1855 United States Tycoon

Rockefeller was stunned for a moment when he heard Scrooge's questioning. For Scrooge's question, he really had never thought about it in detail. So he hesitated for a while, and then said: "Scrooge, you know I made some money, but no matter how much money, I can't stand the squandering. Well, that's what I think."

"John, do you really think so?" Scrooge didn't believe it, "John, your math is very good. You tell me, before we get rich, well, that is, you and I are both in high school. At that time, what percentage of our income would we spend, but now, even the most extravagant Mr. Morgan, what percentage of his income would he spend? Do you really think that no amount of money can withstand squandering? "

This problem seems to have exceeded Rockefeller's expectations. Of course, Rockefeller knew that in terms of the ratio of expenses to income, Morgan's current ratio would be much smaller than that before he had made a fortune. However, if he is to be convinced that Morgan's method of living is thrifty, and even let him be such a thrifty Life, it is really not his style. So he thought for a while, and said to Scrooge, "It's probably because of my faith. Scrooge, I think you are getting farther and farther away from the thrifty faith of the Baptist Church over the years."

Hearing Rockefeller mention the issue of faith, Scrooge laughed, and he stared at Rockefeller's eyes until Rockefeller lowered his eyes. Yes, the belief in God is not used to talk between them. If you really want to strictly abide by your belief in God and strictly abide by Moses' Ten Commandments, how did the DuPont family play with it? How did those who were involved in the oil crisis and committed suicide by jumping into the river died? Belief in God is just a piece of paper that everyone needs to deceive others. It would be too frank to come out with it.

"I think it's just a habit, I'm used to it." Rockefeller overturned his statement about faith.

"Then you made so much money, and you don't enjoy it yourself, what are you going to do?" Scrooge asked.Rockefeller thought for a while, and then laughed. He looked at Scrooge, his eyes gleaming: "Who said I don’t enjoy it anymore? Is eating, drinking, and having fun only called enjoyment? That’s too boring. It’s boring to defeat an opponent and earn a profit. It is my enjoyment to get more money after a sum of money. It is like Morgan likes to go out to sea and like to fish, but he does not like to eat fish. For him, fishing itself is enjoyment, for me , Making money is an enjoyment. By the way, Scrooge, what do you make so much money for? If it were Morgan’s enjoyment, you would not make money anymore, and the interest on your money is not something you can spend. It's over. Are you also enjoying the fun of knocking down your opponents and making money?"

"Good point!" Scrooge smiled, "You just asked me, do I have any long-term goals? I will tell you now that I have a longer-term goal than a car or something. I want to board. On the top of the world, we must defeat the Rothschild family, and destroy the entire Europe!...Well, I am more arrogant than you? Clark, what do you think of such a long-term goal?" Scrooge suddenly turned his goal to Clark.

"Ah, Mr. MacDonald." Clark was only watching the show, but Scrooge would suddenly ask himself. Surprisingly, he originally wanted to follow Scrooge's meaning to compliment Scrooge, but when he raised his head to see Scrooge staring at his gleaming eyes, he suddenly hesitated.

Clark knew that an opportunity was in front of him again. Scrooge wouldn't say this for no reason, it was his power to integrate the entire consortium. Good to fight for this long-term strategic goal. I believe that Scrooge has unified his thoughts within the own family-it is not difficult, and Carol will definitely only firmly support the own brothers. Today, in the consortium, in addition to the McDonald, there are two important figures, Rockefeller and himself. With regard to Rockefeller’s friendship with Scrooge McDonald, as well as his adventurous and combative character, he is definitely willing to support Mr. McDonald’s goal of defeating and controlling Europe and the entire world. adventure. And what about yourself? The relationship between himself and Scrooge is not so close. Compared with Rockefeller in ability, it is also worse. If I just follow Scrooge's words to compliment him casually, such a perfunctory attitude must be nothing more than Scrooge McDonald. Instead, he will appear to be alienated from him. If so, then in order to achieve his own goals, Mr. Scrooge McDonald will first clean up the inside and unify his thoughts. In this way, he, who is half the center and half the edge, will definitely be eliminated from the position of the decision-making center of the consortium. On the contrary, if own answer satisfies Scrooge, then he can really go further.

