On June 28, 1858, something modest happened in the United States. The powder magazine of the DuPont Company, an old gunpowder factory in Wilmington, Delaware, exploded. If it’s just that, it’s nothing. Anyway, the United States is so big and there are so many companies that produce gunpowder. In what year will there be no stories like explosions of gunpowder depots? Well, in the eyes of some Americans, such news is not as attractive as a brat playing with a gun and killing his father or something.

But this was not the case, because the boss of DuPont, Henry DuPont, was shot by an unknown gunman when he rushed to the scene to check. At least 6 bullets hit this unlucky guy, and one of them directly knocked off half of his head.

The killer caused a serious accident and shot the millionaire. This suspenseful story is very watchable. Although the more serious New York Times and New York Tribune are not ashamed to dig out the behind-the-scenes story, but in some tabloids, All kinds of moral and moral stories popped up like mosquitoes after the summer rain.

"Well, this story is well-written, and I can give it eight points." In the office, Morgan leaned in the soft boss's chair in a disfigured manner and put his feet high on the large writing desk in front of him. He is holding a newspaper in his hand and is reading happily.

"Well, the female assassin's family feud is wounded, not bad, not bad, not only violent but also some content that is not suitable for children that people like to see, well, those content are written very wonderfully... leather whip, candle, barbed rope... Ah, how interesting it looks. Shall I ask a girl to try it out? Well, forget it, for the time being, if my father finds out, he will beat me up."

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"We haven't started spreading rumors yet? Why are there so many rumors?" Rockefeller shook his head in his office, facing various newspapers, "Our operational efficiency is very problematic! Compared with those Tabloid reporters, we are so inefficient."

"There's no way, John." Kroll said a few words for the staff responsible for spreading rumors, "You know, tabloid reporters don't need to think about any issues, they only need to think about how to scare, how to Stimulation, how can you make a woman scream, and it is enough to make a certain part of a man react. They usually have prepared various templates. It came out. Anyway, no one will be serious about these tabloids. But we are different. From a procedural point of view, we need to read various reports in various big newspapers and tabloids first and adjust our things against them. , We also have to consider what we can say and what we can’t say, which will naturally be more troublesome. And we have no experience in doing this before.”

These days, Rockefeller found a lot of dark history about DuPont to show Kroll, including the story of how Henry sent his competitors, factories, and his family to heaven. Now Kroll has no psychological resistance to the company's use of illegal means to deal with Henry DuPont. Instead, he feels that this is a kind of "illegal justice".

"What a pure person before, but now we have led him to ruin." Rockefeller thought complacently.

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"Well, this report is interesting!" Morgan, who had just returned from the outside with deep satisfaction, flipped through various newspapers again. He didn't read these newspapers to find some interesting games like leather whips and candles in them (although it's good to have this), but to find really useful information among a lot of junk information. At this time, a report caught his attention.

"'DuPont stole technical secrets and caused death?' Well, it said that this matter was done by Scrooge and the others. Although there are a lot of mistakes and blemishes in it, for example, Scrooge made the decision himself, To teach those guys who dare to covet their technical secrets a lesson, 'set an example', but don't consider that Scrooge is still floating in the Atlantic Ocean, and she will not arrive in the UK until the day after tomorrow at the earliest, and when he knows this A message, and then send back instructions, it is estimated that it will take next month. However, this may be intentional to leave such a loophole. Well, this article is for specific people to read. Well, the whole logic makes sense, Although I didn't say that it was a technical secret, I knew that it must be the smokeless propellant used in the McDonnell 1857 precision shooting bullet. With the virtue of Henry DuPont in the past, it would be wrong not to make up his mind Reasonable. As for bombing factories and killing people, John Rockefeller is willing to do such things, and 'Blackwater' absolutely has the power to do such things. This report must be made by Rockefeller and the others, just to warn Those who stare at their technical secrets, well, smokeless gunpowder is nothing compared to the sulfonamides in their hands and even more things. These guys are so cruel! Well, maybe we have to form our black water. Otherwise, I wouldn’t even be able to sleep comfortably.”

