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"Yeah...I know. Listen Walker, I'm not like Harding, so don't make trouble for me."

"of course."

After a brief chat, John hung up the phone.

Russell, on the other hand, was lost in thought.

It was presumptuous and perverse for John to call him himself, and the fact that he wanted to invite Russell to Washington as assistant secretary of the treasury... made it all the more interesting.

John is a very serious person, he will not play childish temper, let alone offend others with impulsiveness.

"Melon?"

Soon, Russell thought of the reason.

John called him for the purpose of passing him a message, which means that Mellon may make moves to attack you or the New York consortium. This matter has nothing to do with me. You can call whatever you want, and don’t get involved I'll do it, I've only been on stage for two days...

The next day, Russell contacted Astor, Garner, John Jr., Cox and others, and more than [-] people came to the large estate on the outskirts of Queens, New York.

This is the property of Astor, and the estate has horse farms, vineyards, golf courses and baseball fields...etc.

Two castle-like buildings stand on the mountainside. Standing in the courtyard, you can see the waterfall in the distance to the left, but you can't hear the noisy water flow.

Since Russell told Astor that the Mellon Consortium was likely to attack them, Astor called the members of the New York Consortium overnight and asked them to come to the manor to discuss.

The maid served dishes and drinks, and everyone sat around the table, chatting wantonly.

After a while, Astor talked about Mellon.

Andrew Mellon was born in 1855. His father Thomas was very business minded at the beginning of his business, and Mellon made his first real estate business at the age of 15 and made his first pot of gold.

Mellon is a little-known family. Its reputation in the United States is not as good as that of Rockefeller, DuPont, and Ford, but its wealth far exceeds that of the above-mentioned family consortiums!

why?

Because Mellon made a lot of profits in World War I, he already had financial institutions, such as Mellon National Bank and General Reinsurance Company, and he used these financial institutions to control the banking capital and industrial capital in the Pittsburgh area.

At the same time, it also monopolizes the production of lead mines in the United States, as well as the Gulf Oil Company... and family consortiums such as Rockefeller and Cleveland control the four largest steel production companies, electrical companies, and rubber tire companies in the United States...

After Mellon became Minister of Finance, the family developed more rapidly. He took advantage of the loopholes in the tax law to seek benefits for the family.

Such a seemingly insignificant family secretly controls such a huge power, which makes many people daunted.

After Astor finished speaking, everyone present fell silent, looking at each other without saying a word.

Russell shook his head slightly: "The opponent is already eyeing us. If we don't move, the opponent will come down like a tiger and annex us in one fell swoop!"

Garner nodded slowly: "Yes, we must be prepared."

"The key point is that we don't know where Mellon is going to start. Walker just got the news from John. I don't rule out the idea that John deliberately spread the news to lure us into the bait."

Astor nodded: "Of course it cannot be ruled out... The result of the Mellon family's confrontation with us will definitely be a lose-lose. If they want to move us, they will definitely join forces with Rockefeller, DuPont, Ford and other family consortiums."

The people in the New York consortium headed by Astor are basically doing business in various industries, some are engaged in oil, some are engaged in pipelines, and some are engaged in electrical...

But except for the Guggenheim family, which is a national pipeline tycoon, everyone else's business occupies a very small part of the industry. Unlike the Mellon family, which monopolizes the tin mining industry, it is not like the Rockefeller monopoly of 90% of the nation's oil.

Russell was a little disappointed looking at these people. Originally, Mellon was here for him, but Russell certainly couldn't compete with Mellon alone, so he had to bring these people together to fight.

Everyone gathers firewood to make a fire... But these people don't even have a decision.

Astor looked at Russell's complexion, and said, "We can't be sure where Mellon will attack us, but we can be sure that Mellon will definitely attack us, so we have to come up with an idea."

Everyone still looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one took the initiative to argue.

Russell waved his hand and said, "I will talk to the Mellon family, but during this period, you have to manage your own schedule and take care of your own business."

"Ok."

"I knew Walker would find a way."

"Walker is a young man, and a young man has energy."

"..."

Russell narrowed his eyes, looked at them and said with a smile: "Once a tiger in the dark has its prey on its sights, it won't give up easily. You must be prepared."

"Don't worry, Walker, I'm sure nothing will go wrong."

Russell smiled.

Astor turned his head to look at him with a straight face, and nodded slightly.

It was tacit understanding that the two belonged.

The product of the consortium is almost vulnerable to powerful enemies, and only when it faces the weak will it open its bloody mouth, gnawing on the weak people until there is no bone left.

At night, Astor and Russell sat in the study and chatted for a while.

Astor also saw the unwillingness of these people, so he bluntly stated that if Russell wanted to do whatever he wanted, he would support him unconditionally.

In the early 20s, when doing business in the United States, no one wanted to fight a business war. Not only was it exhausting, but it also made a lot of money.

There are hordes of rats on the street, and if you raise two at will to ensure that his family has no worries, they will give up their lives. That's why gray industries are bred in a free America.

Russell also doesn't want to fight a business war with Mellon, one is because of insufficient financial resources, and the other is that the members of the consortium are not united enough, how to fight?

So there is only one way left to go.

a few days later.

Under the bed in Mellon's living room, Mellon family home.

When the maid was cleaning the room, she found a wooden box containing five kilograms of explosives.

When Mellon heard the news, he hurried back from the White House, and his pupils shrank when he saw the explosives.

He first contacted the Secretary of the War and sent a company of engineers to search the house.

In the end, thirty kilograms of explosives were found in the house, and fifty kilograms were found around the courtyard...

These explosives were all packed in wooden boxes and placed neatly. It could be seen that the person who placed the explosives was a bit of a clean freak.

