Chapter: 6540

Steve hastened: "Mr. Leaf, you're too generous. However, it's just tens of billions of dollars, and I'll let someone else handle it from now on. I won't disappoint your expectations."

Leaf looked serious: "Since this is the company I want to buy out, the money should also come from me. Don't worry about that part; your task is to ensure that the US government and national security agencies don't meddle in this matter."

"Ah, Mr. Leaf, you're so considerate." Steve said. "With me involved, the US government and national security agencies will absolutely not cause any trouble. As long as we negotiate the price with our current team, there won't be any other issues whatsoever."

Leaf nodded slightly, looking at Steve very seriously: "Steve, this matter is significant to me. You help me acquire this company, and when the time comes, I'll take care of you in Jinling, giving you a warm reception!"

When Steve returned to the banquet hall, his father Howard had not yet come back.

He sat down before Howard finally came back, looking rather pleased with himself.

Steve kept staring at his father's face, wondering if he looked any different after meeting Helena privately. If so, it would prove that he definitely got some of Leaf's elixir from Helena.

But strangely, his father seemed to be unchanged compared to the previous moment.

He couldn't help but think: "Father is so enthusiastic about this matter in Northern Europe; can't I exchange for half a pill of Leaf's elixir?"

Thinking about this, he felt a sense of excitement and thought that Leaf didn't give the elixir to his father but instead met with him privately, intending to use it as leverage against him in the future.

He didn't know, but his father was extremely careful in guarding that half pill of elixir.

Howard had been eager to take it earlier, but decided to bring it back to America and wait for Steve to return from Hua Xia before finding a suitable opportunity to take it.

At this moment, Helena hadn't returned to the banquet hall yet, so Howard sat down and whispered to Steve, "Let's head back tomorrow morning. There are still many things waiting for me at home, and you're not also eager to get ready and leave early to go to Hua Xia, aren't you?"

Steve nodded and said, "Everything will be according to Father's arrangements."

As he spoke, Steve thought of Leaf's instructions and opened his mouth, saying, "By the way, Father, after we return to New York, I need to go to Houston to purchase a remote sensing satellite company. I also hope you can approve it."

Steve was clear in his mind that the remote sensing satellite company Leaf wanted was worth only three or four billion dollars, but he didn't have the authority as the family patriarch yet, and such a move without the family's permission would be absolutely unacceptable, otherwise it would easily lead to his father thinking he didn't respect him as the tribe leader.

This was different from his previous investment in Hua Xia. This time, his father had already given him the power to manage a 500 billion investment fund. Since his father had already granted him the decision-making authority, he could use that 500 billion to invest freely in Hua Xia. However, if he used it to invest somewhere else, his father would certainly be displeased.

So, he must obtain his father's approval before proceeding with the purchase.

Howard was taken aback and asked Steve, "Why do you suddenly want to purchase a remote sensing satellite company? Such companies wouldn't have too much help for our current business."

Steve explained seriously, "Father, I think that in the future, the satellite industry will be a huge market. We've entered late, missed Musk's enterprise, so I want to first purchase a related company and get some experience with satellite-related businesses and upstream industries, including satellite manufacturing and satellite launch."

So, he must say that the satellite industry is late and it's already too late to get into it. This kind of industry won't make as much money as oil and finance, and it's not stable either.

Steve saw Howard seemingly unimpressed, so he quickly said, "Father, I'm planning to acquire a company worth around 50 billion USD at most. I know this industry can't compare with energy and finance in terms of scale, but I still want to try. And I hope you'll approve it."

Howard thought for a moment after hearing the amount was only 50 billion USD, then spoke up, "Since you have this idea, as your father, I should give you more support. Go ahead and do what you think is right. I'll increase our budget to within 100 billion USD, and you can make all the decisions yourself."

To Steve, Howard's words were indeed reassuring. Sometimes he even felt that his son was too understanding, so he wanted to be good to him. Since his son wanted to do something that interested him, he decided to give him more help, which would also compensate for it.

Steve waited for his father's response. JrNovels.com