Chapter 619: The charlatans and the charlatans

For example, when Sheffield was just starting out and had not seen much of the world, he was directly taken over by Edith Rockefeller. This kind of thing is absolutely impossible to happen now. He said it was all true.

A twenty-year-old girl like Mary Pickford took it for granted that she could rise to fame through some transactions. The slave owner could only say that this idea was very naive and extremely dangerous. It is best not to rashly step into the territory that does not belong to ordinary people. Marilyn Monroe is just one of the most sensational examples, but it is definitely not an isolated incident.

The slave owner was not being hypocritical, but was very honest with this American sweetheart. But Mary Pickford obviously didn't listen, which made Sheffield laugh out loud in annoyance, "Why do I always encounter such things in my life?"

"Does Mr. William have a previous life?" Mary Pickford was already close to Sheffield's body. Ordinary citizens would never have thought of this scene. A nationally renowned actress could actually take the initiative to this extent.

"Yes, I don't know if you believe it or not." Sheffield had to push the other person away and said calmly, "Miss Mary, I am already a middle-aged person and really should not be your target. You can't get anything from a rich man of my age. The target you are looking for to maximize your benefits should be a man of his age who is still very impulsive. A man of that age has a chance to fall in love with you and give everything for you. Of course, it's just a chance, and it depends on whether his elders are on guard against you. With a man of my age, you don't have any chance at all. You will only give your body in vain without getting much benefit."

As a slave owner in his life, Sheffield was already immune to Mary Pickford's behavior. As he said, he always encountered such things in his life. The current Arlington mistress Anne was a slave owner. Edith Rockefeller was also a slave owner. Other women who were not slave owners also did not spend energy to cultivate feelings.

"Thank you. If you don't become an actor and run into any difficulties in the future, I can help you, considering that you have a cigar cutter. There's no need to do this. We business owners are not incapable of being friends with you." Sheffield took a deep puff of cigarette and said with an intoxicated look on his face, "A situation like this is actually unnecessary. Move aside. No matter how obedient my Yankee is, he is still a beast. It's a crime for such a beautiful woman to be bitten."

Sheffield leisurely returned the same way holding the dog leash, and did not forget to thank Mary Pickford.

Things are much easier for the slave owner now than in previous years when traveling took up half of his time. He has almost completed the layout and is just waiting for the world war to break out and take off.

He is busy with matters overseas, so he cannot do them personally. He can run around the country to do micro-management, but he cannot do so on a global scale. Unless it is an extremely important industry, like that in Australia, he will never leave the United States.

Because Oak Tree Manor has been handed over to David Griffith as a background for filming, the manor may not belong to him as the owner for a long time, and these Hollywood actors will have to stay here for a long time.

Gail returned to Puerto Rico, and McHale continued his dream of creating a second conglomerate in the United States after United Corporation.

You still have to have dreams, but Sheffield is already preparing to split up the industry, and he has many heirs who want to inherit the property. Why did McHale do this? Doesn't he have only one son, and the rest are daughters?

"Time is such a tormentor!" Sheffield was feelingly speaking under the shade of a tree, glancing at the camera in the distance. He was not talking about this matter, but that Jesla, who was standing aside, had just received a telegram from North Africa. As a result, of course, everything was as usual. John Connor was still implementing the instructions of "retreat when the enemy advances" in North Africa, preparing to get through this Italo-Turkish War.

"It's a torture to keep going on like this. There are more than 50,000 soldiers, 20,000 Eastern sects, and 30,000 Hindustan rioters. The former earn $10 a month, and the latter earn $3 a month. That's an extra $200,000, not counting the guns and ammunition. Adding the normal expenses of Black Gold Company, it's simply too terrible." Sheffield stretched lazily, a little exhausted, and said, "After the cash from the restructuring of United General, the debts were paid off, and some investments were made, there is only $500 million left. The Italo-Turkish War lasted for 217 months, and I have no money left."

If the Italo-Turkish War had continued for a little more than eighteen years, the income from the slave owners' reorganization of United Motors would have been in danger of being completely consumed. The terrible future of eating up all the resources made Sheffield fall into anxiety.

It was not a good decision to rush into the war, especially to fight against a great power. Sheffield was still complaining about himself, but he could not care about the suffering of the Kingdom of Italy. The monthly expenditure of 800,000 lire was already too much for the famous pauper imperialism.

The Italian army brought armored vehicles and commanded airship troops and aircraft to participate in the war. Although it had little effect, it made many countries see another possibility of war.

