"Grandpa, I think the MacDonald consortium is very strong." "But they still have a weakness, and that's ......."

"Don't be so hasty just yet." The old man still said unhurriedly, "You go out first, go to the room outside and think about it carefully, I hope you will give me another answer after thinking seriously and calmly." Okay, now you can get out. ”

When Witt heard this, he seemed a little hesitant, but he got up anyway and walked out.

"Albert, your son is still not stable enough, and he is not very selfish." Seeing Werther walk out, the old man said to Werther's father slowly.

"Father, this is my poor discipline. I'm going to ......," the middle-aged man said as he stood up at once.

"Sit down, sit down." The old man stretched out his hand and stopped the middle-aged man from continuing, "Werther is not as bad as you say, in their generation, he is considered smart, but he still needs to be polished." I know that in their generation, the competition is already more fierce than your generation, competition is allowed, but competition that damages the whole family is absolutely eliminated. Okay, let's talk about how to deal with the current problem. ”

……

After spending more than an hour in the small room outside the conference room, Witt finally heard the sound of the door being opened. He looked up, and it was his grandfather's henchman Valentino who opened the door. Valentino turned to Witt and asked, "Master Witt, the gentleman asked if you had figured it out." If you think it through, please go in and talk to everyone about it. ”

"I've figured it out." Werther stood up and said.

"Alright, then come with me." Valentino said.

Werther picked up a piece of paper from the table in front of him, looked at it twice, folded it, put it in his jacket pocket, and followed Valentino out.

……

"What do you think?" The old man asked, "Well, let's first analyze the weaknesses of the MacDonalds." ”

"Grandpa, there are several weaknesses in the MacDonald family." "First of all, they're growing too fast and they're not on good ground. This is mainly manifested in several aspects like this. First of all, the McDonald's family was so small that they lacked enough reliable upper echelons to the point that they had to marry to get a more reliable upper manager. However, because they are afraid of being hollowed out, they dare not marry those families with very high status and strength, and only dare to marry those families who have only a little education, but do not have too strong strength, and of course, have no real business experience. Therefore, even the helper obtained by the marriage of Guò is not particularly good, and even the qualification can only be said to be reluctant. The MacDonalds were only involved in the arms industry in 1858, and then rapidly expanded into the pharmaceutical industry, followed by banking, metallurgy, minerals, railroads, newspapers, electrical, shipbuilding, ...... They have expanded so rapidly that the lack of manpower in the family has become more and more obvious. For this reason, the founder of the family even had to hand over some important departments to more reliable friends. And the direct family members are responsible for a lot of things in their hands, and their workload is so heavy that it is easy to have loopholes. I think that's their first weakness. ”

After saying this, Werther raised his head and observed his grandfather, wanting to see how the old man reacted, but there was no expression on the old man's face. Werther then continued:

It was also because of this weakness that they relied heavily on Scrooge MacDonald. The creation, development, and even survival of the MacDonald consortium almost depended on this man. However, Scrooge MacDonald himself is clearly aware of this weakness of his own, and it is not so easy to try to beat him. After all, when he started his family, he played such a trick on others.

In addition, another weakness of the MacDonald family is that they are too far from Europe. They don't have any large-scale industries in Europe, and the resources they can mobilize are relatively limited. However, they also have a huge advantage, which is that they have a very much, very scary technology in their hands. This makes them very competitive in these industries. If they are allowed to take root in Europe, they will definitely be able to develop greatly. And given the technology they have, I think that if Mr. Scrooge MacDonald really intends to develop in Europe, he will certainly be able to stand in Europe. Especially in France, who else can provide enough employment except his factories. The workers will definitely rebel if they have no work and no food to eat. Even the farmers, without the support of synthetic ammonia fertilizers, would definitely be completely defeated by German agricultural products. Under such circumstances, it would have been almost impossible to prevent him from taking root in France. ”

"In that case, then why are you provoking them?" Another middle-aged man asked.

"Uncle Carl, even if I only consider the resources in my hands and not the entire family, if I really want to fight against the McDonald consortium, is there only so little means at my disposal?" "I'm doing this just as a reminder to Mr. Scrooge MacDonald that there is still our existence in Europe." He is making money in Europe, we are not against it, but his actions should not interfere with ours. Preferably, some of their things can be coordinated with us. For example, when it comes to such things as providing loans to the French government, their hands are stretched too long. If I really want to fight him, I will not use such pediatric means at all, we can use financial means to break the balance of the three forces in France now, directly destabilize the French political situation, and then the Thiers government will collapse, and then although it is not enough to make all his investments go to waste, at least for a few years, he will not be able to play any big tricks in France.

Of course, if we do this, it will be very costly for us. It's not just about monetary losses. The British certainly don't want to see that, and if we do, the guy will advertise it according to what the letter says, and we'll really be hated by the French, and we'll henceforth be completely dependent on Germany in Europe. It's not going to work, it's going to shrink our business. Moreover, we are Jews, and we are so rich. How many people look at our wealth and blush? The reason why they don't do it to us. It is because our family is transnational, and any country that moves us, we can access the capital market and bring them a lot of losses. Once we lose this internationality, once we are all completely concentrated in one country, it will be very dangerous for our family. ”

"And what are you doing this for?" The old man asked.

"It's just to make them notice our power. Grandpa, the newspaper I chose had a very limited scope of influence, and the damage it could bring to them was not great. Unlike their article, which is mostly nonsense, the things we come up with are very reliable things. I'm actually showing them what we're capable of in terms of intelligence. I've seen some of Joshua's messages from North America that Mr. McDonnell Scrooge's growing business in North America is inseparable from his excellent intelligence system, which he doesn't have in Europe. So, while Mr. MacDonald himself was astonishingly sensitive to the big picture of politics and the economy—he hardly missed a judgment when it came to judging the big picture—in some of the details of his judgment because he did not have sufficient concrete intelligence to support it, and because of his first weakness, the ability of his clerks was mediocre, they did not do a particularly good job in some respects. For example, he used the Franco-Prussian War to carry out financial activities, and his general direction judgment was very good, but when it came to specific trading, the operations of his guys were either early or late. If we were to do these transactions, we would have made at least a third more money than them.

However, Mr. MacDonald himself did not know much about financial instruments. His bank, if it weren't for Mr. MacDonald's mastery of the scientific community, well, this is MacDonald's really good intelligence in Europe. There is nothing to see at this bank. Although some of its operating methods cannot be said to be unprofessional, they are only qualified at most. But Mr. MacDonald doesn't seem to realize this. So I reminded him and showed him our intelligence capabilities. Only in a hostile situation will it be easier for him to notice our superiority. As for what to do in the future? Simply, in the name of apologizing, offer them a little service cooperation, and then he will definitely find the benefits of working with us, and even in Europe, his very good business will want to use and even rely on our intelligence network. In return, in North America, we can make money with their power, and of course in Europe, they can make money with our power.

What's more, our family needs a point in North America, before the American Civil War, our business was originally very good, but unfortunately we withdrew, and now it is not easy to go back. If we can reach a strategic cooperation with the MacDonald consortium, we can hide in North America if one day Europe is wrong. As for Mr. MacDonald, why not Europe be an insurance policy? Grandpa, I asked Joshua to apologize to Mr. MacDonald and tell him, and in order to apologize, we are willing to provide information and services for some of their construction free of charge. I think Mr. MacDonald would have agreed. In this way, we have the opportunity to tie our interests to theirs. ”