Chapter 161 Hollywood Manor
“Do you want women?” Evelin’s red lips pouted, almost like a burden, and she didn’t even realize it.
"This is a tradition in our family. Many companies are managed by women. The population of the southern states was only half of that of the north. Excluding blacks, there is only a quarter of the north left. Men were scarce after the Civil War, and the situation in Texas was not too serious. Of course, the population has returned to normal now, and many blacks have left the South." Sheffield explained the reason. At that time, it was very happy to be a man in the southern states, and there was no shortage of women who wanted to marry you.
Because there are bound to be more men than women after the war, and the head of the Sheffield family is gone, it is natural that most of the company management is women.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Sheffield's own choice. Subconsciously, he is also patriarchal and believes that women cannot be used as animals like men. He can only find a balance by arranging less tiring work.
Furthermore, personal assistants are a group of men, which does not conform to the advanced modern experience of later generations that secretaries have things to do when there is work to do, and do nothing else...
Now Sheffield has begun to understand the difficulties of moving his family to Texas. Even though he knows that a bright future is waiting for him, making up his mind is another matter. Facing the Great West of this era, Sheffield still has to continue to work hard and move forward.
And the situation he faced was not much better, and was even worse politically. When his family moved to Texas, the Democratic Party was at its peak and winning battles one after another. The United States had long been under the control of the Democratic Party.
Now it is completely different. In fact, even if President Cleveland is a Democrat, we can see from previous elections that the Democratic Party cannot beat the Republican Party. The Democratic Party’s attitude in previous elections is very simple, that is, while consolidating Dixie in the South, they will steal as many places as they can in the Midwest. If they steal more, they will win. If they don’t steal, they will be the opposition party.
Even during President Cleveland's term, he would not have been able to become president if multi-party elections had been held like those in Europe. This time, he lost to the Republicans based on the number of voters.
Now California is in the hands of the Republicans. Apparently the Democrats failed to steal the prize in the last election.
However, this advantage can be ignored. The Great West was nothing in the political landscape of the United States in the late 19th century. The population was very small. It was not like after World War II, when it was a focus of contention between the two parties and often played a decisive role.
Californians have no inclination towards the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. The election description Sheffield heard from Evelyn was very interesting. Many times, organizations like the California Workers Party were the most enthusiastic voting groups. Families like Evelyn's were not very interested in the election.
"The first governor of California was a Democrat. In fact, the industrial environment here is similar to that of Texas. Although I am from Texas, I feel very close to California." Sheffield half-seriously and half-jokingly tried to get closer to Evelyn.
Although the United States financial groups seem to be all-powerful, they still have some balance with the parties. If it does not involve their own interests, they can still get along well with the people of both parties. Later South Korea was called all-powerful. The financial groups jointly controlled 80% of the country's economy, which the major financial groups in the United States could not do.
Therefore, it is impossible for any financial group to interfere in the national election. Even the Sheffield family can only maintain a harmonious cooperative relationship in the special environment of the Dixies in exchange for a sense of unswerving identification.
However, the United States has more than 40 states, so it is possible to manipulate any of them, especially the Western states, which are still relatively small and inconspicuous in the political map of the United States, with a sparse population and desolate environment, and are out of the sight of mainstream politicians.
Later generations called such states without an advantage "swing states", which refers to states where the two candidates are evenly matched and neither has a clear advantage. In previous elections, they often lean towards different parties and frequently swing. Now California is a swing state, not the Democratic stronghold that changed its position in later generations.
Small population and geographical isolation have two advantages. First, it is easy to identify the interests of this group. Geographical isolation means that there are few channels for receiving external information, and the local area is definitely the main channel for receiving information. Moreover, the industry of California at this time is actually different from that of the Yankees in the north, but it has some similarities with the southern states.
The Electoral College does not protect the interests of small states. It is the Senate system that protects the interests of small states. Regardless of the number of people in a state, there are always two senators. The Electoral College votes are allocated according to the population of the state. How can small states be protected? It is a trick to combine the Electoral College system with the Senate to explain the balance between large and small states. Instead, the election is limited to a few swing states.
