Chapter 914: Bush Energy Company

Xia Yu carried a red wine glass in his hand, wandering around, talking to other people and exchanging business cards.

Regardless of whether the people present had resistance in their hearts towards Xia Yu, a young yellow man, but as no one knew Xia Yu's true background, no one would offend him unnecessarily, and everyone gave him a friendly smile.

If they were interested in him, they would chat for a while; if not, they would simply exchange greetings and business cards before continuing their conversations with other people.

At some point, the music at the ball became more melodious, and more and more men and women began to dance slowly.

Xia Yu glanced around and noticed that the people he was talking to had already sat down in the lounge area around the meeting room, giving up their seats to the dancing guests.

He smiled slightly, finished the last sip of red wine with the person he was talking to, returned to the food area to pour some red wine, and just as he was about to find a corner with an empty seat with the glass in his hand, he happened to see David Rockefeller in the lounge area not far away, raising his glass in his direction, as if inviting him over.

Xia Yu glanced around and noticed that the group sitting around David Rockefeller were all the top bigwigs at the ball, and Ronald Reagan was there as well.

However, Xia Yu was not the least bit flustered. With a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, he walked over with a calm and steady pace.

'Mr Xia, we meet again!'

'Mr Rockefeller, it is an honour to see you again!'

'Clink!'

After a brief greeting, the two men lightly touched glasses and took a small sip of red wine.

With this simple action, Xia Yu felt that the people around him were observing him with scrutinising eyes.

Ronald Reagan also hadn't expected David Rockefeller to know Xia Yu, and there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

David Rockefeller asked with a smile, 'Mr Xia, do you need me to introduce you?'

Xia Yu smiled and politely declined, 'No need to trouble yourself, if I don't know the gentlemen here, then I'm not qualified to do business in the United States.'

'Mr Mellon, Mr DuPont, Mr McKisson, Mr Carr, how do you do, it is an honour to meet you, my name is Xia Yu, here is my business card, please accept it!'

With each name, Xia Yu respectfully looked the person in the eye, and handed over four business cards. The four people smiled and took them, looking at them for a second or two before putting them in their pockets, and at the same time handing over a business card to Xia Yu.

As for George Herbert Walker Bush, he was not here at the moment. Xia Yu had just seen him and his wife Barbara go dancing.

The vice-president, in his fifties, was quite enthusiastic, and he even showed off his affection for his wife.

As for Ronald Reagan, Xia Yu just nodded and smiled at him.

Instead, Ronald Reagan said with a smile, 'Mr Xia, I just learned that you know Mr Rockefeller.'

Xia Yu gave a slight smile, looked at David Rockefeller, and said, "I was fortunate enough to receive guidance from Mr Rockefeller before, and he also helped me with a favour.'

Just as Ronald Reagan and the others were a little surprised, David Rockefeller immediately revealed Xia Yu, smiling and saying, "What Mr Xia said, you should listen to the other way around. I'm not capable of guiding him.'

This remark from David Rockefeller was extraordinary. Lamot du Pont Copeland and Cody Moore McKeison, who knew the least about Xia Yu, had decided to go back and find out more about Xia Yu after the meeting, to find out what exactly qualified David Rockefeller to treat him in such a way.

On the contrary, Richard King Mellon smiled and thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, 'Mr. Xia, isn't the Milky Way Fund your company?'

Xia Yu was stunned for a moment, and nodded, saying, 'Not exactly. I just have some shares there.'

Richard King Mellon nodded in a noncommittal manner, and then glanced at David Rockefeller again, saying, "David, you and Mr. Xia originally acquired the Philip Brothers and Solomon Brothers together?'

David Rockefeller didn't know what he was scheming, and said with a smile, "I just casually took a little bit of the shares. Mr. Xia has done a lot of research on investment.'

While everyone was in a state of shock, Richard King Mellon immediately said to Xia Yu with a serious expression: 'Mr Xia, I have known David for decades, and only a very few people have received such high praise from him. We should have a good chat sometime.'

Xia Yu immediately nodded and accepted the olive branch thrown by Richard King Mellon: 'It is my honour. Many people want to cooperate with Mellon but don't have the chance. I don't think I have any reason to refuse.'

Richard King Mellon shook his head and laughed, saying something Xia Yu simply didn't believe: 'The rumours outside are very exaggerated. In fact, the Mellon family is happy to make friends, but many people have this idea but lack the courage.'

After saying this, he raised his glass and clinked it with Xia Yu.

Compared to the DuPont family, who prefer close family marriages and are more traditional, the Mellon family, which rose to power later but is more powerful, is more open-minded. The family business has also long since implemented a manager system. However, this does not mean that making friends with the Mellon family will be easy. No matter what, it is ultimately inseparable from the word 'interest'.

For people without value, top-level capitalists like them simply do not bother wasting even a second of their time.

