1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 63 America's First Industrialists
The Bank of America branch in Sacramento is one of the few masonry buildings in Sacramento, and it is also the strongest building in Sacramento.

After everyone reluctantly left the bank vault, Liang Yao received them in the VIP room on the second floor of the Bank of America Sacramento branch.

In the past, only customers with more than 800 ounces of gold in Bank of America were eligible to enter the VIP room on the second floor.

In the eyes of Vanderbilt and others, the VIP room of the Bank of America was not luxuriously decorated. Compared with the major banks in the east, it could even be said to be a bit shabby.

But the amount of business they're negotiating here today would eclipse any major bank in America.

Perhaps this will also become the largest transaction in the history of the founding of the United States.

Everyone in the VIP room has their own thoughts.

Vanderbilt wanted to use California gold to beat his pesky competitors at sea and on the canals, start his own railroad empire, and at the same time make up for the huge losses he had suffered from the stock market downturn in the past few years.

The shipbuilding expert Jeremiah Simonson, who played the role of a quiet spectator, has been silent all the way, hoping to obtain enough gold to develop new shipbuilding technologies and expand the scale of the shipyard.

The idea of ​​the steam engine manufacturer Theodore Sekel was similar to that of Simonsen. He hoped to get gold to improve the existing steam engine, in order to narrow the gap with the British in the field of steam engine, so that his steam engine could be exported to Europe and the British. steam engines competing in the international market.

In 1850, although the industry in the United States had already started, the industrial products made in the United States were still synonymous with low-end and inferior quality in the international market. Not to mention competing with Britain, even France could not compete.

The survival of these fledgling manufacturing industries in the United States also depends on the trade protection policy of the federal government, which raised import tariffs and shut out a large number of British and French industrial products.

If there is a high-end industrial product that can beat Britain in the European market, such as a steam engine, it will not only make money, but it will also be a very proud thing for the United States.Even the citizens of the whole country will be proud of him.

The future belongs to the era of steam machinery, steam ships, trains, factories and many other places need to use steam engines, he does not want himself to lag behind others in this regard.

If Sekel gets enough gold, he can also expand the steam engine factory, build more new factories, hire more workers, and produce more steam engines.

Fan Daze is the most ordinary of these people. He runs a grocery store, but he has more grocery stores, and his financial resources are far inferior to the others present.

Van Darzer's idea is also simple: to open more grocery stores in more cities.

As for Kony, he was the most absent-minded one, just sitting on the sofa, drinking tea and whistling leisurely, not forgetting to tease the young female employee who served the tea and water.

"California's gold is enough to change the United States, and even change the world. Although I now have the most gold in California and the largest and most abundant gold-producing area, I am willing to share with you who are doing it and will change the future of America. My gold."

Liang Yao now desperately hopes to convert the gold in his hand into a business, otherwise the gold in his hand will not mean much to him.

Liang Yao also had the idea of ​​cooperating with the eastern aristocratic chaebol to share California gold. This ridiculous idea only flashed in his mind.

Those self-proclaimed aristocrats are not even willing to accept Vanderbilt, a white Dutch rich man, so how can they accept him, a Chinese rich man with a different skin color?

Everyone in the VIP room began to discuss in full swing.

Clearly, they have a strong interest in gold.

But they also know the cost of doing so.

"If we do that, we'll be making enemies of the big-name plutocrats in the East who have been coveting California's gold for a long time."

Simonsen is a more cautious person. Although gold is attractive, it takes a lot of money to get it.

The purpose of his trip is to inspect California. If it is suitable, he will open a new shipyard in California and undertake some ship repair business at the same time.

There are many merchant ships traveling to and from California every day, but as far as he knows, only Liang Yao's San Francisco Shipyard in California has the ability to repair small steam ships.

His shipyard will be of great use here, grabbing huge wealth for him.Getting involved in the gold industry is not part of Simonsen's plan for this trip.

"Simonson, I admit that you have a point. But even if we don't get our hands on California gold, will those arrogant and arrogant guys be friends with us? Don't you forget how they made you at your son's wedding last year?" embarrassed?"

As the saying goes, barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, and Fan Daze is such a person.

Anyway, he didn't have much property, and it was a rare opportunity for him to get his hands on California gold, and he didn't want to let go of the opportunity.

"There is also the wedding of Louise and Clark two years ago, my old man, have you forgotten? They ignored your invitation directly, and no one came to the wedding of Louise and Clark to give the two newcomers Send sincere wishes!
Why can't we touch the gold in California if they can touch it? ! "

As he said that, the emotional Fan Daze looked at Vanderbilt again.

Vanderbilt was the most powerful person among them, and Van Dazer hoped that Vanderbilt could participate in the California gold rush.

Vanderbilt is a man who holds grudges, and of course he has not forgotten these humiliations.

But Vanderbilt is not worried about those famous business people, but their influence in Congress.

It's just that he didn't know how much sincerity Liang Yao would show, and whether it was worth their risk.

Vanderbilt took a deep drag on his cigar, then turned his head to stare at Liang Yao.

"What my old friends said is very reasonable. To tell you the truth, Mr. Liang, I am very interested in the gold mining business in California. It's just that we don't know how sincere you are until now."

Vanderbilt was most concerned about how much real profit he could get from participating in the California Gold Rush.

Liang Yao took out the financial report that he had prepared before departure, and handed it to Vanderbilt.

"This is the financial report of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company last week. Last week, we produced an average of 2641 ounces of gold per day. After deducting all expenses, an average of 1854 ounces of gold was recorded per day. Today I will show you the largest mining area of ​​Xiangshan Gold Mining. "

It took Vanderbilt a while to understand Liang Yao's financial report. Liang Yao's financial report was very beautiful, and the company's capital flow was clear at a glance.He even wants his company's employees to follow this template to make financial reports in the future.

Liang Yao gave him too many surprises, and Vanderbilt was not surprised to make such a good financial report.

In the later generations, Liang Yao made fake financial reports for many small companies. Moreover, this financial report was not very watery, so Liang Yao only doubled the data on the basis of the original real financial report.It's still not a problem to fool Vanderbilt.

"How many shares in Xiangshan Gold Mining Company are you willing to transfer?"

Vanderbilt put down the financial report and asked.

He admitted that the shares of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company are indeed very attractive.

He also privately sent his assistant, Nigel, to investigate gold panning companies in the California area.

Xiangshan Gold Mining Company can be said to be the best among these gold mining companies, leaving its opponents far behind.

Even if a large consortium from the east enters California, Xiangshan Gold Mining Company is not without the ability to fight back.

Vanderbilt understood that the most valuable thing about Xiangshan Gold Mining Company was not the company itself, but the large amount of land owned by Liang Yao.These things other gold panning companies do not have.

After all, land is the root of all these problems.

(End of this chapter)