Seeing Dorothea say very seriously that out of interest considerations, she would also crush Edison's gang of two or five boys, Scrooge laughed again.

"What are you laughing at? What's so funny? Dorothea glared at Scrooge, very unhappy, and very weakly asked. Seeing Scrooge's smile, she wondered if she had come up with a stupid pig idea again.

"Dorothea, sit down. Let's take our time. Scrooge said.

Hearing this, Dorothea was almost certain that her thoughts were wrong again. She sat down on the couch with Scrooge, rested her head comfortably on Scrooge's shoulder, and said, "Okay, let's talk about it quickly." ”

"Remember what the first principle of business warfare is?" Scrooge asked with his hand gently running through Dorothea's long hair.

"Who is our friend and who is our enemy!" Dorothea replied without hesitation.

Dorothea's answer, of course, came from Scrooge's previous teachings to her, and Scrooge's teaching to her was naturally copied from a famous quote about revolution by a later revolutionary teacher. Scrooge has always felt that this sentence can guide not only the complex class revolution, but also the equally complex bourgeois infighting.

"Ah, I see, you're saying that our enemy is not Edison, but Morgan?" Dorothea reacted immediately.

"That's right." Scrooge said approvingly, "Think about it, if we deal with Edison and them harshly, for example, if we cause a real accident and let Edison go to God or something, and by the way, leave his name on the list of the stupidest ways to die in the history of scientific research, what kind of blow will this have to our enemies?" If you were Morgan, would you feel like it was a setback? ”

After a moment of silence, Dorothea replied, "If I were Morgan, I would be very happy to see such a result." Because I just made a verbal promise, the core department of the MacDonald family lost the best project director. Moreover, Edison had just made a series of requests to us, and then in the blink of an eye, he died due to an 'accident'. The other people in the big real yàn room may also have a lot of bad thoughts. This will obviously dampen the morale of our research team. No matter how you look at it, Morgan has hit us severely in this round of competition, almost at zero cost. And if we agree to Edison's blackmail, on the one hand, our economic interests will be damaged, and on the other hand, we must also worry that others will follow suit, so that a union that is not under our control and whose interests are contrary to ours will appear in our core part. Morgan is really ...... That's amazing. How do we deal with this trick of his? ”

"Let's let Edison jump ship to Morgan." Scrooge let go of the hand holding Dorothea, stretched, then leaned back into the back of the thick sofa, and said irresponsibly, "It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, let him go!" ”

"How's that going to work? Are you dizzy? Dorothea was not satisfied again.

"Don't jump to conclusions. Think about it. "Let me remind you, if Morgan knew I had nothing, would he have done it?" Why? ”

The question wasn't particularly difficult, so Dorothea thought for a moment before answering, "If I were Morgan, if I knew you were still alive, I wouldn't do it, because even if I took Edison and the others, what would be the use?" The development of today's technology has gradually gone beyond the stage where a genius can immediately make a lot of money by patting an idea on the head. It's more about relying on a lot of investment to advance. If Edison is dug up, but he can't be provided with a research environment comparable to that of the Great Solid Yàn Room, then what is the use of asking Edison to come over? Are they being raised for nothing? Besides, even if they are raised for nothing, will they be willing? Those scientists, those engineers are not necessarily willing to be a big fat pig waiting to die. ”

This statement must be true, and Scrooge knew that in another time and space, when a powerful, supposedly unbreakable alliance collapsed, the world's top scientists and engineers under its banner became the frenzied bait of the world's countries. Whether it's the helpful bald eagle, or the harmless little white rabbit, or the big hooligan who never disturbs John Bull and the low-key perfume chicken, or Hans Meow, or the white elephant, or even the Persian camel, they all join in this gluttonous feast. Those who are responsible for researching mushroom cultivation techniques, and the technical bears are sought after by all parties. Among them, the Persian camel offered the highest annual salary, which is said to be as high as more than 400,000 pounds per year, which is even several times the annual salary given by the bald eagle, who is famous for his wealth. However, in the end, most of these mushroom cultivation experts were divided among the big hooligans, and the Persian camels grabbed very little. Why is this so? Because the Persian camel does not even have the most basic conditions for the real yàn chamber. Anyone with the slightest ambition in scientific research will not tolerate such conditions.

