There is obviously some grudge between Baldwin of the Kleiman family and Charles, the chairman of Sears Group across the street.

Otherwise, both parties will not have business relations from the very beginning.

There is no communication whatsoever.

There is one thing that Oscar the White Bear is relatively concerned about.

That's the people on my side, most of whom are local business families in Chicago.

This is what people often call the old money family.

Among them, the Kleiman family is the leader.

In the hands of old money families, banks or gold shops are usually the backbone.

On the opposite side, Charles is more of a new-school capitalist.

That is to say, commercial companies like Sears Group have grown step by step with the development of the times.

For example, Wall Street tycoon Gordon has always been with Charles.

People like Nickel, the heir to the Kmart Group, are all people involved in popular sunrise industries in the current capital market.

Companies like the International Telephone and Telegraph Company, Hanover Manufacturing, and the Marietta Company were considered traditional industries and were considered by the media to be members of the sunset industry, so they surrounded Baldwin.

The meaning revealed in it made Oscar the White Bear smile.

To some extent, it can be regarded as a kind of commercial division...

However, this division is not absolute.

As he knew, the Kleiman family, to which Baldwin belonged, owned more than half of the property rights in the Sears Tower.

That’s right!

Currently, the Sears Group's headquarters building, Chicago's First Building, is a 443-meter-tall, 110-story building. Most of the property rights are not owned by the Sears Group.

As Oscar the White Bear knows, the Sears Group went through a very difficult period in the 1980s.

At that time, Sears, which was in trouble, sold its building.

Part of the property rights were bought by the then mayor Richard.

There are also some property rights that have been bought by many fund insurance companies and are regarded as a kind of fixed investment.

The remaining property rights, more than half, went into the pockets of the Kleiman family.

Later, with the help of consulting firm McKinsey, Sears finally gained a new lease of life after undergoing weight-loss surgery.

It grew step by step and once again became the number one in the retail industry in America.

It is said that in the 1980s, Baldwin and Charles had a pretty good relationship.

After all, it was Baldwin who made the decision to buy the original Sears Tower, giving Charles enough capital flow to help the company complete its transformation.

But wait until three or four years ago, when the growing Sears Group planned to buy back its headquarters building.

But Baldwin refused.

Even when Charles approached him and offered a 10% premium, Baldwin didn't relent.

A ten percent premium is already quite a lot.

The total price of the Sears Tower is estimated to be around 100 million to 130 million.

And Charles's premium is equivalent to an overpayment of about tens of millions of dollars.

This is definitely not a small number.

Charles had to put a lot of effort into getting it approved by the board of directors.

After he asked the board of directors to pass a resolution saying, "The industry's number one headquarters building is in the hands of others, what will the media think?"

I approached Baldwin and proposed a purchase plan, but he refused without any hesitation.

This made Charles a little embarrassed.

On his side, he finally got the board of directors to agree to allocate over 100 million yuan to buy a property.

The returning owner won’t sell?

Isn't this a slap in the face?

At that time, the Sears Group was at its most prestigious.

It has been the number one in the industry for a full year.

Behind them, Kmart Group, Target Group, and Amazon, which has just begun to develop, are all far behind Sears.

And because Sears Group’s purchasing volume has been linked to more than 2,000 companies.

The livelihoods of nearly a million people are affected up and down.

Even the commander-in-chief of the White House did not dare to look down upon Charles casually.

He even sent an invitation to the White House to Charles, but was rejected with the excuse "I'm on vacation and don't have time to go." The commander-in-chief didn't dare to get angry.

Being number one in the industry and no one in politics, Charles felt that he had given Baldwin enough face, but was rejected outright, and he instantly became angry.

After leaving Baldwin's mansion, he immediately began to use his group's network to put pressure on Baldwin.

As a result, he was disgraced by the notorious Kleiman family.

The Kleiman family itself does not run much investment-heavy industrial companies.

Many of the assets under his name are mainly buildings or shops.

And the vast majority are within the Chicago metropolitan area.

Plus years of investment in local politicians.

Sears Group tried to find someone to put pressure on, but couldn't find one.

People have nothing for Sears Group to manipulate, so they naturally ignore its business competition methods.

Finally, Charles did not believe in evil and ran to the city hall to find old Richard and ask him to come forward.

Old Richard pushed back and said that he couldn't make the decision on his own and had to contact Baldwin.

Then, he said that he would take the initiative to communicate, but there was no movement on his hands.

This matter has been delayed like this, and no result has come out to this day.

But because of this, there was a conflict between Charles and Baldwin.

Oscar the White Bear deliberately collected and learned about these old stories before coming here.

In order to prepare for this banquet, he specially prepared for nearly a month.

How to show a gentle arc from the smile on your face.

Looking at the movements of your hands, what should you do to look less "street-like"...

Finally, I heard someone say that Lao Qian's family has a relatively old-school style and specially prepared a civilized staff.

When we arrived at the scene, we found that he was the only one doing this.

Don't look at the smile on his face at this moment, it's even gentler.

But I had already made up my mind to send the guy who made the suggestion to the bottom of the Chicago River!

…

In a banquet hall on the Gold Coast, street gangsters began to prepare for a clean slate.

Here, Luo Ang found that the relationship between himself and the street was getting deeper and deeper.

Just a few minutes ago, BD's people had been almost wiped out by the green cobra.

Except for some black iron-headed boys who were still trying to resist.

Most of the BD members have resigned themselves to their fate and huddled in the corner, no longer trying to exchange fire.

When the overall situation was about to be decided, a group of people with a strong street presence, whose identities could be identified at a glance, came from the streets.

Look at these street members wearing red headscarves, with six-pointed stars and devil symbols on their bare arms.

Zhou Taixiang muttered in a low voice: "Sin Lord..."

Luo Ang immediately understood that this was the BD support manpower Zhou Taixiang mentioned!

Just as Zhou Taixiang said, the GD boss Oscar the White Bear did not just sit back and watch Kelsen's demise.

He released his most elite and craziest members.

The Sin Lords are gangsters on the streets!

If we say that other street members have been involved in various evil behaviors because of hanging out on the streets.

Then the people of the Sin Lord can only live on the streets because of too many evil deeds!

This group of people usually hides in the deepest parts of the black communities in the South Side, in the former public housing estates.

They will send manpower to patrol near the public housing, and the poor people in the public housing make a living by manufacturing contraband.
To be continued...