"We are civilian patriots, helping the federal government, not the main offensive force. What the boss means is to win the trust of the Cuban rebels and occupy the Spanish nobles' estates, minerals and everything of value."

Facing the various armed forces that gathered, John Connor and Brown formulated their own plan, "We join the war in the name of the United Fruit Company. We must first confirm the true news of the outbreak of the war and wait for the Federal fleet to arrive."

We can only take action after destroying the Spanish navy. Port-au-Prince is less than 200 miles away from Cuba. We can reach the battlefield in at most two days and land at Guantanamo in southeastern Cuba. This is behind the main battlefield and there should not be a large number of Spanish soldiers."

"Although we all believe that all of you here are professionals that major companies rely on and certainly do not lack combat experience, we still have to avoid fighting with the Spanish regular army. They have the federal army to deal with them. The advantage is that the headquarters of the United Company is in Cuba

In fact, there is a lot of investment. We have a clear understanding of the internal situation in Cuba and will choose the smallest route of advance." After Brown gave a general idea, John Connor added, "After we land, we will pass him through Cuba.

industry, and get in touch with the rebels, but we must remain vigilant. If the war goes well, they will be our last enemy."

"As for the benefits we can obtain, it all depends on our own performance. If we can grab enough benefits for the company behind us, there will definitely be a lot of benefits for us. Our boss is a generous person.

, don’t care about some trivial details.”

No one wants to pay in vain with no reward. The Civil War broke out because of completely opposite and irreconcilable interests. The reason why the Confederate Army wanted to fight to the end was because they did not want to be looted by the North. And the armed leaders here are all the remnants of the Confederacy.

In body.

Port-au-Prince is busier than ever, with over 10,000 armed forces gathered here. These patriots are preparing to use their own methods to help the country and oppose the European empire's oppression of the Americas.

New Orleans Grand Theater, Sheffield just watched a movie. There were only two audiences in the entire theater and itself. As for this movie, it was a demo just taken from Hollywood. The name is Olympic Champion. Although the name is very straightforward but close to

The theme is a black-and-white silent film belonging to an entire era, and the actors are all American athletes who have achieved results in the Athens Olympics.

Although Sheffield himself was just waiting for someone here and watching a movie to pass the time, if he, the boss, didn't even care about movies, he couldn't hope to impress others. Although he didn't understand movies at all,

But it didn't stop him from watching it, and he actually finished watching this documentary-like movie.

"David, in order to reflect the theme of sports changing destiny, of course patriotic enthusiasm must be shown. You have done a good job in this regard, but you should also emphasize the athletes' hard background and healthy physique, and add a little hint.

Even if your academic performance is not good, you can still become a very successful person as long as you work hard." Sheffield tilted his head and whispered to David Griffiths sitting next to him, "It should be better to resonate through struggle.

"

"Of course any movie must make a profit. Profit is the first thing to consider, not the so-called artistry. It can only be said that some geniuses can combine profit and artistry, and balance both very well. Such filmmakers

He is the most favorite filmmaker among investors. If there is only artistry and no profit, naturally no one will invest. It turns out that all the fame is in the past and the profit target cannot be recovered. How can you make a movie? Although I said it so directly, but

This is a fact."

Sheffield made no secret of this in front of David Griffith. No one would keep making unprofitable movies. Filmmakers with some conscience may make commercial movies to make money, but then they do not abandon literary and artistic films, leaving some leftovers for literature and art.

Damn, this is already a very conscientious boss.

It was still early when Sheffield met David Griffiths. He knew that David Griffiths was too stubborn. In the end, because he wanted to instill his own thinking, he successively attacked the market and lost the confidence of investors. Investors did not

If you have confidence, you will naturally not use him to make movies. This father of Hollywood will soon be forgotten.

It's rare for him to see a filmmaker who competes with him, and he hopes to use this filmmaker to instill ideas that suit his own interests to the public, so he doesn't want a director from the south to be eliminated by the times because of his disrespect for capital. After all,

Both of them are subconsciously dissatisfied with the current country and want to restore the situation in which the South guided the country before the Civil War.

This kind of subconsciousness of David Griffiths can be seen from his famous masterpiece The Birth of a Nation. However, Sheffield obviously has more ideas. He also has to take into account his own class position, such as profit and entrainment.

In the private goods in the movie, such as Happy Education, through this movie, he wants to give the citizens of the United States a hint that knowledge may not necessarily change their destiny, and there are many ways to win glory for the country.

