Chapter 607 I Should Win
A few months later, Anne snuggled in her husband's arms like a kitten, telling him about her longing for him and what France was like now. She chattered non-stop like a canary that had just escaped from a cage, until she arrived at Sheffield's property in New York. She stopped and said embarrassedly, "I talk too much. You don't like this."
"That's for others, but not for you!" Sheffield took off his coat, turned around and walked into the bathroom, and put his arm directly in the bathtub. Anne followed him in and leaned against the door frame, watching her husband measure the water temperature. "The situation in Europe is almost like this. Unexpectedly, the Germans seem to have become rational."
"Well, it's rare that a rational individual and an irrational group are willing to have a good talk this time. But be careful, some things can't be changed." Sheffield tilted his head and said to his wife a famous saying of the Rockefeller family, "Ninety percent is not enough, I want one hundred percent."
Some things called nationality cannot be changed. For example, Germans think highly of themselves and look down on other nations. This was the case in World War I, World War II, and even a hundred years later. When it comes to public opinion surveys, China, the United States, Russia, and the Germans themselves all have negative impressions.
The military scored full marks but the diplomacy was zero. They were so strong that they never treated their allies as equal partners. This was the case in World War I and World War II. The most asshole thing is that it is still the same a hundred years later. Since the death of Bismarck, German diplomacy has not achieved any results. There have been so many wars in Europe, but there is no country like Germany that believed that diplomacy was useless at the beginning and was militarily prepared for a two-front war.
Perhaps Frederick the Great was lucky enough to have a German-loving Tsar, which allowed the Germans to accumulate harmful experience.
The Germans' consistent style is to take all when they are in a strong position, without caring about the way things are done. This was the case in World War I and World War II, and it is still the same style in the 21st century. Within the EU, Germany, because of its strong power, advocated eastward expansion and swallowed up 11 Eastern European countries in one go. During this period, it dismembered Yugoslavia but let the Americans take the blame.
But within the EU, these countries, including Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania and other southeastern European countries that have not yet joined the EU, Greece, which is in economic crisis, and even Russia and Ukraine, are actually treated as pure blood banks, causing a large number of young and middle-aged laborers in these regions to flow into Western Europe with Germany as the main destination. At the same time, German capital has comprehensively coerced these Central and Eastern European countries and brought them into Germany's economic sphere of influence.
The EU is not at all like what it advertises. It wants to integrate Europe. The integrated Europe should be like a republic. The Magic City and the Imperial City with their superior geographical locations absorb talents, make money and hand it over to the government, which then distributes it to support other regions.
Although this may make the coastal areas dissatisfied, it must be done. The EU led by Germany is a winner-takes-all situation, which has led to many Eastern European countries finding that their countries seem to have no benefits except for getting good-looking statistics. Therefore, Eastern European countries always seek to balance forces outside Europe on some issues.
Sheffield could not tell his wife that he was bribing some German Junkers and watching Italy's actions from the sidelines, fearing that he might arouse the French's suspicion.
"Don't you want to take a bath together?" A picture of a beautiful woman bathing appeared in front of the slave owner. Anne laughed and took the initiative to invite her husband, "Don't you want to hold me while I sleep?"
"The bathtub is a little small!" Sheffield said, and the two chatted casually. Anne, who had returned to the United States, opened her heart and told her about what had happened in the past few months, and asked about the situation in her country.
"A month ago, Roosevelt was shot while giving a speech." Sheffield frowned and thought for a while, "But it's not serious. At least he's still alive."
"Then Alice Roosevelt must be very worried." Anne was very surprised when she heard this, and then changed the subject, "Did one of you do it? Did Alice Roosevelt have any suspicions?"
"At least it wasn't done by our three major companies. In fact, I suspect it was a self-directed show." Sheffield muttered to himself and smiled bitterly, "But I have no evidence, it's just speculation."
How could it be such a coincidence? In real history, there was an assassination attempt, and Sheffield had been in the United States for so many years, and this non-fatal assassination occurred again? If it was just a historical event recorded in books, the slave owner might think that Roosevelt was really assassinated, but in this time and space where he had been in so many years, this must have been directed and acted by himself.
"Is the election situation very bad?" Anne couldn't help but feel a little worried when she heard her husband's words. She knew that Sheffield attached much more importance to this election than in previous years, but she didn't say it out loud.
