It all started eleven years earlier, in 1902, when DuPont celebrated its centennial, but the sudden death of then-president Eugene DuPont caught several elderly directors off guard, and no one wanted to be the new president of DuPont, and even planned to sell DuPont to rival Loughlin, the Rand Company, for $12 million.

Alfred Irene Dupont, the only young man on the board of directors and the great-grandson of the founder, Irene Dupont, was very dissatisfied with the decision of the old men, and he felt that his ancestral inheritance could not be sold to someone else, let alone to a long-time subordinate. Alfred proposed to join hands with his two cousins, Thomas Clermont DuPont and Pierre Samuel DuPont, and this was what would become known as the DuPont ZTE Triumvirate.

Alfred likes technology, Coleman is a leader, and Pierre is well-versed in finance and corporate structure. After the three brothers took over, in the process of establishing a centralized management organizational structure, they clarified the two responsibilities of managers, namely entrepreneurial activities and operational activities. The former is macro, caring about the future development and operation evaluation of the enterprise; The latter is microscopic and focuses on day-to-day operations.

Consolidated 2/3 of the resources of the U.S. explosives industry in 6 months, including the acquisition of the sole competitor, Lavrin Rand, for $4 million. According to Seligman, the author of "A History of American Business", from 1902 to 1905, DuPont acquired a total of 64 enterprises and actually controlled 69.

The establishment of a centralized organizational structure demonstrates Pierre's outstanding talents in both entrepreneurship and management. In 1909 he succeeded Coleman as president. In order to gain greater control of DuPont, Coleman sold his shares to Pierre under Pierre's elaborate design. This move was strongly opposed by Alfred. The triumvirate finally came to an end.

But the brother is disdainful after all, and Pierre is not good at technology, so as Pierre's younger brother Irene has been thinking about how to help his brother, and this time the stockings not only helped the company expand its business, but also helped Pierre increase his right to speak.

So Irené privately thanked Monet very solemnly, and during the banquet he took the initiative to raise a glass to Monet and thanked: "Tony, you will be my best friend in the future, if you need my help, just ask." ”

Monet first took a sip of wine, then hesitated for a moment, and then said tentatively: "Well, I do want to find someone to help me with something, but I don't know if you have any connections in this area." ”

"Just say it, I still have a lot of friends, from all walks of life!" Irené replied haughtily.

"Well, are you familiar with those female stars?" Monet asked with some embarrassment.

Irene smiled dumbly and said: "Oh, Tony, I thought something was wrong, it turns out that you are thinking about women, isn't this easy to do, you say, which female star do you have a crush on, I can call you with a phone call." ”

Monet does believe that a boy like Irene must know many female stars, and even some female stars will pounce on him without him taking the initiative to know, because this is what it will be like in later generations, and in 1913 and the open United States, where there was no public opinion supervision, this situation would be more normal.

But Monet still waved his hand and explained: "You misunderstood, I didn't mean that. Actually, it's like this.,I'm going to start an adult magazine exclusive to men.,In order to ensure the selling point.,I plan to put a naked poster of a female star on the cover of each issue.,I just don't know if it's good to find an actress who is willing to pay like this.。 ”

Rao is Irené boasts that he has seen a lot over the years, but when he heard Monet's earth-shattering and shocking idea, he was still shocked and couldn't speak for a long time, and finally after a glass of wine, he opened his mouth and said to Monet: "Tony, I know you are a person with ideas, but I really didn't expect you to be such an idea-minded person, adult magazines, naked female stars, oh my God!" Do you know what you're talking about? ”

Just when Monet thought that Irene would be angry, he didn't expect him to change his words: "I think this idea is amazing, and even I can't wait to see it, how is it, Tony, how are you preparing now, when will the first issue come out?" Be sure to be the first to show me! ”

Hearing Irene say this, Monet finally breathed a sigh of relief: "I also want to come out as soon as possible, but didn't I tell you just now, I can't find enough female stars to make the cover sign." ”

Irene thought for a moment, then frowned and said, "Well, this is indeed a very troublesome matter. Although it is not difficult to let these female celebrities come over to spend the night with you, if you strip naked and take photos like you said, you have to make it public, this, I think few people should be able to do this. ”

"That's right, that's what I'm worried about now, but if you don't use someone with a certain influence and popularity to make the cover, then it won't have appeal." Monet said with a bitter face.

"Actually, it's not impossible, but you'll have to spend a lot of money." Irené said suddenly.

"I've been prepared for this for a long time, who would do this kind of thing without giving a lot of money." Monet said very understandingly.

"Well, it's good that you are prepared, now you can tell me what kind of actress you want to find."

"Naturally, the more popular the better, the sexier the better, and the purer the performance in the movie, the better, so as to give readers the greatest sense of contrast and shock." Monet replied casually.

"Well, it's the same as if you didn't say it, forget it, I'll give you a list of candidates, you can pick them." As he spoke, Irené casually scribbled a few names on a piece of paper.

And after Monet read these names, he couldn't help but exclaim: "God, are you sure they can all be willing?" ”

Although Monet didn't know much about the American stars of this period in his previous life, he only knew Marilyn Monroe and Vivien Leigh, but now these two have not debuted. But after two years of traveling through life, especially through Mike and Chaplin, he already knew a lot of movie stars of this period, so he was surprised by the list offered by Irené.

PS: The second update, continue to ask for the support of the first order, and push another copy of "Grandpa Teaches Me to Be an Emperor", which is the story of Zhu Yuanzhang teaching Chongzhen to be an emperor, so as to revitalize the Ming Dynasty! It's an interesting behind-the-scenes stream, but this book can't be found at the starting point......