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    After a whole day of negotiations, Graystone finally reached an agreement with the elder Rockefeller: Graystone promised that after the shipbuilding industry collapsed in the future, Rockefeller would be free to acquire those shipbuilding companies.  But he must use these shipyards as capital investment to join the cross-holding shipbuilding alliance led by the McDonald family.  Operationally, these shipyards are directly managed by the Rockefeller family and have certain autonomy, but must not harm the interests of the alliance.  After the basic intention is reached, other people will naturally handle the relevant details.  So Graystone said goodbye to Rockefeller and prepared to go back and have a good rest.  It was already approaching evening and dinner time had passed.  Rockefeller did not let Graystone eat, because he knew that the quality of the food at his home would make Graystone feel like he was being punished.  When it comes to delicious food, almost all of MacDonald¡¯s second generation have inherited Scrooge¡¯s foodie tradition.  Scrooge's life was not simple, at least not according to Rockefeller's standards. However, Rockefeller also admitted that by Morgan's standards, not even by Morgan's standards, just by his brother's standards,  Scrooge's life is not luxurious.  In one respect, however, Scrooge was a luxury even by Morgan standards.  That's when it comes to eating.  Scrooge has a very luxurious chef team in Duck Castle, including six French chefs, five Italian chefs, and a total of thirty Chinese chefs.  It is said that most of these chefs have experience working in high-end hotels, and some of the chefs from China are said to even come from the Manchu court.  Rockefeller heard rumors that once, Scrooge and his bodyguard Chen Guang chatted about various foods. Chen Guang, perhaps out of homesickness, severely criticized American food.  , and he boasted about the free Overlord meal he had in a restaurant in a certain city when he was in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. As a result, it attracted Scrooge's attention. Later, the Eight-Nation Allied Forces invaded  When we arrived in Beijing, amid the war and chaos, it was said that a lot of famous Chinese chefs were missing.  And many of them came to Scrooge.  As a result, Scrooge made the members of the MacDonald family extremely picky when it came to food.  Therefore, it is estimated that Gray Stone would not be able to eat the simple white bread, milk, and a few slices of sausage at Rockefeller's house.  The MacDonalds would rather starve for hours than eat something like this.  To be honest, Rockefeller had eaten many of the things in Scrooge's house, especially the weird ones, but he didn't find them very tempting at all.  Therefore, the world of foodies is not something that normal humans can understand.  Graystone came out of Rockefeller's house and lay half-lying in the comfortable back seat of the Lincoln sedan with his eyes closed to meditate.  A day of negotiations made him feel a little tired. However, in retrospect, Mr. Rockefeller was still in high spirits and did not seem to feel tired at all. This could not help but admire Graystone.  ¡­ Two days later, Fitch Ratings International released a new monthly economic report (this chapter is not finished, please turn the page). In this report, Fitch Ratings International stated that based on the various information they have obtained,  Based on the results of basic analysis, this round of recession that has lasted for three years should be coming to an end, and it is predicted that a new boom era centered on the oil industry may arrive in a few months.  At the end of this month's report, he wrote: "Various figures, including the number of bank non-performing liabilities and the purchasing index of various enterprises, have all improved to a certain extent. They have either stopped the continuous recession, or have experienced declines."  "In short, we have reason to believe that the dark tunnel has come to an end, and we have seen the light at the end of the tunnel." However, the effect of this report is not obvious, although Fitch International's report.  It already has a very high reputation and appeal in the economic community. However, in the past few years, there have been times when various economic indicators have improved. At that time, many people felt that the tunnel had arrived.  At the end, light has been seen ahead.  However, the final result is that the so-called bright light at the entrance of the tunnel is not the real entrance of the tunnel, but is probably just a shining will-o'-the-wisp.  Some impatient guys, thinking that this was an opportunity, hurriedly shouted "If you are quick, you are slow, if you are slow," they fell into the trap dug by others and fell to pieces.  There was also a period of time, which lasted for a month or two, when the economy was improving steadily, as if the train had pulled out of the tunnel and entered the sunny spring. However, before the two months were over, suddenly  The situation suddenly changed, just like riding a train through the Rocky Mountains. Just after exiting a tunnel, before I had time to look at the scenery next to me, the train?He rushed into the next longer and darker tunnel.  Therefore, today, there is an extreme lack of confidence in the market, and most people have chosen to continue to wait and see at this time.  