"Mr. MacDonald." Clark stabilized his own mood, and replied, "Any man will have a dream like this. But I remember you once told us this sentence:'Goals can be ambitious. , But the action must be down to earth.” You told me again: “Before making a decision, the most important thing is to understand where the limit of own power is.” Mr. MacDonald, I know where the limit of my power is. I am not very much. A smart and capable person, my greatest advantage is to be steady and steady. Because I can’t see far, I will hold the most reliable of my hands tightly. I think I should still be of some use. But sir, you must tell How can we, your ambitious goal be realized step by step. It is like when we started, you took us to analyze the food market, or later, you analyzed the inevitable outbreak of civil war."

Scrooge stared into Clarke's eyes tightly, then he nodded, suddenly turned to Rockefeller, and said to him, "John, do you want to listen too?"

"Of course," Rockefeller replied simply and neatly, "I want to hear it too."

"Okay." Scrooge nodded. "Remember the reason why the economic crisis that I told you about will inevitably erupt every once in a while?"

"Of course I remember." Rockefeller replied, "that time you almost scared me to death."

"Me too." Clark also said.

"Then let's take a look at Europe. The most powerful country in Europe is the United Kingdom, which has countless colonies and is the largest empire in the history of the world. It has the most territory and the most population-if Indians can be considered humans. In the case of ——, the strongest industry. But it has a weakness of Xiantian geographically. That is his territory is too scattered. His territory is all over the world, so his power must also be all over the world. And his core area It happened to be too close to the European continent."

Scrooge smiled at this point and asked: "If you are a British, how would you solve this problem?"

There is no difficulty in this question, because the British have been doing this all the time. It's just that Rockefeller and Clark may have never thought about it this way before. But once the premise is clarified, even Clark can quickly see what is going on.

"The best way is of course to destroy the whole of Europe. Then there will be no threat. But this is beyond the limit of Britain's power. If you do this, regardless of success or failure, Britain's power will be exhausted. Then he will be powerless. He is now in control of territories all over the world, and once the territory is out of control, his power will be further weakened, making him unable to control Europe. So the best way is the current British method to keep Europe divided, pull one faction, fight another faction, Maintain the balance of power in the European continent and let the power of the European continent be consumed in internal fighting." Rockefeller replied.

"Well said. But not long ago the British made a mistake. They miscalculated the power of Germany and France, which gave the Germans a chance to defeat France and complete reunification. In this way, the power of Europe has a possibility to unite. The core. That is Germany. John, if you are Bismarck, what are you going to do?" Scrooge asked again.

"This..." Rockefeller was lost in thought. After a while, he replied, "The British will definitely support this Frenchman to fight against Germany. It’s best to get rid of it with France. But this is really beyond the limits of current Germany’s power. The contradiction with France is absolutely irreconcilable. So on the one hand, I want to unite with other European powers, Russia, Austria, Italy, Even Spain. On the other hand, try not to stimulate Britain and France as much as possible. Slowly accumulate strength until the own power is enough to deal with Britain and France. Of course, this is too difficult, almost impossible. The British and French will not be so stupid. , Watching you win over European countries, it is too easy to pick up some troubles. For example, Austria and Italy, Austria and Russia, you can easily pick out a lot of problems..."

"Yes. And, John, you tell me how to accumulate strength? How can I have more power than England and France?" Scrooge asked.

"Of course it is an industry stronger than Britain and France... Ah, I understand that a stronger industry requires more markets. The European market is not big enough. Germans must have overseas markets, and the overseas markets are now all British. French. Therefore, the Germans have only one chance, which is to develop a round of industry crazily to make it surpass Britain and France, and then take a military adventure before it collapses because the market is squeezed out. Fight with the British French . As long as you win, then everything is easy to say."

"What if it fails?" Scrooge asked.

"Germany cannot fail. If it fails, it will be finished." Clark said.

"Britain and France can't fail at night, and if they fail, they will be finished." Rockefeller said.

"Can such a war be avoided?" Scrooge asked.

"No! Never! No one can retreat. Retreated will not only lose the qualification to distribute food, but will even become food itself." Rockefeller replied decisively.

"Yeah. So the Europeans and the British will shed their blood in this war. This is our chance."

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