[Gone With the Wind] Daughter Difficult

After returning from Marietta, both Bonnie and Beau felt refreshed and recharged.

After the two came back, they talked about the interesting things in the field. The endless cotton fields and beautiful scenery, as well as the carefree days, made both Scarlett and Melanie feel the urge to go back to Marietta.

It's true that they haven't been back for a long time.

Kevin and Christine, who were left behind, looked at Bonnie and Xiaobo anxiously, with grievances on their faces. It's too much to not take them for such fun! ! !

Bonnie couldn't help laughing: "Mom, Aunt Lanny, Tara's life is so good, if you want to go back, you can also bring Kevin and Christine, look, how eager they are. And Mama Black, Grandpa Peter and Grandpa Polk, haven’t they been back for a long time? It’s fun when everyone goes back together.”

Kevin and Christine: "..." Is this the rhythm for the whole family to move back?

Scarlett and Melanie glanced at each other, and suddenly felt that this was a good idea, and they muttered to each other.

Bonnie is only responsible for instigating. As for the result, she said that she will never be responsible for it.

Bonnie winked at Xiaobo, Xiaobo shrugged and shook his head helplessly.

After coming back, Bonnie took another day off and returned to the company to help Rhett.

During this period, Reid had already settled the matter of the strike.

On the second day of the strike, newspapers in Atlanta published the story of Reid taking the strike organizers back to the factory to dismantle the conspiracy. Guoguo reflected a fact: this time someone secretly wanted to entrap Butler Company, but Rhett Butler, who drove back in time, found out that the last two workers admitted that they were ordered by others in front of the striking workers. .Such a tortuous and bizarre story quickly became the topic of public discussion, especially the "revenge" that Reid said did not name the identity of the other party, which aroused divergent opinions. Everyone guessed who this person was, as well as the underground casino. People set out the betting market and began to bet on who the owner of this "black hand behind the scenes" is.

When Rhett talked about revenge, the point of view was already very clear.

The two-year battle between the Butler family and the former Governor Bright ended in the dejected removal of Bright. Since then, the Butler family's position in Atlanta has become more stable.Since the other party was talking about revenge, it is likely that they were talking about the Brett family.

Over the years, the Butler Company has indeed done a lot to build Atlanta, which is obvious to all.

It can be said that at least [-] to [-]% of the construction of this city is the industry of Butler Company.

An inland city like Atlanta has transformed from a ruin after the Second World War to the most worthwhile investment city in the south in the eyes of capitalists. It is conceivable how much power the Butler family, the richest man in Atlanta, has contributed to it.Atlanta's development speed is beyond the reach of other cities, and even the newly appointed governor dare not offend the Barrett family.

Even the residents of Atlanta have been able to hold their heads high because of the development of the city, plus the family friends of the Butler family.Mrs. Wilkes is also the backbone of the Atlanta women's group. She is enthusiastic about public welfare and is recognized as a kind-hearted person. Her friendship with the Butler family is unbreakable. Mrs. Butler, who was not very famous in the past, also donated a lot of money. Everyone's goodwill towards the Butler family began to soar.

Now that something like this happened, and Reid revealed it openly in front of everyone, this made many people stand on the side of Butler's family all of a sudden.

As for the mastermind behind the scenes, Reid also found out.

As expected, in addition to George Bright, there was also a big buyer who secretly bought Butler's stocks and bonds in the market on the day of the accident. It was just because the chain of interests behind it was relatively complicated, and it took a long time to find out directly. some time.

Stocks and bonds are both financing tools. If the stock price plummets suddenly because of Butler's accident, it will first affect the morale of the entire company, and it will also affect the confidence of the entire market in their company.

Reid felt that it was time for the opponent to understand his true strength.

"So Dad, shall we advance our plan to enter Wall Street?" Bonnie thought about it carefully, "According to the current scale of our company, there are only a few people left who can eat us in China, and there are dukes in Europe. Behind, no one should shoot us."

"How can there be any money in Europe now? Their trade has shrunk because of the economic crisis." In the past few years, the advantage of Europe's trade surplus has gradually diminished. A lot of American products occupy the European market. The Europeans have been fighting back and forth these years, and they have never stopped. Internal friction will completely drag them down. These few years are the key to the United States surpassing Europe in one fell swoop.

