Chapter 378 My Olympics
The slave owner deeply regretted his rash behavior, but Edith Rockefeller was not so polite. She said as she put on her clothes, "Isn't this the only thing between men and women? Don't say it seems so unfair. You won't pay it back?"
"I just got angry for a moment." Natalia said in a panic, "Don't you pay attention to the impact!"
Edith Rockefeller tilted her head and glanced at Sheffield, muttering to herself, "It's not like he hasn't touched it yet, but considering the character of this seemingly moral saint, maybe it's true."
Edith Rockefeller suddenly remembered that before the slave owner broke the window paper, he pretended to be like Jesus, but after that! The bed almost collapsed.
If nothing had happened, it wouldn't be a big surprise. Thinking of this, Edith Rockefeller forgave Natalia's mistake and didn't argue with the little girl who didn't get to eat meat.
"Okay, stop talking about those nonsense!" Zipping up, Sheffield returned to his sanctimonious attitude. He could continue to be a licker afterwards, which was not a problem. However, when the two women were present, he had to act like the head of the family, and I was right.
As expected, seeing the slave owner's face had turned from sunny to cloudy, Edith Rockefeller and Natalia were silent. If this man was serious, he would be very bluffing.
"Do you know how busy I am every day? I just want to relax for a while! Besides, this is necessary." Sheffield scolded with a cold face, "You are happy if I scare you into being useless in the future?"
Natalia's eyes were filled with tears as she said aggrievedly, "I didn't know there might be such a consequence. If I had known, I would never have shouted!"
Regarding the scale and construction of Manila United Medical, because Natalia just didn't know the general situation, she had to bear the corresponding consequences. The slave owner asked her to calculate the required expenses and approximate materials in one night as a punishment.
In the following days, the doctors who attended the World Medical Conference in Chicago were very busy, so he naturally did not meet Wu Lien-teh. Wu Lien-teh and doctors from various countries conducted a simulated environmental epidemic prevention work against the pollution in Chicago. At this time, Sheffield was a little envious of Rockefeller Jr.
To be honest, this conference and the arrangement by Rockefeller Jr. were really a very good move. The Rockefeller family has always had a very bad reputation. Of course, this is not just the Rockefeller family. Many large companies have very bad reputations. There are few good companies that can be named.
But this time, newspapers everywhere were elaborating on the contributions that Rockefeller Jr. had made to the citizens of Chicago, which seemed to have the intention of changing the reputation of the Rockefeller family in one fell swoop.
Looking at the report of the Chicago Daily Times, Sheffield translated it in his mind. The general meaning was that this time the inspection of Chicago by famous doctors from all over the world was mainly to test the scientificity, timeliness and operability of the hospital's emergency response plan for public health emergencies, as well as the response ability and epidemic handling ability of the emergency team.
Enable medical personnel to master the emergency response capabilities for response and prevention and control, further improve and perfect the emergency response mechanism, enhance the emergency response and prevention capabilities of various hospital departments in response to public health emergencies, and better safeguard the health of citizens throughout the city.
Reading the newspaper with his familiar thoughts, the slave owner suddenly felt that the so-called cultural barriers did not exist in all fields.
"This is the cost of building a hospital that I calculated." Natalia held up a piece of paper with a wronged look on her face. It contained a detailed record of the construction plan for the Manila United Hospital.
"You look so aggrieved. Okay, I'll take you to St. Louis to play. Don't feel aggrieved." Seeing the little girl's aggrieved look, the slave owner felt distressed for no reason and comforted her, "Edith has helped me a lot. Don't be dissatisfied with her!"
I don't want to work hard on Edith! Sheffield saved his face by saying it in a fairly acceptable way. Natalia went straight into the man's arms and said, "I was wrong. I will be obedient in the future."
"Only when you are busy will you cherish the days at Oak Plantation." Time is running out for slave owners, and newspapers across the country have begun warming up for the opening of the St. Louis World's Fair and the Olympic Games.
This year also marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of St. Louis, so the World Expo and the Olympic Games are held at the same time. Sheffield, as the President of the United States Olympic Committee and a member of the International Olympic Committee, will preside over the opening of the Olympic Games.
In his heart, he really disliked this era, where people often did two things at once to save money. But that was for others. If it happened in the United States, he would have to applaud the federal government for its savings. Although the federal government's funding was better than nothing, after reimbursing the round-trip travel expenses, there was basically nothing left.
