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It's been a long time since I saw little Ivy.

Taking advantage of Suri's return to Hollywood, Talia brought her baby here in a low-key manner and lived in her own small estate in Bel Air, which is worth tens of millions of dollars.

At this moment.

Suri sat next to the stroller and teased her daughter.

The little girl in front of him, with double eyelids, long eyelashes, and a very cute look, was smiling and holding his fingers, and she was saying "Ah Wu Ah Wu" in her mouth, as if she was chatting with him.

This made Suri feel very happy, and she said:

"Based on her cute appearance, I will accept her even if she becomes a spendthrift in the future. At most, I can give her 10 million US dollars a year, and I can earn it back by earning interest from bank deposits. I can't squander my family property at all. Others are always worried about having a child who spends a lot of money. I think it's because they have too few assets."

Talia scolded:

"You will spoil her. If you are slack with her, then I can only be strict with her. In the future, won't she like you more than me?"

Suri smiled:

"I'm just making the worst plan. It would be best if she has the same personality as you. I haven't seen her for a while, and I feel that she has grown up a lot. She doesn't sleep all day like when she was a child. She likes to interact with people."

Talia nodded and replied:

"Because she is always taken care of by different nannies, Ivy doesn't seem to be afraid of strangers. I often take her for outdoor walks recently. She can already see the scenery in the distance, and occasionally laughs loudly."

We often meet and chat through online video. Although we have been apart for a long time, we are not unfamiliar.

Suri asked Talia:

"Now that the baby is born and you have basically recovered, have you ever considered continuing to make some movies? As for taking care of Ivy, I can ask my parents to help. They are both very cautious and there are professional nannies to take care of her."

Since she got pregnant, Talia has been resting for more than a year.

Except for occasionally sharing some daily life on social platforms, she has turned down all other work. Many actors do not open for three years, but they can make a living for three years after opening. It is common for them to take a temporary break.

For so long, Talia has always been living around her baby. She is not a strong woman like a workaholic, but it seems good to take a breath and relax occasionally.

Since she became Ivy's mother, sometimes she almost forgot how relaxed and free she was before she got pregnant.

So she replied:

"Okay, it's better to play some supporting roles that can be shot in a week or two, otherwise I'm worried that she will completely forget who I am."

Thinking that this arrangement is really good, Suri made an OK gesture and said that she would help find a role suitable for Talia.

Seeing that the topic has always been around herself and the baby.

Talia asked curiously:

"How are you doing recently? The news said that ExxonMobil and other companies sent lobbying teams to try to stop your investment in the S electric car super factory in California. In fact, it's enough to have enough money. There's no need to make yourself so tired."

The outside world has always believed that Suri is not interested in work and is busy traveling.

Talia understands that many of his actions have deep meanings. For example, during his trip to Australia, he acquired several companies in one fell swoop, covering the banking, hotel, and insurance industries, with a total investment of more than one billion US dollars, all of which are reconfiguring assets and enhancing risk resistance.

Su Rui waved his hand and smiled and said:

"The United States has been the world's number one power for many years, which has led people to subconsciously fall into a thinking error, thinking that all companies will not survive without the US market."

"In fact, if it weren't for easing relations, I would never have thought about investing in California to set up a factory. Now ExxonMobil has jumped out to stop me, which just gives me a reason to delay."

"Originally, with the current sales volume, a Shanghai super factory is enough. Even if a new factory is built now, it will be a waste of high prices to support a group of employees, just for show."

As the number one oil oligarch in the United States, ExxonMobil was founded by the oil tycoon John Rockefeller.

After more than a century of development, it has long become a giant, and its influence cannot be underestimated.

Fortunately, ExxonMobil is only worried about the future. At present, the contradiction between the two sides is not big. This time, it took action to suppress S electric vehicles, mainly because the concept of new energy vehicles is too strong, which has affected investors' confidence in the prospects of oil companies. It was forced to show off its muscles.

Otherwise, other small and medium-sized oil companies may rebel, which will have a negative impact on ExxonMobil's appeal in the alliance.

The reason why Su Rui knew the details was that, like the Koch brothers who bought off Koch Industries, many people on the board of directors of ExxonMobil also invested in S Electric Vehicles.

In this regard, we can only say that sometimes the interests of company executives and shareholders are not consistent with those of small shareholders and retail investors.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the development prospects of S Electric Vehicles are much stronger than those of the old-established company ExxonMobil, so how can we miss an opportunity to make money?

Many people hate Su Rui, not because he is rich, but because he is so good at making money, but he didn't make money with them.

Because there are more wolves than meat, Su Rui can only take care of some of the most powerful thorns, and naturally the contradictions cannot be completely eliminated.

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Since learning to treat every day with a normal heart, Su Rui's mentality has become much calmer.

Time flies by while preparing to shoot TV series in Hollywood, polishing and creating new songs, and trying to spend more time with Talia and her daughter.

A week later, Suri boarded an Airbus A380 private jet in advance and came to Washington on the East Coast in a high-profile manner.

If he was just an overseas investor who was at the mercy of others, the inquiry would be particularly important. Since he heard the news, he immediately understood that the key to breaking the deadlock was not the inquiry itself.

So Suri came in person.

He was busy holding private parties at night and took time to walk around during the day.

He went to Washington every year, invested up to nine figures in public relations funds in a low-key manner, and recruited a group of former civil servants as consultants, feeding them with good food and drink. After spending so much money, it was finally time to see the return.

It was not convenient to talk about the details.

But before the inquiry officially started, Suri had already received a guarantee in advance that the whole thing would eventually end in vain, and S Electric Vehicle Company would not be punished, but it would be difficult to get financial and policy support.

The main appeal of the traditional car companies and oil companies that took action against him this time was to slow down Suri's pace and give themselves more breathing space, rather than completely crushing the S Electric Vehicle Company, whose market value has reached more than 20 billion US dollars.

It's not that they don't want to crush it completely, but there is no chance.

First of all, if you understand this point, you can find out where the focus of the game should be placed.

S Electric Vehicle is still small in scale, and Suri doesn't want to make the situation a life-and-death struggle. So in the famous Oval Office, he personally promised not to start building a factory in the United States within three years and not to sell electric vehicles priced below 40,000 US dollars within four years.

This is equivalent to making some concessions, exchanging a few years of stable development for the company, giving traditional American car companies a fair competition opportunity, and facilitating them to make adjustments to their existing businesses to avoid too much stock price drop.

This is the case on the surface.

The fact is that since S Electric Vehicle Company launched the S-Car 7 SUV coupe in November last year, orders have quickly exceeded 30,000 vehicles, and then the stock prices of several American car brands have fallen by an average of 14.2%.

The overall stock price of oil companies has also fallen by more than 8%.

With a few years of breathing space, many major shareholders who are pessimistic about the fuel vehicle and oil markets can slowly sell off their holdings and re-allocate their assets.

Su Rui made concessions in exchange for avoiding further escalation of conflicts. Considering that it takes a long time to improve the industrial chain, these two promises actually have little impact on him.

Battery costs are there, and it is impossible to launch too cheap pure electric vehicles in the short term.

Since the main anchor of the US dollar is oil, Washington is also worried that Su Rui's pace is too fast. Having a clear timetable will make everyone feel at ease.

Thinking of the BBA electric car in the previous life, which could not be made no matter what, Su Rui is not too worried that General Motors, Buick and Chrysler Motors will be able to catch up.

After all, Washington and the guild will not allow them to relocate factories to China, Mexico and other places on a large scale to reduce costs.