"Jericho, I am grateful for Mr. Morgan's kindness. But you know, it was Mr. MacDonald who spotted me in my most difficult time, lifted me up, gave me a stage to perform, and gave me a chance to succeed. Now, Mr. MacDonald is in trouble, and it doesn't seem fitting for me to leave Macdonald at this time. Edison said to Jericho.

"Ah, Thomas, you're not right to say that. As the proverb goes, 'If it's gold, it will shine', and if you have such talent, you will make a difference wherever you go." Besides, Mr. MacDonald has given you a stage to display your talents, but you have also repaid him. Isn't it? Could you have contributed less to McDonald than Martin? But you don't get any Martin for the money! Jericho stared into Edison's eyes and said, "Don't you think it's unfair?" Mr. Thomas, Mr. MacDonald has helped you, but you have rewarded him with a lot more than he has ever given you. So, Thomas, there's nothing to be sorry for Macdonald in this matter. You don't have to worry about that. ”

In fact, Edison said "not quite right", not "shouldn't", which already showed his attitude, and all he needed was a reason. So Jericho even pushed the boat along the river and gave Edison a reason. As for whether this reason is tenable, in fact, everyone doesn't particularly care.

Sure enough, Edison immediately changed his tone:

"Ah, Jericho, your words have made my mind muddy, and I think I might need to think about it rather than make a hasty response to your invitation. Please give me some time to think about it, and when I think about it, I'll give you an answer. ”

"Okay, I'm looking forward to your reply." Jericho said with a smile as well. He knew that Edison would not make any decisions lightly in this matter, and for Edison, if he could get the corresponding conditions from MacDonald, even if it was a little lower than the conditions offered by Morgan, Edison would definitely be willing to stay on MacDonald's side. It's not about morality, it's about risk. Anyway, there are risks associated with changing jobs.

"Oh, Thomas, may I remind you. You'd better be able to reach out to more people first. As a team, it's easier to get better terms, whether it's negotiating new terms with McDonald or moving to Mr. Morgan's side. Jericho seemed to have thought of such a point on the spot, and said to Edison like this.

Indeed, as Jericho said, if you can pull a team and bargain with the top, it will naturally improve your position in the negotiation, but Jericho proposed this to Edison, but it was not all about planning for his friends. Generally speaking, it is because it is very effective to bring the whole team to negotiate on your side. Therefore, this practice naturally makes the capital side feel hated. If Edison had done so, even if he had succeeded, the MacDonald consortium would have held a grudge against him. Because in the process, he not only took away more benefits, but also created an organization that could bargain with the consortium. With their example, others will naturally follow suit, and in this way, won't a scientific research workers' union that is not controlled by the consortium emerge? And everyone knows what kind of attitude capital has towards this kind of union. Even Scrooge, who seems to be relatively open-minded about trade union activities, his so-called enlightenment is only above the yellow unions that control themselves, and the MacDonalds' methods have never been gentle on those unions that are not controlled by themselves and really want to work for the interests of the workers.

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Dorothea angrily walked up to Scrooge and slammed a piece of information on Scrooge's desk.

"This is the guy you've always looked up to? Look at what he's doing! ”

"What's wrong? What's going on? Scrooge asked?

"See for yourself!" Dorothea replied angrily.

Scrooge picked up the copy and looked at it.

"This Morgan, when he dug into our corner, he really caught the target. One guy took aim at Edison. Scrooge laughed.

In a sense, the Great Reality Room is the foundation of the MacDonald family. How could the MacDonald family not pay close attention to such an important place? So those important people in the big real room, especially people like project leaders like Edison, are of course also under surveillance. Although this kind of monitoring is not so tight that every action must be recorded in the so-called 24 hours, it is not difficult to notice that Morgan's assistant went to visit Edison. What's more, when Jericho came to visit Edison, he never thought about keeping it a secret or anything. Now the Morgan consortium is playing against the idea of the MacDonald consortium, which is already a secret known to the whole American people. And for Morgan's sake, it's not a bad thing to let the MacDonald family know that they're in contact with Edison. In this case, such a move would arouse the MacDonald's suspicion of people like Edison. This will undoubtedly increase the divisions within the MacDonald consortium, and there is a good chance that their internal friction will increase and their efficiency will decrease.

