Rise of the Argentine Empire

"Oh, right, send a telegram to Little Nicks, telling him to come back from Madrid as soon as possible. He can handle this matter." Saint Hérésé called Andrew back before he left and said again. He was quite assured of Little Nicks's ability to handle affairs. He was very resourceful and had strong execution skills. His only flaw was that he was too fond of women. He was afraid that one day he would die on a woman's belly.

"Understood, boss."

The telegram had to be sent to the embassy in Madrid. Fortunately, these foreign executives would submit weekly work summaries, so Montevideo could also contact Little Nicks directly.

This time, he went to Madrid to expand the international fleet. There were basically no good quality old ships left. This time, he wanted to order some new ships and, incidentally, help the Sanhai Shipyard improve its shipbuilding technology.

"In general, Little Nicks can be considered someone who is capable and works hard."

Saint Hérèsé watched the two of them leave to attend to their business, thinking about things in his mind. Currently, Plarri International's development speed was still exceeding his expectations, and it was now involved in many directions.

It must be said that Plarri International's ability to develop such a large international network in just over two years was indeed due to Little Nicks's contributions. After he returned, they could also discuss some other matters, such as salaries and bonuses. The original method was no longer appropriate.

Plarri International had established branches in places like the western United States, Western Europe, South America, and Southeast Asia. Even the international department of Falcon International could not compare to this.

Especially the combat effectiveness of Blue Origin Futures, which was established in the United States this year, even caught Sain's attention.

It was also because Saint Hérèsé returned to Argentina at that time that Blue Origin no longer needed to exist. After all, with Sequoia and Blackstone, merging Blue Origin into Sequoia Capital when leaving the United States could also prevent Sain from messing around and check and balance him to some extent.

Sequoia had many of Saint Hérèsé's informants.

Ship purchase loans were being prepared before the establishment of Barron Bank. Originally, it was a completely independent system. Saint Hérèsé had separate control over Plarri International, but it was only recently integrated into Barron Bank's settlement system, which also strengthened Barron Bank's internationalization to a great extent.

The establishment of Blue Crystal Mining Company is not only for the purpose of making money. Being able to cooperate with the local snakes in Uruguay also requires relaxing a bit. If you eat too much oil yourself, it won't last long. After all, a strong dragon can't suppress a local snake.

Uruguay is just a small place, and it is not difficult to find a strong partner. A few days ago, I was a bit too high-profile, which was not very good. Heavyweight figures should still be handled by Little Nicks. Basically, what should be arranged has been arranged. This time, the goal has been achieved. Next, it is time to accept the results.

Saint Hérèsé and the team from Thunder Mining and Plarri International arranged the bidding matters.

On the Brazilian side, let Best, the current head of Falcon International's department, handle it and set fire to his backyard.

That small steel company in the United States, with a total market value of only 70 million US dollars, is not difficult to suppress their stock price. The amount of capital required is not large. Suppress the price to absorb chips, sell high and buy low, wash it a few times, and then release some bad news to make it a junk stock, and finally acquire it at a low price. After a few rounds, not many companies can withstand it.

Moreover, these Americans' goal is to play the game of empty-gloved white wolf. Most of the bidding funds come from bank loans. When the stock price is not good, release bad news, and the American bank will withdraw the loan. Basically, they can be easily played to death.

Without the support of the Americans, the Brazilians will be alone and unable to support themselves. He has not entered the Brazilian stock market, but the Falcon Bureau wants to make some small moves.

He is too familiar with this routine. Leveraged investment is legal gambling.

Under the leadership of Sain, Sequoia Capital on Wall Street not only invests in the stocks of large companies such as General Motors, DuPont, and Ford Motor, but especially in the last few months, it has invested in the junk stock Ford Motor, which has turned to full-scale revival. Under the leadership of Ford II, it has re-emerged, allowing Saint Hérèsé to make a lot of money.

It also invested heavily in stocks in the electronics industry, such as International Business Machines IBM, during the brief recession in the United States this year, earning a lot of money. It is known for advocating "value investing."

