Chapter 301 Three Women, One Drama
"Chicago is not a good place to live. That's why the big families in the South built estates in New Orleans. You are not happy to be asked to come. Do you think anyone can come to our Dixie base? This is just you. In our eyes, ordinary Yankees are no different from black people. In the eyes of some people, they are even more hateful than black people."
After leaving the train station, Sheffield kept talking to Edith Rockefeller, who was in a bad mood. Then they got in the car and headed straight for Oak Manor. "You have women hidden here, why do you want me to come here?" Edith Rockefeller said dissatisfiedly, "You put me together with those women, do you feel a sense of accomplishment?"
"You can't say that. I'm a normal man working hard for my career, and it's normal for me to have women to take care of me. You can be dissatisfied, but this is how society is. I understand that you feel uncomfortable, just like when you got married because the Rockefeller family name didn't go well with your husband. But Edith, you should understand that your family background is unique in the whole country. You don't care about anything because you are a princess of the Rockefeller family. Other women don't have such a family background. I don't expect you to really get along with other women. Don't bully them. This is not too much, right?"
Sheffield did not expect Edith Rockefeller to stage a harem of harmony, saying that as long as you have me in your heart, I will be satisfied. This is impossible. Anne is just a ruined aristocrat, with nothing to praise except her aristocratic status. Evelyn and Natalia are both from commoner backgrounds.
Compared with these women, Edith Rockefeller's background was so high that it was inviolable.
"Then why did you let me come?" Edith Rockefeller rolled her eyes at Sheffield. "Do you want to prove your male authority in front of other women? Even the women of the Rockefeller family are obedient!"
"You are really smart. This is exactly what you want!" Sheffield tilted his neck and looked directly at Edith Rockefeller, muttering to himself, "Now it depends on whether the princess of the oil kingdom is really obedient."
Humph! Edith Rockefeller curled her lips and said nothing. Now that she was here, could she leave now?
Entering Oak Manor, Sheffield finally returned to the place where his family originated. Edith Rockefeller got out of the car right after him, and when she looked up, she saw two girls coming out to greet the man.
"I have a hot body, an unparalleled background, strong financial strength, and most importantly, a son!" Edith Rockefeller's eyes fell on Evelyn and Natalia, examining each other while cheering herself up in her heart.
"I'm younger and my figure is no worse than this woman's. I'm much taller and prettier than her, and I have no emotional experience!" Natalia was doing the same thing and was not at all stage frightened in front of the wealthy woman.
Evelin simply ignored the two of them, took Sheffield’s briefcase, and said softly, “You must be exhausted after running for so long and taking the train. If you want something to eat, I’ll arrange it right away.”
"I'm not particular about food, just eat casually. Let's find a place to lie down first!" Sheffield took Evelyn's hand and walked away with a relaxed look. As he walked, he asked, "Are you used to living here? How is the beach here compared to Los Angeles? Have your parents moved into their new home?"
"..." Edith Rockefeller and Natalia followed closely, and saw Evelyn follow Sheffield into the bedroom. After a while, she came out again with a change of clothes. She was not embarrassed at all. When she came back, she brought a stack of new clothes. When she passed by Edith Rockefeller, she asked, "Are you tired from the journey? How about asking the servant to run some water for a bath?"
This question was completely beyond Edith Rockefeller's expectations, and she said in a panic, "Don't be so anxious..."
“Okay then!” Evelin replied without stopping, “Then I’ll go and help William!”
Edith Rockefeller sat on the sofa, still a little confused, not knowing what this woman meant. But as time went by, she suddenly realized, why didn't this woman come out?
After a long while, Sheffield and Evelyn, both with wet hair, reappeared. Evelyn still had a blush on her face, but she sat aside as if nothing had happened. Sheffield said, "Without these Chinese workers, the reconstruction of New Orleans would not have been completed so quickly. From this point of view, the United Company must thank these Chinese workers. By the way, their New Year's Eve is later than that of the public companies, so give them some benefits. It just so happens that we have just acquired Reynolds Tobacco Company, so I can still afford to give them some cigarettes. They should be very popular."
As for whether it is harmful to health, this is a minor issue. In this era, smoking is worse than taking opium. Being in a foreign country, being excluded by the main group of the United States, and wanting to keep away from tobacco and alcohol, it is better to let the Chinese workers become robots.
