Chapter 295 Wandering (1/2)

[Faith (37890/1000000)]

On the top floor of the Pulitzer Building, in a gilded circular office.

Colin withdrew his gaze from Charles Adams and others, and then fell on the text in front of him.

The countdown to the sinking of the ship in the "Courier World" continued, but influenced by Roosevelt's "fireside chat", most people are still concerned about their banknotes.

Although the panic has faded, it has not completely gone away.

Even Charles Adams, a "weirdo" who is usually completely immersed in his own world, has proposed his own way of saving money, which shows how far-reaching the impact of this financial crisis is.

For Colin, this is not a good thing.

Although the Great Depression is conducive to the collection of [Faith], the premise is that social unrest is maintained within a certain range.

Once the entire society collapses due to the financial crisis, the first to bear the brunt are non-essential livelihood materials such as newspapers.

Secondly, in the promotion of televisions, Colin also needs enough families to support the development of this industry.

This is why he took the initiative to help Roosevelt and facilitate the "fireside chat".

This is a mutually beneficial thing in itself.

Of course, the financial panic that swept across the United States was not without benefits.

At least in the stock market, the overall sluggish securities market provided Colin with a good opportunity. During this period, Luo Stone successfully completed the acquisition of most of the oil stocks in the market, grabbing them before Paul Getty.

At present, the oil stocks in Colin's hands have occupied a certain weight, but there is still a clear gap compared to oil giants such as Mobil.

In particular, the Seaside United Oil Company in Mobil's hands is the focus of Colin's next acquisition.

In fact, he had already anticipated this.

If he remembered correctly, next year, Roosevelt would review the most powerful family property in the country, and as the largest shareholder of Mobil, Rockefeller must confess all his shares. If he does not want to pay high inheritance taxes, Rockefeller will definitely sell some of his shares.

This is Colin's opportunity. In fact, in his previous meeting with Roosevelt, he had already implicitly raised the issue of inheritance tax.

The financial panic caused by the bank not only caused a national crisis, but also caused Roosevelt a lot of headaches during this period.

Therefore, he was quite interested in the inheritance tax mentioned by Colin.

At present, Democratic lawmakers have begun to try to promote relevant review bills. If it were not for the impact of domestic economic and livelihood issues, it might have been formed long ago.

Even so, the establishment of the review bill is imperative, and it may even be launched earlier than in history.

With Colin's current relationship in the White House, it is not difficult to understand the progress of the bill.

Although the acquisition of the Seaside United Oil Company is troublesome, it is very important. Only with sufficient funds can he carry out subsequent expansion, including the acquisition of Paramount.

After completing the upgrade of [Silver Seal], Colin is very clear.

Simple comics or radio dramas are no longer enough to support the collection of one million [Faiths], at least they cannot grow rapidly.

Therefore, the industry related to Superman that is about to be expanded has become the focus of Colin's development in the positive world.

Compared with paper media, the film industry is more circulated around the world. A newspaper can only be read by a few people at most, while a movie can provide him with an entire cinema audience.

However, the funds in Colin's hands are not enough for him to complete the acquisition of Paramount.

As one of the eight major film studios in Hollywood, Paramount's internal structure is extremely complex, and without sufficient capital, it is not enough to support the acquisition of the entire studio.

Moreover, Colin now does not have many suitable candidates to reorganize Paramount.

The connections he has established in Hollywood have not been fully formed after all, and the current depression in the film industry is not a suitable time to enter.

"Wait a little longer."

After silently admonishing himself in his heart, Colin turned his eyes to the square machine in the office.

This is the first generation of televisions produced by the Courier TV Factory. Although the patent of televisions with the American Radio Corporation is still in progress, it does not affect the factory's television production.

After all, before the lawsuit is decided, the patent of televisions still belongs to Ferro Farnsworth, and the Courier TV Factory has the right to produce television products.

As the first batch of industrialized television products, this machine still has many obvious defects in performance, such as picture clarity and signal reception.

During this period, radio stations that produce TV programs were rare.

The TV in Colin's office, except for a few hours of live broadcasts on weekday evenings, is actually just a simple decoration at other times.

But even so, in this era, televisions are considered quite rare items.

For this machine that can play pictures on the screen, even the well-informed editor of the "Courier World" is very curious.

The editor-in-chief of the "Courier World" has entered Colin's office more than once to discuss the issue of internal personnel arrangements in the newspaper.

Moreover, the time for each discussion happened to be during the hours when the TV screen was being broadcast.

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In the current world, with the introduction of the "Emergency Banking Act", it symbolizes the beginning of Roosevelt's "New Deal".

However, in fact, everyone including Roosevelt had no idea about the future of the New Deal.

Affected by this confusion, Colin specially drew it into comics through the serialization in "The Courier World".

The story follows Superman's wanderings in the universe and tells how he continued to wander in the vast universe after leaving the 'bank world'. On this day, he came to a planet that was also floating in the universe and saw many things. So many different aliens.

Through his super brain power, Superman easily learned the language of these aliens, and while talking to one of the aliens who looked like a lobster, he learned about the history of this wandering planet.

Wandering race, this is the definition of lobster aliens for aliens living on this planet.

