Two days later, Scrooge and Rockefeller met with the new investor at the company. This Mr. Gardner was a handsome man with a height of 5'8" to 5'9", and a well-proportioned body, simply a standard clothes rack. The company's newest investment is a new company in the world.

"This is our new investor - Mr. Gardner," Clark said as he introduced him to Scrooge and Rockefeller.

"Hello, I'm John. Rockefeller," Rockefeller extended his hand to the new partner, "and this is our other partner, Scrooge? Macdonald."

Gardner shook Rockefeller's hand first, "I've heard Mr. Clark talk about you, and he said you are a great businessman with a pioneering spirit. I hope to learn more from you in the years to come."

"Mr. Clark is flattered, but I have little experience and often make mistakes," Rockefeller said with an air of sincerity. However, he also learned in his mind, thought: "Clark will say that I am full of pioneering spirit? Probably means I just like to take risks and fool around, right?"

Then Gardner turned to Scrooge. "I know Mr. Scrooge because I'm a client of Mr. Scrooge. Well, I bought a MacDonald 1857 from Mr. Scrooge's company, and it's a great gun! Well, the recent special edition of yours with the scope is even better, but unfortunately, it is too expensive, I gritted my teeth many times, went through my wallet for half a day, and even postponed my plan to buy a small sailboat to buy this one. But I must say, your gun is worth the price!"

This guy bought a precision shooting version of Macdonald 1857, the average person, why buy this? I'm not sure I'm interested," he asked, "but a regular MacDonald 1857 is more than enough for general use. May I ask what you intend to do with this precision shooting version?"

"Ah, mainly for hunting. Think how much fun it is to be able to take down a deer or even a brown bear with one shot from 600 meters away. When you have time, you can go and look at my collection. There are two brown bears there, which I hunted a while ago with a precision shooting version of MacDonald 1857, and I gave them a number.

"He's willing to pay $1,500 for a rifle just for the fun of hunting? According to Clark's introduction to him yesterday, he does not have any big capital bei (river crab) scenery, he used to be in the mining business, making some money, but recently the mining is not profitable, so he talent intends to switch to the food business. This guy's money should not be a lot, but spend it so generously, not a playboy it?" Shi Gaozhi can't help but think so in his heart.

The idea of this, Scrooge raised his head and looked at Rockefeller.

"Mr. Gardner, what kind of business were you in?" Rockefeller asked as he motioned for Gardner to sit down.

"Well, I used to be in the ore business. Two or three years ago, iron ore was selling well and I was making some money off of it, but recently, the economy has had some problems and the price of ore has gone down the drain. Luckily, I was able to run fast but did not lose much. But although the economic situation is bad, I can not stay at home and do nothing, sitting in the empty bar. I thought, now there is still what business can more or less earn a little money? Then I thought, there is one thing, even if the economic situation is bad, people's demand for it will not be significantly reduced, this thing is food. It's just that in any business when you first enter, there are always some problems. Clark and I are old friends, and I know he's in the food business and doing well, so I asked him to join your company." Gardner replied.

This explanation did make Scrooge's view of him change a little, when the economic situation is unfavorable, can get rid of illusions, immediately recognize the situation, and quickly exit, thus avoiding greater losses, this kind of decisiveness is also good quality. In 2008, China's stocks started to dive into the bed scenario of the U.S. subprime crisis. But there were still some people who couldn't afford to cut their losses, imagining that the Olympics or something would bring a turnaround, and the stock market fell from more than 6,000 points to less than 2,000, leaving a large group of people who didn't recognize the situation with no money. Knowing when to step back and being willing to step back is an essential quality in the business world.

What's more, after his temporary exit, he wasn't scared by the harsh economic situation and was still calmly analyzing the situation and looking for new investment directions. Unlike some people, once they have lost money in trading, they can no longer muster the courage to start over. So, all in all, although this Mr. Gardner looks a bit playboy, as a businessman, his basic qualities are still good. JP Morgan is a notorious playboy, but he still started a dynasty.

"So how much money are you going to invest?" Rockefeller continued to ask.

"Ten thousand dollars," Gardner replied.

