1855 United States Tycoon

"Dorothea, if we resolutely do not sell shortwave radio stations, we will be accused of undermining the principles of the free market. In the market, this problem is even more serious than violating federal laws. And medium wave radio stations are in technology. It is not very different from shortwave. We can't rely on not applying for patents for shortwave radio stations and not admitting that there are such things. To make them not sold in the market. Because people will easily imitate shortwave radio stations based on medium wave radio stations. .So, we must produce and sell shortwave radio stations. So how do we ensure that shortwave radio stations will not affect the sales of our medium wave radio stations, or even interfere with transoceanic radio stations? You know, some guys may also use kites to do it themselves. Transocean communication." Scrooge asked again.

Dorothea began to try to recall what she had learned yesterday, about the knowledge of radio stations, the characteristics of various bands, and the differences in transmission methods. After thinking for a long time, Dorothea spoke:

"Why don't we widen the gap in price. Well, we Ascension the price of shortwave radio stations to more than ten times that of medium wave, so that it should not put pressure on the sales of medium wave radio stations. As for their kite antennas The question is, can we control the power of the radio station so that they can't communicate over distances like transoceanic with radio stations that are available on the market."

"Yes, very good idea." Scrooge said, "I will ask you again, do you think it is necessary for us to sell such radio stations in the market in addition to the high-power radio stations used on the communication towers? "

"How can it be, absolutely not," Dorothea said. "That's why I am uncomfortable for myself."

"Dorothea, this is another thing I want to teach you." Scrooge said, "Remember, before making any decision, you need to carefully consider these two words, these two One word is'interest' and the other is'power'."

"'Benefit','power'?" Dorothea repeated these two words suspiciously.

"Well,'benefit' and'power'." Scrooge said, "Well, the so-called'benefit' is what benefits and harms can be brought about by doing this. Anything has good and bad sides. On the other hand. Just imagine that any drug will have side effects. Just like sulfa can cause constipation, heroin can cover up the real condition, and strong pills can cause insomnia. A good operator is like a doctor when making decisions. When administering medicine, the pros and cons must be considered. In addition, there is a difference between long-term and short-term benefits. The balance is also very important."

"It sounds complicated," Dorothea said, biting own nails.

"It's nothing, as long as we have more knowledge and practice, our Dorothea will definitely be able to master it." Scrooge said with a smile.

"Yeah." Dorothea shrugged her nose and said, "What about'power' then?"

"'Power'." Scrooge smiled badly, and suddenly picked Dorothea from the chair, like a doll.

"What are you doing! Put me down quickly!" Dorothea said.

Scrooge hugged Dorothea and sat down on the chair. Then he put Dorothea on own lap, wrapped her arms around her waistline, and said in her ear: "Dear , Now you understand what power is?"

"Scrooge, you bad guy, pervert, put me down quickly." Dorothea struggled half-truth.

"Dorothea, don't make trouble. I'm giving you a lesson." Scrooge said, "you must obey the classroom discipline and don't mess around."

"How can there be such a class!" Dorothea really stopped struggling after hearing this. On the contrary, she leaned back, and Mei (river crab) leaned in Scrooge's arms.

"That's how the pervert teaches class." Scrooge replied shamelessly, "Well, let's continue.'Power' means what you can and can't do. Just like just now, I have enough power. So I can pick you up, but you don’t have enough strength, so you can’t get rid of it.”

"People don't bother to have the same knowledge as you, it's for you." Dorothea said proudly.

"Well, okay, even if that's the case." Scrooge didn't have the good habit of getting cheaper and selling good things, so he continued to hold Dorothea to teach her, "For example, there is an ant, going out to find food. Yes, suddenly he saw a big anteater.'Ah, what a big piece of meat, dragging it home can make the ants of the whole family worry about eating and drinking for several generations.' This ant thought about it and rushed. Rushed over with the giant anteater, and... Then what would happen?"

"That's to say, of course, it was eaten by the anteaters. Well, I understand what you mean. Just considering the benefits, the ants have a good idea. If they can catch the anteaters, it is indeed enough for them to eat. Yes, but it only considers benefits, not strength." Dorothea finished this in one breath, and then turned her head to look at Scrooge triumphantly, which seemed to be saying that I was smart, come on. Praise me.

