My America

As night fell, the two met the president of Carnegie Iron and Steel in the hotel where they stayed, and Frick, who had cracked down on the steel workers' strike, had a communication.

Frick himself is Carnegie ’s side advocate, selling the steel company to the leader of the Shero League, because Sheffield and Rockefeller Jr. have agreed that once successful acquisition of Carnegie Steel, Frick will definitely stay in office, and the treatment will remain unchanged. Other benefits can be obtained.

"Steel companies also have other voices, hoping to sell the company to Morgan. In fact, Morgan has always been trying to make the boss lean towards him every year. But the boss still prefers the Rockefeller family!" Frick said this Apologized to Sheffield, "After all, the boss is not very familiar with the Sheffield family."

"How arrogant is Morgan, how many people will have a good impression of him? But the reality is so ironic, his industry is clearly rejecting the grumpy people, he is exactly the king of the banking industry of the United States." Rockefeller Jr. showed a trace Wry smile, Morgan's own temper, he has seen it with his own eyes, definitely not a good person to get along with.

It can be said that giants in many industries do not have a good impression of Morgan, but even so, they still haven't blocked Morgan's father and son from advancing in various industries.

"In this way, the impression of the Iron King himself is an advantage for us. But our disadvantages also exist, I am afraid that Morgan will raise the price!" Sheffield asked, holding a pocket watch, "I heard Mr. Carnegie, the reason There will be the idea of ​​selling the steel company because his assistant and younger brother are dead, emotionally unacceptable, and I do n’t know if it is true or false. "

"There is this reason, but the proportion of this reason is not very large." Frick shrugged. "Although the outside world has discussed a lot about the boss selling the steel company, the reason is attributed to personal emotions, but this is not true. "

Flick's words have already said from the side that this thing is false, at least does not occupy the main factor.

"Well, it's more difficult!" Sheffield said for a long time. In fact, if Carnegie really cares about the family, he should start with Carnegie's immediate family members and let the other members of the Carnegie family stand by themselves and Rockefeller Jr. through emotional communication. On this side, an advantage is formed.

The hard part is that Sheffield can't find such a person. If he can do it, Morgan and his son will think about it. Carnegie got married after sixty. The direct descendant of the Iron King is a girl, just three years old. Almost as old as Edith Rockefeller ’s child for Sheffield.

Sheffield was very envious of the steel-like body of the steel king. His talent was very talented at the age of sixty, but he wanted to open a breakthrough point from the other party's heir, because this point could not be implemented.

"Isn't Carnegie a brother? His brother should have descendants and also have shares in the steel company." After Frick left, Sheffield said to Rockefeller Jr., "Although it is better than nothing, it is best to think about it from the nephew. The way, if one more person is on our side, you can be more sure, and this will also reduce some of the M & A funds. "

Saving money is still the biggest goal of Sheffield. From this point, Carnegie, the steel kingdom, is really annoying. Because Carnegie Steel Corporation is the basic person of Carnegie, the holding company accounts for most of the shares.

This is a very rare phenomenon among many trust companies in the United States. The standard oil Rockefeller family accounted for a very high proportion, and Morgan only played a leading role in the Morgan Alliance. Carnegie, for example, occupies the majority share of such a large company, which is very rare in this era.

Otherwise, Morgan, who historically surrendered his life, bought Carnegie Steel Corporation for nearly 500 million US dollars. How did he put Carnegie into the position of the richest man in the US? It is important to know that although there are no accurate figures for the assets of the wealthy, before this, many people evaluated the comparison between Carnegie and Rockefeller, and they believed that the wealth of the Rockefeller family was at least seven times that of Carnegie.

Although the Iron and Steel King is as famous as the Petroleum King, there is always such a point that I can go to me, after all, it means three to zero.

A hundred years later, Shuangma also has only one-tenth of its own corporate shares. It is conceivable that the basic authority of Carnegie has reached the company's authority, but he is not very satisfied with Morgan, otherwise he and Rockefeller Jr. have no chance to intervene .

