Reborn in America: Starting as a California Resident

香江时间，1979年4月9日下午8点37分；

Henry set foot on the land of Hong Kong for the first time.

As the hatch slowly opened, a humid, slightly tropical breeze rushed in, instantly invigorating him.

Alison stood at the cabin door, ready to help Henry disembark: "I wish you all the best in Hong Kong, Mr. Getty."

The outside temperature is 25 degrees Celsius, and the humidity is high.

The fleet is waiting on the tarmac and will take you directly to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

"Thank you, Allison."

Henry nodded, straightened his clothes, and then stepped out of the cabin.

A small tiered vehicle was ready, and he steadily descended the steps, stepping onto this vibrant land.

By this time, it was completely dark, and the night view of Hong Kong was like a magnificent painting, with neon lights flashing and skyscrapers brightly lit.

"Mr. Getty, it's a pleasure to meet you in Hong Kong."

A male voice rang out from the convoy in front of the helipad: "I am Fred Sassoon, the client manager of HSBC."

Upon hearing this, Henry turned to look at the young white man who had come forward to greet him. He saw that the man was wearing a well-tailored dark suit and was smiling as he extended his hand to Henry, his eyes filled with kindness and inquiry.

"Oh, Fred, you can just call me Henry. It's nice to meet you too."

Henry responded by politely shaking hands with the other man. "I've long heard of the Sassoon family and the legend of HSBC."

Henry's main partner during this trip to Hong Kong was HSBC, which holds 70% of Hong Kong's currency issuance rights.

Fred Sassoon, standing before them, was a member of the Sassoon family, the controlling family behind HSBC.

This family originated in the early 19th century and is a typical oil family.

Initially, they were henchmen and lackeys of the Rothschilds, the oil-owning royal family, who were supported in the Far East.

By dumping opium into China, they defied fate and amassed their family's "first pot of gold."

According to records, before 1836, the Sassoon family alone accounted for approximately one-fifth of the entire Chinese opium market!

Armed with the initial wealth accumulated from the bones of countless Chinese people, David Sassoon, the founder of the Sassoon family, joined forces with the Rothschild family and other oil merchants in London and India to push the British government to abolish the East India Company's monopoly on trade with China.

This move further spurred a significant increase in the opium trade volume in China by European and American merchants, led by the Sassoon family.

Some readers may wonder why England would abolish the monopoly rights of its own companies?

This issue involves a complex history.

In fact, England was previously ruled by the Netherlands.

Portugal, the Dutch coachmen, and Spain successively became maritime superpowers because, with the support of the Jiangnan landlord group, they were given navigation technology, shipbuilding technology, nautical charts (Haidao Zhenjing), and even sent people to Malacca and Luzon in Southeast Asia to teach shipbuilding by hand, making them their overseas trade agents, "silver laborers," which led to the successive rise of the aforementioned European countries.

As the Netherlands grew in power and became a maritime superpower, England naturally became a colony under its rule.

The Dutch East India Company was established at that time.

Therefore, it was also called the Dutch East India Company.

Later, the East India Company was given another branch – the British East India Company.

In order to seize greater profits from the opium trade and abolish the East India Company's monopoly, the Khazars of the City of London naturally became the common goal of their efforts.

In those days, families that made huge profits by selling opium included, but were not limited to, the Sassoon, Kadoorie, Hardoon, Abraham, Solomon, Ezra, Toyg, Hayim, and Soforth families.

To date, the United States has had 46 presidents, most of whose families had sold opium to China for huge profits.

After 1840, the opium trade gradually came under the complete control of the Sassoon family, making them the largest opium syndicate in the world at that time, bar none.

Perhaps considering their poor reputation in China back then and fearing it would affect their business operations, the Khazars oil conglomerates, which had committed numerous evils and misdeeds in China in the past, began to retreat behind the scenes one by one for the sake of convenience in their operations and business dealings. They established a series of asset management plans through so-called banks, trusts, and funds. The shareholders behind these asset management plans were still a bunch of mysterious offshore companies whose shareholdings could not be penetrated, thus controlling HSBC.

Back then, Judah of Khazars established a large number of companies in China, including Jardine Matheson, Pacific Company, Zensen Company, Sassoon Company, British Iron and Steel Company, etc., and all of these companies were original shareholders of HSBC.

Most interestingly, the Rothschilds were also related to the Sassoon family by marriage.

However, as time went by, their relationship became increasingly subtle and complicated.

The Sassoon family, due to their long-standing dominance in the Far East, gradually became dissatisfied with being subordinate to the Rothschilds.

In order to break this dependency, the Sassoon family began to look for new opportunities.

They set their sights on the world's beacon of freedom—the United States.

In the original timeline, the Sassoon family spent $3.14 million in 1980 to acquire a 51% stake in Marine Midland Bank in New York State, and completed full control of the bank in 1987.

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Unfortunately, fortune and misfortune are intertwined.

This series of plans, which seemed to be going smoothly, were actually all carried out under the covert guidance of the Rothschild family.

After the acquisition was completed, Rothschild began to use its influence in the global financial field to carry out a series of attacks.

This allowed HSBC to incur huge losses of billions of dollars in just a few years.

This not only nearly thwarted HSBC's strategy in the United States, but also plunged the Sassoon family into a situation where their financial chain was about to break down.

The Sassoon family, which had been beaten to a pulp, began to look for powerful partners in America in order to resist the pressure from the Rothschilds and make a last-ditch effort.

Unfortunately, they underestimated the influence of the Luo family in America.

Even with incredibly tempting offers, they failed to persuade the major American families to form an alliance with them.

No one is stupid enough to risk alienating Rothschild, a major shareholder of the Federal Reserve, for such a small gain.

During that period, Sassoon was taught a terrible lesson!

I almost became a complete idiot.

Ultimately, the Sassoon family, having exhausted all other options, had no choice but to admit their mistake.

He said he was blinded by greed and that's why he did such a foolish thing.

However, the Rothschilds, having gone to great lengths, were not about to let their opponent off so easily!

They intermittently proposed a series of unequal treaties.

Sassoon threatened: If they obeyed, they would be spared their riches and honors out of consideration for their shared status as oil workers.

And if they continue to show no remorse, then...

Needless to say, the shrewd Sassoon immediately initiated a comprehensive restructuring of the HSBC Group, "joyfully" relinquishing his position as the largest shareholder and becoming the largest white glove left by the Luo family in Hong Kong.