The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 349

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: 0.172s Scan: 0.057sHe wanted to make things happen, but he didn’t want to let his handle fall into Hans’ hands.

President Harding couldn’t let him personally deal with this matter, so he had to find an agent to help him solve this matter!

And for this agent, President Harding chose Vanelk, the president of Goldman Sachs Group!

Vanelk, following Mainz’s instructions, has been contributing political donations to President Harding in recent years, helping him to participate in the 1924 election, allowing him to successfully win this election and get re-elected!

Because of the special election system of the Eagle Sauce, presidential candidates need to campaign one state at a time when participating in the election, and the way of election is winner-takes-all. In this case, each candidate needs a lot of money to go around to promote and participate in campaign activities.

These campaigns are very expensive, because they have to rent venues, hire security personnel, prepare propaganda slogans and slogans, and are also responsible for buying off the media for publicity.

If there is no big rich man behind them to support them, then they may not be able to afford such expenses at all and lose at the starting line.

Therefore, the election of the President of the United States is a game for the rich, and the poor are not qualified to participate at all!

President Harding was lucky because he got the support of Goldman Sachs.

Goldman Sachs was rich and powerful, and directly provided him with tens of millions of dollars in political donations. Such a large sum of money immediately opened up a big gap between him and other candidates. President Harding’s team could create more campaign activities, give speeches everywhere, and canvass for votes everywhere.

It was precisely by relying on such means that he was successfully re-elected and kept his position as president.

At this time, there were no special restrictions on the term of office of the President of the United States. In theory, he could be re-elected indefinitely, and there were no clear legal provisions to limit their terms of office.

Therefore, President Harding attached great importance to Goldman Sachs, which had supported him, because if he wanted to participate in the next election, then he must continue to get the support of Goldman Sachs!

After seeing the power of money, President Harding became obsessed with this power!

He knew that money could help him change his fate. Even though many presidential candidates in the last election had higher abilities and qualifications than him, he defeated them without any suspense with the large amount of funds sponsored by Goldman Sachs. This is the power of money!

For Vanelk and Goldman Sachs, helping President Harding in the election was a request from Mainz.

On the other hand, if they were tied to the Eagle Sauce President, their business development would be more beneficial. After all, with the convenience provided by the President behind them, everyone would have to give them three points of face!

The Eagle Sauce itself is already very powerful. If they are given a president with outstanding abilities, the development of the Eagle Sauce will only be faster.

A more powerful Eagle Sauce is not in Hans’s interest. Although Hans hopes to get some benefits from the hegemony between the Eagle Sauce and the Sun Never Sets, Mainz knows that there will be a war between the Eagle Sauce and Hans sooner or later. In this case, it is necessary to drag down the development of the Eagle Sauce as much as possible so that the gap in national strength between the Eagle Sauce and Hans will not be magnified to an outrageous degree!

Looking at all the presidents of the Eagle Sauce, it is really hard to find a person who is more stupid and useless than President Harding.

Therefore, supporting President Harding and letting him work in the position of the Eagle Sauce President for a few more years is something Mainz really wants to see.

That’s why he asked Vanelk and Goldman Sachs to sponsor President Harding, not only providing him with political donations to help him run for election, but also starting the propaganda machine under the Goldman Sachs Group to help him with propaganda.

In this era, the people’s access to channels is relatively single, mainly from major newspapers.

Goldman Sachs Group happens to have a large number of newspapers. Mainz is a time traveler, so he knows the importance of public opinion propaganda. He has long asked Vanelk to acquire the newspapers and magazines of the sauce, making these propaganda agencies their tools, speaking for them, so that they can secretly control and guide the direction of public opinion in North America.

This kind of propaganda machine has played a good role before. In the last presidential election, these propaganda machines once again made great contributions.

President Harding thought he won the election with huge political donations, but only Vanelk knew that it was with political donations and his own unremitting publicity that he raised his image from a bad reputation to a household name. Otherwise, how could President Harding be re-elected?

With his level of rotten fish and rotten shrimp, his reputation among the people is very bad. Under normal circumstances, the people will never vote for him!

Fortunately, the channels for the people to obtain intelligence are very single, and there are too many propaganda tools of Goldman Sachs. Various propaganda tools are used together to make white black and black white. As a result, President Harding’s competitors frequently broke out various scandals, while President Harding’s own scandals were hidden, and even received some positive reports from time to time. Under such circumstances

, the people thought they were choosing a general from a group of dwarfs, and they could only hold their noses and choose President Harding!

It was precisely because of this experience that President Harding trusted Vanelk and Goldman Sachs.

This time, when he encountered personal problems, the first person he thought of was Vanelk!

“President, what do you want to talk to me about?

President Harding found an excuse to investigate the market and the financial situation in Gotham City, and gathered a large group of big capitalists for a unified meeting.

While he was summoning these people, President Harding met with Vanelk alone.

“Ahem, Vanelk, you once said that you would always follow and support me, right?”

Because the matter was a little difficult to talk about, President Harding hesitated again and again before he opened his mouth. He really didn’t know whether he should say it or not.

He was worried that if he told Vanelk the news, it would destroy his glorious and majestic image in Vanelk’s heart.

In President Harding’s view, the reason why Vanelk supported him so firmly and even contributed so many political donations to him must be that he was moved by his talent and character, otherwise, his motives could not be explained at all.

President Harding didn’t know that in Vanelk’s heart, his image was not even as good as stinky dog shit, so what was the glorious and majestic talk, it was simply a joke!

However, Vanelk would not tell President Harding his true thoughts, so he nodded:”Of course, President, you are talented and have governed such a big country as our Eagle Sauce in an orderly manner. The people all talk about your achievements and admire your noble character. As a member of the Eagle Sauce, I am naturally proud of a president like you!”

Vanelke pinched his nose and praised President Harding fiercely.

When he said these words, he tried hard to suppress his nausea. If it weren’t for the mission entrusted to him by his motherland, he would never have said such disgusting words!

This is really disgusting. It might be more difficult for him to flatter a dog than to flatter President Harding!

President Harding didn’t know what Vanelke was really thinking. He was so overjoyed by Vanelke’s praise.

“Haha, it’s just some trivial things, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!”

Seeing President Harding’s serious expression, Vanelk felt nauseous again. In order to prevent himself from vomiting, he quickly changed the subject and asked:”By the way, President, you are in a hurry to see me for something. Is there anything I can do for you?” After hearing Vanelk’s flattery and seeing that the other party was so considerate and took the initiative to ask about his private affairs, President Harding couldn’t hide it any more.

So he said,”It’s like this. We lent Hans a lot of money before. I heard that Hans is developing very well now, so I plan to organize a group of people to go to Hans for an investigation. Some people are also considering going to the Alps in Odili for skiing and vacation. You know, there are many families of senior officials here, and it is not convenient for me to show up, so I hope you can preside over this matter and get it done!”

President Harding said cautiously. He tried his best not to let Vanelk see through his intention. He wanted to use this excuse to send his mistress away.

Vanelk understood President Harding’s intention the moment he opened his mouth, but he pretended to know nothing and immediately nodded to accept the arrangement:”Don’t worry, I will definitely get this done and will never let you down!”

“Good, very good, I was right about you!”

President Harding was very happy. After solving his biggest problem, his mood immediately improved.