Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 296
【Faith (37890/1000000)】

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

Colin looked away from Charles Adams and the others, and then landed on the text in front of him.

The countdown to the sinking of the big ship in the "Messenger of the World" is still going on, but under the influence of Roosevelt's "fireside chat", at present, most people care about their banknotes in the bank.

Although the panic faded away, it didn't go away completely.

Even a 'geek' like Charles Adams, who is usually completely immersed in his own world, has proposed his own method 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 helpful to the collection of [Faith], the premise is that the social turmoil is maintained within a certain range.

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

Secondly, in terms of TV promotion, Ke Lin also needs enough families to support the development of this industry.

This is why he offered to help Roosevelt, and his insights led to 'fireside talks'.

This in itself is a mutually beneficial thing.

Of course, the financial panic that has swept across the United States is not without its benefits.

At least in the stock market, the overall sluggish stock market provided Colin with a good opportunity. During this period, Luo Stone successfully completed the acquisition of most oil stocks in the market, ahead of Paul Gay. Dee took it into his hands.

At present, the oil stocks in Ke Lin's hands have occupied a certain amount of weight, but there is still a clear gap compared with oil giants like Mobil.

In particular, the Seaside United Oil Company in the hands of Mobil will be the focus of Ke Lin's next acquisition.

In fact, regarding this point, he already had a plan in mind.

If he remembers correctly, until next year, Roosevelt will review the property of the most powerful family 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 Some of the shares in the hands will definitely be sold.

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

The financial panic caused by the banks not only caused a national crisis, but also caused Roosevelt quite a headache during this period.

Therefore, he is quite interested in the inheritance tax that Colin said.

At present, members of the Democratic Party have begun to try to promote relevant review bills. If it were not for the impact of domestic economic and people's livelihood issues, it might have already taken shape.

Even so, the establishment of the censorship case 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 Seashore United Oil Company is troublesome, it is very important. Only when he has enough funds can he carry out subsequent expansion, including the acquisition of Paramount.

After completing the upgrade of [Silver Mark], Colin was very clear.

Mere comics or radio dramas are no longer enough to support the collection of 100 million [Faith], at least they cannot grow rapidly.

Therefore, the upcoming expansion of industries related to Superman has become the focus of Colin's next development in the positive world.

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

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 composition is extremely complicated, and without enough capital, it is simply not enough to support the acquisition of the entire studio.

Moreover, in the hands of Colin today, there are not many suitable candidates to reorganize Paramount.

After all, his connections in Hollywood were not fully formed, and the current depression in the film industry is not an appropriate time to enter.

"We'll have to wait a little longer."

Silently admonishing himself in his heart, Colin set his sights on the square machines in the office.

This is the first generation of TVs produced by the Messenger TV Factory, and although RCA's TV patents continue, this does not affect the factory's TV production.

After all, before the lawsuit was judged, the patent for the TV still belonged to Ferro Farnsworth, and the Messenger TV factory had the right to produce TV products.

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

During this period, there were very few stations producing television programs.

The TV set in Ke Lin'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 day and age, televisions are still quite rare items.

Even the well-informed editor of the "Courier Welt" is very curious about this machine that can broadcast images on the screen.

The editor-in-chief of "Messenger World" entered Ke Lin's office more than once to discuss the internal personnel arrangement of the newspaper.

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

……

Right in the world, with the promulgation of the "Emergency Banking Act", it symbolized the beginning of Roosevelt's "New Deal".

However, regarding the future of the 'New Deal', in fact, everyone, including Roosevelt, was uncertain.

Affected by this confusion, Ke Lin deliberately drew it into the comics through the serialization in the "Messenger of the World".

The story continues Superman's wandering in the universe, and tells that after he left the 'bank world', he continued to wander in the vast universe. On this day, he came to a planet that was also wandering in the universe, and saw many So many different aliens.

