1855 United States Tycoon

"Recently Scrooge made another good deal." Morgan said to own son John Pierpont Morgan Jr., "have you learned anything from it?"

"From the results, this is a good deal." Little John Morgan frowned and said, "but I don't really appreciate this business."

This statement by Jr. John Morgan caught Morgan's attention, so he straightened up from the sofa and said, "Then tell me who your thoughts are."

"Dad, I think Mr. McDonald's sale is a bit close to his power limit. You know, in Asia, the influence of the McDonald Consortium and even the entire United States is quite limited. So he made this sale. The risk is quite large. In fact, if the British reaction is a little more keen, his many efforts will become something to contribute to the British. Dad, you told me to study Mr. MacDonald seriously I admit that Mr. MacDonald is indeed a legend, and even better than you in many ways. But after studying the situation in recent years, I think Mr. MacDonald may be a little scared by that assassination. After living, he was too cautious in his various actions at home. On the other hand, his instinct to make money was difficult to restrain, so he had to play such adventurous tricks abroad. Maybe he felt that his capital was big anyway. , Even if you lose, it’s no big deal."

"My child, I'm very happy that you can see so many things." Morgan looked at his son and said happily, "But son, you have to know this sentence: "If the capital is 50% If there is 100% profit, it will dare to trample on all the laws of the world; if there is 300% profit, it will dare to commit any crime, even risking being hanged.' This statement is absolutely suitable for Scrooge. Its practicality is suitable for any successful big capitalist, including mine. So don't think that you can scare people like Scrooge. It can make him retreat in the face of higher profits. Even if he seems to be retreated, it is just to prepare for a more fierce pounce. I have a piece of information here. Take a look and tell me after reading it, Scrooge The intention of the previous actions."

After speaking, Morgan handed a document to his own son. There is very little content in this document, and John Morgan Jr. read it with just a glance. As mentioned above, Greystone Macdonald will travel to China as the representative of the Macdonald Consortium and serve as a director in the newly established bank.

"You know, the direct shares of the Macdonald Consortium in that bank are quite limited. But before the Qing government repays the loan, the representation of the Qing government in this bank is entirely represented by MacDonald. This way In fact, the Macdonald Consortium has actually become the number one shareholder with a slightly higher share of banks than the British." Morgan added.

"Although it is the largest shareholder, the shares of the United Kingdom and the French will obviously exceed them. So this position is not easy to sit." John Morgan Jr. said, "Mr. MacDonald is training and training Greystone. ?"

"Yes, my child," Morgan said. "Remember what I mentioned about the weaknesses shared by the McDonald family and ours?"

"You mean there are too few family members?" Little John Morgan said with a smile, "Dad, I have to blame you. Look, don't say brother, I don't even have a Little Sister. Business in the Far East is basic. The overall situation is settled. Even if Greystone is stupid enough, it will only make a little less at best, and the loss may not be large. The most difficult problem, Mr. MacDonald has been solved for him. But the number one shareholder, face to face. In the face of the following two combined equity, the equity is obviously more than the own situation. How to control and how much control this bank is very complicated. It is really a good place to exercise. Ah, dad, look at McDonald. Mr. Na is better than you again. He has more than one child, he has brothers, and his brothers have more than one child."

"I'm not to blame, it can only be God's will. I guess Scrooge's children will be able to look good after exercising there for two years. Then, Scrooge will probably show his fangs again. In China, it’s really disgusting to have such a guy. Fortunately, not all of our industries are in China. In addition, over the years, I have deliberately entangled our assets with the assets of the MacDonald Consortium. In this way, when Scrooge is ready to come out to bite people, he will not be very good at attacking us. Because this will make him suffer himself. These actions of mine can't be hidden from Scrooge. In fact, he just sat and watched us do it, because he was unwilling to have a direct life-and-death struggle with us, it would only make others cheaper." Morgan said, "Of course, we can't relax our vigilance against Scrooge. . This guy is cheating people, that's really..."

