"Come here, sit down here." Scrooge said to Dorothea.

"Where else are you hurt?" Dorothea walked over and sat down next to Scrooge and asked with concern.

"Nope. Did you see this article? Scrooge pointed out the poster to Dorothea.

"I've seen it on the road." Dorothea replied.

"There's still this one." Scrooge pulled out another newspaper and pointed to the headline to show Dorothea. Dorothea looked at it, and the title was: "Is it a terrorist attack or a cry of despair".

"Looks like we're really hated." Dorothea shook her head.

"Of course. However, it was my fault this time. Scrooge said, "I'm stupid, really." I only know that 'taking other people's roads, making people have no way out' is very profitable and cool, but I ignore that force and reaction force coexist, and it is super hateful to make people have no way out. 'Blocking people's wealth is like killing parents'. These newspapers are right about our family's weaknesses and the hatred of others. However, hatred is okay, this thing is not a big deal, the key is profit. As mentioned above, there are too many people who have been able to benefit from my death. And what's even more terrifying is that the benefits they can get from it are so great that it encourages them to take risks and even die. ”

Scrooge remembered a famous quote from Marx about the group of sub-capitalists, including himself: "The capitalists are afraid of no profit or too little profit, just as nature is afraid of a vacuum." As soon as there is an adaptable profit, the capitalists are bold. If there is a profit of ten percent, he guarantees that it will be used everywhere; With twenty percent of the profits, he becomes active; With 50 percent of the profits, he took the risk; For the sake of 100% profit, he dared to trample on the laws of the world; With a profit of three hundred percent, he dared to commit any crime, even risking hanging. ”

Isn't that exactly what happens in real life? In the rabbit country of later generations, the traffickers. You can be shot if you sell more than 50 grams of first-class drugs, but because drug trafficking provides more than 300 percent of the profits, although a large number of Chinese and foreign drug dealers have been shot and injected, as the saying goes, "it doesn't matter if you cut off your head, as long as you have money. There are many tickets. Kill Akmao, and have his own descendants. "There is no shortage of drug makers and drug traffickers who risk cutting off their heads.

And now, how much profit can be provided by killing Scrooge? Scrooge silently calculated and found that even for his allies, such as Morgan and even Rockefeller, the benefits he could get from them were far more than 300 percent. In this way, in addition to the people in their own families, I am afraid that the capitalists of the whole United States are looking forward to their death. Scrooge understood that it was not just a few terrorists who were now standing against him, but almost all other capitalists in the United States.

"I'm so stupid! It's true! "Actually, like them, I'm blinded by super-profits, and I'm doing things that block almost everyone's money!" ”

"So what do we do? Do we need to cede some of the market and profits? Dorothea asked, and her heart ached like a knife.

"We can't back down at this time." Scrooge said sternly, "The more this happens, the more we can't retreat." Once we back down, they are encouraged and press on. Even if an effective union is formed in the process, we are really in danger. ”

"So what are you going to do? Show up right away and make those guys die? At most, this will only allow them to lurk temporarily, and they will continue to look for opportunities. Dorothea said with a frown.

"Therefore, we must not say that I am dead, which would greatly damage our morale and allow the enemy to attack quickly and comprehensively, nor can we immediately announce that I am all right, so that they will be lurking. The enemy who is in hiding is the most terrifying. "We are now going to make the enemy suspicious, and there will always be some of them who can't help it first." Whoever emerges first, we will hit him hard. ”

"But we continue to prevent all of them from getting rich, do we have enough power?" Dorothea asked worriedly.

"Not enough, because our weaknesses are obvious, at least until the next generation grows up, not enough. So in the future, we have to slowly go backwards, suspend the practice of expansion, and wait for the next generation to grow. But retreat is the most dangerous action, the easiest to turn into a collapse. So, before we pause, or even take small steps back, we must first cut off a bunch of heads to deter those who have bad intentions. Only by winning this battle can we stop or even retreat. Only by giving them a hard blow can we have peace. The question now is how many heads we need to cut off to get it just right. Scrooge said slowly.

"How many heads do you need to cut off?" Dorothea didn't quite understand.

