Before Rockefeller could figure out how to call Carroll, a new piece of news was revealed by a tabloid—Scrooge's wife, Dorothea, had secretly left the hospital and boarded a train back to New York the same afternoon after arriving at the hospital to visit her husband.

At this time, Dorothea did not stay with her injured husband, but suddenly and quietly left the hospital and returned to New York, which cannot but make one wonder whether Mr. MacDonald's injuries were as severe or as light as legendary. Some analysts said that this move may indicate that there is an unexpected situation within the MacDonald consortium, so that Dorothea has to rush back immediately to deal with ......"

"It's ......" Looking at the report, Rockefeller was silent. He sat down in his chair, picked up the cigar he had placed next to him, struck a match, lit it, and took a deep breath. Rockefeller didn't usually smoke much, only when he encountered an extremely difficult problem, he would only smoke two puffs, and he didn't smoke such high-end Havana cigars very much, because these things were too expensive, and smoking them made him very distressed. Speaking of which, these cigars were given to him by Scrooge last time.

Rockefeller naturally understood that, according to the general understanding, Dorothea suddenly left the hospital and returned to New York, which probably meant that Scrooge's condition was so severe that it could no longer be maintained, and it was even very likely that Scrooge had died. Dorothea returned, most likely to seize a time lag to hold more power, and strive to take advantage of the great changes after Scrooge's death. After all, Dorothea doesn't necessarily trust Carol. As the great Shakespeare said in his play through the mouth of Prince Daunaben: "Where we are now, there is a sharp blade hidden in the smiling faces of the people; The closer people are to us, the more they want to drink our blood. ”

But Rockefeller did not dare to fully believe this judgment. Because, this involves the scourge of Scrooge. How could such a scourge die so easily? That's unscientific, isn't it? Well, although Scrooge is a scourge, but in this world, he still has to obey the physical rules of this world, that is, even if you are a scourge who should live for a thousand years, you are bombed. The shell exploded, it was broken by the shell, and it was still going to die. But...... In case this qiē is all done by Scrooge. What about it? In case of...... Anyway, if you firmly control Standard Oil, you will be invincible. And, although Standard Oil was a part of the McDonald consortium, Scrooge relied more on controlling Standard Oil's raw materials and buyers, as well as technical standards. In terms of shares alone, in this company, Rockefeller is the largest shareholder.

"Let's keep it the same." Rockefeller thought. As for making phone calls, forget it. Because if Scrooge was okay, he must have understood that he didn't want him to misunderstand by doing this. If Scrooge were dead, even if Carol or Dorothea didn't think they were friends enough, would they still have the strength to deal with Rockefeller by then? Or rather, will Rockefeller still be afraid of them?

With this problem in mind, Rockefeller casually extinguished the cigar, then carefully wrapped it in tin foil and put it back in the delicate little box.

However, as the saying goes, "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop", Rockefeller wanted to sit and watch the changes in the wind and clouds, but this change suddenly found himself.

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"Last night, Dorothea went to visit Rockefeller out of the blue? She had just returned to New York and was in such a hurry to find Rockefeller, why on earth was this? Looking at the information in his hand, Morgan also frowned. If Scrooge was dead, or about to die, it would be understandable that Rosia was in such a hurry to find Rockefeller. Perhaps, Dorothea and Carol have a conflict over the division of the consortium? Morgan has seen a lot of such things as civil strife in large families over the distribution of wealth. It is said that Vanderbilt's health is not very good, and the struggle between his children has almost become a joke on Wall Street. But now is not the time to do it, and now I need to continue to observe and observe.

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Time goes back to the night before the day. New York, Rockefeller's newly purchased residence. Rockefeller was a frugal man, but as he grew richer, he began to feel that his home was not safe enough. So, he spent a rare sum of money to build a small manor with high walls and moved in not long ago.

Several cars stopped at the gate of the manor, a bodyguard got out of the car, went to the porter and said a few words to the porter, then returned to the car, and then after a while, the door opened, and a woman got out of the car and walked into the Rockefeller's manor surrounded by a group of bodyguards.

The bodyguards escorted the woman to the door of the house, and the woman walked in with two bodyguards.

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When the porter reported Dorothea's surprise visit, Rockefeller was so startled that he reflexively wanted the porter to tell them that he wasn't home. However, he immediately figured out that if Scrooge was fine, then Dorothea's behavior must have been at Scrooge's behest, and it was better for him to meet her; If Scrooge is dead, then what's so terrible about seeing her for yourself? However, to be on the safe side, Rockefeller still brought a few bodyguards.