Little John Morgan watched his father analyze Scrooge's actions while shaking his head and sighing. He couldn't help but remember a sentence that others had said to him-"The more wind and waves you see, the less courage you are." "Really, I really want to compete with Mr. MacDonald and his children." Little John Morgan thought.

...

"Scrooge Uncle, a Boer recently placed a big order with us." Donald said to Scrooge.

Now that Donald has graduated, he hasn't really stayed in the army. For him, as long as he can have some personal relationships with some important generals in the future, the battlefield is not his goal.

After graduation, Donald was thrown by Scrooge to the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company as a manager. Nowadays, a large part of the business of the Infantry Weapons Company is decided by Donald. Only some important transactions require labor. Scrooge has it.

In 1884, the Boers of South Africa (mainly descendants of the Dutch and Germans) discovered the world's largest gold and diamond mines. At this time, South Africa was already a British colony. However, in the first Boer War from December 16, 1880 to March 6, 1881, the Boers gained a high degree of autonomy. According to the "Pretoria Agreement" signed by the British and the Boer regime Transvaal at that time, Transvaal can establish a fully autonomous government under the power of Queen Sect Leader of the United Kingdom. Britain only maintains three privileges: Control Transvaal’s foreign relations; maintain control over the relationship between Transvaal and African tribes; during the war, the British army has the right to borrow the Transvaal.

But when the agreement was signed, no one thought that there would be such a huge gold mine underground in the Boer-controlled area. So when this gold mine was discovered, whether it was a Boer or an Englishman, he would not calm down immediately. The Boers understood that although according to the agreement between the British and them, this lot of gold belonged to them and had nothing to do with the British. But once something like an agreement encounters benefits, it is a piece of waste paper. The British certainly understand this truth better. Besides, since this gold is in Her Majesty's territory, then, according to the laws of the Empire, it belongs to Her Majesty. What? You said there was an agreement? Didn’t the gold mines have not been discovered when the agreement was signed? Of course this agreement cannot be counted!

The Boers knew that if they wanted to continue to occupy the gold mines, they would definitely go to war with the British, and once the war started this time, they would never be like the last time they would kill less than a hundred Brits. Let the British back down. For this big gold mine, the British are definitely willing to pay a big price. But if the Boers just surrender the gold they got, the concubine couldn't do it anyway. So since the discovery of the gold mine, the Boers began to prepare for the doomed war. This naturally includes buying weapons everywhere.

Because many of the Boers are of German origin, buying German weapons has naturally become one of the common choices. Besides, compared to McDonald's genuine goods, the German copycat version of the weapon is cheaper and the performance is not bad. So at the beginning the weapons purchased by the Boers were mainly German goods.

However, the Boers are rich now, and the price is no longer a particularly big problem for them. They now value after-sales service more. These after-sales services include technology guidance, weapon maintenance, and political support. However, considering the strength of the British Empire at that time, the so-called political support is nothing more than talkative at best, and will not have any practical effect. In terms of how to conduct guerrilla warfare, obviously, the United States who have been supporting Cubans and the Spaniards are certainly more experienced, so these Boers also came to MacDonald.

"What are they going to order?" Scrooge asked.

"Machine guns, mortars, infantry cannons, shotguns, submachine guns, rifles, as long as they can use them." Donald replied, "and they are willing to pay with gold or diamonds. But they need our people to provide technology. Training. Uncle, I think, it’s always wrong not to do business in front of you. It doesn’t really matter to buy weapons, but they asked us to help them train soldiers, and even hire soldiers to fight directly against us. To do this business, It is very likely to offend the British. If the British find our troubles, there is always a way. So I hesitate."

Scrooge thought for a while and replied: "This transaction is still to be done. It is also possible to send consultants to guide and train, but it is not acceptable to send troops directly."

"But Uncle, if they can directly give mercenaries who can fight against Britain, they are willing to give a higher price." Donald said.

"Donald, I have already said that it is impossible to send the mercenaries from Heishui directly to the war, but if they adopt indirect methods, for example, if they can persuade those mercenaries to resign and go to them, then it will naturally have nothing to do with us. No?" Scrooge replied.

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