1855 United States Tycoon

After a whole day of negotiations, Greystone finally reached an agreement with Old Rockefeller: Greystone promised that after the shipbuilding industry collapsed in the future, Rockefeller would be free to acquire those shipbuilding companies. But he must use these shipyards under his control as invested capital to join the cross-holding shipbuilding alliance led by the McDonald family. In terms of operation, these shipyards are directly managed by the Rockefeller family and have certain autonomy, but they must not harm the interests of the alliance.

After the basic intention is reached, the relevant details will naturally be handled by others. So Greystone said goodbye to Rockefeller, ready to go back and have a good rest. By this time it was almost evening, and the time for dinner had already passed. Rockefeller didn't stay with Grey Stone for dinner, because he knew that the level of food in his family might make Grey Stone feel that he was tortured. In terms of deliciousness, Macdonald’s second generation almost all inherited Scrooge’s food-eating tradition. Scrooge’s Life is not simple, at least according to Rockefeller’s standards, absolutely not. However, Rockefeller also admitted that if it is based on Morgan standards, it does not even need to be based on Morgan standards, but only by own Little Brother standards. Scrooge's Life is not a luxury. However, in one respect, Scrooge can be considered a luxury even by Morgan's standards. That is in terms of eating.

Scrooge has a very luxurious team of chefs in Duck Castle, including six French chefs, five Italian chefs, and a full thirty Chinese chefs. It is said that most of these chefs have experience of serving in high-end hotels, and some of the chefs from China are said to even come from the Manchu court. Rockefeller heard rumors that once, Scrooge and his bodyguard Chen Guang talked about all kinds of food. As a result, Chen Guang may be homesick and severely denounced the food of United States. A pass, and he bragged desperately about the unpaid Overlord’s meal he ate in a restaurant in a certain city during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The result attracted Scrooge’s attention. Later, the Eight-Power Allied Forces fought After entering the city of Beijing, a lot of famous Chinese chefs have disappeared. And many of them went to Scrooge.

The result of this is that the guys in the McDonald family are very picky when it comes to eating. So the simple white bread at Rockefeller’s house with milk, plus a few slices of sausages that I don’t know if it’s a special offer for dinner, I guess Grey Stone will not be able to eat it. Those guys in the Macdonald family would rather be hungry for a few hours than eat such things. To be honest, Rockefeller had eaten many of the things in Scrooge's house, especially the weird things, but he didn't think it was so tempting at all. Therefore, the world of food is not something that normal humans can understand.

Greystone came out of Rockefeller's house and lay halfway in the comfortable back seat of the Lincoln car with his eyes closed. One day of negotiations made him feel a little tired. However, in retrospect, Mr. Rockefeller was still very good-looking, as if he didn't feel tired at all. This couldn't help but admire Greystone.

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Two days later, Fitch International released a new monthly economic report. In this report, Fitch International stated that based on the results of their analysis on the basis of various information they received, it lasted for three years. This round of recession should have come to an end, and it is predicted that a new prosperous era centered on the oil industry may come in a few months. At the end of this month’s report:

"Various figures, including the number of banks’ non-performing liabilities, and the purchasing indices of various companies, have shown some improvement. They have either stopped the continuous recession or have seen a slight rebound. In short, we have reasons. Believe that the dark tunnel has come to an end, and we have seen the light at the end of the tunnel."

However, the effect of this report is not obvious. Although Fitch International’s report has a very high reputation and appeal in the economic world, in the previous few years, various economic indicators like this have been shown. It’s not unheard of when it gets better. At that time, many people felt that the tunnel had come to an end, and the light had already been seen in front of it. However, the end result is that the so-called light at the entrance of the tunnel is not the real tunnel entrance, but probably just the shining ghost fire. Some impatient guys, thinking it was an opportunity, hurriedly shouted "Hands are fast, hands are slow." Then they fell into the traps dug by others and fell to pieces.

There was also a period of time, which was a period of one or two months, and the economy was steadily improving, as if the train had left the tunnel and entered the sunny spring. However, after two months did not end, suddenly The situation changed suddenly, just like riding a train through the Rocky Mountains. Just out of a tunnel, the train rushed into the next longer and darker tunnel before it had time to see the scenery next to it.

