Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 214 Ross the Undertaker

"Steve Ross is not his original real name. His real name is Steven Rechnitz. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. His family background is not to say good, but it is also very good."

"Although the family went bankrupt during the Great Depression, he attended college at a private college and then went to Manhattan to join his uncle."

"His uncle owns a super large clothing store in Manhattan. The store is located in the middle of Fifth Avenue. The business is very good, and it provides customized services for some wealthy people all the year round. Therefore, Steve Ross has a difficult-to-find clothing store. The opportunities he could get, and he was very handsome when he was young, so he only worked there for a year before he was spotted by a wealthy daughter named Carol Rosenthal."

"How rich is Rosenthal, the daughter of a wealthy family? In the last century, more than 50.00% of the funeral homes in New York City were already owned by their family, and before she and Steve Ross met, their family It is already the second largest funeral company in America.”

"The love of the wealthy daughter allowed Steve Ross to see the opportunity for a class jump. In addition, his uncle's reputation in Manhattan was very good, so with the help of his uncle, Steve Ross successfully married Rosenthal. The girl in the family, and then...he just soared into the sky.”

At this point, Spielberg paused.

Because he had already discovered that the faces of the two people on the opposite side were astonished.

Ethan and Evelin's confusion made him smile and take a sip of his drink, and then said: "It's surprising, isn't it? But you heard it right, Steve Ross can succeed because he is handsome enough. "

Such a fact made Ethan feel a little bit emotional, he didn't expect that the opponent who disgusted him was actually a bad boy?But compared to this, Ethan is more curious, how did a little boy become the chairman of Warner?
Following his inquiry, Spielberg also sighed with emotion, and explained: "It's very simple, because the Rosenthal family rejects Steve Ross..."

According to Wang Dahammer's routine, after marrying Bai Fumei, the next step is to reach the pinnacle of life.

And this is what Steve Ross really wanted.

It's a pity that the Rosenthal family doesn't like this tailor from Brooklyn. Even if Steve Ross's wife expressed to her father that Steve Ross could be familiar with the family business on her behalf and take over. part of the family business, but her older siblings disagreed.

According to the flow in the novel, the next thing to be staged is a drama of seizing power, but Steve Ross is not a normal person. Since the heir of the Rosenthal family does not welcome him, then he will not confront him head-on, but From another angle, let's see what the resources of the Rosenthal family can bring to me.

Under his search, he found that the vehicles of the funeral home would only be used for a short time during the day, and when the time for picking up passengers passed, they would stop at the company to waste time.This situation led him to find his father-in-law and told him that he wanted to borrow the vehicle and rent it out when the vehicle was not in use.

Since Steve Ross did not seize power head-on and fully respected the Rosenthal family, his father-in-law agreed with his idea, and this also allowed him to earn his first pot of gold.

"Wait a moment--"

Hearing this, Evelyn finally couldn't sit still.

The girl interrupted Spielberg's narration and gave him an incredulous look.

"Steve Ross renting out the car in the funeral home?"

"Oh Sxxt! Isn't this behavior disgusting?"

The girl's facial features were tense, with a look of bad luck.

"Of course disgusting."

Spielberg nodded and said: "To be honest, I also felt disgusted when I heard his story, but he did make money from this, because the Rosenthal family at that time received high-end customers in New York , the cars that pick up and drop off guests are all luxury cars, and those cars are very popular after entering the market.”

"Okay, Okay, Okay..." Ethan raised his hand to signal to stop.

Although he admitted that Steve Ross, who could come up with such a money-making idea, was a talent, he also felt that it was really unlucky to do this.

"Skip this part." He waved his hand, "Otherwise all the food will be thrown away."

"I understand I understand."

Spielberg nodded with a smile, and continued: "In short, after making the first money with their brains, the Rosenthal family looked at Steve Ross differently, and they gave Steve Ross Rose has more power and wants to see what he can do."

"Then……"

“Steve Ross has found a new revenue stream for the Rosenthal family funeral home.”

"That's charging for parking."

"That's protection money."

Parking charges have actually appeared in the early 50th century, but in the 21s, such charges were not as common as in the 15st century, and there was no charge based on [-] minutes, and the maximum owed was [-] weird event.

The places that can really organize people to charge are either large national parks or commercial areas of super-large cities, such as the entrance of funeral parlors, where customers who choose to park here are free to park.

But in the eyes of Steve Ross, this kind of behavior is a waste, so he planned all the funeral parlors of the old father-in-law's house, and set those parking spaces for private use, and everyone had to pay for them.

This behavior also made him earn a lot of money.