"Among the newspapers acquired by the boss last time, there was naturally a local Los Angeles newspaper called the Los Angeles Times. It is a small newspaper that is less than ten years old. The acquisition price was five thousand dollars. Like most acquisitions, the boss has always been pursuing controlling stakes and retaining the original team to continue working!" John Connor actually did not know the results of his last attempt to buy off public opinion. He only found out after sending a telegram to the Arlington base. Now he was reporting to Sheffield in front of Evelyn.
Los Angeles Times? Sheffield seemed to remember that it was the same name as a famous newspaper in later generations, but it was not worth paying too much attention to. He had already acquired Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Wasn't the Rockefeller family more famous than others? Did he not carry the burden and move forward?
"John is a senior? Huh? Anyway, he's not a secretary. You will be responsible for this kind of work in the future." Sheffield turned to Evelin and spoke, reflecting the expectations and tolerance of the boss towards his confidant. "The conditions are simple at the moment, so you may have to work hard for a while. When the secretariat has enough staff, you will be more relaxed at that time."
"Got it, boss!" Evelyn cherishes this job very much. After all, the treatment is much better than the previous conductor, and Sheffield is also a boss with a very good attitude.
"What's the point of calling me boss? You can call me by my name." Sheffield smiled gently. Who wouldn't like a boss like him who has the money? If it were him, he would also choose not to work hard.
But when starting a business, you can move forward with a heavy burden, but you also need to keep working hard. Now back to the origin of everything, since I feel that coming to California to develop is no less great than moving to Texas in the past, I must immerse myself in it wholeheartedly. However, after some investigation, it seems that there is no business that can quickly return funds.
The real estate business is definitely not going well. Even in Los Angeles, the center of California, real estate is worthless. There is an invisible hand that is secretly regulating the housing prices in the United States. At least part of this invisible hand belongs to the Sheffield family, that is, guns.
Once a community has a large number of black people, the housing prices in this community will drop rapidly. However, the skin color of the black people is not an important factor. If they are all unarmed, how can the white people with the advantage in numbers care about a few black people? The key is that the United States does not ban guns, so even as a mainstream group, the number of white people who dare to risk their lives is still a minority.
Once shootings become frequent, the value of real estate will drop. What is the purpose of buying a house? Isn't it for the safety of the family? Having your own home is a spiritual haven. If it is not safe, the property is useless.
Later, even some communities with good public security learned this trick. Once a community became too peaceful for a long time, some people would just fire a few shots in their own community to control the environment of the community, deter outsiders, and also give the police something to do.
Sheffield can't just cut off the family's main profit for the sake of real estate. Isn't that like fighting the left hand against the right hand? What's more, if he cuts off his own hand, there are still other gun manufacturers.
Real estate is not an option. If the population is not enough, you can't fight with your left hand against your right hand. You can only think of other ways. After thinking for a long time, he must admit that California is not a place with particularly good basic conditions in the United States. The reason why the later generations can suppress Texas is really related to facing Asia. In addition, there are two important factors, one is Silicon Valley in San Francisco, and the other is Hollywood in Los Angeles.
Apart from these two factors, California itself is not as well-grounded as Texas.
Half a month after arriving in Los Angeles, Sheffield had planned several suitable industries. Agriculture and animal husbandry were the foundation, and some subdivided processing industries could also be developed. However, he really had no way to replicate Silicon Valley. But there was a place name that caught Sheffield's attention, and he had already set out to investigate.
Real estate developer Harvey Wilcox bought a 0.6 square kilometer plot of land in the suburbs of Los Angeles. During a trip, Cox's wife heard someone next to her say that she was from a place called Hollywood in Ohio. She liked the name very much, and after returning to California, she planted a large number of holly trees shipped from Scotland here.
The current Hollywood Manor has only one main street, which is very similar to the common manors in southern states. Hundreds of residents live here. Sheffield's arrival made the owner of the Hollywood Manor very happy. It seems that he discovered the hidden shining points in Sheffield, such as the nature of a krypton gold boss.
"What a beautiful place. I'm sorry to bother you by coming here to visit." Sheffield got off the carriage and nodded to the owner of this place with great reserve. Even his eyes sparkled. Is this the predecessor of DreamWorks? It's a good dream...
(End of this chapter)
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