"Thanks to the split in the Republican Party, Mr. Wilson still has the best chance of winning." Sheffield shook his head slightly to signal not to panic. "But whether this assassination was accidental or intentional, I must talk to him after the election. From now on, he, the former president, can no longer have anything to do with the federal government. John and I have also talked about this."
What the truth behind the Roosevelt assassination is actually not important at all. The more important thing is that Sheffield has already determined that it was self-directed and self-acted. Now he is going to follow the self-directed and self-acted route and take the opportunity to make Roosevelt give a guarantee to withdraw from politics and never think about running for election again.
As if holding a big fish, Sheffield walked out of the bathroom with one foot deep and one foot shallow, with Anne's lotus-like arm hanging around his neck. He couldn't get enough of looking at this man. It had been a long time, several months.
The Fifth Avenue block was packed with people, and Wilson was stirring up emotions among his supporters. In the past few months of speeches, as a Democratic candidate, he had demonstrated his progressive stance and gentlemanly style, winning the hearts of many voters.
In the Morgan headquarters building within sight, Sheffield took Anne into the office and greeted the four people present, "My friends, tomorrow is the election date, the time to decide our fate, although I am not worried at all."
Anne was not as arrogant as her husband. Instead, she nodded friendly to Edith Rockefeller and Louisa Morgan, glancing at Louisa Morgan's bulging belly but saying nothing.
"I heard that Anne went to Paris. It's a really good place." Edith Rockefeller took the initiative to greet her. "It seems that the European continent is not peaceful. I hope peace can come. It is the birthplace of modern civilization."
"It's not dangerous. I have the protection of the entire Black Gold Company." Anne stretched out her hand and gently shook Edith Rockefeller's hand. "You know, this is the most trusted employee of the United Company."
As a descendant of aristocrats born after the revolution, Anne's identity did not help much in the United States except to attract the interest of some people who had unrealistic fantasies about Europe.
This is especially true in front of the women from the Rockefeller and Morgan families, but there is also a difference. The Black Gold Company only recognizes this one lady.
"Of course, the employees should be paid by whoever pays them." Sheffield added from the side that the finances of the joint company were in Anne's hands, and the slave owner chimed in from the side to protect Arlington's identity as the mistress.
If anything happens to the slave owner, the 20,000 regular employees of Black Gold Company will be Anne's biggest supporters.
"Madam, I sometimes envy you, although luck is a factor." Louisa Morgan sighed and said meaningfully, "I can only blame fate for making some people meet too early."
"Louisa, we are talking about business." Little Morgan couldn't stand his sister. He got angry when he saw this scene. Why did he have to hook up with this slave owner? And the three women in front of him were all the slave owner's women.
"Let's talk business. I know you have been preparing the contract for a long time." Sheffield seemed to be back home. He took out a bottle of wine from Morgan's collection and poured it for Morgan Jr. and Rockefeller Jr. "Tomorrow we will know whether this country is still under control. The assassination may bring about changes, or it may not. If we win, I plan to go to President Roosevelt's house to celebrate. The United General restructuring contract we signed is in the former president's house. What do you think?"
"You seem to be humiliating Roosevelt!" Morgan Jr. couldn't help laughing and said, "It's just a good idea."
"I don't like words like humiliation. In fact, my relationship with President Roosevelt is closer than you think." Sheffield took a sip and nodded to himself. "We are all citizens with internal conflicts. If there are conflicts, we can talk about them. We will have no conflicts in the future. I think if we come in person, President Roosevelt will show some mercy and sympathy to our companies."
"I have no objection. It was you two who proposed this anyway." Seeing both of them looking at him, Rockefeller Jr. nodded.
On November 5, citizens voted. The winner was Woodrow Wilson. He received 7 million votes, Roosevelt came in second with 3.5 million, and Taft only received 3 million. Wilson had an even greater victory in the electoral college, with 453 votes, Roosevelt received 70, and Taft received only 8, from two states, Utah and Vermont.
Wilson's first campaign began with a sweep of 42 states, overturning the terms of office of half of the Republican governors.
"I'm not surprised at all. I deserve to win." Sheffield took off his leather shoes and slammed the table hard. "Prepare the car. We are going to visit the loser."
(End of this chapter)
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