After the first debate, Hoover returned to the Republican Party's campaign headquarters in Washington and received warm congratulations from the staff.
"Sir, you are simply amazing!"
"James Cox was beaten to a pulp—"
"This is the best debate I've ever heard—"
"Thank you, thank you -" Hoover smiled and shook hands with everyone warmly. Regardless of whether it was the most exciting debate, Hoover was still very satisfied with his performance.
Back in the office, Mike Carlisle was waiting for Hoover.
Mike Carlisle is Hoover's big donor. Since Hoover decided to run for office, Mike Carlisle has donated US$5.5 million to Hoover's team. Among all companies in the United States, Mike Carlisle has donated the most to Hoover.
"Well done, Herbert!" Mike Carlisle gave Hoover a solid hug.
"Thank you Mike, but it's not enough now. We have to keep up our efforts." Hoover wanted to pursue his victory. In an era without television networks, the attitude of congressmen was enough to determine the direction of the campaign.
In another time and space, Harding conducted most of his campaign activities in his hometown of Marion.
Hoover had a huge advantage over Harding. Not only did he have the strength to conduct nationwide lecture tours, but he also received close cooperation from the American media, including radio and print media, which were more inclined to Hoover who focused on people's livelihood.
"Haha, of course, this is what the Lord entrusted me to forward to you." Mike Carlisle put a check on the table and gently pushed it to Hoover.
Hoover picked it up and saw a series of zeros on the check, which looked dizzying.
$5 million!
This is the largest single donation the Hoover team has received to date.
"Thank you, Lord, for me - no, I will send a telegram to Lord later." When Hoover saw the number, his heart skipped a beat. What is five million? The cost of the "Tennessee" class battleship is
22 million.
Rock has invested so much in Hoover, and the return he wants must be huge. Hoover is not very worried about this.
When American companies hope to open up the Commonwealth market, Rock also hopes to open up the US market.
After the world war, the United States adjusted its trade policy, increased import tariffs, reduced export tariffs, and protected American companies. Free trade?
hehe!
Today, the United States does not have an advantage at all in the high-tech field. In automobiles and aircraft, which represent the pinnacle of modern industry, Southern Africa has a huge advantage.
After the end of the world war, Southern Africa poached many high-quality talents from Europe. Now, almost every large company in Southern Africa has established a technology research and development department. Southern African universities have finally got rid of the embarrassing situation of insufficient talents. Even Austria
The University of Orange has been established in Orange County, and the teaching staff is actually quite good.
If southern Africa is given another twenty years, its scientific and technological advantages will be even greater.
Once Hoover was elected as the President of the United States, Hoover would adjust the United States' foreign trade policy and give appropriate care to southern Africa. This was an unspoken rule in American politics, and no one could be an exception.
"The Lord has promised that once you are successfully elected, the Lord will have deeper cooperation with American companies. In fact, negotiations are currently underway. Carnegie, Rockefeller, DuPont and even Ford are in contact with Southern African companies. We can completely complement each other's advantages.
Rather than engaging in vicious competition as some people imagine." Mike Carlisle was a good man. Based on his investment in Hoover, once Hoover was elected, Mike Carlisle might even enter the cabinet and become a minister or something.
U.S. companies are not completely repulsive towards capital from Southern Africa. All of these American capitalists are actually talented people. The cost of goods from Southern Africa is low. If there is malicious competition, U.S. companies really will not have an advantage.
Therefore, joining together to form a price alliance is the only way to go. Countries with poor resources like Japan are not qualified to participate in this feast.
"Yes, there is no fundamental conflict of interest between the United States and Southern Africa. If we unite, we will have enough strength to overthrow the previous international order and start a new era." Hoover's lofty ideals are encouraging the South.
Africa dug into the British Empire.
Overthrowing the old order obviously means the colonial system dominated by Britain and France.
Well, France was brought over to accompany the kidnapping, but it was actually the UK that took the lead.
"Yes, some things are out of date, and it's time to make changes -" Mike Carlisle doesn't mind breaking the market monopolies of various countries, and Southern Africa is also coveting the US market.
The Commonwealth of Nations sounds good, but in fact, excluding India, the market of the Commonwealth is not that big. The total population of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and southern Africa is not as large as that of the United States.
Although India has a large population, excluding the Dalits at the bottom, there are actually not many people with sufficient spending power. Although the Dalits at the bottom have consumption needs, they have no spending power. The upper-class Brahmins have spending power, but there are few people with the desire to consume.
Not high. The market size looks large, but is actually very small.
Including food.