Bonnie continued to analyze: "So we took the lead this time and completed the integration of the steel, oil, and coal industries in the south. We have also set up a lot of territory in the west. The other party is so anxious to make a move, I am afraid that they think we are completing it. Lack of liquidity after massive acquisitions.”

Reid nodded: "The establishment of an investment bank on Wall Street will allow the other party to see our strength and attract more funds."

The current development situation of Butler Company is very good. Less than a month after completing the industrial integration, the efficiency of the workers has been greatly improved, and the operation of the factory is obviously improving, although it has not completely got rid of the long-term losses. However, after getting new engineering orders, the income and expenditure gradually became balanced. As long as they ensure the quality of the products and earn back their commercial credit, the business will continue to come.

Now their company is about to extend to the north, which has a traditional capitalist foundation.

The water in the north is too deep, and the business environment in the south is relatively uncomplicated because of the war and the west is still in the stage of development. These places need a lot of funds for construction.

The roots in the North are deep. Originally, the emerging markets in the South and West were large enough for their company's current scale, but because of the American rail traffic, the entire American continent began to be closely connected. The next big trend is the entire American economy. It has become an open market completely because of the convenient transportation, not to mention that their company will launch diesel vehicles and the national road network envisioned in the plan. This is a signal that the United States is about to move from fragmentation to integration. The trade of the United States has exceeded Britain, then in the next century, the United States will completely surpass Britain, and even surpass the whole of Europe, and it is just around the corner.

They have been doing data collection before, just to find a suitable time to enter Wall Street.

And now may be the best time.

But in addition to using capital to deal with capital simply and rudely, they themselves have to find out who is playing tricks behind their backs, and they can't just suffer losses without fighting back. This is not the Butler family's style.

Reid himself was not born a gentleman, and he believed in an eye for an eye and an eye for a tooth, so he had no intention of being polite to the people behind him.

Rhett touched his chin, and an inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"We can also discuss this matter with other business groups in Atlanta."

After 20 years of development, Atlanta's business community has not rejected the North just when it was defeated. Driven by capital and interests, no one is willing to make trouble with money.

And when they open an investment bank, they need to let others see everyone's support for them.As long as everyone has confidence in this investment bank and makes a good start, their road will become smoother in the future.

Reid also does not intend to publicly recruit and raise funds before the opening, so the best candidate is a business group that has worked with him over the years and is now the mainstay of Atlanta.

In fact, the Butler Company itself has a Butler Commercial Bank. At the beginning, Reid planned to invest directly in the name of the Butler Commercial Bank, but in the later planning, after listening to Bonnie’s opinion, the traditional bank and the The investment bank is separated, and a new investment bank is established to reduce investment risks and other commercial collateral effects.

"Dad, how did you say the bank was called Atlanta Investment Bank?"

Reid snapped his fingers and looked at Bonnie with a smile: "Good idea, our investment bank should be called Atlanta Investment Bank."

The Butler Company has almost resolutely released the news of the upcoming establishment of an investment bank to the Atlanta business community, and the scale of their capital injection is not small.

Just now, after the Butler Company uncovered the shady tricks from their opponents, they even geared up to start a plan with a larger capital. This is to tell the other party that the Butler Company is still financially strong and aboveboard, let alone afraid of these despicable people. An insidious move, and one that was apparently extremely successful.

As soon as the news was released, even before the meeting was formally held, many people came to the door and asked to participate. Everyone knew that the Butler family had a particularly accurate vision. Without the active construction of the Butler family after the war, Atlanta might still be in conflict with other cities. The southern cities are also struggling half-deadly. Now that the Butler family plans to set up an investment bank, it is already a guarantee of confidence.

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The preparations for Bonnie's girls' school are almost complete under the intensive sprint.

According to Bonnie's idea, the sooner the school is opened, the better.

The girls' school is located in the outskirts of Atlanta, in a small town called Barton Sanger, far away from the city and industrial areas, with simple folk customs, and not far away is an undeveloped virgin forest.

