1855 United States Tycoon

"Jerico, I am very grateful to Mr. Morgan for his kindness. But you know, it was Mr. MacDonald who discovered me when I was in the most difficult time, supported me, provided me with a stage to perform, and made me successful Opportunity. Now, Mr. MacDonald has encountered difficulties. It seems that it is not suitable for me to leave MacDonald at this time." Edison said to Jericho.

"Ah, Thomas, you are wrong to say that. The proverb says,'If it is gold, it will shine.' If you have such a talent, you will make a difference wherever you go. Besides, Mr. MacDonald is for you to display your talents. But you have also paid him back. Didn’t you? Wouldn’t you contribute less to McDonald’s than Martin? But you don’t get as much money as Martin!" Jericho stared Looking into Edison’s eyes, he said, "Don’t you think this is unfair? Thomas, Mr. MacDonald has helped you, but you have given him a lot in return, even far beyond what he gave you. So, Thomas, there is nothing to be sorry for MacDonald in this matter. You don't have to worry about it either."

In fact, Edison said "not suitable" instead of "should not", which has already shown Own's attitude. All he needs is a reason. So Jericho gave Edison a reason to push the boat along. As for whether this reason is valid, in fact, everyone doesn't really care.

Sure enough, Edison immediately changed his tone:

"Ah, Jericho, your words have messed up my mind. I think I might need to think about it seriously instead of responding to your invitation in a hurry. Please give me some time to think about it. After I think about it, I will give you an answer."

"Okay, I look forward to your reply." Jericho said with a smile too. He knew that Edison would not make any decision on this matter lightly. For Edison, if he could get the corresponding conditions from McDonald, even if it was a lower condition than the one set by Morgan, Edison would I'm definitely willing to stay on MacDonald's side. This has nothing to do with ethics, only with risk. In any case, it is still risky to switch jobs.

"Oh, Thomas, allow me to remind you. You'd better be able to get in touch with more people first. As a team, whether it's talking to McDonald on new terms or switching to Mr. Morgan's side, it's even more important. It's easier to get better conditions." Jericho seemed to have thought of this temporarily, and said to Edison.

Indeed, as Jericho said, if you can pull a team and bargain with it, you can naturally improve your position in the negotiation, but Jericho raised this point to Edison, but it is not all for friends. The plan is so simple. Generally speaking, it is precisely because of the fact that pulling up the entire team to negotiate can very effectively enhance your own strength. Therefore, this approach naturally makes the capital party feel hated. If Edison really did this, even if he succeeded, the Macdonald Consortium would definitely have hatred against him. Because in this process, he not only divided up more interests, but also created an organization that can bargain with the consortium. With their example, other people will naturally follow suit, so that a trade union of scientific researchers that is not controlled by the consortium will emerge? Everyone knows what capital's attitude toward such unions is. Even if Scrooge is relatively enlightened on trade union activities, his so-called enlightenment is only reflected in the yellow trade unions that he controls. For those trade unions that are not under his control and really want to benefit workers, The Macdonald family's methods have never been gentle.

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Dorothea walked to Scrooge angrily and threw a piece of information on Scrooge's table.

"This is the guy you have always valued? Look at what he is doing!"

"What's wrong? What happened?" Scrooge asked?

"See it for yourself!" Dorothea replied irritably.

Scrooge picked up the document and read it.

"This Morgan, he was really accurate when he was digging our corner. One guy took aim at Edison." Scrooge laughed.

In a sense, the big laboratory is the foundation of the McDonald family. How could the McDonald family not pay close attention to such an important place? So the important people in the big laboratory, especially the project leader like Edison, are of course also under surveillance. Although this kind of monitoring is not so strict that any action must be recorded within 24 hours, it is not difficult to notice that Morgan's assistant went to visit Edison. What's more, when Jericho came to visit Edison, he never considered keeping it secret. Now the Morgan Consortium is fighting the idea of ​​the MacDonald Consortium, which is already a secret that all the people of United States know. In consideration of Morgan's interests, it is not a bad thing to let the McDonald family know that they are in contact with Edison. In this case, such a move can even arouse the McDonald family's suspicion for people like Edison. And this will undoubtedly increase the differences within the McDonald consortium, and there is a great chance that their internal friction will increase and their efficiency will decrease.

