Chapter 355 Rockefeller Foundation

Sheffield considered political interests and knew the historical records about Roosevelt. He knew that the proponent of the carrot and stick policy would not allow the Panama Canal to be sold to the Germans, so he dared to make an offer and said he would not bargain at the beginning. Now it has been proved that President Roosevelt is a very patriotic president. After weighing the political interests, he let Sheffield, a profiteer, successfully take advantage of the country.

Although the United States is the beacon of capitalism, Sheffield still has a trick up his sleeve, which is to only sell shares belonging to the United Company. McHale's shares in other companies are still in their hands.

This was also to prevent Roosevelt from settling scores with the United Company after he took control of the canal.

In the end, Sheffield still emphasized one thing to President Roosevelt, "Regarding all the purchase lists signed in the past, I hope the president will not tear up the contracts. They involve the liquidated damages of many purchasers, which was also stated when the contracts were signed!"

As for these purchasing companies, many of them were subsidiaries of the United Corporation. Although the slave owners had sold their shares in the United States Canal Management Company to the federal government, the previous contracts still had to continue to be executed.

"Mr. William's business is really beyond expectations." Rosen, who had already returned to the White House, suppressed his anger that was enough to cause hyperthyroidism, and praised with a smile that was uglier than crying.

"That's the truth. After this incident, many businessmen may follow suit, including Morgan and DuPont!" Sheffield put on his honest and reliable look again, and analyzed in front of Rosen the psychological activities of the current unscrupulous businessmen in the United States and the possible herd effect.

This made Rosen laugh and cry. Sometimes the boss of the joint company in front of him would act more hateful than anyone else. But sometimes he would be surprisingly honest, not like a businessman at all. "Mr. William, since you know that the country has paid a huge price for this, why don't you lower the price?"

"Business is business, I must respect my profession. I must not be soft-handed when it comes to gaining benefits." Sheffield shrugged helplessly, "If God gives you such an opportunity, you are going against God if you don't accept it, and you should be struck by lightning."

With a smile of victory, Sheffield walked out of the White House arm in arm with Edith Rockefeller, and once again met the carload of bodyguards. These bodyguards had been guarding outside the White House recently, and it could be said that their work was very hard.

But the hard work is worth it. Employees of Black Gold Company generally have higher salaries, especially when they are performing tasks, so these people like their boss very much and run around everywhere when they have nothing to do.

"Boss, we have been very worried recently. We thought the president really detained you." As soon as Sheffield left the range of the White House security personnel, he was immediately surrounded by a group of bodyguards.

"No, our president is a very easy person to deal with, gentle and amiable." Sheffield lied with his eyes open. He had just concluded a big deal worth over 100 million yuan, and the slave owner was in a very good mood.

If there is any regret, it is that the federal government is not a private enterprise after all. The United States has its own national conditions. It is not like a private enterprise that can immediately take the money. Instead, it has to go through a series of processes such as proposal, approval, and appropriation. State-owned things are sometimes such a bastard, and they must follow the established procedures.

As soon as he left the White House, Sheffield immediately gave instructions to the media on how to lead the trend. There were only a few ways to raise funds for the country, one of which was to issue bonds. He didn't know whether Roosevelt would issue bonds. If he did, it might cause a backlash in public opinion, and the slave owners would still find black people as scapegoats.

If tens of thousands of black people had not died, the United Company would not have wanted to sell the canal because of the compensation issue, and naturally a series of events that followed would not have happened. In short, the source of everything that is happening now is the black people.

Repetition is a kind of power. A lie repeated a hundred times will become the truth. This is the "Goebbels effect". Some very important social laws and rules of life are hidden in complex social phenomena. Mastering them will help you discover the truth of things and have a deeper understanding of society and human nature; using them reasonably will solve many complex and difficult problems.

The most profound propaganda is simple repetition. A lie repeated a hundred times becomes the truth. When the public criticizes black people every day, a new loyal believer will be gained every day. So news should not be superficial. The important thing is not to deviate from the track. If it doesn't work for one or two days, then it will work for one or two years. It will always affect more and more people.

"Going to Chicago or New York?" Edith Rockefeller asked the slave owner's destination as she got on the car.