However, Morgan's contact with Edison was not the reason for Dorothea's anger. What really made her angry was that Edison actually brought his entire R&D team to put forward new requirements to her, including increasing the income of scientific researchers, increasing investment in scientific research, and giving meritorious scientific researchers a series of requirements such as technology shares.

"This ungrateful guy, if you hadn't promoted him, if you hadn't always valued him and provided him with opportunities, how could he be such an illiterate person who didn't even finish the most basic education, phew, elementary school? But now he dares to betray us, and even pull so many people! We must hit him hard to give everyone else a warning! Dorothea said a little viciously.

"Dorothea, it's not fair for you to say that about Edison." Scrooge didn't seem too angry, "He didn't have much formal education, but he had already learned a lot on his own before I met him. It would be unfair to call him illiterate. To be honest, at that time, his academic foundation was no worse than that of ordinary college students. And he is very good in terms of creation, intuition, and volitional qualities. It's not that I'm complimenting him, his worksheets in the big yàn room over the years have also verified my claim. To be honest, I don't show as much affection to him as you say. With his plain zhì, even without me, he would definitely succeed. ”

"Honestly, if there was no me in this world, Edison would have gotten much more in the future." Scrooge even added this sentence in his heart.

"What do you mean?" Dorothea became more and more upset, "You actually stood on their side and talked!" ”

Scrooge smiled and stood up, walked up to Dorothea, put his arm around her waist, and said to her, "Dorothea, or I'll tell you a story."

In ancient China, there was a prince who, at great risk, helped his neighbors repel the invasion of a powerful enemy. The king of the neighboring country was very grateful to him, and when the prince was forced to flee his country and take refuge in the neighboring country, the king of the neighboring country himself dressed as a guide and went to the border to meet him, and praised him for his merits and virtues in the presence of the people. The prince was also a little proud of it.

At this time, one of the Prince's aides told the Prince, 'Your Highness, I have heard someone say such a sentence, and I think it makes perfect sense, so I would like to paraphrase this sentence and share it with His Highness. ’

'Very good, my friend. The prince said, 'To be enlightened by the wisdom of others is to be more rewarding than to receive gold.' Tell me this story, and I will wash my ears to listen to him. ’

That friend of mine told me that in this world there are things that must be remembered and things that must be forgotten. That is, if others are kind to you, remember it; If you are kind to others, you must forget it. Now, Your Royal Highness, you have been gracious to the king of your neighboring country, and the king of your neighboring country has not dared to forget this, and this is his duty. But you should forget about it. ’

When the prince heard this, he was very appreciative of this, and said to the staff: 'I am willing to do as you have been told. 'Dorothea, do you know why this makes sense? ”

"What makes sense? It's just moral preaching. We don't need this kind of slave or even ape morality! Apparently Dorothea was unimpressed by this, and even countered Scrooge with the idea of "superman" that Scrooge had taught her before.

Yes, the philosophy of "superman", although the famous mad philosopher of later generations, Nietzsche, who called himself the sun, had not yet had time to write "Thus Said Zalastura", a philosophical work as beautiful as poetry, of course, the evil "superman" philosophy that was really formed in this immortal work was naturally not born. But this did not prevent Scrooge from educating Dorothea with such ideas, after all, there is no better way to teach a person to do bad things soberly and without psychological obstacles than the "superman" philosophy. (Of course, this is not necessarily what Nietzsche intended, nor is it necessarily otherwise.) ）

"Dorothea, you didn't understand." Scrooge was not angry, in a sense, he did have a little bit of "tireless teaching" or "tireless" character, "the so-called 'others are kind to us and must not be forgotten' means that if there is this, there will be people willing to help us, and the so-called 'kindness to others must be forgotten' is to say that such a 'superman' like us cannot hope to be pinned on the gratitude of others." We must not allow our emotions to dictate our judgment of the facts and our final decision. Judging by your anger just now, I think you are even inferior to Edison in some aspects of the world. ”

It was harsh, but Dorothea was surprisingly listening, and she was silent for a moment, and then said; "I'm calm now, and I can even understand that Edison. But I still think we should crush him like a bug. ”