The atmosphere inside the yacht is a bit weird,

Carnegie said as if the White House was opened by his family,

Very outrageous.

Lu Shi coughed lightly,

"Mr. Carnegie, you ...... Forehead...... If I'm not mistaken, you've already sold Carnegie Steel to Morgan for $500 million, right? ”

Carnegie's eyes flashed,

"That's right, this is in February of this year. However, in order to prevent the change of equity from affecting the company, the matter did not spread widely. Professor Lu is far away in a foreign country, and he actually knows the whole thing about this matter, which is somewhat ...... Hum...... No, there are so many unexpected things that happen to you. ”

Waldhouse was curious,

"Why did you sell the company?"

Carnegie looked at him and smiled,

"Sir, I'm just a soft cartel advocate."

cartel, cartel,

This is a different form of monopoly organization from trusts.

It consists of a series of independent enterprises producing similar products, which, through collective action, raise the price of such products and control their production,

The most typical example is OPEC, or OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries).

simple induction,

Cartels = Peer Leagues.

"Carnegie Steel is the world's largest steel company, employing more than 20,000 people and the world's most advanced equipment, producing more steel than the entire United Kingdom and earning eight-figure annual revenues," Carnegie said. ”

It's over, the UK is a unit......

Wardhouse was depressed.

Lu Shi took over the conversation,

"This data is very dangerous in the wake of the Sherman Antitrust Act."

Carnegie smiled, peeled a sweet shrimp and put it in his mouth,

There is no answer, but it is also answered.

He chewed it carefully and said, "In short, I don't think that Carnegie Steel is a trust now, and it is unreasonable to do anything to it." ”

"Tsk......"

Lu Shi was speechless,

"Mr. Carnegie, it's boring to play with words, is it?"

Carnegie still didn't pick up.

As a big businessman, he certainly knew that there was no point in pursuing definition at a time when Mr. President had already raised a butcher's knife.

Lu Shi looked at each other and fell into deep thought,

In memory, Theodore should not have taken direct action against Carnegie Steel, but only passed a series of stricter regulations and restrictions,

There must be a reason for this.

The corners of Carnegie's mouth hooked,

"Professor Lu, you have more influence in the White House than me."

Lu Shi: "......"

"You're not trying to sway me, Mr. President...... No, that's just too unrealistic! ”

Besides, he had no reason to help Carnegie.

But he quickly thought of Carnegie's other identity, and with some reasonable inferences in his mind, he asked, "Speaking of which, why did you establish a university?" ”

Carnegie touched his nose in embarrassment,

"That...... Carnegie wasn't enough to be called a 'university', just a technical school. As for the reason for its establishment, it was simply to train the industrial professionals needed for the three-year program for Pittsburgh. ”

This is not difficult to see from the professional setting of the school,

The current Carnegie contains:

the School of Science and Technology, which trains technologists and assistant engineers;

art schools, which train designers and craftsmen;

training schools for apprentices and journeymen in the manufacturing and construction industries;

The Margaret Morlaison Carnegie School that trains housewives and secretaries.

It is equivalent to a modern junior college.

Lu Shi said: "Pittsburgh? Mr. Carnegie's second home......"

Carnegie smiled softly and praised, "'Second home'...... Professor Lu is worthy of being a literati, and I like it very much to be able to come up with such an apt and romantic description. Yes, I made money and was determined to give back to Pittsburgh. ”

Lu Shi said in a low voice: "This can be regarded as a kind of charity. ”

"Charity?"

Carnegie was slightly stunned,

Suddenly, he stood up and shook hands with Lu Shi excitedly,

"Professor Lu, I understand! But how exactly ......"

Lu Shi was touched by the other party's hands full of oil, and quickly wiped them with a tablecloth, and then said: "Mr. Carnegie, you can even make money, do you need someone else's guidance to spend money?" ”

Carnegie laughed,

"With Professor Lu here, I don't even want to spend money."

Lu Shi said: "It's very simple. First of all, you can invest money in setting up a relief and pension fund for steelworkers, after all, you can achieve success in your career, and these employees are also helpful, and you need to show gratitude. ”

Carnegie raised his hand,

"Wait a minute."

He stood up, rummaged through the yacht, finally found a pen and paper, and then took notes as carefully as a schoolboy.

Wardhouse looked at the absurd scene in front of him, and couldn't help muttering in his heart,

In front of Lu Shi, everyone has to be a student.

He couldn't help but think of a great man in China-

Confucius.

If Lu Shi knew that Waldhouse thought so, he would be under a lot of pressure.

In China, who dares to compare himself to the Holy Teacher?

