Rebirth of America, this is my time

Steve Ross is not his original real name. His real name is Steven Rechnitz. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. His family background is not wealthy, but it is also very good.

Although the family went bankrupt during the Great Depression, he attended college at a private college and then went to Manhattan to join his uncle.

His uncle owns a super large clothing store in Manhattan. The store is located in the middle of Fifth Avenue. The business is very good and it provides customized services to some wealthy people all year round. Therefore, Steve Ross has a unique personality that is difficult for ordinary people to do. Due to the opportunities available to him and the fact that he was very handsome at a young age, he only worked there for a year before he was spotted by a wealthy daughter named Carol Rosenthal.

How rich is Rosenthal, the daughter of a wealthy family? In the last century, more than 50% of the funeral homes in New York City were already owned by their family, and before she met Steve Ross , their family is already the second largest funeral company in America.”

The love of the wealthy daughter allowed Steve Ross to see the opportunity for a class jump. In addition, his uncle's reputation in Manhattan was very good, so with the help of his uncle, Steve Ross successfully married Rosenthal. The girl in the family, and then...he just soared into the sky.”

At this point, Spielberg stopped.

Because he had noticed that the two people opposite him had surprised expressions on their faces.

Ethan and Evelin's confusion made him smile and take a sip of his drink, and then said: It's surprising, isn't it? But you heard it right, Steve Ross can succeed because he is handsome enough.

Such a fact made Ethan feel a little emotional. He didn't expect that the opponent who had disgusted him was actually a pretty boy? But compared to this, Ethan was more curious, how did a pretty boy become the chairman of Warner?

Following his inquiry, Spielberg also sighed with emotion and explained: It's simple, because the Rosenthal family rejects Steve Ross...

According to Wang Dachui's routine, after marrying Bai Fumei, the next step is to reach the pinnacle of life.

And this is what Steve Ross really wants.

It's a pity that the Rosenthal family doesn't like this tailor from Brooklyn. Even if Steve Ross's wife expressed to her father that Steve Ross could be familiar with the family business on her behalf and take over. part of the family business, but her older siblings disagreed.

According to the flow in the novel, what follows should be a drama of seizing power, but Steve Ross is not a normal person. Since the heir to the Rosenthal family does not welcome him, he will not confront him head-on, but Change your perspective and see what the resources of the Rosenthal family can bring to you.

During his search, he discovered that the funeral home's vehicles were only used briefly during the day, and when the time to pick up and drop off passengers passed, they would be parked at the company to waste time. This situation led him to find his father-in-law and told him that he wanted to borrow the vehicle and rent it out when it was not in use.

Since Steve Ross did not seize power head-on and fully respected the Rosenthal family, his father-in-law agreed with his idea, and this also allowed him to earn his first pot of gold.

Wait a moment--

Hearing this, Evelin finally couldn’t sit still.

The girl interrupted Spielberg's narration and gave him an incredulous look.

Steve Ross rented out the funeral home's cars?

Oh Sxxt! Isn't this behavior disgusting?

The girl's facial features were tense and she looked unhappy.

Of course it's disgusting.

Spielberg nodded: To be honest, I felt sick when I heard his story, but he did make money from this, because the Rosenthal family at that time received all high-end clients in New York. , those who pick up and drop off guests are all luxury cars, and those cars have become very popular after entering the market.

Okay, Okay, Okay... Ethan raised his hand to signal to stop.

Although he admitted that Steve Ross, who could come up with such a money-making idea, was a talent, he also felt that it was really unlucky to do this.

Skip this section. He waved his hand, otherwise all the food will be dumped.

I understand, I understand.

Spielberg nodded with a smile and continued: In short, after making their first money with their own brains, the Rosenthal family looked at Steve Ross differently, and they gave Steve Ross Rose has more power and wants to see what he can do.”

Then……

“Steve Ross has found a new revenue stream for the Rosenthal family funeral home.”

That's charging for parking.

That's protection money.

Parking charges have actually appeared in the early 20th century, but around the 1950s, such charges were not as common as they are in the 21st century, and there was no charging based on a fifteen-minute timer. The bizarre incident of owing 60,000 yuan.

The places that can really organize manpower to charge fees are either large national parks or commercial districts in very large cities, such as in front of funeral parlors, which all allow customers who choose to park here for free.

But in the eyes of Steve Ross, this behavior was a waste, so he unified all the funeral parlors in his old father-in-law's home and made those parking spaces private, and everyone had to pay.

This act also made him a lot of money.

After all, when people are grieving in and out of a funeral home, they don't want to worry about parking fees. In this case, as long as they don't charge too much, it's free money.

