Harvard is the home of the Democratic Party in the United States and a stronghold of liberals. When St. Jose first came here, they were not enthusiastic about the Republican Eisenhower becoming president, but the trend seems to have changed recently.
Some students on Harvard campus appeared to take action, holding banners and chanting, "We support Ike, we end the war."
Ike was Eisenhower's nickname.
This made Saint Jose feel a little funny. This was a direct theft.
The political activities in the United States during the recent period have been really eye-opening and dazzling for Saint Jose.
In the fierce election campaign, his supporters took advantage of the people's mentality of worshiping "heroes".
He constantly promoted his "great achievements" in World War II, and his promise to voters to stop the Goryeo War was also very attractive to voters.
Moreover, during the campaign cycle, Eisenhower visited more than 40 states, delivered more than 200 speeches, and traveled more than 80,000 kilometers by plane, train, and ship, which is equivalent to walking around the earth twice, well, really two times. lock up.
Eisenhower's speech level gradually improved, and he was able to mobilize people's emotions.
Even Saint Jose himself feels that this guy is indeed very suitable to be the president of the United States. Americans need such a "heroic" president.
Eisenhower had several super consortiums standing behind him to help him.
Eisenhower himself had excellent qualities. Unexpectedly, he was also very eloquent and had a very clean foundation. This was an authentic American elite talent. He was fully supported by the big guys in the Republican Party. After changing his political views, he especially attracted the votes of the people at the bottom.
Americans are now very dissatisfied with the failed Goryeo War. Now Eisenhower's approval rating has been rising all the way and has surpassed Aled. It seems that he is just short of the final kick. Who will win depends on next week.
On November 1st, in Boston Manor,
"Guerrero, who do you think will be the next president of the United States? The results will be available in a few days."
Guerrero has been in charge during the recent period and has not left Boston, initially establishing an intelligence framework for the United States.
"Boss, you are embarrassing me, but I think Eisenhower was a very powerful person. There were praises about him everywhere in the newspapers, almost all of them, and his opponents had many slanders about him. Of course, until the last moment, who should be the one? Not even the president."
"Yeah, I'm also looking forward to finding out who the next president of the United States will be."
Saint Jose took a sip of coffee and looked at the snowy scene outside the window, feeling a little uneasy.
Compared with the United States, last year's presidential election in Argentina was like playing house.
The United States is now in the most powerful stage of centralization since the founding of the country. From Roosevelt to Truman, Roosevelt turned the weak democratically elected president of the United States into an imperial president.
This is true for Truman and the future Eisenhower, because they have mastered a sharp sword, the CIA.
At this time, the CIA had a gathering of real experts with vast powers. The joining of Harvard professors was actually one of the reasons why the CIA was so powerful. In addition, there were also professors and think tanks from Columbia University, who played an indispensable role in the development of the CIA.
These two universities were actually the two universities studied by former U.S. President Roosevelt. They were recruited by Roosevelt to form a think tank and formulated the "Roosevelt New Deal" with great achievements. Later, Harvard and Columbia were involved in World War II and the Cold War. This can be regarded as the merit of following the dragon.
Why is the CIA so powerful now? In addition to Harvard, Columbia and the country’s elite reserve and supreme status, they are also very rich, super rich.
The specific funding data of the CIA has now been classified as top secret. The last time the budget was released was in 1946 for the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Their annual budget is 22 million U.S. dollars, which is horribly large. In 1946, there were more than 2,000 CIA personnel. Now it is estimated that there are more than 10,000 people. It is estimated that only the President of the United States knows the specific number.
The CIA's wealth can be inferred from the apparent Marshall Plan. In 1948, the CIA established overseas offices. In 1948, the Marshall Doctrine was passed by Congress, and the total plan was US$13.7 billion.
The CIA's overseas offices can draw 5% of these funds for secret intelligence work, which means that at least US$600 million has flowed into the CIA. With these funds, the CIA can spend money to buy intelligence and train spies.
The Italian Socialist Party was actually destroyed by the CIA. The CIA used the US dollars in briefcases to manipulate the Italian election in 1948. The CIA spent at least 10 million US dollars for this purpose. From then on, Italy completely turned to the United States instead of the Soviet Union.
“In addition to the thick cash in the black handbag, there is also a lot of friendship and trust, plus a little hard and soft...”
