Two days later, Morgan Jr. met Scrooge at Duck Castle. This wasn't the first time little Morgan had been to Duckburg, he had been there with his father several times before. However, as the plenipotentiary representative of the Morgan consortium, it was the first time that he came to discuss business with Scrooge alone.

"Ah, John, welcome. Is your father's health okay? Speaking of which, I haven't seen him in months. As soon as he saw Morgan Jr., Scrooge welcomed him with a smile on his face.

"Uncle MacDonald, my father is in good health, and he caught a two-hundred-and-forty-five-pound tuna at sea the other day. That's a full 20 pounds heavier than the one you caught the year before, Uncle MacDonald. Little Morgan replied affectionately.

However, to be honest, the elder Morgan is definitely not in as good physical condition as he said. In this era, some of the basic ideas about health were not quite the same as they were later. In other words, there are still many mistakes in people's understanding of health. For example, in this era, famine and so on are not completely far away, even in the industrial countries. People also habitually see obesity as a good thing. Therefore, most of the tycoons or other people with status in this era are fat, and obesity is also regarded as one of the signs of health. Moreover, according to the statistics of some medical institutions, at that time, the average life expectancy of fat people was also much higher than the social average. This is a strong case that obesity is healthy.

But the truth is that this number doesn't really tell the whole story. The reason why fat people in this era have a higher average life expectancy is entirely due to other factors. Because the fat people in that era were generally equal to the rich, and in an era when famine was still a common thing, and the poor could not even eat, let alone health care, it was very normal for the rich to live longer than the poor. This is like the fact that the average life expectancy of the imperial capital of Chitu is now very harsh, far more than the mountainous areas of Yunnan, which have the best air quality, but we cannot conclude that the smog is good for health. So, of course, numbers alone don't deceive, but with incorrect analysis, they can.

As a traverser, Scrooge certainly knows that obesity is not good for health. And he has always promoted such ideas in his own family. With his position in medicine, if he had seriously discussed this issue in society, perhaps he would have been able to change people's erroneous views in a certain way. However, Scrooge confirmed that now is not the time.

"Food and medicine occupy a very important place in the family's income, and encouraging people to eat fat is good for the food sector, and after eating fat, they have to treat diseases, which in turn is good for the medicine sector. Moreover, if one day, obesity really becomes a social health problem, weight loss services can also increase the family's income. This is what Scrooge said when he explained to the family members why on the one hand it was necessary to strictly control the children's diet, and on the other hand, he promoted in various advertisements that "good teeth, good appetite, more food, and better health".

"That's not easy, I'm not at your father's age, I'm afraid I don't have such skills." Scrooge smiled, "John, what are you doing this time?" ”

"Uncle MacDonald, that's what happened." Little Morgan remembered that his father had mentioned to him that it was better to be straightforward about business with someone like Scrooge, so he explained his intentions directly.

"It's a real problem." Scrooge also did not deny Morgan's suggestion that this trend would have an impact on the interests of the McDonald consortium, "We do have a certain need to cooperate. It's just a specific way to cooperate...... As you know, I've been in a semi-retired state for some time now. So these specific things, it's better for you young people to talk about them. Greystone happened to be at home, too. I think it's better for you to talk. ”

In this way, Morgan Jr. was sent to negotiate with Greystone.

Compared with Scrooge, Greystone's attitude is much more blunt. He even told Morgan Jr. directly: This matter is a matter of the Morgan consortium and has nothing to do with the MacDonald family.

"Of course we know that's the case, but I don't see a reason why we need to do something to stop them." Greystone looked unimpressed, "John, you know, we have a lot of business in the Midwest. Many of them do business with us. If we stand up and stop them, it will definitely have a bad impact on our business. Of course, John, we are old friends, strategic partners (the term is of course copied from Scrooge), and emotionally, of course, I would prefer to help you some, but business is business. There's no way we're going to let our business suffer for this. ”

Little Morgan had also been prepared for Greystone, or the MacDonald's family's attitude, so he was not impatient, but picked up the teacup from the table, took two sips, and then said slowly: "Greystone, I also know this, but if you don't stop them, your business will be affected, and in the long run, I am afraid that the impact will be greater." For example, Greystone, I know that in the Midwest, the banking system that you control has a lot of business every year. Once this alliance is formed, and it has a corresponding position in the Fed, you immediately have one more competitor. In addition, you can rely on capital control to influence a large number of local enterprises, but once this alliance emerges, you will have to achieve such an effect, and the cost will also rise. You say, don't you? ”

"You have a point." Glestone also replied slowly: "However, in addition to capital control, there are some other important means for us to control those enterprises, such as the control of upstream and downstream enterprises, and the control of technology. Especially technical control, this is our strength. And I don't think they're going to be able to shake our position technologically by forming that alliance. For us, money control is not the most important means, and this is one of the differences between us and you. And every penny of the family has a necessary use, and now we also have our own original plans, to stop them, may affect the implementation of some of our original plans. For us, it doesn't make sense to keep them at bay if we were to be the main force. John, you know what I mean. ”

Little Morgan certainly understood what Greystone meant. The so-called implementation of "important plans" that cannot be disrupted or anything is actually an excuse. What he really wants to say is that after the emergence of this alliance, the damage to MacDonald will be less than the damage to Morgan, so in this matter, the Morgan consortium should bear the main responsibility.

"I see what you mean." Morgan Jr. said, "Let me say it directly, I need your intelligence support, and of course we will provide you with relevant information." Some of our actions also require your cooperation, which does not require you to use much money, but you need to ensure that when their plight arises, you will not suddenly become a source of funds for them. We are a strategic partnership, and I thought, shouldn't we support each other in such a thing? ”

"It sounds reasonable." "But business is business, and we have to make money." Of course, in order to make money, we need to cooperate. I know that you just helped Argentina sell some bonds, and in a sense, you saved the Argentine government. Argentina's railways seem to have fallen into your grip. You know, Argentina is a good place, the quality of the beef is fantastic, and we are interested in building some food processing enterprises in Argentina, as well as some modern farming enterprises. Of course, if they are to be successful, they need support from transportation. So, we're also very interested in those railways in Argentina right now......"