Faced with Rockefeller's praise of "You should be president", Scourge just smiled and did not take him to heart. Being a president certainly looks glorious in many people, but Scourge knew that the president was just a ruler on the surface. Since entering the industrial age, the ones who truly ruled the world have always been consortiums. Moreover, the president has a term, while the helmsman of the large consortium has no term limit.

"My interest in politics is limited to how to make money with it. If the American people choose me, they will definitely regret it." Scrooge smiled. "Besides, it will take many years to wait until the age of being president, and I can't wait."

Clark and Rockefeller also laughed.

"Okay, if we figure out the whole situation, we can think about how to survive the crisis and even make a fortune with it." Scrooge said, "A great man said, 'The most important question of doing business is: who is our friend and who is our enemy.' So we must first figure out what path we can go, and who will be our friend and enemy after we make such a choice."

"There are many domestic forces at present, but I think in the final analysis, there are only two major systems." Rockefeller said. "According to Scrooge's previous analysis, the United States has two possible directions in the future. One is to mainly planting under the leadership of the South, export agricultural products to Europe and purchase industrial products. Sooner or later, our industry will be over, and the United States will embark on the road to South America. Another is to defeat the South and make the South our raw material production and market. For justice and the motherland, we should prepare to defeat the South."

Scrooge glanced at Rockefeller, and saw him speak "justice and motherland" with righteous words, and couldn't help but laugh a little. However, he immediately followed Rockefeller's "justice and motherland" and continued:

"Yes, the direction of the south is the direction of treason, which is unjust. There is no doubt that with God's blessing, justice will win! Moreover, the balance of power is clear now. Unlike when he was independent, at that time, the southern states had more populations and were richer. But now, the situation is completely different. Industry can provide much more jobs than planting, so the north can accept much more immigrants than the south. What's more, the south is not too much

If white immigrants are needed, they all need niggers. In this way, the north has now gained a clear upper hand in population. Moreover, modern wars, the amount of material power, will play an increasingly important role. Although the manufacturing industry in the north is suppressed by Europe, it is still much stronger than the south. Now, under the blessing of God, regardless of human and material resources, the north has an overwhelming advantage. I believe that the power of justice will surely win. And we will definitely stand on the side of the winner."

"The British are now using troops in India and China, which will inevitably make them less powerful to support the South. Therefore, the South has no foreign aid. The South's economy is extremely dependent on Europe. As long as the coast is blocked, the South will be dead." Rockefeller interrupted.

"Do you really think war is imminent?" Clark frowned and seemed very hesitant. "If, I mean, if things are not so far, do we...I don't think our measures can be too radical, and we should take more prudent actions. On the one hand, we must be mentally prepared for war, but on the other hand, I don't think we can put all the treasures on the war."

"Then it should be a good idea for us to point the investment direction to both military and civilians," said Rockefeller. "The company's current operation direction - food is good. If a war breaks out, food is an important strategic material."

"In addition, even without war, the United States will be unstoppable for further development of the West. The transactions for the westward advance are also good." Scourge added, "We must care about this type of enterprise. When their market value drops to the lowest level, we can take over these enterprises. I have drawn up an inspection catalog." Scourge said, while finding out a memorandum, "These are all companies that are consistent with our target direction but are not in good condition at present. I suggest that we counter the following goals and focus on these enterprises. Every once in a while, we will study together to see if there are any targets worth taking action."

"Okay, but Scourge, I have invested more time in the company's operation, so I don't have that much energy to devote to it, and the tasks assigned to me should not be too much." Clark frowned and said.

"Okay, I agree," said Scrooge.

"I agree, too," Rockefeller said.

After making a lot of money, Rockefeller and Clark both added investments in the company. Now they have become the company's largest shareholders and their equity has exceeded Scrooge.

After the meeting ended, Scrooge left the venue first, while Rockefeller and Clarke stayed behind.

"John, I have something to say to you." Seeing Scrooge leave, Clark stopped Rockefeller.

"Is there anything?" Rockefeller asked.

"Ah, it's about Scourge." Clark lowered his voice, "Don't you think he was a little overwhelmed by the recent victory? I suspect that he is thinking about the idea of ​​doing a vote like last time. You see, he made a lot of money last time, but he didn't add even a cent investment in the company. He must have wanted to keep that amount of money and play with it. Scourge is indeed very smart. I've never seen a child as old as him who can consider problems so far, but in the business world, he still has a lot of money.

There are too many accidents. No matter how smart he is, he cannot predict the opportunity anywhere. I think he is too aggressive. He may make a lot of money at once, just like last time, but he may lose all at once. I think this is not a good way to do business. At least, my heart cannot withstand such an impact. If he likes to take risks like this, it is best not to implicate the company. Maybe you should persuade him that you are good friends with him and you are better than me."