"Half a month ago, there was another conflict between the Chinese workers and the blacks, but no one died. The cause was that the blacks felt that the Chinese workers took their jobs!" When this incident was mentioned, Evelyn recounted everything that had happened during the time that Sheffield was not in New Orleans.
"They stole our jobs again? Can't they come up with another excuse?" Sheffield grinned. "We haven't said anything yet, but the blacks are already dissatisfied? They don't learn good things, but they learn bad things from the Irish."
But this is normal. New immigrants are the real competitors. This is just like the Mexicans who hate crossing the border the most a hundred years later. In proportion, black people are definitely the ones who are most likely to be affected by new immigrants. The lowest group in the United States is black people.
However, since nothing serious happened, Sheffield did not ask about it. If something serious happened, he would push black people to the forefront of public opinion. The biggest purpose of United Company's use of black people is to simply prove that the black group is unusable and to give a warning to those who come later. If even such a large and powerful company as United Company can't do it, other companies should forget about saving black people.
"Is the stele ready? When the time comes, both China and Britain will use it to commend the Chinese workers for their contributions to the city of New Orleans. We accepted the help of the Chinese workers, and although we didn't get much feedback, don't be like the Yankees, who treated us as model immigrants when they were needed and threatened us when they weren't. Although the Yankees' ideas are not wrong, the way they were handled could be gentler." Sheffield scratched his head and pouted at Evelyn, "You are the most suitable person for this matter. I will feel at ease only if you do it."
Evelyn was a girl with a strong sense of justice. She was not as serious as the white leftists in later generations. She just insisted on procedural justice. Since the Chinese workers had made achievements, they should get corresponding rewards and thanks. She nodded and agreed to this matter.
"Send telegrams to all target companies and ask them to send representatives to discuss the development of the tobacco industry. I'll be waiting in New Orleans to see who will come!" Sheffield stretched after taking a shower and said contentedly.
"Aren't you afraid that people won't come and leave you here? You've just entered the tobacco industry, but you think you're the tobacco tycoon?" Edith Rockefeller couldn't help but pour a bucket of cold water on Sheffield when she saw his self-confidence.
"Just them? They should have an accurate judgment of their own positioning. Don't they know how unbalanced the power comparison is between these small tobacco companies and the United Corporation?" Sheffield curled his lips. This was as ridiculous as a group of amateur scientists questioning the authority of the industry. Compared with these small tobacco companies within the target range, the United Corporation did not dare to say that it was as authoritative as the Bible, but in the physics community, it was at least at the level of Landau and Yang Yuning.
These small tobacco companies are at best Hawkings! If they do not accept the new tobacco order, Sheffield will really turn these companies who are ignorant of the times into real Hawkings. These companies should not regret it then.
Edith Rockefeller wanted to say something else, but when she remembered that there were two women here, she stopped talking to save the slave owner's face.
The slave owner had already felt how happy he was to be back at the base camp during the first dinner. He had received the meticulous care of two beauties, which made Edith Rockefeller's teeth itch. It was too much. She really wanted to tell Sheffield, "Do you think they are greedy for your body? It's obvious that they are after your money..."
"By the way, the underwear you're wearing is a product of Edith Rockefeller Company!" Sheffield's chopsticks flew like flying fingers, showing the secrets of the whirlwind stick technique, and he burped and said, "It's good to be home!"
Three women make a play. This stage was built by Sheffield himself. He wanted to see the reactions of the women. If they couldn't do it in harmony, could they, just like sisters on the surface, do they?
"By the way, Annie is going to graduate from Austin soon! What should I do then?" Natalia looked at Sheffield with some concern. Annie posed the biggest threat to her because she had already taken her position.
"Really? That's great? Don't worry, it's okay!" Sheffield didn't show any fear at all. Instead, a hint of excitement flashed across his face. If Anne graduated from Austin Girls' School, he could go shopping when he had nothing to do. Isn't Sato Kyoko still there?
She is a Japanese girl who has traveled thousands of miles to study in the United States. You have to know that many people in this era have low quality. What if she is bullied? Sheffield cannot allow such a thing that brings shame to the United States to happen. We should take care of this poor girl both publicly and privately.
Let this poor girl feel the warmth in a strange country! Otherwise, he would be sorry for his dead partner. He had promised Minako Sato to take care of her daughter.
(End of this chapter)
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