1855 United States Tycoon

"The purpose of our action is to seek a safe retreat opportunity. A large amount of misunderstanding information is also released by ourselves. Therefore, in such a situation, some employees have been shaken, which is also okay. Understand." Scrooge said.

Dorothea was surprised to hear Scrooge's reasonable statement, but she didn't say much, just glanced at Scrooge in surprise.

"In our family, of course, we must talk about loyalty, unity, and dedication. Because the interests of our large group and everyone's interests are the same. We only have group interests, not personal interests! But we are dealing with outsiders. At that time, we can’t make such high demands. We are using their abilities, and for their requirements, abilities come first. As for loyalty, we have never fully trusted them anyway, we just need to keep an eye on them. Tighter, it is enough to easily prevent them from being disloyal. As for this time, many of them were misled by us for their disloyalty, and our approach will always be exposed in the future. It's open. So, now we treat those employees who made mistakes because of our misleading, we should understand. Otherwise, it would be too unkind." Scrooge glanced at Dorothea and said slowly. He didn't necessarily believe in these things.

"But there can be no punishment for those swingers? In this way, for those who are still loyal even in difficult situations, isn't it too unfair?" Catherine said.

Catherine knew that the own cousin made a mistake. Although he was not entirely to blame for this mistake, he did not stand a firm stand and was not loyal to him. Everything will be recorded in the hearts of all people. If he is not punished for this kind of mistake now, it may not be a good thing, even for David himself.

"You're right, Catherine." Scrooge said. "Our consortium will temporarily stop expanding or even contracting after this. In this way, we will have some extra positions. Those performances Those who are shaken need to give up the most critical positions. For example, David, we don’t want to move him now. Once we start a full counterattack, he must be put on a long holiday. To be more clear, in the future, in the consortium He will never have such a good position anymore. Even I think that instead of being demoted, it is better to let him go home for retirement. Of course, if he is willing to work in other consortia, it is not impossible, but then It must be five years later. To ensure that our interests will not be betrayed. Catherine, how do you think this is done? I think your cousin should have earned enough money for the rest of his life. Catherine, I I hope you can understand that I understand David’s mistakes very well, but understanding belongs to understanding, and punishment is also necessary."

During the Three Kingdoms period in China's history, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he got correspondence from his courtiers colluding with Yuan Shao. Some of his staff proposed to follow the letter to capture and behead the two or five boys who dared to collude with the enemy. But Cao Cao told people that when Yuan Shao came over, I was so frightened that I wanted to surrender, let alone the people below? So not only did he prohibit anyone from viewing those letters, but he also caused all the letters to be destroyed by fire. Later generations also admire Cao Cao's measurement.

However, the situation that Scrooge faces today is completely different from that of Cao Cao. Cao Cao was already a victor when he pardoned the traitors. But Scrooge is not yet. If Cao Cao had discovered the betrayal of his subordinates before the Battle of Guandu, I am afraid it would not have been so magnanimous. Generosity requires qualifications, and this qualification is to be a winner. Only the winner is qualified for magnanimity. Scrooge is not yet a victor, and he knows that even if his plan is completely successful, he is not a victor. At best, he has repelled the enemy and prevented the enemy from attacking him within a short period of time. It just won a stable growth space for his consortium. This is just repelling, not defeating.

"I understand." Catherine nodded and said, she also understood that such punishment is inevitable, even in the current situation, it is already very generous, and she can no longer ask for more. In fact, even if she is placed in the position of Scrooge, she will not make a more magnanimous decision than Scrooge.

"When our counterattack begins, I will inform Uncle to let him ban David for five years." Catherine said.

...

After observing for a few days, Morgan finally started to act. As soon as their actions started, they immediately set off a wave of turmoil in the capital market.

"Among those industries of the Macdonald Consortium, which is the most important and fundamental industry?" Morgan asked his allies.

"It's the MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company? The company that MacDonald started from." said the banker Gauguin.

"I think it is MacDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, that is the real cash cow." Another banker shook his head and said.

