[Titanic] Where Your Heart Goes

"Yes, sir."

Lai Fujie respectfully accepted Mr. Henry's order, but Mr. Henry couldn't see any sign of happiness. He turned his head and looked at his son with disinterest: "New York St. John's Church, Miss Rose will get married there soon, Carl, you..."

"Father, do you want to hear the truth?" Carl asked with a smile. What did Mr. Henry not understand when he heard this? What his son meant was to tell him that he deliberately dumped his fiancée!

"Not to mention all the qualities of Mr. Dawson, I just say that he is a man - what good man would be willing to be kept in the house by another man as a woman or a pet - I can't accept you with him. Imagine you I know it will be ten years later. At that time, his eyes will have wrinkles, his body will no longer be soft and charming, and he may have many diseases—you know what I mean, what diseases are these. And you , my dear son? You will definitely take over my business at that time, at least you will be a Pittsburgh steel tycoon, and a successful 40-year-old man is usually charming, why do you have any reason to go back to his room and look at his sad and sad eyes ?” When Mr. Henry spoke, his eyes were gloomy, and his tone was full of worry.

"By the time you're 40 and you see someone with a kid who's a little naive and clumsy, you start to resent that relationship; by the time you're 50 and you see someone showing off their son graduating from some famous university and starting to innovate Career, you will start to hate your own decision; and when you are 60 years old, my son, can you still imagine the bleak scene of loneliness in the evening?" Mr. Henry patted Carl on the shoulder, his voice became weak .

"There may be nothing good about women—at least, except for your mother, I have never met a charming woman who can communicate with me—but they can bring you offspring, and will gaze at you with warm eyes at home, the more When you get old, they become more and more like your mother and daughter, doing things that love you and being loved by you at the same time. Find a wife, even if you don’t love her, but think about being with you when you are old.”

Carl didn't care about what Mr. Henry mentioned. He knew from adolescence that there would be absolutely no possibility of women participating in his future, but obviously after time travel, he had to convince his father once again—a frustrating reality.

Carl leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes and felt the sunlight, and said in a soothing tone: "Father, I can adopt a group of children. There are many abandoned healthy children in the orphanage. Afterwards, I sat in the rocking chair with Jack and basked in the sun in the courtyard, I could relax and read a book, and he would use the same wrinkled fingers to hold a paintbrush to outline my loose skin."

Carl laughed imagining the future: "Father, you really have a prejudice against Jack, he doesn't want to be raised by me at home. Do you know what he said at the beginning? He said he must be responsible to me and support his family .Father, you probably won’t experience that kind of novelty and touching happiness. When I am 40 years old, he will only be 33 years old, and he will be younger and more attractive than me. Instead, your son should be more worried about being abandoned.”

Henry looked at his son's satisfied smile and sighed silently: "Okay then, I'll wait and see."

After returning home, Mr. Henry and Carl each went to their own companies to deal with matters. Neither of them is a person who has a lot of time to enjoy leisure time.Karl didn't know what his father was busy with, but his own plan was definitely not going so smoothly. At this time, it was two years before the First World War, and all countries were strengthening their armaments. The order felt the breath of war.

To put it bluntly, every country in Europe is stepping up to stockpile supplies, so whether it is food, clothing, steel or arms business is very good, the United States happens to be the supplier chosen by the Europeans, and its distance from the European continent has caused many European countries to misunderstand. I thought that geographical location was the best protection, but in fact, the sensitive people in the upper echelons of the United States are aware of the problem.

Macy's was impacted by the death of the Strauss couple, but its impact was much smaller than Karl initially estimated. At this time, various military orders in Europe helped Macy's maintain its stock price. The only thing that makes Carl feel lucky is that Macy's has dropped to second place in the US market share, and its stock has begun to slowly decline.

Both Carl and Abner knew it was a very slow and erratic process, and once Mr. Strauss Jr. had recovered from the shock of his parents' death, he would be racking his brains for new Macy's products. The policy of strengthening customers and attacking opponents - Jewish wisdom is sometimes really loved and hated.

"How many shares of Macy's do we own now?" Carl quickly analyzed the data in the report, and at the same time was distracted by Macy's issue.