Rockefeller did not answer immediately after hearing this. He thought for a while before answering, "I will convey your opinion to him, but I am not sure about the effect. Although Scrooge is young, he is a very opinionated person. Well, sometimes he is even a little stubborn."

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As Clark said, Scrooge cannot judge correctly in everything. Although he can take advantage of the factors that predict history, not everything in history books is available. Therefore, some things will still exceed Scrooge's expectations. For example, the "Strue" hunting rifle factory that Scrooge has taken a fancy to.

Scourge originally thought that when the crisis came, the company would definitely experience a decline in sales and a difficult situation. Unexpectedly, at least for the moment, the company's operating conditions are quite good. Thanks to the recent economic decline and chaotic security, more people have purchased guns for self-defense.

The double-bar hunting rifle produced by this factory now seems to be particularly suitable for today's needs. Although compared with rifles with a Miner bullet, its hit accuracy is so low that it is almost impossible to hit anything at a little further away, in the city, you have no chance to shoot targets that far away, and even the long range is not an advantage, but rather a disadvantage, because it means that once a gun is fired, it is easy to accidentally hurt innocent people. Speaking of a country in the future, it was once equipped with a large number of military pistols in the police department, but then it was found that the gun's effective range was too long and its penetration was too strong, which was very easy to accidentally hurt innocent people. As a result, when encountering a case, Lai always felt restricted when using this thing. In the end, he actually replaced this "small cannon" with much less powerful, claiming that it would not necessarily kill a rhubarb.

In addition, guns were generally slow to load, and the double-barrel hunting rifle using deer bullets not only had the power at close range, but the hit rate was much higher than that of any other gun. As a result, this gun became one of the best choices for self-defense in the city. As a result, the situation of this company was even slightly better than before the crisis began.

This situation was completely out of Scourge's expectations. Obviously, under such circumstances, the original plan to sell this factory at the bottom price was simply impossible to complete under normal circumstances. However, buying this company at a normal price was not impossible for Scourge, but it also hurt him too much.

"What should I do?" Scozhi thought, "How can I make the market value of this company plummet?"

Generally speaking, it is not easy for a company like this to have a good business situation to plummet its market value. To achieve this, you usually have to find a way to make its business situation worse. That is to say, you can’t sell its things or make money even if you sell them.

"Quality accidents may be the most effective way to combat this type of enterprise. It would be great if some quality accidents related to this company could be created. For example, a few cases of trunks will be enough to produce fatal effects. Well, if they are asked to invest money first to expand production and then cause some quality accidents, by that time, if the buzz cuts cannot be turned away, they will have to go bankrupt. The problem is how to create quality accidents."

Scozhi couldn't help but remember the most classic quality accident in later generations - Toyota brake doors.

Speaking of 2009, the financial crisis is still stimulating the US economy, and international crude oil prices are moving towards the goal of $150. In order to cope with high oil prices, stimulate the development of the automobile market, and reduce air pollution, Obama passed a discount purchase plan for old cars. As long as old cars exceeding the age of age or old cars with mileage of less than 18 miles per gallon (about 1.6 kilometers per mile) can be exchanged for a discount of up to $4,500 for new cars.

Car sellers get the government-allocated old car purchase quota (fund) and the car changer can buy a new car at a discount of US$4,500 as long as the old car trades to the seller. American cars are not expensive, and the price of cars is not high at that time. If the car is discounted by another 4,500, it is already considered a bargain price.

The US government hopes to use this method to increase sales of American cars, but things went beyond their expectations. After the plan was implemented, the sales of American cars did not increase, but the sales of Japanese cars rose sharply - the American people all used government subsidies to buy cheap and fuel-efficient Japanese cars. As a result, Obama's plan became the US government's money to subsidize Japanese car companies.

However, not long after, reports of Toyota's brake failure and automatic acceleration suddenly appeared in the news media in the United States. At first, it was the Camry, and then almost all models on sale were implicated. Various brake failures and automatic acceleration accidents were constantly reported. Toyota's guys were stunned and tried hard to find out the problem. So, compensation, fines, apology, and closing North American factories. Toyota was in a dirt position, with a sharp decline in image and sales, while American Ford and GM saw a sharp increase in sales. The American automobile manufacturing industry successfully recovered at the most dangerous time.

Two years later, the US Department of Transportation finally completed the final investigation and came to the final conclusion: Toyota is fine. Those accidents were either operational errors or simply thought of creating accidents and fraudulent insurance. And all newspapers reported on inconspicuous positions. But the critical time has passed and Toyota has been cheated.

"It is definitely a good idea to create accidents by man and use the media to fuel the fire!" Scourge thought.
Chapter completed!