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Chapter 788: Chaebol Family
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After Steven Rockefeller and Clark Ford had finished dealing with the people they were chatting with, the three of them strode toward the cabin not far away.
After passing through a metal spring door completely inlaid with gold, bypassing a gorgeous corridor, and passing through a portal again, a gorgeous and extravagant banquet hall appeared in front of Liu Dong.
The hall is about 40 meters wide, nearly 100 meters long, and over 10 meters high. It is divided into two floors, with a high-ceiling structure in the middle. It is completely decorated in a luxurious French style. Under the dazzling crystal lamp, the surrounding walls are decorated with gold and
There are gorgeous wallpapers and reliefs in yellow, and on the high-end carpet under your feet, there are tables and chairs made of walnut wood and gold and silver edging!
Between the tables and chairs, many well-dressed men in suits and bow ties, as well as gorgeously dressed women, were holding wine glasses in their own small circles, chatting and laughing with each other.
The bartenders in red vests shuttled around constantly, making the atmosphere in the entire banquet hall lively and noisy.
However, Liu Dong clearly felt that after the three of them, to be precise, Steven Rockefeller and Clark Ford walked in, the eyes focused on them suddenly became intensive.
Perhaps they have long been accustomed to this kind of public attention, so both Steven and Clark always maintained a calm smile and occasionally exchanged a few words, as if they were completely unaware of the strange things around them.
Seeing them like this, Liu Dong followed their example! He walked directly with them, who said it was his first time in such a place!
Feeling more and more surprised, questioning and curious looks on his body, Liu Dong followed the two of them through the red carpet in the center of the hall. Then he walked up a spiral staircase to the second floor.
Standing on the second floor, you can completely see any scene on the first floor below from a high position, but not many people can enjoy this feeling of being high above.
Compared with the nearly a thousand people on the first floor of the banquet hall, the number of people on the second floor was less than a hundred. However, Liu Dong could clearly feel the same atmosphere as Steven Rockefeller and Clark Ford from these people. It was obvious that these people
The people on the second floor are also descendants of big American families!
And among them, Liu Dong also saw an acquaintance, John Harriman, who had been intimidated by him and then had his private club robbed by Liu Dong!
However, being able to see Liu Dong here, and with the children of the Rockefeller family and the Ford family, also surprised John Harriman.
After their eyes touched each other, they quickly separated, with no intention of greeting each other.
Moreover, Liu Dong has more important things to be busy with here!
That is, under the introduction of Steven Rockefeller, I got to know the rich men and ladies gathered here.
And this time it was really eye-opening for him to see the descendants of wealthy American families that he had only heard of before, such as Hughes, Getty, Hunter, etc. This time Liu Dong basically knew them all!
Although he is just a familiar person, and even people who are polite to him are doing it for the sake of Steve Rockefeller and Clark Ford, no matter what, Liu Dong's own network is expanding at an alarming rate, and his influence is also increasing.
It rose rapidly with the help of the giant Rockefeller family.
There is no doubt that this super luxury cruise ship is one of the top social places in the entire United States and even the world. Because from Clark's mouth, he clearly understood that the minimum standard for boarding the 'Poseidon' is
Is a private fortune of over $5 billion!
There is only one condition for being able to ascend to this second level: private wealth exceeds 20 billion US dollars, or the family belongs to one of the top ten financial groups. Of course, if the influence in politics can reach the level of the Roosevelt family and the Kennedy family
Of course it’s no problem!
Such ultra-high standards also create the highest level of luxury here!
Therefore, everything on this cruise ship is the most high-end product in the world, and any item taken outside can be entered into the auction house.
Especially on the second floor where Liu Dong is now, the cups on the dining table are all high-end daily-use porcelain from Wedgwood, and Wedgwood's high-end daily-use porcelain has always been the exclusive supplier of daily porcelain to the White House in the United States and the British royal family. All
A world-famous ceramic company that produces luxury porcelain.
In addition to porcelain, the spoons used for drinking coffee are all made of pure gold and silver! The furniture tables and chairs are handmade products from the world's top home furnishing brand "Medici"!
Coupled with the pure Persian carpets under your feet, the famous oil paintings hanging on the walls, the gorgeous and exquisite crystal chandeliers, etc. Everything here reveals the word "luxury"!
Of course, for people who can sit here, this kind of luxury is basically a daily thing. It is nothing at all!
