1855 United States Tycoon

After meeting the representatives of the Morgan Consortium, Elton discovered that, in fact, the representatives of the Morgan Consortium did not look very scary. As long as they were prepared to give up control, the others were not particularly difficult. Of course, the price offered by the guy from the Morgan Consortium is not high, but it is not unacceptable. Moreover, the Morgan Consortium did well. After they took over the railway, they did not kick Elton away. In fact, most of the affairs during the railway construction period were handled by Elton, after all. He is more familiar with this. For those problems that Elton cannot solve, the guys in the Morgan consortium have much more solutions. For example, after hearing Elton's complaint from the nail house, the Morgan Consortium members used it for a few days and successfully bought the plot of land.

"You spent ten thousand dollars?" Elton asked in surprise.

"How is it possible? Where is that piece of land worth so much?" Mr. Hyde replied, "We only spent about three hundred dollars."

"This? How is this..."

"That guy's son happened to be in a big trouble because of a small matter. We helped him solve it, and he sold us the land for three hundred dollars." Hyde replied without changing his face.

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"Morgan invited you to go to his Pirate to talk about the current business?" Dorothea leaned in the rattan rocking chair, swaying comfortably, and said in a leisurely tone, "How about it, Do you really want to go?"

"Now, we have hyped up the boom in railway construction, and some of the most valuable railways are basically under the control of me and him, and Europeans have begun to invest in railways like crazy. Say, the basic big things have been settled, and now there are no big things, just to coordinate the next action. Let me say, this kind of thing is really nothing to go wrong, I will stay at home to accompany you Right." Scrooge said to Dorothea with a smile on his face, sitting next to him, and at the same time stretched out his hand to stroke Dorothea's already bulging belly.

"Hmph, I can't say it, but I really want to go, right?" Dorothea stretched out her hand and snapped Scrooge open. "I heard Morgan found a lot on his boat. As a flight attendant, she even asked someone to design a special outfit for them. Well, it’s said that it looks dignified and full of temptation. I want to see it now. Don’t you dare say you’re not interested at all?"

"How can I be that kind of person?" Scrooge said, "Well, let Carol go for a trip for this meeting. Anyway, he represents me, too. It's just that Carol is not enough compared to Morgan. Be flexible, um, let John go with him. John is still a bit more sensitive in business."

"Cut! After talking for a long time, the fox's tail is finally exposed." Dorothea gave Scrooge a white look. "Forget it, let me find an excuse for you: Carol is busy enough now. You have pressed some things that were originally in my control on him, and Catherine is going to feel distressed. As for John, um, he is very good, but he himself is also very busy, and they have basically had no idea about this matter before. What about it, where is it all at once? How about it? This excuse is absolutely persuasive, right?"

Seeing that Scrooge was speechless, Dorothea laughed again: "Furthermore, I can't delay your earning money for our children. Well, in this way, how can I steal Where's your hind legs? Well, Scrooge, look at it, I have to teach you the technology that makes an excuse. Okay, don't be aggrieved. Go on. Don't toss Carol. Anyway, you There are so many times when I need to run outside, I can’t always stare at you. There is only one thing, you must remember that no matter what, you can’t make any problems outside. And don’t make any illegitimate children. Now, the family can't admit it if it's done!"

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"Scrooge, I want to say that this boat you built is really good and comfortable." On the wide fore deck of the Viking, Morgan was holding a beautiful woman in one arm and resting on the railing on the side of the deck, watching. The boundless sea, said to Scrooge.

"It's our shipyard now, so we built the ship." Scrooge also replied with a tall girl with a thin waist.

"Not at all." Morgan said, "Although I have a large share of the shares in the shipyard, as long as the big laboratory is in your hands, the shipyard or something is not worth mentioning. If we turn our faces, you will be divided into minutes. You can pull out another shipyard. Well, do you have any new toys in your laboratory?"

"As soon as you say, there are really." Scrooge said, "Remember the submarine made by the Southerners during the Civil War? We are also studying that. But that thing can't be used as a yacht, and it's very slow and safe. There are still questions."

"Then don't mention it. When will there be a better yacht design, don't forget the old customers."

"Wait for a ticket to be earned, there may be something new coming out, maybe the speed can reach 35 knots or more." Scrooge knew Morgan's preferences and deliberately dragged his voice long.

