"Jimmy Choo's co-founder? I really don't know each other, but how could he marry Matthew?"

Before he finished speaking, Yang Cheng realized, "That's right, with Matthew's absurd deeds back then, he could do anything to wipe his butt with a US knife, and he didn't bother to scratch his butt. There was nothing he dared not do. I believe you said he married the Martians."

She glared at Yang Cheng with a angrily look, "Smell ~"

The two chatted about Mellon's gossip, then found a hotel nearby to rest. They didn't take a bus to pick up Mindy from get off work until the evening.

After dinner together, the three of them went to the private health center under Johns Hopkins Medical College, which is a place for rehabilitation and recuperation specially designed for the rich. It is located in a forest not far from the university campus. The environment is quiet and suitable for patients' cultivation. Of course, the price is also very touching. The minimum annual cost of $2 million is enough to block 90% of the people from staying.

It is no exaggeration to say that there are much more staff in the sanitary center than patients, basically guaranteeing at least 5 people to serve one person, providing the most comprehensive service guarantee, and never letting you worry about things other than recuperation.

Before coming, Zhao Anqi briefly talked about Matthew's recent situation to Yang Cheng. To fight addiction, Matthew relies on Oscontin painkiller tablets all year round and needs to take 80 tablets almost every day. His monthly expenditure on this drug alone is as high as 100,000 US dollars.

However, although he insisted on taking Oscontin, he still failed to resist his addiction, so he began to give up on himself and prepared to give up treatment completely, so that he could live as long as he could.

The strangest thing is that this idea was "strongly supported" by his two sons, and was called to reduce the pain of his father, but the fool knows what the actual idea is.

The convoy walked through the narrow private passage to the front yard of a villa, and there was a Lexus LS parked in the parking lot, which seemed to be Matthew's car.

As soon as I got off the car, I saw Matthew who was launched to relax by the Shanghai Stock Exchange. He was only in his 50s, but he looked similar to a dying person in his 90s. His skin was wrinkled like a dead tree. It was hard to imagine that this was the fourth-generation heir of the Mellon family who once mastered the lifeline of American wealth.

It is said that wealth is not only for three generations, but the Mellon family has clearly survived the threshold of bad luck, but fell on the fourth generation of heirs. As the most famous prodigal son in the United States, after inheriting huge wealth, he did not know what money was. Burning money and entertainment was not enough to show his various crazy behaviors back then.

Later, although he didn't know who learned his lesson and began to turn back to justice, quit drinking and du, and learn about business investment. Not to mention, the Mellon family genes have their own talent for making money. Even if he did not learn systematically, he still made a lot of wealth by investing in cryptocurrencies. He invested 2 million US dollars to increase his value to the current 1 billion US dollars, ranking fifth on the Forbes cryptocurrency Rich List. I have to say that he is also a legend.

"dad~" Mindy called and went up to meet him, took the wheelchair handle from the nurse, and pushed his father over himself.

"Dad, let me introduce you to me, they are my friends, Angel and Jason."

Then he leaned over and whispered to Matthew's identities.

Matthew then opened his mouth and stared at Yang Cheng with his unruly eyes, saying with a hoarse voice, "Is Yang Sen okay?"

Speaking of which, Matthew and Yang Cheng’s father are the same age, it’s hard to say who is the same, but there are not much difference, so Yang Cheng is not surprised that the other party can call his father’s name.

"My father is very nice, Mr. Mellon, and it's an honor to know you."

Matthew didn't buy it and sneered, "Mr. Mellon? How long has it been since I heard anyone call this? Last time was 10 years ago? Or came 15 years ago? I can't remember it, but you are very good. Young people today will always forget the greatness of their ancestors, and you still know awe, you are very good!"

He paused and asked back, "But do you still feel honored to see me when I see this terrible look?"

Yang Cheng ignored this verbal harshness. He knew what kind of person the other party was. He grew up under the halo of "Mellon", so he had the capital to despise everything.

He shrugged slightly, "Why not? The Mellon family has a long history and once played an important role in the economic field of zz in the United States, manipulating hundreds of large enterprises including finance, aluminum, oil, coal mines, shipbuilding, steelmaking and other industries.

Such a super family with a strong influence in the business, zheng, finance, charity and even art collections in the United States is worthy of respect for any descendant."

Matthew was playing with it, "Truthful?"

Yang Cheng said disdainfully, "To put it bluntly, if the Mellon family still controls the Mellon consortium under your leadership, I would still say something to please you, but I am so frank about you, I don't seem to have much capital to flatter me, right?"