Sequoia Capital began to release some wealth management products, such as hedge funds, and also packaged the main stocks of the New York Stock Exchange into an industrial index fund, releasing the American Sequoia Index Fund.

Sequoia has become one of the hottest investment banks on Wall Street.

Because of Sequoia, Saint Hérèsé was able to have abundant development cash flow, which is his most powerful trump card at present.

A few days ago, Enco Electric, located in Queens, released the company's first product, the KKR cassette tape recorder. Wolfe hosted the press conference and began preparing the production line. The Toronto branch produced a prototype centrifuge.

"Boss, these are potential partners."

Buston compiled the intelligence of the Falcon Bureau into a book for Saint Hérèsé's reference, including several local snake families in Uruguay.

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Night gradually fell. Saint Hérèsé could vaguely see the distance from the top of the building. Basically, many places were dark, with scattered orange lights. The city center in the distance was a different scene, as bright as day.

In addition to arranging work matters, Saint Hérèsé took Buston to tour Montevideo. The gap in development with Buston City was still quite large. Montevideo has a mild climate, with green trees and blooming flowers all year round, and has the reputation of "City of Roses."

"Montevideo is not bad. It was a huge mistake to let Uruguay become independent back then. This place, like the other side of the river, is the heart of the Pampas grassland, as is the three southern states of Brazil."

Saint Hérèsé commented.

He also went to see Independence Square in Uruguay, the statue of Uruguay's national independence hero, just like San Martin he saw in Cordoba.

After visiting the Uruguayan Parliament Building, one of Argentina's power centers, Valley could see locals strolling and drinking mate on the streets of Montevideo. Compared to Argentina, the security here is much better, so it's no wonder there are fewer police.

Compared to several cities in Argentina, the urban development here is not as good as La Plata. The only advantage might be that there are quite a few people.

San Jose also visited Colonia, a coastal town full of Portuguese charm, and stayed there for one night, vaguely seeing the scenery of the Spanish and Portuguese colonial era.

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United States, New York,

The 16th floor of Sequoia Investment Bank's new headquarters on Wall Street,

"BOSS, this is our target this time. The big boss wants to bankrupt them. Are we still going to deal with Blue Origin?"

Sean carefully read the transatlantic telegram from Butch Town, a small, unknown company, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

"Let Martin and his BlackRock guys handle this arrangement. They need to carry out tasks too."

Sean has been feeling a little overwhelmed recently, not only having to improve the business department but also having to set up funds, insurance, and other businesses.

Moreover, the Blue Origin guys are too strong in combat, inheriting Little Nicks' fighting style. Although they have won several battles for Sequoia Investment Bank, they are out of sync with Sequoia's overall style. It's both good and bad for Sequoia, but this is what the boss ordered.

Even without deliberately expanding, Sequoia Investment Bank's personnel scale is increasing rapidly. Recently, they bought another office building, and Martin from BlackRock Investment has become even more mysterious.

Internally, Sequoia Investment Bank now has a somewhat intense "Red vs. Blue" rivalry. Moreover, the Blue Origin team's operating methods are relatively aggressive, and they execute San Jose's orders quickly and well, which should be a good thing. However, since negotiating cooperation with Merrill Lynch, Blue Origin has messed up several major events that undermined the cooperation, leading to the breakdown of the cooperation with Merrill Lynch. Fortunately, San Jose didn't push it too hard.

"I don't know why the boss wants Blue Origin to merge into Sequoia. It's not easy to change it now."

Blue Origin controls independent departments for futures, investment, and stocks, which overlaps with Sequoia Investment Bank.

Brazil, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, etc.,

The people from the Falcon Bureau's branches also took action, carrying out a series of operations in several branches of the Carone family, impersonating local gangs, attacking mines, brutally beating miners, or using money to hire mercenaries to threaten and beat people. In addition, Xin A Media secretly acquired local newspapers to carry out a series of synchronized publicity and public opinion activities, making something out of nothing.

