"Well, okay, come on!" Dorothea, who had had the opportunity to leave behind the algebra books and math problems that gave her a headache, immediately responded happily, then put down the book and pen and walked over.

"Well, you take a look at this part first, just sit in my chair and watch, I'm just getting up and moving. After sitting for a long time, I was also tired. Scrooge stood up and said.

"People have been sitting for a long time, and they are tired." Dorothea muttered quietly.

"That's why you changed your mind." Scrooge, who had sharp ears, heard it at once, and as he spoke, he reached out and rubbed Dorothea's head.

"What for! You've messed up people's heads! Dorothea protested as she ducked.

"Okay, no more bullying you. Take your time and I'll go out for a walk. Scrooge walked out with a smile.

Without Scrooge's interference, Dorothea sat down behind Scrooge's large desk and looked through the plan carefully.

“…… To build a communications tower in New York City, the tower had to be both practical and aesthetically pleasing, and it had to be tall enough, preferably more than 300 meters, to ensure a stable signal. At the same time, it must be strong enough to last for many years and withstand possible storms and earthquakes. It also had to be beautiful, so that the tower would become a New York landmark, which would have a very positive effect on the influence of the consortium, and in terms of paying for it, such a tower would probably cost about $1.8 million, and it would cost about $1.8 million to build the same building on the other side of the Atlantic. This is indeed a large investment, but considering the volume and cost of communication, and with reference to the income of transoceanic cable communications in 1858, the transoceanic telegraph can recover its investment in three years, even if the price of the transoceanic telegraph is only 2o times higher than that of the ordinary cable telegraph, and the degree of reporting and the ability to send multiple messages at the same time is not comparable to that of the ordinary limited telegraph, and these two telegraph towers can dominate the industry for at least 16 years......

Considering the long-distance communication capability of the shortwave telegraph, I propose that we should not put it on the market until its patent expires, because this will affect our monopoly on transoceanic telegraphs, and it will also suppress the sales of telegraphs in the middle and first segments......"

Dorothea looked at the words carefully, thinking carefully. He stood up again, walked back to his original position, brought a pen and scratch paper, and continued to read carefully, and from time to time he put pen to paper and calculate.

"How's it going?" Bu Scrooge, who had just walked around outside, came back.

"Ah, I've only seen a little bit." Dorothea put down her pen and replied.

"Do you understand? Any ideas? Scrooge asked.

"I don't understand the cost and benefit accounting," Dorothea said, shaking her head, "and I don't understand it either." ”

"Show it to me." Scrooge said.

"Here you go, that's it." Dorothea stood up and pointed to one of the passages and said to Scrooge.

"Well, I'll see." Scrooge glanced at him twice, then said, "That's right here, but you haven't learned the algorithm involved here." Well, actually, Dorothea, you don't need to do the math yourself, you can just let the staff in charge of accounting do the math...... Of course, this is by no means a reason to reduce math learning. Don't look at me like that...... No is no good...... Okay, do you understand it elsewhere? ”

"Everywhere else." Dorothea said.

"Do you feel like there's anything you can add?" Scrooge asked.

"I didn't think of anything, I just felt that he had considered it comprehensively." Dorothea shook her head. "Oh, by the way, that tower, if people can climb up to it to see the view, there will be a lot of people willing to see it. So that we can collect tickets. This should also be more beneficial. ”

"Haha, Dorothea, I knew you could do it, and I knew it when I saw you tear down the manor's turn and sell it!" Scrooge laughed, hugged Dorothea, and kissed her the lips.

"What for! I'm going to die! Dorothea scolded.

"Huh." Scrooge let go of Dorothea and said, "Actually, you can think about it further, for example, we can make a restaurant more than three hundred meters high or something." Plus, there's a little more. Dorothea, what is our family's business now? ”

"Weapons, but I don't like this very much, medicine, steel, railways, mines, food. Well, that's all there is to it. Dorothea asked.

"Not bad." Scrooge replied, "Weapons can also be used to defend peace and democracy." But aside, there is a basic rule that Dorothea has to remember, and that is that when doing any business, always consider the impact of this business on the rest of the MacDonald's family. It is necessary to establish the concept of a game of chess for the whole family and grasp the situation from a macro perspective. For example, if it is mentioned here that the construction of a tall tower can help the rest of the family's business? ”

"There's no construction business in the family." Dorothea said.

