Chapter 169 Election Combo
Although all parties involved knew that Harvey was an artificial political star, citizens who paid attention to politics did not know this. Their information came from the media. As the largest local newspaper, the Los Angeles Times played an extremely important role, almost following the news.
Continuously spreading Harvey's thoughts and adding some political jokes in it has the effect of viral marketing. Sheffield doesn't dare to use marketing on himself because he is afraid of being embarrassed in the future. But it is okay to use it on others. Even if Harvey is finally retaliated, it will be a few years later. He can find an agent to do the same.
Every day, the Los Angeles Times judges what kind of content citizens like through newspaper sales and reprints. After a period of judgment, it is found that many people are very interested in the construction of the movie theater. Gossip always immerses ordinary people in it.
This reminds Sheffield of a famous family in the United States, the Kardashian family. If you think about it carefully, this family doesn't seem to have any outstanding works. The most outstanding work is the male owner of this family, who helped Simpson win the famous Simpson murder case, but is this also a positive image?
However, since we have grasped a certain context and know that the citizens of Los Angeles are very interested in the cultural industry, then in an instant, true and false news filled the reports of various newspapers. The reason why it is true and false is that the real side is that the film patent is really in the hands of Sheffield Film Company.
If it is fake, there must be a report like this. Because of this matter, Councilman Harvey met with the holder of the film patent, Mr. William Sheffield. After a long and arduous confrontation, he successfully persuaded the boss not to make a profit from the patent. Movies are the wealth of the entire society and can entertain and serve the citizens.
Finally, the arrogant boss, under the persuasion of the justice-minded Congressman Harvey, gave up the unreasonable practice of imposing royalties on films and prepared to wait for filmmakers from all over the United States to discuss the matter together.
The report on this incident, which brought together elements of confrontation between wealthy people and politicians, quickly became a hot topic on the streets once it was reported by the Los Angeles Times, which was not afraid of power.
In the subsequent excrement collecting segment, someone pointed out that when Harvey and Sheffield first met, they had a very pleasant chat. They also welcomed the young wealthy businessman to come to California to develop. They hoped that the boss of the company could bring more friends to join the development of California.
But when it comes to the cultural industry, Senator Harvey sticks to his own opinion and doesn't give in to the wealthy corporate bosses. At this point, the image of a rising politician with a sense of justice and adherence to principles has already emerged.
"William, I really don't understand why you would allow this man to use your reputation as a foil?" McHale shook his head. "Who is he? He's just a city councilman. If Austin's friends knew about this, they might laugh at you."
"There is no way around it. Who makes ordinary people hate the rich? If there was no hatred of the rich, I would represent the Democratic Party in this election, and DuPont, Morgan or Rockefeller would represent the Republican Party. Those so-called citizens with rusty brains may be happy for a long time because of a fake news, but it doesn't matter, it's fake anyway. The heroes in their eyes, all the election steps, including illegal immigrants, cultural centers, and mechanized farms, were actually provided by me. These businesses are naturally mine, and they still have to make money for me after scolding me."
It's not like they're losing two pieces of meat by scolding Sheffield. These citizens are so naive. This situation is similar to the major conglomerates in South Korea. What can you do if you are dissatisfied? Aren't you just letting me exploit you obediently?
If Harvey's foundation was not too shallow, Sheffield would have wanted him to directly represent the Democratic Party in this presidential election. Unfortunately, even in the birthplace of democracy, personal connections are extremely important. It is easy to be an official if you have someone in the court, and you will be the truth wherever you go. Although in later generations, real estate businessmen broke through the encirclement of the establishment and defeated the old witch. But no one can deny that the real estate businessmen themselves are rich people, and that is not a story of counterattack at all.
"You're fine. We can only buy some land and earn some hard-earned money. But why is there no lottery in the United States now?" Gale asked with a head full of questions, "Has there never been one?"
"Want to make quick money? If this thing were legal, would it be your turn? I would have done it a long time ago!" Sheffield sighed, "It seems that it was banned by law four or five years ago. Now all state lotteries are illegal."