Thanks to Bonnie's personal efforts, the girls' school did not neglect the details due to the fast progress. With the efforts of all parties, the school has passed the approval of the government education department. Next, you need to carefully consider the curriculum, and this is also the most important part, so Bonnie dare not take it lightly, but learn from feminists in Europe and the North in a private name.Many people are powerful, but there are also many people with mixed opinions, but all the insiders are united - until the school was completed, no news was revealed.

Under Louise's persuasion, the girls' school also had its first batch of students, who were temporarily divided into adult classes and children's classes, and then further subdivided.

The members of the American Blue Alliance who previously expressed their willingness to contribute to the school, in addition to generous donations, two of them volunteered to become teachers of the school, and they also recruited several friends to work for the school together.

Melanie and Scarlett also helped her a lot. Melanie used her status and reputation to escort the school, and under the recommendation of everyone, she served as the honorary principal of the girls' school——Melanie learned from Bonnie When she started promoting this plan, she knew the pressure she was about to face, but she still shouldered the burden. Scarlett served as the president of the Women's Foundation, but the actual operation was done by Bonnie.

You must know that at this stage, because I don’t want people to know that this school will eventually carry the banner of promoting the development of women’s rights, I will avoid some sensitive aspects as much as possible at the beginning of the plan, and be closer to some existing women’s groups. Do things to reduce unnecessary resistance.

But inevitably, the establishment of Georgia's first girls' school, led by the richest family in Atlanta, has aroused widespread concern in society.

Fortunately, at this time, the Butler family's plan to promote the Atlanta investment bank was freshly released, so everyone's eyes once again turned to the big money, covering up most of the women's school's edge.

Of course that's another story.

At this time, Bonnie was still worried about resistance from all walks of life, and carefully protected this small sapling that lacked soil nourishment.

When deciding on the final curriculum and teachers, Ella took the initiative to find Bonnie and expressed her desire to become a part of the teaching team of the girls' school.

"you sure?"

Although Bonnie is very happy that Ella volunteered for Yingying from the bottom of her heart, but Ella's own personality is indifferent and eccentric, giving people a sense of alienation since she was a child, and she doesn't like to talk most of the time, but only people she knows will Knowing that she is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, she is kind and sensitive inside, and she is also passionate about public welfare just like Melanie, but Ella is not suitable to be a teacher by herself. She is more suitable to be a romantic fashion designer. After creating her own brand , push it to the whole world.

On the other hand, the brand Ella created is only her own, at most she has half of Sophia, after all, Sophia has not yet graduated.If Ella can spread the knowledge and skills she knows to other women, then she will reserve a lot of talents for her own brand, just like many luxury brands in later generations, their products are not only liked by women, but also by women. The same goes for the men.

With Ella's taste and creativity, she can definitely have such potential.

The establishment of an international brand can also create many new positions, such as the fashion magazine she once worked for in her previous life.

In fact, as long as Ella is willing, no matter from which aspect, it is a good thing.

The improvement of women's status lies first in women's continuous self-improvement.In fact, the development strength of later generations proves that the value that women can create in many aspects is not inferior to that of men, but they lack the same opportunities as men.

Why do men deserve more care and tolerance?

"Sure." Ella lowered her eyes, her expression shy and uneasy, but her voice was firm.

Bonnie hesitated: "Actually, I'm very surprised that you are willing to participate, but..."

"Do you think I can't do it?" Ella's words were also very direct.

Bonnie sighed: "I'm just a little worried that you are not used to facing so many people."

Sophia came with Ella, and now she chimed in: "Don't worry, Bonnie, Ella has been teaching me the basics these days, she is very patient, the content is simple and easy to understand, and the American Blue Alliance There are so many sisters in the school, and Ella can handle it, and I think she is perfectly qualified for this job."

"Bonnie, I know that this matter has cost you countless efforts, so I won't mess it up."

In fact, you all misunderstood.

Bonnie looked at Ella seriously: "Ella, I never worried that you would mess up anything. Your ability is obvious to all. I certainly wish for your help. Since you are so determined, you will come with me tomorrow Discuss with the other officers how to arrange your course."

Ella had already made a plan, and at this time she also took it out of the kraft paper bag behind her and handed it to Bonnie.

Bonnie looked at it immediately, the three of them had a general discussion, and decided on a meeting time tomorrow. Originally, Ella and Sophia planned to go back, but Bonnie stopped Sophia: "Sophia, let's go Shall we go to New Orleans next Wednesday?"

