Since Scrooge's assassination, the value of the shares of the MacDonald's consortium has plummeted. Among them, the situation of the Union Pacific Railroad is the most severe. Originally, the situation of the entire railroad industry has not been good for some time, and the assassination of Scrooge has made the Union Pacific Railroad more and more bearish.

Also bearish is the ongoing Panama Canal project by the McDonald consortium. Originally, this was a project with very promising prospects or money. Nowadays, the construction problems of various projects are gone, and the progress of the project has exceeded people's expectations, so the stock of the Panama Canal project has always been optimistic about all aspects. Prices have been quite firm and steady.

But with the news of Scrooge's assassination and all sorts of newspaper speculation about Scrooge's life and death, even the Panama Canal project stocks began to dive sharply.

However, most of the funding for this project comes from the McDonald consortium, and as long as there is no problem with the consortium's own support, the completion of the project is not a problem. And once this project is completed, making money is simply a certainty. Therefore, the decline in the stock price of the canal project immediately made many people's eyes widen in anticipation.

"I heard that Scrooge's wife sold more than half of the Union Pacific Railroad stock in one go. Guess who will take over? Stanford gently shook the glass in his hand to let the red wine hang on the transparent wall, and then held it up again, watching the glass thin out as the glass thinned. Then he said to Ellie with a smile; "It seems that your operation has been quite successful, and the hypocrite Scrooge is probably going to hell by now. Otherwise, they wouldn't have done such a thing. ”

"Mr. Stanford, I don't know much about the economic side. Can you explain to me why you think Scrooge is dead? Avery asked.

"Miss Ellie. You know that the Union Pacific Railroad hasn't been profitable for quite some time. During the Scrooge era, the MacDonald consortium even used the MacDonald Venture Bank to provide it with ultra-low interest loans every year to keep it afloat. Miss Ellie, do you know why? ”

Stanford glanced at Alley, saw the confusion on her face, and asked, "Miss Alley, to be honest, in addition to such a brilliant performance in your previous actions, I thought you would be the leader of the new generation of the DuPont family." How can you not understand such a simple economic problem? ”

"Mr. Stanford, I'm just a guy in charge of intelligence and certain operations." Ellie said with a smile.

"Ah, let's put it this way. The Union Pacific Railroad is not profitable, and in some sense, it is deliberate. First, there are a lot of iron ore along this railway, and a large part of the railway's capacity is used to transport iron ore. Of course, there are also many other shipments. However, Tongguò depressed the price of the Union Pacific Railroad, so that the price of the national railroad was affected and kept low. Such a low shipping price is very beneficial to the entire MacDonald consortium. McDonald Steel, Standard Oil and all that kind of thing will profit from it. So, while the Union Pacific Railroad is not ostensibly profitable, in reality, it makes a lot of money for the McDonald consortium. ”

"Then why did Scrooge's wife sell it?" Avery asked.

"Scrooge's wife has direct control of radio, electrical, and the like. The railroad was later given to her as well. But it was Scrooge's brother Carroll who benefited from it, and Standard Oil's Rockefeller. If we assume that Scrooge died, then his wife's approach is quite easy to understand. Stanford said proudly.

"You're saying there's something wrong within the McDonald consortium?"

"Didn't you see the news of Scrooge's wife's night visit to Rockefeller? The railroad was not important to Scrooge's wife, but it was important to Carroll or Rockefeller. Now we only need to pay attention to who took these railway shares, Carroll or Rockefeller, and we can see how their families are divided. ”

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"Rockefeller bought a stake in the Union Pacific Railroad that Dorothea threw out? Mr. Morgan, are we too late to do it, you see, the benefits are all eaten by Rockefeller. A banker complained to Morgan.

"Don't worry, it's just a small benefit." Morgan said, "Let's see, let's see, if Scrooge is really dead, then the time when Carroll, Rockefeller, and Dorothea tear each other down for profit is when we really do it." ”

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"Are you sure that the remnants of the DuPont family united with Stanford to initiate this matter?" Scrooge asked.

"Yes, sir. The guy called Arnold is the one who put down the bomb. The guy who played it, he sent us a letter. The letter gave an account of the person who had arranged for him to carry out the attack. Based on the information he provided, we traced the remnants of the DuPont family and Stanford. The reporter who contacted Arnold was from the Dupont family. He entered the newspaper through Guò Stanford's connections. After the incident, he abruptly left the newspaper office and disappeared without a trace. Bond replied.

