"...Who are you going to support, Hoover or Roosevelt?"

"The truth is, I'm not going to support either of them, neither of them look like they're going to be able to solve the problem."

"If I have to choose, I think Roosevelt still has some possibilities. After all, Hoover has proven that he is a complete disaster. No normal person will let him continue."

"To be honest, I don't know much about Roosevelt. Looking at him in a wheelchair, I doubt that he is a puppet at all. After all, it is difficult for him to even stand up, let alone be president..."

At six o'clock in the morning, in front of the Courier newspaper office, everyone began to discuss the upcoming presidential election.

As the election atmosphere intensified, everyone's topics unconsciously began to shift towards the general election.

Judging from the current development situation, Roosevelt has obvious advantages. He may have some shortcomings, especially his appearance in a wheelchair, which has become the focus of the Republican attack.

Roosevelt also refuted this. When he was determined to run as the Democratic presidential candidate, he stated in a public speech: "A president is not necessarily an acrobat. We did not elect him because of his

He can do forward rolls or backward rolls, and what he does is mental work, trying to find ways to benefit the people."

At the same time, Roosevelt also announced his campaign policies, including actively promoting the "Roosevelt New Deal" with relief, reform and revival as its main content, and his attitude towards the abolition of Prohibition. This formed a strong contrast with Hoover's political views of adhering to traditional conservative values.

Contrast.

The "New Deal" abandoned traditional laissez-faire, strengthened government intervention in the economic field, implemented deficit finance, and vigorously developed public utilities to stimulate the economy.

At the same time, it also triggered a strong backlash from the tradition represented by Hoover and conservatives.

"Roosevelt is destroying American values!"

"Roosevelt's New Deal was to rip off the rich and eat 'roasted millionaires' every day!"

"Roosevelt's New Deal violated the Constitution..."

"Roosevelt will lead America into disaster!"

These were all criticisms and discussions of the "Roosevelt New Deal" in newspapers and media during this period.

Among them, the most violent resistance was from some industrial capitalist groups, because the content of the "Roosevelt New Deal" clearly included the government's administrative intervention in the economy, and they believed that this would become the basis for future government intervention in the economic belt.

There is a precedent.

Before that, because of the Great Depression, they had the power to over-exploit workers, but Roosevelt's New Deal was clearly biased towards the working class.

They believed that Roosevelt was too accommodating to workers, and that increasing business taxes on monopoly capital was a complete rip-off. Some even believed that Roosevelt's "Social Security Act" was completely copied from the "Communist Manifesto."

Although there is a backlash among capitalist groups, the vast majority of labor groups are looking forward to the content of the New Deal. Although most of them do not fully understand the specific content of the "Roosevelt New Deal", this does not prevent them from

From some simple numbers and working hours and the attitude of capitalists, we know that this should be something that is beneficial to them.

Because of the New Deal, Roosevelt also indirectly gained the support of a large number of labor groups.

And this is crucial, because when voting, whether you are a capitalist or a naked homeless person, you only have the right to cast one vote.

Only on that day will homeless people and workers feel like they are the masters of this country.

…

"boss?"

During the discussion, open the door of the newspaper office.

Inside the newspaper office, the sight of Colin crouching at his desk and writing quickly silenced the heated discussion at the door.

"Good morning, everyone."

Sensing the movement coming from outside the newspaper office, Colin stopped the painting brush in his hand and nodded to them.

"Good morning, boss."

In Colin's greeting, Little John and others reacted belatedly, and then hesitantly asked.

"Boss, aren't you filming a movie in Los Angeles?"

Before, Colin had told them that he was going to Los Angeles for a while to participate in the filming of a movie. For this purpose, he deliberately left a thick stack of drawings to be used as a comic series during his absence from the newspaper.

Little John and the others thought that Colin would stay in Los Angeles for a while during this trip.

Who would have thought that after just a few days, he would be back.

"Is there something wrong with the steam locomotive?"

For the first time, Little John thought about the train problem. Taking the train from New York to Los Angeles would take several days just to go back and forth.

If we look at time purely, Colin may have returned before even arriving in Los Angeles.

"No, I've already been to Los Angeles."

He stopped the painting brush in his hand and explained the means of transportation he took during this trip under the puzzled eyes of Little John and others.

"airplane?"

"Six hours!"

Everyone in the newspaper office couldn't help but express shock at the result that Colin returned from Los Angeles to New York in just six hours.

Old John opened his mouth and looked at Colin in front of him.

