1855 United States Tycoon

Through two conversations, Catherine succeeded in breaking the hearts of the girlfriends sitting next to her. The carriage arrived in front of the villa and stopped. The boys handed the horses to the servants who came up, and then rushed to the carriage to help their favorite girl out of the carriage. And Carol is obviously not familiar with this set. He first handed the reins of the horse to a servant very uneasy, and then kept telling the servant that my horse must be carefully maintained, not to tie it with other horses. Together, there will be a fight, don't feed it dewy grass, it will cause digestive problems...So the girls were ignored by the gorgeous.

This kind of performance is naturally hard to get the favor of the girls. This time is already noon. The servants set up a long table on the grass in front of the villa with various foods and various wines. Young men and women can talk to each other at this time to increase their friendship. Older men will also get together, light a cigarette, and discuss the world situation or the stock market changes.

Carol knows what his purpose is here this time? Therefore, he also tried very hard to break into that group of people. However, Carol soon discovered to his frustration that none of the topics they were talking about was familiar to him, and in fact none of them were of interest to him. of. He didn't even figure out what silly things those guys were talking about. Although some girls took the initiative to talk to Carol, they soon discovered that they had almost no topics together: Carol basically knew nothing about what the girls said, and what Carol said. , Those girls are completely ignorant. Therefore, their conversation is naturally very difficult. Although both parties have the desire to further strengthen communication, although both parties have had a cordial and friendly conversation and fully exchanged views, they have successfully enhanced mutual understanding. But the two sides have basically the same understanding of each other-completely unable to communicate.

"So, what is the main thing Mr. MacDonald does in his spare time?"

"Reading, um, mainly reading and studying." Carol replied.

"Mr. MacDonald, what books do you like to read?" The little girl across from me thought that she had finally found a common topic.

"I have just finished reading "Manuscripts of Political Economy in 1844" and "Philosophy and Poverty", and I am watching "Employed Labor and Capital". Next I am going to study "Critique of Political Economy" carefully." Carroll replied.

This answer obviously went far beyond the expectations of the opposite Miss, this...this...what kind of books are these? Originally, the little girl wanted to discuss "Jane Eyre" or "Pride and Prejudice" or "Notre Dame de Paris" with Carol. Who knew that when Carol opened her mouth, such a thing appeared. String book title. Facing such a title, she could hardly say anything except for an unclear look.

"Karl Marx's book?" A suspicious voice came from the side. Carol turned his head and saw Catherine standing aside.

"Do you know Karl Marx?" Carol exhaled, and it seems that he has finally found someone to communicate with.

"Well, understand a little bit. Although Mr. Marx has an extremely unfriendly attitude towards upper society, and his research has drawn very absurd conclusions, his book is still very valuable, at least in terms of political economy." Catherine said.

In fact, as an aristocratic Miss, Catherine did not have much interest in difficult political economy or something. His understanding of political economy was completely made up in the recent period. As for why this is bad, well, it's good to have a well-informed Uncle.

"Catherine Miss, your evaluation of him is almost exactly the same as my brother Scrooge's evaluation of him. He told me that if you want to be a good businessman, you cannot understand political economy at all. To be honest. Well, these books are really hard to read." Carol smiled, and he finally found a woman who shares a language with him.

Just when Carol found the spring in the early autumn of Britain, Scrooge was busy with another serious business, that is, establishing a university.

There is no decent university in Cleveland, and establishing a good university here can bring huge benefits in terms of politics, culture, science and technology. Think about it, if the academic status of this university can be on par with Harvard and Yale, then the influence of the students from this university will spread to every corner of the country. As their principal, Scrooge can exert a huge influence on the entire United States through his influence on them. Such influence is Huang Chengcheng's gold.

