1855 United States Tycoon

Maxwell sent the paper out, but considering the distance between United States and Europe, this paper hasn't lasted for a month or two, and it is estimated that there will be no response.

Maxwell, who had just made a breakthrough, seemed particularly happy. He also wanted to hold Scrooge to discuss more issues, but Scrooge pushed back with various matters about preparing for the beginning of the school. This reason is obviously very convincing, so, of course, Maxwell can only study it himself.

A week later, the University of Cleveland officially opened. Scrooge gave a speech at the opening ceremony to encourage students to climb the peak of science. After the ceremony, he hurried back to Cleveland's home to prepare for Carol's wedding.

Originally, Scrooge didn't plan to hold Carol's wedding in a big way. He even planned to deduct Carol's salary to hold the wedding altogether with the idea of ​​economy. However, the reality soon made him have to change his mind, because after hearing the news of Carol's upcoming wedding, a large number of business partners and many politicians expressed their hope to participate in the wedding. Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for this wedding to proceed quietly. Of course, in this way, this grand wedding is naturally not something that a female secretary like Anna can prepare, even if she is capable.

So Scrooge had to allocate a special fund from the family's treasury to deal with this problem. Some experts were specially invited to take charge of the wedding arrangement.

However, Scrooge still did not intend to make the wedding too luxurious, although with his current strength, even if he came up with a so-called super luxurious wedding that cost 100,000 US dollars, it would not be difficult. However, to make such an expensive advertisement for a long-term sexual act that is about to begin, Scrooge always felt that the significance seemed to be very limited.

"The wedding must be generous, simple, and able to reflect the Puritan spirit of the ancestors of America. And as you all know, we are all Baptist believers. Our faith does not exclude making money, but we oppose meaninglessness. Extravagance." Scrooge said to Thompson, the pastor of the Baptist Church.

"Of course I know this." Pastor Thompson smiled. "Since you came to our church with Mr. Rockefeller a few years ago, I have almost watched you grow up since then. Of course I understand your piety, although this In two years, you have less time to go to church than before, but I know that this is because you are too busy. But we are still very happy to see the spirit of benevolence embodied in some of your actions. This is the most important manifestation of piety. Of course, with so many guests in this wedding, we can’t help but take good care of the guests. In addition, Mr. MacDonald, large-scale charity activities can both increase the festive atmosphere and conform to What do you think of God’s teaching?"

Scrooge knew that the so-called large-scale charity activities were nothing more than donations to the church and charity to the poor. Such spending is very much in the mind of Scrooge. This is not because of Scrooge's kindness or anything else, but because the money spent in this way has some effect. It can be exchanged for some kind reputation, and Scrooge knows the benefits that this reputation can bring. On the contrary, what effect can a blindly luxurious wedding have? When a person is just getting rich, sometimes it is indeed necessary to show off his own wealth, in order to increase the confidence of those partners who do not understand his financial resources. It's like Scrooge asked those European scholars to take the most luxurious express train, eat high-end food with truffles and caviar, and take them to visit the tall libraries and laboratories. But in United States, who else would doubt that Mr. Scrooge McDonald has no money? Therefore, Scrooge didn't need to show off at all. In such a situation, having a super luxurious wedding or something would become a pure waste of money.

"The money that should be spent must be willing to spend, but it is intolerable to spend money meaninglessly." This sentence has always been Scrooge's creed. Think about it, who among the guests who came here would think that Scrooge's finances had a problem because there was no truffle and caviar in the bread at the wedding banquet? Which one chose to cooperate with Scrooge because Scrooge asked them to eat something delicious? To be honest, Scrooge didn't resist the extravagant life. As a foodie, he liked foie gras and truffles. As for the black caviar in the crystal plate, Scrooge was even more. One of his favorites. However, if you want to eat these, your own people can't eat it, so why let those outsiders eat it?

So under Scrooge's thoughts, a generous and simple wedding was intensively prepared.

First, Scrooge announced in the newspaper that in order to celebrate his brother's wedding, he would give a small packet of candy to every child in the city. So that they can share the happiness of the McDonald family. It will also donate $50,000 to the church to build more charity schools in Cleveland.

