Chapter 163 It's all a small scene

There is a basic fact in any industry: a small number of people are industry elites, and most people are feeding shit to others. The latter do not have the talent to subvert the industry order. Sheffield knows nothing about the film industry, and he is definitely feeding shit to others, but so what? Even if he has to feed shit, he has to do it, and this right must be in his own hands.

Even if Sheffield couldn't make a movie about a three-headed shark or a megalodon vs. a man-eating crocodile, considering the times, he was able to make it, and his status is probably similar to that of Einstein in the scientific community.

But even though he had an accurate assessment of himself, Sheffield was ultimately unable to restrain himself. He wrote a script and showed it to Evelyn, who was also an amateur, and waited nervously for comments. An unlearned person always wants to prove his talent. This statement describes Sheffield's current state.

"Great, what a fantastic idea." Evelyn praised Sheffield's handwritten script generously after reading it. If she really understood movies, she might be able to make her boss happier. "It actually involves the cycle of time. If the boss didn't do business, he might be a best-selling novelist."

Best-selling novels? Sheffield's originally good face turned from sunny to cloudy. As a veteran loser, he knew a wise saying: writing novels is a dead end.

The script Evelyn read mainly tells the story of a weather forecaster who reports on a holiday. Phil is quite disdainful of this holiday and begins to get tired of his job. When he routinely completes this year's report, he is eager to return home, but is delayed by a sudden snowstorm.

When Phil woke up the next day, he unexpectedly found that time had stopped at Groundhog Day, and everything that happened yesterday was replayed. Surprise, disbelief, excitement, ecstasy, boredom, anxiety, uneasiness, despair, fatigue and other emotions took turns to invade Phil's sensory field, but no matter how he chose to spend the day, he could not move forward and began his repetitive life.

It is a copy of the movie Groundhog Day. No matter if it is "The Three-Headed Shark" or any other bad movie, it is still a movie in the 21st century. As long as special effects are needed, no matter how few cents they cost, they cannot be made now. Sheffield remembers the early American movies, where cutouts, models and special effects suits were used to perfection.

However, it is obvious that whether it is cutouts, models or special effects, there will be additional costs. In the eyes of this slave owner, manpower has always been the cheapest thing. If it can be solved by manpower, there will be no second choice. So he can only plagiarize feature films, purely for cost-saving considerations.

"Of course, this is all what I think!" Even if it was shameless plagiarism, Sheffield did not hesitate to brag about it. How many officials have he killed? Now the originals are all serving his copycat investment.

When Evelin heard this, she not only did not join in the discussion, but she rolled her eyes at her boss. When she heard her boss talking about what he was thinking, she remembered that there was a long paragraph about picking up girls in the script. Was this what her boss was thinking? Why was that girl a train conductor?

Evelyn hesitated to speak and finally asked nothing. Sheffield just couldn't control his hands when he wrote. As for the girl's identity as a train conductor, wasn't that to increase the sense of substitution? It wasn't just pure hooliganism. Can the affairs of scholars be considered hooliganism?

Rubbing her hands in an unsightly manner only heightened Evelin's vigilance. She was very conflicted and thought, "What if he wants to force me? The boss is so rich, and his subordinates are all demons who kill without blinking an eye. Even the robbers were killed cleanly. If he really wants to do something to me, will I lose my life if I resist?"

"Boss, Candler is here!" John Connor pushed the door open and saw the two people looking at each other in a strange way. A hint of understanding flashed across his face. Did he disrupt some established process?

"He actually came first. I thought the people from Arlington would arrive first." Sheffield was a little surprised. Some of the industries in the plan naturally included the factories and sales channels that were already in hand.

After all, the Great West had not attracted the attention of other big financial groups, so his beachhead landing must be carried out quickly. So he drew people from all aspects, including Coca-Cola. Considering that Coca-Cola originated in Atlanta, which is part of the South and has more complete sales channels, it is natural to want Coca-Cola to open a branch in Los Angeles.

In addition, Sheffield is also planning to open a bank in California. Sheffield United does not have a banking department. However, it is not that there is no talent in the banking industry. Such talent is in Europe and is currently slowly withdrawing to focus on the United States.