"If you don't plan to intervene in the decision-making of Macy's, then we now own 11.00% of Macy's stock, but even if the rest of them step up their acquisitions, it will be very difficult to get 30.00%." ​​Abu Tiredly pinching the bridge of his nose, since receiving the telegram from Carl on NO. .

"Abner, aren't you a Jew?" Karl asked casually, and Abner's reaction seemed a little strong.

"Carl, I never knew you were a racist!"

"Oh, forget it. I don't care about the issue of race or race. Who in the United States dares to declare that they are not of mixed race? Isn't the country creating public opinion value for our mixed race advantage? Besides, it is not a dog or It’s a horse, blood is not important. But whether you have Jewish blood or not will affect my next words.” Karl took the time to glance at Abner, his old classmate was strong and tall, and looked more like a Scot.

"Okay, I'm so nervous, I'm Germanic. Before we immigrated, our family was fed up with racial supremacism. Why do many domestic bosses who make money are mostly Jewish? They seem to be unlucky, listen My parents said that the Jews had been suppressed and secretly killed in the 80s, but they didn’t make it clear. Forget it, let’s talk about your wicked plan. Which banknote doesn’t have What about blood? If I were a kind person, I wouldn’t open a factory with you.” Abner complained, and Carl laughed.

"Thank God, it's fine if you're not Jewish. They say you have to help your compatriots—I'm going to cheat people." Carl said with a smirk. The most feared thing in the sales and service industries is that customers rush Going to the door and yelling that there is a problem with your product-this is the same as just putting the dead patient's body at the door of the hospital, no matter whether it is a medical accident or not, everyone thinks that the doctor killed the person. sympathy for the weak.

Carl said, shaking the pen in his hand, and said, "Find a few people and ask them to carry them pretending to be seriously injured, and then go to the door of Macy's department store to cry and say that there is something wrong with the bread they sell. It doesn't take long, just toss Three or four days, I guarantee we have enough time to spend the least amount of money to get the stock of Macy's. Abner, remember to send some reliable people to do this."

"...Karl, you will definitely go to hell, your conscience has been completely sold to the devil." Abner couldn't help muttering, then he patted the calculator on the table with a smile and said: "Look at the dollar For my sake, God will not blame me, I am just an accessory."

"Oh, Karl, how about I tell you some good news?" Abner suddenly changed the subject, and Karl agreed to Abner's proposal without raising his head, but Abner decided to keep it a secret: "One hundred Good news for the dollar, do you buy it?"

"Oh? Such expensive news? Tell me first, is it worth the price." Carl quickly interjected.

"Mr. Ford and his son had a big quarrel in the company yesterday because of the problem of improving the Model T." Abner smiled very wretchedly, and he said with a benevolent gesture: "Poor Mr. Edsel, He was driven home from the company by his father to reflect. But Ernest Kanzler, Mr. Edsel's assistant, was even more unlucky and lost his job."

"So, our benevolent Mr. Abt Witt has generously taken in Mr. Kantzler and is willing to accept his ideas?" Carl smiled and handed over a hundred dollars to Abner. contented.

"I've also been in contact with Mr Edsel, and his wife is very supportive of him re-starting his career. Mr Ford has clearly been less successful as a father and manager, and his daughter-in-law seems to have a very distant relationship with Mr Ford. I think the power of a housewife in a family will always be very strong, and maybe in the near future, I will get a talented Mr. Edsel." Abner also leaned into the back of the chair as he spoke. Taking a sip of coffee, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"Abner, my car factory is not only a factory for luxury cars, different classes, different types and purposes of vehicles, didn't I say before that I want to develop new types of agricultural equipment? Just try to combine them together .” The big stone in Carl’s heart was put down, and having good R&D personnel is half the battle.

"Carl, you are indeed born to be a boss - after your last sentence, I have to go to the agricultural machinery factory to poach skilled workers and R&D personnel. Hey, being a boss is good. You go home every day to accompany your honeymoon lover , I have to look at my wife’s sad eyes every day when I go home in the middle of the night. If she cheats, what should I do!”

