At 7:30 pm, Li Mu and Will left Governor Island and headed to Trinity Church near Fort Park to attend the Mass.

The Mass is part of Christmas Eve. At about 8:00, the church will hold its first Mass. This Mass is open to believers. All believers can go to the church to receive the blessings of the priest. On the one hand, they put a perfect end to the previous year, and on the other hand, they hope that everything will go well in the coming year.

At midnight, the church will hold a second ceremony, and this time there is no need for believers to attend. The church will commemorate the birth of Jesus by ringing the bell.

That’s right, Christmas is for Jesus’ birthday, so those who do not believe in Christianity are actually just joining in the fun.

Li Mu actually joined in the fun. Although Li Mu has always claimed that he is a devout Catholic, it is actually not that. This is just a choice that Li Mu had to make in order to integrate into American society. Li Mu is actually a firm atheist, but at some moments, Li Mu doesn't mind finding a spiritual sustenance for himself.

As the church closest to Wall Street, Trinity Church is very high-end, especially on special occasions like Christmas Eve, it is impossible for ordinary people to attend Mass at Trinity Church, and Li Mu's car could not pass. Two streets away, Li Mu and Will had to get out of the car and walk with a few women.

To celebrate Christmas, Trinity Church was dressed up in a bunch of flowers. The carpet was spread from the door to the understairs. The carpet was covered with flower baskets on both sides. I don’t know where the church found so many flowers.

Gloria unexpectedly wore a white gauze dress today. The hem of the skirt was wearing a steel wire. The whole skirt looked very fluffy, but it was almost no warmth. Wearing this kind of clothes in this weather is a pain.

Although there are many people on the way, no one takes the initiative to say hello to Li Mu. This is not because Li Mu has a bad popularity, but because his status is too different, he artificially increases the class. In addition, there is a Will next to Li Mu who looks strange and does not look close to him, so no one takes the initiative to say hello to Li Mu.

It is not suitable for showing off at this time. Li Mu always thinks that he is a qualified businessman, so no matter whether he knows or not, as long as he sees Li Mu, he will take the initiative to smile and nod and use this method to release kindness.

It is enough. All those who received Li Mu's kindness smiled, and some even took the initiative to take off their hats. When more people smiled and nodded, they were accompanied by bowing. Although the movement was not large, it was obvious enough.

"Don't be proud, if they knew what you did in Houston? I wonder if you can still maintain your current image." Will was a little unhappy.

"Do you think they don't know now? The people here are much more informed than you expected." Li Mu did not think there was any problem with this. Those who are qualified to go to Trinity Church to perform mass must at least be at the level of a millionaire. They always have their own information channels.

The development of technology has greatly promoted the spread of news. What happened in Texas twenty years ago took a month to reach Washington. After the invention of the train, the time was shortened to one week. After the invention of the telegram, the time was shortened to two hours. If Li Mu told Will, maybe one day something happened on the other side of the earth would only take two minutes to reach this end of the earth. I wonder what Will would think.

"What did you do in Houston?" Gloria behind Li Mu was a little curious. After all, she was a reporter and had enough news sensitivity.

"It's nothing. Someone wants to give me a prank on Christmas. I taught him a little lesson." Li Mu didn't want to say too much. Let men do these intrigues. Women should be responsible for their beautiful appearance.

"I really deserve to expose your true face and let my baby think about her future." Will's heart was so entangled. He didn't want Gloria to form a family with a bastard, nor did he want to see Gloria being abducted by a strange bastard.

"Dad, I know what I'm doing." Gloria was very dissatisfied with Will's attitude towards Li Mu, and raised her hand to hold Li Mu's arm to express her attitude.

"Can you not do this now? You are not engaged yet." Will was really angry now. Although the girl is too old to stay, you can't just turn her elbow out now.

Although "mistress culture" is popular in Western society, many people are traditionally conservative in their bones. Even the group of people who were called "destroyed generations" in the 1960s and 1970s also have many people who are conservative in their thoughts.

Will's thoughts are also very conservative, otherwise he would not have been enduring for so many years after his first wife passed away. In Will's heart, although Li Mu and Gloria had already determined their relationship, the engagement ceremony had not been held yet, so in public, we should pay attention to the influence.

Although Gloria looked carefree, she was also a conservative person like Will. As soon as Will finished speaking, Gloria immediately pulled her hand out of Li Mu's arm and wrist, her face was red and cute.

Speaking of engagement ceremonies, this is also a major ceremony in Western society, and its significance is no less than a marriage ceremonies. Therefore, Li Mu and Gloria must have an engagement ceremonies, but it only takes until Gloria becomes an adult in the legal sense.

Li Mu's face was also trained. He walked forward with Will with his head held high without any embarrassment.

Not surprisingly, Li Mu and Will were arranged in the first row, Will was next to the aisle, Li Mu was on Will's left hand, and Li Mu was Rockefeller on the left hand.

Although Standard Oil's headquarters is in Cleveland, Rockefeller is a Standard New Yorker. Rockefeller was born in Richmond, New York, and now his home is in Manhattan, so Rockefeller's Mass is also in Trinity Church.

Li Mu was still worried about finding fault: "Tomorrow is Christmas. Shouldn't you go back to Cleveland now to be with your employees?"

"You didn't go back to Springfield..." Rockefeller reacted quickly and immediately retorted.

"New Year's Day is coming soon. Should our gas station business be dividends?" Li Mu started talking about the topic and chose something that everyone likes.

The "gas station business" mentioned by Li Mu is Mobil Petroleum, which is now spread all over the United States.

The invention of automobiles has led to the popularization of gasoline. Mobil Petroleum, which was just born at the beginning of the year, has now traded its business in 36 states across the United States. As long as there are cars, there will be gas stations. This is also a unique business.

