[Gone With the Wind] Daughter Difficult

Five days later, the Butler family set off from Vienna as scheduled with Melanie, Ashley, and Christine.

Except for Rhett who was going to detour to South Africa, everyone else took a boat back to the United States-Kevin was also going to be arrested, but later Rhett still considered that he was still too young, and Scarlett strongly opposed it. Kevin still left with the large group.

As for the follow-up of the grievances between the viscount and the noble lady, Bonnie didn't pay special attention to it, but the two of them later caused a storm in Vienna, so Bonnie knew a little bit even if she was in the United States.

The advantage of throwing the blame on the Viscount is that the noble lady never came to Xiaobo again until Xiaobo returned to the United States three months later.

Although she is very busy in Europe, this trip to Europe is actually a rare vacation for Bonnie.

After returning, plus Rhett did not come back together, Bonnie was buried in the pile of documents again, and almost rushed to work day and night.

The previous layout has been completed, and the price of gold in the black market has remained high. After Butler Company made a lot of money, the previous layout allowed them to successfully buy a lot of companies, and took the opportunity to monopolize the oil and steel in the south. department.

Butler's company has doubled or tripled in size during the economic crisis.If the two industries in the south can be successfully integrated, the next ten years will be the fastest growing decade for Butler.But this also means that Butler Company will follow the footsteps of capitalist history and become a monopoly company.But this is also the fastest way for enterprises to grow, not one of them.

Historically, almost all large and powerful companies have become monopoly companies or monopoly organizations. Until the end of the nineteenth century, the monopoly of capitalists led to economic collapse. Politicians began to propose anti-monopoly laws in order to alleviate the tight economic problems in the United States. Since then Many monopoly companies have become the targets of their attacks, but the monopoly companies have survived in name only, and many companies have even developed into the world's largest conglomerates. They rely on the dollar and oil to control most of the world's wealth.

After World War II, the rules of the game formulated by the United States also allowed them to maintain their position as the world's hegemon.

With this kind of cognition, Bonnie can follow the footsteps of historical giants step by step, participate in it, and become a promoter of history.

At this time, the gold in the New York branch of the U.S. treasury was running out.

New York is the largest financial market in the United States. If New York collapses, the economy in the northern part of the United States will be completely dragged down, and because the funds in the south will be withdrawn to the north for emergency, the south will become ruins, so even if the capitalists make a lot of money from it, But they won't let the United States completely collapse.

When the economy reaches the bottom, the capitalists who have already reaped a lot will start to release the liquidity of funds and invest in industry and manufacturing again.However, the depreciation of the US dollar has also caused the US export trade volume to skyrocket.Taking advantage of such an opportunity, American products, which have surpassed Britain to become the new world factory, have successfully occupied a lot of world market share.

On the other hand, the continuous depreciation of the U.S. dollar has deepened the distrust of holders. When they continue to exchange their U.S. dollars for gold, this is the biggest reason for the continued depreciation of the U.S. dollar this time, even if the initial rumors are that the U.S. dollar will abandon the gold standard The system led to depreciation, and now the credit value of the dollar is getting lower and lower because of the vicious circle.

So restoring people's confidence in the dollar has become a top priority.

At this time, the government sold 1 million yuan of public bonds paid in gold.

At this time, the price of gold has been standing at a historical high, but if this part of the gold bonds can be sold smoothly, when the price of gold falls, the value of the dollar will appreciate, and the value of these bonds will naturally increase.Then the price difference will make the capitalists make a lot of money again.

When the market began to move around, Rhett sent a telegram to Bonnie in South Africa, bringing the excellent news that he had found a gold mine in South Africa.

This news is very good for Butler Company. At this time, South Africa has not yet legislated to control gold and diamonds. Butler Company just bought a farm at a low price to get the gold mine, which means, Coupled with the gold mine previously found in Georgia, Butler Company no longer has to worry about any financial issues.

Seeing that the bottom-hunting was almost complete, Bonnie set about buying a part of the gold bonds with the remaining gold reserves of Butler Company plus the gold dug up from Franklin County.