Rockefeller stood in the living room to greet Dorothea. However, when Dorothea appeared in front of him, he was startled by the person dressed as a bodyguard next to Dorothea.

"Scrooge!" Rockefeller's eyes widened.

"John, you're surprised to see me?" Scrooge took off his hat and smiled at Rockefeller.

"Where, I'm surprised." Rockefeller said. At the same time, he began to think, what did Scrooge suddenly come to the door, what did he want to do?

"Ah, John, what are you doing standing? Sit down and talk. You're the master, and I'm embarrassed to sit so comfortably when you're standing like this. Scrooge sat down comfortably on the couch and half-reclined himself on the couch, saying to Rockefeller.

"Scrooge, you're too rude. How can you do this? Pay attention to the image! Dorothea said this to Scrooge, and sat down very ladylike beside Scrooge.

"What else do you need to be polite to me?" Rockefeller smiled, sat down, and said to Scrooge, "Scrooge, seeing that you are safe and sound, a stone in my heart has finally fallen to the ground." ”

Rockefeller: It's not all a lie. At least Scrooge now reveals the mystery to him in advance, so that he is not in a dilemma, and he is not afraid of the problem that he may go wrong. Rockefeller knew that this was also a gesture of goodwill by Scrooge.

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Scrooge had made such a decision a few days earlier when Dorothea and Scrooge were plotting in the hospital to make who to jump out of.

"Anyone who has the ability can have ambitions, and the kind of people who are super capable but don't have any ambitions are not zài." Scrooge said to Dorothea, "So, as long as you give him the opportunity to get the benefit of betrayal, as long as the benefit is great enough, all those who are capable and ambitious will betray you." But don't we need people who are able to do it? On the contrary, we need to reuse those who are capable and love those who are able, rather than deliberately tempting them to make mistakes. As long as we are willing to put a trap on our part, I believe that there will always be a way to make John's position shake and go wrong. But is there any benefit to the consortium in losing John? Therefore, let us love John and not tempt him and tempt him. ”

That's how Scrooge analyzed Dorothea's problems at that time. So Scrooge is here, so the target they want to hit hard is naturally clear - it can only be Morgan.

Although Morgan was probably not the initiator of the attack, to be honest, Scrooge didn't care too much about catching the real culprit right now. With this incident, Scrooge can justifiably hide and not appear in public in the future, and it will not be so easy to assassinate him again. What's more, most people don't know who the real culprit is anyway. If the real culprits are just a few small miscellaneous fish, even if they are found and eliminated by harsh means, it will not really give much deterrence to the public and those who potentially covet their wealth. Anyway, for those who are really behind the scenes, those who are directly involved in the assassination are just consumables.

Of course, the investigation of the real culprit has not been relaxed, but the focus of Scrooge and even the entire family has been put on how to crack down on the black hands behind the scenes.

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"John, I want to tell you that for some time to come, at least until our next generation basically grows up, our expansion will gradually stop, and we may even retreat from some areas." "Before that, I had made the mistake of expanding too quickly before our roots were firmly established," Scrooge said. This puts us on the opposite side of all the rest of the business owners. This is very dangerous. Sometimes, slow is fast. Do you understand what I mean? "Since we want to save Rockefeller and not give him the opportunity to make a mistake in our position, of course, we must explain our thoughts to him openly and honestly. What's more, Rockefeller was so smart that even if he didn't say it himself, he would have figured it out sooner or later.

Rockefeller thought for a moment, nodded and said, "I also think it makes a lot of sense." Sometimes I wonder if the refinery owners who I've bankrupted will give me a try. Especially Scrooge, you guy, who wants money and don't want to die, and is willing to buy a rope sleeve to hang himself, for a few dollars, so that those guys can get something like a sniper casually. Hit. Guns and infantry artillery and such things. Recently, I had to spend a lot of money to renovate and strengthen my bedroom to make sure it could withstand the bombardment of infantry artillery. We have to stop, even step back, before our successors grow. However, it's not easy to go back, and if you don't get it right, people will think that we can't stand it. So before we retreated, we had to find a guy big enough to fix it, and borrow a jackal to scare the big bunch of monkeys. Scrooge, you don't want to go under Morgan, do you? ”