Chapter 170 The Father of American Cinema
If life is unsatisfactory, you always have to find a point to vent, not to mention that California itself has very poor basic conditions in this era. The impact of economic pressure is still very large. For example, after a hundred years, California's economy will be the first in the country, and everyone will gradually feel a sense of superiority.
, with the two advantageous industries of Hollywood and Silicon Valley here, the citizens here will not have so many grievances.
Now that Latinos are only a very small minority here, once the wave of xenophobia rises, there is no need to worry about backlash. As demonstrations continue to appear one after another, the mentality of the entire Californian citizen has undergone a huge change.
This time the anti-foreign wave appeared in California, which was actually a bit abrupt. It appeared without anyone's preparation. Through a series of fake news and fictitious events, it aroused potential anti-foreign sentiments in the hearts of local citizens.
This series of changes caught everyone except the parties involved off guard.
This kind of unpreparedness is completely reflected in the California State House. In the eyes of many senior politicians, although the anti-foreign wave is not new, it usually occurs during the economic crisis. Anti-foreign waves can occur until last year. If it happened at that time, everyone
Totally understandable.
Harvey, who is only in his thirties and has recently become famous, is fulfilling his commitment to protesting citizens and righteously expressing the California government's dissatisfaction with the illegal immigration problem on the border with Mexico.
"Mr. Harvey, please pay attention to your words. This is the House of Representatives, not a noisy street. No matter how loud you sound, it won't solve any problem!" Someone finally couldn't help but expressed dissatisfaction with Harvey's jumping up and down.
"Dear Mr. Clare, telling the citizens' wishes truthfully to the gentlemen here is the greatest respect for public opinion." Harvey held his head high and said with a neither humble nor arrogant expression, "There is no need to explain the cause of this matter.
California is close to Mexico, and there are even two states of California within Mexico. This shows that Mexicans have always remembered the original war. Under such circumstances, the citizens are uneasy. It is completely understandable that they are afraid of something worse happening in their homeland.
It’s normal for more and more foreigners to come.”
There is no excuse to add guilt, not to mention what Harvey said is not a lie. Mexico is adjacent to two states in the United States, one is called Baja California Norte and Baja California Sur. Such obvious names have nothing to do with California. Everyone present
Congressmen can understand, but ordinary citizens feel uncomfortable after all, and it is not so easy for them to understand.
As soon as Harvey finished speaking, he immediately aroused the approval of many Democratic members. The Democrats themselves are more militant than the Republicans, and the two political parties in the same country say they strive to serve the citizens of the United States, but they
How is it possible that when there is no conflict of interest, there is no need for a reason to support Harvey's remarks.
On this day in the state House, the Democrats and Republicans had a fierce battle over the issue of illegal immigrants from Mexico. After arguing for a whole day, no solution was found. But this is very normal. This system
The efficiency itself is very low, and it is normal to find any solution after being noisy for a year.
As the Republicans who currently control California, I think the Democrats are just looking for trouble. The Republicans' mentality is to seek stability and do not want to make society uneasy when they control California.
This attitude of the Republicans, in the eyes of Harvey, who was watching indifferently, reminded me of Sheffield's words, "Anyway, in my impression, the ruling party just wants to seek stability, and the opposition party's main responsibility is to cause chaos. If the problem of illegal immigration is
, if Republicans don’t care, that’s completely normal, everyone wants to be more secure.”
The Chinese Exclusion Act more than ten years ago was finally passed because the California Workers Party, which appeared outside the two parties, squeezed into the state assembly, attracted some anti-foreign legislators, and finally passed the bill.
Use xenophobia to unite people's hearts, and then describe a bright future for the future. If the first step cannot be implemented, the subsequent picture will be impossible to talk about. Therefore, Harvey did not give in at all and violently attacked the Republicans in the state assembly.
, even fired a map cannon, saying that Republicans have always been so cautious. If there was only one Republican Party in the United States, the United States today would not have California at all.
This further aroused the confrontation between the Democrats and Republicans, and Harvey's proposal was naturally rejected. Both camps smeared honey on their mouths, vomited the fragrance, and greeted each other cordially, but the matter ended up being settled.
Harvey returned to Los Angeles and came to the Sheffield Film Company, where he described in detail the whole story of the day. Looking at the tired city councilman who hadn't been back for long, Sheffield thought for a moment and said, "If public opinion is to be xenophobic,
, this attitude of the Republican Party is not acceptable, and the Democratic Party should keep a distance from them."
