At 7:30 p.m., Li Mu and Will left Governor's Island and went to Trinity Church near Battery Park to attend Mass.

The Mass is part of Christmas Eve, about eight o'clock or nine o'clock, the church will have its first mass, this time the mass is open to the faithful, and all the faithful can go to the church to receive the blessing of the priest, on the one hand, to draw a happy end to the previous year, and on the other hand, to hope that everything will go well in the coming year.

At midnight, there is a second service, this time in which the faithful are not attended, and the church commemorates the birth of Jesus by ringing the bell.

Yes, Christmas is for Jesus' birthday, so those who don't believe in Christianity celebrate Christmas just to join in the fun.

Li Mu is actually joining in the fun, although Li Mu has always advertised himself as a devout Catholic, in fact, it is not the case at all, this is just a choice that Li Mu has to make in order to integrate into American society, Li Mu is actually a staunch atheist, but at some moments, Li Mu does not mind finding a spiritual sustenance for himself.

As the closest church to Wall Street, Trinity Church is very compelling, especially at the special moment of Christmas Eve, it is impossible for ordinary people to go to Trinity Church to attend Mass, and Li Mu's car can't pass, two streets away, Li Mu and Will led a few women to have to get out of the car and walk.

To celebrate Christmas, Trinity Church is dressed up in flowers, with a carpet that runs from the doorway to the bottom of the steps, and is lined with flower baskets, and it is unknown where the church got so many flowers.

Gloria unexpectedly wore a white gauze skirt today, and the hem of the skirt was worn with steel wire, which looked like the whole skirt was very fluffy, but the warmth was almost none, and it was a crime to wear this kind of dress in this weather.

Although there were a lot of people on the road, no one took the initiative to greet Li Mu, not because Li Mu was not popular, but purely because there was too much difference in status, artificially opened the class, and there was a Will next to Li Mu who looked unapproachable, so no one really took the initiative to greet Li Mu.

This time is not suitable for pretending, Li Mu has always considered himself a qualified businessman, so whether the person he sees knows or not, as long as his eyes meet Li Mu, he will take the initiative to smile and then nod, in this way to release goodwill.

It was enough, all the people who received Li Mu's kindness smiled back, some even took the initiative to take off their hats, and when more people smiled and nodded, they were accompanied by the action of bowing, although the range of action was not large, but it was obvious enough.

"Don't be complacent, if they know what you've done in Houston? I don't know if you can still maintain your current image. Will was a little upset.

"Do you think they don't know now, the people here are much more well-informed than you might think." Li Mu didn't think there was anything wrong with this, those who were eligible to go to Trinity Church for Mass had to be at least a millionaire, and they always had their own news channels.

The development of science and technology has greatly promoted the speed of news diffusion, what happened in Texas twenty years ago took a month to reach Washington, after the invention of the train, this time was shortened to one week, and after the invention of the telegraph, this time was shortened to two hours, if Li Mu told Will that maybe one day something happened on the other side of the world, it would only take two minutes to reach this side of the earth, I don't know what Will would think.

"What did you do in Houston?" Gloria behind Li Mu was a little curious, after all, she was a person who had been a reporter, and her news sensitivity was enough.

"It's nothing, someone wanted to give me a prank for Christmas, and I taught him a little lesson." Li Mu didn't want to go into too much detail, let the men do these intrigues, and the women only need to be responsible for being beautiful like flowers.

"I really should expose you for who you really are, and let my baby think about her future." Will's heart is a tangle, he doesn't want Gloria to form a family with a bastard, and he doesn't want to see Gloria abducted by a strange bastard.

"Dad, I know what I'm doing." Gloria was very dissatisfied with Will's attitude towards Li Mu, and raised her hand to hold Li Mu's arm to show her attitude.

"Can you not do this now, you are not engaged yet." Will is really angry now, although the woman is not staying, then he can't turn his elbow out now.

