1855 United States Tycoon

At a press conference held by the government, Scrooge gave an exciting speech. In this speech, Scrooge spoke highly of the great significance of the Pacific Railway and its good prospects. And announced that he and some other people with reputation and status in the business world will take over the railway together to ensure that it can be completed smoothly.

With the introduction of the Federal Government’s "Rectification Plan for the Union Pacific Railroad" and a series of tycoons stand up to endorse, the share price of Union Pacific Railroad has rebounded dramatically, even exceeding the price before the storm. Public opinion generally believes that this phenomenon occurs mainly because Mr. Scrooge McDonald has served as the chairman of this company, and his previous unprofitable investment results have made everyone full of confidence in his choice. .

The New York Times even commented on Scrooge: "In terms of economic Realm alone, Mr. Scrooge McDonald’s influence even exceeds that of President Lincoln. Let’s imagine that if the speaker at this meeting is President Lincoln, The market will probably not have such a good response. In terms of economics, Mr. MacDonald is the invincible Alexander the Great. At least in his Realm, his prestige is unparalleled."

Such boasting made Scrooge very proud. When Anna read these things to him, he even said without concealing: "Alexander is a short-lived gay homosexual, and it is almost the same to say that I am Augustus in the economic world!"

Just as Augustus did not rush to expand immediately after taking over Rome, but first gradually straightened out the power structure within Rome, Scrooge first adjusted the structure of the entire company after taking over the Union Pacific Railway Company. , And replaced some of the articulated positions with people he believed to be capable or reliable.

At this time, Scrooge's steel plant has completed its trial operation and officially started production. The products of the first communion were the steel rails and steel spikes supplied to the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Because of the adoption of the latest technology, Scrooge's steel mills can use the so-called "inferior iron ore" that other companies cannot use, which greatly reduces the cost of its raw materials, plus the benefits of large-scale production itself. The price of this batch of rails by Scrooge is one-eighth lower than the price generally available in the world. In fact, if Scrooge wanted to, he could even reduce the price of the steel rail to one-half of the original price and guarantee that he would still be profitable at such a price. However, this price is enough now. Because it is impossible for any other steel company to offer such a price, giving such a price to them means that even a cent of profit is gone.

At present, there are not many steel companies in United States, and the total output is still quite limited. At this time, the small steel companies will be completely destroyed and the social turbulence will be much smaller. For example, now, because of the rapid expansion of Scrooge's steel companies, those steel plants have been brought down, and the workers will not lose their jobs on a large scale. They will soon be hired by Scrooge's new steel plant. Even the process of knocking them down can be much gentler.

Once Scrooge has formed a monopoly in this industry, other things related to it, such as iron ore, such as coke, because the buyer is only left with MacDonald, their original profits will definitely be due to Deprived of such unequal trading status. No one can sell their iron ore and coke. This situation is very similar to the situation faced by Mongolia in later generations. Mongolia has a small population, only three million people, but it has very rich mineral reserves. Among them, copper reserves are more than 2 billion tons, gold reserves are 3400 tons, coal reserves are 300 billion tons, oil reserves are 8 billion barrels, iron ore reserves are 2 billion tons, fluorite deposits are 28 million tons, and phosphate ore reserves are 2 100 million tons, 240,000 tons of molybdenum ore reserves, 60,000 tons of zinc ore reserves, and 7,000 tons of silver ore reserves. According to the general idea, just relying on the sale of these resources should be enough for 3 million Mongolians to live in developed countries. But in fact, Mongolia was one of the poorest countries per capita in the world until Scrooge crossed. Why is this?

In fact, the reason is very simple, because Mongolia's location is too bad. It is a landlocked country with only two neighboring countries. One is Teddy Bear, a resource-exporting country that has too many resources to use up, and the other is a rabbit country that is harmless to humans and animals. The plush bear naturally does not need to purchase resources from Mongolia, so Mongolia’s resources can only be sold to the rabbit country. Under such circumstances, don't tell the rabbits how much this item is on the international market. According to international law, the rabbits are obliged to allow your trade team to cross the border, but, you know, railways are often overhauled, highways? There will be traffic jams on the highway, and you have to pay tolls. The tolls are paid all the way, your things are not much more expensive than in the international market, and the rabbit has your last name! Therefore, even Mongolian gold cannot sell the price of gold.

