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Two days later, Scrooge and Rockefeller met the new investor at the company. This Mr. Gardner is a handsome man, a height of 1.8 to 1.9 meters, and a well-proportioned figure, which is simply a standard clothes rack. Coupled with a tall nose and a pair of deep eyes like blue water, Scrooge felt that if there was Hollywood at this time, then he would probably be seen by those scouts and poached to act in idol films.

"This is our new investor, Mr. Gardner." Clark introduced him to Scrooge and Rockefeller.

"Hello, I'm John? Rockefeller" Rockefeller extended his hand to the new partner, "This is our other partner, Scrooge? Mcdonald. ”

Gardner shook Rockefeller's hand, "I heard Mr. Clark mention you, and he said that you are a great businessman full of pioneering spirit. I hope to learn more from you in the future. ”

"Mr. Clark has won the prize, but I don't have much experience, and I often make mistakes." Rockefeller said with a sincere look. However, he also learned in his heart, and he thought, "Clark will say I'm full of pioneering spirit?" Probably because I like to be adventurous and foolish, right? ”

Gardner then turned to Scrooge. "I know Mr. Scrooge, because I am Mr. Scrooge's client. Well, I bought a MacDonald 1857 from Mr. Scrooge's company, and it's a really good gun! Well, recently yours is a better special edition with a scope, but it's a pity that it's too expensive, I gritted my teeth many times, rummaged through my wallet for a long time, and even postponed my plan to buy a small sailboat to buy such one. Still, I have to say, your gun is worth the price! ”

This guy actually bought a precision shooting version of the MacDonald 1857? Ordinary people, what do you buy this for? Scrooge was also interested, and asked, "For general use, the regular version of MacDonald 1857 is sufficient." May I venture to ask, what are you going to do with buying this precision shooting version? ”

"Ah, mostly hunting. You think, how interesting it would be to be able to take down a deer or even a brown bear with one shot from 6oo meters away. When you have time, you can go and see my collection, there are two brown bears, I hunted them with a precision shooting version of the MacDonald 1857 not long ago, I named them, the largest one, I call it Bear Big, the smaller one, I call it Bear Two, and I believe that soon there will be Bear Three and Bear Four. ”

"Just for hunting, he is willing to pay a lot of money like $15oo for a rifle? According to Clark's introduction to him yesterday, he doesn't have any big capital bei (river crab) scene, he used to be in the ore business and made some money, but recently the ore is no longer profitable, so he plans to change his career to the grain business. This guy shouldn't have a lot of money, but he spends it so lavishly, don't be a playboy, right? Scrooge couldn't help but think to himself.

Thinking of this, Scrooge raised his head and looked at Rockefeller.

"Mr. Gardner, what industry did you work in before?" Rockefeller asked Gardner as he sat him down.

"Ah, I used to be in the ore business. Two or three years ago, iron ore was doing well, and I made some money from it, but recently, the economy has gone awry, and the price of ore has plummeted. Fortunately, I was able to run fast, but I didn't lose much. But although the economy is not good, I can't stay at home and do nothing. I thought, what other business can make a little more or less money now? Later, I thought that there is one thing that people's demand for will not significantly decrease even if the economy is not good, and that is food. It's just that in any industry, when you first enter, there will always be some trouble. Clark and I are old friends, and I know that he is in the grain business now, and the business is not bad, so I proposed to him that I would like to join your company. Gardner replied.

This explanation made Scrooge's opinion of him change a little, and when the economy was unfavorable, he was able to get rid of illusions, immediately recognize the shape, and quickly withdraw, thus avoiding greater losses, and this kind of decisiveness is also a good kind of decision. Scrooge remembered that in his last life, in 2oo8, under the US subprime mortgage crisis, Chinese stocks also began to dive. However, there are still some people who are reluctant to cut the meat quickly, blindly fantasizing about the Olympics or something will bring a turnaround, and as a result, the stock market has fallen from more than 6,000 points to less than 2,000, leaving a large group of people who can't recognize the shape of shì without their money. Knowing when to back off, and being willing to step back, is very important in business.

What's more, after his temporary withdrawal, he was not intimidated by the harsh economic situation, and was still calmly analyzing the situation and looking for a new investment direction. Unlike some people, once they lose money in trading, they never have the courage to start over. So, in general, although this Mr. Gardner looks a bit of a dude, as a businessman, the basic plain zhì is still good. As for whether it's a playboy or not, well, as long as it doesn't affect making money, Scrooge doesn't care. JP Morgan is a well-known playboy who still started a dynasty.