Sheffield, who has gradually gotten rid of his youth and ignorance, is no longer overtly opposed to charity. He believes that the sports facilities of major schools are not up to standard and should receive donations from some conscientious capitalists, such as himself.

Furthermore, he accepted Coubertin's invitation to help prepare for the Olympic Games and roped in some small countries to form participating teams. His purpose was to serve the development of happy education. He himself did not care whether the citizens of the United States were alcoholics.

Taking drugs, having sex, and thinking about the things in your crotch are better than thinking about rebellion.

Many things are interconnected. Sheffield's use of Mexicans to divert attention can be considered a success, but it can also be considered a failure. It just adds an object of hatred for California citizens. It does not mean that the Chinese labor group will no longer be hated.

There were also several demonstrations last year to protest against United Company's use of Chinese workers, although the scale was not large.

But it has been enough to sound the alarm. After all, peace and quiet are not a long-term solution. The economy is still good now and the problem is not big. When the next round of economic crisis occurs again, it will inevitably be messy to solve. Out of consideration of nip in the bud, he

Be prepared to make Spain pay a small price to solve problems that belong to the United States.

"Add a close-up of a Coca-Cola bottle, mention another Pepsi through a conversation with a friend, something that can be solved in a few seconds, and add a row of dialogue subtitles, perfect." Finally, Sheffield mentioned the implant.

The commercial shot ended the exchange with David Griffith about how the movie should be shot.

If he waits until David Griffiths becomes famous, it will definitely be very difficult for Sheffield to communicate with him. When he expands, he will become stubborn. It is simply that David Griffiths currently does not have the capital to fight against investors, which ultimately leads to his own failure.

Abandoned by investors. Young David Griffiths can still save it.

Finally, Sheffield had one last exchange, "When it comes to North-South issues, it's not time for us to choose to make similar movies when the Democratic Party is in power. You also know that because of the failure of the Civil War, the Republican Party's base is much larger than the Democratic Party.

But I believe we will wait for this opportunity, and hope that the citizens of the west will stand with us. This requires many partners to work deeply in the west. In fact, if there are other things, investing in Washington State has been proposed by the United Company.

It’s on the schedule. You and I are both young and can definitely wait until that day.”

Through these two days of communication, Sheffield has figured out that David Griffith has always had the idea of ​​saying a few words for the South in the movie. He is not opposed to this because the two people have the same position on this matter.

. However, it is not appropriate when the Republican Party is in power, and the unspoken rules must still be followed.

The two were just talking when a group of people came in at the entrance of the Grand Theater behind them. McHale, Gale, Carter and others were among them. After a round of body searches, more than a dozen people sat nearby. David Griffith

Knowing that it was time to say goodbye, he stood up and left. After he arrived, McHale quickly asked, "How's it going?"

"Everything went well. The fleet from the port of Houston was going to Florida, but it didn't go there. Instead, it went directly to Havana. I heard it was for the evacuation of overseas Chinese." Sheffield rubbed his tired eyes and said, "I guess it will be soon."

"If a conflict really breaks out, I'm really nervous. The domestic army only has less than 30,000 people." Carter said worriedly after hearing this, "Cuba has 150,000 Spanish regular troops and 80,000 armed forces.

With more than 200,000 armed forces, will the federal government really take the risk?"

It is true that the Army of the United States still only has 30,000 people. The Army has indeed been expanded just after the crisis in Venezuela. However, the voices of the first class have overwhelmed other branches of the military. The expansion of the United States military power has become the expansion of the Navy, and after the expansion of the Army, it has

It was gradually reduced, and now it has grown to 30,000 people, 28,700 to be precise.

"The federal government may not necessarily take risks, but there are some things that the government may not necessarily do." Sheffield said vaguely. The 150,000 Spanish regular troops, 80,000 militiamen, and 230,000 troops looked quite scary.

"Don't worry, if a war really breaks out, it means that some people in our country feel that the current military strength is absolutely sufficient and we are sure of victory!" Sheffield comforted Carter. He remembered that in the two naval battles in Cuba and the Philippines, the U.S. Navy

One person was killed and the Spanish naval fleets in both places were wiped out. "Didn't the Maine turn to Havana? Maybe peace talks with Spain are in progress."

As they approached Havana, the naval soldiers on the battleship Maine looked relaxed and cheered, because they had come to Cuba forcefully under the fierce opposition and solemn protests of Spain and regardless of the feelings of old-fashioned imperialism. This glory shrouded all
Chapter completed!