Moreover, Scrooge did have such conditions to establish such a university. He is a scientist with world influence, with the dazzling aura of a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and a member of the French National Academy of Sciences on his head. Recently, because of the "Washington Initiative" copied from later generations, it has also gained a huge reputation in society. In addition, Scrooge is very, very rich now, and in Cleveland, no political faction can't help but look at Scrooge's face and do things, and his ally, Gardner, helps him by himself. With the reputation gained, it is very possible to win the throne of the mayor of Cleveland and even the governor of Ohio in the future. With so many favorable conditions gathered together, what reason can not build a great university?

Scrooge discussed the idea of ​​own with Rockefeller, and Rockefeller also very much agreed. As a result, the construction of the university was put on the agenda.

The first thing to determine is the name of the university. Well, in the beginning, Rockefeller wanted to put the own surname in the university and get a McDonald-Rockefeller University out. But Scrooge was firmly opposed to it. He said, just like when advertising, the product's name is too long and too complicated, and the audience can't remember it. The name of a university was the old Elder, and it was all because of his own troubles. Scrooge suggested that just use the name of the city of Cleveland to name the university. Just like Oxford, Cambridge or the University of Paris or the University of Göttingen. Rockefeller felt that, as a privately funded school, it was only natural to name it like Yale University. He even doubted that the reason why Scrooge was unwilling to adopt such a naming method was that he did not want him to share too much fame. No matter what the name of such a university, Scrooge, as the initiator, because he is already famous and will never be forgotten, and he is different. If he does not have himself in the name of the school, he may not be able to use it. After a while, few people will remember that there is still a self among the funders of this university.

In the end, the two sides reached a compromise: the proposed university is called the University of Cleveland, which will be a comprehensive university. The university is divided into two main campuses, one for the natural sciences and the other for the humanities. The former is called MacDonald, and the latter is called Rockefeller.Under the McDonald campus, there will be a school of science, engineering, medical school, and nursing school. Under the Rockefeller campus, there are only seminaries and law schools for the time being, and the liberal arts and philosophy schools were added about twenty years later.

The next thing is different-build a building, find a master.

Mr. Mei Yiqi, an educator from the Republic of China, said: “The so-called university is not a building, but a master.” There is a certain truth to this, but there are also too much emphasis on “masters” and despise.” Building” tendency. In fact, at least in science and engineering, the material basis represented by the "building" is also very important. Imagine if you don't even have the most basic experimental equipment, even if Sir Newton is dug out of the grave, I am afraid that he will not be able to make an achievement like "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy". Moreover, with the continuous advancement of science, the requirements for various experimental equipment are getting higher and higher. For example, the famous European Institute of Nuclear Research in later generations would definitely not have achieved so many scientific research results without those large accelerators with a total length of more than 27 kilometers and power consumption comparable to medium-sized cities. Moreover, there is no "building", and the "master" is willing to give in before they see it.

For Scrooge's vision, the City of Cleveland certainly welcomes it. With the help of the city government, Scrooge bought a large piece of land on Lake Erie (the land was public land, and the government only charged a nominal fee.) and started the construction of the University of Cleveland.

As for the masters, um, Scrooge immediately remembered that there is a master in England who is depressed now? He is famous, well, you are wrong, how could it be Karl Marx? It is one thing to learn his theories to help oneself be more foresighted and efficient in exploitation. Asking him to be a professor is another thing, which means blatantly standing on the position of the hostile class. How can this work?

The master Scrooge thought of was Maxwell. This master who laid the foundation of classical electromagnetism is considered to be a great scientist on par with Newton. The master has not had time to publish his epoch-making masterpiece "On Electricity and Magnetism", and has not had time to gain a worldwide reputation. He is now a professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at King's College London. When Scrooge went to London last time, he had some very pleasant conversations and discussions with him. Scrooge felt that as long as he used a fully equipped laboratory to make bait, he would definitely be able to catch this big fish.

"Should I write a letter to Carol asking him to invite Mr. Maxwell on my behalf, or do I follow Liu Bei and go on a trip himself?" Scrooge thought.

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