After the Rosenthal family discovered that Steve Ross seemed to really have a business acumen, his old father-in-law controlled the family company to annex other peers and became the number one funeral service company in the United States. The management was handed over to Steve Ross, who officially took charge of the company.

When this fact emerged, Steve Ross finally tasted the taste of power, and the first thing he did after taking over the company was to expand.

Since those who were able to charge parking fees in that era basically had a gang background, he cooperated with the Jewish gang leader Abner Zwillman.

The two parties merged all the car rental companies and parking charging companies under their own names.

Overnight, Steve Ross became the king of New York's car rental and parking-charging world.

As for the reason?

Very simple!

Abner Zwillman's nickname is New Jersey's Al Capone! He was a man who used a military armored vehicle to transport alcohol from Canada to New York in an open manner during Prohibition!

This guy guarantees 100% that Steve Ross will receive his money!

When Steve Ross has a steady stream of cash flow...

The drama of mergers and acquisitions and expansion will naturally appear.

In the early 1960s, they controlled more than 60% of the car rental companies and parking service companies on the East Coast through mergers and acquisitions, and at the same time started a car wash business;

When the company's development hit a bottleneck, they entered the field of construction and construction, became real estate tycoons in New York, and began the development of residential real estate and commercial real estate;

Entering the entertainment industry by acquiring a brokerage company;

Became the boss of DC by acquiring National Periodical Publishing Company;

He entered music with the acquisition of Atlantic Records;

At the same time, it acquired Warner and directly became one of the Hollywood giants.

It is precisely because of this act that Warner officially owns DC.

Well - quite inspiring -

After listening to Spielberg's description, Ethan couldn't help but marvel. Although he and Warner were enemies, he had to admit that Steve Ross played the financial game quite well.

Diversify the company through acquisitions?

This is indeed a great method.

John Malone, known as the Genghis Khan of American media, founded TCI and sold it to AT and T for a whopping $50 billion in 1999. This is the method used.

Stan Kroenke, who is married to the heir to the Walton family and is the owner of the Premier League Arsenal and the Mosaic League's Denver Nuggets, also likes to expand in this way.

As long as there are no problems with the company's finances, this method is the fastest way to expand personal wealth.

So...how come I haven't heard of these things? Ethan asked.

He had also checked Steve Ross' information before, but all he got was normal feedback.

This question made Spielberg shrug his shoulders——

Would you write someone above me on your face?

“Pfft——” This rhetorical question made Evelin laugh out loud.

Concealing your background is something that all successful people like to do.

This has nothing to do with self-reliance, it is simply that hiding the background allows you to have more back-ups when facing the enemy, just like playing bridge. The defender who plays the first card can get the winning trick by throwing the A first, and You can first discard the small cards to give up the right to play and wait for opportunities.

Okay.

Do you rely on these things to judge that Steve Ross is the mastermind? Ethan asked.

Yes. Spielberg nodded.

But I didn't see the flaw. Ethan spread his hands.

Spielberg was not impatient and continued: The flaw lies in Steve Ross's previous partner Abner Zwillman. During Prohibition, he got the goods from Seagram. At the same time, he was a friend of the Genovese family.”

!

When the name Genovese family appeared, Ethan and his sister looked at each other.

At this moment, the two finally understood why Spielberg said that Steve Ross could make the guys targeting Columbia Pictures lose interest in Warner Burbank Studio while revealing the black material about Columbia Pictures. Got it! Because the Genovese family is the special mafia!

They come from Corleone, Italy, Sicily, America!

And MGM boss Kirk Kerkorian...

But use their money to develop the casino!

Oh no, there’s Seagram in it too!

The initial capital for Kirk Kerkorian's fortune was given by Seagram!

MFxxk!

Ethan, who had straightened out the entire relationship network, suddenly cursed.

Together?

He stared piercingly at Spielberg.

Together.

Spielberg took a deep breath and nodded.

Such a fact made Ethan frown!

Although Spielberg's ideas are a bit wild, when the backgrounds of these people keep appearing like matryoshka dolls, Ethan feels that the truth may be right in front of him!

First of all, we have a grudge against Warner and we will fight until death.

After returning to the hotel, Ethan spread out a huge piece of white paper on the table in the conference room and started writing and drawing.

Secondly, the current boss of Warner, Steve Ross, and the current boss of MGM, Kirk Kerkorian, are friends who are linked by interests. Kirk Kerkorian must know that Steve Ross Steve Ross would also know that Kirk Kerkorian would be returning to Hollywood after building the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

At the same time, they also know that both parties are very interested in video games.

