As the largest seaport in the United States and one of the largest seaports in the world, New York Harbor is lined with many ships docked. As a natural deep-water port, the shallowest point of the New York Harbor channel is 13.72 meters, which is fully suitable for navigation of various giant ships. Therefore,
During the Age of Discovery, the Dutch, who were the first to colonize here, took a fancy to this place and established a port city.
And now it has become the most important transportation hub city in North America. Maritime transportation connects the economic exchanges between Europe and other American countries, and rail and river transportation connect the essence of the Great Lakes region in the United States. This has also led to it becoming a concentration of American funds, in Manhattan.
There are a large number of banks in the area, participating in financial activities in the United States and around the world.
The St. Louis luxury cruise ship slowly docked in the busy New York Harbor, which was its destination this time.
When the St. Louis stopped, other passengers on the ship were informed to suspend disembarkation. These passengers readily accepted the notice because they knew that there was a Romanian king on board, who was visiting the United States this time.
When Eder set foot on American soil with his wife and entourage, the welcome ceremony officially began. The American people on both sides waved the flags of the two countries and cheered loudly, while Secretary of State Kellogg, who had been waiting here for a long time, brought the governor of New York State.
The others came up immediately.
"Welcome to His Majesty the United States."
Kellogg was previously a famous lawyer in the United States and served as Secretary of State in the administration of President Coolidge, who had just won re-election as president.
One more thing, Coolidge can be considered a lucky man. He served as Warren Harding's running mate as vice president in the 1920 election. He took over the presidency after Harding died of illness in 1923. He was subsequently re-elected. His
The Secretary of the Treasury was the famous Mellon. His idea was a free economy with a small government, leaving everything to the market for self-regulation. This not only made the local American economy increasingly prosperous at this time, but also laid the foundation for a future economic crisis.
As Secretary of State during the famous Coolidge period, Kellogg resolutely safeguarded the interests of the United States. He advocated a free economy and pursued the rights and interests of American capital overseas. He once interfered in the internal affairs and disputes of some American countries. As for his attitude towards European countries,
, which is basically based on the current mainstream isolationism in the United States.
So when he faced the chief steward of the U.S. government, Edel, who wanted to seek help from the United States, greeted him enthusiastically.
"Thank you for coming to the dock to greet me personally. The enthusiasm of the American people surprised me as a person from the Balkans. I believe that the friendship between Romania and the United States will last forever."
"Your Majesty, you're welcome."
Faced with Edel's kindness, even though Kellogg was indifferent to European affairs, he couldn't help but have some thoughts in his heart, because he felt that King Edel was simply more enthusiastic than him. So while thinking about how to deal with it, he pointed
Others introduced him to Edel behind him.
"This is Governor Smith of New York State."
"Hello, Governor Smith."
"Hello, Mr. Governor."
"This is……"
"..."
Following Kellogg's introduction, Edel also shook hands with the others one by one.
"Your Majesty, we have prepared a residence, please come with me."
"Thank you, Your Excellency."
Under the leadership of Kellogg, Edel and his party left here in a car.
When Secretary of State Kellogg was greeting Edel and his party, in the office of the Morgan Financial Group on Wall Street, two big shots whose feet would make the whole world tremble were talking to the King of Romania.
"Uncle Baker, what do you think this king from Romania wants to get from this visit?"
The only person who could be called uncle by young Morgan and chat alone alone was George Fisher Baker. This was J.P. Morgan’s closest partner in his later years and his most important ally. As a Wall Street
The most powerful national banker in the world, he is the chairman of many companies and manages the largest number of companies in the United States. It is said that in 1917 he was the third richest man in the United States, and the other two are of course the old Rockefeller and
Little Morgan.
George Fisher Baker swung the wine glass in his hand, shook his head and said, "What else could it be? Apart from funds, America has nothing that can impress this king."
Don't blame George Fisher Baker for being so straightforward. Apart from being rich, the current United States is really not something Edel can appreciate in other aspects. It was not until after World War II that the United States became a free world after absorbing European talent and technology.
Of course, being rich is also a very beautiful feeling, it allows you to have many experiences. I believe that as long as there is no major economic crisis, even without World War II, the United States can catch up with old Europe in the field of science and technology. It just costs
It just takes a little longer, after all, no one will give you money to make it difficult.
Old Baker's words made Morgan Jr. couldn't help but think: "If this is the case, maybe we can win the financial market of another European country."
"That's not necessarily the case. This is a strong king."
Faced with Old Baker's words, Morgan Jr. smiled and said. "Perhaps this king can be strong in other aspects, but in the financial field this is our home court. If this king really needs American capital, then he will definitely need it."
As allies, we give up some of our interests to unite our allies. This is also the basic common sense of a successful person. I believe this king will understand the rules of the United States."
Morgan Jr.'s confident and even arrogant words did not arouse the old Baker's refutation at all. Because the current financial market in the United States is indeed as Morgan Jr. said. Without the cooperation of the Morgan consortium, Edel's trip to the United States will be greatly eclipsed.
You must know that the Morgan Alliance and the Morgan family are currently collectively referred to as the Morgan Alliance. In the Morgan Alliance, the board of directors has chain leadership with Morgan Company as the axis, and is interconnected with major financial institutions of more than 200,000 below large financial capital, thus forming a structure
A large and well-organized "Morgan system".
This financial group occupies 33% of the financial capital in the United States, with a total value of nearly 20 billion U.S. dollars! It also has insurance assets of 12.5 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 65% of the U.S. insurance industry. In terms of production, Morgan Company is among the 35 major companies in the United States.
The 47 directors include U.S. Steel, General Motors Company, Kennegg Special Copper Company, Texas Gulf Sulfur Company, Continental Oil Company, General Electric Company, etc. Morgan's penetration into the railway industry is well known.
At the same time, in the communications industry, it also owns ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Company), All-American Cable, Postal Cable, AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph Company), etc. Morgan Alliance has total assets of US$51 billion, including Anna
Major trust companies such as Kodak Copper Mountain, Westinghouse Electric, and United Metal Carbide.
Adding up all the above, adding up all the total assets, deducting duplicate parts, the Morgan system before the great panic had a total capital of 74 billion US dollars, equivalent to 1/4 of the capital of all companies in the United States. 167 directors came out of Morgan and controlled
The entire Morgan system executes the instructions issued by Morgan on Wall Street. What kind of hegemony is this!
As the helmsman of this huge financial system, Morgan Jr. can be said to dominate the financial market. Even except for a few major powers, other countries will not pay attention to him.
Romania could barely be considered a new great power, so it naturally fell into the eyes of little Morgan.
