John Jacob Astor thought he had grasped Chen Mo's fatal weakness, and was so proud that he immediately sent his capable men to bribe Chen Mo's private business team to instigate rebellion.
He didn't know why Chen Mo was so careless and handed over all his business to a group of people he didn't understand. Could it be that he thought that employees who signed the contract would never betray him?
It's so ridiculous!
But this is good news for him.
John Jacob Astor secretly laughed at Chen Mo for overestimating the American work ethic. He had been in the United States for so many years and had seen so much deception and betrayal.
In his opinion, the so-called professional ethics is just that the price offered is not enough.
As the richest man in the United States, John Jacob Astor, who controlled huge assets, had enough confidence to offer a price that satisfied the other party.
And he himself will not suffer a loss. No matter how big the appetite of these workers can be, after all, they do not have his status, connections, and influence. In the end, most of the huge wealth in Chen Mo's hands will go into his pocket, making him the United States.
The status of the richest man is more stable.
Not only can he take revenge on Chen Mo and eliminate this Chinese tycoon who has offended his interests and posed a huge threat to his status as the richest man in the United States, but he can also make a fortune by the way. This deal is absolutely worth it.
John Jacob Astor was confidently waiting for his men to successfully buy out Chen Mo's private business team and then take over Chen Mo's property. However, in the end, the men he sent brought him something he couldn't believe.
news.
This subordinate secretly contacted many members of Chen Mo's team and tried to bribe them, but all of them were rejected without exception. No matter how high the price he proposed, these people were unmoved and refused to violate it.
own professional ethics.
John Jacob Astor was dumbfounded. How could this happen? Even if there were people who could not be moved by interests, adhere to professional ethics, and be loyal to their employers, they were a minority after all. How could the entire team be like this?
Such a loyal and principled person?
John Jacob Astor, who refused to give up easily, ordered his men to try all the members of Chen Mo's business team. He could use threats and inducements to offer higher prices. He did not believe that these people were all dead-headed.
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Even if these people are really loyal, John Jacob Astor still firmly believes that as long as the price is met, there is no one who cannot be bought.
In his opinion, these people do not have too strong principles, but have too big appetites!
Then continue to raise the price and feed them!
But the final result is still the same. The team that Chen Mo personally selected and formed is really like a stone. No matter how tempting the conditions are, they still can't persuade anyone to betray Chen Mo.
All of them are smelly and hard, and they are not moved by profit at all.
Now John Jacob Astor was really at his wits end. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel deeply jealous of Chen Mo. How could such a loyal, principled and professionally ethical person fall under his control?
He doesn't have many such loyal and reliable subordinates, and he himself is not sure whether they will betray him when others offer a high enough price, so he never trusts these subordinates easily and is always on guard.
Being betrayed.
This often made him feel extremely tired, but he had to do this. Therefore, John Jacob Astor felt even more jealous that Chen Mo's subordinates had recruited such a rare and reliable group of men through casual recruitment.
In fact, if he hadn't personally sent people to test them, these people might not be able to gain his reuse and trust even if they were under his men. After all, he was not Chen Mo. He didn't have Chen Mo's super ability to see even the smallest changes in a person's body.
With strong perception, it is impossible to identify their true thoughts. Naturally, it is impossible to select candidates with qualified character from the many applicants, let alone reuse them with confidence like Chen Mo.
Therefore, Chen Mo's hands-off, shopkeeper-style way of managing assets cannot be copied by others.
The method of buying Chen Mo's private business team and stealing Chen Mo's old money in one fell swoop didn't work. Although John Jacob Astor was jealous and angry, he was unwilling to let it go and soon had other ideas.
After buying Brooklyn, Chen Mo still had a lot of funds in his hands. As new furs were shipped in large quantities and quickly sold for cash by the business team, Chen Mo had more and more funds in his hands, so Chen Mo continued to start the business.
Enclosure around New York.
In addition to Manhattan and Brooklyn, the five boroughs of New York in the future will also include the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. Chen Mo has a lot of money in his hands, and these areas are all just like Brooklyn.
The prices for fields, villages and farms were not high, so Chen Mo simply started purchasing the three areas at the same time this time.
In his luxurious villa in the center of Manhattan, John Jacob Astor received the news from the butler. When his heart moved, he raised his head and asked the butler.
"What do you think this Chinese guy wants to do?"
The steward heard John Jacob Astor's question, bent slightly and answered respectfully.
"Master, I heard that these Chinese people are particularly keen on buying land. In China, all high-ranking officials and dignitaries, whether they are princes, princes, officials or businessmen, all own large tracts of land, and people with different statuses and titles can own
There are also strict limits on land area. The larger the land area owned, the higher the status of the person. If the land area owned exceeds the limit of one's status, it is overstepping and will be beheaded."
When John Jacob Astor heard this, he already had some thoughts in his mind, but he heard the butler continue.
"But in the United States, there are no restrictions on land transactions. As long as you have money, you can buy as much land as you want."
Having said this, the butler couldn't help but reveal a mocking smile.
"This country bumpkin from China must have had money in China but didn't dare to buy land. After arriving in the United States, without the restrictions of those rules, his desire to enclosure land became out of control. He wanted to buy large tracts of land. After a while,
Make the princes and nobles addicted!"
When John Jacob Astor heard this, he couldn't help but nodded and agreed with the steward's statement.
Suddenly, John Jacob Astor's eyes lit up, and he had a plan in mind.