By the same token, under the condition of only one buyer, the best and best way to guarantee the interests of the mine owner is to convert the things in his hands into equity and join MacDonald as early as possible. In the system, or simply sell the mine and pull it down.

But now this action has just begun, and it is difficult for ordinary people to notice. And because of traffic problems, the regional economy is still very obvious. For example, Scrooge's price will not have any effect at all for the guys in the west for the time being. However, as the railway appears to extend, this influence will continue to extend. It can even be said that in the future, wherever a railway passes, there will be no steel companies that do not belong to McDonald, and there will be no iron and steel companies that do not belong to McDonald. Iron mine.

But this is still something to say, there is a more urgent thing to keep Scrooge busy.

Two days ago, Carol sent a letter to Scrooge. He told Scrooge that he and his fiancée, as well as a group of professors he had dug up for Scrooge’s University of Cleveland, including A total of more than 80 people, including Maxwell and his wife, will return to United States on a large sail-steam hybrid paddle steamer, the Atlantic Pearl.

This letter puts two major events in front of Scrooge.

The first thing was the opening of Cleveland University, and the second thing was Kroll's wedding. These two major events are related to the great cause of the MacDonald family, and they are absolutely not sloppy.

The first thing Scrooge has prepared well. The construction of the school building has been basically completed. Although the large laboratory has not yet been completed, it is already a world-class only if it is completed. As for the work of enrollment, it has also started, but because of the impact of the war, a large number of young people have entered the army. Therefore, the quality of the first batch of students is still a little bit different from those of the European students that professors are used to. However, Scrooge felt that this was not a big problem, and this situation could always be gradually improved. Moreover, how many of those professors really consider teaching students more important than writing papers?

As for the second matter, the importance needless to say. What is the biggest problem of the McDonald family now? Many people will point out that there are too few people in the McDonald family. In the entire family, there are actually only two people who can take on important responsibilities. Compared with the rapid expansion of the MacDonald family, the size of such a family is too small. Therefore, marriage is very important to this family.

What kind of marriage partner the family chooses is very particular. For upstart families like the McDonald family, it is not necessarily good to marry a daughter of someone whose status is too high and the family influence is too great. matter. Because the Macdonald family is small in number and short of manpower, it must be necessary to borrow manpower from the wife's family in many cases. If the wife's clan is too strong, it is not unimaginable that there will be outrageous things.

Similarly, marrying a girl who has no back (harmonious) scenery at all is unthinkable. Such a girl, even if own quality is good, the quality of her relatives can hardly be guaranteed. It is possible that not only will it not be a help, but sometimes it will become a cumbersome. Therefore, the little nobleman Lawrence Knight, who has been serving as a broker for the higher nobles, is a good choice for their family. Not many of them really belong to their own business, which also makes it impossible for them to cause any troubles. They have been assisting the queen and prince to help them deal with business problems, which allows them to deal with the economy to a certain extent. Ability to do business, and also have a certain network of contacts. Carol chose Catherine in the end, not just because Catherine is cute and understanding, which can prompt Carol's body to secrete certain chemicals. In contrast, when the McDonald's family was not yet developed, the forest officer's daughter Carroll knew, although she was also very cute, was definitely not suitable as the marriage partner of the McDonald's family.

"Catherine Miss was born a noble and well-informed, but his family can't give her the stage to display her own talents. Only with us, she will really be valued. So her loyalty to the family is no problem. However. The strength of her family is far from that of the McDonald family, which is likely to make her have some inferiority. Anna, what do you think a noble woman will behave when she feels inferior? "Large in the lounge On the sofa, Scrooge was holding the half-naked Anna in his arms, gently biting Anna's earlobe with his own little tiger teeth, and asked.

"Ah..." Anna's face flushed and her voice was trembling, but she still replied: "She, she may be very sensitive to etiquette, and may be a little harsh on servants, ah... Mr. MacDonald, be gentler... …"

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