If American politics is regarded as a huge stage, then what is being staged on the stage is a shadow puppet show, and the politicians on the stage are all wire-controlled puppets, and Li Mu and other rich people are the hands behind the scenes.
It is an obvious fact that even after the former US president stepped down, he had to go to Li Mu's company to eat, needless to say, the secretary of state, even if William Elva continued to go back to be his lawyer after stepping down as secretary of state, mainly to serve Li Mu and other rich people, so in front of Li Mu, William Elva really couldn't be strong.
"Your performance today is so wonderful, I have to say, Mr.
President, you have found a good helper.
Elva's attitude is also good, face is given to each other, the secretary of state is equivalent to the prime minister of a country, people treat Li Mu politely and greet him with a smile, and Li Mu can't be arrogant and shouting.
"I don't know what the effect will be, but the posture is already in place, and it should touch the Colombian government.
Elva doesn't know how much today's meeting touched Martinez Silva, but judging from the atmosphere at the scene, the effect should be good.
"Your mission has been accomplished, so wait for my good news.
Elva is satisfied with his work, and the next thing is up to Li Mu.
Yes, in today's Congress, whether it's William Elva or Winfield Hancock, they're all acting, a big drama specially prepared for Martinez Silva.
The Senate has never considered the Nicaragua Canal plan, and the signing of the agreement with Nicaragua was originally intended to relieve the worries of monopolizing the Panama Canal, and the United States has never considered digging the Nicaragua Canal.
The so-called fans of the authorities, Martinez Silva probably didn't expect Li Mu to have such a lot of energy, to be able to move the Senate and cooperate with Li Mu to act.
One fact that Martinez Silva ignores is that Li Mu is not a person, Li Mu represents the Panama Canal Company, and Li Mu is indeed not qualified alone, but if you count the Panama Canal Company, it is enough.
Just two days later, Martínez Silva signed a supplementary agreement on the Panama Canal on behalf of the Colombian and U.S. governments.
As Li Mu requested, the term of the agreement is 99 years, during which the Colombian government may not arbitrarily break the contract, and after the expiration of the term, if the Panama Canal Company is willing to continue to lease the Panama Canal, then the Colombian government cannot refuse on other grounds.
In order to make Martinez Silva look better, the annual lease fee that the Panama Canal Company had to pay to the Colombian government became $200,000, for which the Colombian government leased land within 20 kilometers on both sides of the canal to the Panama Canal Company.
Land leasing was also a common tactic used by the government to attract private investment in public projects, such as when the U.S. government was building the Pacific Railroad.
If the Panama Canal Company owned only one Panama Canal, the Panama Canal Company would have acquired a maximum of 10 kilometers of land, but because the Panama Canal Company now also controls the Panama Railway, 10 kilometers becomes 20 kilometers.
As a business group, the Panama Canal Company was indeed very efficient, and none of the members of the committee had any idle meals, J Morgan and Ulysses Grant were busy selling stocks, Li Mu was tasked with dealing with Martinez Silva, and the acquisition of the Panama Railroad was handed over to John Vanderbilt.
As the nominally richest family in the United States now, the Vanderbilt family controls the most railroads in the United States, and there are many people in the family who are proficient in railroad operations, and John Vanderbilt is the most suitable person to do this.
It is indeed suitable, unlike the huge Panama Canal, the value of the Panama Railway is about 7.5 million US dollars, and in the past, the French spent a high price of 23 million US dollars to pocket the Panama Railway in order to improve the efficiency of the canal construction.
Of course, it was not enough to get to John Vanderbilt, who bought all the shares of the Panama Railroad for only $11 million, which was less than half the cost of the French.
With the signing of the agreement, the wishful thinking of the French finally failed, the Interoceanic Canal Company became a joke, and the stock price of the Panama Canal Company soared again.
The last time the Panama Canal Management Board put the sale of shares on hold in order to raise funds because of the emergence of the Interoceanic Canal Company, in early April, after the agreement was re-signed, the Canal Management Committee again announced that it would sell the shares publicly.
The difference from the last time is that the Canal Management Committee originally only wanted to raise $500 million in funds, but now in just one month, the Canal Management Committee's target has been raised to $700 million, and the Canal Management Committee has taken out 10 percent of the shares.
"Isn't the price a little too high" Li Mu couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this plan.
It is indeed high, if at this price, the three percent of the shares obtained by Li Mu and Will will be about 2.1 billion US dollars, and this price may not be able to be taken out even with Li Mu's wealth.
"I don't think it's high, I think it's low."
Rockefeller's attitude is even more radical than Li Mu's, and he can't wait to raise the price to $1 billion when he sees this posture.
"It's just an ideal situation, and even if we can only raise $500 million, then we can accept that."
J Morgan is more cautious, and although he is also a little optimistic, he is still much more low-key than Lockephile.
"Now there is a problem, according to the agreement we signed with the Colombian government, 10% of the shares of the canal belong to the Colombian government, and we originally planned to give 20% to Washington, but now it seems that Washington is not satisfied with this percentage."
J Morgan provided an update.
The Panama Canal is estimated to be the largest project of the late 19th century, and the money involved is rare in the world, which makes the distribution of equity extremely complex, and the Colombian and U.S. governments have a stake in it.
"How much does Washington want" Li Mu's expression was calm, but his heart was already turbulent.
As early as when Li Mu supported Hayes in his bid for president, Li Mu knew that some of Hayes's behaviors were sometimes difficult to control, so Li Mu was prepared in his heart, but Li Mu didn't expect that this day would come so quickly.
"Thirty percent" even if he is as calm as J Morgan, his expression is a little ugly.
"What a big appetite," Li Mu laughed angrily.