And the place he chose for the bank was California, not the Dixie stronghold in the South. He was such a bully, and there was a reason for him to do so. Of course, it was because time was running out.

It was still more than ten years before the establishment of the Federal Reserve. During this ten years, he had to have his own banking system. If he opened a bank in New York, he would have to face Morgan and his people head-on. The competition was too fierce, and his foundation was far inferior to Morgan's. New York was still the other side's home turf.

It was also unlikely to find an ally. Although his family had a good relationship with several Boston families in the electrical industry, it was estimated that he would not get much help if he wanted to intervene in the financial industry. He could only choose an opponent with less competition.

The Great Western states are such a place. In fact, citizens of the Great Western states are a little wary of the banking industry because the banking industry here is inherently weak. Once a financial crisis breaks out, it is often in a position to be harvested. The Bank of California went bankrupt, causing great losses.

Sheffield didn't know if there was something fishy about the bankruptcy of the Bank of California, but the bank had to be established. This was different from Texas, which had never established its own bank. In addition to being more international and raising funds in European countries, there was another reason, which was that the current state banks actually had the right to issue currency, that is, the state dollar.

The existence of the state dollar allowed Sheffield United to avoid the risk of being harvested, and because it always raised funds from European banks, it had never made efforts in the banking industry. However, historical developments have taught him that the state dollar will be finished sooner or later, and he should not trust the state banks too much. In fact, the state banks are indeed not as creditworthy as private banks.

Sheffield, who was well versed in the art of saving the country by taking a roundabout way, chose the Great West, where the banking system was more fragile, as a training ground for himself to display his prowess, thus avoiding a head-on confrontation with New York bankers and preventing Texas banks from complaining about the United Company.

However, he did not expect that Candler arrived in Los Angeles first. He signaled to Evelyn and asked the female secretary to do some work. Sheffield waited there. After all, he was the boss and he could not always show that he was courteous to others. He could still pretend before the acquisition, but now that he was a subordinate, naturally Sheffield had to put on the airs of a boss. Otherwise, what was the point of being a boss?

Not long after, Candler walked into Sheffield's office. He looked a little tired, and it was obvious that he had not rested well during the long journey. He said anxiously as soon as he came in, "Boss, after the company went public, the stock price not only did not increase but fell instead. Even after the news of opening a new factory was released, there was no rebound. I don't know what's going on. This is not normal at all."

"Hmm? It's a little unusual to hear you say that!" Sheffield didn't take Candler's words seriously at first, but after asking carefully, he found out that the decline was at the level of halving. This is interesting. The economic environment this year is obviously much better than last year. All industries should have bottomed out and rebounded.

Although I don't know much about the stock market, I shouldn't be facing this kind of situation after I acquired Coca-Cola. Or is someone deliberately messing with me? Thinking about it this way, there are actually only a few targets. The biggest suspect among the financial giants who can violate the market rules is of course Morgan.

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Is this a lesson for himself? However, before there was evidence, Sheffield did not get angry. Instead, he asked John Connor to send a telegram to Lowell in Boston.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Candler brought another piece of bad news, "Miss Edith seems to have heard that several families in Boston seem to be planning to open a chain of supermarkets."

"Can you tell me what news you have?" Sheffield's face had turned from sunny to cloudy, but within two seconds he chuckled and said self-deprecatingly, "It's only a matter of time. Can you still dream that you can make a fortune while others turn a blind eye? Just compete normally. At worst, we can just start a price war. Who's afraid of who?"

As for the abnormal fluctuations in Coca-Cola's stock price, it only troubled Sheffield for a short time. Can financial giants ignore all market rules? Even if they can manipulate it for a while, can they suppress it forever?

Anyway, when the price of gold plummeted in the future, the aunties who paid for gold all made money, and the price of gold eventually rebounded to a high point. Anyway, as long as time permits, Sheffield can build a factory for production while watching the other side perform. There is no need to rush.

For someone who is so open-minded, this kind of slight suppression, which is still within the normal range, is not painful at all. He is strong enough and is naturally fearless. This is just a small matter.

It's getting late! I have a headache.

(End of this chapter)