These small things put the Carone family in a very passive position. They don't know who the opponent is, and the police department also warned the Carone family not to try to challenge the bottom line of the police department.

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Montevideo, Uruguay International Conference Center,

In the center of the scarlet carpet,

Representatives from companies such as Plari International, Baron Bank, Thunder Mining, the Gosen Family, and the Kurut Family attended simultaneously and jointly established the Uruguay Blue Crystal Mining Company. The proportion of investment varied, but the control was firmly in the hands of Thunder Mining. An opening ceremony was held under the guidance of the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Trade.

Several managers jointly signed the contract and cut the ribbon. Under countless flashes, Packard Anse, the new head of Thunder Mining, gave a speech,

"Our Blue Crystal Mining will increase employment for the large iron ore mine and invest in building railways and ports to increase exports…"

San Jose also attended the opening ceremony in the audience.

Then, they began to create public opinion and promote the development plan of the new mining company.

This establishment meeting was heavily promoted, leaving no stone unturned, making many people naturally trust the local company.

They also announced the composition and plans of the American company. After a few major newspapers promoted it, the public quickly became uncontrollable. Empty-handed tactics are certainly unwelcome. The Americans and Brazilians not only had problems in their own backyards but also had all kinds of messy things, igniting some public opinion.

At this mining company establishment meeting, Army General Anders Carson and President Andres Martinez also had contact but did not express their views. The Minister of Foreign Trade attended.

San Jose bought news articles as usual, boasting a lot, and vaguely revealed a package of development plans, helping the Thirty-Three Provinces and Rocha Province set up new railways, develop minerals, establish industries, solve employment, and subsequent investment.

When the mining company opened, the scales of victory began to tilt towards San Jose's side, and the competitors obviously had many problems. Uruguay did not have the strength to develop independently. The Brazilians and Americans were overwhelmed, and Blue Crystal Mining created public opinion and had the help of two local families.

As Little Nicks departed from Western Europe for Uruguay, San Jose finally completed most of the work, incidentally integrating the Falcon Bureau's Uruguayan branch and formulating the next development plan. If there are no surprises, the iron ore can be completely taken down, solving a major development problem.

With such a close high-quality iron ore mine, the La Plata Steel Plant can continue to expand its scale, or build new steel plants in other cities to continue to increase steel production. Whether it is export or domestic sales, there is no problem at all, and the larger the scale of the steel industry, the lower the production cost. Currently, only Argentina and Brazil in South America can produce steel on a large scale.

After finishing his work, he set off to return home, and it took only an hour and a half to reach Buenos Aires on the other side of the La Plata River.

On the ship, San Jose saw the gas emitted from the huge blast furnaces of the La Plata Steel Plant. The pollution problem is not difficult to solve. All steel plants in the world, the Ruhr area, the United States, Japan, and France, are like this. Just tell the truth. It is impossible to have benefits without costs.

The chimneys of the thermal power plant, this super-large coal and steel conglomerate, appeared in the core position of Argentina, smelting huge steel production, making people awe-inspiring, and indispensable for Argentina's strength.

The busy new port is constantly handling various goods, mountains of various coals are piled up, and ships are constantly transporting cheap coal from Australia back to Argentina, completely replacing the British's high-priced coal, and bringing many benefits to Argentina.

As long as other small and medium-sized steel plants are put into production smoothly (nearly 2 million tons), Argentina's steel production may soon be among the top twelve in the world, and no one can stop it, including Brazil and the United States.

San Jose's speed in building steel plants this time is too fast, much faster than other countries now. The root cause is money. Money can solve most troubles, and only Japan can keep up with this speed.

The steel plant also uses the world's most advanced electric arc furnace technology, and the steel production is increasing rapidly, the quality is very good, and it has quickly broken through technical barriers. The next step is to build a seamless steel pipe plant and other steel factories.

These seamless steel pipe plants are extremely important for the development of new firearms, 107 rockets, etc. Tank factories, tractor factories, and motorcycles also need a considerable amount of steel, as do mold factories.