"Mr. MacDonald wants to see me? Which Mr. MacDonald are you talking about? Field asked, confused.

"Scrooge, of course?? Mr. Mike. If you have time, Mr. MacDonald will be waiting for you tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Mayflower Hotel. The man said to Field.

Field, if it was before this time, Scrooge?? MacDonald's people approached him, and there was no doubt that Mr. MacDonald was interested in his transoceanic cable project and intended to invest in him and join in the project to make money together. But now that Scrooge's transatlantic communication has been successful, he doesn't need to come back to him at all. So although it is estimated that there will be no answer from these messengers, Field cannot help asking, "Do you know what Mr. MacDonald is looking for me for?" ”

"Ah, Mr. Field, it's not for me to know anything like that." Sure enough, the man smiled and replied.

Puzzled, Field returned home and kept taking stock of what else Mr. MacDonald needed. Finally he came up with something that might be worth some money. But if Mr. MacDonald needs this kind of technology, can't he just send someone to talk to him? Anyway, under the current conditions, it is impossible for him to resist his offer in the face of bankruptcy. Is it worth taking the time to see yourself for the sake of this little problem?

The kind of technology that Field had in mind was a filtering technique. It took two years after the first cable was laid to the end of the field before Field found the cause of the cable failure. If normal technology is used, when a signal is transmitted thousands of kilometers away through the cable, it has already lost most of the energy along the way, so that it cannot be read normally. There are only two ways to solve this problem, one is to increase the transmission time of a single signal, and the second is to reduce the loss along the way.

The first direction, in fact, has come to an end, because they have delayed the time of a single signal for a long time, if it is further lengthened, you will have to endure a "hello", it will take an hour of dilemma, the second direction, well, there are two ways: one is to increase the cross-sectional area of the copper core in the cable, but this will lead to a large increase in the weight of the cable, so that no ship can fit so many such heavy cables, so, this is a dead end. The other direction is to increase the voltage of the cable. In fact, he did just that, and as a result, the voltage was high and the cable was broken. In order to solve this problem, Field sought a lot of experts, and finally came up with a new technology that could read signals with only one-fifth of the strength of the original signal. This kind of technology is Field's killer weapon, and it is also the thing he thinks can best exchange for a little money. But Mr. MacDonald, one of the richest people in the United States, would personally come forward to talk to him about this little skill?

However, no matter how confused he was, the next day, Field still arrived at the Mayflower Hotel early. It's just that at this time, it was still a long time before the time he and Scrooge had agreed, so he could only wait there.

When the time finally came, Field walked into the hotel and told the waiter that he had come to visit Mr. MacDonald as agreed.

When the waiter heard that he was a guest invited by Mr. MacDonald, he immediately became polite to him, and he told him, and Mr. MacDonald told him, and if he came, he would take him directly.

So soon, Field met this tycoon, who was still very young, but already famous in the United States.

"Mr. MacDonald, do you have anything to do with me?" Field asked a little wistfully.

"Ah, Mr. Field, please be seated." Scrooge said, "I know you've laid transatlantic telegraph cables before. And you're planning to re-route the cable in the near future. ”

"Yes, but ......," Field smiled wryly, "and with the success of your transatlantic wireless experiment, my plans will come to naught." Because there is no need for such cables anymore. And, because of the liabilities in this plan, I'm going bankrupt too. His voice was full of loneliness.

"Mr. Field, now there's another opportunity, I don't know if you'd like to get involved." "Actually, I've been following your plan all along, and if it weren't for the sudden radio rollout, I think I would have been a part of your plan." Although this plan is definitely not working now, I have great admiration for the perseverance you showed in working on this project, and I also appreciate your excellent organization and coordination skills. ”

"What do you mean, Mr. MacDonald?" The sudden good news made Field arrive in disbelief.

"Yes, I want to build a company that specializes in the exchange of information on both sides of the Atlantic. This company is called Atlantic Communications. I don't have the talent to do that on hand, and I think you, Mr. Field, are a good candidate, and I don't know if you would like to be the manager of this new company. Scrooge said seriously.

"Mr. MacDonald, thank you for the trust you have placed in me." Field stood up excitedly, "I would very much like to. Thank you, Mr. MacDonald. You're ......."