Jesla pretended not to hear his boss's remarks that if the war continued for eighteen years, the achievements of the Three Giants of New Rome would be wasted. If it was $100,000, the bodyguard leader had an idea of ​​that, but he couldn't even imagine what $500 million meant. It was a very large number, that's all.

"Is there any movement in the Balkans, especially from the two major thugs of Imperial Russia, Bulgaria and Serbia?" Sheffield asked again, indicating that more attention should be paid to the movements in the Balkans.

Serbia fabricated a piece of fake news in the Austro-Hungarian Empire that the Allies supported Italy's invasion of North Africa. The time was in March, when the mercenary corps and the Ottoman army were fighting against Italy. Of course, it was effective and caused a sensation in some related countries.

However, the statements of various parties are very interesting. The Kingdom of Italy swore that there was no such thing. This was fake news fabricated by some anti-Italian forces. However, the core allies of the Central Powers, Germany and Austria-Hungary, were a little too ambiguous.

The refusal was not firm. There is a saying that imperfect loyalty is absolute disloyalty. Italy's half-hearted implementation of the Allied Treaty finally allowed the German-Austrian alliance to set a trap for Italy when Sheffield took the initiative to hand the knife to the two countries.

The Germans have always been lackluster in diplomacy, but the Austrians, who are also Germanic people, are not as reckless as the Germans. Whether intentionally or accidentally, they quickly launched a massive investigation in Hungary, another supporter of the dual empire.

Under the statement of the Imperial Diplomatic Department that there was absolutely no such thing, such an action as investigating who leaked the information could not help but make people suspicious. Sheffield did not know whether the Allies as a whole believed that the German-Austrian alliance did not support Italian expansion, but the French certainly did not believe it. The entire public opinion was full of conspiracy theories that the Germans were using Italy to expand in North Africa.

Germany strongly refuted this French public opinion, believing that the French considered North Africa to be their sphere of influence and were deliberately leading the country to anti-German speech. Germany could not make a choice about the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Italy. However, it bluntly stated that a poisonous snake was secretly preparing to show its fangs, and this poisonous snake was of course the French.

Although the atmosphere in Europe seemed to have become tense because of the Italo-Turkish War, Sheffield never believed that a war would break out because of a colony that was not in Europe. Germany's overseas military strength was insufficient, and it was possible that a diplomatic crisis would occur because of the colonies, but it was impossible for a war to break out.

So is it possible that the Allies would launch a full-scale war over colonial issues? It is even more impossible, as Britain and France are the vested interests of the current world order.

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"In fact, in attacking the Central Powers, France and Imperial Russia, the core of the Allied Powers, have room for cooperation. The two countries can take action at different locations at the same time to show their resistance to the expansion of the Central Powers." Sheffield finally rested enough, got up from the recliner and told Jesla, "I want to establish a personal friendship with Mr. Rasputin to see if I can coordinate this matter. Anne is French, and I am the son-in-law of a Frenchman."

"Boss, will this get out of hand?" Jesla was a little hesitant. His boss seemed to take the war too lightly and always wanted to intervene across the Atlantic Ocean.

"I only know that, together with the expenses of the Black Gold Company, I have to spend 2.3 million US dollars every month. In this way, in 217 months, or 18 years later, my 500 million US dollars of wealth will be spent. I am a businessman, and I have to make a profit even if the lives of citizens across the country are regressing. You can't expect a wolf not to eat meat." Sheffield sighed. He helped Rasputin to gain a firm foothold in the upper class of Imperial Russia, and he should get some reward.

This brings us back to the question at the beginning, the problem of the Balkan Peninsula. Even if the Russian Empire is not fully prepared, it is definitely almost ready to give the Ottoman Empire a blow.

The main forces are Serbia and Bulgaria. Of the two countries, Bulgaria is stronger. Tsarist Russia was only a name for a short period of time in Russian history. After Peter the Great, the Russian Empire did not have the title of Tsar. But now there is indeed a Tsar in the world, and the King of the Kingdom of Bulgaria is the Tsar.

With these two major thugs, the influence of Imperial Russia in the Balkans increased rapidly. It can be said that in the years before World War I, Imperial Russia had broken the balance in the Balkans and disintegrated the system that Britain, France and other countries had used to prevent Imperial Russia from moving south.

Now Sheffield, the American charlatan, is finally going to join forces with the Russian charlatan Rasputin.

(End of this chapter)