Silicon Valley

After lunch, Henry asked his secretary if there was a better private villa nearby.

"There is exactly one!" The secretary nodded, "This villa has an area of ​​2,500 square meters. It used to be a French private villa. After the war broke out in Madagascar, it was sold to us at a low price!"

"Inform Madam and the others, they will move in this afternoon!" Henry looked up and looked around, and said, "Living here, I feel like I have come to the countryside!"

"Okay!" The secretary nodded, then went outside to make a phone call to arrange the relocation.

At this time, Tom, the CEO of winsom architectural design firm, came to the Royal Blue Mountain Palace.

"Mr. Williams, hello!"

"En!" Henry nodded and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Mr. Williams, many of the buildings designed by our winsom are high-rise buildings, but Madagascar's industrial foundation is too poor to be built at all!"

Henry thought for a while and said, "Don't worry about this, I will buy related engineering equipment from the outside world!"

In fact, Henry had already considered this issue.

Madagascar's industry is so poor, can it produce large excavators and trucks? ? cannot. So, the only way is to buy from outside. Henry has asked people to investigate the information of the world's top ten construction machinery manufacturing giants. At present, two companies have already entered Henry's eyes!

The first is Caterpillar Corporation of the United States, the world's largest construction machinery manufacturing enterprise.

Founded in 1925 and headquartered in Illinois, USA, the company is one of the world's largest manufacturers of construction machinery and mining equipment, gas engines and industrial gas turbines, and one of the world's largest manufacturers of diesel engines. In terms of construction machinery, Caterpillar's main products are excavators, loaders, bulldozers, scrapers, motor graders, pavers, milling machines, stabilized soil mixers, off-highway and mining dump trucks, compactors, etc. 10 series of products including real machines.

The second company is the German company Liebherr. The company's construction machinery products include complete tower cranes, truck-mounted cranes, hydraulic excavators, dump trucks, hydraulic pipelayers, wheel loaders, crawler tractors and loaders, pipeline layers, concrete mixing plants and Mixer truck series. In addition, Liebherr offers a wide range of products in many other fields, for example for cargo handling, including marine, container and quayside cranes. In the field of plant and plant construction, Liebherr supplies machine tools, interlocking machine systems, aviation equipment and transport technology, and in the field of household appliances, Liebherr supplies a complete range of refrigerators and freezers.

It can be seen from the product lines of these two companies that their products are complementary in many aspects, and each has its own strength.

What impressed Henry the most were Liebherr T282 and Caterpillar 797 trucks. These two trucks are land giants! Henry was taken aback when he saw it at first, and was amazed how there could be such a big truck in the world! The Caterpillar 797 weighs 288 tons, while the Liebherr T282 weighs 363 tons. Each tire of the two trucks is almost 3.8 meters high. People standing over it are less than half of the height of the tires. Compared with the large trucks you usually see on the road, they are simply mini trucks! If this kind of giant truck is on the road, those who touch porcelain will definitely take a detour!

In addition, as far as Henry knows, Haier was developed on the technology of Liebherr, and the origin is not small!

When Tom heard what Henry said, there was no problem, and then he gave Henry a staff arrangement for Winsom Architects in Madagascar. This time, winsom sent more than 3,600 designers to Madagascar, almost using up 80% of the firm's designers!

Then Tom said goodbye and left.

Henry picked up the phone and called his acquisition team.

"Smith, start buying American Caterpillar and German Liebherr!"

"clear!"

The information on Caterpillar and Liebherr was personally investigated by Smith, so he knows the situation of these two companies very well, "Mr. Williams, even if he bought these two companies, he wants to transport these engineering equipment Coming here is also a big problem. Look, are we going to acquire another large maritime transportation company!"

Smith paused, then continued: "Didn't you acquire a large number of shipyards in the UK before? If you can own a maritime transportation company, then the shipyard can produce and sell itself! At the same time, you can also fight against competitors. , reduced the order of the other party! In addition, Mr. Williams, you have so many industries under your name, and many things need to be shipped, such as express delivery, steel, ore, electronic products, engineering equipment, food, etc. If you have A sea transportation company can not only save a lot of expenses, but also can develop this sea transportation company!"