In fact, Argentina’s think tank at the University of Buenos Aires learned from Roosevelt, but they didn’t learn the essence. In the final analysis, it’s because Argentina is too poor now. Even doing intelligence work has become a luxury when there is no money. Fortunately, in St. Jose There is enough money to support these intelligence operations.
In fact, the Falcon Intelligence Bureau in San Jose is also a bit shabby. The budget of the Falcon Bureau this year is only 2 million US dollars. This is actually a lot, and it may have exceeded the official Argentine agency. Regarding the budget of the National Intelligence Service, it seems that Bilon is more stingy than St. Jose.
The current number of members of the Falcon Bureau has reached more than 200, and the development in the past year has actually been pretty good. If the futures speculation can be successful this time, Saint-Jesse plans to continue to expand the scale and quality of the Falcon Bureau next year.
Among the more than 200 people, there are actually relatively few real cores. However, the student association New Youth League has also been brewing well and can become an important source of recruitment for him. Saint Jose still has some difficulties with large-scale plans. He also needs his own brain trust.
"Guerrero, we need to speed up the development of the Falcon Bureau. I will continue to increase funding next year."
Saint Hesse was a little melancholy. Producing intelligence was too expensive, and it was really difficult to do anything without money.
"Yes, boss, I think it would be best to increase it by three or four times."
Guerrero had already calculated the cost.
"Probably, maybe, as long as this trip to the United States goes well."
If we can speculate on onion futures well and then use money to invest in emerging companies in the United States, the money will basically be endless.
Allocating 8 million US dollars to the Falcon Bureau will have huge returns in the future. This is necessary to protect assets, but it must develop faster and better.
For example, the annual profit of the Eagle Cigarette Factory is enough to support the Falcon Bureau and several security companies.
This is not just investment but no output.
Argentina does not have a strong national backing like the United States, so safety must come first no matter what it does.
Even a U.S. consortium has no choice when it comes to a country like Libya that does not adhere to military ethics. International investment carries huge risks.
Saint-Jesse tries to only invest in countries with sound systems and avoid risks as much as possible.
...
November 6, 1952, San Francisco, during the second round of congressional voting.
He was elected with an overwhelming majority in the Electoral College, 442 to 89, allowing the Republican Party to regain the White House after 20 years.
Republican Eisenhower received a total of 34,075,529 votes, accounting for 55.2%, and Democrat Aled received 27,375,090 votes, accounting for 44.3%.
Eisenhower, 62, ran for president of the United States and won the election, becoming the 34th president of the United States.
At the age of 39, Nixon became Vice President of the United States.
This is a festive day for Americans.
For Saint Jose, this day was ordinary. He had been in the United States for more than two months and was ready to make a move.
Of course, he was relieved. The next eight years were almost secure.
The Democratic Party lost miserably and returned to its base in the South. The Republican Party continued to control Pennsylvania and New York.
Aled had even been stolen from his hometown in Illinois, the capital of which is Chicago.
For the Democratic Party, the next step was even worse. Even Truman got angry several times, but this could not save the defeat.
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In addition to the situation in the Intelligence Bureau, St. Jose also discovered something interesting at Harvard, which was the importance Americans paid to and researched the Soviet Union.
After all, the people who understand you best are often your enemies. The Soviets are the greatest enemies of Americans.
Harvard established the Institute of Soviet Studies last year, one of five university Soviet institutes in the country. The first Soviet Institute in the United States was established at Columbia University with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation.
In this way, the security of St. Hesse's troubles can be greatly improved. After all, the Soviet Union is the enemy of the United States.
To be honest, Argentina's biggest enemy is not the British or the Brazilians, but the Americans. Saint Jose is also trying to spy on the most powerful "New Rome" empire in the history of the world, which requires a clear understanding.
After World War II, the study of the Soviet Union in the United States developed rapidly. After all, Stalin knew about the Manhattan Project earlier than Truman. This made the Truman government determined to clean up the Soviets. Therefore, with the financial support of the United States, a large number of research funds and research institutions were established.
American studies on the Soviet Union are mainly divided into official and semi-official institutions, as well as university research institutes.
The official one is the Central Intelligence Agency, and the semi-official one is mainly the later-famous RAND Corporation, which mainly conducts research on Soviet policy.