"Thirty-five quarters?" Morgan's eyes lit up immediately, but he immediately reflected, "You want to lie to me again, just like getting on a boat, and it's not as good as the last one, right."

"Well, it's basically just a fishing boat. It's too small, but a few hundred tons. But you really don't plan to try it?"

"Well, although I know I will most likely be cheated by you." Morgan laughed, "but I guess I will be cheated by you! Alas, anyway, I earn money for spending, and spending money is also spending. Well, our European friends are not Have you started spending money?"Driven by the United States rail boom, European idle funds began to enter the market, especially Joshua, who moved so fast that they were dazzlingly fast. This guy barely discerned and won nearly ten projects under construction in one breath. Two of the railways in China are almost completely parallel, and the distance between them is less than ten kilometers—however, one such railway is enough. (At its peak, United States had more than 400,000 kilometers of railroads, and in the end there were only 200,000 kilometers left that are still useful. Some people say that this is because the United States has developed roads and robbed the business of railways. Certainly, but not all. Another important reason is that there were too many unnecessary repetitive constructions in the railways built in United States at that time. Now I look at hundreds of people along the Pacific Railway. With a map of newly built and to-be-built railway lines within one kilometer, Scrooge suddenly remembered a certain life winner he had seen in his previous life, and the plan of building a 200,000 kilometers railway in China drawn by the Friends of Loli. Well, look. If you look at this picture from United States, you can understand that people have drawn it carefully according to the experience of advanced countries. Even if you make a plan for large-scale railway construction, the European and North American idiots will automatically The idea of ​​rushing to pay for money is also an honest reference to the experience of advanced countries.)

"Unfortunately, it is estimated that Joshua will not be pitted this time." Scrooge smiled.

"Yes, what a pity!" In front of Scrooge, Morgan almost never concealed his resentment towards the Rothschild family.

It seems that Joshua’s investment seems to have no brains at all, and most of the purchases are garbage railways. But this shows that this guy has completely seen what this railway feast is going on. Joshua is not an inexperienced rookie, and he was even cautious in the past. The current practice only shows one thing, that is, he does not regard the railway as an investment at all, but only sees it as a silly game.

The so-called silly game refers to financial investment. Although you know that something you want to buy is not worth so much money at all, or even not worth it at all, it is definitely a foolish way to buy it at such a price. . But knowing that this is a fool, the investor hopes that he can find a fool who is more foolish than himself, and then sell the mess to him at a higher price. The earliest capitalist economic crisis of mankind-the tulip wave of 1637 is a typical example. Even stupid people know that a tulip bulb could not be worth 1668 guilders in 1637. Everyone knows its actual value, but it should be 0.15 guilders two days after the market collapse.

"Because the ultimate goal of capitalists is not to produce products, but to obtain profits. So almost every once in a while, they will try to skip the process of production and directly get profits." This is Marx's description of capitalists in one sentence. Especially when the real economy begins to experience the problem of declining investment profit rates, a lot of so-called "financial innovations" will emerge almost 100%. In fact, whether it is pyramid schemes or the so-called financial bubbles at a higher level, most of them are this kind of silly games.

Can I make money by playing this kind of silly game? Of course it can, and it can also make a lot of money. There are generally two ways to make money. One is to be a bookmaker, just like Scrooge and Morgan. The whole trend is theirs. The most organized funds are controlled by them, and the most insider is under their control. , Of course they can make a lot of money. The other way is to make money for the players-after the trend is formed, fast in and out. The trend of blogging has just formed, so immediately go in, make money, immediately quit without hesitation, don't always think of high points. Especially after you have already made a profit, you have to run faster when you hear the so-called good news that is widely circulated. In his last life, Scrooge experienced a stock market frenzy in the rabbit country. A large group of stocks wanted performance but no performance, and they wanted stocks with no future. The rushing breath rose to more than 6,000 points. People are still yelling that they will definitely reach seven thousand, and a group of people vowed to say that considering the political influence, at least before the Olympics, they will definitely not fall. At that time, a friend of Scrooge's previous life heard this, without saying anything, and immediately smashed the stocks in his hands. He said to Scrooge at that time: "If this kind of argument came up, it must be a cover for the dealer's retreat."

Looking at the way Joshua enters the market now, this guy definitely has this idea.

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