Chapter 570: 1 picture at the beginning, all the content depends on editing
Chapter 570: A picture at the beginning, all the content depends on editing
Early morning of November 11, outside New York City.
In a completely sealed train carriage, all the windows were tightly covered with curtains, and the train slowly moved south.
All the dark creatures that had been lurking in the carriage for the past ten years gathered together, and no one knew their destination.
The train's final destination is Jekyll Island, Georgia, hundreds of miles away.
Jekyll Island was originally the territory of a hunting club, but now it has been booked by Morgan.
All the club's service staff were transferred from the mainland, and all guests who came to "hunt" were only called by their first names, and surnames were absolutely not allowed. It was ensured that no reporters would appear within a 50-mile radius around the club.
One sixth of the wealth on Earth is concentrated in the hands of these dark creatures. Their image in the Federation is so bad that no congressman dares to publicly support the bills they participated in drafting.
So these people traveled thousands of miles from New York to this secluded island to draft a document.
At 4:30 in the morning, the document was completed and sent for printing. At 4:6 in the afternoon, the representative of the House of Representatives bribed by the dark creatures announced that he would publish a proposal, but the materials were not distributed to everyone until :.
At this moment, most of the congressmen went to eat, and most of those who remained had been "taken care of" in advance. The vote was held at 11 pm, and it was finally passed by a narrow majority - an overtime vote at 11 pm, overcoming most of the opponents, an unprecedented act of professionalism in the federal government.
On the 23rd, two days before Christmas, most senators were on vacation, and the Senate passed the document in the absence of 27 people.
The bill was rushed to a certain palace, and Cleveland signed it an hour after the proposal was passed - an efficiency never seen before in the federal government.
This document, which was barely passed by exploiting all legal loopholes, is called the "Federal Reserve Act." It sounds like a temporary measure for the government to purchase gold to realize the gold standard and raise funds.
But ordinary people don’t know that from this moment on, the green banknotes in their hands will become bonds.
In the clubhouse of the Vampire Club, under the gaze of the statue of Lucifer, the dark creatures celebrated - they finally regained control of the country.
This time they got smarter and no longer lent money at high interest rates to ordinary people. They did not do things in a bloody way, but instead - sucked blood painlessly.
The complex layers of cross-holdings and dazzling financial operations are enough to confuse professionals, and ordinary people have no idea how their money disappeared.
Most of them have no idea that this so-called "committee" is actually a private organization.
The voices of the few righteous congressmen who voted against could not be heard outside the conference room, and their cries were filtered out by all the media.
On this day, a lot of people in the Vampire Club were drunk, even the usually steady Morgan and Alfonso were drunk.
It's settled. With Cleveland's cooperation, our rule now has a legal basis and is irreversible.
Is it really irreversible? At least in the short term.
Long-term - the vampires fell asleep with a beautiful vision that would last for thousands of years. Two days later, a baby was born in Los Angeles on the west coast.
This is Shao Quanzhong's grandson, the third son of his eldest daughter Xiaoqi, and he was born with federal citizenship.
On this day, the Hollywood Hills were covered with dark clouds, and a dazzling flash of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the dark night.
The next day, the rain stopped and the sky cleared up. The red sun rose in the east, and the sky was filled with bright clouds.
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"Report, according to our intelligence department's investigation, Daxia has secretly deployed 2 V missiles in Havana."
"Too deceiving!"
Cleveland slammed his hand on the desk, furious. He had been playing the role of a hot-tempered redneck for too long and was a little too deep in the role.
Of course, he is still a cunning politician in essence. He walked back and forth with his hands behind his back for a few times, and the order he issued was just to ask his secretary to cancel his vacation to Miami.
After taking a long breath, Cleveland instructed to "block the news and not arouse public anger."
"Report, Millikan wants to see you."
Increasing investment in basic science is the legacy of Garfield and Harrison, and Cleveland actually inherited Harrison's strategy.
Millikan was excited. "Mr. Cleveland, our research team has already replicated the missile and radar technology."
It is difficult to create this kind of advanced technology out of thin air like Tesla did, but it is much easier to replicate it with ready-made examples.
Millikan was indeed a genius in electromagnetism. After three years of hard work, he led his team to finally develop a radar-guided missile.
Cleveland has always cultivated a tough image, but its intention to annex the Maple Leaf Country, Mexico, and even Australia and Greenland has always attracted public attention.
His bragging drew protests from the British Commonwealth and Denmark and enthusiastic responses from Mexico.
The protest was not surprising, but the enthusiastic response made him embarrassed.
In fact, it would be a loss to collect money from the Mexicans, which would greatly reduce everyone's income level. So he could only keep making excuses and doing Tai Chi, and he could hardly hold on any longer.
Now that they had finally mastered key military technology, Cleveland was very happy. With the trump card, he could really play tough this time.
"Come here, immediately upgrade all warships to missiles, build enough land-based missiles, deploy radars in key areas, and prepare to compete with Daxia in the Caribbean Sea."
"Hehe, we must break through Daxia's blockade of our island chain."
The Federation's powerful industrial capabilities began to take effect and carry out military equipment transformation.
The next day, the direction of public opinion began to change.
A large number of leading reports slandering Shao appeared in the newspapers. Shao's various imperialist faces were infinitely exaggerated, and countless false news were released.
Of course, nine out of ten are false, and one is true. For example, the nickname "Holy Mother Queen Terminator" does have some factual basis. The person involved himself also talked about it with relish and praised Marshal Shao for his majesty.
Most of them are just hearsay, starting with a picture and all the content is made up.
Hearst, the owner of the New York Daily News, publicly told his subordinates, "You are responsible for completing the pictures, and I am responsible for completing the content."
Some pictures were even fabricated. For example, the photo of Marshal Shao taking off his shoes and banging them on the table to threaten diplomat Lucia was not taken at the time. Instead, it was photoshopped out using darkroom film modification technology, and the target of the threat was changed to Garfield, who was respected by the people of the federation.
Lies are repeated over and over again, and most people just follow the trend without knowing what's going on.
Soon, Marshal Shao's reputation in the Federation was in a mess, and he was portrayed as a clown and madman second only to Waldersee.
Half a year later, the military equipment transformation was completed and public opinion was almost ready. The breaking news that Daxia deployed V2 in Havana and threatened the Federation's homeland was released.
At Cleveland's command, the Federal Atlantic Fleet set out to blockade the Caribbean Sea, preparing to take action against the Wing King.
(End of this chapter)