The university research institute mainly conducts research on Soviet politics, military, economy, and society.
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American conglomerates are very powerful because they can manipulate American politics. Morgan will also face new challenges in the next few years.
Fortunately, San Jose did not try to fight, otherwise he would definitely be beaten to death. His small body is not big enough for his teeth. Even the new consortiums in California and Texas are very powerful.
Starting from the second half of 1952, due to the hoarding of several large onion growers, the price of U.S. onion futures contracts began to rise continuously.
Other agricultural product futures remain stable, and Saint-Jesse is like a careful hunter, secretly making trouble in the futures market.
The Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are the main battlegrounds of St. Hesse. This time they speculated on agricultural futures, they followed the trend and made a small amount of money to spend.
In the United States, the futures market originated in Chicago. Chicago is located in the center of the North American continent and is an important transportation hub connecting the east and west of the United States.
The amount of San Jose's agricultural product futures contracts soon started to rise, starting from 12 million U.S. dollars.
Less than a week.
It turned into 27 million US dollars,
The layout made 15 million US dollars in 2 months, which is pure profit.
"Sean, please make arrangements to sell these contracts."
"Boss, this will continue to rise. Do you really want to sell it?"
Thain asked with some doubts. The onion futures situation is very good. In his opinion, doubling the price is not a problem.
Chicago onion merchants Sam and Vickerson successfully manipulated the onion futures market on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange by hoarding large quantities of goods.
The little onion was played with big tricks, and they made about 5 million US dollars through this little onion.
Saint Jose followed and drank some soup.
The onion futures contract that St. Hesse bought was about 1 million US dollars, but as onions rose crazily and other agricultural product futures started to market, he also made crazy profits.
"People can't be too greedy."
"Okay, boss."
"Sell in batches, don't rush."
"Understood, boss."
In fact, if he continued, he could earn at least another 4 million US dollars, but Saint-Jesse was not greedy and calmly sold the onion contract.
Onion futures have gone crazy, and even several onion growers are becoming blindly optimistic.
They have many more orders than Saint Jose.
Sure enough, it rose another twelve percent.
Thain was so distressed that he still sold the contract, and it was quickly eaten by others.
The market has gone crazy, and everyone thinks it will continue to rise, just like the original cotton and Dutch tulips.
The onion contract has deviated from its original value, and it is very easy to speculate. San Jose does not even need public opinion, it only needs to follow the money.
Sequoia Investment could not make 10 million US dollars in 2 years, and that was the reason why Saint-Jesse kept investing money.
As a result, it took Saint Jose 2 months to do it, and a lot more.
Seeing that the amount had been received, Saint Jose ordered again.
"Be prepared to go short after it's sold out."
For some time in the future, there is a high probability that U.S. futures and stock markets will still be in a downward trend, and Saint-Jesse plans to go short and make another profit.
"Boss, are you crazy? The market is so good now. Are you short selling?"
Thain didn't understand. The United States had a new president and stopped the war. It was crazy to be short. It should be long.
"Well, let's do it."
"Well, boss, this is your money anyway."
Although Thain didn't understand, he still did it honestly.
Martin Herman graduated from Harvard Business School and was personally recruited by St. Hesse. He is a talented investor discovered by New Sequoia Investments. He has 5 years of experience in the industry and has been working at Goldman Sachs before.
This time the trading team recruited this talented employee with a high annual salary of US$29,000, and he currently serves as the deputy general manager of Sequoia Investments.
Sequoia Investment is now divided into Blackstone Investment and Sequoia Investment. Blackstone Investment’s capital comes from the capital differentiated from St. Hesse, with a capital scale of US$17 million.
New Sequoia has opened up financial management and high-end investment projects, and its asset scale is still 20 million US dollars, which comes from some wealthy people.
“Boss, do we, Blackstone Investment, want to invest in so many small companies?”
Martin was a little confused. In the past, Sequoia invested in large companies, but now it has changed to small companies. Blackstone is also a part of Sequoia, and Sequoia is gradually selling off the stocks of large companies and moving into small companies.
Saint Jose personally compiled a report of new companies and planned to invest in venture capital. There were dozens of small companies that had been established less than 5 years ago.
"Yes, Martin, you organize a negotiation team to acquire shares."