Since making a profit from short selling, two of the company's three original investors, in addition to Scrooge, who had gone on to other things, had made additional investments in the company. Now, in the company, Clark occupies the largest share, Rockefeller becomes the second largest shareholder, and Scrooge, who did not make an additional investment, becomes the third shareholder, but he and Rockefeller together still have more shares than Clark. Now, if Gardner invested $10,000, he would take Scrooge's place, and his and Clark's shares together would exceed Rockefeller's and Scrooge's.

"So what are your thoughts on the future development of the company?" Rockefeller asked again.

On the one hand, he stressed that it was good to be conservative in the current economic situation, but the economic situation would not remain bad, so the company must be prepared for the situation after the economic situation improved.

This answer satisfied Rockefeller in general, and after this meeting, the company added another investor.

In those days in the United States, companies were often named directly after their investors, which created a problem: when the company had only one investor, everything was fine; when the company had two investors, the length of the company name was acceptable; when the company had three major investors, the company name was already a bit too long; and if there were four major investors, it was simply It would be intolerable. So with the addition of Gardner, the company's name had to be changed.

"If the name is too long, it's hard for other people to remember," says Scrooge. It would be a fool's errand to put all the investors' last names on it," says Scrooge. To be honest, our company's name was already a little too long. Now it's time to change it. Well, my share of the investment is the smallest, so let's take my last name off first." Then he raised his eyes to look at Gardner.

"I don't feel that I have to put my last name in the company name, after all, I'm not the founder. It's enough to remember me when it comes to dividends." Gardner doesn't seem particularly concerned about the company's name either.

......

"Clark, have you seen Mr. Gardner?" Rockefeller asked.

"Ah, I saw him this morning. But now ...... Well, Bill, have you seen Mr. Gardner?" Clark asked a clerk.

"Mr. Gardner just went out. He said he was done with what he needed to handle today, and he had other important matters to attend to. So, he's going out for a while. If there's anything he needs to handle, he can leave it on his desk and he'll deal with it when he comes back tomorrow, or if it's urgent, send it to Mr. Clark at ......," the clerk named Bill replied.

"What? It's only two o'clock in the afternoon. Even if the business of the morning is finished, there will be a new business in the afternoon, how can he ......" Rockefeller was dissatisfied.

"The company's main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public. Often, you can't see people for days." Clark said with a disbelieving shake of his head. In his opinion, this is not a big deal, in fact, in these matters of business, he helped him to do a little nothing, as long as the shareholders' meeting, he can support himself enough.

"The company's employees are not paid for their work. He is in addition to dividends, there is a salary. This week, this is the first time!" The ever-diligent Rockefeller was not a man of words.

"Well, I'll talk to him. But everyone's habits are different, and you can't be too hard on people. And, well, Mr. Gardner's efficiency is still very good, and he's very fast, so he's not doing half a day's work for much less than someone else's day." Clark continued to defend the new shareholder.

This is true, so Rockefeller also did not say anything more. In addition, because Rockefeller often runs outside, so, about this new shareholder another comment he did not come to hear, that is, this new boss is a Kan God. Every time he finished the work at hand quickly, he began to catch who will be and who Kanchan. Everyone's efficient than him, often she's okay with a lot of things we are busy with, but he is the boss, and we can not listen to him kan. The result is that many people can only wait until the end of the day and then work overtime. So, for this new boss like to leave early, most of the office staff feel that this is a good thing.

......

"You mean the Republican Party that came out of the split of the Whig Party?" Gardner was sitting in a rickety boat, fishing pole in one hand, talking to another man.

"Yeah, that's why you were wise not to run as a candidate for the Pfeiffer Party's City Council. The man said as he loaded his rod with bait and gently tossed it out.

"The Democrats are even worse. If the Whigs don't make a mess of themselves, they have almost no chance. Even if they get a bargain this time, the basic situation of their unpopularity in the North will not change. And now, with the economy so unimpressive and them being the ruling party, it's simply ...... oops, because the hook is in!" Gardner fiercely raised the fishing rod, the rod immediately bent into a bow, it seems that there is a big fish on the hook.