Chapter 192: Stingy
Audrey Hepburn can't evaluate whether John's behavior is right or wrong, shopping malls are like battlefields, deceitful and deceitful, open and covert, who can define right and wrong, just like a lion tearing a zebra must be evil?
Although it is impossible to define John's behavior, Audrey Hepburn is puzzled, it stands to reason that John and Ben are not short of money, but why do they do this?
Audrey Hepburn asked as she looked at John suspiciously. "John, why does the Morgan family make so much money, and why do you want to play a new line when you are not short of money?" Audrey Hepburn did not know how much money the Morgan family had, but she was sure that the children and grandchildren of the Morgan family would not be able to spend it.
If he can't spend all his own money, why does John go to great lengths to steal other people's property? Is this driven by the genes of the capitalists, or is it the endless desire of man?
John on the side smiled, Audrey Hepburn had thought about this question before, and he didn't figure it out until he thought about it for a long time.
"The strength and status of the Morgan family today are based on the hard work and hard work of generations, and it is not achieved overnight.
The reason why the Morgan family has not declined for five generations, but has become stronger and stronger, because the Morgan family knows that the times are advancing, and the family must also progress, otherwise it will be crushed by the giant wheel of the times and become a piece of history in the long river of time.
Therefore, the Morgan family has never dared to relax even today, let alone stop, because once it stops, it means elimination, and those families who were stronger than Morgan in the past, who can still see them now. ”
The times are crueler than people think, it will not pity anyone who can't keep up with it, there is survival of the fittest in the animal world, and there are also in human society, if not more cruel.
"So leading the family forward, this is the mission of each generation of Morgan patriarchs, and in my generation, I must also take on this mission, because from the moment I was born, when I was given the surname Morgan, this mission has become a part of my body. ”
"Then what does this have to do with New Line Films?" Audrey Hepburn was surprised when she heard this remark for the first time, but she was still a little puzzled.
John was helpless, the Audrey Hepburn in front of him was like a hundred thousand whys, but he didn't dare to complain, after all, Audrey Hepburn was an elder, so he could only answer all questions.
"The first patriarch of the Morgan family laid the foundation for the Morgan family. The second generation of patriarchs has accumulated the strength of the Morgan family to rise. The third-generation patriarch led the Morgan family into the financial, political, community, and industrial fields, making the Morgan family a phantom consortium. The fourth-generation patriarch led the Morgan family into the arms field, making the Morgan family a major arms leader. The fifth generation of patriarchs ....... John said that this suddenly stopped, the fifth generation patriarch of the Morgan family is his father, he didn't know what the old Morgan would lead the Morgan family to develop, so naturally there was no way to talk about it, so he could only shrug his shoulders and jump away from the old Morgan and talk directly about himself.
"And I want to build a huge entertainment and media empire for the Morgan family, and the annexation of the new line is just the beginning. ”
John's ambitions are great, and New Line is just one of many studios he wants to annex, which in turn is only a small part of his empire.
And Audrey Hepburn frowned when she heard John's thoughts. "John! The Morgan family has a money bag in one hand and a gun in the other, and on the one hand it has the middle and high-level talents through the community, and on the other hand it controls the country through politics, and now you have to control people's minds through the media, which I don't think is a good thing. Audrey Hepburn said, worried. "The greater the rights of the individual, the more dangerous it is to the state, and the rights must be checked and checked and monitored to be the safest. ”
"But there is no real democracy in this world, and truth and rights are in the hands of a few, and only in the hands of a few. John looked at Audrey Hepburn and affirmed. "The country needs a leader, a person who can unite the people. ”
"But what if this man is a war maniac?" said Audrey Hepburn, looking at John. "When the Morgan family completely controls this country, who can still restrain you, can you guarantee that every generation of the Morgan family patriarch is wise and will not go crazy?"
It was precisely because Hitler's power was so great that there was no one to check and balance that his ambitions swelled and brought great disasters to mankind. And the United States is far more powerful than Germany during World War II, and what is even worse is that the United States now has a stockpile of nuclear weapons that can destroy the world several times.
Audrey Hepburn can't imagine what the world would be like if one day, a certain generation of Morgan patriarchs suddenly went berserk?
John on the side watched Audrey Hepburn's face gradually turn pale, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good, Audrey Hepburn was now in the recuperation period, and it was not appropriate to be stimulated, so he hurriedly persuaded him. "Grandma Audrey, don't worry, the Morgan family will not be the only one, and the Rockefeller family is Morgan's constraint, so what you are worried about should not happen. ”
Audrey Hepburn's eyes lit up when she heard this, if there is anyone in this world who can restrain the Morgan family, it is undoubtedly the Rockefeller family, with the existence of the Rockefeller family, the probability of the Morgan patriarch going crazy should be much smaller.
Thinking of this, Audrey Hepburn gradually reassured, and after John saw that she was stable, he gave a surprise and completely changed the topic. "Grandma Audrey, when the entertainment and media empire I build takes shape, I will donate 20% of my profits as a fixed donation to the foundation we have established, I think it will be an astronomical amount of money, which can help countless people. ”
"Really!" Audrey Hepburn had a look of surprise on her face. "John, you're the most generous man in the Morgan family. ”
Audrey Hepburn's words are not nonsense, among all the big conglomerates in the United States, the Morgan family has donated the least, as little as only three times, once to Harvard University, once to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and once to donate a library in New York, all of which are not to help the disadvantaged.
And John this time can be said to be the first time that the Morgan family has helped the disadvantaged.
For a long time, Audrey Hepburn didn't understand why the Morgan family was so rich and stingy with the disadvantaged, stingy to the point of not pulling out a dime, but she didn't say much, public welfare is voluntary, if you force it, the nature will change, and if others are rich and unwilling to donate, do you still want to rob it.
But John is a junior, and if she doesn't usually ask questions, she can ask now.
"The Morgan family has gone through five generations of patriarchs, but why is each generation of patriarchs so stingy with the disadvantaged? And you, the future sixth generation of the patriarch, are now helping the disadvantaged, does it mean that the Morgan family will pay more attention to the disadvantaged in the future?"
"Hmm......" John said after a moment's thought. "Grandma Audrey, it's a bit unfair to describe the Morgan family as stingy!"
"Oh......" Audrey Hepburn said with some surprise. "As far as I know, the Morgan family has never donated to the disadvantaged once, so I remember wrong?"
John smiled. "You do misremember, the Morgan family has donated to the disadvantaged twice. ”
"Oh......" Audrey Hepburn frowned slightly, trying to remember whether the Morgan family had donated anything, but after thinking for a long time, he still didn't have any impression, and finally had to look at John and ask. "When did the Morgans donate to the disadvantaged twice?"