On October 1st, Henry returned to Springfield from New York, bringing back Li Mu with patent documents related to cross-hatch screws, screwdrivers, and bolts, as well as a special guest, Carnegie. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

That's right, the future "Iron King", Andrew Carnegie.

In 1872, Carnegie was not yet a steel king, and he had not even had time to start the Carnegie-Coleman Joint Steel Works, but Carnegie had already submitted his resignation to the Pennsylvania Railroad and was actively campaigning to start his own steel plant.

Dale Carnegie is a figure in American history who must be written about, the Scotsman born in 1835 is only 37 years old, but his career has already been successful, and while working for the Pennsylvania Railroad, Carnegie began to invest in stocks and constantly buy patents from others, and then made a steady stream of profits from them. In 1865, when the American Civil War ended, peace finally came, and the United States entered a period of rapid development, Carnegie sensitively seized this opportunity and resigned from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to start his own business.

Long before he resigned, Carnegie often wondered whether he could replace wooden bridges with iron bridges when he led people to repair them, and in 1862, Carnegie and a few friends founded a company to build iron bridges. On July 4, 1863, both sides of the Civil War began using warships against each other, warning Carnegie that the age of sailing was behind and that the age of steel was coming. So, after resigning, Carnegie traveled to Europe, visited the steel research institute in London, and decisively bought a steel patent invented by the Dowtz brothers, as well as a patent for the coke washing reduction method, which Carnegie believed would bring him a steady stream of wealth.

Clearly, Carnegie had decided to devote himself to the steel industry, which would be what Carnegie would strive for for the rest of his life.

Then Carnegie's purpose for coming to Li Mu was about to come out, and Carnegie wanted to buy the patent in Li Mu's hands.

After understanding Carnegie's purpose, Li Mu directly rejected Carnegie's request.

"Thank you very much, but Mr. Carnegie, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, I'm not going to sell these patents, I think I would make a bigger profit if I kept them in my own name than selling them outright." Li Mu doesn't want to do a hammer deal, the application prospect of the cross pattern screw is extremely broad, it is foreseeable that in the next ten years will be a steady stream of wealth, this is a golden rooster that will lay eggs, Carnegie can foresee, Li Mu can naturally foresee.

Li Mu received Carnegie in the living room of Will's house, Gloria and Sandy did not go to school that day, and the two Lori squeezed on a single sofa in the living room, looking at Li Mu and Carnegie eloquently, their eyes were full of admiration.

Of course, Will was also present, in order to support Li Mu's façade, Will deliberately called Bresta from Springfield, and Bresta came with a police officer named Chad, so when Li Mu was talking to Carnegie, Will was sitting next to Li Mu, Bresta Chad stood behind Will as usual, Yan Hu was guarding the door of the living room, his huge body directly blocked half of the door, and Yan Shun was at the kitchen door, seemingly feeding Pan, but his attention was always here.

"Reem, for you, inventing these products is just a flash in the bucket, all you do is draw them with a pen, but now it can bring you five thousand dollars in gain, why refuse?" Carnegie didn't give up, this guy who is only 1.6 meters tall is grumpy and stubborn, just like those patents before he bought them, as long as he identifies something, Carnegie will unswervingly do it, which is also a necessary quality for many successful people to succeed.

Hearing that Li Mu actually refused the temptation of five thousand dollars, Will and Bresta still had no expression on their faces, but Gloria and Sandy let out exclamations in unison.

Strictly speaking, Li Mu and Gloria sisters are about the same age, so Gloria and Sandy really don't understand why they can only ask Will for pocket money at this age, while Li Mu can do business worth "five thousand dollars" with others.

What amazed Gloria and Sandy even more was that Li Mu actually refused the money!

"Mr. Carnegie—" Li Mu had something to say, of course.

"Please call me Andrew, if you don't mind." When he said this, Carnegie really didn't treat Li Mu as a child.

"Well, Mr. Andrew, about ten years ago you introduced Woodruff, the inventor of the sleeper car, to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and established a company for the manufacture of sleeper cars for trains. Then you borrowed money to buy a portion of the company, which was a $200 investment, if I remember correctly, but you got a stock dividend of $5,000 in a year—" Mr. Li said, citing Dale Carnegie's own experience.

"Where did you know all this?" Carnegie's expression was one of shock and bewilderment.

Of course, Li Mu would not say that it was from the encyclopedia, Li Mu did not answer the question directly, but just maintained a mysterious smile, laughing so much that Carnegie felt furious.

In the twenty-first century, Carnegie's name is followed by the note "Iron King" and the word "Charity King."

Carnegie's legend lies in the fact that he was not only a successful entrepreneur, but more importantly, because he did not hesitate to donate almost all of his wealth to social good after his successful career. The second half of Carnegie's life was devoted to philanthropy and world peace.

In contrast, throughout the nineteenth century, Carnegie's name had nothing to do with charity, and before 1900, everyone referring to Carnegie's name was annotated with the word "capital robber."

In 1873, the worst economic crisis in the capitalist world struck, a large amount of European funds were siphoned off, more and more banks failed, and more and more people suffered bad luck, Scott, who had a good understanding of Carnegie, could not escape the doom, at this time Carnegie had already founded a steel company, and the development was good, so Scott turned to Carnegie for help, but Carnegie refused on the grounds that "his family was a steel partner, and many people relied on him for financial protection".

Ironically, it was during this economic crisis that Carnegie's partners, the Clewman brothers, and Carnegie's brother-in-law's father-in-law faced bankruptcy, so Carnegie bought all of their shares, and the Carnegie Steel Company was born, a giant steel empire.

What about sheltering family members and partners?

Li Mu didn't want to be a stepping stone for someone's rise, even if he was the future steel king.