Chapter 233 New Shareholders

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"You are the majority shareholder of Ridgefield Company! You can decide how to develop it yourself!"

Regarding the future development of Richfield Company, Morgan believed that Fang Lang must have had an idea in his mind for a long time, and now he suddenly asked himself to discuss the development of this company.

Morgan's first thought was that this kid had no good intentions.

Therefore, it is directly stated that I am a small shareholder and you make the decision yourself.

"Mr. Morgan, small shareholders are also shareholders! You can't leave the company alone!"

How could Fang Lang let such a thick thigh go without hugging her!

Morgan obviously didn't expect that this guy would stalk him like a child.

Even though I knew this guy was acting, he still had to smile and said:

"Then tell me, what should we, the small shareholders, do so that we don't abandon the company?"

Seeing Morgan's smile, Fang Lang smiled even happier.

"Don't worry! Mr. Morgan, as long as Morgan Bank provides a loan to Richfield Company, Richfield Company can come back to life."

Mr. Morgan was noncommittal about Fang Lang's request.

After all, providing loans to companies is a normal business of the Morgan family bank, and there is nothing embarrassing about it.

"It's such a trivial matter, do you need to act like a child?"

"So Mr. Morgan, you agree?"

Fang Lang said with a look of surprise.

Looking at Fang Lang's expression, Morgan's heart tightened and he quickly said:

"What do you mean I agreed? Bank loan business needs to be handled at the bank. You need to provide collateral and explain the purpose of the loan.

You don’t even need to come to me for this kind of business! "

How could Fang Lang not understand that he was happy too early and woke up the fish that bit the hook?

He secretly cursed himself for being too anxious.

"I'm not thinking that since you are also a shareholder of the company, can't I just arrange this small business directly with you?"

"What you say is nice, but you definitely don't have any good intentions.

Tell me, now that Ridgefield Company is in your hands, how do you plan to develop it? "

How could an old fox like Morgan be fooled by Fang Lang?

It exposed Fang Lang directly.

Seeing Morgan asking about the company's development direction, Fang Lang could only bite the bullet and said:

"I'm prepared to continue to invest money in exploring the oil fields in the Prudhoe Bay area."

Fang Lang originally thought that Morgan would raise objections directly, but unexpectedly, the other party said as if he had expected it:

"So, the reason why you acquired this company is to enter the stone industry, right?"

Fang Lang did not deny this.

He nodded and said:

"Yes."

"What about the next step? Can you tell me about it?"

This question makes Fang Lang a little embarrassed. He can't say that he knows that there is a large oil field in Prudhoe Bay, and he can make a fortune just by digging it out!

If you really say this, I guess you don’t have to think about loans, and it is more likely that others will withdraw their shares.

For a moment, his mind was running rapidly, and the CPU burned Fang Lang's face until he finally found a reason and said:

"After straightening out the company, I plan to shift the development direction to South America. After all, our neighbor Venezuela is a big oil country."

When talking about oil, the first target in many people's minds is the Middle East countries. Many people ignore that there is another country in South America with huge oil reserves, which is Venezuela.

It’s just that the Venezuelan government has played a good card badly.

In 1975, Venezuelan President Chavez announced that he would nationalize the country's oil industry and expel all domestic oil companies from European and American countries.

This is understandable. After all, our own country controls its own resources.

It's normal to hold it.

But after Venezuela nationalized its oil, it completely hung on the oil tree and did not consider developing other industries at all.

Instead, the money earned from exporting oil has been turned into high welfare benefits for the country, such as free medical care, free housing, etc.

Later, they simply distributed the money directly to the people.

The result is that ordinary people don't have to do anything, just sit at home and get paid.

Agriculture, the main economic pillar industry before the emergence of oil, was directly abandoned.

The population began to gather in cities on a large scale, and the ratio of urban population to rural population was as high as nine to one.

According to some of our experts now, perhaps Venezuela will become the country with the highest happiness index in the world.

However, all welfare benefits in Venezuela are based on high oil prices. With the sharp decline in oil prices in the 1980s, Venezuela's castle-like high welfare policy went bankrupt.

Ninety percent of the population lives in cities, doing nothing to produce and having nothing to eat or drink.

And after decades of high-welfare upbringing, these people no longer know how to farm.

The subsequent government carried out a series of outrageous operations, which led to the government's high debt level and directly transformed it from the richest democratic country in South America to one of the poorest countries in the world.

In order to maintain his position and let voters continue to vote for him, the later President Maduro began to print a large amount of currency and distribute it to the people, and at the same time, he hoped to use currency devaluation to solve inflation.

The consequence of this is that the currency depreciates rapidly and loses its original purchasing power.

