And Lamotte Dupont, who had not spoken much on the side, suddenly said: "Wait, master, I remember, a month ago I seem to have been in Pennsylvania by a new Brad steel plant named Andrew Carnegie, and I heard this owner of the steel plant named Carnegie talk about an investor called Erma Iron and Steel Company, which is going to build two or three steel plants in the area of Lake Subelier and Pittsburgh. This Erma Company seems to be dominated by people from Hexi under the control of the Chinese Empire, and I don't know what the relationship between this Erma Gunpowder Company and this Erma Iron and Steel Company is? ”

Henry Dupont's face has changed!

When he learned that the investment of the two horse gunpowder companies reached 30 million dollars, Henry DuPont was shocked. In the face of such a huge opponent, he does not seek to defeat the opponent and monopolize the entire American gunpowder market, but only keeps the existing share, which is not bad. But after listening to Lamotte's words, his heart completely fell into the valley of ice!

There is no doubt that these two companies, both called Erma Company, must be the same boss, but they are just investing in different industries. Thinking of this, he asked: "Lamotte, that Carnegie, have you ever talked about how much this Erma Iron and Steel Company is going to invest in the construction of a steel company?" ”

La Motte Dupont shook his head: "Head of the house, I haven't inquired about this. However, judging from the fact that the owner of the steel mill named Carnegie was in a state of panic at the time, it seemed that it was even worse than the situation of our DuPont company today, and it must have been the second horse steel company that would have a huge crisis for him.

This guy named Carnegie is very talented, he inspected the steel research institute there from London, Europe, and decisively bought a steel patent invented by the British and a set of patents for the coke washing reduction method, and stood out in the steel industry in Pennsylvania last year, although the company's actual assets have not yet reached $1 million, but with its strong growth, the valuation has exceeded $1.5 million. With their advanced technology, and the extreme demand in today's steel market, Carnegie has no fear of his steel plant going out of business, even if his competitors have $5 million or $8 million. And he's so worried, unless there's a possibility......"

Henry Dupont said: "Lamotte, you mean...... That's impossible! Today, the entire steel industry in the United States has become the main industry of the entire empire, and it is also one of the most profitable industries! If it weren't for the fact that our DuPont funds were used to expand the production of gunpowder, I would have wanted to get involved in this steel industry!

And the possibility you are talking about is really too scary! Iron ore mines are increasingly being discovered throughout the Great Lakes, and there may be dozens of steel companies over $500,000 set up in the Great Lakes iron ore region, and the only possibility for these steel companies to be feared is that the company is well funded enough to control all the iron ore that has been mined in the entire Great Lakes region. But is it possible? This is not something that can be controlled with an investment of 35 million dollars! Is this the world still able to come up with hundreds of millions of dollars like the Rothschilds?

Besides, even if the Rothschilds can come up with such a small amount of money, it is not their own, but they represent the huge European consortium. What's more, the Rothschilds have abandoned the American market, and their mistakes have already been made. ”

All the people stopped talking, apparently, everyone agreed with the words of Henry Dupont. It would be terrifying if the Erma Iron and Steel Company could really have hundreds of millions of dollars in capital to control the iron ore mines of the entire Great Lakes region.

But whether it is hundreds of millions of funds or tens of millions of funds, this company called Erma Company is undoubtedly the same force, and it is extremely difficult to deal with.

Thus, the DuPont family fell into a brief silence.

It didn't take long for Henry DuPont to clapped his hands and said categorically: "Now that a strong competitor is coming, we have become weak." Looks like we're going to have to strike first.

We need to immediately abandon the acquisition of those small gunpowder companies and instead support and unite with them. The key is to unite other gunpowder companies that are also worried, especially Lavrin Rand and Hazard Gunpowder, two giants second only to DuPont.

In addition, there are the Augsta Gunpowder Company, the Lake Superior Gunpowder Company, the Eastern Gunpowder Company, etc., and we have sent an invitation to them to form the American Gunpowder Association, sign the "Gunpowder Unification Agreement" together, coordinate the market and unify the price, distribute sales among the members of the Association, and exclude those who are not members of the Association and violate the articles of association of the Association, and in this way, all the American Federal Gunpowder Companies will be brought together to deal with this Erma Gunpowder Company! ”

Henry DuPont's words made other members of the DuPont family dare not say anything against it.

However, just a few days later, Henry DuPont wrote letters to Lavrin Rand and Hassard, and while they were anxiously waiting for their reply, Henry's confidant Élutado Elay led a Chinese named Sheng Xuanhuai to DuPont, saying that he was the representative of Erma Company.

This was a young man who was only in his twenties, and he was also a competitor from the Erma Company, so Henry naturally scoffed at him, and said arrogantly in authentic English: "Boy from the East, what are you looking for me?" ”

Unexpectedly, this young man named Sheng Xuanhuai was very proficient in English, and asked rhetorically: "Mr. DuPont from England, you may already know that I am the general manager of the Americas of Erma Gunpowder Company, and I came here today mainly to discuss the acquisition with you on behalf of Erma Company. ”

“...... What acquisition ......? Henry was furious.

"Why did Mr. DuPont knowingly ask? Naturally, the Erma Gunpowder Company I represented acquired your DuPont Gunpowder Company. How about you, can you make an offer? Sheng Xuanhuai was very high-profile and went straight to the point.

"Bastard! Oriental boy, your ambition is too big, right? Henry Dupont yelled directly at Éluttado Ile: "Ile, drag him out!" Don't come into contact with anyone from Erma Company in the future! ”

"Wait, Mr. DuPont, a fixed price, $14 million!" Sheng Xuanhuai preemptively said: "According to our investigation, your company's assets are no more than 13.2 million US dollars, and giving you 14 million US dollars is already a sky-high price!" However, DuPont was no longer allowed to engage in the gunpowder industry in the future. How is it?

Henry DuPont was stunned, the other party seemed to be prepared, and he found out DuPont very clearly. In fact, a few days ago, DuPont calculated the assets, which were exactly $13 million. But how could the eloquent Henry DuPont just exit the gunpowder market?

He shouted directly: "DuPont won't sell it!" Ire, still not sending off? ”

And his close confidant Éluttado Ire, apparently benefiting from the other, stood there motionless.

"Mr. DuPont, $15 million, how? Now that our Erma Gunpowder Company has entered the American market, this $1 million alone is the profit of your DuPont Company for three years. Think about it. "The young Sheng Xuanhuai is not at all vigorous, just like a businessman who has been in the mall for a long time, full of temptation and coercion.

"DuPont will never sell!" Henry Dupont became furious, and when he saw that Yi Lei didn't react, he glared at him fiercely, and was about to kick Yi Lei out of the company later, so he simply stood up and prepared to go out of the office in person to ask someone to kick Sheng Xuanhuai out.

Elutedo Eire spoke: "Master, I think I can agree to come down!" $15 million, that's an extremely generous price! ”

Henry Dupont was even more angry and threw the teacup on the desk, but was grabbed by Sheng Xuanhuai.

Sheng Xuanhuai looked at Henry DuPont with a smile and said, "It seems that Mr. DuPont still has something to rely on." Could it be that you are waiting for the reply of Messrs. Lavrin Rand and Mr. Hassard? ”