1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 90

Just as the little Loli mentioned in the letter, the campaign for the 1960 presidential election has been in full swing. Although it is still too early to vote, the momentum of the Republican candidate Lincoln’s victory is very clear. This is not only because he has the highest approval rating in all previous polls, but also because the main opponent, the Democratic Party, is split. The rift brought about by the opposition between the North and the South in economic interests is huge. The Democratic Party has always been the strongest political party in the United States, with voters supporting them all over the United States, both north and south. However, the antagonism of economic interests first split the voters, and the Democratic Party subsequently split into the Northern Democratic Party and the Southern Democratic Party.

Of course the Democratic Party of the South must stand firmly on the side of the South. What about the Democratic Party of the North? They have a lot of connections with the South, and they are more sympathetic to the South. However, after all, they are northerners, and their interests are more in the North. As a result, on the issue of who will be the candidate, the Democratic Party in the South Split with the Democratic Party in the North. The Southerners introduced a man named John to be the presidential candidate. This is a steadfast guardian of the interests of the South. On such issues, his attitude is even firmer than that of the current President Davis. The Democrats in the North hope to propose a candidate who takes into account the interests of the North and the South, and can continue to be peaceful between the South and the North. When the Democratic Party of the South nominated John, they expressed firm opposition, and finally even proposed their own candidate.

This situation will inevitably lead to the dispersion of the votes cast for the Democratic Party. But the Northern Democrats have no choice. Because once they identify with the candidates in the South, then, the sponsors who support them behind them will feel that they have betrayed themselves. Then they won’t even want to get financial support in the future. Proposing own candidates will inevitably lead to failure this time, but if they do not propose, they will not even have the chance to fail in the future.

“Who do you think will be selected?” Scrooge asked Gardner. Now the joint venture of the grain company has almost no interest in grain trading, and all his energy is devoted to politics. In many cases, Scrooge used him to establish relations with Republican politicians.

“Does this need to be said? The Democrats are already divided, and they can’t cause us trouble.” Gardner said.

“This means that the South will definitely declare independence.” Scrooge said, “In fact, they also know the results of this election. If they have illusions about the results, they would not propose such a one. Candidates. Instead, they will pick a more moderate one, just like the Northern Democratic Party.”

“Yes.” Gardner nodded and said, “They elected such a candidate, in fact, they are only showing loyalty to the slave owners in the south. It is not for the election at all. It is us, to show that we will be the best. We respected the interests of the South to a certain degree, and we also gave Lincoln a partner from the South Democrat. However, in my estimation, this may not be effective.””Of course it works.” Scrooge retorted. “This trick will certainly not have any effect on southerners-but you never counted on southern votes anyway. But doing so is useful for northern voters. They will feel that if you elect you will not necessarily bring war, because you see, Mr. Lincoln’s current propositions are already very gentle? What’s more, the candidate for vice president is still a Southerner. They should be able to compete with the South. Come to a compromise. So they will vote for you without hesitation. Isn’t it?”

“Scrooge, do you know? You have a very bad problem.” Gardner said solemnly.

“what?”

“That is, you like to tell the truth so much. There are some facts that we know, so why tell them?”

“Since we are all clear, why don’t we tell the truth?” Scrooge asked rhetorically, “I have always been a very honest person. Moreover, telling the truth honestly between us can also reduce misjudgments. Ah, let’s not talk about it. It won’t be long before the mayor of Cleveland will be re-elected. How? Are you interested in this position? If you’re interested, um, I can provide you with funding.”

“Ah, Scrooge, are you serious?” Gardner’s eyes widened suddenly.

“Of course, we are friends.” Scrooge said, “Well, Gardner, you are very talented in politics, well, the mayor, then the House of Representatives, Senators, Governors, and even the President. The road is still very suitable for you. And I also need a lot of friends in politics. Only in this way can my business grow bigger and bigger. We are old friends, who do I not support you support?”

Scrooge and Hamilton, the director of the McDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company’s New York Third Pharmaceutical Factory, walked through the factory’s workshop together. Now it is not what it used to be, and no worker will greet Scrooge as before. Because of the rapidly rotating production line, the workers have no time to raise their heads. Although the working hours are still eight hours as before, it is clear that the labor intensity is much greater. If it weren’t for the fact that the company provided them with two civilian versions of “Dali Pills” every day, maybe they would not be able to support 8 hours at such a work intensity. However, most workers still think that Mr. MacDonald is actually a good boss, at least he has a conscience better than other bosses. Because after using that damn assembly line, he took the initiative to increase everyone’s wages. Although not much, it is always good to make more money.