He continued: "The second point, the establishment of ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Carnegie: "Professor, is it better to set up a fund with this money, or to donate it to the union?" ”

Lu Shi drank a glass of juice,

"Mr. President is Zhang Juzheng, not Li Zicheng."

Carnegie: ???

I didn't understand.

Waldhouse explained: "Zangju was a famous prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, shrewd and capable, and relied on strong hands to carry out reforms and maintain the rule of the Ming Dynasty...... As for the other person, it seems to be the leader of the peasant insurrectionary army? ”

He spoke in a questioning tone.

Lu Shi said: "That's right. ”

Wardhouse was a little complacent,

"Looks like my memory is pretty good."

He turned to Carnegie,

"Mr. Carnegie, the two men just mentioned are historical figures, and they are introduced in Lu's book The Insignificant Year of 1587."

Dale Carnegie was determined to go home to school,

Read it repeatedly,

I can't read it, I have to read it thoroughly, and I chew it and swallow it.

He thought about the relationship between the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty and the leader of the peasant rebel army,

If, the United States is the Ming Dynasty,

Then a conclusion must be derived:

The president, though he wanted to deal with the trust, was not necessarily willing to wear a pair of pants with the union.

At the same time, Lu Shi sighed again and said: "Moreover, at this juncture at the beginning of the 20th century, if the money was donated to the trade union, whether they would use it for workers' relief and pension, this is contrary to the original intention of charity." ”

When Carnegie glanced at Lu,

"You are a true and good man."

Lu Shi shook his head and said, "It's just what I can." ”

After saying that, he chuckled and said, "Mr. Carnegie, you haven't played the board game 'Monopoly' that I designed. Anyone who played that game had a feeling, 'This is too capitalist!' ’。 ”

Carnegie couldn't help but laugh,

"Professor Lu, you really should stay in the United States. You're going to be at home here. ”

Lu Shi didn't want to talk more about this topic,

He continued: "There is a saying in China, 'Regardless of the heart, there are few perfect people in the world', can you understand it? ”

Carnegie replied, "Yes." Literally, it means that the evaluation of a person's character should be based on his actual behavior, not just subjective speculation or looking at his heart, if you talk about the heart, there is no perfect person in the world. ”

Lu Shi said "um",

"So, no matter what the purpose of doing charity is, since we have done it, we must still hope that the money will reach the people who need him, right?"

Carnegie twisted his beard lightly,

In fact, he wanted to do charity, otherwise he wouldn't have built a school in Pittsburgh.

Of course, it's better to take the opportunity to solve the problem.

He said sincerely, "I was taught." Professor Lu, you just said the first point, is there any follow-up? ”

Lu Shi said: "Of course. The second point is to donate money to build a library. ”

The library is the foundation of education,

Carnegie agreed: "Let's start with Pittsburgh." ”

Lu Shi said: "My suggestion is New York. From a utilization standpoint, it is far more cost-effective to build a library in New York State than in Pennsylvania. ”

Carnegie was a little confused,

It is difficult to accept that a person who just said that he was doing charity suddenly engaged in educational discrimination.

Lu Shi can understand the other party's surprise,

He coughed lightly,

"That...... If I'm not mistaken, Mr. President was governor of New York? ”

"Poof!"

Wardhouse on the side laughed directly.

The drunkard's intention is not to drink,

I see.

The Roosevelts were indeed the bulls' ear holders in New York State.

They own a large amount of real estate, which is an important asset to the family not only in terms of quantity but also in terms of influence.

In addition, they have a trust fund in New York State and have a wide range of operations.

The most outrageous point is that Roosevelt and Roosevelt have both served as governors of New York, and it is not an exaggeration to say that New York State is the land of the family's dragon.

Carnegie was dumbfounded,

After a long while, he said, "What Professor Lu said is that I should listen to you. ”

Historically, he donated a total of 12 million US dollars to build 3,500 libraries, and this library construction project lasted for 16 years.

Among them, the state of New York is particularly important.

In New York City alone, 68 libraries have been established.

Whether there is Theodore Roosevelt influence or not in this is difficult to evaluate.

Lu Shi continued: "The third point is to develop the Carnegie Endowment School into a comprehensive university and provide a certain percentage of scholarships to each student studying there as much as possible. ”

Carnegie couldn't help but say, "Huh? "With a bang,

"This ......"

He sighed,

"Professor Lu, you know, it takes faculty to expand disciplines. And my school ...... Alas......"

Colleges and universities are indeed at the bottom of the chain of contempt.

