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Chapter 468 The world is as black as a crow
"Behind me is the stadium where this year's Houston Stampede will be held. It is expected that 7 people will enter here to watch today. Gwen Stefani's rock band will be the opening performance today..."

In front of an open-air stadium, the host with the ICNC logo microphone is reporting live to the camera. This year, ICNC TV station has become the broadcaster of the Houston Stampede, which naturally includes live reports.

Through the lens of ICNC TV station, you can see countless crowds pouring into the gymnasium behind. The equipment of this gymnasium is not very good, but the area is large enough to accommodate more than 7 people to watch the program at the same time.

The entire Stampede lasts for 20 days, and there will be concerts, rodeos, cowgirl barrel races, horse-drawn carriage races, calf pulling and other competitions in the middle. In the name of "etc., some tickets are collected, even if the fee is not much, but after 20 days, you can still earn millions of dollars in ticket fees for the Houston Department of Finance!

For businesses large and small in Houston, whether it’s hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, souvenir shops, etc., these 20 days are the most important time of the year.

Nearly 200 million people flocked to Houston. Even though most families in America have cars and can go back and forth every day, eating and drinking are unavoidable. Houston hotels, restaurants and other industries can earn hundreds of millions during this period Beautiful knife!

Near the open-air stadium, a crowd of food vendors and art souvenir sellers almost crowded the outside of the stadium.

When Millia came here, before she entered the door, she was holding a lot of food in her hands, and Amber, who was following her, was also holding a lot of food and various toys in her arms.

Today, Song Yang, Greg, Daanna and others also came to participate in the opening ceremony of today's Stampede.

Ulf led a few security personnel from the Blackwater Company and looked around vigilantly. This kind of lively time is often the time when accidents are most likely to happen.

After Adrian took office, he did fulfill his promise. He cracked down on the gangs in Houston, and the crime rate in Houston dropped to the lowest level in the past ten years. It doesn’t mean that there are no incidents. Think about the character of the Texas cowboy, and With the weapons of long guns and short cannons worn by every household, it is difficult to think that nothing will happen.

Outside the stadium today, there are many patrol cars from the Houston Police Department doing security, but this time it is the Blackwater Company that is the main security force for the Houston Stampede!
After Blackwater invested in MPRI Security Group and acquired CCA, Blackwater has essentially become one of the top three security groups in America.

Blackwater has recruited an astonishing 7000 people in the territory of America. Most of them are ordinary security personnel who maintain law and order and conduct daily patrols, while the rest perform special tasks, bodyguard business, Bounty hunters and more.

In Texas, New York, Los Angeles and other places, Blackwater has already taken root in the local area. The security of many stadiums, concerts, hotels, communities, etc. has begun to be taken care of by Blackwater. This year's Houston Rodeo is no exception.

This time at the Stampede, Blackwater Company can receive no less than 180 million US dollars in "security fees". Blackwater Company can develop so fast, besides Song Yang's continuous burning of money, he also invited A group of "consultants" are related.

Like the Texas branch of the Blackwater Company, a group of people including Adrian, the director of the Houston Police Department, and the director of the Coast Guard are all "consultants" of the Texas Blackwater Company. Every month, the Texas Blackwater Company will issue Give these consultants a consultant fee.

In addition, the family foundation under the name of Mrs. Adrian is also one of the investors of the Blackwater Texas branch company, and it can get a dividend every year, just like the one who got $180 million at the Stampede this time For the fee, Adrian's family foundation can distribute at least one hundred thousand dollars or more.

The water flows steadily, and the Blackwater Company is in Houston and Texas. Every time they get an order, Adrian and the others can get a fortune.

Blackwater basically uses the same method in other states. Otherwise, how could it have filled orders from America in such a short period of time.

However, Blackwater is not the only one playing this game. Just like this year’s Stampede, the organizer of the event is a local service company in Houston, and the designated cooperative hotels, restaurants, food supply, etc. basically have their own way. Local companies and foreign companies can't take advantage of this cowboy festival.

When Song Yang, Greke, Dana and others entered the gymnasium, they saw that there were already no empty seats inside, and there were thousands of people who hadn't bought tickets. They stood directly behind the auditorium and watched. Sit on the ground and watch it on the big screen at the scene.

