Edith Rockefeller was very excited when she found out about this. She couldn't help saying, "Who do I, Edith, want to give birth to, and who cares about them? I have nothing else to do every day. I don't want to deduct anything from the rich."

I can’t sell newspapers.”

"Then let me really tell you that in the past few years, newspapers' profits have really remained at the same level. It doesn't seem to be retreating. This is because newspapers are cheap, but the total sales volume this year has not increased at the same time." Sheffield explained, spreading his hands.

, "Pulitzer and Hearst turned newspapers into erotic serial novels. I am not against them eating shit, but it is undeniable that most people don't like shit. The two of them forcefully feed it to citizens.

Shit, not everyone is willing. Although my newspaper started late, it is catching up faster than the expansion speed of the two of them, and its share is getting larger and larger. This is the reason."

On the premise that the total volume has not increased much, what your own newspapers are grabbing is the customers of other newspapers. Don't think it's nothing, occupying the existing market is also a very important step. Once the existing market is competed for, someone will be out.

.

In the mobile phone market of later generations, Samsung was eliminated in this way. Once the existing market was occupied, Samsung was no longer the international giant that people thought it was. At least in the mobile phone market of the Republic, it was already someone else.

Relying on reports that are not on the stage to gain attention is not a long-term solution after all. Feeding shit is a habit, and it attracts people who like to eat shit. The presence of pig farms has become less and less. Isn’t this the reason? Don’t eat it.

After all, the majority of people are shit.

Who wants to read news about pig farms? Don’t you know how much your company’s traffic has dropped? Moreover, if there are too many such reports, it will not attract normal people, and it will definitely be counterattacked in the end.

"Then what do you want to do? I'm fine and don't care what a few newspapers say to me, but can you watch your son being published in newspapers every day?" Edith Rockefeller looked open-minded,

In fact, it is putting pressure on Sheffield. You, a slave owner, can scare DuPont, but you can't deal with a few so-called giants in the media industry?

"I can't talk to them now. It's not that I'm afraid of them, but once I respond, won't it solidify the relationship between you and me? Although it's a bit selfish for me to say this, I hope you can understand." Sheffield apologized.

, the conversation changed, "Do you think the two of them are just arranging the private lives of rich people to make profits? Then you underestimate them. These two people have a lot of bad things. When the California Workers' Party passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, they were cheering behind it.

Who is it? Isn’t it the media owned by William Hearst? Hearst was born in San Francisco, California. His father, William George, was an Irish immigrant and a successful pioneer who made his fortune by mining gold and silver mines.

Got home."

"As for Pulitzer being a Hungarian immigrant, they both agree on this issue. Last year they were in California fighting a lawsuit against my newspaper for this matter. As for reporting the Spanish fleet's imminent landing in New York, I just

Forget it!" Sheffield said sarcastically, "When this matter is over, I will dig up the details about the two of them."

"They want to be dragon-slaying warriors? My evil dragon has a huge appetite." Sheffield breathed a sigh of relief after finally calming down Edith Rockefeller. To deal with these guys who also control public opinion, directly

If you kill it, you may even bleed yourself all over.

"Anyway, you can't deal with me. This is not only my matter, but also Little William's matter. If you can even lie to your own son, then you can do whatever you want." Edith Rockefeller rarely showed a hint of grievance.

, maybe it’s the first time I’ve looked like this, and it’s really not contagious.

"Don't worry, I won't make it easy for them." Sheffield twisted his eyes and said, "I want to discredit two people and watch my own image collapse. Maybe there is room for two people in Arkham Asylum.

.It is such a pity that two public figures cannot live in such a peaceful and comfortable place where birds are singing and flowers are fragrant.”

Sheffield pretended not to know about the matter, waited until it cooled down, and then started to fight back. Then he instructed the United Company's public relations to mainly respond to the accusation of war trafficking, and asked whether some people were unpatriotic and turned their attention away from their private lives.

By the way, it seems that almost all newspapers supported the war during the war, and now they are saying that they are selling death? So as a neutral and objective media person, isn't it a little too positionless?