"So how much are you going to invest?" Rockefeller continued.

"Ten thousand dollars." Gardner replied.

Since making a fortune by buying and selling short, in addition to Scrooge, two of the company's original three investors have made additional investments in the company. Now, in the company, Clark has the largest shares, Rockefeller has become the second largest shareholder, and Scrooge, who has not made additional investment, has become the third shareholder, but he and Rockefeller together still have more shares than Clark. Now, if Gardner were to invest $10,000, he would take Scrooge's place, and his and Clark's combined shares would be over Rockefeller and Scrooge.

"So do you have any ideas for the company's future exhibitions?" Rockefeller asked again.

On the one hand, Gardner emphasized that in the current situation when the economic situation is not good, it is a good choice to be correspondingly conservative, but the economic situation will not continue to be bad, so the company must be prepared for the situation after the economic situation improves, so it is also feasible and necessary to enter some markets that are relatively safe and the company may gain advantages.

Rockefeller was generally satisfied with this answer, and after this meeting, the company added another investor.

In the United States at that time, the way to choose a company's name was often to directly use the investor's surname, which also brought a problem: when the company had only one investor, it was easy to say; When the company has two investors, the length of the company name is acceptable; By the time the company had three major investors, the name of the company was a bit too long; And if there are four major investors, it is simply intolerable. So with Gardner on board, the company's name had to be changed.

"If the name of the company is too long, it will be difficult for others to remember." "It's a fool's idea to put all the investors' last names on them," Scrooge said. Seriously, our company's original name was a bit too long. Now is the time to change it. Well, my share of investment is the smallest, so let's get rid of my last name first. Then he raised his eyes to look at Gardner.

"I don't feel like my last name has to be in the name of the company, after all, I'm not the company's originator. As long as you remember me when you pay dividends, it's enough. Gardner doesn't seem to care much about the company's name.

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"Clark, do you see Mr. Gardner?" Rockefeller asked.

"Ah, I saw him this morning. But now...... Well, Bill, do you see Mr. Gardner? Clark asked a clerk.

"Mr. Gardner had just gone out, and he said that he had dealt with what needed to be dealt with today, and that he had other important matters to attend to. So, he's going to go out for a while, and if there's anything he needs to deal with, he can put it on his desk first, and he'll take care of it when he's back to-morrow, and if it's really urgent, give it to Mr. Clark......" replied the clerk named Bill.

"What? It was only two o'clock in the afternoon. Even if the business in the morning is done, there will still be new business in the afternoon, how can he ......" Rockefeller was obviously dissatisfied.

"Alas, John, don't worry, look, isn't Scrooge more powerful than him? I often don't see anyone for a few days. Clark shook his head disapprovingly. In his opinion, this is indeed not a big deal, in fact, it is nothing to help him do these transactional things, as long as he can support himself when the shareholder meeting is held.

"That's different, Scrooge only gets dividends, not salaries in the company. In addition to dividends, he also has a salary. This is the first time this has been done this week! "The always diligent Rockefeller was not a man of good words.

"Well, I'll talk to him. However, everyone's living habits are different, and you can't be too demanding. In addition, well, to say that Mr. Gardner's work efficiency is still very good, he handles affairs very quickly, so he works for half a day, in fact, it is not much less than a day for others. Clark went on to defend the new shareholder.

This was true, so Rockefeller didn't say anything more. In addition, because Rockefeller was often out on the outside, he did not have time to hear another comment about the new shareholder, that is, the new boss was a god. Every time I quickly finished the work at hand, I began to catch whoever I wanted. Everyone's efficiency can't compare to him, often she is fine, everyone is still busy with a lot of things, but he is the boss, and everyone can't help but listen to him. As a result, many people can only wait until they get off work and then work overtime. So, for the new boss who likes to leave early, most office employees think it's actually a good thing.

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"You mean the Republican Party that split in the Whigs?" Gardner sat in a rickety boat, fishing rod in one hand, and was talking to another man.

"yes, so it's wise that you didn't run for the Whig Party's city council candidate, and with the current chaos of the Whig Party, most of them can't elect the Democrats." The man said as he loaded his rod with bait and gently threw it out.

"The Democrats are even worse, and if the Whigs don't mess around on their own, they have almost no chance at all. Even if they save money this time, the basic situation of their unpopularity in the north cannot be changed. And now, the economy is so sluggish, and they are the ruling party, which is simply ...... Oops, due to the bait! Gardner raised his rod sharply, and the rod immediately bent into a bow, and it seemed that a big fish had really taken the bait.