At the same time, four members of the New York consortium were intimidated and attacked. One of them was injured by a stray bullet and was hospitalized at the Manhattan Medical Center in New York.

Russell and Astor went to visit the wounded and happened to meet several members of the New York Consortium at the hospital.

"Mr. Astor, Mellon must have done this! He didn't want to use commercial means to destroy us, so he used this despicable method to attack and intimidate us!"

Astor spread his hands and said: "It must be a misunderstanding, Mellon has no reason to do this... Besides, Walker, Garner and others are all fine, why are you the only few attacked? Did you offend others?"

After finishing speaking, the four people who were attacked were also a little confused, looking at each other and doubting their own judgment.

"I heard that Mellon's family was also threatened yesterday. Could it be a wave of people?"

Hearing Russell's words, the four quickly waved their hands in denial.

"Impossible! We are in the shipping and furniture business, how could it be..."

After speaking halfway, he stopped.

Astor said with a dark face: "Since this is the case, let's stop this matter, I don't want it to happen again."

Russell smiled at the four of them, "You guys are so fateful, this time the god of death shuts you out, so we won't be able to tell in the future."

Immediately, the hairs on the four people's bodies exploded, and cold sweat flowed down.

They were not wronged.

Since the end of the party that day, Russell observed that the four of them made small moves, and even contacted members of the Mellon family in private, trying to fish in troubled waters.

How could Russell let them go?

If this continues, the New York consortium will inevitably split, and the Mellon family will be able to annex these miscellaneous fish without any effort...

In the end, Russell will also be targeted by the Mellon family.

Astor glanced at the four of them and said, "Your business will also be affected if you leave the New York consortium, so you can do it yourself."

He and Russell have long been tacit understanding, and they are also clear about Russell's methods of doing things.

Astor was just a little worried. If Melon knew that Russell had done it, how would Mellon retaliate?

Downstairs in the medical center, Russell answered questions for Astor.

"Melon will not retaliate. He was only threatened by evil forces and has nothing to do with us. You can't talk nonsense without evidence."

Astor suddenly realized, "So, if Mellon takes the opportunity to retaliate, you will expand the matter and turn it into a battle between two factions?"

"That's right!"

Chapter 125 Conversations with Mellon, Warner Bros., and the New York Consortium

A hundred kilograms of explosives were placed in the house of the Mellon family, which caused many republicans to be in fear for several days. Most people could not guess who did it, and only a few people had some doubts about the target.

But things without evidence can't be brought to the table at all, so they have to give up.

Andrew Mellon recuperated at home for several days, during which he made several phone calls, but still had no clues or clues. He could only suspect Russell Walker.

Because the steel company controlled by the Mellon family is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Russell's steel company is in Philadelphia...

In order to completely monopolize the steel in Pennsylvania, Mellon set his sights on the Walker Steel Company, but he was forced to terminate it before he could act.

"Walker Steel Company accounts for 30.00% of Pennsylvania's steel production, and three percent of the entire United States..."

"Ans, has the news that we are going to attack Walker Steel Company?"

Ans shook his head: "No! I'm sure not."

Mellon frowned and said, "Who could it be?"

"Mr. Mellon, have you told your colleagues?"

"It was disclosed... but not discussed in detail."

Suddenly, Mellon was taken aback.

He looked at Ans, his business assistant, opened his mouth and said, "Do you suspect that someone among my colleagues broke the news to Walker?"

Ans did not answer, but said: "I heard that four people from the consortium headed by Astor were shot and threatened. These four people have contacted the manager of our company."

"...Looking at this method, it really looks like Walker did it. You help me call and make an appointment with Walker... No, I will call myself."

Mellon picked up the phone and dialed the dial twice.

new York,

Walker family home.

Today is very lively, because Russell invited Tommy, Bugsey, Thomas Tai and others to dinner at home.

Now the identities of these subordinates are all clean, and they have not been contaminated by any gray industry. Even if they have a criminal record of doing gray business before, they only need to pay some fines to avoid trial, because the laws of the United States are not perfect at this time , all regular customers take the lead in taking advantage of loopholes, let alone businessmen.

Tommy's daughter, Leah, attended law school at Boston University.

Originally, Russell asked Amani to return to Tommy, but because the couple lived in two places all the year round, their living habits had long been different, and Tommy raised a few little foxes outside, so Amani naturally didn’t want to go back and disturb Tommy’s good life. He stayed at Russell's house, just to accompany Ruth to relieve boredom.

Bugsey and Thomas Tai also have partners, and the children are only five or six years old, just in time to play with Russell's youngest daughter, Heidi.

Russell's two sons, Kahn and Genna, are eight or nine years old, and they speak like adults, which is quite popular with everyone.

"Boss, I wonder if you remember David Aronson? That's noodles."

Russell looked up: "Remember, what happened to him?"

Bugsey said: "I saw Noodles a few days ago. He was stealing, blackmailing, and robbing on the street...I think he can come into the company to do something."

"Are you kind?"

Bu Gexi was stunned, and waved his hand: "Boss, I'm not showing kindness, or I think that Noodles used to be neighbors with you..."

"You can figure it out, the noodle boy is very good."

Bugsy blinked and nodded: "Okay, then I'll let him deliver to various stores."

At this time,

The phone next to him rang, and Bagsey retreated consciously, and went to chat with Tommy and the others.

Russell raised his hand and took off the phone and put it to his ear.

"Russell Walker, this is Andrew Mellon."

Russell raised his eyebrows: "Mr. Mellon, what can you do?"

"I have something to do with you, but it's not convenient to talk on the phone. Let's make an appointment to meet and talk?"