Seeing Scrooge's slight nod, Dorothea knew that she was right this time. She adds: "What's more, research is now quite a risky investment. Huge sums of money on scientific research may be a testament to one point: this is not the case. In your words, it's the wrong tech tree, and a lot of money goes down the drain.

Oh, and it's not even the scariest. The most terrifying thing is that after endless failures and countless sums of money, he finally went the right way, and then just when he was about to succeed, there was news that his opponent had preemptively succeeded and successfully registered a patent. That's simply ...... I can't even imagine any words to use to describe this kind of situation. As long as there are one or two such failures, the entire team, from investors to researchers, should start to doubt life.

And this terrible scenario is not impossible, as long as you are okay, such a situation can almost easily arise. Because in this world, there is no better person than you when it comes to the development of new technologies. You come out with the proposed project, point out the direction, and never miss it! This is true even for possible difficulties and basic solutions in the development process. This makes it impossible for anyone to compete with you in the field of technical research. Scrooge, you're so bad! You want Morgan and them to spend a lot of money to build a real yàn room, then invest a lot of money in related research, and then give them a dick when they are close to success? But then you'll have to pretend to be in a deep coma for a while longer. However, we are going to lose a useful researcher like Edison forever. His departure won't bring us too much loss, right? ”

"Of course there are losses. But not intolerable. "After all, in the coming period, we need to consolidate our achievements while waiting for the growth of our children." There's no need to scale quickly. And with me here, what are you afraid of? ”

When saying this, Scrooge thought: "Edison's biggest strength, the strongest point is actually in the electrical aspect, but in the electrical aspect, which technologies are promising, which technologies are not promising, which electrical appliances have a market, which ones are not, and who knows better than me, a traverser?" The simplest point is that the technology and electrical products that have not been popular in later generations are wrong and have no future. So in this respect, I don't really need an Edison who can come up with some new appliances in a big way – I'm enough for the job – I just need a bunch of good engineers. ”

……

As Edison had predicted, the McDonald consortium did not approve his request. This is normal, because everyone knows that the MacDonald consortium is in a difficult situation, and after the loss of Scrooge, there are too many problems with their future development, how can they agree to such a request at this time? In fact, many of the projects in the Dashi yàn room are not to mention receiving more funding, and even the existing funds are facing cuts, and those researchers, at the bottom, are in danger of losing their jobs. At this time, how could Edison's plan be realized?

Edison also knew that the consortium would not be able to fully accept his demands, but he originally thought that the consortium would negotiate with him, and then, everyone would take a step back, and maybe they would be able to get a new agreement. After all, Scrooge is gone, and when it comes to electrical engineering, there is no one better and more valuable than himself. He's already the boss in this area, and that's not just in the U.S., but even around the world. And old nature should have the value of the boss. Obviously, the previous remuneration was no longer suitable for him. The MacDonald consortium should also understand this and negotiate with him for a new price.

The MacDonald consortium did say that they were willing to negotiate further with Edison, but they were extremely resolute, they were only willing to raise Edison's salary slightly, but they were resolutely unwilling to give Edison any "technology shares".

"Mr. Edison, you should understand that if we agree to give you a 'stake in technology' today, tomorrow other experts will make similar demands. This is intolerable for the consortium. As for the alternative you proposed, which is to significantly increase your and your team's salaries, this is also unachievable, because it will seriously undermine our salary structure...... "In a word, do you want money, do you want to die?" Nor can it be given to you.

Such an attitude naturally made Edison particularly angry. He even felt that he was being despised and insulted. So he started to contact Morgan.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, I have good news for you. Thomas 61 Edison, the most famous and important researcher in the MacDonald consortium, has already told me that he is willing to take his team and go to our side. Morgan told his allies at a meeting of the Alliance.