1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 55 The Circle
Vanderbilt stopped in his tracks. He took out an unsmoked cigar from the inner pocket of his jacket and handed it to Liang Yao, and then struck a match to light Liang Yao's cigarette.

Liang Yao subconsciously stretched out his hand to block the sea breeze, lest the sea breeze blow out the matches.

"Sit down and talk, California is beautiful."

Vanderbilt's eyes glowed, and he sat facing the ocean, watching the tide lapping relentlessly on the shore of San Francisco Bay.

He took out the third-smoked cigar from his shirt pocket and put it in his mouth.

"I didn't expect Mr. Vanderbilt to be so frugal. You remind me of a friend of mine, his name is Grandet, but in my opinion, you should be a more generous and well-organized person than him. "

Liang Yao vomited towards the sea, and he couldn't tell whether Vanderbilt was frugal or stingy.

"Grantet, that sounds like a French surname. Since you say I resemble him, your friend must be a miser, and I'm notoriously a miser in New York."

Vanderbilt didn't care one bit about being mean about him, he continued.

"I have a little money, but every penny I have should be spent where it should be spent to make it more valuable in my hands. Tell me, if you were me, face these damn What would your competitor do?"

"Let them go bankrupt! Even if the management of Pacific Cruise Lines and other shipping companies are determined to fight you to the end, the shareholders behind them have very limited tolerance for losses." Liang Yao said slowly, "And Everything about your shipping company is up to you, and the shares you hold have an absolute advantage, as long as you are determined to let them go bankrupt, I don’t think any of these will be a problem.”

The best way for Vanderbilt to monopolize the route from New York to California is to drag down the other party through price wars.

Back then, Liang Yao used this simple and brutal method to defeat Brannan. The simpler the method, the more effective.

Vanderbilt smiled knowingly, and Liang Yao's words reached his heart.Sometimes in order to make more money, you have to lose money first.

He has also used this method to defeat many competitors, and the price war is his most powerful fist in the market.

"Like you beat Brannan, right?"

Vanderbilt seemed to see himself when he was young. When he was young, he was very courageous and didn't have too many worries.

It's just that after the industry grows bigger, he seems a little hesitant.

"It's not exactly the same. Brannan is just a country man with a unique vision. Those powerful politicians in New York have more means than Brannan."

Liang Yao got up and patted the dust off his buttocks, then continued to walk towards Tingtao Garden.

The overall layout of Tingtao Garden still maintains its original appearance, and Liang Yao only built some Chinese-style pavilions to embellish Tingtao Garden on its basis.

It's just that most of these pavilions have not been completed yet, so the garden looks a bit messy.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Vanderbilt didn't see Coney for a long time. He looked a little angry, and he could think about where the kid was now with his butt.

But soon, he put the matter aside and chatted with his old friends.

Liang Yao prepared some special delicacies from Guangdong and Fujian for them, but he didn't have authentic ingredients, and the cook's skills were average, but it was enough for Vanderbilt and others.

Anyway, they have never eaten Chinese food, and these dishes are enough to satisfy their curiosity.In order not to embarrass them, Liang Yao thoughtfully prepared silver knives and forks for them.

Everyone praised these dishes that they had never seen before. Vanderbilt drank some wine and got a little excited. Seeing that the Mexican maid who served the dishes was hot, he stretched out his hand and pinched his ass, which surprised the Mexican maid. Pale.

Those present were all friends of Vanderbilt, and they had already seen it, and they just laughed.

Elizabeth felt a little helpless and apologized to Liang Yao: "I'm sorry, Mr. Liang, my father is such a person, and he is also like this when attending high society gatherings in New York. He can't control his hands and mouth."

"mouth?"

Liang Yao was a little surprised. Vanderbilt must be too unrestrained, right? !This guy won't get drunk and kiss the hostess directly?

He had been considering for a while whether to let the footman serve the food.

"Spit and tobacco juice on someone's brand new Persian rug." Elizabeth curled her lips and opened her mouth. "Because of my father's rude behavior, when sister Louise got married, few celebrities came to the house." Blessing at the wedding scene, my father was very annoyed because of this, and felt very humiliated."

Liang Yao smiled and responded, "Things may not be as simple as you think. There are often many reasons why the upper class hates a person."

Liang Yao looked at the people at the table, and found that he didn't need to prepare tableware for them at all, except that Louise and Clark had more regular meals.Vanderbilt and his pals are all hands-on.

Perhaps this is the Vanderbilt circle.

"I hope you won't be offended. That's what they look like. I don't welcome these uncles to my house for gatherings at the moment."

Speaking of which, Elizabeth curiously pointed to an earthen pot with a knife and fork and asked Liang Yaodao, she had never seen this kind of food.

"How do you eat this?"

Liang Yao used a spoon to serve Elizabeth some soup and a few pieces of sea cucumber and abalone from Buddha Jumping Over the Wall.

"Mr. Liang, I heard a lot of rumors about you when I was in Nicaragua, but I just don't know if these rumors are true."

Just as Liang Yao put the bowl in front of Elizabeth, Clark's malicious voice came from his ear.

He found some letters from Brannan in Tingtao Garden, some of which were correspondence with Clark, in which the two discussed some business cooperation matters.

He guessed that Clark might be hostile to him for this reason.

"Mr. Clark, if you have any questions, just ask."

"I heard that you killed Mr. Brannan and many of his men. Are you not afraid of being punished by the law? Or do you think California will always be a lawless place?"

Elizabeth felt that her brother-in-law's question was too much and was about to stop her brother-in-law, but Vanderbilt spoke first.

Although he drank a lot of alcohol, his consciousness was still very clear, and he sternly reprimanded Clark.

"Clark, please watch your words and deeds."

"Since Mr. Clark is so curious, I will tell Mr. Clark now that the laws of the United States will shine on every inch of the territory of the United States." Liang Yao stood up and answered Clark's question.

"Brannan and his men broke into my house with guns. I had to take up arms in self-defense for my safety and property. Sheriff Flagg was there. I don't think the law will punish a law-abiding person. Good citizen, otherwise it will lose the justice and authority it deserves.

I wonder what choice Mr. Clark will make when faced with this situation? "

Clark failed to make things difficult for Liang Yao, but was stricken instead. He was speechless and silently lowered his head to eat the food on the plate.

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