As Bonnie expected, the 1 million gold bonds were quickly swallowed up by northern capitalists and investors from Europe. The U.S. government was thus relieved of its urgent need, and the Butler Company established a good relationship with the government. , Successfully used capital to gain a firm foothold in the north.Their next plan is to move the headquarters of Butler Investment Bank to Wall Street after Rhett returns.

However, the market itself is a cake, and when you share a part of it, it will naturally cause dissatisfaction from others.

Butler Company has integrated the two pillar industries in the south, and has a direct competitive relationship with the two industry giants in the north, and the contest between the two sides has thus begun.

After nearly a month of non-stop busy work, Reid has not yet returned from South Africa.

Even though Bonnie eats and sleeps well every day, she has lost five catties, which makes Scarlett and Melanie feel distressed.Mama Hei changed ways to cook delicious food for her every day, and asked little Kevin to go to work with Bonnie, supervising Bonnie to eat normally every day, but soon, this kind of life also made Kevin's jaw point out, it was simply Whoever sees it has mercy.

When Kevin approached Scarlett to protest, everyone unanimously dismissed it, so the little laborer Kevin had to continue to eat red clay ash on the back of Bonnie's horse every day, no, he came to work with Bonnie.

"When will Dad come back?" Kevin said with a mournful face, propping his little head on his chin.

Bonnie skillfully signed a document with a pen, then put it aside, and said casually: "He just set off from Africa, at least a month away."

Kevin's head slammed onto the table, and the pain caused him to yell, "Then I have to come here for at least a month!!!" Don't my sister think that this is a big deal for a little boy under 12 years old? Come on, is it too cruel?

In fact, the official documents accumulated on the desktop have been cleared out in the past month, and the rest were only delivered in this month, and there is no exaggeration at the beginning.

"How on earth can you see so many official documents and business, won't you forget?" Kevin was tortured for a day, his brain was exhausted, and only his mouth was left to read.

Then I have to thank Rhett and Scarlet for passing on the sensitivity to numbers and business acumen to this body. In her previous life, Bonnie didn't think she could handle so many businesses at the same time, but although the current job is not easy, But it also kept her in a state of excitement.

Bonnie: "I know you can, Kevin Butler, hold on for another half hour and we'll be back."

Kevin: "That's what you said half an hour ago."

"Huh?" Bonnie looked at her watch, and it turned out that half an hour had passed, "Then just another half hour, and I will reward you with your favorite big lobster when I go back."

Kevin: The big lobster can't save his wounded and haggard heart.

Bonnie looked at Kevin, who had no fighting spirit, and ran a document that was not too thick to her younger brother, "Since you are so free, take a look at this document, half an hour should be enough , tell me what you think before you go home."

Kevin: "..." Can he refuse?

Bonnie said grimly, "Can't refuse."

Qi Qiran's Kevin: "Of order."

The document that Bonnie threw to Kevin was a report on alternating current and direct current. Ever since the generator was invented and electric lights began to enter people's lives, direct current has always been insisted on by Edison, the inventor of the bamboo filament light bulb.

When Kevin saw this report, he was completely confused. Although it explained the AC and DC in the most straightforward words, he could understand the superficial meaning, but he didn't understand the deeper science and distance. That is to say, he knows the words on every page, but he can't understand 70.00% of them when they are translated into sentence paragraphs.

"Are you really kidding me? I really really can't understand it." Kevin turned from the first page to the last page of the report, and finally said solemnly to Bonnie.

Bonnie asked without raising her head, "What do you think?"

"I think you're joking. Isn't this kind of thing left to professionals?"

and!Please allow him!Again!

He is only 12 years old!not!

It's normal to not understand! ! !He couldn't believe that Bonnie could understand!

"Electricity will be the direction of future development." Bonnie raised her head and said, "Butler's company has invested in Edison's laboratory since before you were born."

"I know that Edison is now the king of inventions. Isn't this recognized by the public?" Of course, the direct current he supports should be the future development direction, but Bonnie threw out this report at this time, Do you want to tell him that she is ready to support the AC report. "So you are more optimistic about the development prospects of alternating current?"

Bonnie didn't speak, and the office was so quiet that even a needle could be heard when it dropped.

