Chapter 271 Political Layout

"He even cheated women out of their money!" Edith Rockefeller kept muttering to herself. This man really had no bottom line and seemed to have him in his grasp.

"Think about it, the industries of the stocks you hold don't have much development, at least not compared to the steel industry, right!" Sheffield really played the role of a kept gigolo, climbed into the rich woman's bed, and said affectionately as if he didn't want to work any more, "Will I hurt you? After getting through this difficult time, I can become a real big businessman and save several years of hard work."

"The key is that you have to keep working hard!" Edith Rockefeller said with a wicked smile and raised her eyebrows, "The key is that you still have a lot of capital, which is fascinating."

Without a little bit of rich capital, do you dare to fight against real weapons? When Sheffield heard this compliment, he hardened slightly to show respect.

"It seems that you are really stumped. You have even set your sights on Vanderbilt II. But it's also your own fault for being too greedy. You actually want to raise money independently without relying on others to take over Carnegie's steel empire. Even if Standard Oil wants to take over, it is impossible for it to have sole control." After Edith Rockefeller was slept with, she also began to consider the problem from Sheffield's perspective, "Have you ever considered financing at all?"

"As for financing, do you think the Morgan father and son will give me money? They are John and my rivals, okay? I am not interested in the steel industry myself. It was your brother who found me. In fact, the steel industry is not very urgent for me, but I have no resistance to persuasion, especially this industry itself makes money." Sheffield did not hide his greedy weakness at all. In fact, the same was true for the Panama Canal project. If it were not for Gail and McHale's persuasion, he himself would not be prepared to get involved.

Then the industries that entered were growing like a snowball. At the beginning, Sheffield considered to invest in emerging industries that no one else paid attention to, so that the investment was small and the return was large. But if the overlord of the basic industry did not get along with him, it would be a very troublesome thing.

Now Sheffield understands that this is not something that can be stopped just by thinking about it, just like Standard Oil defied antitrust laws. Sometimes the general environment does not allow it to be done.

Who doesn’t want their own business to be impeccable? Take the United Company for example. It was a big landlord, but its agricultural and livestock products did not have much added value, so it created a chain of supermarkets. When it needed a flagship product, it acquired two major cola brands. Why did it acquire two? Let them fight each other and kill other beverage manufacturers.

United Machinery needed a stable supply of raw materials, so it needed its own steel mill. With the steel mill, it could lower costs. With the cost advantage, it started manufacturing cars because it owned half of the Texas oil fields. This cycle continued, involving more and more industries.

The bottom line is that they want to keep a hand in the most difficult time to prevent others from finding out about their negligence and getting stuck. Steel tycoon Carnegie was negligent in the beginning and was almost killed by Rockefeller using iron ore. If it weren't for the antitrust law causing trouble every day, Standard Oil, the largest industrial capital, might have swallowed it up long ago.

Carnegie did not fall under the iron cavalry of Standard Oil like his mentor Scott. Today, he has given Morgan father and son another chance. Today, he must stand with Standard Oil and find a way to stop the financial industry from devouring the industry.

"What is your relationship with that old woman?" On the train back to the south, seeing Sheffield overworked, Natalia asked with a stern face, summoning the half-asleep Sheffield back to the real world.

"Old woman? Edith Rockefeller? She is not actually that old, of course not compared to you. You are at the best age in your life." Sheffield yawned. Although his face looked a little tired, he had already started thinking about countermeasures in his mind, thinking about how to face the next round of attack and defense.

He actually wanted to ask her a fatal question while she was confused? Little Maomei's idea would never come true.

"Is she pretty? I don't see that at all. How about compared to me?" Natalia asked confidently, "And I can see that she is definitely older than you. How is she better than me? She just has a better figure than me. I'm still growing, so I may not be weaker than her in the future."

Now it's not weak! Sheffield swallowed secretly, and said with difficulty with a sad look, "There is no other way. Now I need help from others. You also know that when a person is desperate, what else can he sell besides his body? Edith Rockefeller can help me through the difficulties, and there is no other way. This is all she can get from me!"

