"Lawrence, have a nice trip." On the resort's private beach, everyone who stayed appeared here to send blessings to the newlyweds who were about to embark on their honeymoon trip.

"I will bring you a gift, bye." Lawrence hugged his wife, whose face was glowing and obviously nourished by abundant love, and waved goodbye at the plane door.

This aircraft comes from Douglas, an aircraft company that James said has rich experience in seaplane manufacturing and holds many patent rights.

This aircraft is named ‘Dolphin,’ an amphibious luxury private jet.

Li Zitao has visited it before. The interior structure is still different from that of the Gulfstream, but it has a larger space and wider uses. It is amphibious and easier to land and respond to emergencies.

Lawrence's wedding is over, and the bride and groom have begun their honeymoon, but the guests are still enjoying their vacation at the resort.

Mary wanted to stay a few more days, but Li Zitao could only stay and communicate with his subordinates by phone.

This year is a big year, both for Li Zitao and the Blue and White Chamber of Commerce.

All aspects of work are on track, with new casinos and hotels in Las Vegas opening every 20 days on average.

The land for Alaska's oil and gas storage warehouses has been cleared, and all that is left is to build steel-framed iron houses.

The four cargo ships in the shipyard started work at the same time, and the workers were working in full swing and were full of energy.

Only after losing something do you know what is precious.

These employees had almost lost their jobs before. At that time, the future was dark in their eyes. Their children and wives who were waiting to be fed at home would lose their source of livelihood.

Because of this, after coming to the United States from England, these workers and shipyard contractors were full of gratitude to Lee C. Astor Industries and took their work seriously.

There were occasionally those who cheated and cheated, but they were all fired directly by Ethan's order.

Because of Li Zitao's big move in the Persian Gulf, Ethan negotiated with the shipyard contractor on behalf of the industrial group.

The shipyard contractor merged into the industrial group and received more support. For orders to build docks in the Persian Gulf, the management could obtain 10% of the shares.

In an era of panic and uncertainty, contractors are naturally happy to have someone tell them the truth. They only need to consider how much money they can make and no longer have to worry about bankruptcy.

Besides, even if they don't agree, they can just turn around and poach all the workers, leaving them dumbfounded.

After the Lee C. Astor Dockyard project in the Port of New Orleans is completed, they will be sent to the Port of Qatar in the Persian Gulf.

Bechtel's engineers have already arrived first to conduct measurement and planning, and design the free trade port in accordance with Li Zitao's requirements.

After communicating with Alaska Standard Oil and Lee C. Astor Industries, Li Zitao called the think tank.

"I'm Charlie, who is in charge of the acquisition of Douglas Aircraft Company?" The voice that answered the phone was a bit unfamiliar, so Li Zitao asked directly.

"Boss, it's Matton." The other party's voice was a little urgent. It seemed that he was a little excited to receive the call from the boss.

"Is he here?" Li Zitao smiled.

"Here, Maidun...boss, wait a moment." The somewhat incoherent expression made Li Zitao frown unconsciously.

The think tank is the core of coordinating and managing all the industries under his name. How can such a performance reassure him?

"Boss, I'm Madon." Madon's voice came.

"Progress of Douglas's acquisition." Li Zitao's words were brief and clear.

"The other party agreed to the acquisition. The core research team requested to retain 8% of the shares. The acquisition price was 1.128 million, including all patents."

Hearing that the matter had been finalized, Li Zitao said with satisfaction: "After the acquisition is completed, let Skunk focus on the dolphin, the amphibious private jet that appeared at Lawrence's wedding. James knows it."

"James mentioned it before, I understand." Madon's relaxed laughter came.

The acquisition of such small companies is a piece of cake for a think tank. Today, hundreds of companies go bankrupt and are acquired and merged every day.

The think tank couldn't even arouse any interest in such a small scene.

"By the way, who answered the phone just now?" Li Zitao thought of this matter again.

"Interns at the University of Chicago, the think tank needs to constantly replenish fresh blood." Madon looked at the anxious fresh graduate next to him, smiled comfortingly and motioned for her to leave first.

The current structure of the think tank is still the same as before, with a core brain of nine people, a core council, and ordinary members.

It’s just that the number of personnel is no longer 87, but 119.

The core council is now divided into two groups, the CEO group and the think tank group.

For the management of subsidiaries, the CEO is outsourced. For example, these managers in aerospace and aviation belong to the CEO group.

The think tank is responsible for advising them, and the core group of nine is the approver and supervisor.

If the entire Blue and White Chamber of Commerce is compared to a pyramid, Li Zitao is the final decision-maker at the top of the pyramid.

The core nine are the dignitaries at the top of the pyramid, below one person and above ten thousand people. The core council is the manager, and the ordinary think tank members are the servers.

Each enterprise is the cornerstone of this pyramid, and Li Zitao can control the construction speed and direction of the entire pyramid through the think tank.

The Secretariat is both a third party outside the pyramid and a supervisory investigator who has penetrated into the cornerstone.

S.H.I.E.L.D. is an external force deterrence, and Lee Holdings controls the funds.

To put it simply, the Blue and White Chamber of Commerce is the dynasty, S.H.I.E.L.D. is the military, Li Holdings is the finance, and the power is divided into three parts.

"Finally something looks good." After hanging up the phone, Li Zitao leaned on the sofa and said leisurely.

After obtaining another 10% of the shares from Juliana, the entire power structure will be more stable, and Li Zitao seems to see a comfortable life waving to him.

"It's time to go for further studies. 20 is not too late, right?" The management of the company has become more and more difficult.

If he hadn't set up a think tank early, and if Ben was loyal to him and asked Li Zitao to come in person, his business empire would have collapsed countless times in the process of expansion.

Now that the company's development is on the right track, he also has enough time to study and recharge, and Caltech is a good choice.

"We should be able to get it done by donating money." Speaking of which, he didn't even have a primary school diploma in this world, so it would be unthinkable for him to enter university through formal channels.

Fortunately, we have money and power, so we can do whatever we want.

"Ava, contact caltech, boss, I'm going to business school." Li Zitao ordered to Ava, who was standing next to him.

"Huh?" Ava's eyes widened and her jaw dropped.

"Why, there is no limit to learning, do you understand? Don't be proud and complacent with just a few achievements. You must know how to recharge yourself at all times." Li Zitao pointed at her and spoke earnestly, with an expression of hatred that iron cannot become steel, making Ava nod her head repeatedly.

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Chapter completed!