"Very well then, Mr. Field." "My secretary has prepared some materials for you, and you can go next door for the next few days to see them, but you can't record them, you can't take them with you." In a week's time, I hope you can come up with a company's exhibition plan. Then let's talk about it again. Is that okay, Mr. Field. ”

"Absolutely, Mr. MacDonald." Field said.

Scrooge pulled the bell, and soon Elizabeth appeared in front of him.

"Elizabeth, you take Mr. Field over there to look at the information." Scrooge said.

"Yes, Mr. MacDonald." Elizabeth agreed. Then she turned to Field and said, "Mr. Field, please come with me." ”

……

A week later, Field handed over his plan to Scrooge.

"Dorothea, come here, let's take a look at this plan together." Scrooge said.

"Hmm," Dorothea said, putting down the algebra book in her hand and walking over.

When he first arrived in New York, Scrooge also spent some time with Dorothea. Soon, however, Scrooge returned to his state of being busy with all kinds of things all day long. I get up at six o'clock every day, have breakfast, and then move for half an hour (now I basically play tennis with Dorothea, but I am often asked by Dorothea), and then I start to deal with affairs, and then I am busy until I eat, and then I am busy from about two o'clock to five o'clock, and then I take Dorothea for a walk for half an hour, and then I deal with affairs, and at nine o'clock in the evening, I come out and say goodnight to Dorothea, and then continue to work, and go to bed around midnight.

Scrooge's misfortune was also seen by Dorothea, so she took the initiative to ask if she could help him. Of course, Scrooge would not refuse such a reliable labor force sent to his door. Moreover, Dorothea, as his future wife, must be involved in the management of the business.

Of course, it is impossible to let Dorothea be left alone until she has completed her comprehensive training, and it is even impossible to let her deal with the problem alone. Just as Catherine interned with Carol for a long time before she really had some management skills, Dorothea will have a while to grow. In order to make Dorothea grow up as much as possible, Scrooge formulated a plan to advance step by step and realize it in stages, and the evil Scrooge even gave his plan such a name: Dorothea Cultivation Plan.

According to this plan, the first step is to lay a solid foundation and increase knowledge.

The so-called solid foundation refers to making up for some of Lori's deficiencies in knowledge. Little Lori's education is actually very good, and her foundation is no worse than Catherine, and it is much better than Anna and Elizabeth. However, when Mr. Odd was training Dorothea, he was only trying to train a lady, but he never intended to train her in the direction of a female boss. So in terms of knowledge, Dorothea is lacking. The most obvious deficiency is in mathematics. Dorothea's level of mathematics is limited to four operations, as for the more complex ones such as the calculation of interest rates, Dorothea already feels very difficult, as for the more complicated ones, such as what kind of functions, calculus, Dorothea can only open her eyes wide, staring at Scrooge with innocent eyes.

But mathematics is the foundation of modern management, so although Dorothea would often look at Scrooge with innocent eyes, she still had to learn. Scrooge even hired an old gentleman named Royce to teach Dorothea math.

In addition to mathematics, another important knowledge base is economics. According to Scrooge's thoughts, he originally wanted to throw out a bunch of Marx's political economics for Dorothea to gnaw on, as he did when he cultivated Carroll. But considering that Dorothea is so kind, that she is a bit of a virgin in the first place, let her read this, and what if Marx's book is taught well, and she is taught to be "a noble person, a pure person, a moral person, a person who is free from low tastes, and a person who is beneficial to the people"? This is absolutely intolerable! But on the other hand, Scrooge felt that in this era, only Marx's economics was telling the truth, and many other economics, to put it mildly, were liars intentionally or unintentionally. Asking Dorothea to learn that, Scrooge worries that she will become more and more confused the more she learns. Therefore, the study of economics had to be postponed.

"When I have time, find someone to delete Marx's things, remove all the superfluous humanitarianism and revolution, and make a 'clean version' of political economics, and then use it to train Dorothea." In the end, Scrooge had no choice but to make such a decision.

As for increasing knowledge, of course, it depends on how Scrooge deals with some problems. So during this time, Scrooge was busier because he had an extra job - being a teacher for Dorothea.