"There are two real core units." Morgan said, "One is the University of Cleveland, especially the large laboratory of the University of Cleveland. It is the source of power for the expansion of the McDonald Consortium. The other core is the McDonald Venture Bank. .

Compared with other companies under McDonald's, McDonald's Venture Capital Bank seems inconspicuous. Yes, compared to other companies under the McDonald Consortium, the McDonald Venture Capital Bank is very inconspicuous. In addition to having a unique vision in technology investment, from other aspects, it is very general. But in the McDonald Consortium, its position is very important, because the financing of the companies under the McDonald Consortium must be realized through it. Scrooge McDonald's talent in finance is not outstanding, so his bank is relatively conservative, and basically never participates in financial games with ups and downs. Because it is easy for people to ignore its existence. But as a link for the flow of funds between McDonald’s major companies, its role is very important. And because of a series of successful investments in new technologies, although McDonald's venture capital has performed very mediocre or even poor in traditional terms, his returns have been good. Among the banks, it can also be among the best.

However, the situation is different now. Scrooge is dead, the king of technology investment is dead. In addition to technology investment, what else will McDonald Venture Capital have? Therefore, it has now become the weakest link in the entire Macdonald Consortium, and this link is so important that once this link is lost, the entire financial chain of the Macdonald Consortium will be broken. So if we want to do it, we have to do it with McDonald Venture Capital Bank. "

...

The attack on McDonald Ventures Bank started from public opinion. First, the economic media in the hands of Morgan lowered the credit rating of McDonald Ventures Bank, and directly downgraded it from the highest AAA level to BBB. The reason is that although the McDonald Venture Capital Bank has a normal credit record, its operating status and profitability have been affected by the unconsciousness of Mr. Scrooge McDonald and the rumored outbreak of internal conflicts within the McDonald Consortium. So its prospects are very uncertain, and its future development is also very uncertain.

Then, using this as an excuse, some banks began to adjust their business dealings with McDonald Venture Capital Bank. They began to increase the interest rate on the McDonald Venture Capital Bank's fund lending and lending rate, and imposed various other restrictions on the flow of funds. This has further caused MacDonald Venture Capital Bank's operational difficulties.

At this time, various rumors about the internal contradictions of the McDonald family were also flying everywhere. Although the McDonald family had made some weak rumors, this practice only contributed to the spread of the rumors. Now it is coupled with the decline in credit ratings and the rejection of other banks. The depositors of MacDonald Ventures Bank began to waver.

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"In the past month, venture capital banks have lost 5% of their depositors. Moreover, we have also obtained evidence that certain banks used improper means to induce our depositors to transfer funds to their banks. At the family meeting, Dorothea first informed all the participants of the recent situation.

"Very well, Morgan finally started. Our goal finally came to the fore. Now it's time for us to fight back." Scrooge said.

"We've been waiting for this day. Scrooge, tell me what we should do next!" Carol said.

"Like Morgan, let's start with public opinion." Scrooge said, "The situation about the assassins and their allies has now been investigated very clearly. The assassins are mainly from the DuPont family and got Stanford. So, we first attacked them and made a big shocking news, and then we released rumors through the media, pointing out the relationship between these people and the assassination, and the news that Morgan was the real behind-the-scenes. Based on Morgan's performance this period of time, I believe this statement should be recognized by most people."

"But how do we deal with Morgan specifically? We are not his opponents for those financial means." Carroll said.

"Why do we want to play finance with Morgan? Isn't that looking for death?" Scrooge shook his head and said, "Morgan's biggest advantage is finance. We can't short-term advantage. Compared with him, where is our biggest advantage? "

"Where?" Dorothea asked.

"Of course it is reputation and violence. Since the suppression of Occupy Wall Street, Morgan's reputation has been bad. So we say that he is behind the assassination, and there will be many people willing to believe. Besides, as a loser Isn’t it normal for a grief-stricken wife to do something extraordinary when facing the real murderer behind her husband’s murder?"

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