Although the "mistress culture" is popular in Western society, there are still many people who are traditional and conservative in their bones, even if the group of people in the sixties and seventies of the 20th century who were called "ruined generation" also have conservative ideas.

Will's thinking is also very conservative, otherwise he would not have endured it for so many years after the death of his wife, in Will's heart, although Li Mu and Gloria have established a relationship, they have not yet held an engagement ceremony after all, so in public, we still have to pay attention to the impact.

Although Gloria looks very arrogant, she is also a conservative person like Will in her bones, and as soon as Will's words fell, Gloria immediately pulled her hand out of Li Mu's arm and wrist, and her face was red and cute.

Speaking of engagement ceremonies, this is also a major ceremony in Western society, and its significance is even no less than a marriage ceremony, so Li Mu and Gloria must have an engagement ceremony, but only after Gloria is an adult in the legal sense.

Li Mu's face can be regarded as practiced, and he and Will walked forward with their heads held high without the slightest embarrassment.

Not surprisingly, Li Mu and Will were arranged in the first row, Will's position was next to the aisle, Li Mu was on Will's left-hand side, and Li Mu's left-hand side was Rockefeller.

Although Standard Oil's headquarters is in Cleveland, Rockefeller is a standard New Yorker, Rockefeller was born in Richmond, New York, and now his home is in Manhattan, so Rockefeller's Mass is also in Trinity Church.

Li Mu still has the heart to find fault: "Tomorrow is Christmas, shouldn't you go back to Cleveland to be with your employees now?" ”

"You didn't go back to Springfield either..."Rockefeller reacted quickly and immediately retorted.

"It's New Year's Day soon, shouldn't our gas station business be divided?" Li Mu opened the topic, let's pick something that everyone likes to see.

The "gas station business" in Li Mu's mouth is Mobil Oil, which has now spread all over the United States.

The invention of the automobile led to the popularization of gasoline, and Mobil Oil, which was just born at the beginning of the year, has now done business in 36 states in the United States, and wherever there are cars, there will be gas stations, which is also a unique business.

Gasoline has now become an important profit point for Standard Oil, and according to the current trend of development, at most by the middle of next year, gasoline will become the main profit point of Standard Oil.

Li Mu's proud work became painful when he arrived at Rockefeller, but it is no wonder that others, it was Rockefeller who took the initiative to give 49% of the shares to Li Mu, and every time he thought of this, Rockefeller would feel painful.

"Don't think about dividends this year, all the profits are used to open new gas stations, so there is no penny of dividends, and I think it is necessary for us to re-discuss the proportion of dividends, someone who is doing nothing now, but can get a large amount of dividends, he should kneel in front of the priest and cry bitterly in repentance later." Rockefeller's face was expressionless.

Rockefeller was a faithful Christian, and before he could make his mark, Rockefeller vowed to donate 1/10 of his future income to the church, and he did so, but only before he died, so it is unknown whether this vow was true or deliberately packaged later.

There is no point in pursuing this, in fact, according to Time Magazine, Li Mu also promised to donate 1/10 of his income to public welfare.

Li Mu is not just talking, he is doing what he does, such as the Junma Affiliated School, which is the best embodiment of Li Mu's return to the society.

Charity in the United States is like this, although the Junma Affiliated School has requirements for students, and the purpose of Li Mu's establishment of the Junma Affiliated School is not purely to support public education, but the "Time Magazine" will definitely not mention this when it is hyped, everyone can only see that the Junma Affiliated School was founded by Li Mu, and Li Mu will invest millions of dollars of massive funds every year in order to support the operation of the school, as for Li Mu's real purpose, who cares, politicians want public influence, What the newspaper company wants is to sell the newspaper, and what the people want is to see hope, but they just take what they need.

"Don't even think about it, I think the way it's distributed now, it's insatiable for someone to have the idea of re-discussing it, don't forget how the gasoline came from, if I hadn't reminded you, it would have been evaporated." Li Mu will definitely not back down on this issue, the money has already entered his pocket, and no one wants to take it away.

