1855 United States Tycoon

"Grandpa, I think the Macdonald Consortium is very strong." Witte replied, "but they still have weaknesses, that is..."

"Don't be so eager to answer." The old man said unhurriedly, "You go out first, go to the outside room and think about it. I hope you will give me an answer after serious and calm thinking. Okay, now you can go out."

After hearing this, Witte seemed a little hesitant, but he still got up and went out.

"Albert, your son is still not stable enough, and his selfishness is not small." Seeing Witte walking out, the old man slowly said to Witte's father.

"Father, this is because of my poor discipline. I must..." the middle-aged man immediately stood up and said.

"Sit down and sit down." The old man stretched out his hand to stop the middle-aged man from continuing to say, "Witt is not as bad as you said. In their generation, he is smart, but he needs to be polished. I know. In their generation, competition is already fiercer than yours. Competition is allowed, but competition that damages the entire family must be absolutely eliminated. Okay, let’s discuss how to deal with the current problems. "

...

After spending more than an hour in the small room outside the conference room, Witte finally heard the sound of the door being opened. He looked up, and it was his grandpa's attendant Valentino who opened the door. Valentino asked Werther, "Werther Young Master, sir, have you figured it out. If you have a clear idea, please go in and talk to everyone about your views."

"I figured it out clearly." Witte stood up and said.

"Okay, then come with me." Valentino said.

Witte picked up a piece of paper from the table in front of him, looked at it again, then folded it, put it into his own jacket pocket, and then followed Valentino out.

...

"How are you thinking?" the old man asked, "Well, let's analyze the weakness of the McDonald family first."

"Grandpa, there are mainly these few weaknesses in the McDonald family." Witte said, "First of all, they have developed too fast and their foundation is not strong. This is mainly manifested in these aspects. First of all, the McDonald family member Ding Scarce, which makes them lack of enough reliable upper management, and even they have to get a more reliable upper management through marriage. However, because of fear of being overhead, they are afraid to marry those very powerful and powerful families. , I only dare to marry families who have only received a little education, but do not have too much strength, and of course have no real business experience. Therefore, even the helpers obtained through marriage are not particularly good, even qualified. Reluctantly. The Macdonald family only started to get involved in the weapons industry in 1858, and then quickly expanded to the pharmaceutical industry, followed by banking, metallurgy, mining, railways, newspapers, electrical, shipbuilding... They expanded so fast, which allowed The shortcomings of the lack of family manpower are becoming more and more obvious. For this reason, the founders of the family even had to hand over some important departments to more reliable friends to take care of. Each of the immediate family members is responsible for a lot of it. With such a heavy workload, they are prone to loopholes. I think this is their first weakness."

After saying this, Witte raised his head and observed his grandfather, wanting to see how the old man reacted, but he couldn't see any expression on the old man's face. Witte then went on:

"It is also because of this weakness that they are extremely dependent on Scrooge McDonald. The formation, development, and even the existence of the McDonald Consortium are almost dependent on this person. However, Scrooge McDonald himself obviously The weakness of own is very clear, it is not so easy to get his idea. After all, when he started, he played such tricks against others.

In addition, another weakness of the McDonald family is that they are too far away from Europe. They do not have any large-scale industries in Europe, and the resources they can mobilize are relatively limited. However, they also have a huge advantage, that is, they have a lot of terrible technology in their hands. This makes them very competitive in these industries. If they are allowed to take root in Europe, they will be able to develop tremendously. And considering the technology in their hands, I think that if Mr. Scrooge McDonald really intends to develop in Europe, he will definitely be able to stand in Europe. Especially in France, besides his factory, who else can provide enough employment? The workers have no jobs, and they will surely rebel if they have no food. Even farmers, without the support of synthetic ammonia fertilizers, would definitely be completely overwhelmed by German agricultural products. Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible to prevent him from taking root in France. ""In that case, why did you provoke them?" another middle-aged man asked.

"Carl Uncle, even if I only consider the resources in my hands instead of the whole family, if I really want to fight the Macdonald Consortium to a life and death, is there only one way I can use?" Witt asked in return, "I did this. , Is just a reminder to remind Mr. Scrooge McDonald that we still exist in Europe. He makes money in Europe, we have no objection, but his actions should not interfere with our actions. Best, some of their things can Coordinate with us. For example, when it comes to providing loans to the French government, their hands are stretched too long. If I really want to confront him, I wouldn’t use such pediatric methods at all. We can Use financial means to break the balance of the three forces in France, and directly cause French political turmoil, and then the Thiers government will collapse, and although it is not enough to make all his investments go to waste, at least within a few years, He couldn't play any tricks in France.

Of course, if we do this, the loss to us will be very great. This does not just refer to monetary loss. The British definitely don’t want to see such a situation, and if we really do, then the guy will use the content of this letter to publicize, we will really be hated by the French, in this way, From now on we will be completely dependent on Germany in Europe. This is not good, it will shrink our business. Moreover, we are Jewish and we are so rich. How many people look jealous at our wealth? The reason why they don't do it to us. It is because our family is transnational. If any country moves us, we can bring them considerable losses through the capital market. Once we lose this internationality, once our strength is completely concentrated in one country, it will be very dangerous for our family. "

"Then what is your purpose for doing this?" the old man asked.

"It's just to let them notice our strength. Grandpa, the newspaper I chose has a very limited range of influence, and the loss it can bring to them is not great. Unlike their document, which is mostly nonsense, we take The things that come out are all very reliable things. I’m actually showing them our ability in intelligence. I’ve seen some news sent back from North America by Joshua before, and Mr. MacDonald Scrooge is in North America. His business is getting better and better, and it is inseparable from the excellent intelligence system he has, but in Europe, he does not have such a system. So although Mr. MacDonald himself is surprisingly sensitive to the overall political and economic situation—— He almost did not miss when it came to the overall judgment-but in some detailed judgments, because there was not enough specific information to support, plus his first weakness-the ability of his staff only It can be considered average—some areas of their business are not particularly good. For example, using the Franco-Prussian War to conduct financial activities, his general direction judgment is very good, but in the specific trading, the operations of his men It’s either early or late. If these transactions are replaced by us, at least one-third more money will be made than them.

However, Mr. MacDonald himself does not know much about financial methods. His bank, if it weren’t for Mr. McDonald’s knowledge of the scientific community, um, this could be regarded as the information that McDonald had really done in Europe. There is nothing to see at this bank. Although some of its operating techniques cannot be said to be unprofessional, they are only qualified at best. But Mr. Macdonald did not seem to realize this. So I remind him and show him our intelligence capabilities. Only in a hostile situation can he notice our advantage more easily. As for what to do in the future? Simply, in the name of apologizing, provide them with a little service cooperation. Then, he will definitely find the benefits of cooperating with us. Even in Europe, his very business will want to use or even rely on our intelligence network. In return, in North America, we can use their power to make money, and of course in Europe, they can also use our power to make money.

More importantly, our family needs a point in North America. Before the United States Civil War, our business was very good, but unfortunately we withdrew. Now it is not easy to go back. If we can reach a strategic cooperation with the Macdonald consortium, we can hide in North America in the event that Europe goes wrong one day. As for Mr. MacDonald, is Europe not an insurance? Grandpa, I suggest that you ask Joshua to apologize to Mr. MacDonald and tell him that in order to apologize, we are willing to provide relevant information and services for some of their construction free of charge. I think Mr. MacDonald will definitely agree. In this way, we have the opportunity to tie our interests with theirs. "

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