New York has five major neighborhoods.
In addition to Staten, where the polar bears are located, there are also Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
Every region has rich people and poor people.
In the United States at this stage, the gap between rich and poor is getting wider and wider.
This is mainly due to the previous president Warren Harding, whose governing plan consisted of two words——
Let go!
In his view, a market economy does not require government management.
Instead, let the market manage itself.
One more thing, behind Harding are two emerging industry giants: automobiles and oil.
This is more embarrassing.
It is terrible for the capitalists to knock on the bones and suck out the marrow.
There is no maximum profit in their eyes, only the maximum profit.
Maybe it was because it was overdone.
Warren Harding died while in office.
As his successor, Vice President Coolidge's situation was slightly better.
But the good is limited.
After all, there are just as many deputies as there are bosses.
Besides, they are all Elephant people, so they will naturally repay their big benefactors after being elected.
So his political policy is actually the same as President Harding——
Believe in the market!
In his view, the best way for everyone to make money is for the state to do nothing.
Strictly speaking, that's true.
Because those who make money are rich people.
As for these people who can’t make any money?
Coolidge said——
Have you worked hard and looked for your own reasons why others can make money but you can't?
By the way, if you pay your taxes this month, you don’t want to be caught by the IRS...
Ahem, the smell is a bit strong.
Of course, this does not mean that Coolidge did not do any good things. For example, he actively promoted tax cuts.
However, the main focus is on taxes on the rich.
In short, because of the pair of sleeping dragons and phoenixes above, the U.S. economy took off directly.
Especially in the manufacturing industry, a large number of automobiles and industrial products are sold around the world through the United States.
Because the exploitation was too ruthless.
This also paved the way for the four-year Great Depression that followed the bubble burst.
Beyond that, over time.
Behind the boom?
More and more people will choose to take the road of "getting rich" because they cannot survive.
For example, the most popular currently is selling illegal alcohol.
You work in the factory for a month and risk dying from exhaustion.
It's better to take the same risk of being shot and killed to transport a batch of illegal liquor.
The income of the latter is often ten times or dozens of times that of the former!
This is not an era of freedom without prohibition of law, but an era in which money is paramount.
Of course, for most people at this stage.
They see only prosperity, not the crisis behind it.
A single-family building in a suburb of Manhattan.
Ancient vines climb up the railings, and there are reliefs of suns on the white marble walls.
Walking along the marble-paved road, you will be flanked by gardens carefully manicured by gardeners.
At the front of the sight is a beautiful building that looks like a small castle.
On the blood-bright velvet carpet, a dozen black-brown hairs were scattered.
The air conditioning in the house was turned to maximum, accompanied by the elegant Leonardo da Vinci symphony.
An antelope wearing a hip skirt was kneeling on the ground, holding a comb in his hand and combing the hair of the male elk on the chair with concentration.
There are a total of 66 members of Congress in New York, including 14 animal members.
Henry the elk in front of us is one of them.
"Dong dong dong~"
There was a knock on the door.
Henry frowned slightly. He patted the antelope on the head and signaled the other party to leave:
"Woods, what are you doing here?"
Wiped the sweat from his face.
Principal Woods, who used to be arrogant and arrogant in front of the polar bear, now looks groveling in front of the elk:
"Mr. Henry, I'm sorry to disturb you. I swear if there was no other way, I would never..."
Henry the Elk frowned, directly interrupted Principal Woods' words, and severely reprimanded him:
"My time is precious and I don't want to hear your nonsense. I only give you three minutes."
Faced with Henry's attitude, which was like training a dog, Principal Woods became more and more flattering:
"Mr. Henry, I'm a little worried."
After the words fell, Elk raised his eyebrows. He looked at the human in front of him, and then sneered:
"What are you worried about? Hasn't the issue of the protest been resolved? They have dispersed."
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Principal Woods' expression was full of worry:
"Having said that, Roosevelt was difficult to deal with. He was not an ordinary person."