At this time, the bishop finally appeared, and the choir sang the famous Mass song "Silent Night", and everyone was jubilant, and the Mass officially began.

Rockefeller, like other devout believers, lowered his eyebrows and prayed first, and then continued to bite his ears with Li Mu: "Let's discuss, don't you want to inject money into the plastic factory?" Don't say I didn't give you a chance, take a stake in Mobil Oil, if you are willing to give 10%, you can have a 10% stake in the plastic factory, and if you are willing to take out 20%, you can occupy 20%, of course, if you actually come up with the money. ”

Rockefeller is already preparing to build a new factory in Cleveland specifically for refining plastics from petroleum waste, which is also a good business, so Li Mu wanted to participate, but Li Mu never expected that Rockefeller would actually bring this matter to the Mass.

"It's two different things, we can't confuse it, of course I'll pay, and there won't be any outrageous demands, but I'm not going to be threatened by someone, after all, the future of the plastics industry is uncertain, and the expectations of the oil industry are there, so you don't have other ideas, if you don't agree to my request, I'll let all the car owners not go to the gas station to refuel." Li Mu is not powerless to resist, on the contrary, because the car is the biggest oil tiger, so it should be Li Mu's ability to threaten Rockefeller.

Li Mu's threat is not impossible, you must know that in these years, the automobile technology is only really mastered by the Junma Automobile Factory, and all the cars must be returned to the Junma Automobile Factory for repairs after they are broken, even the cars produced by the Vanderbilt Automobile Factory are the same, so as long as Li Mu declares that the gasoline of Mobil Oil is not suitable for cars, and then Li Mu spends some effort to rebuild a number of gas stations, then the seemingly thriving Mobil Oil will soon become yesterday's yellow flower.

"You shameless bastard—" Lockelle gritted his teeth.

"You are the shameless money string..."Li Mu-for-tat, no one is much better than anyone else these years, don't talk about pig black.

Li Mu and Rockefeller spoke lively, and the archbishop on the stage turned as black as the bottom of a pot, how could the issue of "money" be openly discussed in such a sacred Mass ceremony?

However, although the archbishop was unhappy, he had no way at all, Li Mu and Rockefeller were the two biggest snakes in New York, and if the two quarreled, even Mayor Arthur would not be able to intervene, let alone the archbishop.

"I'm not greedy, I'll pay as much as I want, and I won't lose a cent of yours, but I want a thirty percent share, which is not negotiable." Li Mushi opened his mouth widely, and when he opened his mouth, he was about to tear off a piece of meat from Rockefeller's body.

"Don't even think about it, ten percent at most." Rockefeller actually doesn't want to give a point, but it's impossible not to give it at all, as far as the relationship between Li Mu and Rockefeller is concerned, as long as Li Mu opens his mouth, Rockefeller has to spit it out.

"You sent Hanako, ten percent is not enough for me to buy a gift for Gloria." Li Mu was very dissatisfied, to put it bluntly, it was not that he didn't give money, he was really stingy.

"Oh-oh, Gloria, what's going on?" Rockefeller also gossiped, and gossip is terrifying.

"I'm going to be engaged to Gloria, so the shares of the plastic factory are my gift to Gloria, and you get ten percent, what is that?" In order to make money, Li Mu also does everything.

In fact, making money is secondary, and the reason why Li Mu is determined to participate in the shares is to use this way to get closer ties with Rockefeller, so that the Junma Group and Standard Oil will be inseparable and form a firm united front, which is beneficial to both the Junma Group and Standard Oil.

"Okay, okay, for Gloria's sake, twenty percent." Rockphil immediately gave in, and when it came to this, if he didn't give in, it would not only be not only not to give Li Mu face, but even Will would be offended.

Well, that's how the network is built little by little.