Amid this war of words, Sheffield was preparing to have face-to-face negotiations with the founder of the Rand Corporation. Before that, Sheffield suddenly came to his senses and wondered whether this matter had something to do with the DuPont Consortium.

? He didn’t dare to forget the teachings of Lafayette at all, and when something happened, he wanted to think about Dupont.

"William has such wealth at such a young age, which makes everyone very envious." After seeing Sheffield, Laughlin Rand couldn't help but sigh, saying that the United Company was very wealthy.

"Yeah, I'm particularly good at selling death. As the controller of the Death Empire, it's normal to get some human blood pies. After all, many people think that I am the person closest to the devil. In fact, I don't agree with this.

, it should be said conversely, the devil is the existence closest to me." Sheffield stared directly into Laughlin Rand's eyes and said slowly, "The Rand Corporation's stock has been on a good rise recently, so our

The negotiations have added some variables."

This sentence refers to the fact that Laughlin Rand leaked the fact that the Rand Corporation was being acquired, which raised the value of many shareholders, mainly himself. This was because the news of the impending merger spread, which caused

Now he is being bitten by a group of dung diggers. It can be said that the dung diggers were merciful and did not dig out the Sheffield family when they were the owners of the largest slave market in New Orleans. Maybe it was too long ago. The two of them were originally

I forgot about it before I was an adult.

"William, I'm very sorry for the trouble this has caused, but please believe me, I didn't know it would cause such a disturbance." When Laughlin Rand heard Sheffield introducing himself like this, his heart suddenly lifted.

Got up.

If the Spanish-American War had any impact on many companies, it was Sheffield United Company and its allies who raised tens of thousands of private armed forces overseas to appear in the war and accompanied the American Expeditionary Force. You must know that the United States landed in Cuba

The number of the expeditionary force was only a little over 20,000, but the United Company actually summoned tens of thousands of people and landed in Cuba before the American Expeditionary Force landed, which made them a big splash.

But after watching the excitement, a problem arose. There was such a huge private armed force under the United Company, which made everyone shudder. Moreover, this armed force also placed its base overseas, so no one knew how many they had. What kind of strength does a person have?

"I am a serious businessman. Maybe Mr. Rand doesn't believe it very much, but within the United States, I am known for being law-abiding!" Sheffield waved his hand and said, "I have a good business reputation, and all the partners who have worked with me know this. I know. As for participating in the war, I do not deny it, but that is already an overseas matter and is not within the scope of discussion. Let’s talk about our problem. The merger of Sheffield’s arms company and the Rand Corporation will become a A real giant. In terms of strength, it is even stronger than the other DuPont consortium. I believe you, Mr. Rand, also know the strength of the DuPont consortium. At least you have not taken any advantage from DuPont."

"Yes, when it comes to the competition for shares between the Rand Company and DuPont, the Rand Company has been at a disadvantage for a long time." Laughlin Rand said enviously, "After all, our two companies do not have a wide presence in the southern states. influence."

This indicates that the Sheffield family is opportunistic in this field, because the Democratic Party has deep-rooted forces in the southern states and has always firmly controlled the basic market. Although it could not capture much of the northern market before, it has taken up all the markets in the southern states. .

"It is also the love of the southern states that has allowed our family to survive for many years. Finally, we waited for the opportunity. You also know that Democrats love war the most." Sheffield forced a smile and said, "In this way, once the two families When the company merges, there will basically be no shortcomings. And I will not exclude Mr. Rand. I will only occupy a simple majority of the shares and will not interfere with the decision-making power. I have set out my own conditions. Mr. Rand, tell me a price and let me see if I can accept it."

The name of the new company is, in accordance with the custom of this era, of course, the synthesis of Sheffield and Rand Corporation, named Sheffield Rand Corporation. Later, there was a company called Lockheed Martin Corporation, and this company was Lockheed and Martin Marietta merged to form Lockheed Martin.

Sheffield acquired a majority stake in the Rand Corporation for $2.6 million, retained Laughlin Rand's position, and stayed to continue serving the new company. On the second day of formal negotiations, Sheffield and Rand News of his re-election and merger with the new company appeared on the front pages of major newspapers.
Chapter completed!