There are also people from other places in Houston. Obviously, the Stampede is regarded as a large party. Many people come with their families and bring a lot of food. After sitting down, they eat directly. I don't really care much about the performance or anything like that.

After Song Yang and the others entered, someone came over immediately and took them to the VIP area of ​​the stadium. This area is obviously separated from other areas. After entering here, there are obviously many more security personnel, and there are also special The service staff waits by the side.

"Song!"

Song Yanggang, Greg and others entered the VIP area, and Matthews, Adrian's chief of staff, greeted him immediately, "Member Adrian is here."

Following Matthews to the front row, the entire stadium suddenly appeared in front of him. This is the best position in the entire stadium, and he can have a panoramic view of all the scenes in the entire stadium.

After Song Yang passed by, he saw many people already sitting there, and there was a burst of laughter from time to time. When he saw Song Yang, Adrian immediately turned his head, pointed to a seat and said to Song Yang, "Song, here! "

Looking at the seat next to Adrian's left, the expressions of the people in this VIP area changed slightly. Even if they are in the same camp as Adrian, there is a difference between closeness and distance. The occasion, the closer to Adrian's noisy location, the more it represents the relationship with Adrian.

Adrian reserved that position exclusively for Song Yang, which already explained everything to the veterans and elites at the scene.

"Song, I thought I wouldn't see you today."

Seeing Song Yang coming, Kenneth, the president of Enron, who was sitting on the other side of Adrian, stood up and hugged Song Yang.

If Adrian's attitude towards Song Yang just now made some people suspicious, then Kenneth's attitude towards Song Yang made all those who doubted him shut up.

The two most powerful people in Houston have the same attitude towards Song Yang, which is enough to explain everything!
Listening to Kenneth's words, Song Yang felt as if he meant something. Now is the time when Enron Corporation is in full swing and Kenneth is in full swing. I am afraid that the movement in Houston cannot be hidden from Kenneth. As long as he wants to know .

Glancing at Kenneth, seeing that what Kenneth said just now seemed to be just an unintentional remark, Song Yang laughed and said calmly, "I just met a few old friends!"

Kenneth called the waiter over and ordered a steak. He didn't care about the image at all, and ate it until he had eaten a large piece of steak. Then he wiped the corner of his mouth and said to Song Yang, "If Song, you need help If so, then An Ran is willing to give her full support!"

Hearing this, Song Yang didn't know. Kenneth heard the news that Song Yang met Kerimia. Even if he didn't know what was discussed, he obviously heard something.

Seeing Kenneth's scrutiny, Song Yang couldn't help but smile, "It's true that President Kenneth's help is needed. I recently invested in a new project, the PayPal online payment platform. If possible, I hope that PayPal can cooperate with Anran Online platform cooperation!"

Regardless of whether it is playing tricks or not, there is a set of black-box operations. Enron Online, the world's largest energy trading platform, is indeed in full swing, attracting leeks from all over the world to enter the market. The first half of this year is not over yet. , the transaction volume of Enron's online platform has reached an astonishing 170 billion US dollars, and the annual transaction volume may exceed 600 billion US dollars!

Enron Online's energy trading website is now beating other e-commerce platforms. Who knows how Jeff Skilling, who traded Enron Online, did it, but it did make Enron the world's largest natural gas company. Energy Trader!
If PayPal cooperates with Enron Online, then for PayPal, it will indeed be able to gain a lot of big customers. As for whether Enron Online is nonsense, it has nothing to do with PayPal.

Hearing the PayPal payment mentioned by Song Yang, Kenneth became obviously interested. Since the opening of the Enron Online website, he has also participated in the investment in American Telecom and ICNC TV Station. After tasting the sweetness, Kenneth is interested in the Internet and emerging technology companies. Don't be interested.

After asking Song Yang a few words about PayPal payment, when Kenneth wanted to say something, there was a huge cheer from the stadium, and the opening ceremony of the Stampede had already begun.

"I will ask Jeff to connect Anran Online with PayPal, Song, Anran will fully support you." Kenneth patted Song Yang on the shoulder and said.

"Thank you, President Kenneth!"

Song Yang doesn't know what kind of tricks Kenneth and Jeff Skilling will play. The appetite of these two people will definitely not be small, but now PayPal can get as many endorsers as possible. The more people tied up, PayPal can survive under the opponent's target.

(End of this chapter)