"The key is how much information we leak, if we leak out more information to make people believe that I will be good, then there will be fewer enemies to emerge, fewer enemies to destroy, but less deterrence. On the contrary, if we leak out the news, more people will suspect that I am in very bad condition, or even dead. Then more guys will pop up, especially those who are really a threat to us. Of course, in this way, we will face more enemies and more pressure, but once we defeat these opponents, we will be quite safe. Scrooge frowned and said, "But such a conflict may be very strict, and many big forces will be involved." At that time, I'm afraid it won't end well. ”

"That's it." Dorothea was also silent, it was not easy to make such a decision.

After a moment of silence, Dorothea said, "Why don't I go back and discuss with the people at home first?" ”

"If you want to discuss with them, you don't need to go back, just use a telegram." "What's more, you can't just go back." Your current whereabouts are in a sense a reflection of my situation. Do you think, if you just came and suddenly left and went back, what would people think? If it were me, I would reason like this: if there was nothing big about Scrooge, then his wife would definitely stay with him to take care of him. As for the family and business, Scrooge could control it by telephone and telegraph. Moreover, if Scrooge is okay, there will be no problem with the unity within the family, within the consortium. Therefore, his wife should not have anything to do with her husband's immediate return to deal with it. Conversely, if Scrooge is dying. Then not to mention that there may be fierce struggles within the consortium, even within the family. At this time, if you are still in the hospital, you will obviously suffer in such a struggle. Therefore, once you leave immediately, it is equivalent to sending the news to the outside world that Shi Gao's treatment is serious and difficult to treat. ”

"So, we have to decide right away whether we're playing big or small?" Dorothea asked.

"Yes. This decision must be made right away. Scrooge said.

"Or? Or ...... "Dorothea never imagined that she would need to be a counselor for such a heavy and decisive matter.

"Otherwise, let's do it." Dorothea concluded.

"Why do you think that?" Scrooge was a little surprised.

"Who is the most dangerous enemy for us right now? I don't think it's the Assassins anymore. Dorothea said, "From now on, in public, you should show as little as possible, and let me and Carol do the things that need to be seen." As long as you're alive in the Duck Castle, no one will dare to do anything to us. You can even find a stand-in that looks close to you and can replace you on some occasions. The chances of the Assassins threatening you again are much smaller. There are only two enemies that are really dangerous, and who can really pose a threat to us. One is Morgan and the other is Rockefeller. I'm not saying they had a part in this incident, but if you do die, they will definitely be the ones who profit the most. If you don't give someone like them a blow, you can't scare more guys. ”

"Morgan and Rockefeller? You think about it well. So which of them do you think should be our target? Scrooge continued.

"Then it depends on their appearance, to see who jumps out first." Dorothea said.

"You're wrong, Dorothea." "First of all, you missed Clark, and more importantly, it's not to see who of them jumps out first, but to see who we need to jump out first, and who jumps out is more beneficial to us." ”

……

"Big brother, do you know Scrooge's situation?" William Rockefeller, who had been assisting John Rockefeller as his deputy, asked anxiously. John D. Rockefeller could clearly see hesitation, longing, and fanaticism in his brother's face.

"Why do you ask this?" John asked.

"Big brother, don't you think this is an opportunity? I think you should visit him in the hospital, isn't it normal to do this as a friend? If Scrooge ......"

"Shut up! You idiot! "Rockefeller has always been very strict with his younger brother, sometimes not like a big brother, but like a strict father. It may have something to do with the fact that their father was not very reliable.

"Now go visit Scrooge, and a fool knows you're trying to test him. And at this time, any temptation is a sign of hostility. If Scrooge is fine, if I were Scrooge, at this time, whoever dares to test me, I will not hesitate to hit him. Do you understand? There are a lot of smart people in this world waiting for a stupid hat to be the first warrior! Don't be unwilling, you just need to understand that at this time, we won't suffer even if we don't do anything. If Scrooge is really dead, if the MacDonald family collapses, even if we wait until it collapses, we won't suffer a big loss, and we will make a little money at most, but in the oil industry, we will still be the boss. Most of the big users of oil fields and oil are now in the hands of MacDonald, so they can control us. Once they collapse, with the monopoly refineries alone, we will be able to turn around and control the wells and users that have been carved into pieces. Even if we make less money than others for the time being because of our sluggishness, we will soon be able to earn it back thanks to the monopoly of the refinery. On the contrary, if we do something wrong now, we may not be able to recover! So, don't try to go to the hospital to test Scrooge now, just give Carol a call to show concern. In this call, it is enough to wish Scrooge a recovery, and never ask about the condition, not even ...... Damn, forget it, I'd better make this call. ”