As Little Loli mentioned in her letter, the campaign for the 1960 presidential election was already in full swing. Although it was still early for the vote, it was already clear that the Republican nominee Lincoln was going to win. This is not only because he has the highest approval rating in previous polls, but also because the main opponent, the Democratic Party itself, is split. The rift between the economic interests of the North and the South is enormous. The Democratic Party has always been the most powerful political party in the United States, with voters supporting them all over the United States, both North and South. However, the opposition in economic interests first divided the voters, and the Democratic Party also split into the Northern Democratic Party and the Southern Democratic Party.

Of course, the Democratic Party in the South must firmly stand on the side of the South. What about the Democratic Party in the North? They have a lot of connections with the South, and they are relatively more sympathetic to the South. However, they are Northerners after all, and their interests are more in the North. The party and the Democratic Party in the North split. The Southerners put forward a man named John as the presidential candidate. This is a staunch defender 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 put forward a candidate who can take into account the interests of the North and the South and can continue to make peace between the South and the North. When the Southern Democrats nominated John, they opposed it firmly and eventually even put forward their candidate.

This situation will inevitably result in the spread of votes for the Democratic Party. But Northern Democrats have no choice. Because once they agree with the candidates from the South, then the benefactors who support them behind their backs will feel that they have betrayed themselves. Then they will never get financial support again in the future. Proposing their 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 chosen?" Scrooge asked Gardner. Now the grain company's joint venture partner has almost no interest in grain trading, and all his energy is devoted to politics. In many cases, Scrooge used him to connect with those Republican politicians.

"Needless to say? The Democrats are already divided, and they can't make trouble for us," Gardner said.

"This means that the South will declare independence." Scrooge said, "In fact, they also know the result of this election. If they still have illusions about the result, they will not put forward such a candidate people. Instead, pick someone more moderate, as the Northern Democrats did."

"That's right," Gardner nodded and said, "They chose such a candidate to show their loyalty to the slave owners in the South. It's not for election at all. It's us, to show that we will We respected the interests of the South to a certain extent, and we also found a Southern Democrat for Lincoln as a partner. But I guess, doing so may not be effective.”

"Of course, it works," retorted Scrooge. "It certainly won't work for Southerners—but you're not counting on Southern votes anyway. But it will work for Northern voters. Because of this, they will think that if you are elected, it may not necessarily lead to war, because you see, aren’t Mr. Lincoln’s views already very moderate? What’s more, the candidate for the vice president is still a Southerner. They should be able to fight with the South Let's make a compromise. Then they'll vote for you without hesitation. Don't they?"

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

"What?"

"That is, you like to tell the truth too much. Some facts, if we don't know them well, why tell them?"

"Since we all know it well, why don't we tell the truth?" Scrooge asked back, "I've always been a very honest person. Besides, telling the truth honestly between us can also reduce misjudgments. Ah, Let’s not talk about this, the mayor of Cleveland will also be re-elected in a short time. How about it? Are you interested in this position? If you are interested in this, um, I can provide you with funding.”

"Ah, Scrooge, are you serious?" Gardner's eyes widened suddenly.

"Of course, we're friends," said Scrooge. "Well, Gardner, you're very talented in politics, um, the mayor, then the congressman, the senator, the governor, and even the president. This way For you, it is still very suitable. And I also need a lot of friends in the political circle. Only in this way can I make my business bigger and bigger. We are old friends, if I don’t support you, who will I support?”

...

Scrooge and Hamilton, the director of McDonnell Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company's New York No. 3 pharmaceutical plant, walked through the factory floor together. Because of the fast-moving production line, the workers don't even have time to look up. Although the working hours are still the same as before, at eight hours the labor intensity is much higher. If it weren't for the fact that the company provided them with two tablets of the civilian version of "Daliwan" every day, maybe they would not be able to support 8 hours under such a work intensity. However, most of the workers still think that Mr. Macdonald is not bad as a boss, at least he has more conscience than other bosses. Because after using that damn assembly line, he took the initiative to increase everyone's salary. Although not much, it is always good to make more money.

