1928: The Rise of Giants

Chapter 321 Famous Overseas
Speaking of Hoover, this famous scapegoat also has a lot of connections with China, but this connection is a bad fate.

In May 1895, Hoover graduated from Stanford University with a major in geology but failed to find an ideal job. In order to survive, he chose to go to a gold mine in Cornwall to mine ore, working ten hours a day for only 5 cents an hour. After receiving the salary from the mine, he went to San Francisco on the recommendation of his colleagues in the mine, became a typist in an engineering company, and was quickly promoted to an engineer.

This is the United States at the end of the [-]th century. Top students graduating from Stanford University are all worried about their livelihood.

In February 1899, the Moline Company sent Hoover to China to conduct mining exploration and served as a mining consultant.

In 1900, Hoover rescued Tang Mei, the daughter of Tang Shaoyi, who later served as Prime Minister of the Beiyang Government, near his residence in Tianjin. He also obtained the ownership of the Kaiping Mining Bureau with the German De Cuilin, making the first pot of gold in his life. This wealth also laid the foundation for his later transition to politics.

On July 1900, 7, De Cuilin, as the acting general office of the Kaiping Mining Bureau, "sold" the Kaiping Mining Bureau to Hoover on behalf of the Merlin Company.

Then, Hoover and De Cuilin coerced Zhang Yi, the supervisor of the Kaiping Mining Bureau, to sign the contract. In 1901, Hoover was appointed by the Merlin Company as the general manager of the British Kaiping Mining Co., Ltd. with this "great achievement".

In March 1901, Hoover was promoted to the general office of the Sino-British Kaiping Mining Co., Ltd. for his meritorious service in defrauding the Kaiping Coal Mine and Qinhuangdao Port. However, in the autumn of the same year, because the company was acquired by the Belgians, Hoover had disagreements with the new manager. He resigned due to disagreement and left China the following year.

After returning to the United States, he relied on the original capital accumulated in China to become a tycoon in the mining industry with $13 million in just 400 years. It was 1914, when Ye Luo was eight years old. Two years later, he used the money given by his father Ye Yuqiao to One hundred dollars makes a huge profit for a building.

At that time, 400 million U.S. dollars was equivalent to about 2000 million oceans, and this was 15 years before inflation began. This shows how rich Hoover was.

He also relied on these funds to successfully enter the political arena.

In June 1928, Hoover was nominated for president on the first ballot of the Kansas City convention.

In November 1928, Hoover was successfully elected with an overwhelming majority.

In April this year, he will attend the inauguration ceremony at Coolidge and officially take office.

It's a pity that he never expected that his appointment would coincide with a once-in-a-lifetime global economic crisis, and the cause was still in the U.S. stock market!
Three years later, in November, he lost to Roosevelt in the general election and failed to be re-elected.

However, at this time, Hoover was still the new savior that the American people were looking forward to, hoping that he could bring the country to a higher peak.

George was spitting as he spoke, and Xiao Aqiao and Bai Xiuzhu who were listening were stunned.

Both of them are literate in foreign languages. I heard that the president who is far away from abroad appreciates his husband's paper very much. This is a big shot that even the principal will bow down to.

"His Excellency Hoover hopes to invite you back to Harvard University to teach. Ye, you are only 23 years old this year. It is unbelievable that you are a 23-year-old economics professor!" George does research on his own. He does not envy Ye Luo's money and power, but George was envious of his knowledge.

"Forgive me for refusing." Ye Luo shook his head. It was not a good thing to just slap his butt and leave now, nor was it the best time.

The country is about to face a disaster. He has money and people. Even if he cannot fight on the front line, he must at least provide sufficient logistical support for the martyrs.

If he went to the United States to become a professor, he would naturally not be able to escape from changing his nationality. He had not considered this matter now.

Of course, he would not let go of such a good opportunity.

"Why?" George couldn't understand.Ye Luo shook his head and said: "I have my own plans. But I have a sister and relatives in the United States. I hope you can ask someone to take care of them for me."

"Okay, I will reply there. In fact, after your paper came out, our Cambridge University and Oxford University also wanted to invite you to be professors, but there were too many people who came forward..." George looked at him, " But depending on what you mean, you won’t go to the UK, right?”

"We don't have such plans for the time being." Ye Luo nodded, then smiled, "Speaking of which, what will the academic community think of the paper I will give you later?"

"They say you are arrogant and have extreme views. This is why many other colleges are not optimistic about you." George said with a wry smile, "After all, your first paper accurately predicted the rise of the U.S. stock market, but your second paper was about the stock market. It is about to weaken, and may even trigger an economic crisis. The contrast between before and after is too great, and everyone thinks you are taking the opportunity to grandstand."

"I have written detailed data in the paper. If they read it carefully, they probably won't think so." Ye Luo looked at him with a smile.

George nodded fiercely and agreed: "Yeah, it's a pity that these people only care about the fame and fortune in front of them. You are Chinese, and you were not welcomed by the academic community. Now that you have gained such a great reputation, they all want to drag you down. Even if what you say is right, few people will agree with you.”

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, thank you for bringing me good news. This will make my trip to the United States in a few months smoother." Ye Luo patted his shoulder and turned to look at Xiao Aqiao and Bai Xiuzhu. "By the way, my child is about to be born and I want to invite you to be their godfather. What do you think?"

"Okay! Of course I'm happy to do that! I'm just worried that with my personality, I might not be suitable to be the child's godfather." George scratched his head.

The little Ah Qiao on the side pursed her lips and smiled and said: "Sir John, I think you are very suitable. And we are very destined. I still remember that the first time I went to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau, I was frustrated, and you helped me solve the conflict."

"Haha, indeed." George grinned.

At the same time, Jinling.

The bald principal was writing furiously at his desk when there was a knock on the door and secretary Deng Wenyi walked in.

"Principal, there is interesting news coming from overseas. Please read it." Deng Wenyi handed him the contents of the telegram respectfully.

"Well, put it aside, I'll look at it later." The principal didn't even raise his head.

He is currently worried about the war with the Guangxi warlords. The war must be fought, and the money must be in place.

But every time he talked about money, Song Ziwen hesitated, which made him very irritable.

Fortunately, with the help of the Kong family, Kong Xiangxi quickly came up with millions of dollars for emergency relief.

However, the money must have come from the goods from Jiang Anlun, and it was not the Kong family's own money. The principal would not be very grateful to this brother-in-law for his help in times of need.

Finding that Deng Wenyi hadn't left yet, he asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"

"After you finish reading, I will probably have to give you some instructions, so I won't leave." Deng Wenyi replied with a smile.

"Tsk, is it so urgent?" The principal reached for the telegram.

(End of this chapter)