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In the blink of an eye, Rockefeller had been working for Hewitt-Tuttle for more than a year, and with a salary of five dollars a week, Rockefeller had saved more than $300, which was not easy, because it meant that Rockefeller's weekly expenses were only about one dollar. This is not just Rockefeller's expense, but Rockefeller's expenses at least one more brother - Bill's money is always in and out of place, and it is very unreliable.

This money is enough for life, but it is still far from enough for investment and entrepreneurship. At this time, the money needed to create a company is not much, but three or four thousand dollars are still needed. Rockefeller felt that he needed to work honestly for a few more years before he could start chasing his dreams. However, it was at this point that an encounter changed this qiē.

It was Sunday, and Rockefeller and Scrooge continued to volunteer in the church as before. When the service began, they sat down on a bench in the far corner of the auditorium as usual to listen to Pastor Thompson's sermon. At this time, a man walked up to Rockefeller, took off his hat on his head, nodded at him, and then sat down on a bench.

Scrooge saw that Rockefeller nodded to the man—apparently they knew each other, but the two did not speak because the pastor was preaching.

The pastor's sermon was extraordinarily long, irreligious, but pretending to be pious, and he sat there bored, listening to the pastor tell those old Bible stories, well, today is the wedding feast in Cana of Galilee, well, this is the first miracle that Jesus Christ performed, and in the wedding feast, the host's house was out of wine, and Jesus had water poured into the vat, and the water became wine.

"This story is so unscientific," Scrooge thought boredly, "Father Thompson's sermon is also very poor, well, Elder Zosima in "The Brothers Karamazov" seems to have preached on this chapter, much better than Father Thompson's, well, in the wedding feast of Cana in Galilee, the host did not even have enough wine, this must be a very poor poor man, most of the Baptists are also poor, and the first miracle of Jesus was given to the poor, and he can't even grasp this ......"

However, although he was unimpressed by the pastor's sermon, and even thought that he might be stronger if he went up, in order to maintain his appearance as a devout believer, Scrooge still had to sit honestly, bored and watch the dappled light and shadow cast by the sun through the stained glass of the church slowly move with the passage of time, and I don't know how long it was, and finally at noon, Father Thomp also ended his lengthy sermon.

"Amen!" Rockefeller followed the priest to finish the last word, then turned to the man who had just come over and sat beside her, and said:

"Clarke, why are you here, aren't you going back to England?"

"John, I think what you said before makes more sense, the United States does have more opportunities than the United Kingdom." The man replied with a smile.

This man's name is Morris? Clark, an Englishman born in the United States, was a classmate of Rockefeller's business school classmates, but he was a full ten years older than Rockefeller - unlike Rockefeller, he went to business school after working for several years. After graduating, Clark returned to England, and Rockefeller lost contact with him.

"What, what are your plans to come back?" Rockefeller continued.

"Yes, there are some plans, but let's talk about these things outside the church, or maybe Christ will angrily kick us out of the temple." Morris? Clark said.

The first thing Jesus did when he entered the temple in Jerusalem was to drive out those who were buying and selling in the temple. Now, as a "devout believer", it is indeed not appropriate to talk about business in the church. So all three got up and left the church.

Chinese have a habit of meeting business at the wine table, and in fact, many foreigners are the same. But now these three guys are a bit miserly, so although it was time for lunch, they didn't find a hotel to eat and talk, but just talked on the street outside the church.

"Alright, Clark, tell me what you're going to do." Rockefeller said.

"I want to start a company that specializes in buying and selling grain. You know, most of the land in England is used for pasture, and the area used to grow wheat is very small, so the supply of wheat in England is very dependent on imports. Unlike Europe, where land is expensive, the United States has land to be cultivated, so the price of wheat from the United States is always lower than that of Europe, even if the cost of transportation is included, the price will still be lower than that of Europe. So I think it's a lucrative business to resell wheat and stuff from the United States and stuff it to Europe. It's just that I don't have enough principal right now, so I'm looking for a partner. John, I noticed you when I was studying in business school, you are the most serious of all your classmates and have the most questions. I also asked about you lately, and many people in this business have praised you for your ability. That's why I found you. I don't think you're really going to be a hired hand forever, are you? I have two thousand dollars on hand, and as long as you can raise the same number, we can set up the company and be our own boss! The current economic shape is so good, you can make money in almost any business, we must seize such an opportunity and not live up to this era! How's that, John? Clark said very urgently, staring into Rockefeller's eyes.

