Although Li Mu and Rockefeller and other tycoons at the top of the pyramid have a good relationship, they must first be without conflicts of interest, otherwise this superficial harmony cannot be maintained. Behemoths like Junma Group and Standard Oil will never allow others to intervene in their own monopoly fields. If someone dares to break this unspoken rule, it will definitely attract a unanimous counterattack from everyone.

Just like Paul Maysfield, as the city owner of Philadelphia, no one would believe that Rockefeller and Paul Maysfield have no contact. Philadelphia is the second largest city in Pennsylvania, and Standard Oil's headquarters is in Pennsylvania, so there must be a connection between them, and it should be said that the relationship was very good before. Even so, when Paul Maysfield tried to touch the bottom line of the unspoken rule, Rockefeller immediately made his own choice. This does not mean how much weight is in Rockefeller's heart compared to Li Mu and Paul Maysfield. It can only be said that in Rockefeller's heart, rules are the most important.

When it comes to a social class like Rockefeller, they value rules much more than ordinary people because they are the rule makers. Challenging rules is equivalent to challenging the entire system.

After seeing off Rockefeller, Li Mu called Arthur and invited Arthur to watch the first stop of the 1877 American Auto Rally held on the weekend, which is the New York Station.

After three years of accumulation, the United States Auto Rally has become one of the most influential events in the United States and even the world. In this era when the Olympics have not yet appeared, sports events have begun to show their charm in the form of competition for the first time. The annual National Auto Rally is equivalent to a carnival. All the host cities have almost begun to look forward to the restart of the next year from the day they end. Almost all cities in the United States have applied to the National Auto Rally Organizing Committee, hoping that their cities can become part of the National Auto Rally.

With the influence of the National Auto Rally, the influence of New York is also continuing to expand. In the past, New York was just the economic center of the United States. When people talk about New York, while they yearn for it, they always inevitably positioned this city as "a city full of the smell of copper". However, after the influence of the National Auto Rally continued to expand, New York's image in people's hearts is quietly changing, and the rally added more unique charm to the city.

According to statistics from the New York City Government, in the New York Station of the National Auto Rally last year, more than 200,000 people flocked to New York to participate in the carnival in just one week, including many Europeans willing to cross the Atlantic Ocean. These people spent more than $15 million in New York, creating more than $5 million in profits for New York City. The taxes increased by the New York City government are enough to fill the entire rally expenses.

Compared with the previous two years, this year's New York Station competition is even better. In order to continue to increase its influence, the organizing committee invited the President to shoot for the rally. At that time, more than 50 political leaders will watch the rally, including foreign heads of state such as Cuban President Sylvester.

For Arthur, the New York Station of the All-American Auto Rally is Arthur's stage for Arthur to show himself. Although Arthur has already taken office as the governor of New York, in fact, Arthur also serves as the chairman of the Organizing Committee of the All-American Auto Rally. This is an important way for Arthur to continue to expand his personal influence. Even if he wants to run with James Garfield in the future, Arthur will not give up this position.

Sitting in the VIP box at the top of the stand, Arthur was holding a cigar from the Bahamas in one hand, and a glass of champagne from France was placed on the low table. Looking at the filled stands, Arthur was full of confidence: "—So, this year's champion is still the Phantom Team?"

In the past two years, the Phantom team has won two consecutive championships without any controversy, and Mason has also become the best driver of the American Auto Rally for two consecutive years. Considering the increasingly strong technical reserves of Junma Automobile, if there is no accident, this championship will likely be monopolized by the Phantom team in the next few years.

"No, this year's championship will be the Standard Oil Team. Only when everyone is in equal strength can they create enough suspense, so that this event can have long-term vitality." Li Mu spared no effort to promote the rally, even if he gave up the championship, he would not hesitate to give in.

In fact, Li Mu is certainly not so great. In order to break the monopoly of the Phantom Team, Rockefeller paid a full $3 million price. This money could allow Li Mu to raise ten more Phantom Teams.

$3 million looks a lot, right?

Actually, it is not. John Vanderbilt increased the price to 5 million, but Li Mu still did not agree. After all, Rockefeller is engaged in oil and has no direct competition with Junma Automobile. Although Vanderbilt Automobile is difficult to survive under the pressure of Junma Automobile, it can pose a threat to Junma Automobile after all. Li Mu does not want to build an opponent for Junma Automobile.

"Hahaha, you despicable guy, I know it's not that simple." Arthur praised Li Mu's behavior. No matter how Li Mu and Rockefeller struggled, the last thing they benefited was the National Auto Rally. Arthur's influence would also increase, so Arthur had no reason to object.

"This summer, I am going to start another game. What do you think of rugby? If we set up a professional rugby major league, it will definitely become an event with an influence as much as the National Auto Rally. With the support of the professional rugby major league, New York will definitely be better." Li Mu also threw out another event to try to enrich the urban charm of New York.

With various support from Junma Group on both sides and secrets, the sport of rugby is developing rapidly in New York. Currently, there are no less than 50 rugby clubs in New York, and there are more than ten subsidiaries of Junma Group. Among them, Fort Park Rugby Club is the largest in scale and has more than one thousand members. The club organizes games almost every week. As the founder of Fort Park Rugby Club, Li Mu has also visited several games in person. According to what Li Mu saw, it is almost natural to launch the Rugby League.