Hayes's appetite is indeed too great, so that the Panama Canal project alone can contribute $2.1 billion to the U.S. government, which is higher than the U.S.
GD for the whole of last year.
"Twenty percent is already for the sake of the government standing up for us, and as for 30 percent, this is simply wishful thinking."
Rockefeller's face was gloomy, and the knuckles of his fingers pinching his pipe were a little pale.
"Thirty percent is absolutely impossible, twenty percent is our bottom line."
Li Mu doesn't know whether to say that Hayes is smart or stupid, the Panama Canal project has concentrated almost all the rich people in the United States, and Hayes is standing on the opposite side of all the American bourgeoisie, which is self-defeating.
"Mr.
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President seems to have some kind of misunderstanding about our work, so Ream, it seems that you should go to Washington if necessary, and communicate with Mr.
President in person to avoid some kind of misunderstanding."
J Morgan said it more politely, and the subtext is that since you are the one who picked it up, then you have to be responsible for it to the end.
"Maybe you don't know it yet, yesterday our Mr.
President signed two orders ordering the withdrawal of troops from South Carolina and Louisiana, you should know what that means, I think in the coming days, our Mr.
President will have a hard time getting a good night's sleep, and there will definitely be a lot of people going to him for trouble."
Rockefeller gloated on the sidelines, this one is really big-hearted, and the standard is not a big deal.
South Carolina and Louisiana are the last two states in the South to implement military control, which is one of the rights obtained by the federal government after the Civil War, and Rockefeller said that "many people will find trouble with Hayes", referring to the 360,000 federal soldiers who died during the Civil War, and the power they gained in bloody battles was given up by Hayes in this way.
About this matter, Li Mu really knows a little, Hayes's intention is to alleviate the contradiction between the north and the south and rebuild the southern states, which is a good thing, and Li Mu is also quite supportive, because only the southern states can also be developed accordingly, and the products of Junma Group can have more markets.
Now it seems that Hayes is in a bit of a hurry, just after taking office, and before even the differences within the party have been settled, he began to think about easing the contradictions between the two parties, which is also a high-eyed master.
It is indeed a master with a low eye, not to mention anything else, just say that Hayes often talks about the establishment of a "clean" government during the election campaign, Li Mu is not very optimistic, so in the final period of the campaign, Li Mu specially explained to Hayes that he should no longer put the word "incorruptible" on his lips.
Of course, Hayes made this decision and did not discuss it with Li Mu, Li Mu supports Hayes as president, and Hayes will take care of the interests of Li Mu and the Junma Group within a certain range, but will never act as Li Mu's puppet, so Li Mu has no right to point fingers in this matter.
However, Li Mu is not optimistic about Hayes's decision, once the federal government withdraws troops from South Carolina and Louisiana, then the Democratic Party is bound to make a comeback in these two states, Hays's move is certainly to please the Democratic Party, but at the same time it also offends some people in the Republican Party, as well as blacks in the above two states.
The blacks who had hoped that racial discrimination in South Carolina and Louisiana would be completely eliminated through military control have now hastily withdrawn their troops, to a certain extent, betraying the trust of blacks in these two states, and the consequences of this are indeed unpredictable.
"Guys, since we have chosen Hayes, then we should be prepared for his character, he is like this, and similar things may happen next, and even more excessive things will happen" Li Mu didn't want to defend Hayes, although Li Mu and Hayes are still allies, but the degree of "alliance" is definitely not as good as Li Mu and Rockefeller, J Morgan, and others.
"Who knows, I wouldn't be surprised if one day Mr.
President left the Republican Party and joined the Democratic Party."
Rockphile didn't like Hayes in the first place, and now he hates it a little bit.
"This shouldn't be, Mr.
President is not so stupid" Li Mu had to stand up to help Hayes speak, to this extent, it is already a bit off-topic, if Li Mu does not stand up again, then maybe he will be impeached after a while.
That's hilarious.
With one hand putting Hayspong on the presidency and pulling Hayes up with the other, the Republican Party is tantamount to slapping itself in the face.
"I'll go to Washington tomorrow, and I'll have a good talk with Mr.
President."
Li Meng's mood is a little complicated now. , perhaps it is the sorrow of Hayes to be born in this era, if it is changed to a few decades later, a person like Hayes will definitely achieve a great career.
"It's best this way" "It's too late for me to say."
J Morgan and Rockefeller had very different attitudes.
When he returned home that night, Li Mu told Will about the incident and wanted to hear Will's opinion on the matter.
"Actually, we all know that the withdrawal of troops is a matter of time, the only question is when to withdraw, since Mr.
President did this, then it must also be the result of careful consideration, we should not question this decision, especially me."
Will is more cautious and surprisingly has a lot of good feelings about Hayes.
He was also a soldier before entering politics and also participated in the Civil War, so Will had a good impression of Hayes.
Of course, this is in the absence of comparison, if Li Mu and Hayes are standing in front of them, then Will will not hesitate to stand on Li Mu's side.
"I understand your position, what I want to know is your true attitude."
Li Mu didn't want to listen to Will's perfunctory words, and wanted to hear Will tell the truth.
Politically, the military is a special group, and the army cannot have its own inclinations, so Will will help Hayes speak, which Li Mu had long expected.
"The truth is that this decision is standard nonsense, wait and see, it is estimated that it will be difficult for our Mr.
President to survive his four-year term safely."
Will is not optimistic about Hayes, and there is no need to shy away from this in front of Li Mu.
"Well, you win."
Li Mu was sullen, and finally understood what people really thought of Hayes.
I knew it was like this Well, I knew earlier, hehe, there is no regret medicine to take in this world
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