"But," Rockefeller said, shaking his head and thinking for a moment, "Clark, I don't have that much money right now. ”

"John, how much money do you have now?" Clark didn't give up.

"I only have three hundred dollars." Rockefeller shook his head helplessly, "It's too bad." ”

"That's a lot...... Clarke's tone was full of regret.

"John, I remember Uncle Bill saying that when you turn twenty-one, he'll give you a thousand dollars." Scrooge suddenly interjected, "You can try to pre-fabricate this money from him, and if you are willing to pay interest, and Uncle Bill does have it, he will be willing to lend it to you." Also, Mr. Clark, if you can wait, in two months' time, I'll be able to come up with two thousand dollars. ”

"This ...... Sir is? Now Scrooge is still a 12-year-old child, and Clark once thought of him as Rockefeller's younger brother, and he knew that Rockefeller had two younger brothers, but he had never met them. Now the child suddenly opened his mouth, declaring that he could come up with two thousand dollars at once, and in a state of great astonishment, Clark used the title "sir" for such a child.

"This is my neighbor, Scrooge? Mcdonald. Well, you don't think of him as a child, he's a genius, a real genius. Rockefeller said.

"Can you really come up with two thousand dollars?" Clark stared at Scrooge with scrutinizing eyes, looking up and down Scrooge's clothes, as if he was still a little unconvinced. Indeed, $2,000 was not a small amount at that time, you know, at that time, the average worker's income was only about two dollars a week. It would have been fine if Scrooge had been dressed in a high-end outfit, but Scrooge's outfit, well, had been cleanly washed, but it was made of coarse and wearable fabric—a child from a rich family would not wear such a thing.

"Scrooge's father is the best shoemaker we have here, and he is in a much better family than I am." Rockefeller saw Clark's confusion and explained, half-jokingly, "And Scrooge is very capable, and now he has finished high school and is helping Uncle Joseph manage the business." ”

Shoemakers often have to deal with things like leather potions, so it's only natural to wear such coarse cloth clothes. And Joseph Sr. was also a little famous as a shoemaker, and Clark had a pair of leather shoes that were made to order in Joseph Sr.'s shop. If it was Joseph Sr.'s son, if he was really as capable as Rockefeller said, then he might have been able to come up with two thousand dollars.

"Two months? This shouldn't be a problem. "John, if you can get that thirteen hundred dollars, plus Scrooge's two thousand, we'll have five thousand three hundred dollars, and that's enough for us to build a small company." And in these two months, maybe I'll be able to get some more money out. ”

"Well, I'll go back and talk to my father to see if I can advance the money, and I'll give you an answer in a week anyway." Rockefeller finally said.

……

After saying goodbye to Clark, Rockefeller returned home and immediately wrote a letter to his father, asking him for the $1ooo and promising him that he would pay him twice as much interest as the bank. Rockefeller believed that such conditions should impress Bill.

Three days later, Bill wrote back to Rockefeller, telling Rockefeller that if he could give him a month, he could help Rockefeller raise $1ooo, but he couldn't lend him the money for a long time, and after a year at most, Rockefeller would have to return the money to him, and of course, interest was essential.

A few days later, Rockefeller, Scrooge, and Clark got together again and officially signed a letter of intent to cooperate.

Two months later, a new enterprise engaged in grain distribution was officially established. Later generations of American history have made such a record of the founding of this enterprise

"The Clark MacDonald-Rockefeller Company, which was founded on this day, was not a stable and long-lived business. In fact, less than a year after its founding, one of the company's three major investors focused on other ventures and withdrew most of its assets from the company, and a few years later, Clark, one of the company's founders, was also pushed out of the company, and the company's name and direction changed dramatically...... But this company, called Clark MacDonald-Rockefeller & Co., is absolutely a legend in American history, because two of the richest and most influential billionaires in American history started from this company. ”