Chapter 27, Prey
"Bang!" A puff of white smoke came out of the muzzle, and at the same time an 11 mm bullet flew out of the barrel. Then, everyone saw that a goat standing on the cliff wall rolled down like a ripe fruit falling from a fruit tree. So far! ”
The gunshot also alarmed the other goats and the two wild dogs that were biting at their prey. The two wild dogs let go of their prey, which was already powerless, and stared at some strange-looking large animals with wide eyes in disbelief. The goats trapped on the rock face were wailing and moving their bodies carefully, their hooves trampling a lot of rubble.
Warren 61 Draeno quickly unchambered the gun, exited the cartridge case, and filled it with a new bullet...... In the blink of an eye, he finished reloading, followed by another "bang" shot, and another goat fell off the cliff. All the animals, both goats and wild dogs, felt the danger, and the two wild dogs let out a wail, dropped their prey, clamped their tails, and flew into the deep weeds, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. The goats, ignoring the danger that might still be nearby, jumped down the rock face along the protruding stones.
"Bang!" Another shot rang out, and another goat fell.
"Mr. Warren, your marksmanship is amazing. It's just that you don't want to rob anymore, okay, we don't have to play. You've got to leave us a little bit. Miss Helen was not very pleased.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I saw a good gun, and I fired a few more shots as soon as I liked it." Then he neatly withdrew the cartridge case, and then handed the gun back to Scrooge, "Scrooge, this is really a good gun, accurate and fast, really incomparable." I'm seeing the rise of yet another Colt company. Well, the first such rifle produced by your factory at this time, right? Why don't you just give it to me as a souvenir? ”
"Mr. Warren, you're not right, I've negotiated with Scrooge that this gun is for my collection." J.P. Morgan was dissatisfied, and said, "You'd better wait first, and when this thing is mass-produced, let Scrooge give you the third mass-produced one." ”
"Why the third?" Warren Drano said.
"Because the first one is Scrooge's own collection, and the second one is my collection. Because I am an important collaborator. "JP Morgan seems to have deliberately provoked Warrendrano. But old Warren just smiled, he knew that JP Morgan had this temper. JP Morgan is very talented, but he also has an eccentric personality, so Junius Sr. (JP Morgan's father) is not less worried.
"Scrooge, give it to me." J.P. Morgan said to Scrooge.
"Okay." Scrooge handed the gun and bullets to JP Morgan, and Joshua brought Helen over. Scrooge began to instruct JP Morgan on how to use the gun.
"Well, that's a lot faster to reload. No wonder Warrendrano shot so fast just now. If it is on the battlefield, such a gun can withstand the fire of five or six breech guns. Not to mention the prospect you speculated, this gun alone is enough to ensure that your business will be profitable. J.P. Morgan fiddled with the gun and said to Scrooge, "It's just that the federal government doesn't necessarily want to buy your gun, because military spending and stuff like that are always hard to get through in Congress." So in general, the only criterion for the federal army to select weapons is cheapness. I guess your gun is a little more expensive, right? ”
"Well, Springfield's breech gun costs only $15 a piece, and mine costs a lot more, and you have to sell it for at least $30 a piece to make money." Scrooge replied.
"So, don't expect the Army to use your gun just yet. But the immigrants, and maybe the southerners, will love your guns. JP Morgan said as he looked around for prey.
However, the sheep had long since fled and disappeared, and when JP Morgan looked around, finding nothing, he said to Scrooge: "In a month, I will be going back to Europe to study." But until then, I'll have a serious conversation with my father about working with you. We will be a long-term partner in the future. ”
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After that, JP Morgan led everyone around the mountain for half a circle, and finally found another goat, Jp Morgan in order to show his skill, shot a little farther than just now, as a result, his marksmanship was obviously not as good as he thought, and the goat successfully escaped. JP Morgan wanted to play with a few more shots, but Miss Helen, who had never had a chance to shoot, couldn't wait.
"You are all so hateful! It's good to have a gun, shoot from such a distance, and let people play? They haven't fired a single shot yet! She stomped her foot violently, looking at the small shotgun in her hand, her big eyes wide open, and there seemed to be tears glistening in her eyes.
"Ah, miss, I'm sorry." JP Morgan said.
