Chapter 496： United States Line (1)

Chapter 496 of the Romanian Eagle Body As the largest seaport in the United States and one of the largest in the world, the New York Harbor is lined with many ships. As a natural deep-water port, the New York Harbor has 13.72 meters at its shallowest point, which is fully suitable for sailing with all kinds of huge ships. Therefore, in the era of great voyages, the Dutch who first landed and colonized here knew at a glance that they established a port city here.

And now it has become the most important transportation hub city in North America. Shipping connects the economic exchanges between Europe and other countries in the Americas, and railway and river transportation connects the essence of the Great Lakes region of the United States. This has also led to it becoming a concentration of American funds. There are a large number of banks in Manhattan, participating in financial activities in the United States and 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, the other passengers on the ship were notified 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.

And when Edel took his wife and his entourage onto the territory of the United States, the welcoming ceremony officially began. The American people on both sides waved the national flags of the two countries and cheered loudly, and the Secretary of State Kellogg, who was already waiting here, brought the Governor of New York State and others to us immediately.

"Welcome your majesty to visit the United States."

Kellogg was a well-known American lawyer before, and served as secretary of state in the President Coolidge's administration that won the re-election of the presidency.

To say one more thing, Coolidge is a lucky man. In the 1920 general election, he was Warren Harding's running partner as the vice president, and he took over the presidency after Harding's death in 1923. And he was re-elected successfully. His finance minister is the famous Mellon. His proposal is a free economy for small governments, leaving everything to the market for self-regulation. This not only allowed the local American economy to become increasingly prosperous at this time, but also laid the foundation for the future economic crisis.

As the well-known Coolidge’s prosperous secretary of state, Kellogg resolutely safeguarded the interests of the United States, and he advocated a free economy. Everywhere seeks the rights and interests of American capital overseas, and has interfered in the internal affairs and disputes of some countries in the Americas. As for the attitude towards European countries, it is basically based on the current mainstream isolationism in the United States.

So when confronted with the chief butler of the US government, Edel, who wanted the United States, greeted him with enthusiasm.

"Thank you for welcoming you at the dock in person. The enthusiasm of the American people surprised me, a person from the Balkans. I believe that the friendship between Romania and the United States will have a long history."

try{mad1(\'gad2\');}catch(ex){}　　 "Your Majesty is polite."

Facing Edel’s kindness, even though Kellogg was indifferent to European affairs, he couldn’t help but think about it, because he felt that King Edel was more enthusiastic than him. So while thinking about how to deal with it, he pointed to others behind him and introduced him to Edel.

"This is Governor Smith of New York State."

"Hello, Governor Smith."

"Hello, Your Excellency Governor."

"this is……"

"……"

Following Kellogg’s introduction, Edel shook hands with the others one by one.

"Your Majesty, we have prepared a place to live, please come with me."

"Thank you, Your Excellency."

Under the leadership of Kellogg, Edel and his party left here by car.

When Secretary of State Kellogg was welcoming Edel and his party, in the Morgan Consortium office on Wall Street, two big figures who stomped the whole world were talking to the Romanian king.

"Uncle Baker, what do you think this king from Romania wants to get from this visit?"

The only person who can be called Uncle Little Morgan and can chat alone freely is George Fisher Baker. This is the closest partner of J.P. Morgan's later period and his most important ally. As the most powerful national banker on Wall Street, he is the chairman of many companies and the number of companies he manages is the largest in the United States. It is said that he was the third richest person in the United States in 1917, and the other two are of course. Old Rockefeller and Little Morgan are gone.

George Fisher Baker shook the glass in his hand and said, shaking his head. "What else, apart from funding, the United States has nothing to make this king admire."

Don't blame George Fisher Baker for being so straightforward. In addition to being rich, the United States is really not something that Edel can see in other aspects. It was not until after World War II that the United States became a symbol of the free world after absorbing European talent and technology. Of course, having money 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, the United States can catch up with old Europe in science and technology even without World War II. It just takes a little longer, after all, no one will give money to make it through.

Old Baker’s words made Little Morgan couldn’t help but imagine: “If this is the case, maybe we can win another European country’s financial market.”

"This is not necessarily true. This is a powerful king."

try{mad1(\'gad2\');}catch(ex){}　　 When facing Old Baker, Little Morgan smiled and said. "Perhaps this king can be strong in other respects, but in the financial sector this is our home game. If this king really needs American capital, then we will definitely need us as allies. Letting out part of the interests to unite allies is also true. The basic common sense of a successful person, I believe this king will understand the rules of the United States."

Little Morgan's self-confidence can even be said to be arrogant, which did not arouse old Baker's refutation. Because the current financial market in the United States is indeed just like what Jr. Morgan said, without the cooperation of the Morgan Consortium, Edel's trip to the United States will be greatly eclipsed.

It should be known that the Morgan League and the Morgan family are collectively referred to as the Morgan AllianceThe Morgan Alliance, with the Morgan company as the axis, carries out the chain leadership of the board of directors, and is connected with major financial institutions with less than large financial capital and more than 200,000. In this way, a "Morgan System" with a huge structure and a well-organized structure is formed.

This financial group occupies 33% of the US financial capital, with a total value of nearly 20 billion U.S. dollars! In addition, there are US$12.5 billion in insurance assets, accounting for 65% of the US insurance industry. In terms of production business, there are 47 directors of Morgan Corporation among the 35 major companies in the United States, including U.S. Steel, General Motors, Kenigge Specialty Copper, Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, Continental Petroleum, and General Electric. Morgan’s infiltration into the railroad industry is well known.

At the same time, it also owns ITT, National Cable, Postal Cable, AT&T, etc. in the communications industry. The Morgan Alliance has total assets of 51 billion U.S. dollars, and major trust companies such as Yanakoda Copper Mountain, Westinghouse Electric, and United Metal Carbide.

Adding up all the above, adding up all total assets, deducting duplicate parts, the Morgan system before the panic had a total capital of 74 billion US dollars, equivalent to a quarter of all corporate capital in the United States. 167 directors came out of the Morgan company, Controlling the entire Morgan system and executing the instructions issued by Morgan on Wall Street, what a hegemony this is!

As the helm of this huge financial system, Jr. Morgan can be said to be calling for trouble in the financial market. Even with the exception of a few major powers, other countries would not put him in his eyes.

And Romania is barely considered a new power, so it naturally enters the eyes of Little Morgan.