"Donate one hundred thousand dollars to the Evelyn Charitable Foundation!" In Edith Rockefeller's villa, Sheffield finally caught the little Rockefeller who came to visit.
"Why?" Rockefeller Jr. asked in dissatisfaction, "Why should I do this? You have plenty of money?"
"Because I sponsored the World Medical Congress with $100,000, I have already helped you. Now you must help me!" Sheffield said in a tough manner, "And you must attend the opening of the St. Louis Olympics, because I have already attended the opening of the World Medical Congress, and you can't take advantage of me."
"You are simply a Grandet!" Rockefeller Jr. lost his composure and said exaggeratedly, "It seems that you are unwilling to spend even a penny more. Why do you want to set up a charitable foundation?"
"It's the same as the purpose of the Rockefeller family's charitable foundation, to pay less taxes with a better name." Sheffield asked, crossing his legs, "What else do you think the purpose is? Haven't I done enough charity? Who built the mental hospitals in various places? I also built a children's welfare home."
Although the mental hospital has other purposes and the children's welfare home is a family tradition that requires the selection of trustworthy people to serve the joint company in the future, others do not know this and only see the efforts made by the joint company for social welfare.
"You're obviously keeping a mistress!" Rockefeller Jr. accused angrily, "You can tell from the name of the foundation."
"What's wrong with going there? Even if you have a good relationship, you have to be careful about the limits. Helping each other is mutual." Edith Rockefeller couldn't help it. She talked about keeping a mistress in her own villa. Who was she talking about?
"Oh, it's nothing to go there!" Little Rockefeller saw his sister's expression and realized that he had just said something that shouldn't have been said, so he took the opportunity to get out of the situation. In his heart, he wondered why Sheffield didn't have a sister.
With the participation of the Standard Oil boss, the value of this Olympics has increased a lot. Whether Roosevelt attends or not is no longer so important. This is a good opportunity to show that it doesn't matter whether a country has a president or not. What the president can do, big companies can do as well, and they can do it better.
It was the centennial of St. Louis, and St. Louis attached great importance to the Olympics and issued commemorative stamps. Sheffield also designed the Olympic mascots, which were all ready-made! The national bird of the United States of America, the bald eagle. The mascots were made in the form of pillows and toys.
When the slave owner first held the bald eagle, he thought it was cute and the United States had a good eye for choosing a national bird. Most importantly, this image can be used to sell and make a lot of money.
In August, Sheffield successfully dragged the Rockefeller siblings to St. Louis, allowing them to see St. Louis' preparations for the Olympics and the World Expo. Sheffield pinched her waist and said, "If Roosevelt doesn't want to come, then don't come. We can still make this two-in-one event a success without him. It doesn't matter whether there is a president or not."
"Why didn't the president come this time? He even came to the World Expo you held in New Orleans. Is this a sign of dissatisfaction with the United Company?" Edith Rockefeller said worriedly, "If that's the case, William, you better be careful."
"Perhaps it's because Coubertin didn't come to preside over the opening ceremony that our president felt that he must not be lower than him." Sheffield felt that although he had let the federal government down, the canal issue was a matter of mutual consent, and he would not miss the opening ceremony because of his own reasons.
But since the president and the chairman of the International Olympic Committee will not show up, this Olympics will be the stage for Sheffield to show his skills. Someone, come and bring me the flag of the Confederate States of America.
The slave owner felt that without Roosevelt and Coubertin in his way, he had more room to play in hosting the Olympics, so he sent a telegram to Washington, saying that with him there, there would be no problems. The country did not need to intervene.
Sheffield then took Natalia, the Rockefeller siblings, and the U.S. Olympic Committee members to St. Louis for a meeting. At the beginning, Sheffield rejected a program that the St. Louis City Government was going to organize because the St. Louis City Government wanted athletes to perform a program in which athletes played the roles of black people and Pacific Natives.
"We can do whatever we want behind closed doors, and no one can control us, but we can't do this in public, especially when we let the athletes play this kind of role. It's not only an insult to the backward ethnic groups, but also an insult to the athletes." Sheffield directly tore the plan submitted by the St. Louis City Government into pieces in front of the members of the US Olympic Committee, and said lazily, "Next topic!"
(End of this chapter)
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