Chapter 202: Transformation and Capriciousness
ps: My brain is a mess, and I always can't help but think of the work that I didn't finish today!
Smith was a little helpless about George's change of topic, of course he understood what George meant, but he wanted to continue to fight, even if George withdrew from the ranks of heirs, as long as he continued to stay in the Watt family, it was okay, but now George didn't give him a chance to speak, which also let him know that George would not change.
"George, you should know that the policy towards the Chinese was not formed overnight, this is a problem left over from history, and it is not so easy to solve it.
I've tried, but I've failed. ”
Now that he understood what George meant, Smith did not continue to persuade him, although he had not raised him and fulfilled his father's responsibilities, he did not deny that he knew George, which he had known since the day George became sensible and hostile to him.
It's just that he never took George as a thing before, after all, his vision from a top family is not ordinarily high, and in his estimation, even if George succeeds, it will be decades later, what is the use of George to him at that time?
Reality gave him a resounding slap in the face, letting him know how ignorant he was and how ridiculous his ideas were.
As a politician, if you realize your mistakes, you have to make changes, even if the changes are only superficial.
I'm afraid that even he didn't expect that his change would not get any response, after all, he still made some efforts on George's growth path, whether it was money or some secret support, but he never thought about whether what he paid was what George needed or what George needed!
Let a conceited person who has always been self-centered put himself in his own shoes and consider others unless he has experienced special changes, otherwise he will generally not succeed.
His eyes stared straight at Smith, who was sitting across from him, and for the first time in his history, George had observed Smith so calmly, something like this would have been unthinkable before.
George has always been a person who has not enjoyed any father's love except for Jory's love, Smith's love for Alice is far more than his attention, in his memory, Smith is high or silent every time he talks to him, he didn't understand these things when he was a child, and has always hoped that the person in front of him will take him to the park to play, because where George lives in San Francisco, parents take their children on weekends is just the most basic picture.
Until he moved from San Francisco to this estate in Los Angeles, George, who had grown up, whether he understood it or not, knew the fact that Smith was not affectionate to him, which made him wonder if he was Smith's child for a while.
How can there be a father who does not love his children?
All this began to understand after George began to learn Chinese cultural knowledge under Yang Weiye's disciple that it was because he was just an illegitimate child.
Although there are many illegitimate children in the United States, how many illegitimate children have really been valued and enjoyed their father's love?
From that moment on, George, who had been strong since he was a child, began to understand that everything had to be on his own, and it was impossible to rely on Smith, and no one knew when Smith would abandon their family, after all, such things were already countless when he was truly sensible and understood the outside world.
Fear and loneliness accompanied his childhood, often closing his eyes, his eyes would appear in front of his eyes the outcasts he saw become, if it were not for Yang Weiye's careful teaching and love, such nightmares would have lasted forever, and his strong heart would have been distorted.
Looking at the person in front of him, George laughed without warning, and suddenly he felt ridiculous, the person in front of him was just a person who had something to do with him, why should he consider his thoughts?
At this moment, he suddenly felt how ridiculous his thoughts were when he was a child, how could a person who only cared about his own interests have the existence of family affection, and the funny thing is that after he grew up, he still had a little hope in his heart.
The voice is getting higher and higher, and at this time, he really feels the pleasure, and the depression that has accumulated in his heart for many years seems to have dissipated at this time.
"Ahem"
When he ran out of energy, George stopped, grabbed a cigarette on the coffee table in front of him, and lit one for himself.
"Mr. Smith, since you have tried, then I have nothing to blame, but our bad luck.
But how about we make a deal?"
Watching the smoke rings spewed out of his mouth, George's mood was very happy at this time, and once the knot in his heart for many years was opened, the whole person was relaxed.
In the face of Smith's last knot, the temperament of the whole person seems to have changed, and his speech is also breezy and does not carry the original emotions of rejection and disgust.
"What do you want to trade?"
Looking at George, who seemed to have changed into a different person, Smith, who was sitting opposite George, looked at George subconsciously and said in a little confusion.
"I remember you mentioned that you still own four percent of the Los Angeles Times, what do you think I paid for it?"
Since Smith refuses to let go, it is nothing for George, money is a key, he can open the door to many people's hearts, George does not care about Smith's refusal, as long as there is money in the United States, many people will do things for you, since the teacher's request for help failed, he does not mind uniting some people to hire a professional public relations team to do this, I believe that those who are promoting behind the scenes will be very happy.
Once public relations begins, then public opinion propaganda must keep up, and it is better to have a propaganda position of one's own than to clash with some people with ulterior motives and prejudices to make public opinion disguised.
George, who didn't have any special feelings about the print media, suddenly felt that it was good to have a tool that he could speak out for, so as to largely avoid some well-intentioned people from playing a different role in it, after all, discrimination and exclusion will always exist, and things that harm others and themselves are not a big deal for many bigots.
At the same time, having a media can improve one's status, allow oneself to occupy the commanding heights to a certain extent, and can deter a group of people with ulterior motives.
In peacetime, public opinion is a weapon, a sharp knife that cannot be seen or touched but has great power, and with it, it can protect itself to a large extent, so that a small group of people do not dare to act rashly and buy time for their own development.
Before the real development of Internet media, traditional media such as paper media and TV stations will still play a huge role, and having a media with wide influence will have a huge influence, isn't this something that I have been pursuing!
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