"Steven, go down and play, otherwise it would be too boring to sit here!" A handsome young man wearing a light pink shirt and holding a beautiful woman in his arms turned around and said.
This man Liu Dong was also very impressed because his last name was ‘Mei Long’!
The Mellon family has a long history and controls hundreds of large enterprises including finance, aluminum, petroleum, coal mining, shipbuilding, steelmaking and other industries. Taking Mellon Bank as an example, its assets are as high as US$30 billion.
One of the 25 strongest banks in the United States.
Thomas Mellon, the founder of the Mellon family, was a contemporary of Rockefeller. During the period of Andrew Mellon, he served as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and made the family shine.
On October 24, 1929, the largest economic crisis in the history of capitalism broke out in the United States. Within a week, Americans lost $10 billion in wealth on the stock exchange. In order to destroy the "excess" products, farmers sold milk to
Fell into the Mississippi River. There was a popular children's song in New York at that time: "Melon blew the whistle, Hoover rang the bell. Wall Street sent a signal, and the United States rushed to hell!" This shows the influence of the Mellon family on the United States at that time.
The Mellon family, which has been prosperous for more than two hundred years, is even considered by many to have a family wealth that surpasses that of the Rockefeller family and the DuPont family, a super plutocrat. However, except for a few people, no one can calculate it clearly because they each control it.
There are too many companies that have penetrated!
"It's better to wait for them, I believe they should arrive too!"
Hearing this, Matthew Mellon nodded. He naturally knew who the 'they' in Steven's words were!
"Hey, it seems that this guy Andrew came in time! He just said that and he arrived!"
Listening to his words, Steven Rockefeller, Clark Ford, and Liu Dong next to him looked at the stairs almost at the same time.
I saw a young man wearing a black suit and gold-rimmed glasses, with a gentle and elegant temperament, and Rutgers Dupont, who had greeted Liu Dong on the tarmac at the entrance of the hall, walking away talking and laughing.
Come up.
"I think this must be a descendant of the Morgan family!" Liu Dong secretly guessed after noticing the young man.
"Andrew, you are a little late this time!" Matthew Mellon said carelessly after standing up.
"Sorry, I ran into an accident when I came, so I was a little late!... Steven, I didn't expect you to come very quickly this time! Moreover, I just heard that Rutgers said that you made a new friend.
A Chinese friend?" As he spoke, the elegant young man's eyes focused on Liu Dong, who was standing to the left of Steven Rockefeller.
"That's right! Liu is our family's partner in China. This time I brought him here to have fun!" Steven Rockefeller said calmly.
At this time, the eyes of almost everyone in the second-floor banquet hall were focused on the four people in the middle, because they respectively represented the Morgan family, the Rockefeller family, the Mellon family and the DuPont family, which are four prestigious century-old families!
Noticing the hidden envy and jealous looks in the eyes of the people around him, Liu Dong also sighed in his heart. Not only did these people envy the power of the four major families, but even Liu Dong himself was extremely envious, but he also understood that he could only become the one he wanted to be.
It is really difficult for giant financial groups like Mellon, Morgan, and Rockefeller, because China has always been a country where politics determines everything.
If you are simply rich but do not have political influence, you will never be able to become a world-class conglomerate family!
But thinking about it, Liu Dong smiled in his heart again!
"It's better not to be too ambitious. Rockefeller and Morgan are too far away from me now. I'll think about this issue again when my net worth exceeds 100 billion US dollars!"
"Okay, since you two are here too, let's go down and have some fun. It's too boring to stay here!" Matthew Mellon said.
"I have no problem, Andrew, where are you two?" Steven Rockefeller said.
"Of course we are happy to accompany you!" Andrew Morgan and Rutgers Dupont looked at each other, and the latter smiled.
"Okay, let's go! Who else wants to go with us? Let's all come together!" Matthew Mellon greeted, and almost everyone gathered around him. Everyone was bored here and wanted to play together.
Of course no one misses the opportunity.
But not everyone followed. After all, there were some middle-aged rich people who didn't like to hang out with young people, so they stayed.
However, the elevator on the second floor of China Unicom is not large enough to carry so many people at once!
Therefore, the four of them, Steven, Clark Ford, and the lucky Liu Dong, six people took an elevator!
As for the rest, the only thing left is to sit down!
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (To be completed