As mentioned earlier, Scrooge's wedding is highly anticipated, even in the eyes of ordinary people, it is also a big and big thing. The United States is a country that emphasizes the so-called individual struggle, and it is always constantly propagating to the common people that as long as you are talented and willing to work hard, you will definitely have a bright future. Scrooge is one such example. It's like an editor always telling a writer, as long as you are talented and can change more than 10,000 a day, it is possible to become a great god like Tang San. In general, though, the editor has a better conscience than the United States, because what the editor says is "maybe," which is a contingency; But the American Dream is consciously or unconsciously making you think that this is a "certainty", an inevitability, but does not tell you that the total number of things society can give you to climb up is quite limited. Such propaganda is very beneficial. One of the biggest benefits is that once someone fails, his own reaction is that it's because I don't have the skills, I don't work hard, well, it's me who is wrong anyway, not society. Attributing all the mistakes to the society is, of course, the middle two; But in the same way, it is foolish to blame all the problems on oneself, to think that the Sahara has not yet become a forest, and that it is all because of one's own lack of hard work.

However, a lot of times, education, propaganda, etc., fundamentally speaking, are not really for people to understand, and sometimes even just to confuse people. It's just that there is a contradiction in this, that is, when we are working, we always hope that the people below are smart and capable enough, and when we divide the money, we hope that they are stupid and stupid enough. How can this be done? The way to do this is to make them smart and capable, to teach them the natural sciences, and to make them stupid, to let them learn some humanities.

In addition, Dorothea is a southerner, so her marriage to Scrooge has also been hyped as a symbol of reconciliation between the North and the South, so this wedding seems to have another layer of heavy meaning.

Since Scrooge's wedding was so important, it was naturally troublesome to prepare. That's not to say that the messy etiquette, Scrooge and Dorothea were authentic Americans. At that time, in the eyes of Europeans, Americans were barbarians who did not understand etiquette, but on the other hand, in the eyes of Americans, the set of bullshit etiquette of Europeans was purely pretending. Plus Scrooge's Protestant beliefs (if any) were also opposed to those red tape rituals. Therefore, the bride and groom do not have to undergo professional etiquette training.

But this does not mean that there will be few troubles, determining the list of wedding attendees, reviewing the design of the wedding, are all troublesome things. The American people do not agree with excessive luxury, so they must be very simple; But simplicity is simplicity, but it must not be simple to unearth the taste of steamed buns, it must be simple to be high-end and high-grade. It can neither be lost in luxury nor shabby. This balance is not easy to grasp.

However, there are many scholars at Cleveland University's Rockefeller School who have studied this aspect. In the think tank they formed came up with several detailed proposals for choice. In the end, Scrooge and Dorothea picked and chose to finally pick out a plan.

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"Clark, can you still get an invitation?"

Clarke, who was about to leave the house, turned his head and saw that it was his wife, Mary.

"Who asked you to get the invitation?" Clark laughed, as the manager of MacDonald Foods, the joint venturer, it was not a problem to get an invitation to Scrooge's wedding.

"Steve, their daughter is fifteen years old this year, it's time to go out and see the world, isn't it?" Mary said.

Steve is Mary's cousin, originally a petty trader, and then Clark followed Scrooch, and they followed Clark to get a little light.

"There's something good about this. Their business was too small, and Mr. MacDonald was very busy at that time, and there would certainly be a whole bunch of important people to congratulate them, and when they went, they would only glance at Mr. MacDonald, and there was no hope of talking to him. What's the use of going? Clark said.

"You old fool!" Mary smiled and replied, "Steve, they didn't go there to get in touch with the Macdonald's house, but to get in touch with the other guests who came to the Macdonald's house." Mina is fifteen years old this year, and she is already a big girl, so I think there must be a lot of boys his age among the guests......"

"It turned out to be this, well, it's easy. It's wrapped around me. Clark said as he put on his coat, and a carriage was waiting outside to pick him up for work.

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Macdonald's food business has always been good, and even the economic downturn during this period has not had much impact on them. Although many people who originally ate spam can no longer afford to eat spam, there are also many more who originally ate small fresh meat and now change to eat spam. Today's MacDonald food includes not only general food products, animal feed, pig breeding, chicken breeding, and duck breeding. It even has its own fleet of fishing vessels at sea.