Sheffield's face was full of helplessness. If it weren't for the cigar that had just been lit on his fingers, he would have been an outstanding example of a failed man who was overwhelmed by life and had no choice but to sacrifice his body in exchange for some leftovers.

"But you are so rich!" Natalia did not believe this one-sided statement because she did not know how much money Sheffield urgently needed. Would such a rich man also bow his head because of financial problems?

"Just like poor people want to be rich, rich people also want to be richer. Don't expect rich people to stop making money just because they are rich." Sheffield yawned, "I have a big business and need a lot of money. This is also for life. Sometimes I have to bow my head."

Besides, although Edith Rockefeller was not a stunning beauty, she was still acceptable. Who dares to call her an old woman? What does your wife look like? Don't you have any idea?

However, Natalia in front of him is indeed qualified to say this, because when Sheffield and Xiaomaomei went to a photo studio in New York, they had confirmed a basic fact: she had withstood the threat of the magic mirror of the times, and her appearance had not declined at all due to the defects of the technology of the times.

Perhaps it was because Sheffield's tired face was misleading. When Natalia saw his helplessness and exhaustion, her heart softened unconsciously. Perhaps men do encounter a lot of helplessness when they are struggling.

If Natalia knew that her current helplessness and bowing her head was entirely caused by Sheffield's greed and insistence on having the best meal alone, she would probably feel less regretful. Unfortunately, Sheffield had already stopped while he was ahead, and just tilted his head and continued to be confused.

This year is an election year. Although its power has not been fully demonstrated at the beginning of the year, according to convention, the election will become the focus of newspapers from all sides before the middle of the year. Because it is an election year, many local governments are following the principle of less is more, and would rather do nothing than affect their party's election prospects.

Is there no such thing as moderation in the United States? Of course there is, especially in election years, when all parties have their say on election issues, but at the government level, the word moderation is used to its fullest extent.

Traditionally, especially after the Civil War, elections are extremely painful for the Democratic Party. No matter who the Democratic Party chooses to run, it will be a failure. Even if the Republican Party leads a dog to run for election, the Democratic Party will not get the presidency.

However, since President Cleveland emerged from the siege, this situation has been shaken. The Democrats, who had almost no challengers before the Civil War, have gradually regained their strength and no longer have to doubt that they will win in every election as they did in previous elections.

At that time, even the Republican primary was much more intense than the national election with the Democratic Party. Republican candidates also focused their main energy on the party because they knew that once they won the Republican nomination, it was almost as if his grandmother and Michael Jordan were together and could win the championship.

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The Democratic Party is simply vulnerable, but even though this is an election year, Sheffield does not want the election to delay his plans. This year is very important to him, and he cannot let the two parties in the state legislature compete for mediocrity and delay his own affairs.

"Governor Roosevelt, you should consider my suggestion carefully!" Mark Hannah said slowly as he looked at Roosevelt in front of him.

Mark Hanna came to New York specifically to meet with New York Governor Roosevelt, hoping that Roosevelt would participate in this election as the running mate of his close friend William McKinley.

Mark Hannah and William McKinley were too hesitant and passive at the beginning of the Spanish-American War, which was actually a minus point compared to the subsequent war results. More importantly, within the Republican Party, Roosevelt's firm attitude towards the war greatly enhanced Roosevelt's prestige, which was actually a threat in Mark Hannah's eyes.

New York State is the economic center of the United States. If Roosevelt were to remain in New York to run his business, it might pose a challenge to William McKinley. So Mark Hannah's strategy this time was to win over Roosevelt and William McKinley to run for the joint election and become William McKinley's running mate.

As we all know, except for President Washington's vice president Adams, the subsequent vice presidents actually had no power and their presence was almost zero. This would put Roosevelt aside and not interfere with this election. Moreover, having a war hero as vice president would also make up for William McKinley's weakness of not being enthusiastic about war.

Mark Hannah's purpose was to demote him in secret. Roosevelt looked at the president's close friend and was not sure who he meant. He said, "I need some time to think about it. I will give Mr. Mark a reply in a few days."

(End of this chapter)