1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 122 The oriole is behind (3)

Since several newspapers began to expose the Union Pacific Railroad scandal one after another, Morgan has been eyeing this railroad. In Morgan’s view, this railway is definitely a very rich way. Now that the stock price will plummet after the scandal, if you can’t seize the opportunity to make a fortune at this time, then what is your own name? Banker? However, Morgan also knew that these things would not appear in newspapers for no reason, and ordinary newspapers did not have the ability to dig out such inside stories on their own. Behind this, there must be an invisible hand controlling all this. Morgan knew that the target of this black hand was the same as himself, waiting for the stock price of Union Railway to fall, and then using a low price to take the railway in one fell swoop.

“In this way, in the future, this black hand will probably compete with himself for control of this railway. Who will this person be?” Morgan lined up the power that is most likely to be the black hand one by one. The first thing Morgan thought of was Vanderbilt. The tycoon who was rooted in the railway would naturally not let go of the opportunity to control the new railway. The second object of suspicion is Kukjie, the Wall Street banker also showed great interest in railroads. The last suspect is Scrooge McDonald. Scrooge set up a large-scale steel company, which undoubtedly focused on the business opportunities brought by the railway. I once asked Scrooge McDonald if he was interested in this railway. Scrooge stated at the time that he was interested in any profitable business. Although Scrooge’s reputation is very good, he pretends to be almost all United States, and even the whole world believes that he is a good person, but Morgan, who saw how Scrooge got up, didn’t know who Scrooge was? ?

“Dad, it’s not the time to intervene in the Union Pacific Railroad.” Morgan said to his father, “If the black hand behind this trend is Vanderbilt or Cooke, then he will almost take it if it hits this point. But if it’s Scrooge McDonald, it’s hard to say. He might directly bring this company to the point of bankruptcy and reorganization. Therefore, if Scrooge is really doing the trick behind this, we If you go in now, you will be slammed by him, so I think it’s still slow. The water on this railway is too deep, so be careful.”

“Ah, so careful, it doesn’t look like your style.” Juniors Morgan said with a smile.

“Daddy, you have been teaching me to be cautious before making up your mind, and decisive after making up your mind.”

At this time, someone knocked on the door gently.

“What’s the matter?” Morgan asked.

“Young Master, there is a new newspaper with new news.”

“Dad, I can be sure now that Scrooge McDonald is behind the scenes.” Morgan said to his father Juniors after reading the newspaper.

“Are you so sure?” Juniors asked.

“Yes, Dad, you see, it was possible to kill more than 30 people silently. In the public, they killed’witnesses’, and put the murder charges on those fools. Such things, In addition to having a McDonald who specializes in this company, who else has the power to do such a great job!” Morgan said.

“Scrooge MacDonald was so cruel at such a young age, it was…really…” Juniors said two “really”, but didn’t know what words to describe him.

“The most terrible thing is not being cruel,” Morgan said. “The most terrifying thing is that he is doing such a terrible thing, but it is still Sage. And he uses such prestige to continue to benefit himself. Hmm. From him, I learned a lot.”

“Well, now let’s see how Scrooge McDonald will move. Let’s follow him and hitchhiker. Also, since he focuses on railroads, the opportunities for those businesses related to it will allow us Earn a lot.” Juniors said.

“Everything broke out in the newspapers?” Secretary Edward Bates, “Union Pacific Railroad is playing eggs. I am afraid there is a panic in the stock market now. Then such panic will spread to other places, building materials, labor, etc. Any business that can be connected with the railway is affected, and then it is not done well, it is an economic panic. Now, we must take decisive action to prevent the situation from deteriorating. Immediately inform President Lincoln of the situation and contact the economic community at the same time. Master, prepare to save the market.”

“Okay, Mr. Minister.”

“Scrooge, are you talking about the railroad?” Seeing that Scrooge came back from Lincoln’s special envoy, Secretary Edward Bates, at the emergency “meeting of the rich” in New York, Rockefeller greeted him as soon as he got off the carriage.

“John, let’s go in and talk.” Scrooge said.

