1855 United States Tycoon

Jensen’s expedition was defeated and took place at around three o’clock in the afternoon, which is around nine o’clock in the morning in New York time. As soon as the battle was over, just a few minutes later, the first message was delivered to Duck Castle.

"Uncle, the Boers and the British are in conflict, as you expected. Cecil Rhodes really provoked the incident first." Donald said to Scrooge.

"So, Donald, what do you think should be done next?" Scrooge asked with a smile.

"This is something. Uncle, you shouldn't ask me. This is something of Little Brother, Greystone." Donald said, "If the following is related to direct war, I might know a little bit, but if it's about propaganda Fighting or something, Greystone is the expert."

"Dad, I think we must first know the specific situation and how much evidence the Boers have in their hands, and then send a message before the British can react. Set the tone of the news in one fell swoop." Grey Stone replied immediately. Say.

To gain the upper hand in the battle of public opinion, it is also very important that the speed must be fast, the key information must be exploded at the fastest speed, and the explanation should be in the direction of owning. And what will other media that have no direct interest in reporting this incident? Will they first send a reporter to the field to investigate, and then wait for the reporter to send back a true and reliable manuscript for reporting? When facing this problem, those newspaper editors don’t even need to bring their brains, they only need to bring a ganglion to make a judgment-how is this possible? News is time-sensitive. For example, if you wait for a European reporter to run over for half a month, then investigate for another half a month, and finally send back news, the day lily will be cold. Readers' interest in this news has long since passed. So at this time, for the sake of timeliness, in order to get more attention and more sales, they will definitely choose to reprint the news of the first reporter. In this way, the newspaper that is the first to report will gain an overwhelming advantage in reporting on this matter, because most of the media will naturally stand on his side. And most readers will see your report the first time they see this news. Under preconceptions, they will naturally be more inclined to believe in you. This is what Grey Stone calls "send the news first and set the tone in one fell swoop."

Donald has performed very well before, and he has brought tens of millions of dollars to the family in South Africa. This naturally made his appeal in the family greatly ascending. Even Catherine, who was very depressed because of Dena's disappearance, was a little happy. Although she knew that Donald was not her son, but Scrooge's illegitimate son. But the point is that Donald doesn’t know it. Moreover, considering Donald's identity, if he doesn't want to be disqualified from inheritance, even if he knows his own origin, he can only honestly recognize Catherine as his mother. Even rely on Catherine to keep him secret, because Donald must be very clear about the consequences if Dorothea or Greystone knows about such things.

Donald's outstanding performance a while ago put a lot of pressure on Grey Stone. He knew that Dad own liked Donald very much, and the McDonald family was still too young and not deep enough. Therefore, Mr. Scrooge McDonald will definitely be very, very ‘selfless’ when he chooses the next generation of successors for his family. Don't regard himself as his son, and Donald is just a nephew, but if own performance is obviously not as good as Donald, this small advantage in identity is almost useless. Therefore, in the following things, he must perform very well.

"The British would not have thought that we would intervene in such a hand, and there are many places in which the British can hardly explain this matter. Therefore, the British will not naturally report on this matter too quickly. They have no sense of urgency and want to There are too many things to do. So, we must be able to grab this first report." Grey Stone said to Scrooge, "Please allow me to start directly leading the South Africa except for the real technology personnel. People in order to quickly set off a public opinion offensive."

"Okay." Scrooge glanced at Donald, then said slowly.

"Thank you, Dad." Grey Stone said, "I'll go to the New York Tower right away, please tell mom that I will be there these days, and she won't have to wait for me during dinner."

After speaking, Grey Stone turned and walked out of Scrooge's office.

"Donald." Scrooge said, "you opened up the situation in this matter, and now it's Graystone who is taking over the follow-up thing. You don't have any ideas, do you?"

"Uncle, no." Donald hurriedly declared, "You taught us a long time ago that if a family is to prosper, its internal unity must be united. There can be competition within the family, but this competition must be benign. The cooperation of the family cannot be undermined. In dealing with the issue of propaganda warfare, Grey Stone is already better than me. For the family to take over this matter, it is the best way to maximize the benefits of the family. Such a thing How can I have any ideas."

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More than an hour later, at 11 a.m. New York time, 4 p.m. London time, and 5 p.m. Paris time, the Associated Press suddenly sent news to the world:

"The Associated Press reported from Johannesburg. An hour ago, the United Kingdom launched a surprise attack on the Transvaal Republic, which has an alliance with him. According to sources in Johannesburg, the attack was carried out by the British Prime Minister Cecil Rowe. Dess initiated it and got the cooperation of British expatriates living in Johannesburg.

It is reported that Mr. Cecil Rhodes has a huge share of the gold mines in Johannesburg. With these mines, he made more than eight million pounds of net profit last year, but he has always accused the Transvaal Republic of Too many taxes were collected on his gold mines that it was unprofitable to develop gold mines. Analysts believe that Mr. Cecil Rhodes launched this attack to overthrow the Transvaal Republic and make it a British colony. Just like he did in Rhodesia.

However, his adventure is believed to have failed. The Johannesburg police thwarted the attack and the rebellion of the British expatriates. And has successfully stabilized the situation. However, many residents of Johannesburg are worried that the British will wage war against them for the gold mine to take away their land and wealth, and this incident will become an excuse for the British to initiate war.

‘In any case, no matter how strong Britain is, I will fight to defend my own land. Until victory or Death. 'On the streets of Johannesburg, an old man with gray hair told reporters this way.

——Associated Press reporter J.D. Douglas reports from Johannesburg"

This is a very short report, which seems to be just stating a fact, but when introducing the contradiction between Cecil Rhodes and the Transvaal Republic, it deliberately promoted that he made as much as 8 million. The pound's profit is still not enough to make enough money, and deliberately mentioning the affairs of Rhodesia, it is reminiscent of Cecil Rhodes's shameless actions in the process of annexing Rhodesia. With these so-called "relevant backgrounds", I am afraid that any reader will believe that the insatiable British should be responsible for this attack. Especially the last sentence makes people believe that this is not only the personal behavior of Cecil Rhodes, but also the war conspiracy of the British government.

Immediately afterwards, McDonald’s radio broadcasts immediately followed up, especially those in Europe. They interrupted the program and interrupted the news on the grounds that this may have an impact on the global gold market.

Then other media, even media outside of Macdonald's control, began to follow up reports, even in the UK. Before the British government reacted, there were already relevant reports on the streets, and these reports were based on the reprint of the Associated Press information.

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