Chapter 840: 287, Taking Charge of the Cabinet_3

Robert nodded and said, “I understand, I will strive towards that in the future!”

Donnie nodded and replied, “When I was in New York, I donated a sum of money to Harvard. When the time comes, you can just register there. Having a Harvard education will make your future path smoother!”

“Why not Yale University or Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)?”

Robert asked Donnie, puzzled.

Considering the Taft Family’s influence at Yale University, Robert would have an easier time getting into Yale, and Donnie had also built a very good relationship with MIT due to his last donation!

Donnie explained: “It’s better to trust ourselves than others. As the top university in the United States, if you can establish your own connections there, that would also be a good thing. Besides, Harvard is in New York, which makes it convenient for you to come back!”

Robert understood Donnie’s intention and asked, “What about your affairs here after I leave?”

Robert could be considered the second person in the New Jersey Consortium, the person Donnie trusts the most. Even though he won’t need to attend school daily like other students, he will still spend a considerable amount of time at Harvard in the future.

This meant that Donnie would lack a right-hand man by his side!

Donnie said, “It’s okay, the company is now on the right track, there are fewer troubling matters, and Cafe Jackson wants to enter the White House, which requires some observation and reputation!”

The observation is to see whether Cafe Jackson can become a spokesperson for the New Jersey Consortium and enter the Cabinet, and the reputation is to cultivate the social notability of Cafe Jackson!

Robert nodded and said, “Hmm!”

This matter was known only between Donnie and Robert; Donnie hadn’t informed Cafe Jackson of his future arrangements.

He simply told Cafe Jackson that in the next few years, Robert would be going to school, which would appropriately reduce his workload, and that more business in New York would be entrusted to Robert.

In the meantime, Cafe Jackson needed to orderly take over Robert’s job.

However, not all of Robert’s responsibilities were passed on to Cafe Jackson, such as those murky affairs Robert was in charge of.

Such matters were not suitable for Cafe Jackson, nor would Donnie trust him the same way he trusted Robert.

Donnie entrusted that part of the work to John.

Although John was still as mindless as ever, at least after getting married, he has transformed from a mindless tough guy into a mindless, steady one.

Cafe Jackson was still very envious of Robert, even though he didn’t know Donnie’s plans for his future, nor did Donnie tell him why he wanted Robert to go to Harvard.

But Cafe Jackson guessed that if Robert was being sent to school under such circumstances, it was very likely that Donnie was arranging for Robert to become a political spokesperson for the New Jersey Consortium!

Donnie later also asked Robert, what about his girlfriend in Atlantic City if he went to study at Harvard?

Robert naturally said, “I’m going to study at Harvard, where there will be so many beautiful girls waiting for me. I definitely can’t give up the entire forest for one tree!”

Hearing Robert’s reasoning, Donnie was reassured!

To develop a career in politics, Donnie’s mere financial support was not enough. Support from political families was also needed. If possible, Donnie hoped that Robert could marry into a political family in the future!

Robert was now capable of that.

As the number two person in the New Jersey Consortium, Robert’s annual income exceeded ten million US dollars, plus the influence of the New Jersey Consortium. It was very likely that Robert could marry into a political family!

After arranging everything, Robert also decided that he would enter Harvard to study in the second half of this year!

“Hmm, I’m going to be a cultured person!”

Robert said proudly.

Donnie: …

In the following month, all was calm in Atlantic City, but the outside world was in turmoil.

Morgan officially announced its takeover of the New York Central Railroad Company, but Morgan chose the same strategy as before, selecting a spokesperson to serve as the president of the New York Central Railroad Company.

In this news, some sharp observers on Wall Street noticed that the third-largest shareholder in the New York Central Railroad Company had been replaced by Venus Bank.

The entry of Morgan into the New York Central Railroad Company was itself a momentous event. While everyone was still speculating about how Morgan managed such a smooth acquisition, the change in shareholders of the New York Central Railroad Company made them feel that there must be some issues!

Then some conspiracy theorists suggested that with the change in the New York Central Railroad Company’s landscape, the Rockefeller Family, who was most hurt by this, would certainly not give up so easily.

Everyone knew that the Rockefeller Family was actually always competing with Morgan for the New York Central Railroad Company.

But these people soon realized they were wrong; they did not see any strife between Rockefeller and Venus, but rather soon after, Citibank announced its news.

The Astor Family transferred their shares in Citibank to Rockefeller. Although Rockefeller was still the second-largest shareholder of Citibank, the gap between them and the largest shareholder, the Stillman Family, was getting narrower!

These two pieces of news forced Wall Street to speculate whether Rockefeller’s lack of conflict with Venus was because of this incident.

After all, everyone knew about Donnie’s relationship with Astor Family’s Walker!

However, whether it was Morgan, Rockefeller, Astor, or Donnie, none of them gave a clear answer to these events.

But everyone still believed their guesses were correct, and precisely because they were confident in their speculation, they were shocked by Venus Bank’s influence.

Venus Bank had actually managed to gain benefits from circling among the three major financial consortia: Morgan, Rockefeller, and Citibank.

In later years, someone wrote the history of the Venus Consortium and referred to this incident as the “Venus Consortium’s debut”!