A week later.
Li Zixuan took the train to Chicago with his group.
They checked into the most luxurious Kona Hotel in Chicago.
To be honest, this was the first time Li Zixuan had traveled so far.
Previously, the furthest he had gone was to the State of Arizona. This time, he had come to the central part of the Eagle Jam Nation, the Great Lakes Metropolis of the Great Lakes of Chicago.
As the largest city in the central region, the population of the Chicago had already exceeded 600,000.
It was almost twice the size of San Francisco.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the population of Chicago would exceed 1 million, becoming one of the fastest growing cities in the world.
The purpose of Li Zixuan's visit to Chicago this time was not only to prepare for the National Rifle Shooting Competition in advance,
but also for the bulk grain futures market in Boston.
However, at this time, the futures market of the United States of Chicago was still not the future center with more than 3500 members.
In addition to providing futures trading for agricultural products, it was also responsible for providing futures trading services for long-term national debt, stocks, municipal bond index, gold, silver, and other commodities. It
also launched options trading services for agricultural products, finance, and metals.
Chicago futures market only involved the Cbot (also known as the Boston Grain Exchange). The main trading objects were wheat, corn, oats, and so on.
It became a place where farmers, grain processors, and grain salesmen traded.
However, it was different from the future 45-story building at the southern end of La Salle Street, which represented the symbol of Chicago.
At the end of the 19th century, the Chicago Board of Trade was like a big warehouse made of red bricks.
There were gentlemen in suits and dirty cowboys coming and going.
To be honest, Li Zixuan was very disappointed when he came here from the hotel in the morning.
He was full of expectations and thought that the trading center was a majestic building. He did not expect it to be like a rural brick factory. It was too down-to-earth.
At this time, the lawyer, Bob, who had come with him, looked at Li Zixuan, who had been standing motionless in front of the exchange for a long time.
"Boss, do you want to go in now?" he asked.”
Hearing this, Li Zixuan recovered from his disappointment. He immediately shook his head and pondered.
"No, I'm just here to take a look. I won't go in for the time being. Let's go see Mr. Fuguo first. I talked to him on the phone. He should be waiting for us in Chicago now!"!”
Lawyer Bob immediately nodded. He also wanted to meet that big shot.
Originally, Li Zixuan should have headed to Buffalo City first.
Because Li Zixuan was prepared to do a big job in this short sale of food, he needed to mobilize more funds.
As for cash, even Li Zixuan couldn't take out too much, so he needed to mortgage his assets and shares.
However, the value of the mortgage was too low.
Therefore, Li Zixuan decisively abandoned Centibank and focused his attention on another large bank in Eagle Country.
Which was the wells fargo bank.
The company was founded in 1852. Its predecessor was a rich country company that operated transportation and mail services in the midwest of the Eagle Jam Country. It had two founders, Henry Wills and William Rich.
And when mentioning the Fuguo Company, one had to mention the American Express Company in the Eagle Country.
The American Express Company was formed in 1850 by three different express delivery companies, Henry Wills, William Riches, and John Barfield. At that time,
the headquarters of the American Express Company was located in Buffalo.
After the establishment of the company, it quickly monopolized the transportation and express delivery business in New York State and quickly expanded its business to the west.
Soon, it controlled the transportation and express delivery business from New York State to the Central Great Lakes.
However, the shareholders of the company were divided on whether to continue expanding westward to California and other western regions.
In the 1850s, when the gold rush in the west was on the rise, Henry Wills and William Riches were optimistic about this business and insisted on entering the transportation market in California.
However, it was opposed by John Bafeldt and other shareholders.
For this reason, the two of them began to establish their own sects. In 1852, just three years after the establishment of the American Express Company.
Henry Wills and William Riches established the Wills Riches Company in New York.
At that time, it had a registered capital of 300,000 US dollars, and its main business was the transportation and express delivery business in California and the east.
Up until now, although William Fuguo had passed away last year, the company had become a large business group with tens of millions of assets.
The main business of the company was banking and transportation.
Li Zixuan originally went to the San Francisco headquarters of Fuguo Company to take a loan, but because the amount involved was too huge,
the headquarters could not make the decision at all. Therefore, he informed everyone in Fuguo Company, William Fuguo's brother, J.C. Fuguo.
Coincidentally, this J.C. Rich Country was currently in Chicago.
Therefore, after the phone call, Li Zixuan prepared to come to Chicago to meet J. C. Rich Country.
Very soon, Li Zixuan arrived at the branch of Chicago Riches Corporation.
Li Zixuan walked into J. C. Fuguo's office.
"Hello, Mr. Bruce. I'm very sorry to have made you come to Chicago!”
In the office, a skinny white-haired old man said apologetically.
He was the current chairman of Fuguo Company and American Express Company, J.C. Fuguo.
He was the younger brother of William Fuguo, the founder of Fuguo Company.
"Hello, Mr. Fuguo. It's my honor to meet you!”
Li Zixuan said very politely.
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