However, the economic situation does appear to be improving.  And more good news keeps coming. Although every good news almost becomes an opportunity for some people to cut their losses from the stock market, resulting in several sharp rises and falls in the stock market, the overall situation is indeed  It's really getting better.  For example, the oil industry mentioned in Fitch's report has begun to see positive growth in the number of workers it employs, although the growth is modest.  At the same time, the number of workers employed in some related industries has also increased.  According to social statistics released by the Associated Press, the unemployment rate in the United States has declined overall for the first time in three months. This situation has never been seen in previous false recoveries or short-lived recoveries.  appeared.  Another month passed, and more good news came.  In distant China, the rebel southern army, with the support of Cuban volunteers, repelled the troops loyal to the Qing government two months ago and declared the establishment of a republic called the "Republic of China".  The Manchu Qing Dynasty had to use Yuan Shikai to suppress them. As a result, Yuan Shikai used his troops to put pressure on the south on the one hand, and on the other hand, he used the south to coerce the Manchu Qing emperor to abdicate.  In the end, the Chinese finally reached a compromise. The Qing emperor announced his abdication, the Republic of China government announced that it would give preferential treatment to the Qing royal family, and Yuan Shikai became the president of the Republic of China.  The Republic of China became (this chapter is not finished, please turn the page) a separate republic in law, but in fact it is more like a confederation than a federation.  The country was essentially divided into two parts, the north and the south, which hated each other, and in the south, it was divided into several smaller parts.  In order to gain more support and overwhelm their opponents, these small states have shown goodwill to the powerful countries. For example, Americans have now obtained the right to mine, establish enterprises, and build railways in many places in the south, and they have completely free rights to do business.  New markets have also been opened.  The Chinese market is not open to the United States alone, because according to the previous treaties reached between the Qing government and the great powers, all the great powers have received most-favored-nation treatment in China. In other words, after a certain great power country obtains some privileges in China, other powers  countries will automatically receive such privileges.  But in some industrial sectors, American products have almost no strong competitors, such as petroleum products.  At this time, news came that oil had been discovered in the Philippines, and Mr. Rockefeller immediately announced that he would build a refinery in the Philippines to sell petroleum products to the Chinese market nearby.  This news was regarded as a sign that the economy was truly recovering, so the investment market slowly began to heat up, and oil-related industries were the first to receive financial support.  The large amount of machinery required to extract oil in the Philippines has obviously benefited industries such as steel and machinery manufacturing, and petroleum products must be transported by sea to enter new markets. Therefore, Mr. Rockefeller's company also began to solicit bids to manufacture new, dedicated to petroleum products.  Transport vessels.  This has also benefited the shipbuilding industry.  Stimulated by such a series of good news, investors who were originally timid gradually became bolder, and they gradually began to believe that the real recovery had arrived.  The news of economic improvement in North America has also provided Europe with more confidence. Just this month, an American oil exploration team hired by Tsarist Russia discovered high-yield oil fields in the Caucasus. The Tsarist Russian government began to invite investment and development, and the United States  The oil companies immediately took the lead and took over several oil wells.  The transportation in the Caucasus is inconvenient, and the export of oil has become a problem. The Russians have made a plan to first build a heavy-duty railway for transporting oil to Kashmir, and then transport it to European countries by ship.  This project made railways and shipbuilding in Europe popular. ?¡­ ?Cleveland University Laboratory-Ocean Transportation Design Laboratory.  This is a laboratory specialized in research on various types of transport vessels.  The MacDonald consortium invests hundreds of thousands of dollars in the laboratory every year.  On this day, the laboratory welcomed two distinguished guests, Scrooge MacDonald and Morgan.  "Scrooge, where's that boat you showed me?" Just like Scrooge's hobby for food, Morgan has a special hobby for boats. This hobby is not limited to yachts and cruise ships, but includes  All ships.  What's more, Scrooge also touted to him that this would be a newly designed super ship that would immediately make all other oil transport ships obsolete. As an excellent businessman, Morgan naturally understood what such a ship represented.  business opportunities.  (End of this chapter)
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