"Yes, the balance of power determines where the boundaries of our actions are." Scrooge said, "Just like when I just invented sulfa, why would I let Morgan and Prince Albert share a share? Isn’t it that I alone swallow all the benefits? That’s because I know that my strength is not enough to eat such a large market alone. Yu Qi has been in fierce conflict with them for trying to dominate the market, and was met by them. It’s better to give up some of the benefits, so that at least some of the rest can be saved. Therefore, another important principle is to understand the power of yourself and others. Don’t let own activities exceed the scope of own power. Back to the previous question Who would really want transoceanic communication capabilities, and their power will make us have to consider their requirements?"

Dorothea thought for a long time, but shook her head.

"The federal government and the federal navy are in urgent need of long-distance communication capabilities. There are also the British. Especially the British. Their empire is the largest in human history. This is very detrimental to maintaining the empire. So they urgently need this kind of thing, which has a strategic significance for them. If we don’t give it to them, after measuring the cost of breaking an agreement, they will violate it without hesitation. It is agreed to imitate such things by themselves. Only their technology ability, imitating this thing, there is no problem at all. Therefore, if they want to buy, we can hardly refuse them.""But for them, um, especially for the British, it will still pay a certain price to actively destroy the patent agreement. So we can sell these things very expensive, as long as the price is not more than the British destroys the patent. The price of the rights agreement is fine. Scotia, do you say I am right? Well, I think we can completely sell high-power shortwave radio stations as gold."

"It's okay to sell to the UK, but I'm afraid it can't be so expensive to sell to the federal government and the federal navy." Scrooge said, "ask them too much, and they will trouble us in other ways."

"It's a pity that you can't slaughter the federal government and the navy once. These guys are the worst!" Dorothea said bitterly.

Under Scrooge's guidance, Dorothea carefully read Field's plan, and also completed the revision and approval of this plan. Scrooge felt that Dorothea had clearly improved a lot after this round of intensive training. However, Scrooge also discovered that Dorothea was also very tired.

Although Scrooge's principle of employment has always been: treat women as men and men as cattle. When you're in a hurry, it's not impossible to use a woman as an animal. When Catherine was just married to MacDonald's, Scrooge unceremoniously used her as an animal for a long time. Even their honeymoon was cancelled unceremoniously. But when he saw Dorothea yawning from exhaustion, for some reason, he actually felt a little pain.

"Sure enough, it's the woman who feels distressed. When I asked Catherine to work last time, I didn't feel that way at all." Scrooge thought, "However, education and training cannot be rushed. Education. All kinds of theories tell us that it’s not right to rely on the sea of ​​questions blindly and rely on the tactics of fatigue. Although Scrooge had the same questions in his previous life. But, um, the necessary relaxation is still very important to improve the efficiency of learning. , Let this girl rest for a few days. Besides, for the harmony of the family, Carol and Catherine only spent one honeyweek. It is estimated that if she wants to take Dorothea on her honeymoon in the future, Carol may I don’t necessarily have any thoughts, but Catherine’s side is really hard to say. Or just take advantage of this and find an excuse to take Dorothea to relax and take it as an advance for the honeymoon." I can see, Even when dealing with his own family members, Scrooge is very skillful in using double standards.

"Dorothea, you have performed very well this time. Teacher, I approved you to take a two-day break. Within two days, I will take care of the rest of the things in New York, and then we will go to Sao Paulo. I Take you to find out about the construction of the Pacific Railway. Well, maybe there is still time to go to Niagara Falls in the middle."

The Pacific Railway is now on the right track, and there will not be much to deal with wherever it goes. So this time it is not so much to understand the situation and strengthen the work, it is better to use the name of work to relax and travel. It’s just that, Scrooge, your Big Brother is carrying the mine and the steel factory. Your sister-in-law is still breastfeeding. She is already in charge of preparing for your wedding with Dorothea. At this time, you bring your own woman. Is it really okay to go on a trip?

"Really? Great, Scrooge!" Dorothea, who had been exhausted, regained her vitality at once, so that Scrooge wondered if she was deceived by the way she was just now.

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