Sophia was about to get up and stopped in mid-air, unable to stand up or sit down, but Ella saw it and helped her to sit on the seat.

"To New Orleans?"

"I've already told the other sisters in the Meilan League about Daisy. They were very angry and said they would give you advice. Didn't I send someone to New Orleans to check the situation not long ago? Something has been found out. Eyebrows, but I think I am an outsider after all, so it is better for you to participate in person."

In fact, she only found out about this matter just now. If Sophia and Ella didn't come to her, she planned to go to Sophia.

The matter is actually worse than what Sophia described, because Daisy's husband and his family have long been heavily in debt, but Daisy's husband and father-in-law have been gambling and owed a huge amount of gambling debts, not to mention the bank, even the underground The bank has also started urging them. The house they live in will be seized by the bank in half a month. Daisy's husband didn't tell Daisy about all this, and he didn't even make any plans.That is to say, if after half a month, Daisy's husband has no money to pay back, then Daisy's family will be homeless, so they must rush to do something, otherwise Daisy and her baby will be on the street.

And Daisy's husband gambles every day now, and seems to want to win back the debts owed by their family by gambling, feeling like gambling his life.

In fact, such madness by Daisy's husband disturbed Bonnie, who feared darker consequences.

Bonnie didn't dare to speak out her worries. After all, it was just her feeling, and things might not turn out to be the worst.

The report given there was really not good. After Bonnie told Sofia what she knew, she gave her two choices for her to make up her mind.

First, she directly sent someone to pick up Daisy and the baby, away from Daisy's husband.

Second, stay put for the time being, and design a scene to let Daisy see her husband's true face clearly, so that Daisy can completely wake up.

This choice is actually very difficult. The first choice can undoubtedly make her sister stay away from domestic violence as soon as possible and suffer less physical harm, but her sister still protects her husband even after being beaten all over. It doesn't work enough to show that even if she chooses one, her sister will probably blame her for destroying her family and go back to her husband desperately.

"I choose two." Sophia gritted her teeth and said, she was more like her sister who could see such a scum clearly.

What's the point of living like her sister, let alone having two nephews, she couldn't imagine what kind of person her nephews would be if they lived under the shadow of such a father.

"Ella, let's go together, I will definitely need your help then."

Ella nodded, "You can also call a few more sisters, and we can persuade Daisy together, maybe she will wake up from the nightmare."

Bonnie: "At the party tomorrow afternoon, I'll ask them who is free."

In fact, it happened that Xiaobo's concert was next week, but Xiaobo would make preparations in advance. Bonnie naturally wanted to join her fiancé's first public concert in the United States.

I hope that this matter will be completely over before Xiaobo's concert, so that she can join in the show with peace of mind.

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On the day Xiaobo left for New Orleans, Bonnie found time to see him off at the train station. Along with Xiaobo were Christine and Kevin. Christine would participate in Xiaobo's concert, and Kevin ... Cough, he just rubbed his cheeks.

Originally, Melanie and Ashley were also going, but Ashley was unable to accompany them because of work, and Melanie was unable to accompany them because of Bonnie's establishment of a girls' school. They are all busy with work, and there are more meaningful things, which are actually much more important than his recital.

Especially what Bonnie and Melanie have done, if it works, it's a great thing.

"Sister, are you really not going with us?" Christine pouted. "This is not only my brother's first performance in the motherland, but also my first public performance."

Xiao Bo touched Christine's head: "Don't make trouble, Bonnie has a lot of things to do, and we will give her an exclusive concert at home in the future."

Bonnie's face turned red, and the tips of her ears felt a little hot.

Christine's eyes lit up, "Brother, this idea is really good."

Bonnie hugged Christine: "If you have anything to do, just ask Kevin. He volunteered to do his best for you. You can just prepare for the concert with peace of mind."

Kevin: He's just a coolie.

but!He is happy!

The three of them boarded the train. Although Bonnie was reluctant to leave, she immediately cheered up when she thought of seeing Xiaobo soon.

And three days later, Bonnie, Ella, Sophia, and several American Blue sisters boarded the same train to New Orleans.