But Lu Shi is not worried,

He said, "It's okay. The Carnegie School could have been built on the basis of engineering majors. This is the wildest period of industrial development, and it will not be long before a large number of new specialties such as automobile manufacturing will appear. ”

Carnegie hesitated,

"Industry, business, arts, science, how can you do only engineering?"

Lu Shidao: "Isn't there another partner who invested in the school with you?" ”

Carnegie looked at Lu like a monster,

"You know that, too?"

Of course Lu Shi knows,

Because the Carnegie Technical School was later renamed Carnegie Mellon University, and "Mellon" was the surname of the other partner.

This man's name is Andrew Mellon, a famous American banker, the patriarch of the Mellon financial consortium, and served as the US Treasury Secretary from 1921 to 1932, and has served three administrations without fail.

Lu Shi said: "I think your school should not lack business resources, right?" ”

Carnegie had a feeling of being seen through,

For Lu Shi, he really admired him so much.

Waldhouse interjected: "I know the establishment of a school, as long as the school system is changed to four years, and then the industrial research institute is established on the basis of engineering, you can be upgraded from a technical school to a university." However, comprehensive universities have a long way to go. ”

"Of course ......"

He paused slightly, his gaze on Lu Shi,

"It's not necessarily that there are no shortcuts."

Carnegie was stunned, and suddenly remembered that there was a person in front of him who was very good in academic circles and education circles, and his eyes became eager.

In this regard, Lu Shi is happy to see,

"It just so happens that I'm a trustee of Columbia University, and I can say a few words at Harvard, and I can ask professors to be lecturers. However, there are two prerequisites, one is that the proportion of scholarships should be high; Second, the proportion of Chinese students is guaranteed to be more than 10%. ”

Carnegie agreed,

"No problem!"

He felt that this was a pie-in-the-sky thing, and even added: "Professor Lu, I want to name the School of Humanities and Social Sciences after you in the future." Or, do you prefer the School of Public Policy and Management? ”

Lu Shi waved his hand,

"It's just a false name, it's just a false name."

Dale Carnegie: "......"

With a mind in his heart, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was named after Lu Shi.

Anyway, there is nothing to do,

What if you can really invite professors from Harvard and Columbia University to give each other a little "false name"?

No matter how you think about it, you don't lose anything!

He weighed for a while, and suddenly remembered something and said, "Professor Lu, I still don't think it's safe to rely on charity alone. After all, relying on tacit rather than written law, the Sherman Antitrust Act is there again......"

Lu Shi was surprised,

"Doesn't the United States encourage charity?"

Carnegie smiled wryly,

"Alas......"

He sighed deeply and said, "Of course encouragement is encouragement, but it's just ......"

Bite one's tongue.

Lu Shi was even more surprised when he saw him like this, and said, "There is no express law? That's not right...... Isn't the U.S. tax law tax-exempt for charitable organizations or private foundations? In such a situation, it is impossible to be harassed and criticized. ”

Carnegie: ???

Wardhouse: ???

Both of them looked at Lu Shi in confusion.

After a few seconds, Carnegie slammed the table and said, "Yes! And so it goes! ”

As he pondered, he scribbled a few lines on the paper:

religious organizations;

private foundations;

universities and other educational organizations;

social welfare organizations, civic unions, social clubs, labour organizations;

……

The smile on Carnegie's face grew stronger.

He stopped the pen in his hand and said, "Professor Lu's idea is really imaginative. Currently, only federal, state, and local governments are exempt from various types of taxes, such as federal income tax and sales tax, in the U.S. tax code. But I want to ......"

Carnegie raised the list in his hand,

"These subjects should also be tax-exempt, and good Americans can't object to it. Linking these to tax exemptions, in that case, there will be more and more big capitalists willing to do charity, the world will get better and better, and Mr. President will not be too active in anti-monopoly. ”

Lu Shi was stunned,

Could it be that there is no such thing as a tax exemption for charity in the current federal tax law?

He thought of Carnegie's title, "the father of American philanthropy", and couldn't help but want to slap his mouth,

Before Carnegie, there may not have been systematic philanthropy.

Naturally, there is no tax exemption.

Carnegie got up,

"Professor Lu, if you really set up a private foundation in the future, I will definitely add your name. You will be the 'father of philanthropy,' the American people...... No, it should be the people of the world! The people of the world will thank you for your great vision today. ”

Lu Shi: "......"

"Wait, I didn't ......"

Before the voice fell, he was interrupted by the other party,

Carnegie said, "Professor Lu doesn't have to be modest. 'Nothing is perfect in the heart', isn't that what you just said? ”

(End of chapter)