1855 United States Tycoon

In the end, Scrooge decided to choose the method of loan to Morgan Bank. Although this brought pressure to repay the loan, it also maintained the independence of the enterprise, which, in Scrooge's view, was extremely important. However, Scrooge feels that the mortgage conditions of the loan need to be discussed in detail, because Scrooge believes that the patent of the rotary locking mechanism is seriously underestimated. Scrooge knew that in history, the famous Spencer paid $80,000 for an imperfect locking structure patent. Scrooge knew that under the current situation, this type of patent could not be like a war. It was as valuable as it was imminent, but the own design was much more mature than that design. Scrooge felt that the patent plus the factory should be mortgaged a little bit more. But Morgan Bank insisted not to make concessions, so Scrooge could only give in in the end.

After signing the loan contract, Scrooge did not immediately return to Cleveland, but stayed in New York for a few days. A few days later, he even got a few more people from Cleveland.

This morning, Bob, who had just lost his job, was the same as usual. He bought a New York Tribune for a cent and looked for recruitment notices on it. If he can’t find it as soon as possible. At work, there will be no food at home. The New York Tribune was New York's third-largest newspaper in terms of circulation at the time, but in terms of influence, it was definitely No. 1 in New York. Its influence even exceeds the boundaries of United States and can directly affect Europe. For example, the famous Karl Marx has always been a writer for the New York Tribune.

Regarding advertising, the New York Tribune is more serious than the Sun and the New York Herald, which have larger sales. Those who are obviously talking nonsense, such as Glauber's salt for cancer treatment, even if you give money, the New York Tribune. Will not hesitate to shut it out. This approach not only did not affect the earnings of the newspaper, but also caused an endless stream of people willing to publish advertisements in this newspaper. There are few scammers advertising in this newspaper. This is Bob's direct impression. Last time he saw a job advertisement in the Sun newspaper and ran to apply. As a result, not only did he fail to find a job, he was cheated of the US$5 application fee. From then on, Bob could no longer believe in the integrity of newspapers like The Sun and the New York Herald.

In this newspaper, there are also some recruitment advertisements, but it is obvious that there is a gap between Bob and others’ requirements. Well, Bob has not read any books, although he can follow a respectable Baptist church The pastor has learned how to read and write, and he is barely illiterate, but he did not do the work such as the paperwork mentioned in the newspaper.

Just as he was about to throw away the newspaper disappointedly, a piece of news suddenly caught his attention:

"The McDonald Infantry Weapons Company will fund a shooting competition with a generous bonus. Shooting enthusiasts are welcome to sign up for it..."This news caught Bob’s attention. He was a good gunman when he served in the military. He has performed well in battles against Indians and Mexicans, although he has not touched him for a while now. He had passed the gun, but he believed that as long as he was given a good gun and used for training for a period of time, he would soon become a sharpshooter again. It's just that Bob understands that a good gun always costs money, and a period of training is even more costly. So, after seeing this news, although Bob was a little excited, but after thinking about it, he could only let out a long sigh.

However, the following paragraph soon came into view and gave him hope again:

"McDonald's Infantry Weapons Company will also form its own team to participate in the competition, and is now looking for gunners who are interested in joining. Interested parties can apply for employment at the Western Suburbs Saokes Logging Field on August 12... Once they pass the selection, they will become official members. The company will provide them with guns, as well as the ammunition needed for training, and provide free board and lodging and a monthly salary of 10 yuan during training and competition... All the bonuses obtained in the competition will go to the gunner..."

This is simply tailor-made for yourself, it's really an inexhaustible road. Bob looked at the location and date seriously again, um, tomorrow is August 12th.

When he got home, Bob read the newspaper to his wife. The wife said, "My dear, this is what you are good at. God must have given us such a chance after hearing our pious prayers." Early the next morning, his wife made breakfast for Bob. Two pieces of brown bread were prepared for her for lunch. Bob finished his breakfast, put on the two brown breads, and a small bottle of water and set off.

The registration point is still a little far away from where Bob is, almost crossing most of New York. Although New York at that time was far smaller than it is now, it is also a city with a population of nearly 800,000. It takes a long time to walk across the city, but Bob estimates it and feels that if he moves faster, he will be able to go home for lunch in time.

After walking for almost two hours, Bob finally arrived at the registration location. When he got here, he couldn't help being taken aback--the long line waiting for the candidates to be lined up, which looked half a mile long.