The question is whether the current anti-foreign public opinion is true. If a country has really big problems, even if some people are trying their best to whitewash it, and even if for some reason citizens cannot speak directly, dissatisfaction will grow in their hearts.
Otherwise, according to any prediction, it would be impossible for the real estate businessman to defeat Xiba. They had even set up the fireworks to celebrate the victory. They even published the book about becoming president in advance. But the real estate businessman won, which proves that political correctness cannot cover up everything.
question.
Sheffield also looked at Harvey, who had been thinking hard. He stood up and walked aside. When he came back, he had already taken out a glass of red wine and slowly poured it for Harvey, "You have now spoken to the citizens what they want to say."
If so, then there is no need to worry. Now we just need to let the public know the attitude of the Republicans. As for the details, I will think about it again."
"I don't believe that the police department has no record of crimes against Latinos. We will slowly find out through connections. When the time comes, we will leak it out, but it is not appropriate now. Let's first discuss the things you have proposed but were rejected.
Let the citizens know." Sheffield said slowly while shaking his wine glass.
Harvey finally nodded and said, "But of course I want to observe whether public opinion really wants to be xenophobic. Let's not focus on this issue for a few days and see how each city responds."
Harvey meant to calm down and let the citizens see the virtues of the Republican Party that controls California. Sheffield's eyes lit up, he was indeed a politician, and he seemed to think deeper than himself.
If we continue to encourage xenophobia, citizens will feel exhausted if their blood is beaten too much. There are still less than half a year before the election. If we continue to be so xenophobic, our xenophobic enthusiasm may have cooled down by then.
"Okay, you have more experience than me in this area, so I'll do as you want." Sheffield thought for a long time and stopped being stubborn. After all, they are the electors, and he is just a facilitator. The main thing is to listen to others.
While the citizens of California were angry at the insensitivity of the Republican Party, Sheffield was still busy with his own affairs, and he had quite a lot of things to do. About the establishment of your farm in Southern California, the railroad branch line to the border, and the most recent
Important issues regarding electrification advancement progress.
Everything made him anxious. When June entered, Sheffield was still in Hollywood having a conversation with film pioneers who came from all over the United States. The location was in the unbuilt Hollywood Theater, right next to the theater.
In an environment with no windows, Sheffield and early American film pioneers met.
Harvey, who has been in the limelight recently, was still brought over by Sheffield as a witness. Harvey himself also expressed his welcome to these film pioneers and said that he is currently proposing to have the California State Assembly pass a bill to support the cultural industry, including
A series of preferential treatment including tax exemption.
Just last year, these filmmakers who were new to film were still being chased by Sheffield Associates' legal department for lawsuits across the country, and were in a state of hiding. They were afraid that one day they would wake up and receive a lawsuit.
Got the court summons.
In fact, Sheffield didn't know whether these filmmakers who came from all over the country were considered pioneers of film in the United States. As far as he knew, it seemed that American film was still very early in its development. These filmmakers are probably not famous people.
Maybe they will all be A, B and C working for themselves in the future.
As a boss who holds a film patent, his talents are limited to shooting some special effects films, fighting little monsters and the like. Although it is not difficult to fool the citizens of this era, it only goes so far.
Faced with many filmmakers who looked anxious and didn't know what they were going to face, Sheffield behaved very generously this time, saying that he had no knowledge of what happened last year and it was just the personal behavior of the company's legal department, because the patent dispute was really serious.
There are too many. The legal department has been busy all the time, without distinguishing between industries, and they are all filing lawsuits.
Fortunately, these early film pioneers did not have heirs from wealthy families, otherwise this lie would have been exposed on the spot. After lying with a red face, Sheffield said that he was not a person who did not know how to share.
, under the confusion of age, this kind of remarks still made many people take off their guard.
Such a young boy, who should still be a student, has already expressed his apology, and everyone said that the matter will be over. They put aside the fatigue in their hearts and began to have a lively discussion. After all, the prospect of tax exemption is still very tempting.
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"I think Mr. William is also a person who likes movies." A man in his twenties introduced himself, "Can I work for your company?"
Sheffield really liked the people in the movie. He looked at the man in front of him and asked calmly, "I didn't know who you were?"
"My name is David Griffith, and I turned out to be a screenwriter." David Griffith spoke, and the figure standing there made Sheffield's eyes sharpen. He seemed to remember that the father of American film was called this.
Chapter completed!