Chapter 176 You Have Changed

This situation was enough to make Sheffield happy. Even in this election, Sheffield did not help much. He just rushed back to the country in the final stage and reversed William Bryan's reputation in the last week. The Democratic Party was able to get so many votes, but it was William Bryan's own ability.

The difference in votes was less than 200,000, but the difference in electoral votes was one-third. The Northeastern states near the Great Lakes played a decisive role. There was no other way, because they had a large population. The electoral system of the United States is like this. The Democratic Party’s base in the South must be united to have a hope of winning.

A few days later, Jesla brought his men back to Chicago. Since the Democrats did not win the election, he naturally did not need to do anything about the president, and he also brought back the psychiatric evaluation report.

Sheffield couldn't help but smile at such a meticulous subordinate, and said, "Keep it, maybe you can use it in the future."

Although William Bryan, who obviously had to do something to the upper class, lost the election, I believe that the giants of various industries are relieved. After today, the entire United States is still theirs. This time the challenge came quickly. At the beginning, many people thought that William Bryan would have a hard time passing the Democratic primary. When he officially became the Democratic candidate with the support of the Populist Party, everyone panicked. Time was a bit tight, so they seemed a bit flustered.

If there is a next time, I believe it will be much more relaxed. However, after the election, the alliance of giants no longer has any need to exist. The alliance collapsed in an instant, and everyone had to fight on a new battlefield. Everyone sent William McClay to the presidency, continued the previous policy of maintaining corporate giants, and also set up the next battlefield.

The interests of each family could not be unified, and the fighting would be even more intense under the witness of William Maclay. Sheffield, who had just returned home, still had some travel hangovers. After resting for a few days at Edith Rockefeller's villa, he became even more tired.

"The Democrats lost the election this time. I wonder what you think?" Edith Rockefeller asked with a satisfied smile.

"I haven't thought much about it. There are pros and cons. Such a huge national interest cannot be completely consistent. This is also the main problem the Democratic Party has encountered in many general elections. We can't just fight a real war again." The fight that Sheffield mentioned was because the new Republican Party supported Lincoln to defeat the Democratic candidate as soon as it appeared on the stage, and the Civil War broke out.

Lincoln's victory over the Democratic Party was also an upset. The Democratic Party was the party with the clear advantage since the founding of the country and had widespread support across the country. Just like this time, he lost to the Republican Party, whose power was more concentrated. The Republican Party's base was the states in the Northeast Great Lakes region, and the population advantage was too obvious. The Democratic Party had to think of more ways to win the electoral votes.

Lincoln was able to win the election because the Democratic Party was too powerful and had developed big business disease, but the interests of the Yankees and Dixies were completely opposed, and eventually the Southern Democratic Party and the Northern Democratic Party each nominated a candidate. The Northern Democratic Party's candidate received more votes than Lincoln, but lost the electoral votes to Lincoln.

After losing the election, the Northern Democrats accepted reality, while the Southern Democrats immediately turned against them and began planning to establish an independent country.

The Democratic Party still has to choose between its base in the South and the Greater West. Even if the Republican Party does not have the support of the Greater West, it will not be a big problem. The difficulty of the campaigns for both parties is different.

"You know how to accept reality!" Edith Rockefeller laughed, took the cigar from Sheffield's fingers, took a breath and said, "I thought you were upset."

"I feel uncomfortable seeing you smoking. I don't like women smoking." Sheffield took the cigar again with a cold face and continued to taste the feminine cigar.

"I won't dare to do that again." Edith Rockefeller hurriedly coaxed Sheffield, "Stay a few days before leaving. Find out the news after the election."

In fact, Sheffield didn't think there was anything to ask. Although President Cleveland was a lame president, he was still the president of the United States as long as he remained in office. Besides, without the president, there was still the Senate, and without the Senate, there was still the House of Representatives. If things didn't work out, there were still states governed by the Democratic Party. Could a living person be suffocated to death?

Of course, changes in the overall environment will definitely have an impact, but for Sheffield United, the impact is not that big.

Moreover, since he gained control of the joint company, in less than two years, he has fully demonstrated the speed of brutal expansion, from involvement in steel, energy, machinery, to extended industries of agriculture and animal husbandry, chain supermarkets, fruit companies, and beverage industry. He has been running around so much that sometimes he thinks he is tired and he should really stop and wait and see the environment.