There is no airtight wall in this world.
Besides, New York is a city that can't hide any secrets, at least for some people.
Principal Woods is not afraid of the polar bear.
In his opinion, no matter how powerful the polar bear is, can it be more powerful than Senator Henry in front of him?
He is just a laborer carrying big bags at the dock.
In the city of New York.
It has never been those mud-legged people who really determine the direction of Animal Man.
It's the fourteen congressmen who hold the real power.
But something changed in this matter.
Because Roosevelt is here!
Although Donkey's crotch has shrunk over the years, he is indeed a parliamentarian, and a more powerful politician than Congressman Henry!
Congressman Henry knows what Woods is thinking.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed over to find him in a hurry.
As a half-owning man, Henry naturally didn't want anything to go wrong with this cash cow.
So the next moment he said with relief:
"Relax, starting from the generation of Roosevelt, this world has been your elephant's world.
Of course, Wilson's donkey was an accident, but that's not important. What's important is that America is the America of elephants. "
Woods wiped the sweat from his forehead with a worried expression:
"But I still..."
With a raised brow, Councilor Henry interrupted the other party directly.
He heard the other person's fear.
This made the elk's eyes become cold:
"Or what? Is Franklin no longer fragrant, or is your dirty conscience finding you again? Are you afraid?"
Under the cold gaze of the elk, Principal Woods' heart trembled, and he denied in a panic:
"I don't."
Looking at the fearful Woods in front of him, Councilor Henry's expression slowed down and he said slowly:
"Woods, you are great, but that doesn't mean you are the only one who is great.
There are many elementary school principals in New York. They are not as wealthy as you, driving luxury cars and living in big houses.
You should pay as much as you get. If you want to quit, I won't stop you. "
Paying may not necessarily result in gain, but not paying will definitely result in no gain.
Principal Woods understood this early on.
So he chose to join the Elks.
Relying on the identity of the opponent's animal councillor, plus some of the contacts he has accumulated.
Over the years, his Woods Elementary School has been sucking blood from Animal Man like crazy.
But men stumble and horses stumble.
Woods knows he's a nobody.
It can be seen from his attitude towards polar bears that Woods is a very self-aware person.
He can't afford to offend Congressman Henry, and he can't afford to offend Roosevelt even more.
He came to Milu in the hope that the other party could help him solve the problem, but judging from Milu's attitude?
It was exactly the same as the way he treated his teachers.
He wanted these people to make him unconscionable money, but he didn't want to take any responsibility.
So after a moment of silence, Woods sighed in his heart and whispered:
"I'm very sorry."
For this money tree that is about to fly away?
Congressman Henry's eyes flashed with displeasure.
But in the end, he did not choose to take action on the spot, but waved his hand:
"I know, go down."
As Principal Woods left, there was a knock on the door.
A goat butler with a goatee and a black double-breasted vest walked in:
"Sir, the Basinis of the five major families are outside the door."
Councilor Henry raised his eyebrows, as if he had an idea in his mind.
But think about it carefully?
Finally he shook his head:
"Forget it, help me arrange it and let these two people meet. I hope Woods, this idiot, can understand what I mean."
The goat steward nodded, and then asked:
"Where's Mr. Bassini?"
Congressman Henry has no favorable impression of the leader of the five major families.
But there is no way, people need money to survive, and the gang's private liquor industry is huge profits.
Compared with humans, animals have natural advantages in smuggling.
Just thinking about the competition for the moonshine market.
The increasingly fierce conflict between the five major families headed by Bassini and the Corleone family?
The irritable Elk rubbed his eyebrows. He thought for a long time and finally made a choice:
"Entertain him with the highest standards, and then tell him that I am sick. Don't say anything and let him judge for himself. In short, everything about him has nothing to do with us."
After saying this, Councilor Henry exhaled irritably and cursed in a low voice:
"Damn, I hope this idiot can be smarter, I don't want to mess with that bear!"
