John was so excited about the idea of building the "American Volunteer Air Force for China" that he didn't sleep much all night, so much so that his head was dizzy all the time when he accompanied Adele and Ella to the beach during the day. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBut who wouldn't doze off with the warm Florida winter sun and the sea breeze blowing in the sea. The family of three took a nap on a chaise longue in the shade of a tree, and if Harold hadn't come to them, they would have almost missed the sailboat.

It is a small fishing boat that is common in the Caribbean and is very clean. The owner, Carlos Sr., was well-known among Key West fishermen, and both Frederick Sr. and Hemingway loved to go fishing in his boat. Today, the Harolds and Johns made an appointment to go fishing together and enjoy the twilight scenery of the "Land of the Sunset". John used to fish in Lake Erie and the northeastern coast, a southern tropical water he had never challenged. Old Carlos knew the waters well, and under his guidance, fish soon took the bait. First, John caught a half-foot-long sea bass, and then each of them had a catch. Sea bream, salmon, tuna, flying fish, and even Ella catches a squid and a small barracuda with his little fishing rod, and Key West is truly an angler's paradise.

Dinner was settled on the boat, and old Carlos was unexpectedly well crafted, and everyone was satisfied. John has always wondered if this fierce and tough ship boss is the prototype of the story of "The Old Man and the Sea". Don't think that the tough guy in Hemingway's novel is fictional, the real KeyWest fishermen are tougher than in the novel. In 1982, the U.S. Border Patrol set up checkpoints on the bridge to check for smugglers, causing 17 miles of congestion on the island's only major transportation artery to the mainland. After negotiations with the Florida state government failed, the island's inhabitants declared Key West's independence in a fit of rage, formed a Conch Republic, and declared war on the United States, albeit for only a minute.

Happy times always seem so short. At the end of the day, John and the others returned to their room and began to pack their bags for the next morning to get back to Detroit. But at about 9 o'clock in the evening, Cousin William suddenly called him to his room, very formally. Ask him what he thinks of the current "Roosevelt Depression." John was first stunned by William's seriousness, and then a little confused by the term "Roosevelt Depression."

Although he knows that the economic situation in the United States has been very bad since this summer, the New York stock market has continued to fall, and there was even a sell-off on October 19 that almost led to a crash. The Federal Reserve's Industrial Production Adjustment Index also fell all the way down, from 121 points to 86 points. John knew it was because President Roosevelt's new fiscal balance policy this year stopped the inevitable result of the spending war. And soon the outbreak of war in Europe will fundamentally change the current state of the American economy, so he has never been too worried about it, let alone associated it with such a terrible word as "economic depression". That's right, it's terror, and every American who lived through the economic crisis of 1929-1933 knows very well the terrible meaning of the word depression.

Influenced by the memories of his past life, John subconsciously respected and supported President Roosevelt and Roosevelt's New Deal. Therefore, he does not agree with the current political criticism of Roosevelt's new fiscal balance policy. But John forgot one very important thing, he was a Vanderbilt in this life, he himself was a Republican, his father was a Republican, his grandfather was a Republican, his grandfather's father was a Republican, and Roosevelt was a Democratic president. It's not that John can't switch to the Democratic Party, President Roosevelt himself is a Republican, and his uncle Theodore Roosevelt is still a Republican president. The point is that Roosevelt's New Deal's policy of state intervention was inherently on the opposite side of liberal big capitalists like the Vanderbilt family. Politically, Roosevelt was an enemy of the Vanderbilt family. But now, John obviously didn't realize this, so he didn't understand what William was trying to ask for a while.

Seeing John's slow response, William simply made the point clear: "Jackson [the deputy secretary of justice in the Roosevelt administration] is giving speeches everywhere, blaming the big monopolies and our so-called 60 families for this recession. They say that we are the ones who push up prices behind the scenes, and then when goods can no longer be sold at high prices, we slow down production and lay off workers so that our profits are not overly cut. ”

It was only then that John realized that William was asking himself some financial problems. This is clearly another political struggle between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, and the New Deal Party against the liberals. But why did William ask him this? John muttered to himself that when he was working as an assistant to William at HSD, he behaved very ordinary. John felt that William should know that he was not gifted in politics. But since William had made it so clear, John certainly knew what he should say.

"Isn't this our business because of Roosevelt's new fiscal balance policy? In the past, the New Deal was pouring money into the market and pushing prices so high, but this year, what kind of fiscal balance will it take all of a sudden, and where will the purchasing power come from without spending money? If you can't sell the backlog of goods, can you not be depressed? ”

Seeing that John had finally "opened his mind", William nodded with satisfaction and began to mention which of his little assistants back then he was serious; "John, you're different now, you don't like the HSD set, but you can't avoid it. Anyway, sooner or later, you have to pay more attention to this aspect from now on. ”

"HSD is high and the waves are urgent, I'm still a small shrimp now, it's easy to end up, it's easier to be slapped to death on the beach by a big wave." John actually knows that at the speed of FedEx's development, he will one day enter the game, both in front of the stage and behind the scenes. After all, the United States is a capitalist society, and the power is ultimately in the hands of their group. The Morgan, Mellon, and DuPont families all served as government ministers, the Ford and Rockefeller families also had presidents and vice presidents, and even the Watson family's little Tom later served as the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union or something. When Eisenhower was president of the United States, all the cabinet members were big businessmen, except for the secretary of labor, who was a union leader, and the media jokingly called it "the cabinet of eight millionaires and a plumber." But despite his inability to avoid it, John wished that the day would come as late as possible. Anyway, William and Harold are still in the prime of life, so it's good to enjoy the shade with their backs to the big trees.

"Who wants you to end up now, I want you to care more about the HSD situation from now on." William hated the feeling that iron could not be made of steel: "Your head usually looks very smart, why is it not effective in this regard." ”

"There's a reception dinner at the White House next March, and you're going to be there on behalf of your family." William pointed to an invitation on the table, and finally said the real purpose of calling John over.

"The White House? What the nature of the dinner. John was suddenly a little nervous, the White House reception dinner was a little too high.

"Who knows. If Roosevelt's new fiscal balance had not collapsed by then, it would have been a pacifying meeting, and he would need to calm the nerves in the markets. If the new policy doesn't hold up and the government starts to reinstate deficit spending, it's time to divide the spoils and see who can get the big cake from the new appropriations this time. ”

"Understood." John nodded his head to indicate that he really understood this time. But he still has a concern, "Do you need to pay attention to anything when you go to the White House?" ”

Looking at John's rookie appearance, William couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand: "Forget it, I'll send someone to you in two days, you should also have a political advisor." Just ask him for these details. With that, he waved his hand and motioned for John to end the conversation.

Unlike his relationship with Harold, who was also a mentor and friend, although he could feel William's concern for him, John was a little afraid of the governor's cousin from the bottom of his heart. It may be because William was the boss of John's first job in his life, or it may be that John was influenced by the Chinese official-oriented ideology in his previous life. Anyway, John himself has never been unable to understand why he always feels a little unable to let go of William.

Therefore, John not only did not feel angry about William's casual attitude of sending himself away, but had a feeling that he had finally escaped from the dean's office, and hurriedly grabbed the invitation on the table and left William's room. John was a little excited to have the opportunity to meet Roosevelt, the legendary president. He really doesn't care about the Democrats and Republicans, anyway, when World War II breaks out, won't the two parties twist into a rope and fight the fascists?