"If you apologize, you should take action, why don't you just give me that gun to use to apologize." Helen immediately dropped her shotgun, (so frightened that Joshua shouted, "Beware of misfire!") The two little hands gripped JP Morgan's rifle tightly, as if they were holding their favorite toy.
"Miss Helen, don't worry...... Well, I'll give it to you. But you have to pay attention, this thing has a lot of recoil......" Helpless JP Morgan had to hand over the gun to Helen.
A few people went around to the seashore only to see some prey that could be shot, and a few goats were licking something on the rocks by the sea.
"You are not allowed to shoot!" Helen hurriedly shouted first.
Everyone laughed, the goats were not very familiar with humans, and did not pay attention to these people who came closer, for for them, these strange animals were still too far away from them, and they felt that such a distance was enough to ensure their safety.
Helen raised her gun and aimed it for a long time, and felt that it was a little farther away, so she took a few more steps forward, and then stopped at the edge of a reef, she carefully hid her body behind the reef, and then put the gun on the reef, aimed it for a while, and then fired a shot.
A goat fell to the ground.
"Hit, hit!" Helen ran out from behind the reef, screaming excitedly as she ran.
"A little girl can hit at such a distance. The battlefield in the future is expected to become more and more bloody. Scrooge, aren't you afraid of going to hell? Aren't you afraid that people will point out that you are making black money? Joshua said to Scrooge, who was standing beside him.
"Oh, if this is going to hell, hell must be full of peasants, because without the food they grow, no one can fight. As for the accusations of others, well, 'As soon as money rings, bad words come to an abrupt end.' 'Isn't it? Scrooge looked at Joshua and replied with a smile.
"Well said!" Joshua smiled and nodded. "When money rings, bad words come to an abrupt end" is the Rothschilds' motto. The half-grown kid seemed to be quite prepared.
It was noon, and the servants roasted the goats they had picked up from the bottom of the cliff on the beach, and the smell of roasted lamb could be smelled from afar. Everyone was hungry, so they all went back to the shore. At this time, the servants had already prepared tables and chairs for them, and set up parasols. The silver cutlery is also neatly arranged......
For these tigers and wolves at the top of the food chain, lunch is not only a time to fill their stomachs, but also a time to interact with each other. Everyone held glasses filled with red wine that was as red as blood, and they gathered in twos and threes to talk. During this period, several businessmen took the opportunity to come and talk to Scrooge, and some of them even left him business cards and expressed their desire to cooperate in the future.
After lunch, everyone boarded the yacht again and embarked on the return ......
The next day, J.P. Morgan told Scott that his father, Juniels 61 Morgan, had given him full authority, and now they could talk about the cooperation in detail.
J.P. Morgan gave Scrooge two options to choose from. The first option is that Morgan Bank will provide him with a direct commercial loan, and considering the current economic situation, although Morgan himself is very optimistic about the prospects of his business, the loan that can be provided to him is limited, well, a maximum of $150,000, and it must be guaranteed by Scrooge's business and the relevant patents in his hands, and in addition, there will be no preferential interest rate. However, in this day and age, it is already rare to be able to get such a loan. Nowadays, it is not so easy to borrow money from the bank.
The second option would be for Morgan to buy $150,000 in Scrooge's MacDonald Gun Factory, for which Scrooge would need to transfer 40 percent of Morgan's shares to Morgan and a right of first refusal if Scrooge later sold his shares (i.e., at any time, if Scrooge intends to sell his shares, he must inform Morgan Bank, and if Morgan intends to acquire those shares, then among all bidders, J.P. Morgan has the right of first refusal in the event of the same bid) and a guarantee that Scrooge will not reinvest in any company whose scope of business overlaps, provided that Scrooge retains his stake in the company. If he chooses this option, Scrooge won't even have to think about the pressure of repaying the loan, but this option is also very restrictive. First of all, Scrooge felt that 40% of his company's shares in the future would be worth far more than 150,000 yuan, and at the same time, let a financial predator like Morgan Bank occupy such a large share, Scrooge was always a little uneasy, always worried that one day he would wake up and find that the company had become the Morgan family.
So Scrooge struggled, but in the end he made this decision.