldman Sachs and the head of the Rockefeller family were bidding fiercely for an airship of the same specifications as the president’s was quickly spread by major newspapers!
The whole country was shocked by this incident. Many people suspected that this was fake news made by unscrupulous reporters. After all, in order to sell more newspapers these days, reporters are good at making some exaggerated front-page headlines, and even forging and fabricating some fake news that does not exist, in order to increase newspaper sales.
However, if it was unscrupulous reporters who fabricated the facts, how did they buy off almost all the media and let all the newspapers cooperate with them to forge the facts?
Just when the people were still doubting the authenticity of this matter, Goldman Sachs announced in a high-profile manner that it would send its only airship to Hans with a group of celebrities for inspection. Because the number of places is limited, those who want to go to Hans for inspection and vacation need to sign up in advance! As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the people of the United States!
Seeing that Goldman Sachs really has an airship exactly like the president, their doubts disappeared without a trace!
Now that the airship has been in the hands of Goldman Sachs, the previous news is naturally not fake news!
However, instead of continuing to worry about the truth of the news, it is better to sign up quickly to see if you can become a lucky person, be selected by Goldman Sachs, and then take this top luxury airship that only the upper class can experience to travel to Europe!
These days, trade between Europe and North America is very frequent, and there are many people from North America going to Europe, and there are also many people from Europe going to North America.
But before the birth of Hans’s Zeppelin airship, there was only one way of transportation between the two places, that is, ships.
At this time, the Hans brought a second more comfortable, faster and more efficient way of transportation, which greatly increased the interest of many businessmen who needed to travel between Europe and North America for business.
They all wanted to experience it and see if the Hans’ airship was as good as they boasted!
As a result, many people went to Goldman Sachs to sign up, and Goldman Sachs also showed its face in front of people all over the world and made a lot of headlines!
In order to get this quota, many people began to find Vanelk, hoping to cooperate with Goldman Sachs in exchange for this ticket!
Vanelk would naturally not refuse. As long as there is enough interest exchange, he would not refuse the business that came to his door.
However, if all the people on board are upper-class people, it would be too boring. Some places should be left for ordinary people at the bottom. In this way, it will help Goldman Sachs to leave a reputation of being close to the people in the United States, and this reputation will help them gain the favor of the lower-class people!
These people are certainly not as wealthy as the dignitaries in the upper class, but their number is large. If they accumulate a little, the wealth in their hands will be considerable. Therefore, as long as they have a good relationship with them and let them willingly pay for Goldman Sachs’ products, this is a sure-win business for Goldman Sachs. After all, they only paid a few tickets! In
June 1925, the first batch of passengers to set sail from North America to Europe, a total of 127 people, took off from Gotham City and began to cross the Atlantic Ocean and fly towards the European continent.
And President Harding’s mistress, Mrs. Phillips, was also on this airship!
After sending Mrs. Phillips away, President Harding finally felt relieved!
During this period, he pretended to admit his mistakes and took his wife Florence to travel around in the newly bought airship. The relationship between the two warmed up a lot. At least Florence did not continue to poison him!
This made President Harding’s mood become much better. In addition, he was more grateful to Vanelk for helping him solve this huge problem. Not only did he agree to Vanelk’s previous proposal to exclusively operate the Texas oil business, but he also gave Vanelk an archipelago.
“Hey, Vanelk, do you know there’s an archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean called the Azores? It’s a great place!”
“I heard that the sunshine and beaches here are very charming, and it is also a transit point on the Atlantic route from Europe to North America, so the location is very important!”
Vanelk didn’t know what President Harding meant by suddenly mentioning this place, but he did know something about the Azores, so he sighed.
“That’s right. Just doing transit trade here can make hundreds of millions of dollars every year. This is a lot of money!”
President Harding nodded repeatedly when he heard Vanelk’s words, and he agreed with his words very much.
Vanelk raised his eyebrows. For a man who just spent $100 million to buy an airship, hundreds of millions of dollars is really not a lot of money!
However, for ordinary people or even the president, this is a huge sum of money.
“Why did you suddenly think of this?”
Vanelke knew President Harding. Although he was a weirdo, it depended on the situation. His decisions on national affairs did seem very weird, but when it came to his personal affairs, he was not so weird!
At this moment, from the cunning look flashing in the other’s little eyes, Vanelke smelled a hint of conspiracy.
“Hehe, I’ll tell you in secret, don’t tell anyone else!”
President Harding looked around and said to Vanelk in a low voice after making sure that no one was around.
Vanelk was startled and immediately swore that he would keep it a secret.
President Harding did not doubt it and immediately leaked the secret information he knew to Vanelk!
“Portugal has experienced a debt crisis.
They are preparing to sell some of their government assets in exchange for foreign exchange to repay their debts.
Among these assets for sale is the Azores.
The navy is planning to buy the islands.
They are applying for a grant from the government, but it will take at least several weeks to go through the process.
I think since you Goldman Sachs are so rich, you might as well just buy this place and turn it into a tourist attraction and trade hub.
You will definitely make a lot of money in the future!
”
Vanelk was so shocked by the news that he was speechless!
The Portuguese are going to sell the Azores?
Is this true?
No, we have to tell Berlin quickly and let them intervene in this matter!