In April 2018, Venezuela even announced the issuance of banknotes with a face value of one million bolivars.

The exchange rate with RMB is about 380,000 bolivars which can be exchanged for one dollar.

Under such circumstances, if the government gives everyone 10 million per month, it will only create more millionaires.

and cannot change the current situation of poverty.

Of course, Venezuela is just getting started at this time, and it is not impossible for Fang Lang to get involved. After all, in South America, regardless of the background of an American company.

It’s still related to Brazil. If you want to get a share of the pie, there is always a chance.

So when Fang Lang said these words, Morgan really believed that this was Fang Lang's real plan.

After all, it is understandable for a South American to focus on South America.

At this time, Venezuela is indeed a huge sweet potato in the eyes of Americans. If Fang Lang is really able to get a share of Venezuela's oil industry.

Morgan believes that his investment will definitely receive a generous return.

With such expectations, the loan Fang Lang wanted was a minor problem.

"Then how much loan do you want?"

"How about ten million dollars."

Morgan knew that Fang Lang must be harboring something bad, but when he heard the number reported by Fang Lang, he was still shocked by his shamelessness.

"What? Are you crazy?

You only spent ten million dollars to acquire this damn Ridgefield company, and now you're going to use this crappy company to get a ten million dollar loan from Morgan Bank. "

Fang Lang didn't really expect to get a $10 million loan from Morgan Bank so easily.

However, considering that Morgan owns 10% of the shares in Ridgefield Company, it is definitely much easier to get a loan than ordinary companies outside.

The biggest question now is whether Ridgefield has such valuable collateral.

"What if I told you I was sure I could get oil out of Prudhoe Bay?"

"Fang, you have to understand that it is impossible for me to provide you with an unsecured loan for your expected income.

If you can use the Universal Group in your name as a guarantee, then I think this loan application will be very easy to pass. "

How could Fang Lang not understand that this old guy Morgan obviously had bad intentions?

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"If that's the case, would the Morgan family mind if I once again introduce new shareholders to our new Global Oil Company?"

Morgan obviously did not expect that Fang Lang would have such an idea.

In principle, as the largest shareholder, Fang Lang has no problem introducing new shareholders into the company.

However, Fang Lang proposed after Morgan refused the loan.

Morgan felt that the shareholder Fang Lang wanted to introduce might not be compatible with his family.

Thinking of the industry this company was engaged in, Morgan immediately had his own goal in mind.

"You want to bring in the Rockefeller family?"

It's not that the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family have any grudges. The two families can only be said to be in a competitive relationship.

During this period, the Morgan family was obviously more powerful. The Rockefeller family would not truly surpass the Morgan family until the oil price increased rapidly in the 1970s.

Of course, this lead did not last long. With the decline in oil prices in the 1980s and other factors, the wealth of the Rockefeller family slowly declined, and was overtaken by the Morgan family again.

However, the competitive relationship between capitalists is sometimes tense, and the progress of the other party means our backwardness.

More importantly, the Democratic Party in the United States belongs to the Morgan family, while the Republican Party belongs to the Rockefeller family, although this is not absolute.

But it also reflects that the two families actually have some conflicts.

When Morgan thought that Fang Lang wanted to introduce the Rockefeller family, Morgan's first reaction was to be angry. It does not mean that people who do business with the Morgan family cannot do business with the Rockefeller family.

This situation is impossible to avoid.

What made Morgan unhappy was that he felt that Fang Lang was using the Rockefeller family to put pressure on the Morgan family.

Therefore, when he asked this question, his tone became obviously unfriendly.

Seeing Mr. Morgan's reaction, Fang Lang understood that if he really said that he wanted to introduce the Rockefeller family, the friendship he had finally established with the Morgan family would instantly collapse.

At this time, Fang Lang could only fight to death without admitting that this was what he was thinking.

"Mr. Morgan, you misunderstood me. No matter how dizzy I am, I will never do such a thing, right?"

In fact, Fang Lang really considered bringing in the Rockefeller family. After all, the oil industry is their main position!

As a Brazilian, he controlled the future largest oil field in the United States. No matter how he thought about it, Fang Lang felt like he was playing with fire.

Although this company has 10% of the Morgan family's shares, how could this inconspicuous 10% be concealed? What about the 90% share ratio of himself?

The most important thing is that Fang Lang thinks that through this company, establishing a connection with the two largest consortiums in the United States will be very beneficial to the future development of his company in the United States.

At least no one would dare to target their own company easily.

Morgan was not easily fooled by Fang Lang's quibbles.

He asked directly:

"Then who do you want to make become one of the new shareholders of this company?"