Now we should consider consolidating the results and selecting some suitable industries for listing. Yes, we do need to select some, lie dormant for a while to recover the blood, and at the same time select some suitable industries for listing for financing and push them to the front as a cover.

After the election, Sheffield began to pull back its fangs and fine-tune the business projects of the joint company. Domestic development is mainly based on consolidation, because the high tariff policy is bound to come, which is a foregone conclusion. Therefore, the main focus is on consolidating the industries that have already dominated, while adjusting the direction to vigorously expand overseas markets and investments.

After returning to Los Angeles, Sheffield kept a low profile and was in a state of working without being too busy. He even handed over many things to Evelyn, letting this woman work for him. Of course, because it was just starting, it mainly operated the railway to Southern California.

At the same time, the Black Gold Shipping Company, which picked up its old business, was also transporting 30,000 illegal immigrants in the Ottoman Agreement to Houston. How to eat these immigrants was not a problem. Both Texas and California were sparsely populated. After a period of adaptation in Texas, they found a way to send them to California.

Texas itself has a large number of Eastern European immigrants who can be used as a cover for these illegal immigrants. After settling down for a period of time, they are then placed on land near the Mexican border.

In addition to California, it also includes New Mexico and Oklahoma. Both states are deeply influenced by Texas. The original Lone Star Republic included parts of the two states. Therefore, the relationship between Texas and many surrounding states is similar to the relationship between the Northeast and the Eastern Mongolia in the later Republic. Although they are no longer one concept, they are still inextricably linked to each other.

Thirty thousand illegal immigrants were slowly absorbed without anyone noticing after being planned and identified by professionals at the United Company. If there is any professional human trafficker, it is undoubtedly the Sheffield United Company. But everyone knows that these Texans are the most exclusive group.

No one knows that in this place known for its xenophobia, the largest local enterprise has fully demonstrated what it means to be xenophobic.

In the following year, Sheffield selected United Fruit Company and Supermarket Chain to go public, while PepsiCo continued to hide in the dark. After the two companies went public, Sheffield became a young entrepreneur with a net worth of 25 million US dollars based on his shares. In addition, due to the economic recovery, the market value of Coca-Cola Company has exceeded 2 million US dollars, and his heir's net worth is close to 30 million.

It is unknown but basically everyone knows who is suppressing the stock market. They have stopped without realizing it. Now that the economic depression is over, the suppression that violates the market economy will not last long. However, in the listing of United Fruit Company and United Supermarket Chain, the two companies still encountered some difficulties during the listing process.

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However, Sheffield did not care about this kind of difficulty, and eventually it disappeared without a trace.

In the newspaper media, Sheffield chose a New York newspaper to change its appearance and launched Forbes, which collects stories of young entrepreneurs and focuses on charity. Then he turned around and used another newspaper to become the leader of the excrement collectors, focusing on the dark side of the story.

The only one that is progressing slowly is the Sheffield Union Bank in Los Angeles, which is still in an awkward situation of barely maintaining itself. Because of the precedent of the Bank of California being run and bankrupt during the economic crisis, the citizens of the United States in the Great West seem to have a low level of trust in banks. There is no way to solve this problem, and it can only be verified over time.

Before New Year's Day in 1898, Sheffield returned to Arlington Manor and was already waiting for Anne. He pounced on her, while Padre stood aside and watched with a smile.

They returned to Arlington for a reunion. During dinner, Annabell chewed on a steak and asked about the development of the banking industry. She was told that Sheffield still needed time to gain trust. She pouted and said, "How difficult is this? You can have people create a few bloody incidents in various places, pick a few unlucky people and kill their entire families, and create news about people who kept a large amount of cash at home and were robbed. Wouldn't people just keep their money in the bank?"

"Grandma, you don't have to be like this!" Sheffield almost choked when he heard it. He coughed twice and attracted Anne's soft and boneless hand. Just as he was about to open his mouth to thank her, he heard Anne's weak and soft voice, "I think grandma is right..."

A series of long coughs sounded, and the family's only heir almost died.

"Annie, you've changed!" Sheffield stroked Anne's hair and said, "Don't learn from your grandmother. Times have changed. We have many ways to make money."

(End of this chapter)