Henry nodded, thinking that what Smith said was very reasonable, with so many industries of his own, it was enough to support a world's top maritime transportation company. And the largest customers of the shipyard are these shipping companies. Mastering the shipping company means controlling the fate of the shipyard. If they don't buy ships from South Korea and Japan, their income will drop sharply!

Henry couldn't help showing a smile on his face, and said, "Smith, since you said that, then you must have found an acquisition target!"

"Yes, Mr. Williams!" Smith nodded, "This company is called Maersk Group, the top ten famous shipping companies in the world, and the largest container shipping company in the world!"

Smith didn't say much, and left it at that. He knew that his boss, Henry Williams, didn't want to buy the company. If he wanted to buy the company, he would usually buy the leader in the industry!

Henry was slightly surprised when he heard the name Maersk. The name of Maersk is so powerful that Henry has heard of it as early as in his previous life. Maersk ranks first in the world in terms of shipping capacity. It transports nearly 7 billion tons of goods by sea every year, which is equivalent to one ton for every person on the planet. Moreover, Maersk’s ships call at ports every 13 minutes on average around the world. Unbelievable!

"There is no place that Maersk can't reach! Even a small Pacific island or an inland point in Africa!"

Maersk is so confident.

It is said that the tax paid by Maersk in Denmark has reached 40% of the country's tax, which is simply amazing!

"Very good, then buy Maersk!!!" Henry said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

After Henry hung up the phone, he couldn't help thinking, isn't it too awesome to do this?

Just when Henry was in a daze, Lakshmi Mittal called.

"Mr. Williams, with the help of the British government, the European Union has approved the merger plan between Williams Steel and Arcelor Steel!" Lakshmi Mittal was very excited on the phone.

Henry was much calmer. In his previous life, Lakshmi Mittal's Tamir Steel Company annexed Arcelor Steel Company. In this life, it was just replaced by Williams Steel Company. The success rate should be quite high. Arcelor Steel was originally composed of the three major steel giants in Europe. The purpose of its establishment at that time was to fight against Japanese steel companies. But even so, Arcelor is still not Japan Steel's opponent. If a single steel company is compared, Arcelor Steel is number one in terms of scale. But in Europe, Arcelor Steel Company can do it, but Japan has four major steel companies, and each steel company is not much worse than Arcelor. The solidarity of the Japanese is obvious to all. The four major steel companies joined hands to deal with Arcelor Steel, and Arcelor is naturally not an opponent. Today, the Williams Steel Company has merged with the Arcelor Steel Company, and its strength has skyrocketed, almost rivaling the four major Japanese steel companies!

The new company after the merger is still called Williams Steel Company, with a market value of close to 180 billion US dollars. Henry holds 66.5% of the shares, the original shareholders of Arcelor Steel Company hold 30% of the shares, and Lakshmi Mittal personally holds Shares 3.5%.

"Okay, I got it!" Henry said, "Let the factory go into full operation, and after that, the global demand for steel will be very large!" When he said the last three words, his tone couldn't help but aggravate.

Lakshmi Mittal nodded in response: "Yes!"

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...

In the afternoon, Henry's family moved to a nearby private villa. In the evening, Henry received a large number of Blackwater members. Under their operation, it will be announced tomorrow that Madagascar will hold an independence referendum. At that time, Henry Williams will be proposed as the king of Madagascar!

In the middle of the night, the starry sky was so bright that Henry couldn't sleep.

He looked at the starry sky in the distance in a daze, thinking in his heart that an independence referendum will be held tomorrow, and by then, the whole world will know that he will be the king of Madagascar and establish a new regime. What will people think? What will be the attitude of the US government? !

"Honey, can't you sleep?" Kailina hugged Henry from behind and said softly.

Henry nodded, and said, "There will be an independence referendum tomorrow, and I'm a little nervous now!"