"Let's go to New York. Now I urgently need people to think that I am also a member of the Rockefeller family." Sheffield said shamelessly, and the meaning behind his words was the same: Edith, I don't want to work hard anymore...

Edith Rockefeller rolled her eyes and muttered, "How can there be such people in the world!"

"Yeah, even someone like me was pushed down by a married woman without realizing it." Sheffield boasted, "I still remember that in Chicago, I was not even an adult at that time. You had the nerve to do that, wuwu..."

Edith Rockefeller covered the slave owner's mouth as he was about to speak incessantly. There was a driver in the car!

"It's amazing that you can get the federal government to pay for your business. It really opens the door to a new world for us." In the Rockefeller Manor, Little Rockefeller saw the slave owner who had returned and couldn't help but admire him. "But you always take Edith with you everywhere. This is a very bad motive."

Sheffield scratched his scalp and said shyly, "How can you say that? It's mainly because Edith loves me and likes to be with me. Didn't you see how happy she is? Didn't you notice that Edith looks younger than other women of the same age? This is all thanks to me. I was able to make her happy."

"Edith seems to be only 30 years old!" Little Rockefeller said coldly, saying that he did not want to hear about the wonderful life of his sister and brother-in-law. He changed the subject and said, "Anyway, you made a lot of money, 160 million. When you bought it from the French, it was only more than 30 million US dollars, and the price increased fivefold after you resold it."

"If I could have lived to see the canal open, I could have earned tens of billions in a hundred years. You can't calculate it this way. The country has always been the one making money." Sheffield waved his hand and said, "I'm doing this for the country. If it were the Germans, I might have gotten 200 million. Besides, the money hasn't been received yet. It's the end of the year now, and the funds will be allocated next year at the latest. That's only 100 million, and the other 60 million will be paid over two years. I'm clearly losing a lot."

"Yes, you're so unlucky that you almost have to take the bus." Little Rockefeller suppressed his contempt and sneered in his heart, but found that Sheffield was looking straight at him, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

"Do you like penguins?" Sheffield asked tentatively with his eyes wide open.

"Nothing special, what's the matter?" Rockefeller Jr. was confused by this incoherent question.

"Nothing!" Sheffield laughed, trying to hide his nonsense just now. It was a joke, definitely a joke.

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During dinner, old Rockefeller announced an important decision, "John, I have decided to establish a public education foundation, and you will be responsible for its operation. The scope of donations will include education, medical care, civil rights and a series of other areas. I have been thinking about this for a while. The capital injection from the Health Commission can be handled through this foundation."

"I understand, Father!" Rockefeller Jr. did not show any surprise and was obviously prepared for this.

Sheffield, who was eating a large piece of meat, paused for a moment, glanced at Edith Rockefeller, and sighed. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be that this mistress sold out her words after returning home. But it didn't matter, the American charitable foundation itself was first created by the Rockefeller family.

Maybe it had been brewing for quite some time, and it was just that Sheffield mentioned it that made old Rockefeller make up his mind. It's not a question of who plagiarized whose idea.

"I just talked about it. My father has always had this idea." Edith Rockefeller said to Sheffield apologetically after dinner, "I can only say that successful people have similar ideas."

Listening to Edith Rockefeller's compliments, Sheffield chuckled and said, "It's okay. I can tell from what your father said that he must have thought about it for a long time. Education must be a private university. As for medical care, I also understand the health committee established by your father and the huge amount of money invested by the Rockefeller family in medical care. Civil rights? It means intervening in the civil movement."

Sheffield only knew that there was such a Rockefeller Foundation, but he didn't know that there was a category called civil rights in the initial donations. In the eyes of slave owners, the first two, education and medical care, were clearly targeted by old Rockefeller, who was completely targeting private education and medical care. What good purpose could civil rights have?

"Why do you have such dark thoughts? You've twisted the meaning of a charity foundation." Edith Rockefeller said very dissatisfiedly, "How come you sound like charity is a mistake?"

"I was wrong!" Sheffield raised his hands in surrender, admitting his mistake very straightforwardly. He had to say that old people are always better than old people. Old Rockefeller started to lay out the charitable foundation so quickly, which could be said to be far ahead of his contemporaries. Once others figured out the inside story, many people would follow suit.

The internet was down for ten minutes, I was scared to death.

(End of this chapter)