"It's ugly to eat?" Rockefeller Jr. looked back strangely and looked straight at Sheffield. "Walking all over the country, is there anything more ugly than your family in the country's corporate composition model? Your family? It ’s a little bit more beautiful than the Dupont Commonwealth ’s family, which can figure out the trick of getting close relatives married. ”

Rockefeller Jr. really wants to laugh three times. Sheffield seems to be pursuing control for every key business. My own virtue, fortunately, Carnegie looks ugly?

"Isn't I making adjustments in the past two years!" Sheffield was uncovered and unreasonably self-explained. "In fact, I am not greedy, but the development of the industry requires a leader. Many of my hands are emerging industries. , Get on the horse and get a ride ... "

"I went to bed and I was tired after taking the train for a day!" Little Rockefeller took Sheffield directly as air. Such untenable hypocrisy made me suffer from headache.

Rockefeller Jr. and Sheffield, with the news that a large number of delegations arrived in Pittsburgh, quickly made headlines in major newspapers and set off a major earthquake in the economic field. It was shocking to Morgan and Son. Integrating the steel industry, the biggest Carnegie Steel company has been unable to chew up, and the two have already had a bad heart, and have been through their agents, wanting to make Carnegie change his mind.

But Carnegie people don't have a cold for Morgan, and Morgan didn't think much about it, because Standard Oil has been threatened by anti-trust laws for a long time. There are a lot of troubles, and it may not necessarily have the energy to fight against anti-trust laws. There is nothing wrong with this in common sense, but Morgan did not expect the other party to shoot.

"Father, the heirs of these two companies, are hostile to our father and son. They can already be said to be enemies." Little Morgan said solemnly, "It is the third time now, from electrical to public debt, to this. For the second time, they sniped us three times, which is no coincidence to explain. "

"My son, you are right, now I can be sure that all of this is not a coincidence. These two little guys have some strange hostility towards me!" Morgan's eyes flashed like a beast, he was not like Rockefeller was so ecstatic, so angry, he was terrible, and said directly, "You also go to Pittsburgh, even if you can't take down Carnegie Steel, you have to pay these two little guys."

"I know, father!" Little Morgan nodded his teeth, "Even if the integration of the steel industry fails this time, I will make these two guys pay the price."

In just one day, Morgan Jr. took a group of people from the steel industry and sent telegrams to other steel industry signatures, Gates and Elbert Gary Telegram, let these people go to Pittsburgh to join this time. Acquisition negotiations.

"Hey, it means a bit of war. It seems to be better than any commercial competition. This time the gunpowder smell is better than it." During a grand concert in Boston, Lowell chatted excitedly with a few friends, "Look What a powerful opponent, the overlord of the oil industry, the southern giant like an octopus, and the unrivaled king of the banking industry, they all have a strong interest in the legacy of the steel king. Guess, Who will be the final winner in this battle? "

"Who likes people like Morgan? It's a good thing for someone to teach them a lesson, but the most happy person is the Carnegie basics. After all, the two groups of people are strong competitors!" Adams flashed a playful expression on his face. , "I don't know who else can be involved? Will the Morgan League be desperate?"

"Not necessarily, it also depends on who the opponent is!" Lowell shook his head slightly. "For anyone like Alliance of Standard Oil and Union, anyone will think about it in their hearts. But I have a hunch that this is a show Earth-shattering confrontation. "

Now, the giants who occupy a place in the economic territory of the United States are all looking at Pittsburgh with gloating, and there will be a splendid confrontation there.

This confrontation is no less than that of the just-concluded national elections, and perhaps the level of splendor will be even better. This is a real head-to-head battle. On one side is the alliance between the richest oil king in the United States and the southern giants, the king of emerging industries. On the other side is the king of the banking industry, the master of the railway system.

"Boss, don't you rest at this late hour?" Frank walked into Carnegie's office and saw his boss's rare spirit over the past year.

"I can see this happening in my old age, why should I waste my time sleeping," Carnegie said with a rare smile on his face, "This confrontation is so wonderful, although I am in the middle of the vortex myself , Can be able to witness that this scene is all worth it. How do you and Kerman lean towards each other? How do you feel? Is there a feeling of great importance? "

"Boss!" Frank just wanted to explain, but Carnegie waved his hand. "No need to explain, I don't mean to blame. I want to get out of it, but before I get out, I'm still willing to enjoy it because of me. Wonderful show. "