"There's nothing to be nervous about. With your prestige in Madagascar and the help of Blackwater, the throne of the king is a certainty. Since the king was elected by the independence referendum, what qualifications do other countries have to dictate!" Kailina said.

Henry knew that this "other country" was the United States.

"What's more, didn't you get the support of the United Kingdom? Approved the country of Madagascar to join the Commonwealth of Nations and become a member!" Kailinna smiled, "Besides, you have been supporting your own government in the United States all these years , although it is not comparable to other consortiums, it is still a big force. In addition, do you think these consortiums in the United States want you to leave the United States, or do they want you to stay in the United States? If you stay in the United States, you may snatch them away More cheese, shake their position! If I were a member of the Morgan Consortium or the Rockefeller Consortium, I would hope that you would leave the United States as far away as possible..."

Henry nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, if I want to be in the United States, they will only become more and more afraid. If I go to the barren land of Madagascar, they should wish for it..."

Kailinna smiled and said, "Hehe, maybe these consortiums in the United States will unite to help you..."

"Haha, it's really possible..."

Henry laughed loudly, and kissed Kailinna's small mouth. After a while, there was a shameless voice in the room...

...

The next morning, the air was fresh and smelled of green grass.

The independence referendum started at 9 o'clock in the morning. After Henry and others had breakfast, they sat in front of the TV to watch live TV.

The independence referendum is not a presidential election. How could Henry have the nerve to canvass for votes? Do you want to say to them, I want to be king, and the Williams family will rule you for generations, so vote for me quickly?

At the very least, Henry will not appear until the result of the independence referendum is out.

Wait, wait, it's only 8 o'clock, and it's only an hour until 9 o'clock. But at this moment, Henry felt that life was like a year, it was really difficult!

Still, half an hour before the vote, calls for Henry Williams to be king grew louder across Madagascar.

"Mr. Henry Williams cares most about us Malagasy and I think he should be our king!!!!"

"That's right, Henry Williams is king, I accept!!!"

"That's right, let Mr. Henry Williams be the king, he is so rich, he will definitely develop Madagascar in the future, and our living standards will also be greatly improved, don't you think?!"

"That's right, Henry Williams is the richest man in the world, and his fortune is in the trillions of dollars! Just take out some money, and Madagascar will undergo earth-shaking changes!"

"Support Henry Williams as king!!! Henry Williams is the most talented person on earth, and has created countless wealth and miracles. When he is our king, he will make Madagascar a rich and powerful country in the world!! !"

"Woooooo...I support Henry Williams as king. Without him, not only would I have starved to death, but my grandson would have starved to death. He gave me and my grandson's lives. I Vote for him as king!"

"..."

Some foreign media reporters were dumbfounded, what is the situation. In modern society, there are still people who are willing to let others be kings? Are these people out of their minds? These reporters don't understand that Henry has done a lot of things in Madagascar that moved the Malagasy people, and the Blackwater members brainwashed these people every night, telling them how good Henry is, and by building a stone tablet, every day worship. This is no longer a simple cult of personality, but a deification of Henry.

Therefore, under the long-term subtle influence, Henry Williams became king, which was also taken for granted by the Malagasy people. What's more, many of these voters are members of Blackwater, and they took the lead in supporting Henry as king! The public has a herd mentality and is extremely easy to be influenced, especially the uneducated Malagasy. Seeing such an exciting scene, coupled with the fact that they are usually brainwashed a lot, their brains became hot at the time, and they also expressed their support for Henry as king.

Ding! ! !

At 9 o'clock, the Madagascar independence referendum officially began.

"Henry Williams is king, one vote!"

"Henry Williams is king, two votes!"

"Henry Williams is king, three votes!"

"..."

At this moment, the voting places in the major cities of Madagascar are basically all voting for Henry as king.

The invited media reporters from all over the world were completely dumbfounded.

"Oh my God, is Henry Williams going to be King of Madagascar?!!!!"

(to be continued ~^~)