Rock himself did not expect that when India suffered from severe famine a few years ago and tens of millions of people died of starvation in the country, it was still able to export food to the British mainland.
Farmers in India would rather sell grain to British farmers to feed cattle than sell grain to Dalits struggling on the verge of death at low prices in India.
It is difficult for British people to understand this behavior.
Roque can understand that the country of India has never been a whole. With more than 100 ethnic groups in its territory, it is difficult to generate the same centripetal force as in southern Africa.
To put it bluntly, when Southern Africa was first established, the white British people also sat back and watched the Boers in Southern Africa struggling on the edge of death and ignored them. In essence, they were no different from the Brahmins in India.
It turns out that the performance of Hoover and James Cox in the first debate largely determined the direction of the presidential election.
After the first debate, social surveys showed that Hoover, who valued people's livelihood, was significantly ahead of James Cox, who was tough on foreign affairs.
Americans are tired of war. James Cox's approach may have been popular ten years ago, but it is now outdated.
When the news returned to southern Africa, Roque was not surprised by the direction of the US election. However, Roque did not have the energy to pay attention to the US election. The Southern African Union was about to be established, and Roque was very busy recently.
According to the results agreed between Philip and the presidents and prime ministers of various countries, after the establishment of the Southern African Union, countries will significantly disarmament, and national defense will be taken care of by Southern Africa.
Correspondingly, each country will pay half of its 1920 defense expenditure to the federal government of Southern Africa as a price.
Several other countries are powerless to oppose this outright hegemonic clause. The Kingdom of Mozambique is the most cooperative with Madagascar and West Africa. The Republic of Congo has an ambiguous attitude, while the Kingdom of Congo is quite critical. Barry is ambitious and is not willing to be reduced to the south.
African colonies.
"The Kingdom of Congo has also been aggressively militarizing in recent years. It has formed an army of nearly 200,000 people, some of which have participated in world wars. Barry has not been positive about the establishment of the Southern African Union. After the establishment of the Southern African Union, the Kingdom of Congo will also
Retain some troops, the number is about 50,000." Stoudemire is very concerned about the Kingdom of Congo, part of the Central African copper mining belt is located in the Kingdom of Congo.
When Southern Africa was demarcating the border with the Republic of Congo, it was also demarcating the border with the Kingdom of Congo. The western basin of the Congo River is included in Southern Africa's request. If the Kingdom of Congo agrees to Southern Africa's request, then the Kingdom of Congo will lose at least two-fifths of its territory.
land.
This area is also the most resource-rich area in the Kingdom of Congo. It not only has a large amount of copper and rare metals, but also a large number of forest resources and plantations, a large part of which is Barry's private property.
"Fifty thousand people and two divisions are the two divisions that participated in the World War?" Roque knew very well that during the World War, the Kingdom of Congo sent a total of nearly 200,000 people to Europe.
"Three divisions, these three divisions later participated in the intervention of the new Russian government. After the war, some of them stayed in Europe, and some of them went to the umbrella. The 50,000 people that Barry wanted to retain were those who participated in the world war.
It was established with a core of veterans." Stoudemire dismissed it.
Barry is also naive. The Kingdom of Congo and the Republic of Congo are in the same situation. They rely solely on the support of southern Africa to meet the needs of maintaining troops.
Once southern Africa stops supporting the Kingdom of Congo, the troops of the Kingdom of Congo will be in a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food, and they will not be able to buy arms even with money.
Oh, Barry doesn't have any money either, and even if he did have it, he wouldn't give it up. He would probably exchange it for resources.
"Fitch, call His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Congo, and I'll treat him to dinner tonight." Roque decided to call Barry over to hammer him out, saying that he wouldn't go to Fangjiewa for three days.
"Oh, is that guy worthy?" Xiao Si looked disgusted. There is a difference between a king and a king.
A Barry was definitely not worthy, so Rock also invited Aldrich and Isaac Pansy, Anthony Bowman and Robert from Madagascar.
Stoudemire and Henry keep company.
Just before the dinner started, Rock received an unexpected news. Just this afternoon, the little king of the Kingdom of Mozambique, who was not yet an adult, suddenly fell ill and died despite failed rescue efforts.
The little king is Zhazha’s 26th son. From this ranking, we can see Zhazha’s fertility. If Zhazha is given enough time, maybe Zhazha can really give birth to a country.
This little guy has a very capable mother. After the little guy became the king, Zhazha’s other sons died due to various accidents. Now, out of dozens of Zhazha’s sons, the little guy is the only one left.
As a result, the little guy died of illness before he reached adulthood and left no heirs. As a result, the royal family of the Kingdom of Mozambique was extinct and had no heirs.