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The two women grew increasingly agitated as they talked, drawing ever closer together. Fearing they would start fighting, Hawke quickly stepped between them, separating them, and said:
"Amanda, another guest has arrived. Go and greet them."
Following Hawke's direction, they saw Baron Hilton, the head of the Hilton family, approaching.
Even though Amanda was seething with anger, she could only glare at Ivanka with resentment before stepping forward in her high heels to greet the guests.
"Ha, you delicate little princess, you want to mess with me? Who's afraid of who?"
A smug smile flickered in Ivanka's eyes.
Hawke breathed a sigh of relief as Amanda left. Compared to Ivanka, who had kept him in suspense, Amanda's crazy personality was much more unbearable.
"Hawk, don't get too close to Amanda. That woman's emotions are too unstable. Being with her is like sitting on a powder keg that's about to explode. Who knows when she'll have a meltdown?"
Ivanka didn't hesitate to start criticizing Amanda.
However, it cannot be said that Ivanka is blindly criticizing, because madness and rebellion are rooted in the deepest genes of the Hearst family.
William Hearst, the founder of Hearst Corporation, was an extremely madman who would stop at nothing to make money. He nearly drove Pulitzer, the father of modern journalism, to bankruptcy. He also instigated the Cuban War between the United States and Cuba, pushed for the explosion of the USS Maine, and many people say that he was involved in the assassination of US President McKinley.
Of course, the most famous member of the Hearst family is Amanda's aunt, Patty Hearst, who was once kidnapped by a left-wing radical organization. The events took a dramatic turn when Patty announced that she had joined the organization, breaking with her family and class, and had fallen in love with a member of the organization.
Later, she was caught on camera participating in a bank robbery in San Francisco. She was arrested in September 1974 and sentenced to seven years in prison for her involvement in the robbery. However, she was later pardoned by US President Jimmy Carter and served only 22 months.
"Stop messing around. If Amanda heard you say that, she'd fight you to the death right there and then."
Hawke sighed, gave her a look, and let her figure it out herself:
"Do you think you're someone to be trifled with?"
Ivanka back then clearly used her newly acquired high-level prostitution skills on Hawke, trying to turn him into her lapdog.
But who is Hawke?
Having seen it all before, he immediately saw through Ivanka's intentions. Could he tolerate her behavior?
So I couldn't be bothered to argue with her and just ignored her.
Do you think he's some kind of singer, Pan? So easy to fool?
To be honest, when Hawke smelled that scent on Ivanka, he wondered if she had attended Amy's socialite class.
Yes, Hawke also saw Principal Wang's WeChat Moments: "I'm speechless. Amy is really amazing. She has two great generals by her side. One married the superstar Aaron Kwok, and the other married the singer William Chan. She's so powerful."
“I’m better than Amanda!” Ivanka said. “Hey Hawke, can we make up? You haven’t spoken to me in years! How many years of youth does a girl have? If you keep playing around like this, I’ll get old.”
Yes, Hawke has been avoiding Ivanka ever since he broke up with her.
After all, there are so many beautiful women in the world. Even without Ivanka, there are plenty of women who would throw themselves at Hawke.
Goodbye, bye, the next one will be better.
"Well... okay, I won't avoid you anymore."
Hawke blinked and said.
If Ivanka doesn't try to use her advanced prostitute skills on him like she does in the past, he'd still be happy to spend time with her, since Ivanka's figure is absolutely stunning.
Moreover, her figure seems to have undergone a second development in the past two years, becoming even hotter than before.
This body... *slurp*, he might as well try licking it again.
"I knew it, you still can't bear to part with me."
Ivanka chuckled.
This woman is ambitious. She will never be content to marry an ordinary billionaire and live a mundane life. What she wants is a life full of excitement, a life of wielding power and making decisive decisions.
To ordinary people, she was born to inherit billions of dollars and was already a winner in life. But Ivanka knew that in the eyes of the real upper class in America, her family was nothing but a joke. A simple financial crisis could bankrupt the Trump family.
Therefore, the best way Ivanka could think of to transcend social class was to marry a very powerful man, and the Lane family was the best choice.
Although the Lane family is large, Hawke Lane is the only son of John Lane and the only recognized heir.
Moreover, Ryan can be considered one of the top nobles in America. As long as she marries Hawke, she will immediately be promoted from a royal noble who kneels to welcome the Celestial Dragons to a world noble Celestial Dragon. She can also try to take over Ryan's power. If she can inherit the Ryan Group and become one of the most powerful people in America, Ivanka will feel that she has become a true winner in life!
That's why, during the years Hawke ignored her, Ivanka remained single and never had a boyfriend. Having seen the view from the top, why would she care about those worthless people?
"It's because I can't bear to part with you. After all, you're a renowned and perfect goddess in the industry!"
Hawke laughed.
He wasn't really abandoning Ivanka; he was just letting time wear her down. Anyway, Hawke, as the eldest son of the Lane family, wasn't in a hurry and could play around as long as he wanted. Whoever was in a hurry could lower themselves.
It seems that after these years of harsh realities in society, Ivanka has learned her lesson a lot, and she no longer has that pungent smell.
151 Hawke is in the atmosphere! [Please give flowers and subscribe]
"Sigh, what's so perfect about it? Just like Amanda said, my Ivanka Jewelry's Series A funding round was led by my father's Special Group!" Ivanka said with a headache, "Now I'm even having a headache about how to get the Series B funding for Ivanka Jewelry!"
“Unlike you, Hawke, it’s all over the industry, a financial genius, a business genius.” Ivanka changed the subject, saying, “You’ve already brought at least tens of billions of dollars in asset growth to the Lane Group.”
……
After reconciling with Hawke, Ivanka decided to go home and delete the contact information of the several backup suitors she had cultivated, so that Hawke wouldn't see it.