“What? You mean, there was someone in the factory trying to organize a union?” Scrooge stopped, “It’s those people, why don’t you report me right away! Well, don’t tell me here, tell me to the office .”

Two people walked into the factory director’s office and closed the door. Scrooge sat down on the chair behind the half-work table and said to Hamilton who was standing aside: “Let’s talk about it, what’s the situation.”

“Mr. MacDonald, it’s like this.” Hamilton said, “Speaking of which this union is actually not directed at our factory. It’s just some workers in other companies. Seeing our eight-hour work system and the salary we give, I feel that When they got hot, they organized a union to ask their bosses to increase their wages and reduce their working hours. In order to make the momentum bigger, they linked up in various factories and wanted to make a big move, so some people ran to us. Come and contact our workers.”

“What are they doing with our workers?” Scrooge asked calmly.

“It is said that they want our workers to join the union, so that they can support each other in the future.” Hamilton replied, “Because you are very busy during this time, I don’t think this is too much. It’s urgent, so I didn’t notify you immediately.” Seeing Scrooge’s face so gloomy, Hamilton explained hurriedly.

“Humph! Not too urgent? Mr. Hamilton, please remember that I will judge whether a matter is important or urgent. All you need to do is to report it to me immediately as required! I can tolerate others. Make mistakes, but I can’t tolerate someone making the same mistake twice. Understand? I don’t want this to happen again.” Scrooge said harshly.

“I see, Mr. MacDonald, if there is such a situation in the future, I must report to you as soon as possible.” Hamilton obviously did not expect Scrooge to be so sensitive to this, and quickly replied with sincerity and fear.

“Do you know which workers they were in contact with?” Scrooge asked.

There are too many secrets in the pharmaceutical factories of MacDonald Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, so the security guards are very tight. The surveillance of workers is also very strict. Every day when workers come to work, they must come to a room under the supervision of supervisors, take off their own clothes, store him in a small cabinet, then take a shower, and then put on clean work clothes with no pockets. Work. Of course, this is to avoid the contamination of medicines as much as possible, and it also greatly reduces the possibility of workers bringing out semi-finished products and the like. You know, now there are many guys who are trying their best to know the secret of “Daliwan”.

MacDonald Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals has three pharmaceutical factories in New York. The various raw materials are first sent to the first and second pharmaceutical factories for preliminary treatment. The processed semi-finished products are then sent to the third pharmaceutical factory for further processing to produce finished medicines. In this way, even if someone enters Scrooge’s factory as a worker, he only knows what part of the raw materials he comes into contact with in the first and second factories. As for the final products of these raw materials, he absolutely I don’t know anything, and if someone gets into the third pharmaceutical factory, he doesn’t even know what the raw materials are.

Precisely because of strict surveillance, the director of Hamilton reported a series of workers’ names in one go: “Neil the Porter, Terry the Sorter, Carter…”

“These people are not reliable anymore.” Scrooge said, “Exclude these people from the factory! As long as I am alive for one day, there will never be a trade union in my factory, nor any ties with trade unions. Workers.”

“But Mr. MacDonald, what did these people really do?” Factory Director Hamilton couldn’t help but say.

“Not really doing? So what do they hook up with the union? Don’t you know what the union does? They are just for us to make trouble, they are our real enemy! In the war, some people hook up with our enemy Yes, what do you think they didn’t really do? God, maybe I should really consider whether you are suitable for the position you are now!” Scrooge stood up abruptly, stared into Hamilton’s eyes, and yelled angrily. road.

“Yes, sir, it’s my fault. I will immediately do what you want and expel them all!” The director of Hamilton was pale, and he took a step towards retreated, as if he wanted to escape from the furious Scrooge.

“This is the first time this kind of thing has happened. You don’t know the seriousness of it. Just go ahead and get things out of it. Don’t make trouble again.” Scrooge sat down and waved his hand.

“Okay sir, I’ll go right away.” Hamilton said as he quickly exited the office, like avoiding a cannibal lion or a tiger.

“‘A ghost, the ghost of communism, wandering in Europe…’ They actually wandered to me. This is intolerable.’Proletarians of the world, unite’, no, they must not be allowed to run into my factory Come here to play this set, absolutely can’t!” Sitting in Hamilton’s office, Scrooge said to himself silently.