Hearing Abner's wailing, Carl took a look at the calendar and said, "After two and a half months, the dust will settle, and then you can take a week off."

"And after I go to work on vacation, my work is piled up in the office to catch up with me, right? Carl, you are such an uncaring buddy."

Carl looked at the pointer of the pocket watch, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I'm going to pick up Jack and go home. Mrs. Brown's afternoon tea must be over by this time."

Regardless of Abner's complaints behind him, Karl picked up his coat and walked out of the company. The driver was waiting downstairs for Karl's orders.Jack sat between Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Brown's son, and Mr. Andrew. They chatted happily. Karl didn't step forward to disturb the atmosphere at this time. He believed that at least Mr. Andrew would definitely be embarrassed to meet him.

Carl stood in the courtyard and looked at Jack's smile, with pride and joy in his heart - that dazzling boy belonged to him, and Jack would have higher achievements in the future, and at that time he would be polished even more radiant by time.Jack quickly noticed Carl's figure, and he said goodbye to everyone present. Carl smiled and took off his courtesy to pay tribute to them, and then took Jack back to the old house.

Lai Fujie was instructing the servants to tidy up the room and luggage, the sofa was covered with white cotton cloth to hide the dust, and the artworks placed at home were also put into boxes.Mr. Henry was holding the phone excitedly and was chatting with an old friend who didn't know. Carl didn't like what he said at all.

"Master, your stomach and intestines are not good. Eating and drinking will be prohibited. The doctor does not agree with you to eat too much raw seafood, and you should stop drinking. In half an hour, the doctor will give you a full set of physical examinations. As a result, I think you will have more prohibited activities." Lai Fujie appeared behind Mr. Henry mysteriously, and the old gentleman's elated expression froze instantly, and he quickly ended the call.

"The river in Pittsburgh is very good, why don't we go fishing." Mr. Henry tried to change the subject, but he obviously ignored the main problem.

"Father, Pittsburgh is seriously polluted, and even the sky is gray. In addition, you have been dumping waste into the river. Now let alone fish, even people who drink the water in the Ohio River will be sent to the emergency department." Carl directly punctured The lies in his father’s words, Mr. Henry seemed to say something, Carl interrupted him: “Father, I think you should pay attention to environmental protection, the governor of Pennsylvania has always been very dissatisfied with your heavy industries that dump waste, if you The U.S. Congress supports the governor's proposal to impose an environmental protection tax, and I think you will directly face the crisis of bankruptcy."

"Okay, Carl, these things are not for you to remind me that the current general environment can issue regulations. None of the industries in your father's hands is eager to be overthrown by the US government, and I never do things to grab the limelight. More What's more, Andrew Mellon didn't say there was any problem, so I can rest assured."

Speaking of the current topic, Mr. Henry paused for a moment, and then he leaned close to Carl's ear and lowered his voice defensively: "Are you buying the shares of the Morgan consortium recently? Be careful, that old John is going to be shot by Congress .”

Carl showed a sarcastic smile at the corner of his mouth: "Isn't it because he saved the French royal family and also saved the New York stock market once? Mr. Morgan saved the market and made a lot of money 'by the way', which is quite enviable. Congress wants to set up the Union Reserve Bureau. There is no need to look for opportunities to do something to him, as long as he wants to get a share of the action, Mr. Morgan will not give them face, and I think he will even withdraw directly from the 'bailout' activities."

The expression on Mr. Henry's face suddenly became very serious, and his voice was hoarse with anxiety: "Carl, how did you know these things, or did old Morgan know it too?"

Carl was stunned for a moment, and without paying attention, he said the analysis results of his later generations. Fortunately, there was still the matter of the Titanic to cover it up. He lowered his eyes and used his eyelashes to cover up his guilt: "Father, the Titanic The shipwreck is very serious, but there has never been a precedent for the U.S. Congress to set up a special team to investigate the shipwreck—this is the sign that they want to take action against the Morgan consortium."

"Haha, okay, Carl, you've really grown up!" Mr. Henry said gratifiedly, but Carl's face was a little feverish-this time it was really a prophet caused by common sense.