Through super brain power, Superman easily learned the language of these aliens, and in the conversation with one of the aliens that looked like a lobster, he learned about the history of this wandering star.

A nomad race, that's the Lobster Alien's definition of an alien living on this planet.

It turned out that these aliens left their own planet due to various problems. Some of them were expelled for violating the laws of the planet, their entire hometown disappeared overnight, and most of them could not adapt to living on their own planet. life, chose self-expulsion.

It is worth mentioning that when Superman heard the lobster alien mentioned that his hometown was missing, he subconsciously remembered a familiar name in his mind - Brainiac.

This description fits well with Brainiac's handwriting.

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

Here, some wanderers settled down, but most of them just took a temporary shelter on this planet.

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

There seems to be no future for the wanderers on the wandering star.

Superman chose to settle on the wandering star, because he himself is exiling himself.

During the time of the wandering star's life, Superman gradually forgot the earth and his identity as a superman. He seemed to 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.

Drifting aimlessly in the endless universe, Superman often stands on the highest mountain of the wandering star, watching the wandering star drifting in the universe.And sometimes, he would question his friend, the lobster alien who is also a wanderer.

Aren't they curious, where will the wandering stars go?
In this regard, the lobster alien told Superman that no alien on the wandering planet cares about this, because they are all wanderers, and the universe is just a bigger wandering place for them.

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

A cosmic tyrant finds a rogue star.

Mongo: "What's that?"

Alien slave: "A wandering planet."

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

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

The appearance of Mongo forced Superman to stand up and fight to protect the wandering star and the cosmic tyrant.

And it was during this process that Superman figured it out.

Even after leaving the earth, he still did not let go of his mission as a superhero to protect the people and fight against evil forces.

……

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

Although, some readers still expressed their love for the plot of the earth, hoping that he can put the story back into the metropolis.

However, more readers were attracted by the variety of alien stories depicted in Colin's cartoons.

And about these stories with the background of wandering in the universe, they were later collectively referred to as the Superman wandering series by readers.

In the wandering series of stories, it can be clearly felt that Ke Lin has integrated more realistic issues into the plots of the comics. From the previous bank world to the current series of wandering star stories, this creative technique reflecting realistic themes, the fact It's not uncommon in comics.

The creation of many comics is actually based on the prototype of real stories.

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

The content of the comic describes the story of a once successful man who was forced to become a street apple vendor during the Great Depression to help his family through that difficult time.

But the difference in the story of "Superman" is that although he also takes reality as the prototype, 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 Mungo.

Readers, too, seemed inspired.

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

……

In addition to the serialization on the "Messenger of the World", Colin did not give up other ways to obtain [Faith].

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

Among them, what is surprising is that the most popular authorized peripherals are not items such as schoolbags and masks.

But in cooperation with the soap factory, the Superman soap made with Superman as a mold was unexpectedly popular.

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

In this regard, Colin was a little puzzled at first. Compared with most peripherals, Superman soap is not so eye-catching, why it is especially favored by housewives.

However, after an investigation by the "Messenger of the World", it became clear that for most families, Superman's related peripherals, especially dolls and Lego made in his image, are still too expensive. For housewives in this period , is not a small expense.

In contrast, the soap made in the image of Superman is not only cheaper in price, but also can replace children's toys while taking into account the practicality. It is the first choice of many parents who cannot afford Superman dolls. In a way, it is actually a kind of helplessness in real life.

Understand this, but it is definitely interesting, Colin also immediately increased the cooperation with the soap factory, authorized more superman images to be produced by the soap factory, not only the soap with superman flying, but also the one that emits heat vision, Spit out frozen breath, various shaped soaps, and change the flowers to provide choices for housewives. For a time, many people have more than one Superman soap in their homes.

For Ke Lin, the purpose of the surrounding area is not only to bring income, but also to be able to obtain more [faith].

Since Superman soap has such a function, he will naturally not miss this opportunity.

(End of this chapter)