"What? You mean, someone was found trying to organize a labor union in the factory?" Scrooge stopped in his tracks, "It's those people, why didn't you report it to me right away? Well, don't say it here, tell me to the office .”

The two walked into the factory manager'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: "Tell me, what's going on."

"Mr. MacDonald, it's like this." Hamilton said, "Speaking of which, this trade union is not aimed at our factory. It's just that some workers in other enterprises are shocked when they see the eight-hour work system and the salary we give. When it was hot, they organized trade unions to ask their bosses to increase wages and reduce working hours. To make the momentum bigger, they organized a series of connections in various factories and wanted to make a big move, so someone came to us Come on, contact our workers."

"What are they doing with our workers?" Scrooge asked sullenly.

"It is said that they hope that our workers can also join the union so that they can support each other in the future." Hamilton replied, "Because you are very busy these days, I don't think it's a big deal. It's urgent, so I didn't notify you immediately." Seeing Scrooge's gloomy face, Hamilton hurriedly explained.

"Hmph! Not urgent? Mr. Hamilton, please remember that it is up to me to judge whether a matter is important or urgent. All you need to do is follow the regulations and report such things to me immediately! I can tolerate Others making mistakes, but I can't tolerate someone making the same mistake twice. Understand? I don't want this to happen again." Scrooge said sternly.

"I see, Mr. MacDonald. If there is such a situation in the future, I will report it to you immediately." Hamilton didn't expect Scrooge to be so sensitive to this and hurriedly replied with trepidation.

"Do you know which workers they came into contact with?" Scrooge asked.

There are too many secrets in the pharmaceutical factory of McDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, so the security precautions are very strict. Workers are also closely monitored. Every day when workers come to work, they must come to a room under the supervision of supervisors, take off their clothes, store them in a small cabinet, take a shower, and then change into clean work clothes without pockets Go to work. This is of course to avoid contamination of the medicine as much as possible, and it also greatly reduces the possibility of workers bringing out semi-finished products and the like. You know, there are quite a few guys who are trying their best to know the secret of the "Dali Pill".

McDonald's Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company has three pharmaceutical plants in New York. Various raw materials are first sent to the first and second pharmaceutical factories for preliminary treatment. The processed semi-finished products are sent to the third pharmaceutical factory for further processing to produce finished medicines. In this way, even if someone sneaks into Scrooge's factory as a worker, at most he only knows what some of the raw materials he comes into contact with in the first and second factories. He doesn't know anything, and if someone sneaks into the third pharmaceutical factory, he doesn't even know what the various raw materials are.

Because of the strict monitoring, the director of the Hamilton factory reported a series of workers' names in one breath: "Neil the porter, Terry the sorter, Carter..."

"These people are unreliable," said Scrooge. "Get these people out of the factory! As long as I'm alive, there will be no unions in my factory, no association with unions or anything like that." Workers."

"But Mr. MacDonald, these people didn't do anything?" Hamilton's factory manager couldn't help but say something.

"No real thing? Then what are they hooking up with the trade unions? Don't you know what the trade unions are for? They are designed to mess with us. They are our real enemies! In war, some people hook up with our enemies Yes, you still think they haven’t done anything? God, maybe I should consider whether you are suitable for this position!” Scrooge stood up abruptly, staring into Hamilton’s eyes, and angrily roared.

"Yes, sir, it's my fault. I'll do what you want and fire them all!" Hamilton's face was pale, and he took a step back as if he wanted to escape from the furious Scrooge.

"This is the first time something like this has happened. It's fine if you don't understand the seriousness of it. Go and get it out right away. Don't make any more trouble." Scrooge sat down and waved his hand.

"Yes sir, I'll be right there," Hamilton said, exiting the office as quickly as if he were avoiding a man-eating lion or tiger.

"'A specter, the specter of communism, haunts Europe...' They have come to me. This is intolerable. 'Proletarians of the world, unite', no, they must not come to my factories not!" Sitting in Hamilton's office, Scrooge said to himself silently.