"Girl, there is a steel company in the family, why don't we just build a huge iron tower? In this way, a considerable part of the cost of building the tower will become a part of the family's profits. Moreover, the tower, which was made of steel produced by the family's steel mill, became a landmark in the whole of New York, which was also very beneficial to the family's prestige. Figured it out? Scrooge asked seductively.

"Well," Dorothea nodded, "but can steel be used to build towers?" ”

"Of course you can, just as steel can build bridges." Scrooge replied, "I know there's a guy named Gustav?? The French in the Eiffel are very researched in this area. We might be able to bring him in and take care of the design and construction of the tower. Well, also, what do you think of his mention of shortwave radio? ”

"Oh, that's exactly where I want to talk." Dorothea said.

"Tell me what you think? Dorothea. Scrooge said.

"Why delay the commissioning of shortwave radios?" Dorothea said, "Since shortwave radios are significantly better than mediumwave in terms of performance, why don't we just produce shortwave radios?" ”

"Hehehehe," Scrooge laughed. Many immature people will have a hobby of climbing the technology tree, and even have a tendency to climb the technology tree for the sake of climbing the technology tree. Yes, science and technology are the primary productive forces, and climbing the science and technology tree is to develop productive forces. However, productivity is not the ultimate goal of the MacDonald family, the MacDonald family also needs to be productive, but what is the purpose of productivity? This is never about producing more products, but about making higher profits.

"Dorothea, what is the purpose of doing business?" Scrooge asked.

"Make money." Dorothea replied immediately.

"Thanks to the community!" "Fortunately, this society is not so hypocritical as to package the purpose of doing business as to promote understanding, increase progress, benefit mankind, and realize a better future for mankind." Otherwise, it would be very difficult to rescue a guy who had been brainwashed by these beautiful universal concepts. ”

"Very well," said Scrooge, "if there are two investments of equal amount, one can make five times the profit and the other ten times the profit in the same time." Which do you choose? ”

"Both, of course." Dorothea replied, "Five times the profit is also a rare good deal, how can you let it go?" Even if there is a funding gap, as you taught me yesterday, you should get this deal in hand through various financing means. Am I right? ”

"Ahh Dorothea's answer was contrary to Scrooge's expectations, "Very good! Scrooge complimented, "Then think about it, sell the medium wave first and then sell the short wave, which one will make more money than sell the short wave directly?" ”

"Of course it's for both, but Scrooge, we're already rich, so why ......," Dorothea asked.

"Did many people in the south think they were rich enough, so they didn't take the industrial road of the north?" Scrooge suddenly asked?

"What does that mean?" Scrooge almost never took the initiative to mention the issue of North and South, so he suddenly came up with this sentence, which surprised Dorothea.

"As with any company, there will be times when it will be difficult. At that point, how much savings he has will determine whether he can survive such a danger. Perhaps you didn't know that as long as the Southern Army could hold out for another year, Lincoln's government would surely collapse. But why didn't the South resist? You know, the South has been withstanding for several years. ”

Dorothea opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out.

"Because the money in the south is exhausted, the accumulation of materials is exhausted. Not to mention weapons and medicines, not even cotton clothes are enough. So when victory was in sight, it collapsed. The same is true of many large families, who have also been glorious in the past, but have been more ruined in the economic storm. Look at that building over there, it used to be the Wallace family's bank, and at that time, that bank was much more influential than Morgan, but in the '57 years, they went bankrupt. The MacDonald family is now like a ship that goes smoothly. But there will certainly be times when it will be difficult. At that time, perhaps, if we accumulate a little more, we can support the past a little less...... In order to ensure safety, the MacDonald family has a business in addition to the United States, but also in Europe, do you understand why? Scrooge asked.

"I see," replied Dorothea, "that's what you told me yesterday to always be aware of danger even when it's safe, and to have the sense of crisis that the Macdonalds are forever three months away from bankruptcy, right?" Well, we do need to have more money. ”

"Very well, if only you could understand that." Scrooge was overjoyed to see that he had successfully exploited Dorothea's insecurities and increased her possessiveness for money. "Now I come to tell you the merits and shortcomings of Mr. Field's proposal."