Well, Ivanka is a very smart girl. She certainly wouldn't hang herself on Hawke's crooked tree. In the years that Hawke ignored her, although she hadn't given up on him, she had also prepared a backup plan and kept a few high-quality backup options.
Blocked!
“Ivanka, many members of your family are in real estate. I’ve come up with a new real estate business model. What do you think?”
"Oh?" Ivanka became interested and said, "Besides finance and picking up girls, when did you start knowing about real estate?"
"I know a lot of things, listen carefully, this is what I'm thinking..."
Hawke took a sip of his drink to moisten his throat, and then continued:
“I call this the high-tech real estate model. It involves using special preferential policies for high-tech companies to get land from the New York City government for free, building 2000 square meters of housing, and selling it to new employees as welfare housing at 9000 yuan per square meter. Once the employees buy the houses, they are fired.”
"The company deems the dismissed employee to be in breach of contract because they will no longer enjoy the benefits stipulated in the contract. They then demand that the dismissed employee, who bought a house, pay the difference in price and penalties at the highest market price of 15,000 yuan per square meter, and refuse to allow them to cancel the purchase. Then they recruit the next batch of employees and repeat the cycle."
"It can be said that this profit model can completely outperform the rest of the world, and of course it can also outperform most real estate companies in the United States. It is very advanced."
Ivanka was shocked.
Her family has a long history in the real estate industry, spanning nearly a century. Ivanka had always believed that if she focused solely on real estate, she could quickly become a successful real estate developer. But after hearing what Hawke said…
She felt inferior.
No wonder the Lane family is so big, with nearly two hundred billion dollars in family assets. It didn't come out of thin air. So why is her family so poor?
So that's where the difference lies!
It's important to know that Hawke has never worked in the real estate industry before, but with just a casual remark, he has completely dominated the American real estate market. If he were to enter the American real estate industry, all other real estate developers would be driven out and wiped out by Hawke.
but……
This is really dark, it's absolutely dark!
Compared to Lane's approach, DuPont, which allowed its competitors to ride in unlicensed planes, and Rockefeller, who also caused the infamous "Ludlow incident," are nothing!
but……
Ivanka hesitated for a moment, then advised:
“Hawk, making money is indeed a very important thing, but we certainly can’t have nothing in life except making money. Your approach may make money, but it’s too unethical. I might not be able to sleep at night. This is not a good thing. Moreover, it’s very easy to make things escalate and become unmanageable. I advise you to give up this business model.”
Following Hawke's business model in real estate, she would definitely make a lot of money, but she was worried that she might make money but not live to see it!
You know, when it comes to making money, who can compare to Rockefeller?
Rockefeller unified the oil empire and rose to become the richest man in American history. However, because his money-making methods were too dark and he cheated countless people, Rockefeller's reputation quickly became infamous. He was considered despicable, shameless, and vile. People called him a scoundrel and even a human being. Workers surrounded Rockefeller's residence, ready to cause trouble.
Faced with threats to his family's lives and property, Rockefeller was forced to change his mindset and start doing charity work. Initially, he donated to medical institutions, then he began to focus on the suffering of Black people, and later he entered the education sector. For example, he founded two of America's top universities: the University of Chicago and Rockefeller University.
China is the country that received the second-largest amount of funding from Rockefeller Foundation after the United States. Many universities and hospitals in China were invested in and built by the Rockefeller Foundation. For example, Peking Union Medical College received a donation of $4800 million from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1921.
It can be said that Rockefeller did only one thing in the last forty years of his life: donating money and getting the American people to stop criticizing him!
Rockefeller later gave people advice: Be kind to others when you're climbing uphill, because you'll run into them again when you're going downhill.
"That's such a shame."
Hawke shrugged.
Well, even a typical capitalist like Ivanka was terrified by Hawke's ruthless money-making methods!
"The unemployment rate in the United States is very high right now, and many college graduates can't find jobs, which is a huge waste of social resources. Actually, I (Li Haozhao) feel that we can let college graduates pay to work, with the college graduates paying the companies to train them in work experience. In this way, the companies get cash flow, and the college graduates also solve their employment problems. Isn't that a win-win situation?"
Hawke continued.
Ivanka looked at Hawke with a horrified expression.
This business model seems absurd at first glance, but it's even more absurd upon closer inspection.
Indeed, the assets of capitalists are directly proportional to the extent of their unscrupulousness.
She was completely stunned by Hawke's words.
No wonder.
Why was it completely ineffective when I used my seductive skills on Hawke before, and even had the opposite effect?
It turns out that she thought Hawk was only on the first layer and she was on the third layer, when in fact Hawk was in the atmosphere.
152 Paris, and the story of two golf balls
Now, Ivanka couldn't help but feel a hint of fear when she looked at Hawke. She was a little afraid that if she stayed with Hawke for too long, she might be sold out by him and still be counting money for him.
The center of the reception.
Amanda's mother, Anne Hearst, was chatting and laughing with a group of older men. It's unavoidable; among billionaires, there are mostly older men, few women. To do business in America, you inevitably have to deal with these bald, obese men.
David Solomon, co-head of Goldman Sachs' investment banking division, looked at Hawke, who was chatting happily with Ivanka, and smiled:
"That young master of the Ryan family knows that perfect girl?"
Ivanka is quite well-known in New York circles. She's an excellent student and a model student, a breath of fresh air compared to most spoiled rich kids.
“That’s normal, after all, this young master has a good reputation.” Stanley O’Neill, CEO of Merrill Lynch, laughed. “I remember that Anne’s daughter Amanda had contact with that young master before.”
537 Anne Hearst chuckled: "It's just hearsay. At best, they're just friends who have a decent relationship. I remember Barron's granddaughter was quite close to him."