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"How do you think the DuPonts will react?" Carroll asked Rockefeller. "They probably know we did it. How do you think they will react?"

"Ah, I don't think the DuPont family will fight back at all. At least not now. First, they are leaderless now. Henry DuPont died in the prime of their life, and he was a very powerful person. I think the family many people are dissatisfied with him internally. Henry did not have time to determine the leader of the company when he died, so after his death, if things go wrong, the DuPont family will be in civil turmoil for a while. How can they launch a counterattack against us so quickly? Secondly, a counterattack is risky. In the last fight, the DuPont gang should have understood the power gap between us and them. If they dare to counterattack, then our next attack can be sent Their whole family went to see God. Now that we haven’t given Dupont a chance to live, they can still live a relatively comfortable and wealthy life, how dare they turn against us completely.”

If this analysis was heard by Scrooge, he would appreciate it. Rich people cherish life, unless there is a 300% profit, otherwise, it is revenge for killing their father and taking their wife. As long as their money is still there, most of them will not bet everything to risk their lives. Only those who have nothing to lose but their chains risk their all in a resolute fight. When Shi Gaozhi was in middle school in his last life, he studied modern Chinese history. He was often amazed at why the Qing Dynasty, Beiyang, and Baked Mantou were so accustomed to compromise when dealing with the outside world so he was ridiculed by his history teacher as "selling the country and selling it." No price will come." Now, Scrooge can understand this point, because on the one hand, they are aware of their weakness, and on the other hand, they have a good life, so they also realize that people want to smash their pots and pans How easily it is, and how important these pots and pans are to them. To protect these pots and pots, they will become easy to compromise and buy teammates.

Now, the DuPont family is nothing more than a dead individual. Is there one less DuPont family? As good as he was, he was dead, and he made way for himself when he died. DuPont's gunpowder magazine exploded, but the factory is not a big problem. As long as it is relieved, the life of the DuPont family will not be sad. And if it is a desperate fight with McDonald's Infantry Arms Company, McDonald's Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, and Blackwater Security Company, do they have any hope of winning? Blackwater and McDonald's infantry weapons are nothing more than a series of behemoths behind McDonald's chemical and pharmaceutical companies: the Morgan family, the Rothschild family, and even a large number of big nobles and big capitals in Europe. Even if they kill Scrooge or someone else, the benefits will not fall on them at all. On the contrary, under the counterattack of this huge community of interests, they can only be smashed to pieces without any suspense.

"There is one thing that best reflects DuPont's attitude, and that is our order from DuPont." Rockefeller went on to say, "Before we acted, we delivered a large amount of propellant to DuPont. This is normal, honestly. Said, DuPont's technology is good, and the quality of the gunpowder produced is very good. We have been ordering gunpowder from them. Of course, this batch of gunpowder ordered from DuPont must have exploded in the explosion not long ago. Well, that is They said that DuPont will breach the contract on the delivery time. I think they will send a representative to discuss with us this contract soon. And some performances of this representative will show that DuPont is serious about the contract. This attitude."

"But, John, attitudes can be faked. They can completely paralyze us with a family attitude." Carol was still worried.

"You think they're making a statement for us?" Rockefeller laughed, "Their statement is for Morgan, for the Rothschilds, for those who stand behind McDonald's chemical and pharmaceutical companies. A series of giants. Think about it, if they want revenge, who can they target? Kill you? Scrooge will let their entire family be buried for you. Killing me is the same. How about killing Scrooge? Let’s not talk about it It can’t be done. With so many rich people and aristocrats investing so much money in Scrooge, if something happens to Scrooge, their interests will suffer huge losses. So if they can’t be trusted They are no longer a threat, and without our hands, some guys will tear them apart. Well, they are all villains who believe in 'rather kill than misplace'."