The two walked into Scrooge’s office. Anna immediately served Scrooge a cup of tea, then turned back and smiled at Rockefeller and asked, “Mr. Rockefeller, would you like to order something?”

“Just give me a glass of water,” Rockefeller said.

“Yeah.” Anna responded gently, and poured a glass of water for Rockefeller. Then he turned around, walked out slowly with the kettle in his hand, and took the door of the office with his hand.

“How is the situation?” Rockefeller asked.

“I agreed to take the lead in taking over this project and buy shares of Union Pacific Railroad in the market to prevent the situation from getting worse.” Scrooge smiled, “In fact, the shares of Union Pacific have fallen into a mess now. , Has fallen below his actual value a lot. And the government agreed to issue more national debt for this railway, and I will reorganize the management of the entire company. It can be said that our goals have all been achieved. How about John, do you want to be the director of this railway company? I know that you bought a lot of railway stocks the other day.”

“I’m not interested, you won’t believe it.” Rockefeller said, “It’s just that there are enough things in my hands. Now, I can only ask my brother William to help me with many things.”

“Then let your brother exercise more. Well, Kroll is ready to get married.” Scrooge said, “His fiancée is named Catherine, a little British nobleman, who is fairly capable. I plan to let him They returned to the United States to get married, and then handed over some issues in the United States to them. The affairs on the European side were still held to their overall responsibility. For specific matters, Catherine’s cousin could help. Anyway, for the time being in Europe There will be no major changes.”

“Which one are you going to hand over to Kroll?” Rockefeller asked.

“Mining and steel. Anyway, now that the railway company is in our hands, the sales of these two pieces will not be a big problem. And Kroll has been training in Europe for so long, and it is time to develop it. John, you are about this. What’s your opinion?”

“I think it should be possible.” Since Scrooge’s arrangement did not weaken his power in the consortium, Rockefeller naturally did not intend to oppose it.

“Okay, that’s it.” Scrooge said.

“Well, Scrooge, I will go back to talk to William, and I have to explain some things to him.” Rockefeller stood up.

“Well, when you go, call Anna by the way.”

“Okay.” Rockefeller walked toward the door, took two steps, then turned back, drank the glass of white water on the table, and then walked out.

“This guy has so much money and is so frugal that he doesn’t even want to waste a glass of water.” Scrooge smiled and shook his head.

At this time Anna walked in gently and closed the door with ease.

“Mr. MacDonald, what’s the matter?” Anna asked.

“Anna, Kroll is coming back. He came back to United States to get married with his fiancée. You know, I don’t know how to handle such things at all. Let me take care of this kind of thing, but it was not too shabby in the end. , Is too upstart. Kroll’s fiancée is a British nobleman, although the nobleman is like that. But the wedding is very important to a woman after all, so I don’t want to be too tasteless. This one You can arrange the matter for me. In terms of funding, well, Kroll’s salary has not been changed in the past six months. Just use this money to do it, and then I will pay another two thousand dollars, which should be about the same. Now.” Scrooge said.

“Okay, Mr. Scrooge.” Anna nodded, and her big eyes flashed when she heard the word “married”. But she didn’t say much except for the phrase “OK”.

“Ah, also, you get Mr. Sahaf. There will be a press conference tomorrow, and I need him to prepare a manuscript for me. Well, well, that’s it.” Scrooge said.

“Then I’m going out.” Anna nodded to Scrooge, and then left the office.

Looking at the figure of Anna leaving, Scrooge thought, Anna is indeed a very smart girl, gentle and considerate, and very knowledgeable. For example, if you change to a normal woman, if you have such a relationship with yourself, I am afraid you will lose your sense of measure long ago and forget what you are doing. And Anna is different, she still does meticulously what a female secretary should do. She seems to understand that a mistress can be abandoned at any time, but the position of a capable female secretary is much stronger than that of an average mistress. She is also not like an ordinary mistress, she will ask for one or another whenever she has the opportunity. But in fact, I wouldn’t really treat her badly. After all, a beautiful, gentle, capable and well-knowing female secretary is really hard to find.