"Damn! Are there so many good shooters in the world?" Bob spit on the ground fiercely. He knows that most of the people here are probably here to join in the fun. Well, there is no fee for registration, and there is a chance to shoot two shots. Such things, there will always be some boring guys coming to join in the fun.

The team moves very slowly, and it seems that the previous basic test is still very serious. A lot of restless guys wanted to jump in the queue. Fortunately, there was an uncle policeman who was rebelling to maintain order. Apart from anything else, he went up to have a baton. Well, he honestly looked at the long queue. Bob once thought that tonight It is estimated that I will sleep here. But maybe it was because there were many people who didn't want to really queue up and left one after another, so at about two o'clock in the afternoon, Bob finally got to the top of the queue. To say that some people in business are really thinking, at noon,

The initial test is very simple. A piece of white paper is hung on the wall about four meters away from Bob. It is covered with some larger letters E from big to small, but these letters E are not all right. , Some lie on their backs, some stand upside down, and some simply turn back. The uppermost layer of white paper has the largest letter, and the smaller it goes below it. A tester asked Bob to close his left eye, and then pointed a stick at the letters E, large and small, and asked him to point out the direction of his mouth.

This is not a problem for Bob. His eyes have been better than ordinary people since he was a child, so even if he can only use his right eye, he can see the little E in the bottom row clearly. So he heard this level easily, and the guy ahead of him was not so lucky and was eliminated directly.

After this level, the next test is to take an empty rifle and aim at a distant target. Bob saw that as soon as many people raised their guns, the middle-aged man sitting there immediately frowned, indicating that people would be eliminated immediately, and some people raised their guns for a while. Also was eliminated.

As a veteran, Bob immediately saw the doorway inside. Those who are in charge will be eliminated directly with a glance, because the posture of holding the gun is wrong, and those who are eliminated after raising the gun for a while are mostly due to insufficient strength in their hands. People who tremble, only those with such arm strength, the marksmanship will never get better.

In the first two rounds of testing, most of the people were eliminated, but relying on experience in the military, Bob passed smoothly. The third round of testing was live fire, which passed in the first few rounds. More than twenty people were gathered together to take this test. According to the rules, Bob fired 10 rounds with a front-mounted rifled gun. His performance was far worse than when he was still in the military a few years ago. Among all twenty people, his performance was not good, but neither Bad.

Originally, Bob thought that at this point, even if it was over, who knows, in the end, he took out a set of weird test papers, which contained some choices of scenes in Life. Bob finished the question with a lot of doubts. When he handed in the paper, he took the opportunity to look at the answers of others, which seemed to be very different from him. Own's answer is right, but he has no idea in his heart. I turned the paper in a daze, and looked at the sun, it was already west.

When Bob returned home, it was already dark. Bob and his wife talked about today's test. Although he didn't know anything in his heart, he still tried to be very confident and told his wife that he would definitely pass.

As she expected, a postman found his home two days later and handed him a letter. The postman gave him the letter, and then asked him to sign on his own book and turn around and leave.

"My child's father, where does this letter come from?" The voice of the wife who was washing the clothes trembled.

Bob carefully read the sender column on the cover of the letter several times, then pressed the joy in his heart and said: "It's a letter from the MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company."

"Ah, dear, quickly open it and see what it says." The wife threw the clothes in her hands back into the tub, put her guard on her apron and ran over.

"Well, take a look at it, it should be good news." Bob said, in fact, if it is not good news, there is no need for people to send him a letter, isn't it? Bob carefully opened the envelope. Inside was a piece of letter paper with beautiful italics written on it:

"Hello Mr. Bob:

The McCordonald Infantry Weapon Company shooting team respectfully invites you. We sincerely invite you to join our shooting team and meet the challenges with us. I believe that Mr.'s joining will definitely bring a win-win result for both of us... If you are interested in cross talk, please go to the Soke Lumberyard before August 17th to gather.

Sincerely, Macdonald Infantry Weapons Company Shooting Team"

Bob read the letter over and over again. His wife couldn't wait any longer and asked, "The kid, his father? What does it say about it? You can listen to me more."

"Nothing, I'm hired!" Bob took a deep breath and wanted to tell his wife the news as calmly as possible, but in the end, he couldn't hold back anymore and yelled with joy: "Honey, We have money again!"

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