The news caused a sensation in Cleveland, a politician. On the day before the wedding, the carriage responsible for distributing sweets drove to each block according to the area. The children followed the carriage and laughed and made noises. The whole Cleveland is like a holiday.

On the day of the wedding, a large number of citizens came to the Sacred Heart Church where the wedding was held. This church was built by Scrooge's donation. The church is very large, but it is also very simple, basically there is no decoration that is too gorgeous or grandiose. This is also a common feature of Baptist churches.

The guests who received the invitation, including representatives of various companies, as well as representatives of mayors, governors, and Republican senators all entered the church and sat down. Then the band played Canon in D major. Pastor Thompson, Carol, bridesmaids and best man walked into the church and stood on both sides.

Carol's best man is of course Scrooge. In the past few years, Scrooge has grown very fast, almost half a head taller than Carol. In addition, he was so handsome that Carol jokingly complained that Scrooge had been his best man and robbed him of the limelight that should have belonged to him.

The bridesmaid should be the woman in principle, that is, Catherine Miss's best friend. It's just that Catherine Miss is British. It is naturally impossible for her girlfriends to take her one-month sea boat to be the bridesmaid, so naturally the McDonald family can only find a bridesmaid and a few bridesmaids on their behalf. So Anna became Catherine Miss's bridesmaid.

After these people were seated, a little boy ran in with a box containing a ring and handed it to Pastor Thompson. Then the band began to play Handel's "Queen Sheba's Approach", which means that the bride is coming.

Amidst the sound of music, Knight Lawrence appeared at the door of the church holding Catherine in a white wedding dress. Catherine’s parents passed away a long time ago. She was raised by his Uncle, so Knight Lawrence naturally It replaced the father's position. Kroll greeted Scrooge and Anna.

"Young man, I gave Catherine to you, you have to treat her well." Lawrence Knight said to Carol with a smile, and at the same time handed Catherine's hand to Carol's hand.

Catherine turned her head and looked at Lawrence, and she couldn't help but burst into tears. She knew that she would enter another family in the future, separated by the ocean from her aunt Uncle and those cousins. Maybe I won't see them again for a long time.

Catherine wiped her tears with a white handkerchief and held Carol's hand tightly. Carol led her towards the altar of the church, followed by Scrooge and Anna. A flower girl followed and started throwing rose petals into the air.

The rest of the process is familiar to everyone, nothing more than the set of wedding vows and exchange rings that everyone has watched badly in various TV movies. The only difference from TV is probably that there is no uninvited guest who yells "Catherine, you can't marry him", the triangulation and even N-corner stories that the masses like to hear. However, if anyone dared to play this hand, Scrooge was sure that he would never see the sun tomorrow!

Anna stood aside, watching Carol clumsily put the ring on Catherine with envy. She knew that she would never have such a day, and Scrooge would never be in the church, in front of everyone. She wears such a ring and will never tell her that no matter she is sick or healthy, rich or poor, she will always be loyal to her. Although she said to Scrooge countless times in her heart. Now, perhaps when she and Scrooge were closest to the altar of Sacred, the altar was right in front of them. Scrooge and her were only one step away from the altar, but this step was so far away. Anna's eyes were a little moist, so she tried to smile, as if she was happy for the new couple.

After the ceremony in the church was completed, everyone got on the carriage and returned to the villa where the McDonald family lived temporarily. The second part of the wedding, the wedding banquet is about to begin.

Under normal circumstances, the wedding banquet should be held in the woman's home, but special circumstances can only be handled specially. Therefore, the place of the wedding banquet was placed on the large lawn of McDonald's house. But the basic process will not change. First, Lawrence delivered a speech, wishing his niece a better life in the future. Then it's time for the best man's performance.

Western weddings are sometimes more solemn and less lively. At this time, it's up to the best man. The most important duty of the best man at the wedding is to be responsible for making fun at this time. Generally speaking, the best man will tell all kinds of funny stories about the groom when he was a child, in order to make everyone laugh. So Scrooge began to talk seriously about the mess of Carol's childhood. Amidst everyone's laughter, Carol also laughed, but after listening, Carol found something was wrong. So he shouted to Scrooge: "Scrooge, you bastard! It's you who put your legs in a trouser tube! Don't take everything you do to me!"

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