Chapter 109 Copeland

Wang Xiuyuan handled the situation with perfect tact.

If he had accepted all of Old Morgan's praise, it would only show that Wang Xiuyuan wasn't smart enough, or perhaps that this whole thing was just a stroke of luck; Old Morgan's level of regard for Wang Xiuyuan might have been readjusted.

Because Wang Xiuyuan's rhetoric would show that he hadn't figured out his actual role in this business at all, and thus the Morgan Family's relationship with him would only remain at the level of Devik Morgan.

However, Wang Xiuyuan's performance just now fully demonstrated that all of this was planned by him; he had taken the initiative to share this business, rather than it being a stroke of luck.

Wang Xiuyuan could have cooperated with other families, but he specifically sought out Devik and shared a very large piece of the pie with him.

In this matter, the Morgan Family would owe Wang Xiuyuan a massive favor, and the relationship between the two sides could no longer just stay with Devik Morgan, but between Wang Xiuyuan and the Morgan Family.

Why do many people work hard running errands for their leaders but don't receive much of a favor? Isn't it because they didn't speak well or handle things properly!

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When a leader has something for you and asks if you're busy, many people say they aren't, even if they are dying of busyness.

Because they know the leader has something for them, and they know that doing things for the leader can earn the leader's favor, so they intentionally say they're not busy.

But the problem is, can the effect of helping a leader when you're not busy be the same as squeezing out time specifically to help when you're incredibly busy!

After finishing the task, can the effect of reporting back with a normal expression be the same as reporting back looking exhausted and out of breath!

If you intentionally exaggerate your contribution when reporting back, won't the leader see through it? Can this earn favor? It's good enough if you're not noted down in the leader's little black book.

If you are too humble in declining credit, the leader might think the task was very easy for you, and similarly, you won't earn much of a favor.

So, from the moment you accept the task, you have to start laying the groundwork; every detail of every step until you report back is very important. Only in this way can the leader remember your kindness and your contribution.

Only then will the leader think of you when something good comes up.

Wang Xiuyuan was very familiar with these things; they were things he had experienced countless times. Therefore, Old Morgan was bound to owe him this favor, and the other families were no exception.

After settling the people from the Morgan Family, Wang Xiuyuan returned to the main gate to continue waiting for the arrival of others.

This was a necessary process and could not be handled carelessly.

Just like Old Morgan, the heads of the other families had a very good impression of Wang Xiuyuan, and they did not exclude him because of his skin color or ancestry, which was also within reason.

If someone appeared now and led a discarded member of your own family to make a fortune in business, would you care if he had black or brown skin?

Tangible profits in their pockets were the reason these people treated Wang Xiuyuan with friendliness.

If you asked which of these nine family heads Wang Xiuyuan wanted to see the most, without a doubt, it would be the patriarch of the Rockefeller Family, David Rockefeller.

A legendary figure who had undergone six heart transplants; how could Wang Xiuyuan not be curious?

Besides his heart, David Rockefeller had also undergone two kidney transplants; as for whether other organs had been replaced, that was unclear.

But judging by David Rockefeller's physical condition, the probability of other replacements was quite high.

"Good morning, buddy. Sorry we're late."

Gluck Dupont finally arrived with the head of the DuPont Family; among the nine families, the DuPont Family was the last to arrive.

"Gluck, you are indeed late. We agreed to come half an hour early to discuss some matters, but you arrived last. You'll have to stay and work overtime after the meeting."

Wang Xiuyuan complained dissatisfiedly; he had originally wanted to chat with Gluck Dupont a bit earlier, but now he could only postpone things.

But something unexpected happened: Gluck Dupont's grandfather suddenly spoke.

"Hello, Wang Xiuyuan. I am Lamotte Dupont Copeland, Gluck's grandfather, and the eleventh patriarch of the sixth generation of the Dupont Conglomerate.

You can't blame Gluck for this; actually, we arrived a long time ago.

It's just that when we arrived, we saw that fellow Boss David enter a step ahead of us. I didn't want to see Boss David's disgusting face, so we stayed in the car for a while.

I hope you don't mind. This was our discourtesy first. Feel free to visit Wilmington whenever you have time, and I will certainly host you well."

Hearing this, Wang Xiuyuan screamed "holy shit" in his heart; he was now both happy and complex.

These few short sentences contained a wealth of information. Many secrets he had only heard rumors of before were now confirmed.

First was the head of the Dupont Conglomerate, Lamotte Dupont Copeland; the last surname was Copeland, not DuPont, with DuPont appearing as a middle name.

This also meant that the person before him was an in-law of the DuPont Family, not a direct descendant.

Among traditional European and American nobility and great families, using the maternal surname as a middle name is a traditional practice preserved within the family to emphasize bloodline and identity.

Lamotte Dupont Copeland was actually a member of the Copeland Family, which had intermarried with the DuPont Family, but because of his strong personal abilities, he gained the qualification to lead the Dupont Conglomerate.

In other words, the person currently responsible for the operation of the Dupont Conglomerate was an outsider, which also set a precedent for the great families of America.

Lamotte Dupont Copeland being Gluck Dupont's grandfather also confirmed one thing: to prevent the outflow of family assets, the DuPont Family practiced intra-family marriage, where blood relatives beyond the third generation could marry within the family.

Otherwise, Gluck Dupont wouldn't be Lamotte Dupont Copeland's grandson.

The last point was the "Boss David" mentioned by Lamotte Dupont Copeland. This person was none other than the famous third-generation patriarch of the Rockefeller Family, David Rockefeller.

According to public information, in the early 1960s, a large number of patents held by the DuPont Family expired simultaneously, and many competitors emerged in the market to compete with the Dupont Conglomerate.

That period was the most dangerous time for the DuPont Family.

To preserve core family assets, a large number of high-quality enterprises and stocks were forced to be divested and sold, including shares of the General Dynamics Corporation worth over a billion dollars.

This is also why General Dynamics Corporation is jointly controlled by the Dupont Conglomerate and the Morgan Financial Group.

Among the many competitors, the one who dealt the harshest blow to the Dupont Conglomerate was the Rockefeller Financial Group, which forcibly snatched the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company from the Dupont Conglomerate.

This is one of the world's three major tire manufacturers, a solid Fortune 500 company.

At that time, Lamotte Dupont Copeland had just been appointed in a crisis to become the head of the Dupont Conglomerate, only for David Rockefeller of the Rockefeller Family to deal him such a vicious blow before he had even found his footing. How could Copeland not resent David Rockefeller!

If it were Wang Xiuyuan, he probably would have given the other party a volley of bullets long ago.

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