1928: The Rise of Giants

Living room of Franklin's villa, New York, USA.

"Ye! I knew you would come back to find me!" Franklin in the wheelchair smiled happily, raised his glass and laughed loudly at Ye Luo.

At this time, the only people gathered in the living room were the "old friends" who had made money together during the US stock market storm.

Franklin, Mamer, John Jr., Joseph Sr., Ye Luo, Livermore, and the only female, Huixin.

During the global economic crisis in 1929, they took away more than 60 billion US dollars from the U.S. stock market. Now, four years have passed, and this incident is still being talked about by people in the stock market and regarded as a legend.

The total net worth of these people sitting here is close to 100 billion US dollars!
"Congratulations, Franklin, I didn't expect you to really succeed!" Ye Luo also smiled and clinked his glass with him.

When Franklin left the United States in 1930, Yelland was the only one who suggested that he try to run for president.

At that time, even though he had already held the position of governor of New York and had made a lot of money from the economic crisis, deep down in his heart, Franklin still did not dare, or did not believe that he had the strength to compete for the highest throne.

After all, he is a disabled person with crippled legs.

Do the American people really want to be led by a cripple?
And his competitor was Hoover, who always had high popularity and reputation.

During those years in office, Hoover eliminated dissidents, expanded his political circle, and was naturally opposed to his faction. It can be said that every time Hoover was in power, Franklin suffered.

He had no idea how he could win.

However, Ye Luo fully supported him and told him that the opportunity would always come and he was definitely the most likely one!
For four years, Franklin worked hard and strived for this ultimate goal.

The situation was originally hopeless, but as the economic crisis swept the world, the United States fell into a long period of depression. However, the two major financial groups, Ye Investment and Livermore Group, were thriving and supported him behind the scenes. In addition, Huixin became the first mixed-race female congressman.

Everything is becoming possible.

In November 1932, Franklin officially ran for president as the Democratic Party candidate and proposed a program to implement the "New Deal" and revitalize the economy.

Political opponents often used his disability to attack him, and it was something he had to struggle with throughout his life, but he was always able to turn it into an advantage with his outstanding political achievements, excellent eloquence and abundant energy.

When he first participated in the election, he told people through his speech: "A governor does not have to be an acrobat. We did not elect him because he can do forward or backward rolls. He does mental work and finds ways to benefit the people."

Relying on such perseverance and optimism, plus the support of the financial group behind it, the United States, which was in the midst of the Great Depression and was plagued by unemployment, bankruptcy, closures and sharp declines, was in urgent need of a leader who could lead them out of the predicament.

Obviously, Hoover could no longer be that person.

Not long ago, Franklin finally officially defeated Hoover and won the election!
This will be something that goes down in the history books.

In a few days, it would be his inauguration day. When Franklin heard that Ye Luo was coming, he immediately gathered everyone to hold this private banquet.

"Yeah, I felt like I was dreaming. The night before the election, I didn't think I could beat Hoover."

Franklin was filled with emotion. He rocked his wheelchair to Ye Luo's side and said sincerely,

"I can get to where I am today, Ye, you are the biggest contributor!"

"Haha, I just gave the right advice at the right time." Ye Luo smiled and did not take credit for himself.

He doesn't care about these political changes. What he wants to do is to take advantage of these turmoil to make Ye's investment develop better.

After World War II, the real devil and enemy was the Jewish people.

He must seize the time to develop Ye Investment to ensure that it can stand firm under various shocks in the future. These Jews are truly bad species. They will harm anyone who helps them. Then, through more than a hundred years of planning, they have eroded the economy and politics of the United States and turned the upper class into their backyard.

This nation should not continue to exist.

"By the way, I heard that the first five-year plan of the Russian bear has ended, and it seems to have achieved unprecedented success. The number of workers in the country has doubled, and the national income has also doubled. Is it really that amazing?"

"The key factor is that Mao Xiong is lucky." Ye Luo said with a smile, "In the second year of the plan, we happened to encounter this economic crisis. European and American countries were deeply affected by the economic crisis. Capital, technology and talents began to transfer to Mao Xiong in large quantities to seek a way out. This is the key to their rise."

"For example, the Magnitogorsk Steel Plant was designed based on the model of the U.S. Steel Corporation's Grieg Plant. After I acquired U.S. Steel, some people were dissatisfied with the Chinese management of the company, so they ran to the Russians.

The Dnieper River Hydropower Station, the largest in their country, was built by introducing advanced American technology and hiring technicians.

The Gorky Automobile Plant, which is currently under construction, was built with the assistance of Ford. There are countless examples like this. Even though we have swallowed up most of the technology and industry, many still flow out.”

"That's true." Old Joseph nodded. "If it weren't for the Morgan and Rockefeller consortiums blocking us, we might have been able to take over even more industries."

"It's not a good thing to eat too much and not be able to digest it." Ye Luo was very open-minded about this. "The most urgent task is to improve our industry as soon as possible through Franklin's appointment."

Even though their group companies have been expanding over the past four years, they are all actually losing money.

The economic crisis is no joke. With the overall industry in a downturn, even Ye’s Investment is struggling to make ends meet.

However, with the implementation of the New Deal, Franklin will strengthen government intervention in the economic field, implement deficit financing, and vigorously develop public utilities to stimulate the economy.

These are all good projects to make money.

Of course, many of these new policies were also discussed by everyone.

"Haha, of course. You Chinese have a saying, 'A drop of water should be repaid with a spring of water'. I will never forget your help to me, Ye." Franklin replied with a smile.

Ye Luo thought secretly in his heart, of course I want you to give something back to me, otherwise why would I help you so wholeheartedly?
Is it really to help the United States develop its economy?
Franklin was in high spirits at this time, and he didn't realize that he had done something that the whole of America would regret in the future.

He brought in Ye Investment, this giant dragon from the East, which was simply like inviting a wolf into the house!
Everyone drank for a while, and Huixin, as a woman, left first. The tipsy Franklin took Ye Luo to the second floor, where the most popular girl in Hollywood was arranged -

Greta Garbo.

In fact, as early as 1929, the -year-old Garbo was drunk by Ye Luo into a puff.

Now, four years have passed, and she has become more mature, from a girl to a mature woman with great charm.

Garbo was accompanied by her good friend Bennett.

Both of them relied on the resources of Ye's Film Company to rise to fame and become household names in Hollywood.

Especially Garbo, who was nominated for Oscars several times for her performances in the films "Anna Christie" in 1930 and "Queen of Sweden" this year.

Her most glorious moments were when she filmed "La Traviata" and "Anna Karenina", winning two Oscars, but both films were moved to this year at Ye Luo's request.

This way she can achieve the Grand Slam before she turns 30.

This can be regarded as another kind of "help from all one's heart" from Ye Luo. (End of this chapter)