Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 51: Aftermath of the Great Depression
"You are a very nice fellow, sir."

No, I'm not, kid.

Picking up the last piece of bread on the table with a newspaper, and handing it to the ragged child in front of him, Colin silently replied in his heart.

From the very beginning, his purpose in this move was not pure.

Limited by the printing technology, there will always be some defective products in the printing process of newspapers.

This, as sales of the Courier grew, became especially evident in the paper's old rotary machines.

Generally, when such a situation occurs, Old John will manually adjust the rotary machine to avoid continuous printing of wrong newspapers and periodicals.

But in the long run, there are still a lot of "waste newspapers" accumulated in the Courier newspaper. Naturally, these misprinted newspapers cannot be sold as normal newspapers, or sold to newsboys for distribution.Keeping it, besides occupying space, has no other effect.

Generally speaking, the final destination of these "waste newspapers" in the past is either to become a "blanket" for homeless people, or to be used as garbage for boiling water in newspaper offices.

However, Colin seems to have thought of a new way to use these newspaper wastes.

An old newspaper with misprints, if thrown in the trash, they are definitely trash.

But if it is used to package food, the value of these newspapers seems to have changed accordingly, especially the party receiving the food, most of them are at the bottom of the era of the Great Depression, and they are also beyond the reach of newspapers and media. that group of people.

You can't expect a person who can't even eat to spend money to buy a newspaper.

What happens in the world means nothing to them because it doesn't change the fact that they don't have enough to eat, and it doesn't change them much.The news reported in the newspaper may be very important, but to them, it seems so insignificant.

Most of the lower classes are doing everything they can to maintain their lives, and you can't demand more from them.

This is the Great Depression, the most real life at the bottom of this era.

Colin couldn't change much about this.

He is just the owner of a newspaper, even if he has some special abilities.

But in this day and age, it's still a little insignificant.

This may be the reason why "Superman" will be popular in this era. People yearn for the appearance of Superman and hope that there will be an omnipotent existence to save them from the bottomless quagmire.

Or these people also know deep down that even Superman can't save everyone.

Of course, Colin didn't intend to save everything in this era.

That's what the president of the United States should do, not him.

All he did was buy some cheap pork liver bread.

Give them away, along with those misprinted old newspapers, to gain 【Faith】.

Find a new place for these useless waste newspapers.

……

After handing out the last piece of bread in his hand, Colin gestured to Little John beside him with his eyes.

The latter nodded, and stepped forward to persuade the queue in front of the newspaper office who still refused to leave: "It's gone, the bread is gone, you guys go to line up elsewhere..."

Driven by Little John, the crowd in these teams reluctantly dispersed.

"Sir, will you still distribute bread here tomorrow?"

Through Little John's arm, a child who looked only four or five years old stared at Colin with blank eyes.

"will not."

Stretching out his hand to stop Little John, Colin squatted down, looked at the ragged child in front of him, and shook his head.

Hearing Colin's words, the child's eyes showed obvious disappointment: "Will there be no more bread in the future?"

Looking at the frail child in front of him and the crowd who were reluctant to disperse in front of the newspaper office, Ke Lin was silent for a while, and then said: "There will be, but it will not be until next Monday."

It takes at least a week to save a certain amount of newspapers.

"Okay, sir."

Nodding, the child said to Colin in an expectant tone.

All for 【Faith】.

Hearing this, Ke Lin said to himself silently in his heart.

……

The tables placed outside will be brought back into the office.

The whole relief has come to an end.

"boss……"

Walking into the newspaper office with a cardboard with the words 'Relief Bread' written on it, Little John still had some hesitation on his face.

"Are we really going to do relief every Monday in the future?"

Although, with the increase in sales of the "Courier", the newspaper has gotten rid of the previous predicament and gradually developed in a good direction.

However, the days when the newspaper was struggling were still engraved in his memory.It made him a little worried, whether such an approach would affect the newspaper and indirectly affect his income.

"It's just simple relief. If we don't do it, someone will."

"When the situation improves, no one will come over."

As a time traveler, Colin knows that the Great Depression cannot last forever. With Roosevelt taking office and the implementation of the New Deal, the haze caused by the Great Depression will gradually dissipate.

"Is it getting better?"

However, for Little John, who was in the Great Depression, he obviously didn't believe that the situation that Colin said would improve.

On the contrary, he felt that the Great Depression would continue forever, and the days that followed would become more and more difficult.

The number of residents in 'Hoover Village' is increasing day by day. It is said that the size of the entire 'Hoover Village' has grown from a few hundred households to tens of thousands, and this number is still growing.Even in the community where Little John lived, many residents who could not afford to eat were forced to move into the 'Hoover Village'.

Sensing the unbelief in Little John's eyes, Colin didn't say much.

He is very clear that in such an era of economic depression, people's thinking cannot be reversed so easily.

Even, even if the Great Depression ends in the future, the economy will recover again.

However, the imprint of the era formed by the Great Depression has long been deeply engraved in the memory of people in this period, and even changed their lives ever since.

Many people suffer from the post-traumatic effects of the Great Depression, even years after the end of the Great Depression, and decades later.

Fred *** was one of the victims of the aftermath of the Great Depression. He never allowed his sons to show a soft side.He wanted his sons to be "vicious", not to be like sheep, but instead to be "killers".Materials are obtained through robbing, and one must always be on guard against being taken away. This kind of instability in the bones is vividly manifested.

"Man is the cruelest animal. Life is a series of battles, and the result is not winning or losing." - 45th President of the United States.

　Thanks for the 500 starting coins from the prehistoric giant pit, the 1040 starting coins from Evergreen 5000, and the 100 starting coins from the kindergarten just now.

　　In addition, the new book continues to ask for support~
　　
　
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