In this case, our partnership with Columbia gave them an opportunity because Steve Ross felt that Columbia Pictures was taking their own stuff, and Kirk Kerkorian wanted to acquire Hollywood Pictures. The company's approach allowed MGM, which had lost its complete production and distribution capabilities, to become stronger again, so they hit it off immediately.

They blew up the check fraud case!

“They want to thwart our filmmaking plans while attacking Colombia!”

When Ethan connected all the names on the paper, the clear case process made him clenched his fists. If he thought the Colombian check fraud case was a bit inexplicable before, now... MFxxk! !!What a bunch of sons of bitches!!!”

The motive was clear and the logical incident made him slam his fist on the table.

There was a muffled sound and cracks appeared on the white paper.

Evelin, who had witnessed all this with her own eyes, crossed her arms and leaned against the table and asked, Are you sure? She seemed to feel that her question was not obvious enough, so she added, Do you think Shi Is everything Tivan said true? Is it possible that he is lying?

Because he's friends with David Geffen.

The story of the boy who cried wolf is the best test of human nature.

If Spielberg had not concealed his relationship with David Begelman, the head of Columbia, then Evelyn might have fully accepted his story, but now...

The girl felt that Spielberg might also be trying to help David Geffen, so she asked Ethan to focus on Steve Ross, the boss of Warner Communications.

This idea made Ethan frown and think. After a moment, he shook his head and said: I think what Steven said this time should be true, because we and Warner are enemies.

Even if he doesn't say that today, I will fight to the end with Warner.

Unless he leaves the video game market, there's no way I'm going to let him go.

An even more important point is that our company does not have video game patents. Philips cannot use patents to attack us. That's because Ralph Bell has become a consultant in our company.

If he wants us to give David Geffen a hand, he can bring it up.

When he can go against the ideas of his mentor Sidney Sheinberg and negotiate with Universal, it is impossible for him to not know what kind of bargaining chip he has with me.

But he didn't use any of that.

So this only proves one thing.

He really likes video games, and he still wants to be my friend.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, his father told him that as long as Principal Fred is still alive, the lineup of Stanford plus HP plus Lockheed plus Thor can easily crush Steve Ross.

No matter how good you are as a funeral director, you can't beat the military industry!

If Steve Ross's background was strong enough, then the California court would have accepted Warner's lawsuit against us long ago. How could it be possible that it is still ignoring it now?

If Steve Ross's background was strong enough, news smearing us would have been flying all over the sky. Those media could not be as silent as they are now!

Besides, finding the real culprit of the incident is also Steven's goal, isn't it?

Although David Begelman did such a bad thing as check fraud, he helped Steven after all, and even helped his good brother George Lucas.

Ethan stared at his sister seriously and said in a deep voice: To put it harshly, if nothing else, Steven wants revenge more than I do.

The clear words made Evelin nod slightly, staring at the relationship diagram in front of her, she asked: What are you going to do now? Officially declare war on Warner?

This question made Ethan laugh, Declaration of war? No, No, No...

We're already at war.

There are only two things we have to do now.

The first thing is to investigate the true background of Steve Ross and see if Steven is telling lies. And the second thing...since they like to play sneak attacks, then we will tell them all the conspiracies. They are vulnerable to absolute power.

Since Steve Ross is still making moves, it proves that he will not give up on the video game market. In this case, we only need to find the release time of his new product, and then kill him head-on...

Since Steve Ross has no morals and continues to reach out!

Then don't blame Ethan Jones for slashing people with a knife!

You can't defeat me openly, so you hide in the dark and become a coveted person?

Ah--

It's just a bedbug!

Note: ① Steve Ross did achieve a class jump by eating soft food. Because his main business is the largest funeral company in the United States, he has always had a nickname in the United States, called The Undertaker. ②The gangster Abner Zwillman, Steve Ross’s partner written in the article, was hanging out with the ‘gangster accountant’ Meyer Lansky. This guy was in Las Vegas, Cuba, London, etc. The land owner owns a large number of casinos. It was he who let the profiteering Mafia enter Las Vegas. The Flamingo Hotel purchased by MGM boss Kirk Kerkorian was held by the Mafia on his behalf. . Steve Ross and Kirk Kerkorian had a very good relationship under their auspices. ③If you watch American Entertainment, you should know that Little Bronfman of Seagram sold his shares in DuPont to buy Universal. This was actually not a sudden idea of ​​their family. Their friends like Steve Ross and Kirk Kohl Kerrian, they are all having fun.