Many times we have to admit that the promotion of a campaign has made great contributions to the behind-the-scenes pusher. Li Mu is now the behind-the-scenes pusher. At present, it seems that Li Mu's work has been completed very well.

Compared with the popularity of football, the real national football "baseball" in the United States in the 21st century is currently in the process of transitioning from amateur to professionalism.

In 1839, the first baseball game in history was held in Gupas, New York, USA. In 1860, professional baseball players began to appear in the United States. In 1871, the United States established the "National Professional Baseball Players Organization". Last year, the organization was renamed the "National Baseball Federation".

It seems that baseball has a more complete advantage than rugby, but in fact it is because of the lack of behind-the-scenes pushers. In today's New York, baseball has a less influential influence than rugby that has just appeared.

This is probably because compared with baseball, the rules of rugby are more in line with the violent genes in the Americans' bodies. Americans have always liked games with a lot of physical contact. Ice hockey and rugby are representatives of this aspect, while baseball is the other extreme. Relatively speaking, Americans do not like European football very much. This is probably not just because football is less efficient, and the scores in each game are sometimes even awkward zero to zero. It is also because football is limited by rules and cannot effectively exert physical factors, so it is not liked by Americans.

In fact, before proposing the professional football league, Li Mu also became interested in baseball, but compared to baseball, Li Mu prefers the rough and directness of football, so Li Mu gave up baseball. Perhaps one day in the future, Li Mu will also become interested in baseball.

"How to do it?" Arthur was very interested in Li Mu's suggestions. Now Arthur has tasted the benefits of the All-American Auto Rally and is extremely optimistic about the professional football league that has not yet been born.

"It's very simple. We only need to hold an event, charge a certain registration fee to each participating team, and then return all registration fees as rewards to the winners. In this way, we don't even need publicity, so that people will naturally register." Li Mu was preparing to make money by nothing this time and did not want to pay the subsidy out of his own pocket.

"All registration fees? So who will pay for the operating fees?" Arthur didn't want to pay, and even Arthur was a little disappointed. After all, with the American Auto Rally, Arthur still counted on the professional football league to subsidize the New York State finance.

"It's just like this in the first season. When we wait for the second season, we can build the stadium, sell tickets, and sell various souvenirs. I don't need to say anything about it next. Just how we operate the National Car Rally, just how we operate the Professional Football League." Li Mu is ready to not make money in the first year, even if we lose some money, it is acceptable. These losses will be compensated in the future.

"Well, a very interesting idea-" Arthur thought about it in his mind, and had to admit that it was as feasible as Li Mu said.

In the 19th century, there was almost no entertainment activity in the United States. These days, there were no computers or TVs. People would probably have to play with children except to work hard to create people when they went home.

In this case, there is almost no doubt about the acceptance of sports activities. Compared with other relatively high-cost entertainment activities such as travel and listening to opera, sports should be the lowest cost. Not only does it not harm your pockets, but it is also beneficial to your body. No one will refuse such activities. The love of sports activities by ordinary people can be seen from the popularity of rugby in the past year.

A year ago, Li Mu paid out of his own pocket to give only 5,000 footballs as gifts to the audience of the National Car Rally. Almost in the blink of an eye, the sport of rugby quickly became the new favorite of New Yorkers. In the streets and alleys, in the early morning and evening, several young people rushed around with a football at any time and anywhere, including rich children and poor children. On the sports field, the body's ability to play a role is the capital to compete for the best and worst, and almost no one cares about the amount of wealth they have.

This is the charm of sports.

"Compared with a car rally that only lasts for only one month, the rugby league lasts longer, has a wider audience, and has a greater influence. Assuming that twenty teams participate in the game, we can divide them into several groups for cross-matches. For example, the East Coast teams only play on the East Coast, while the West Coast teams only play on the West Coast teams. In this way, each team will play 10 to 15 games in a season, and the season will last for two to three months. When all the games are over,

All the teams with the best results are concentrated in New York for the playoffs and even the final winner is decided. It is expected that by then, the Professional Rugby League will be a carnival that lasts about half a year, and everyone can participate. Even if they cannot play in person, they can cheer for the teams they support in the audience." Li Mu has planned a complete schedule for the Rugby League. Considering the poor traffic conditions at this time, the game will eventually be concentrated in New York, which will further enhance New York's influence.

"Just do it like this, this is a good model, maybe we can further promote it-" Just one competition cannot satisfy Arthur. Arthur needs more exposure opportunities, which will win more votes for Arthur and James Garfield in the future.

"Of course, this model can be used, ice hockey, baseball, and even football." Although Li Mu was not a professional sports person in his previous life, he had visited the game scene and experienced the atmosphere on the scene. Now, even if he took out the fur in his impression, it was a concept that transcends the times.

In fact, in English, football and rugby are the same word, and Li Mu did not express it clearly, but Arthur did not take into account Li Mu's mistakes. Arthur has been immersed in the beautiful prospects of Li Mu's weaving: "That's it. I'll go to Edward tomorrow, will summer begin?"

Arthur could not wait. For Arthur, he wanted to bring all the good things in the world to New York, and it would be best to move the capital to New York in the United States so that Arthur would be satisfied.

"Whenever you start, the decision is controlled by us. If you want, you can start tomorrow." Li Mu clearly did not interfere with Arthur's operations, and this was to give Arthur enough exposure.
Chapter completed!