Mr. MacDonald is going to get married soon, and the food for the wedding is of course provided by MacDonald Foods. For example, the pigs raised in the 163 pig farm, of course, are by no means the kind that were slaughtered in only one hundred and sixty-three days, but the special pigs raised in the most traditional and green way.

In fact, since the establishment of MacDonald Foods, in addition to making money, they have also taken on the task of providing the safest food to the company's top management, not only for pigs, but also for chickens, milk, and cheese (this is very necessary, in those days, in order to keep it fresh, those black-hearted businessmen put mercury-containing compounds into it). The amount is limited to eating people who can't die on the spot), special tea (in order to make the tea look good, the British add patina to the tea), anyway, since this company, Scrooge has eaten assured food for the first time in his two lifetimes.

"Fresh bluefin tuna?" Clark asked.

"Last night, the 'Candid Man', back in port, brought back one, weighing 38o pounds, which should be enough." The secretary replied.

"How's it being preserved?" Clark asked.

"Quite well preserved. Very fresh. The assistant replied.

"Ah, so we've got everything ready here." Clark said.

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"Andrew, are you really going to go to Scrooge in person?? McDonald wedding? "First Lady Eliza?? McArdle asked.

"Yes." Andrew?? President Johnson replied.

"But there has never been a precedent for a president to attend the wedding of a rich man in person. Maybe others will say that you are too much to please those big capitals. They will say a lot of bad things. The wife said worriedly.

"Isn't that just the right thing?" President Andrew replied, "First of all, Scrooge's reputation has always been very good, she is not only a big capital, he is also a big scientist, a big philanthropist. Considering the latter two statuses, there is nothing wrong with me attending his wedding. And if someone is willing to attack me for it, that's great. First of all, what would be the effect of such an attack on me? If it weren't for Lincoln's assassination, I wouldn't have been president anyway. And when it comes time for the next presidential election, do you think I have any chance of winning over the Republicans who just won the Civil War? So, any attack on me doesn't really mean anything, and most of the time it can be ignored.

Secondly, if they are willing to accuse me about this matter, it will be difficult not to implicate Scrooge when they accuse me. MacDonald. It is easy to create contradictions between the MacDonald family and the Republican Party, and in this way, isn't it a very beneficial thing for the Democratic Party? So, go to Scrooge?? McDonald's wedding is a good deal. ”

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"Scrooge invited a lot of Democrats to his wedding. What do you guys think? After a crazy night on the yacht with his club members, the next morning they talked about Scrooge's wedding.

"Mr. MacDonald never does something meaningless. Although the Democrats are unlikely to come to power again in the short term, they are still very influential in the South. Yes, the Republicans won the recent elections in the South. But everyone knows how this victory came about. Such a victory cannot be sustained for long. Sooner or later, the South will still be dominated by the Democratic Party. And the destruction of the south is so strict, its reconstruction will have a lot of business. Especially in the steel business. Therefore, at this time, Scrooge wanted to pull the Democratic Party along. A banker said.

"I think that's the case, too." Another banker said, "But in doing so, there will certainly be resentment among Republicans, and we may be able to use that discontent to strengthen our influence on the Republican Party." However, we can't expect the Republican Party to fall out directly with Scrooge, after all, he is also a big patron of the Republican Party. ”

"You're right." Morgan said, "But one more thing, you have to be clear, what is the biggest difference between Republicans and Democrats in terms of political views? Morgan looked around, but no one was gnawing, apparently everyone was waiting for him to give an answer.

"Tariffs, still tariffs. In the past, Scrooge supported the Republican Party because he still needed the protection of high tariffs, but now, thanks to his technological superiority, his products are more competitive than those European products, so he no longer needs the protection of high tariffs. At this time, low tariffs were more conducive to him sweeping away domestic competitors and opening up the European market. Unless Republicans abandon this policy, the contradictions between Scrooge and them will only grow. But can the Republicans abandon their high tariff policies? This is obviously impossible, because it would mean betraying their base. So the contradictions between them will only get bigger and bigger, and the stronger Scrooge, the greater the contradictions between them. This is something that no one can change, not even Scrooge. ”

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