Therefore, nowadays, there is an extreme lack of confidence in the market. At this time, most people choose to continue to wait and see.

However, the economic situation does seem to be improving. And more good news keeps coming. Although every good news has almost become an opportunity for some people to cut their meat from the stock market to stop their losses, the stock market has experienced several sharp rises and falls, but the overall situation is indeed true. It really got better. For example, in the oil industry mentioned in Fitch's report, the number of workers employed has begun to increase, although the increase is not large. At the same time, the number of workers employed in some related industries has also increased. According to social statistics issued by the Associated Press, for the first time in three months, the unemployment rate in United States has experienced an overall decline. This situation has never been seen in the previous false or short-term recovery. Never appeared.

After another month, more good news came. In the far east, the rebellious southern army repelled the army loyal to the Qing government with the support of the Cuban Volunteers two months ago and announced the establishment of a republic called the "Republic of China". The Manchus had to use Yuan Shikai to suppress them. As a result, Yuan Shikai used his forces to pressure the south on the one hand, and on the other hand, he used the south to force the Manchu emperor to abdicate. In the end, the Chinese people finally reached a compromise. The Qing emperor announced his abdication, the Republic of China announced that it would give preferential treatment to the Qing imperial family, and Yuan Shikai became the president of the Republic of China. The Republic of China has become a legally separate republic, but in reality it is more like a confederation than a federation. In essence, this country has split into two large pieces of hatred between the North and the South, while in the South, it has split into several small pieces. In order to gain more support and overwhelm their opponents, these small states have expressed their kindness to the great powers. For example, nowadays, the people of United States have obtained the right to open mines, establish enterprises, and build railways in many places in the south, and they have been completely free to do business. New markets have also been opened.

The China market was not opened to the United States alone, because according to the previous treaties reached between the Qing government and the great powers, all the great powers received MFN status in China. That is to say, after a certain great power gained any privileges in China, Other countries will automatically receive such privileges. But in some industrial sectors, there are almost no strong competitors for United States products, such as petroleum products.

At this time, there was news of the discovery of oil in the Philippines, and then Mr. Rockefeller immediately announced that he would build an oil refinery in the Philippines to sell petroleum products to the nearby China market.

This news was regarded as a sign that the economy was truly recovering, so the investment market began to heat up slowly, and oil-related industries first received financial support. The large amount of machinery required to extract oil in the Philippines has obviously benefited industries such as steel and machinery manufacturing. Petroleum products must be shipped by sea to enter new markets. Therefore, Mr. Rockefeller’s company has also begun bidding for the manufacture of new products dedicated to petroleum products. Ships for transportation. This has benefited the shipbuilding industry.

Stimulated by such a series of good news, investors who had flinched gradually increased their guts, and gradually began to believe that the real recovery had arrived.

The news of the economic improvement in North America also provided more confidence in Europe. Also this month, a United States oil exploration team hired by Tsarist Russia discovered high-yield oil fields in the Caucasus. The Tsarist government began to attract investment and development. The oil companies in United States immediately took the lead and won several oil wells.

The transportation in the Caucasus is inconvenient, and the export of oil has become a problem. The Russians have made such a plan to first build a heavy-duty railway to transport oil to Kashmir, and then transport it to European countries by ships. This project made European railways and shipbuilding also heated up.

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University of Cleveland Laboratory-Marine Transportation Design Laboratory. This is a laboratory specializing in the research of various transport ships. Every year, the Macdonald Consortium invests hundreds of thousands of dollars in this laboratory. On this day, the laboratory welcomed two distinguished guests-Scrooge McDonald and Morgan.

"Scrooge, what about the boat you showed me?" Just like Scrooge's hobby for food, Morgan has a special hobby for boats. This hobby is not limited to yachts and cruise ships, but includes All ships. What's more, Scrooge also touted to him that this would be a newly designed super ship that would immediately eliminate all other oil carriers. As an excellent businessman, Morgan naturally understood what such a ship represented. Business opportunities.

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