"Why did that guy named Arnold write us such a letter?" Scrooge asked indifferently, as if he was not talking about a case about his own assassination, but about an unrelated matter.

"He was worried that he would be killed, so he kept a hand in advance......"

"Very well, what else did you find?"

"A woman, probably the organizer of this conspiracy, has been associated with Stanford, including recently."

"I see." Scrooge said, "Where are the DuPont family doing business now? ”

"Peru has some, and then Russia has some." Bond replied.

"Russia? That's a long run. I guess they're probably hiding now. Don't touch them now, the pill keeps an eye on them. Do you understand? ”

"Yes, sir! We'll keep an eye on them! Bond replied, standing up.

"In addition, the plan to get rid of them must be done first. Of course, the priority should be placed after the red scheme. Scrooge added.

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Now, as a first step, John has gained control of the railroad. Of course, John conceded a share of Standard Oil — it wouldn't shake John's grip on Standard Oil, and John, you know, I don't want to conflict with you about that. But the next step is to create more signs of our internal conflict for those people to see. Let those guys think we're at odds with each other. At a family meeting, Scrooge said this to Carol and John 61 Rockefeller.

"John, in the next step, Dorothea will sell you a portion of the oil field to form a sign that Dorothea is joining forces with you against Carol. I thought that by this time, Morgan's old fox was probably going to lose his breath and join in. Most of the companies we have have good debt problems and sales are quite good. Moreover, our own capital accounts for the majority of their share. Therefore, theoretically, it is difficult for such a company to attack with ordinary financial means. For one thing, there are no shares of these companies in the stock market. Second, our capital chain is not particularly dependent on finance, and most of it relies on our own banks to complete. Scrooge continued to arrange his plans.

"So we're going to help Morgan and create some problems so that he can take advantage of them?" Dorothea said.

"Dorothea transferred some of the oil field to John, and then spread the word that the reason you did it was because McDonald Chemical & Pharmaceutical had problems developing new drugs. When we were developing the next generation of sulfonamides, we spent far more than we budgeted. Now, without the guidance of a great scientist like me, the whole project naturally encountered big problems. You want to keep the plan going, and Carol is against it, arguing that it would be almost impossible to do without me, and that it would convince them that we've invested millions of dollars in this plan, which could make our money chain problematic.

Then, naturally, Morgan would have attacked our bank first. I guess Morgan will do that. First, he will use some of the newspapers he manipulates to exaggerate the problems we face, and will begin to restrict the business dealings between his banking alliance and MacDonald Ventures in order to cut off our money chain completely. At the same time, he will try to pull one faction and fight another. Try to win over John and Dorothea, or Carol, one of you. Personally, I reckon he has a better chance of choosing to woo Carroll. Because he'll think you're easier to deal with than John. ”

"It's not what he thinks, it's the truth." Carol smiled and said, "I'm not as good as John." ”

"Carol, you're too modest." Rockefeller hastened to say.

"Carol, you remember, if Morgan wants to woo you, you have to be hesitant, and you have to be extra cautious and stubborn about some of Morgan's practices. Make him feel that you will be cautious and delay the fighter. In this way, he will devote himself to the union of you and Dorothea, John. Scrooge continued, "By this time, Dorothea will start attacking Morgan in the media, accusing Morgan of being behind the assassination, well, although we don't have evidence of this, but let's say that the woman named DoPont once used a false identity to be on Morgan's pirate, Morgan's mistress or something. Anyway, what the public likes is to be lively, and who cares about the truth or something? Then he was exposed to his use of financial means to crack down on McDonald's ventures. And this kind of practice will be even more likely to be determined by him because I am not there, so Dorothea is out of proportion. Most of the time, the media in his hands will fight back vigorously, and at this time, the media we have arranged will start pouring dirty water on me. Then, Dorothea pretends to be provoked and begins to fight back violently. Morgan also has such power in his hands, and he will not use such power. Then we're going to start a new civil war and we're going to clean up the other guys who dare to covet our wealth. ”

"So how do we end up?" Rockefeller asked.

"When the situation is out of control, I will wake up from my coma, and then I will talk to the US government and negotiate with the other side, and by that time, everyone will understand how destructive we are, so that we can most likely establish a new balance that can be reluctantly accepted by all parties." Scrooge replied.