Gasoline has now come from behind and has become an important profit point for Standard Oil. If it continues to develop according to the current trend, at most by the middle of next year, gasoline will become the main profit point for Standard Oil. Li Mu is very proud of this whenever he thinks of this.

Li Mu's proud work became heart-wrenching when he arrived at Rockefeller, but it was no wonder that others were. Rockefeller took the initiative to give 49% of his shares to Li Mu. Whenever he thought of this, Rockefeller would feel heartbroken.

"Don't think about dividends this year. All profits are used to open new gas stations, so there is no dividend at all. And I think it is necessary for us to rediscuss the dividend ratio. Someone is doing nothing now, but he can get a large dividend. He should kneel in front of the priest and cry and repent in tears later." Rockefeller's expressionless face.

Rockefeller is a loyal Christian believer. Before he became famous, Rockefeller vowed to donate 1/10 of his future income to the church. He did do this, but it was only completed before he died. So it is unknown whether this vow is true or later deliberately packaged.

It doesn't make sense to pursue this. In fact, according to Time magazine, Li Mu also promised to donate 1/10 of his income to public welfare undertakings.

Li Mu is not just talking. He is doing this with his own actions. For example, Junma Affiliated School is the best manifestation of Li Mu's return to society.

This is the charity in the United States. Although Junma Affiliated School has requirements for students, Li Mu's purpose of founding Junma Affiliated School is not purely to support public education, but Time magazine will definitely not mention this point when it is hyping up. Everyone can only see that Junma Affiliated School was founded by Li Mu. In order to support the school's operation, Li Mu invests millions of dollars in massive funds every year. As for Li Mu's real purpose, who cares? What politicians want is public influence, newspapers want newspaper sales, and people want hope, but they just need it.

"Don't even think about it. I think the distribution method is very reasonable now. It is because someone will have the idea of ​​rediscussing it again. Don't forget how gasoline comes from. If I hadn't reminded you, the gasoline would have been evaporated in vain." Li Mu would never give in on this issue. He had already put the money in his pocket, so no one would have thought of taking it away.

At this time, the bishop finally appeared, and the choir sang the famous Mass song "Christmas Eve". Everyone was happy and the Mass was officially started.

Like other devout believers, Rockefeller prayed first with his eyebrows down and then continued to bite his ears with Li Mu: "Ask a discussion, don't you want to inject capital into the plastic factory? Don't say that I didn't give you a chance, exchange Mobil Oil shares for exchange. If you are willing to take out 10%, you can occupy 10% of the shares in the plastic factory. If you are willing to take out 20%, you can occupy 20%. Of course, the premise is that you must really take out the money."

Rockefeller is already preparing to build a new factory in Cleveland to extract plastic from oil waste, which is also a good business, so Li Mu really wants to participate, but Li Mu never expected that Rockefeller would actually take this matter to the Mass ceremony.

"This is two things. We can't confuse it. Of course I will pay and there will be no extraordinary requirements, but I will not be threatened by someone. After all, the prospects of the plastics industry are unclear, and the expectations of the oil industry are there, so don't have any other unreasonable ideas. If you don't agree to my request, I will let all car owners not refuel at the gas station." Li Mu was not powerless to resist. On the contrary, because cars are the biggest oil tiger, so Li Mu should be able to threaten Rockefeller.

Li Mu's threat is not impossible. You should know that only Junma Automobile Factory has truly mastered the automotive technology these days. After all cars break down, they will have to return to Junma Automobile Factory for repair. Even the cars produced by Vanderbilt Automobile Factory are the same. So as long as Li Mu announces that the gasoline of Mobil Oil is not suitable for cars, and then Li Mu spends some time to rebuild a batch of gas stations, then the seemingly prosperous Mobil Oil will soon become yesterday's yellow flower.

"You shameless bastard..." Lockfell gritted his teeth.

"You are the shameless money skeleton..." Li Mu responded tit-for-tat. No one is much better than anyone these days. Don't talk about pig black.

Li Mu and Rockefeller were talking lively in the audience, and the Archbishop on the stage looked as dark as the bottom of a pot. How could he openly discuss the issue of "money" at such a sacred mass ceremony?

However, although the Archbishop was unhappy, he had no choice. Li Mu and Rockefeller were the two largest local snakes in New York. If these two quarrels, even Mayor Arthur would not be able to interfere, let alone the Archbishop.

"I'm not greedy either. I'll pay as much as I should. No one will be less than yours, but I want a 30% share, and there's no discussion about this." Li Mushi spoke up and opened her mouth to tear off a piece of meat from Rockefeller.

"Don't even think about it, at most ten percent." Rockefeller actually didn't want to give a point, but it was impossible not to give it at all. As long as Li Mu and Rockefeller opened their mouths, Rockefeller would have to spit out some of it.

"You are sending the beggar, 10% is not enough for me to buy gifts for Gloria." Li Mu was very dissatisfied. To put it bluntly, it was not that he didn't give money. He was so stingy that Bala was really dissatisfied.

"Oh oh oh Gloria, what's going on?" Rockefeller can gossip, and gossip is also terrible.

"I'm going to get engaged to Gloria, so the shares in the plastic factory are my gift to Gloria. If you get 10%, what's this?" In order to make money, Li Mu also does everything he wants.

In fact, making money is secondary. The reason why Li Mu insists on participating in shares is to gain closer ties with Rockefeller in this way. In this way, Junma Group and Standard Oil will be inseparable and form a firm united front, which will benefit Junma Group and Standard Oil.

"Okay, okay, for Gloria's sake, twenty percent." Lockele immediately gave in. Speaking of this, if he didn't give in, it would not only not give Li Mu's face, but even Will offended him.
Chapter completed!