Zhao Anqi and mindy's faces changed at the same time. Only Matthew, not only wasn't angry, but he laughed happily on the contrary.

“Hahahaha~”

Even Yang Cheng looked at such a arrogant smile.

"Yes, now I'm sure you're telling the truth. Good boy, crazy enough, but I like it!"

Matthew's personality is really elusive. Shouldn't he get angry after hearing Yang Cheng's words?

This is the logic of a normal person, but unfortunately, Matthew has been no longer a normal person since he was born.

"It seems that you know a lot about the Mellon family?"

Yang Cheng spread his hands, "Of course, people like us have been striving for the glory of the family since they were born. If we can bring our family to the heights that the Mellon family was once at, it would be considered a success. Therefore, we need to study more or less about the successful experiences we have.

For example, like most people who have succeeded in the United States, you are not authentic Americans. No, to be precise, except for the natives on the Indian reservation, no one can be considered a real American.

About 200 years ago, your great-grandfather, Mr. Thomas Mellon, left his hometown of England with his parents, set out from London across the Atlantic Ocean, passing through eastern Canada, probably at the current location of St. John in Newfoundland, and then changed to an offshore ferry to redepart. After more than three months of arduous maritime voyage, he arrived in Baltimore and set out on the American continent.

As the founder of the Mellon family, he competed with great figures like Rockefeller in the same era. What a magnificent scenery, we descendants can only see from books.

However, the success of the Mellon family is inseparable from your grandfather Andrew Mellon. When he was the chief of the U.S. Department of Finance, it was also the time when the Mellon family shone.

At that time, the largest economic crisis in the history of the capital market broke out in the United States.

In almost a week, Americans lost as much as $10 billion in the stock exchange. Farmers poured milk into the Mississippi River in order to destroy the excess products, but Mellon was unscathed and even went upstream. At that time, a nursery rhyme even became popular in New York~”

At this point, Yang Cheng paused for a moment, looked at Matthew, and said, "Mellon rings the whistle, Hoover rings the bell, Wall Street sends a signal, the United States rushes to hell!"

"Hahaha~" Another burst of crazy laughter, and as he smiled, a few tears fell from Matthew's eyes. They were tears mixed with unwillingness and anger. Unwillingness was because of himself, and anger was because the outside world repeatedly trampled on Mellon's decline.

Yang Cheng and the other two looked at Matthew quietly and cried and laughed, as if crazy, but no one said to stop him. Mindy silently shed tears of sadness, while Zhao Anqi looked serious. She could understand but could not imagine the torture Matthew suffered since he was born.

Outsiders only know that he is a prodigal son and the "founder" of Mellon's decline, but no one thinks about the same position and the other person will definitely have good results?

I don’t know how long it took, but Yang Cheng opened his mouth to break the silence, “Mellon Consortium has been there all the time~”

Matthew's expression was moved, and in just a few seconds, he laughed at himself, "So what? Mellon is no longer Mellon~"

Mindy advised, "Father, we all know that Mellon's decline is not your fault."

Zhao Anqi also spoke out, "Yes, Mr. Mellon, the decline of the family is for many reasons, but in fact, since your uncle's generation, the Mellon family has been on the downhill road."

This is a fact. Andrew Mellon's contribution to the Mellon family's assets are far superior to well-known consortium families such as Ford and DuPont. If he hadn't used the power of the Minister of Finance, Mellon wouldn't have left a heavy hand in history.

Andrew was born with his talent in doing business. He successfully completed a local business at the age of fifteen. After taking over the family business, he immediately decided to use the bank as a control coordination center and use the United Trust Investment Company to carry out various activities. The several banks founded during Andrew's period accounted for more than one-third of all deposits in Pittsburgh.

Subsequently, mining groups such as aluminum, oil, and emery were continuously established, as well as industrial giants that produced train cars, coal tar and other products. Later, the coal mines, shipbuilding, steelmaking and utilities in Pittsburgh were monopolized by Mellon's diversified joint companies.

Later, Andrew further gained control of the market through stock trading, payments, patent control, tariff protection and other means, and even proposed to resolve competition with litigation. All of this stems from his position as Minister of Finance, he used his power to take advantage of loopholes in the tax law on a large scale, and proposed two tax cuts to protect the interests of large business owners, thus giving the Mellon family a lot of benefits.

But after Andrew's death, his son Paul would rather manage the "National Gallery" donated to ZF by Mellon than do business. This is the root cause of the Mellon family's decline.
Chapter completed!