It turns out that these aliens left their own planet due to various problems. Some of them were expelled because they violated the laws of the planet, some disappeared from their hometown overnight, and most of them were unable to adapt to their own planet. In life, I chose self-deportation.

It is worth mentioning that when Superman heard the lobster alien mention that his hometown was missing, a familiar name subconsciously came to mind - Brainiac.

This description fits Bruniac's writing very well.

These aliens wandering in the universe finally gathered on the same planet, which is the wandering star where Superman is now.

Here, some wanderers have settled down, but most of them just use this planet as a temporary shelter.

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From the aliens living on the wandering stars, Superman felt the confusion in them, which was a kind of confusion and confusion about the future.

The wanderer on the wandering star seems to have no future.

Superman chose to settle on the rogue star because he was in self-exile.

While living on the Wandering Star, Superman gradually forgot about the earth and his identity as Superman. He seemed to have become one of the thousands of wanderers on the Wandering Star.

He grew a beard and his appearance became decadent, and the wandering star was also drifting in the universe during this period.

Floating aimlessly in the endless universe, Superman would often stand on the highest mountain of the rogue star and watch the rogue star drifting in the universe. Sometimes, he would question his friend, the lobster alien, who was also a wanderer.

Aren't they curious about where the stray stars will drift to?

In this regard, the lobster alien told Superman that no alien on the wandering star cares about this, because they are all wanderers, and the universe is just a larger wandering place for them.

And just when Superman himself will wander with the wandering stars in the distant and boundless universe forever.

A cosmic tyrant discovers the rogue star.

Mongo: "What is that?"

Alien Slave: "A wandering planet."

Mongo: "From now on, it will no longer wander because it has a new owner."

This powerful alien who drives a planet-sized mobile fortress "War World" rampant in the universe, driving thousands of slaves to conquer alien stars and perform gladiatorial battles for him, values ​​​​Superman and the wandering planet where the wandering people are, and feels that it will It conquers and becomes one of its many slaves.

The appearance of Mongo forced Superman to step forward and fight to protect Wandering Star and this cosmic tyrant.

And it was during this process that Superman understood.

Even after leaving the earth, he still did not give up his mission as a superhero, protecting the people and fighting against evil forces.

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Starting from the plot of the pocket universe, readers can clearly feel that Colin has transferred the content of the "Superman" story to the universe.

Although, some readers still expressed their love for the plot on Earth and hoped that he could put the story back into Metropolis.

However, more readers are attracted by the various alien stories depicted in Colin's comics.

These stories with the background of wandering in the universe were later collectively referred to as the Superman Wandering series by readers.

In the Wandering series of stories, it can be clearly felt that Colin has integrated more realistic issues into the comic plots, from the previous bank world to the current series of Wandering Star stories. This creative method that reflects realistic themes, facts It's not uncommon in comics.

Many comic creations are actually based on prototypes of real stories.

For example, the comic book story "Apple Mary" tells the story of a man who sold apples during the Great Depression.

The content of the comic tells the story of a once successful man who was forced to become an apple vendor on the streets during the Great Depression to help his family survive that difficult era.

But the difference in the story of "Superman" is that although he is also based on reality, he cleverly integrates it into the story.

Although readers who read comics can perceive the reflection of the background of the comics on reality, most of them are still guided by the content of the plot.

Especially when in the comics, the wandering Superman stepped forward again and revealed his superhero identity to the alien tyrant Mongo.

The readers seemed to feel encouraged.

"During the Great Depression, Colin Looper and his creation Superman became a beacon in the hearts of the people, illuminating this era full of confusion."

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In addition to the serialization in the Courier World, Colin did not give up other ways to gain [faith].

In terms of Superman's authorization, there are currently more than a hundred series of peripherals related to Superman. Although it is far less than the fraction of Disney, it is also among the best in the authorization of the same series.

Among them, surprisingly, the most popular authorized peripherals are not items such as school bags and masks.

Instead, the Superman soap made with Superman as a mold in cooperation with the soap factory is unexpectedly popular.

It even occupies a certain market among housewives, and many housewives have specially written to soap manufacturers, hoping that they can produce more soaps with Superman as the shape.

In this regard, Colin was a little confused at first. Compared with most peripherals, Superman soap is not so eye-catching. Why is it particularly favored by housewives?

However, after the investigation of Le Monde Courier, it became clear that for most families, Superman-related peripherals, especially dolls and Lego made in his image, were still too expensive, and for housewives of this period, it was a considerable expense.

In comparison, soap made in the image of Superman was not only cheaper in price, but also practical and could replace children's toys. It was the first choice for many parents who could not afford Superman dolls. In a way, this decision was actually a kind of helplessness in real life.

After understanding this, Colin immediately increased his cooperation with the soap factory and authorized more Superman images for the soap factory to produce. There were not only soaps with Superman flying, but also soaps with heat vision and freezing breath. Various shapes of soaps were provided for housewives to choose from. For a time, many people had more than one Superman soap at home.

For Colin, the purpose of peripherals was not only to bring in income, but also to gain more [belief].

Since Superman soap had such a function, he would naturally not miss this opportunity.