America: My Time

Chapter 1261 Getting Anxious

Chapter 1251 Getting Anxious

The Chinese government is actually happy to see John's real estate company's plans, as it represents a continuous investment in the Chinese market. Although some have seen through the company's strategy—primarily focused on rentals—this has already been proven in Hong Kong. John's Hong Kong real estate company is indeed primarily focused on rental income, and the substantial rental revenue has long since recouped all previous costs. This trend is now continuing in major Chinese cities.

This might become a huge fortune in the future, but no one cares now. China is very happy about this investment. However, given the frenzied actions of real estate companies and the assessments of some experts, this development model is unlikely to be profitable even in ten years. After all, it puts too much pressure on their own funds, with all construction costs borne by themselves.

In fact, these experts underestimated China's own development speed. They didn't have John's vision and didn't know how crazy China's real estate market would become in the future. Although China is currently receiving capital injections from outside, and even overseas profits are being poured into the Chinese market, John is not worried at all, which has shocked many people.

The reason so many people in the US want to target John and use schemes to force him to withdraw funds from China is simply because they don't want to see John investing so recklessly. They'd much rather see him invest in the US market. After all, the US real estate market is booming, and they want to reap the profits.

Unfortunately, John had no interest in getting involved in the US real estate market. At most, he would only invest in the various venues or hotels needed by his own companies. As for other projects, John didn't want to get involved because the construction speed in the US was too slow, the labor costs were too high, and the returns were far less than in China. Under these circumstances, only a fool would choose to invest in the US.

Of course, Europeans were also involved. They were envious of the massive investment John's real estate company was making in China. Initially, no one paid much attention, but with the development of Universal Studios and film studios, as well as the rapid expansion of numerous commercial real estate projects, they became envious. This was because John's real estate company had long since left their markets and focused all its efforts on the Chinese market.

Now, those guys in Japan are also very envious and want John's investment. Unfortunately, they have no chance at all. John originally wanted to make a move in Japan, but those guys were too short-sighted. Before John could fully enter the market, they once again tried to stop him. This caused John to give up and turn to the Chinese market instead.

Investments in real estate, and numerous other assets ranging from energy to manufacturing—who wouldn't be envious? John's extravagant investments were bound to provoke reactions and retaliatory actions from those companies. This is precisely why the previous frenzied and alluring scene unfolded. However, so far, only Columbia Pictures has been forced to sell its film library; Warner Bros. continues to hold on.

John had been hoping to continue bringing the funds back to the United States, but Standard Chartered Bank made no move whatsoever. The funds remained in Standard Chartered's accounts in various Southeast Asian countries, showing no signs of leaving. This left the old guys dumbfounded and somewhat angry.

Now everything is clear: John wants Warner Bros.' film library, and he won't make any other acquisitions until he gets it, no matter how tempting the offer. Under these circumstances, many are uneasy, worried that John might get the Warner Bros. library and then back off, ignoring all their other assets!

They tried to find someone to talk to John and find out his true thoughts. But these guys quickly gave up. At this point, only Morgan could talk to John about this. As for old Martin and John's parents, they had already shown no interest in interfering, and besides, this was a business matter, so they had no reason to interfere.

Morgan was even less likely to pay them any attention. After all, the cooperation between Morgan and John had always existed and involved considerable profits. It was impossible for them to risk their own interests. So before those guys could even make a move, it was all over, with no chance whatsoever!
As those old guys began to pay attention to John, and when they turned their gaze to China, they were all shocked by John's extravagant spending. The reason why the White House's Zipperton was so fiercely targeting John was because John's investment was a slap in the face to him, a slap in the face to the donkey. How could he accept that such a large investment was not placed in the United States, but in China? John's move was clearly a sign of non-cooperation, a direct attack on them.

Although Donkey and his cronies had tried to get John's attention and hints, he received no response. John continued to proceed with his plan. Who did Donkey think he was? Trying to get John's cooperation was ridiculous. Did he think he'd make money working for them? These bastards had forgotten how they had schemed against him in the past. It was only because John still needed to use them that things had escalated to this point. After all, these guys weren't very clever, and if John wanted to find fault with them, there were countless examples. John only refrained from targeting them for the sake of profit.

Now that the Asian financial crisis is underway, John hopes that the donkeys and zippers will work together to make oil and capital, and that Soros, this troublemaker, fight back so that he can make more money.

Of course, the Asian financial crisis was only one factor. John was more eager to see Richardson's internet superhighway plan accelerate, fueling the dot-com bubble and speeding up its expansion. Without Richardson's cooperation, John's plan couldn't proceed, as the internet superhighway required a massive investment.

Although zip-up trolls' plan was aimed at John's network strategy, these guys' targeting accelerated the entire dot-com bubble, drawing a lot of money into this crazy bubble.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Asian financial crisis is currently only affecting Asian countries; there are actually many more calculations behind it. The Asian financial crisis has put Asian investments in a predicament, so global funds naturally need to find another place, and that's the United States. After all, the plans of the US's high-speed internet companies are driving the arrival of the internet age and allowing the internet bubble to continue to grow wildly.

Many people only see the impact John suffered, but not how much he benefited behind the scenes. Some have investigated and believe that a large portion of the emerging internet companies in Silicon Valley and Portland, Oregon, were John's doing, because these companies are backed by mysterious offshore funds, and most importantly, they are not short of money—unlike many other internet companies, most of which lack R&D funding!

Zipperton's attempt to target John, Silicon Valley, and the semiconductor companies in the US is wishful thinking. Everything they can see, John already knew and had begun planning. By the time they made their move, John's companies had already achieved results and blocked their research and development path. A pile of patents directly blocked their research and development direction, causing them huge losses.

It's not that no one wants to target John's internet companies, but ultimately there's nothing they can do. Moreover, if they take action, they might even harm innocent people. You have to understand that so many offshore companies don't all belong to John; many are also the work of established American families, with Rockefeller involved at least.

The more carefree John is in China, the more furious those old guys become. The pressure on Oil Capital and Soros is increasing. They are worried that things will explode in Southeast Asia ahead of schedule, and that John will harvest them before they have finished everything. This is the last thing they want to see.

Sony benefited, albeit reluctantly, but had to sell Columbia Pictures' film library. Now, everything hinges on Warner Bros. Time Warner doesn't want to compromise; they want to hold on a little longer. But the old guard can't wait any longer, and neither can the oil giants.

Threats came one after another to Time Warner, and even began targeting Time Warner's stock, showing how desperate those old guys were. Faced with such pressure, Time Warner eventually had no choice but to compromise. It didn't hold out for long, not even a week, before it had to restart acquisition negotiations with Phoenix Media and reluctantly sell Warner Bros.' film library.

Standard Chartered Bank quickly transferred the acquisition funds to its US-based Integrity Bank account. While funds in Southeast Asia were decreasing, the funds had not been completely withdrawn; the remaining funds remained there. This situation left many people uneasy, prompting them to seek further discussion with John about a new acquisition.

At this point, those old guys brought up the special steel plant to tempt John again. After all, John had attached great importance to it before. Unfortunately, no matter how they contacted them, there was no result. Quantum Mining simply wouldn't accept it. They rejected it with a single sentence. They had no intention of continuing to explore the steel industry, so they were unwilling to take over even the best assets. This left those old guys dumbfounded and gave them all a headache!
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