Next, Lamot DuPont Copeland tried to find out how Ronald Reagan and Xia Yu had met, but neither of them revealed anything, and this was a secret between the two of them.

It's one thing to guess what other people are thinking, and another to tell the truth. Ronald Reagan would not naively throw his leverage away, even in the face of his other supporters.

He still had his guard up.

Over the next ten minutes, David Rockefeller and the others chatted about a number of topics, many of which were of interest to those outside, but in Xia Yu's opinion, not of much value. He didn't interrupt much, and only spoke briefly when others asked him questions.

Before long, led by Benjamin Carr, the group dispersed one after the other, and Xia Yu also went to other places after chatting with Ronald Reagan for a while.

It was said that David Rockefeller and others were the focus of the ball. Xia Yu sat down and chatted with them for ten minutes, naturally being seen by many people.

Xia Yu's weight was infinitely elevated in their hearts, and many people who received Xia Yu's business card decided to collect it carefully, perhaps they could cooperate with Xia Yu in the future with it.

As he walked along the way, Xia Yu clearly felt that the attitude of other people was even more enthusiastic and sincere. Without him actively handing out his business card, other people spontaneously and enthusiastically talked with him and exchanged business cards.

Although he couldn't figure out what David Rockefeller was thinking, praising him like that, it was undeniable that it was of great benefit to him.

Whether it was a sugar-coated bullet or not, he would just eat the sugar first!

Just as he passed by a sofa, he saw the person sitting there, Xia Yu's footsteps paused, and he walked straight towards the person. The person sitting on the sofa immediately looked at Xia Yu.

'Mr. Bush, is there anyone else sitting here?'

Xia Yu pointed to a seat next to him and smiled. George W. Bush, the eldest son of the current Vice President, asked.

As the next generation of the Bush family, George W. Bush is thirty-five years old this year and is an expert in interpersonal relationships. He had noticed Xia Yu a long time ago and had learned some things about him from his father, George H. W. Bush, not to mention the fact that he had just witnessed Xia Yu chatting with people like David Rockefeller and Richard King Mellon.

So he immediately got up, said in a friendly manner, 'Of course, no one is sitting here, so please feel free!'

'Thank you!'

'Let me introduce myself, I'm Xia Yu, here's my business card!'

'Mr. Xia, it's an honour to meet you, here's my business card!'

After exchanging business cards, Xia Yu saw on George W. Bush's card the introduction "Chairman of Bush Energy Company" and a phone number at the bottom.

At this time, George W. Bush was indeed working in the oil industry. After losing his bid to become a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1978, he started this company, which was only a small energy company at the time.

Xia Yu knew the path that George W. Bush would take in the future.

His father, George H. W. Bush, entered politics after working in the oil industry for twenty years, and he would enter politics officially after working in the oil industry for ten years, becoming a member of his father's presidential campaign team and eventually reaching the top step by step.

However, George W. Bush's experience in the oil industry was not as successful as his father's, and he could even be described as 'repeatedly losing'. By 1984, he had to merge the Bush Energy Company he founded with other companies, and he only served as a director.

Fortunately, the Bush family's oil business did not rely on him, and there were also several of George H. W. Bush's brothers, as well as George W. Bush's brothers and cousins, so they did not lack for him.

But if success can be achieved, who wants failure?

In Xia Yu's opinion, whether it is for the layout of the oil sector or to deepen the relationship with the Bush family, it is definitely a very good idea to cooperate with George W. Bush to run an oil company!

Now the Bush family is not yet the pinnacle family that has produced two presidents, and the Bush family's oil empire has not yet enjoyed policy dividends and skyrocketed in size. At this time, it is simply the perfect time to get in touch with the Bush family!

This Bush Energy company is still just George W. Bush's alone, and it is only a small company, which is very suitable for cooperation, but it can also leverage the resources of the Bush family to develop.

Xia Yu therefore picked up the conversation and asked knowingly, 'Mr Bush, did you found this company yourself?'

George W. Bush nodded immediately, "Yes, it was just established more than two years ago, but it was inevitable that some family resources were borrowed.'

Xia Yu said nonchalantly, "This does not affect one's ability, and making reasonable use of resources is what a smart person should do.'

'If I had family resources, I would definitely make the most of them, but unfortunately,'

said Xia Yu, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly.

Xia Yu's deliberately said this sentence, which immediately aroused George W. Bush's curiosity.

He looked inquiringly and said, 'Mr. Xia, did you create all your current businesses yourself?'

Just now, his father had only told him a little bit of information about Xia Yu, such as the fact that Xia Yu is the chairman of Polaris Capital in San Francisco, a very capable person, and has a good relationship with President Ronald Reagan.

This information is what George H. W. Bush just learned at this party. Previously, Ronald Reagan had not told George H. W. Bush about this.

It is normal for George W. Bush not to know.

Xia Yu said calmly, 'You can say that. Because I was lucky, I stumbled my way to this point.'