After all, people don't bother to pay for parking when they're grieving in and out of a funeral home, and in this case, as long as they don't charge too much, it's a waste of money.

After the Rosenthal family found out that Steve Ross really seemed to have a business mind, his old father-in-law manipulated the family company to annex other peers and became the No. [-] funeral service company in Mimi. The management rights were handed over to Steve Ross, and he was officially in charge of the company.

When this fact emerged, Steve Ross finally tasted the taste of power, and the first thing he did after taking over the company was external expansion.

Since those who were able to pay for parking at that time basically had a gangster background, he cooperated with the Jewish gangster Abner Zwillman (Abner Zwillman).

The two parties will merge all the car rental companies and parking fee companies under their own names.

Overnight, Steve Ross became the king of New York's car rental and parking-charging world.

As for the reason?

Very simple!
Abner Zwillman's Nickname is Al Capone of New Jersey!He was the man who transported liquor from Canada to New York in a military armored truck during Prohibition!
This guy guarantees Steve Ross [-]% of his money!
When Steve Ross had a steady flow of cash...

The drama of mergers and acquisitions and expansion will naturally appear.

In the early 60s, they controlled more than [-]% of the car rental companies and parking service companies on the east coast through mergers and acquisitions, and started the car wash business at the same time;
When the company's development hit a bottleneck, they entered the field of construction again, became real estate tycoons in New York, and began to develop residential real estate and commercial real estate;
Entered the entertainment industry by acquiring a brokerage company;

Became the boss of DC through the acquisition of National Periodicals Publishing Company;

He entered music with the acquisition of Atlantic Records;

At the same time, it acquired Warner and directly became one of the Hollywood giants.

It is precisely because of this behavior that Warner officially owns DC.

"Er—very inspiring—"

After listening to Spielberg's description, Ethan couldn't help but admire.Although he and Warner were enemies, he had to admit that Steve Ross played the financial game quite smoothly.

Diversify the company through acquisitions?

This is indeed a very good tool.

John Malone, who is known as Genghis Khan in the American media industry, founded TCI and sold it to AT and T for a sky-high price of 500 billion in [-], used this method.

And Stan Kroenke, the owner of the Denver Nuggets who married the heir of the Walton family, the Premier League Arsenal and the Mosaic League, also likes to expand in this way.

As long as there are no financial problems in the company, this method is the fastest way to expand personal wealth.

"So... why haven't I heard of these things?" Ethan asked.

He also checked Steve Rose's information before, but all he got was some normal feedback.

And this question made Spielberg shrug his shoulders——

"Would you write someone above me on your face?"

"Pfft—" This rhetorical question made Evelyn laugh outright.Hiding the background is something all successful people love to do.

This has nothing to do with self-reliance. It is purely that hiding the background allows you to have more backhands when facing the opponent. It is like playing bridge. You can throw the small cards first to give up the right to wait for the opportunity.

"Okay."

"Are you relying on these things to judge that Steve Ross is behind it?" Ethan asked.

"Yes." Spielberg nodded.

"But I didn't see any flaws." Ethan spread his hands.

Spielberg was not impatient and continued: "The flaw lies in Steve Ross's previous partner Abner Zwillman. During Prohibition, he got the goods from Seagram. At the same time, he was a friend of the Genovese family.”

"!"

When the name of the Genovese family appeared, Ethan and his sister looked at each other.

At this moment, the two finally understood why Spielberg said that Steve Ross could make the guy who was eyeing Columbia Pictures lose interest in Warner Burbank Studios when he revealed the black material of Columbia Pictures up!Because the Genovese family is a special kind of mafia!
They are America from Corleone, Sicily, Italy!

And MGM boss Kirk Kerkorian...

But a casino developed with their money!

Oh no, there’s Seagram in it too!
Kirk Kerkorian's start-up capital was given by Seagram!
"MFxxk!"

Ethan, who had straightened out the entire relationship network, suddenly cursed.

"Together?"

He stared piercingly at Spielberg.

"Together."

Spielberg took a deep breath and nodded.

Such a fact made Ethan frowned!
Although Spielberg's ideas are a bit wild, when the backgrounds of these people keep appearing like matryoshka dolls, Ethan feels that the truth may be right in front of him!
"First of all, we have a grudge with Warner, and we will never die."

After returning to the hotel, Ethan spread out a huge piece of white paper on the table in the conference room and started writing and drawing.

"Secondly, Warner's current boss, Steve Ross, and MGM's current boss, Kirk Kerkorian, are friends who have maintained a bond of interest. Kirk Kerkorian must know that Steve Ross Steve Ross’ plan, and Steve Ross will know that Kirk Kerkorian is going to come back to Hollywood after building the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.”