However, Morgan's contact with Edison was not the reason Dorothea was so angry. What really made her furious was that Edison brought his entire R&D team and put forward new requirements to her, including increasing the income of scientific researchers, increasing investment in scientific research, and giving a series of requirements such as technology shares for meritorious scientific researchers.

"This ungrateful guy, if it wasn't for you to promote him, if it wasn't for you to always value him and provide him with opportunities, how could he be an illiterate who has not even finished the basic education, bah, even elementary school? But now he dared to betray us, and even attracted so many people! For such a guy, we must hit him severely, so as to give others a warning!" Dorothea said viciously.

"Dorothea, it's unfair for you to say that Edison is." Scrooge didn't seem to be too angry. "Although he didn't have much formal education, he had already achieved self-study before I met him. A lot of knowledge. It's unfair to call him illiterate. To be honest, at that time, his academic foundation was no worse than ordinary college students. And he was very good in creativity, intuition, and quality of will. It’s not that I’m complimenting him. His performance in large laboratories over the years has also verified my statement. To be honest, my kindness to him is not as great as you said. Just based on his quality, even without me, He will definitely succeed."

"To be honest, if there is no me in this world, Edison will get even more in the future." Scrooge even added this sentence in his own heart.

"What do you mean?" Dorothea became more upset. "You actually stood on their side and talked!"

Scrooge stood up with a smile, walked over to Dorothea, put his hand around her waist, and said to her, "Dorothea, or I'll tell you a story.

In ancient China, there was a prince who took great risks to help neighboring countries repel the invasion of powerful enemies. The king of the neighboring country was very grateful to him. Later, when the prince was forced to flee his own country and seek refuge in a neighboring country, the king of the neighboring country personally put on the costume of a guide, went to the border to meet him, and praised him in front of everyone. The merits and virtues of the people. The prince was also a little proud of it.At this time, an staff member next to the prince told the prince: ‘His Royal Highness, I heard someone say such a sentence, and I think it is very reasonable, so I want to relay this sentence and share it with His Royal Highness. ’

‘Very good, my friend. The prince said, ‘being enlightened by the wisdom of others is a greater harvest than gold. Please tell me this story, and I will clean my own ears and listen to him. ’

‘That friend of mine told me that in this world, some things must be remembered and some things must be forgotten. That is, if others are kind to you, you must remember; if you are kind to others, you must forget it. Now, Your Royal Highness, you are kind to the kings of neighboring countries. The kings of neighboring countries dare not forget this. This is his duty. But you should forget it. ’

The prince listened and appreciated this very much, and said to the staff: ‘I am willing to respectfully follow your instructions. "Dorothea, do you know why this sentence makes sense? "

"What makes sense? It's just some moral preaching. We don't need the morality of this slave or even the ape!" Apparently Dorothea didn't take it seriously, and even took what Scrooge had taught her before." The idea of ​​"Superman" came to counter Scrooge.

Yes, the philosophy of "Superman", although the famous madman philosopher of later generations, Nietzsche, who claims to be the sun, has not had time to write "The Saying of Zarathustra", a philosophical work that is as beautiful as poetry. Of course, the evil "superman" philosophy that really formed in this Immortal work was naturally not born. But this does not prevent Scrooge from using this kind of thinking to educate Dorothea. After all, to teach a person to be sober and do bad things without psychological obstacles, there is nothing more appropriate than the "Superman" philosophy.

"Dorothea, you didn't understand." Scrooge was not angry. In a sense, he did have such a moral character of "tiring people" or "tiring others", "the so-called 'Others have to be kind to us and must not be forgotten' means that there will be such a way that people will continue to be willing to help us; and the so-called'being kind to others must be forgotten' means that we are high-ranking people like us, this way. Superman’s hope is placed on the gratitude of others. We can’t let our emotions influence our judgment of the facts and our final decision. Judging from your anger just now, I think when you face the world, Some places are even worse than Edison."

This was harsh, but Dorothea was surprised to hear it. She was silent for a while, and then said, "I am calm down now, and I can even understand that Edison. But I still feel that we should be crushed to death. He was crushed to death like a bug."

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