Kevin finally realized what Bonnie was thinking. She definitely didn't want him to study electricity, which should be studied by scientists. Power stations can do this and greatly reduce costs. But I still have reservations. My idea is that you should find more professionals to do a more detailed comparison report for you, and then do Decide."

"Edison." There was no emotion in Bonnie's voice.

Kevin: "???"

Bonnie closed the document in her hand, stood up, and announced under Kevin's expectant eyes: "Now that you have expressed your opinion, let's get off work."

"Yeah!" Kevin cheered, feeling alive again today.

When Bonnie and Kevin left the company, the sky gradually darkened.

Bright yellow street lamps illuminate the entire road, becoming the most brilliant color in the night.

The moment the two got on their horses, a man appeared at the corner of the alley.

Under the streetlights, the man's shadow was stretched very long, making him look a bit scary just like that.

Bonnie glanced at the man, and then said to Kevin: "I still have something to do, you go back first."

"What else do you want to do?" Kevin was taken aback. It was very late now, and the law and order in Atlanta was not very good recently because of the bad economic environment. Even the local gangsters did not dare to offend the Butler family, but What if there is an accident?

Bonnie carried a gun with her, but she was still not safe by herself.

——Kevin didn't realize that even if he was added, he didn't go anywhere safely.

"Aren't you afraid to go home alone?" Bonnie looked narrowly at Kevin, "Then sister will accompany you back."

"Am I worried about you?!" Kevin muttered.

"Who told you, I'm alone, don't you know that our bodyguards are nearby? Even if you go back alone, there will be people following you along the way," Bonnie poked Kevin's head, especially When Rhett was not around, Scarlett asked the captain of the bodyguard to strengthen the protection of their two siblings to prevent accidents - in this case, even if someone has evil intentions, they will be protected in the dark The bodyguards deal with it first.

"Then... I'll go back first?" Kevin got on his horse and said worriedly, "You also have to come back early."

"Don't worry, I'm right behind you, maybe I can catch up to your ass."

Kevin: "..." Is this mocking him for his slow riding?

After Kevin left, the horse was tied up, and the person standing in the shadows walked towards her.

The visitor was wearing a black cloak with a hood over his head, looking more like a night walker in the dark.

Bonnie waved to the people who came, then turned and walked into a small Gothic-style building next to Butler's company.

"You're finally here." Bonnie took off her deerskin gloves and soft beret, sat at the small round table, smiled and beckoned the visitor to sit down, "I've been looking forward to you for the past few days. Good news for me, have you found the news I asked you to check?"

"I found it." The person who came took off the hood covering her head, revealing her true face. It turned out that it was Louise who was sent out by Bonnie two years ago to secretly cultivate.

Compared with two years ago, the appearance of the tomboy Louise has changed.

The cheeks are thinner than Bonnie's, and the facial features are more profound.She no longer needs to wear a wig, her hair has been long and tied into a neat ponytail, and her honey-colored complexion makes her look even more mysterious.

After two years of tempering, Louise has learned all the skills taught by the teacher with extraordinary efforts. Her younger brother was also sent to study in Europe because of her excellent grades, and she completed the original Bonnie The expectation for her is to become a member of the intelligence organization founded by Bonnie.

Louise was originally thoughtful, but now she is more calm. After she started her mission, she successfully solved many problems for Bonnie. Even the information from the black market a while ago was unearthed by her.Because of the accuracy and timeliness of her information, Bonnie was always one step ahead and successfully completed the previous layout.

The importance of Louise was also determined by this battle-until decades later, Louise was still Bonnie's most capable right-hand man and the most indispensable member behind the great success of the Butler family.

However, at this time, Louise's career, like that of the Butler family, had just started.

Louise took out a cowhide document bag from the cloak and handed it to Bonnie, "It contains all the information of the person you want me to check, as well as some information about Edison's studio. There was a lot of conflict, and there was no need to do anything else to poach him away."

The Butler Company is the largest investor in Edison Studios, and Bonnie asking Louise to do this is tantamount to poaching the corner of her company, but Louise has already obtained the information, and Bonnie has sent people to start preparing for a new technology The Institute, which is even larger and more resourceful than Edison, seems to want to confront the already successful Edison head-on.