"At the same time, they also know that both parties are very interested in video games."

"In this case, our partnership with Columbia gave them an opportunity because Steve Ross felt that Columbia Pictures was taking their own stuff, and Kirk Kerkorian wanted to acquire Hollywood Pictures. The company's approach allowed MGM, which had lost its complete production and distribution capabilities, to become stronger again, so they hit it off immediately."

"They detonated the check counterfeiting case!"

"They want to thwart our filming plans while hitting Colombia!"

When Ethan connected all the names on the paper, the incomparably clear case flow made him clenched his fists. If he thought the Colombian check fraud case was a bit inexplicable, now... "MFxxk! !! Bunch of sons of bitches!!!"

The motive was clear and the logical incident made him slam his fist on the table.

There was a muffled bang, and cracks appeared on the white paper.

Evelyn, who had witnessed all this with her own eyes, put her arms around her arms, and she leaned against the table and asked, "Are you sure?" She seemed to feel that her question was not obvious enough, so she added, "Do you think Shi Is what Steven said true? Is it possible for him to lie? "

"Because he's a friend of David Geffen."

The story of the wolf came is the best test of human nature.

If Spielberg hadn't concealed his relationship with Columbia helm David Begelman before, then Evelyn might have accepted his story, but now...

The girl felt that Spielberg might also be trying to help David Geffen, so she asked Ethan to focus on Steve Ross, the boss of Warner Communications.

This line of thinking made Ethan frown and ponder. After a while, he shook his head and said, "I think what Steven said this time should be true, because we and Warner are enemies."

"Even if he doesn't say that today, I will fight to the end with Warner."

"Unless he leaves the video game market, there's no way I'll let him go."

"More importantly, our company does not have video game patents. Philips cannot use patents to attack us. That is because Ralph Bell is a consultant in our company."

"If he wants us to give David Geffen a hand, he can ask for it."

"When he can go against the idea of ​​his mentor Sidney Simberg and negotiate with Universal, it is impossible for him to not know what bargaining chips he has with me."

"But he didn't use them."

"So this can only prove one thing."

"He really likes video games, and he still wants to be friends with me."

"Of course, there is another possibility, that is, his father told him that as long as Principal Fred is still alive, the lineup of Stanford, HP, Lockheed, and Thor can easily crush Steve Ross."

"No matter how good the funeral is, it can't beat the military industry!"

"If Steve Rose's background is strong enough, then the court in California would have accepted Warner's lawsuit against us long ago, so how could it be possible to ignore it until now?"

"If Steve Ross's background was strong enough, news that smeared us would have been flying all over the sky. Those media couldn't be as silent as they are now!"

"Besides, finding the real culprit of the incident is also Steven's goal, isn't it?"

"Although David Begelman did such a thing as check fraud, he helped Steven and even his good brother George Lucas."

Ethan stared at his sister seriously, and said in a deep voice, "To put it bluntly, if nothing else happens, Steven wants revenge more than I do."

The clear words made Evelin nod slightly, staring at the relationship diagram in front of her, she asked: "What are you going to do now? Officially declare war on Warner?"

This question made Ethan laugh, "Declaration of war? No, No, No..."

"We're already at war."

"There are only two things we have to do now."

"The first thing is to investigate the real background of Steve Ross to see if Steven is talking nonsense. And the second thing... Since they like to play sneak attacks, then we will tell them that all the conspiracies They are vulnerable to absolute power."

"Since Steve Ross is still making moves, it proves that he will not give up the video game market. In this case, we just need to find out the release time of his new product, and then kill him head-on..."

Since Steve Ross doesn't talk about Wude, continue to reach out!
Then don't blame him Ethan Jones for slashing people with a knife!
"You can't beat me on the surface, so you hide in the dark and act as a pretender?"

"Ah--"

"It's just a bedbug!"

　Note: ①Steve Ross did achieve class transition by eating soft food, because his main business is the largest funeral company in the whole country, so he has always had a nickname in the United States, called The Undertaker. ②The partner of Steve Ross written in the article, the gangster Abner Zwillman is mixed with the 'gangster accountant' Meyer Lansky, this guy is in Las Vegas, Cuba, London, etc. The land has a large number of casinos, and he let the mafia into Las Vegas. The Flamingo Hotel bought by MGM boss Kirk Kerkorian was held by the mafia on his behalf. .With their matchmaking, Steve Ross and Kirk Kerkorian got on really well. ③If you have watched Meiyu, you should know that Bronfman Jr. of Seagram sold DuPont shares to buy Universal. Kerian, it's all about having fun.

　　
　
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