The American lottery industry began in the colonial period until the Revolutionary War, and it has been developing steadily and experienced a golden age of more than half a century. Before the Civil War, lottery revenues were used to build canals, bridges, prisons, hospitals, orphanages, libraries, churches, and school buildings.
The last state to rule a lottery illegal due to pressure was Louisiana, and the last lottery station was in New Orleans, but that was five years ago.
"Then your family must have made a lot of money, right?" McHale gasped. All states had closed their lottery businesses, but Louisiana had persisted for so long? Isn't this a monopoly?
"Don't talk nonsense. I don't know who ran the lottery business at that time." Sheffield's heart moved. Thinking about it this way, this matter was indeed very suspicious. He had always wondered why his family had never engaged in banking business. The close relationship with the state bank was not enough to explain the problem.
If they had been operating the lottery business and had persisted under pressure until five years ago, it would make perfect sense. It turned out that the cash of the United Company did not come out through the bank.
"You really know nothing?" Seeing Sheffield's stunned look, Gail and McHale looked at each other, unable to believe that the only male heir in the family seemed to know nothing about this.
"I don't know!" Sheffield said innocently, "I'm just a kid. I haven't been out of Texas since last year. How could I possibly know these things?"
The conversation between the few people was just an episode. After investigation, McHale and Gail both thought it was a pity. In the current situation where lotteries are illegal in the United States, if the last lottery industry can be preserved, the cash flow it brings is immeasurable. The two even speculated that if the Sheffield family was really behind the Louisiana lottery industry, how much cash would it have accumulated after decades of monopoly? Just thinking about it is an astronomical figure.
Even Sheffield himself almost couldn't help but want to send a telegram to ask the old man how many secrets there were in the family. It seemed that he always asked for money, and the family could always take out money. Where did all the money come from?
A few days later, as one hundred crawler tractors shipped to California by rail appeared on new farms in Southern California, news about mechanized farms spread like wildfire.
Some voters have discovered that the mechanized farms that Harvey has been advocating for seem not too far away from them. Then the news of building a branch railway line to Southern California once again set off the hearts of the citizens.
In economic terms, railways will significantly reduce the cost of transporting materials, making communication more convenient and promoting economic development. In military terms, the pressure on national defense is greatly reduced. A large number of troops can be deployed to the place where the war breaks out within one day, and the United States army can reach the border within three days. The premise is that the branch lines in various places are also connected, otherwise logistics supply will definitely be a problem.
It may seem unimportant to mention the role of the military, but one must understand the recent public opinion environment in California. The discussions about illegal immigration across the southern border have been ongoing, and have successfully created a sense of unease in the hearts of California citizens.
In addition, the California Workers Party, which has become a white glove like the KKK, has added fuel to the fire in dealing with illegal immigrants. This workers' organization, which started out as a xenophobic organization, has simply turned its guns and focused its attention on the Mexicans who are right in front of it, and is starting to stir up trouble again.
More than 3,000 people marched in front of the state legislature, shouting that Mexicans wanted to take back the land without bloodshed, and the entire California government could not turn a blind eye to this obvious threat. People waved the American flag and expressed their concerns about the fate of the country in front of the government. If the state government does not give an explanation, it must be a systemic problem.
Harvey, who had been well prepared, was the first to appear in front of the protesters as a city council member. During this protest, Harvey did not turn a blind eye to the citizens' protests, and shouted loudly, "I know what the citizens think and I recognize everyone's concerns. Please believe me, I stand with you. The sacred land of the United States cannot be divided even a little bit. I will propose a bill soon and will give everyone an explanation."
"Can you keep your word? Don't be like other politicians who just talk and don't do anything." Accusations were heard from the protesting crowd.
Faced with this accusation, Harvey calmly waited for the atmosphere to calm down, and suddenly shouted, "If I don't make a proposal within a week, I will resign. Everyone can prove what I said today."
"Good!" Thousands of protesting citizens burst into huge cheers and applauded to make way for Harvey.
The scene was clearly captured by the periphery cameras, and the headline in the Los Angeles Times the next day read, "Tough Politician!" The report praised Harvey's decisive statement.
How difficult is it to be xenophobic? It turns out that it is not difficult at all.
(End of this chapter)
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