The new Sheffield Rand Company accounted for 53% of high explosives, 66% of black powder, and 57% of smokeless powder, completely suppressing it in three aspects.

The DuPont consortium has long controlled the gunpowder market.

This is the first time in the United States in a hundred years that a company has appeared in this field, surpassing the DuPont Consortium in all aspects. Therefore, some newspapers are not exaggerating when they say that a field has entered a new era.

The merger work is definitely not something that Sheffield and Laughlin Rand can just hand over and deliver. The merger of the two companies still needs to do a lot of things, including merging all manufacturing activities, concentrating production in a few large factories, and

Close to the market corresponding to the product. Establish three management departments to coordinate, plan and evaluate the production work of the factory corresponding to the three products of black powder, glycerin dynamite and smokeless gunpowder. Establish a sales department, engineering department, transportation department and purchasing department respectively.

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Sheffield's absorption of the Rand Corporation has just begun. Of course, it must try its best to make up for its shortcomings. To this end, Sheffield found Edith Rockefeller, a goal that made him no longer want to work hard. "Back then, Standard Oil wanted to defeat DuPont.

If it weren't for the threat of antitrust laws, the company would have already become a reality. The nitric acid raw materials and other raw materials and minerals back then were useless even if Standard Oil was kept, so why not buy them for me."

"You seem to want to take advantage of our family!" Edith Rockefeller put the child down, stuffed her breasts into her blouse with both hands, and patted them again. The rebound was so large that it made her dizzy. "Why are there such shortcomings?

Want to get it from the Rockefellers?”

"You are still telling me this? You must have got a lot of property from me. No matter what good things happen, I always think of you. Also, you are a man with a son, and your son is yours.

He's not your brother to rely on." Sheffield felt even more angry as he spoke, "What's wrong with me, I'm your son's father, can I still lose to him after completing the merger? Besides, you and I

My total net worth makes me a billionaire. Even so, I have never considered the stocks your father gave you."

Edith Rockefeller was stunned for a moment and whispered dissatisfiedly, "No one has ever dared to talk to me like that."

"That's a coincidence, so do I! Women have the final say in the United Company. I am the only male heir of this generation, and I live a more comfortable life than your brother." Sheffield crossed his legs, acting like a stinky gangster.

"Our family also has its own supply of raw materials, but DuPont is not an ordinary opponent. It is said to be internal chaos, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so it is not easy to deal with."

"What is a camel?" Edith Rockefeller tilted her head and asked with a confused look on her face.

"I didn't say it, a kind of giant Asian horse!" Sheffield slapped his thigh, wishing he could give himself a slap in the face. He knew that Edith Rockefeller knew nothing about other than upper-class life, so he shouldn't give random examples.

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"Then I may have talked to John, but now I am a little afraid to see him. You also know that my father and he must be very dissatisfied with me having children now. My father and he are both very strict people!" Edie

Rockefeller pursed his red lips and said weakly, looking like he was in a dilemma, "William, it's difficult for me too."

"Of course it's difficult. How can I feel comfortable when I go in!" Sheffield smiled bitterly. Not to mention that Edith Rockefeller didn't dare to go, he also didn't dare to go to Little Rockefeller. Now he is even more cowardly than Edith Rockefeller.

"Then let Laughlin Rand go!" After a moment of silence, the adulterers suddenly spoke at the same time, and then looked at each other and smiled.

Anyway, the two of them don't dare to come forward and can hide as long as they can, but this matter still has to be done. After all, there is such a basic condition right in front of them, and they can be used immediately after the acquisition. They can't stop doing it just because they are embarrassed.

In this regard, both Sheffield and Edith Rockefeller received a good family education and would not stop making money because of a small guilt. Guilt is only worth a few dollars.

Otherwise, the two of them should go to church and pray devoutly to God to forgive themselves? Sheffield wouldn't go anyway. How many divisions does the Pope have?

Laughlin Rand had just gained a bigger stage when he was entrusted with the important task of going to the Rockefeller Estate in New York to discuss business with the controller of the oil empire. This opportunity was not given to everyone.

"Actually, William, you are the boss, and you are more confident about coming forward." Laughlin Rand was a little strange. As a young Rockefeller, it seemed that it was more etiquette for Sheffield to go in person, and he should not be allowed to go.

