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It's October 1901 at Standard Oil Headquarters in Manhattan.

John D. Rockefeller opens the door to his office to let in one of his biggest European competitors, Marcus Samuel, the head of England Shell Transportation and Trading Company.

John knows that Shell has been engaged in a price war in Asia with another of his rivals, Royal Dutch.

As a result of this costly price war, both companies are struggling.

Things are so bad that Marcus and the head of Royal Dutch on redettering even discussed merging their two companies,

but neither of them would compromise much and negotiation stalled.

Now, John hopes to swoop in, buy Shell himself and bring them into the Standard Oil family.

With Shell in his grasp, John has no doubt that he can vanquish Royal Dutch and conquer Asia for himself.

Marcus walks up to the window in John's office and gazes down at the Manhattan streets below.

Well, it's quite a view you have missed to Rockefeller.

It is.

But you know, sometimes I miss working out of my little office back in Cleveland.

But please, have a seat.

As Marcus sits across from John, he's surprised that John D. Rockefeller, one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the world, seems so ordinary.

From the tales Marcus has heard, he have expected to meet the devil.

Marcus, I understand you started out small like I did.

Indeed, yes, indeed.

I had a shop and an import export business.

And with the help of the Rothschilds, you built that into one of the most powerful oil companies in the Asian market.

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