The convenience of airplanes has exceeded their understanding. For an ordinary person like Old John, six hours may not even leave New York City, but Colin has been able to cross two cities.

"It would be great if I could take a flight sometime."

For Little John, airplanes are simply a means of transportation that only exists in comics. He has never even seen the real appearance of an airplane since he was a child.

The only way to learn about airplanes is in the "Superman" comics serialized by Colin before. In the page of the comic where Brainiac appears and shrinks Paris, there is a plot about flying.

"This day won't last long."

As a latecomer, Colin knows that the history of airplanes becoming popular transportation is not that far away. In fact, Delta Air Lines in the United States is already trying to develop aviation business. However, the occurrence of the Great Depression has affected the development of the aviation industry.

This has hindered and delayed the development progress of civil aviation.

After briefly explaining the circumstances of his return, Colin quickly brought the topic back to the reason why he returned to New York.

"It has been nearly a year since the day when "Superman" was serialized in the "Courier". The newspaper's current vigorous development is largely due to the decision to serialize comics, so I feel it is necessary to discuss this

Launch a series of celebration activities.”

"anniversary?"

After hearing Colin's explanation, everyone in the newspaper office looked at each other.

Little John opened his mouth, but quietly swallowed the words in Old John's eyes.

If we really calculate it in terms of time, there is still some time before the real first anniversary of "Superman", but since Colin opened his mouth, they naturally had no reason to object and immediately acquiesced to the idea of ​​Superman's anniversary.

In fact, as the creator of "Superman", how could Colin possibly remember the time of the initial serialization wrongly?

The reason why I chose to use this is simply to be able to serialize comic stories about Superman on a larger scale.

The encounter with Counter-World made Colin understand that simply unlocking or improving abilities may not be enough to deal with the threat of Counter-World Saturday Baron or defeat him.

But in front of him, under the erosion of the power of death, the time he can stay in the positive world is limited.

Therefore, if he can unlock a power powerful enough to fight Baron Saturday in a short period of time, it will become the focus of Colin's trip.

After thinking about it, the first anniversary became the reason Colin used to increase the content of the publication.

In anticipation of the anniversary, he not only replaced the comic content that he had planned to serialize in the Courier Daily tomorrow.

In addition, he also contacted Harry and Jack from the publishing house to prepare a first-anniversary issue about Superman.

Previously, because the Saturday Baron incident did not occur, Colin's comics serialized in the "Courier Daily" just followed the conventional routine, telling the story of a superman who went to outer space to stop a meteorite from hitting the earth.

In the short comics left behind, it continues the previous plot of Luthor, the superhero, coming to the Superman world, being mistaken by Superman for a battle with Luthor, and later the evil Luthor appearing in the Superman world, and the two Luthors fighting. The short story

Finally, it ends with the superhero Luthor and Superman working together to defeat Luthor, allowing the post-Superman to help the superhero Luthor return to the other's world.

This kind of plot designed purely by imagination does not have much story extension. The main reason for its creation is to fill the space of newspapers and maintain the popularity of "Superman" comics.

"The next time may be a bit tight. I hope you can finish coloring the background of the comic before it is published in the newspaper."

Colin handed over the "Superman" comic he created as an anniversary celebration to the workers in the newspaper office, and Colin hurriedly left the newspaper office.

In addition to the newspaper serialization, he was also responsible for the design of the first anniversary issue, and went to CBS Radio to meet Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater Company.

It can be said that the time is quite tight.

"Do you feel that Mr. Colin seems to be particularly urgent when he comes back this time?"

Watching Colin leave the newspaper office, Little John couldn't help but express his inner doubts.

Hearing this, other people in the newspaper office couldn't help but look at each other. Although they didn't speak, they obviously agreed with Little John's statement. Colin's urgency was almost written on his face.

"Did you encounter something in Los Angeles?"

Frowning, Little John began to think about the reason why Colin was so anxious.

Although he has never been to Los Angeles, he is still aware of the big names in Hollywood. Considering that Colin's reason for going to Los Angeles before was to shoot a movie, Little John subconsciously associated his performance with Hollywood.

Although Little John's guess cannot be said to be completely wrong, it is also completely irrelevant.

After all, without knowing what happened to Colin, no matter how little John guessed, it was impossible to know what happened to Baron Saturday.

"If you have time to think about this, why not put it into consideration first and publish the question in the Courier Daily tomorrow."

As Old John's voice sounded, everyone in the newspaper office immediately came to their senses.
To be continued...