"No, no, no!" Sheffield shook his head like a rattle, indicating that he had something important to do now. Although he really wanted to talk to Rockefeller in person, he really couldn't leave, otherwise he would definitely go and then

He expressed full trust in Laughlin Rand, "Mr. Rand is also the boss of the company. We are partners. There is no need to distinguish who has a larger share and who has a smaller share."

"Okay!" Laughlin Rand did not continue to refuse, but he didn't hear that Sheffield was busy, so he agreed and was willing to go to New York.

"Now I want to know even more, what do those people in the Dupont family think?" Sheffield laughed evilly, then changed his face and put on a serious look, not to get carried away.

Walking along the Delaware River, Pierre Dupont had a solemn look on his face. He stopped on the river bank and stared into the distance, saying sternly, "You know, if it had been any other company, I would have blown up their factory."

"Obviously this time your DuPont Consortium has met an opponent who cannot do this!" Alfred Sloan put his hands in his pockets, looking lazy, and followed Pierre Dupont to the riverside road, "

In fact, the current situation is like the water of the Delaware River. It looks calm, but many people drown every year. As long as you like to swim, the risk of drowning will always exist."

As another big entrepreneur with deep roots in the DuPont family, Alfred Sloan now fully understands the pain of Pierre DuPont. Although competitors in Texas have always existed, for a long time they have controlled the South.

If you don't take a look to the north, although other companies have some threats, they have been dismantled by DuPont through overt and covert means. Therefore, DuPont has not been fatally threatened for a long time.

However, the rivals in the south were obviously unwilling to continue to consolidate their basic base and began to move across the country. The most important thing is that this opponent still had the same style as before and was deeply involved in the war.

"This is something that can't be helped. Who would have thought that Sheffield could contribute money and mobilize tens of thousands of armed forces to participate in the war. It played a huge role in this. The military generals all helped to speak up and grabbed most of the share.

." Although he knew that his friend did not like to hear it, Alfred Sloan still shrugged and continued, "Now that the Rand Corporation has been acquired, plus the money earned from the war, it is indeed more popular than DuPont.

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Pierre Dupont covered his head. This was the first time that he felt that his friend's words were so harsh. But this is the fact. It can be said that DuPont Company is currently under unprecedented pressure. He sighed and said, "Is there nothing I can do?"

"At least until the war in the Philippines ends, there should be nothing we can do. Let's think about the things in front of us. This time through tax cuts, the pressure may be relieved a little. The state houses have already been cleared, so it shouldn't be a problem. As your company, DuPont

Delaware’s largest companies will definitely benefit the most.”

The Delaware State Legislature is voting on tax relief for large businesses. This relief covers companies with a scale of more than one million US dollars and is tailor-made for famous entrepreneurs in the state. Originally, this was just an idea from a few companies.

It doesn't have to be passed immediately. But that's no longer possible. The DuPont family and several other family businesses with deep roots are under a lot of pressure because of their close relationships, so they must be passed immediately.

"Well, let's forget about this for now. The headquarters is also very concerned about today's resolution." Pierre Dupont shook his head, as if to put his troubles behind him, and returned with his friends to wait for the State House.

the result.

On this day, the Delaware State Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution to reduce taxes on well-known companies in the state to support the development of these large companies and develop the state's economy. As soon as the news came out, Delaware paid attention to this matter

Companies are breathing a sigh of relief, and their stocks will rise because of this result.

"I can guarantee that this result must have been manipulated." Sheffield was dumbfounded after hearing the news. How can it be like this? And why is this policy of tax cuts for the rich so familiar? Is it a little early?

This kind of external explanation and operation of tax cuts for the rich is very similar to the measures taken by Reagan. Of course, real estate businessmen also did the same thing decades later. The technical term is called the trickle-down effect. Government relief is not the best way to help the poor. It should

Total wealth increases through economic growth, ultimately benefiting the poor.

To put it more simply, it is to give all the money to the rich in the hope that it will trickle down to the poor. By making the rich more profitable, the richer people can hire more poor people and expand their industries. In this way

The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting stable jobs.

It turns out that this kind of operation was first carried out by the DuPont family in Delaware, and the source turned out to be here.

"Do the Dupont family dare to be more shameless?" Sheffield said with admiration on his face as he muttered to Edith Rockefeller.

"You can also use your roots in Texas to replicate the same thing!" Edith Rockefeller was confused. Although it was the first time she had seen this kind of operation, she immediately thought that other companies could also replicate it.

ah.
Chapter completed!