Chapter 114 Little People
Subtitle of this chapter: Big people set the stage, and "little" people sing opera.
ohio comes from the local native Iroquois language, meaning the Great River. Ohio is named after the largest tributary of the Mississippi River. It is located in the central and eastern United States, and is an integral part of the Great Lakes region. It is also the starting point and initial result of the American Westward Movement.
Ohio is the first place to be rich even in the United States, a country of choice. In the nineteenth century, the state ranked first in agricultural production. After entering the twentieth century, it was not bad, with corn, oats and hay all ranked among the top. It also provides a large amount of fruit, feed, vegetables, livestock and poultry to the Northeastern U.S. market.
This area is rich in underground minerals and has unique water resources, so it is also a major manufacturing state in the United States, and the output of almost all industrial products ranks among the top in the country.
Of course, important figures often appear in such an important region, and seven American commanders have appeared in history. The US president in 1921 was also from Ohio. This time he also brought his "Ohio Gang" to the White House.
On the evening of November 2, Mr. Warren Harding, the 29th presidential throne in the history of Great American, was still in his hometown, the small town of Marion in central Ohio.
The town is really small, with only about 10,000 or 20,000 people living there. However, during this period, it became the location of the Republican campaign headquarters. Well, Mr. Harding almost never left his hometown during the campaign.
Why? Listen to the opinions of his accomplice Senator Boyce Penrose: "Don't let Warren leave his hometown. If he goes to various places to run for election, someone will definitely ask him questions, and Warren is just a coward who is so careless as soon as he opens his mouth."
So he and his running mates won the presidential election through the "porch election" and gave us Master Yuan a chance to do big news.
"Good evening, Mr. Coolidge."
"Sir Vice President, congratulations!"
A middle-aged gentleman with a high forehead, deep eye sockets, a big nose, thin lips and a cold and hard expression nodded to the staff who greeted him. He was John-calvin-coolidge, the Republican vice president nominee.
He looked at the cheerful Republican comrades in the yard and said seriously: "Gentlemen, it's too early to call me Vice President now, and the vote is not over yet."
Someone said, "Deputy...Mr. Coolidge, it's not too late now. According to the polls from various places, we will definitely win this time!"
He raised the newspaper in his hand and said with a smile: "There is another Chinese in New York who has weighed hundreds of thousands of dollars on our Republican side, betting that we will win 250 electoral votes!"
Chinese people, hundreds of thousands of dollars, 250 votes.
The combination of these three things surprised the cold gentleman, known as "Silent Calvin", and he couldn't help but take the newspaper curiously and glanced at it.
Oh, this Chinese is still a doctoral student from NYU. If you have the chance, you have to ask James Conant.
He grabbed the newspaper he had not finished reading under his armpit, looked around again and asked, "Why are you all outside? Where is Mr. Harding?"
Everyone present suddenly showed an awkward expression.
Someone coughed and said, "Mr. Coolidge, what about Mr. Harding in the house? Well...and Ha, Ding, too, too."
In fact, Coolidge could understand the meaning of it without him increasing his tone. He sighed in his heart, nodded to everyone, and walked towards the rather grand house.
As soon as he opened the door, he could vaguely hear the quarrel between a man and a woman.
Mr. Coolidge sighed in his heart again, hesitated for a moment and walked into the room. He immediately heard the confrontation between the men and women... Well, the conversation.
The male voice in the room upstairs yelled loudly: "Damn it, you are almost becoming the new mistress of the White House, what else to complain about?!"
The female voice said angrily: "What is the new mistress of the White House? Take your blonde cousin and your wild scoundrel to take office in Washington!"
The man cried out in depressedly: "God, why did I marry you back then? My father advised me several times, why didn't I listen?"
The woman immediately replied in a sharp tone: "Yes, why didn't you listen to your father's advice and marry me? It's not for my father's money!"
The man was silent for a moment before he said angrily: "You are really unreasonable!"
The woman snorted coldly: "It's you, Mr. President."
"Florence, get out of here."
"Warren, you are not allowed to leave!"
"I'm going to leave! Leave you shrew, leave this damn house!"
"If you want to leave, I will kill you, the unfaithful man!"
Crazy... Kuang Che... Gudong... Boom... (Note 1)
Listening to the noise upstairs, Mr. Coolidge, who had always been very serious, also showed a very helpless expression, sighed deeply, raised his palm and patted his forehead.
He pondered for a moment, and finally turned around and left the door and came to the porch, found a chair to sit down, and looked at the newspaper in the light. Just as he had read the whole newspaper, he heard the sound of the door opening.
"John, why are you here?"
Although he is already old and has a bloated face and figure, it can still be seen that the speaker must be extremely handsome when he is young.
Someone once said that back then he was "high, well-proportioned and tall; his handsome face had the temperament and appearance of an admired actor; his thick eyebrows, thick lips, and a beautiful head, just like a delicately carved Roman avatar."
This guy is naturally what Mr. Baker said, "a cowardly and beautiful face with a beautiful face."
"Warren, you...well, you're okay."
"Haha, I'm fine." The tall man with a few scratches on his face laughed dryly, changing the subject, "By the way, what are you looking at?"
"An interesting report." Mr. Coolidge pretended not to see his partner's embarrassment and handed over the newspaper in his hand.
Mr. Harding took it and saw: "Young Chinese rich man bet on the presidential election..."
He whistled frivolously, "Listen to me, I want to meet this chink..."
Coolidge coughed dryly and said, "Warren, I want to tell you about the appointment of the Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research."
Mr. Harding put down the newspaper and said in confusion: "Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research? Didn't he decide long ago?"
The prospective vice president of the United States said unhappily: "But Mr. John Conmuns is too biased towards labor."
The prospective president of the United States waved his hand unconsciously: "It's okay, he is also from Ohio."
"John, don't mention this now. Let's have a drink together and celebrate our victory!"
At almost the same time, in a ward at the "First People's Hospital in New York City". (Note 2)
"Sir, it's time to take medicine. Are you getting better today?"
"Well, Miss Nurse. My ribs are still a little painful and itchy."
"This means that your injury is improving and you will be cured in a week or two. But you should be careful not to move violently."
"I understand, thank you."
"Okay, this is today's newspaper."
"Thank you...ah!"
"Sir, what's wrong with you?"
"Sir, don't get up!"
"Sir, you can't leave!"
"Sir... Come here!"
"Get out! I'm a policeman. If you have urgent matters, don't stop me!"
Note 1: Although the author did some artistic processing, the first couple Harding quarreled and hated each other in history was famous. Of course, "eating soft food", "blonde girl's cousin" and "bad breed" were not fabricated. He was just the commander who listened to the song because of the swearing.
Chapter completed!