Regardless of who Edison is, judging from the generally positive public opinion on Edison, Bonnie's actions are actually challenging the existing authority. Others may not see Bonnie's determination, but intelligence tells her that Bonnie seems to have Make up your mind to abandon Edison.

Louise is not the decision maker, and she doesn't understand what Bonnie wants to do. She just needs to complete the tasks that Bonnie gave her and implement them seriously. The rest is not within the scope of her consideration.

Bonnie flipped through the information Louise found, and said after a while: "Okay, then I will entrust you with the task of poaching people, and you must do it cleanly, and don't withdraw funds from Edison's studio in Butler's company." Before, there was no trace of it."

Louise froze for a second, then nodded and said, "Understood."

In fact, Louise had already estimated Bonnie's determination before, but she didn't expect Bonnie to act so vigorously, as if she had already known it well.

"You seem to be a little surprised." Bonnie finished her business, and her serious face became relaxed.

"There is indeed one point, but I don't have any opinions." Louise was not as tense as before, "I just didn't expect that you would make a decision so quickly."

"I have read several reports before, and with yours, I already have the answer." Of course, her knowledge of history must be added, otherwise she would not be able to make such a firm decision.In Bonnie's view, it is inevitable to choose alternating current, even if direct current cannot be really applied because of the limitation of science and technology in this era.

It's definitely not a difficult choice.

However, choosing AC or DC is not the end of the story, it's the beginning.

The dispute between alternating current and direct current is the beginning of the entire electrical age, which means the beginning of the second industrial revolution.

Throughout the 21th century and even the [-]st century, electric energy is still the leading factor of the times. With the development of science and technology, more and more electrical appliances are developed, the supply of electric energy is diversified, electric storage tools are changed from large to small, and electrical appliances are popularized in all aspects of life. .The material life of human beings has also achieved a qualitative leap due to the development of electric energy.

Although now, electric energy is still a nascent industry that discourages many speculators.But the prospect of using electric energy is definitely beyond the imagination of people in this era.

But this also means that the competition has not yet begun.

The dispute between Edison and Tesla between direct current and alternating current may be a major milestone in the history of human civilization, but the promotion and popularization of electricity is the most important page in the history of human civilization.

Perhaps for the two, this is already a matter of their life and death, but for investors, this is just another gamble with huge risks.

From the perspective of capitalists, what they care about is not direct current or alternating current, but whether direct current or alternating current can make them more profits.

When the battle between direct current and alternating current comes to a head, the real competition among capitalists begins.

In history, the well-known investment tycoon John Pierpont Morgan once chose to invest in Edison and direct current. Edison even suppressed Tesla and his alternating current at all costs, regardless of morality. However, it has been proved that alternating current is the future electric energy In the end, because of alternating current, Westinghouse Electric Company, which has been supporting Tesla, won the bid for the Niagara Hydropower Station, and the electricity generated by the Niagara Hydropower Station is enough to support the electricity needed in the northern United States. became mainstream.

From this point of view, Morgan seems to have lost the game, but then Westinghouse lost its patent for alternating current due to poor management, and Tesla was pressured by the consortium and suppressed by Edison—alternating current as a free The invention of Westinghouse was used by the world, so Westinghouse Electric under the name of Westinghouse gradually lost its advantage in the industry, and finally even handed over the management right, while Morgan became The world-famous General Electric has galloped in this industry for decades and gained huge wealth.

Therefore, the dispute between direct current and alternating current is not the end at all, but marks the beginning of an industry competition.

The competition with Morgan is the battle she really needs to prepare for.

The two discussed it again, and the matter about the laboratory came to an end, and Bonnie was naturally preparing to leave.

Louise saw Bonnie put on deerskin gloves. She knew that Bonnie was in a hurry to go home, but she rarely came to Atlanta, and she was leaving tomorrow. Some things could not be discussed face to face, and she was afraid that she would not be able to explain clearly.

Louise struggled for a while, but said: "There is one more thing, you authorized me to find more people and expand the intelligence network."

"Well, just let it go and do it." Bonnie was very assured of Louise's ability, but when she saw the hesitant expression on Louise's face, she realized that Louise seemed to have some new ideas, He was not in a hurry to leave, "Well, how about this, tell me what you think, let's discuss it."