Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 184 The Daily Courier

"New Deal?"

He murmured and repeated Colin's description. For some reason, Roosevelt was particularly interested in his description of the 'New Deal'.

"Luper, are you interested in joining my campaign team?"

Putting down the knife and fork in his hand, Roosevelt extended an invitation to Colin in front of him.

The other party was very close to him in terms of political stance, and some of the proposals they put forward were even more attractive than Roosevelt's current campaign team, so he opened his mouth to invite.

Colin did not expect that he would cause such misunderstandings by taking the New Deal proposed by Roosevelt in the future as a suggestion.

"Feel sorry."

If it was replaced by someone else who maintained political ambitions, he might have agreed to Roosevelt's invitation.

Being able to participate in the presidential election team, even if the election fails in the end, is a political bonus for the participants themselves.

What's more, under the premise of knowing the future direction, Colin has no possibility of choosing the wrong one.

It's just a pity that Colin didn't intend to get too involved in politics. He was silent for a while before the dinner table, and then declined Roosevelt's invitation.

Let others do the work of saving the American people and the heat.

For Colin, collecting [Faith] to unlock abilities is the key, and everything else is just an effort for this purpose.

Whether it is political investment or stock market behavior, it is a process of accumulating capital.

"Sir, it's time to go to the next trip."

Looking down at the time on the watch, Zhuozhu came to Roosevelt and whispered a reminder.

As the next nominee of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt still had many things to deal with, and the dinner with Colin was just one of his many itineraries.

Although Colin rejected his invitation, Roosevelt didn't take it too seriously.

Not everyone likes to participate in politics. Even Roosevelt himself made a huge determination when he decided to return to politics.

"I'll take your advice into consideration, especially the part about the 'New Deal'."

Taking off the cloth napkin on his chest, Roosevelt and Colin shook hands lightly.

"Maybe you could call it 'The New Deal'."

Letting go of Roosevelt's palm, Colin said with a smile.

……

"waiter……"

Watching the assistant push Roosevelt away in the wheelchair, Colin drank the juice in the glass, stretched out his hand to call the waiter to check out, and then ended his lunch at 21 Restaurant.

Back in the Courier newspaper office, he began to work on the expansion of the supplement of the Courier newspaper.

At present, the "Courier" is only published on Wednesdays and weekends, and it mainly publishes the comics of "Superman". Although this has attracted a large number of readers to subscribe, it is actually not good for the long-term development of the newspaper, especially with the "Messenger" With the publication of "Manga" and the appearance of "Superman" quarterly, more and more readers will pay attention to other publications.

"...From now on, the "Messenger" will be renamed the "Messenger Daily". Except for the fixed serial comics on Wednesdays and weekends, the rest of the time will be based on normal news reports. Old John, I need you to contact the writer. Next Every day I need to see news coverage about the election."

Although he rejected Roosevelt's invitation to participate in the campaign team, this does not mean that Colin cannot intervene in the general election in his own way.

"The Courier" or the revised "Daily Courier", as the second largest newspaper in New York after the "World Journal", itself has a good influence.

"I'm going to contact you right now."

Old John naturally has no doubts about Colin's supplementary decision.

As an old man in the newspaper office, Old John experienced the worst period of the newspaper office. At the same time, he also witnessed Colin's development of the "Courier" from a local tabloid on the verge of bankruptcy to the second largest newspaper in New York. The newspaper has already unconditionally trusted Colin's decision.

Expanding the newspaper from the original two-day special issue to the daily news is not just a matter of verbal remarks. Others, whether it is the news paper used for printing and the cost of ink, are facts that need to be considered in advance. The most important of these is the print content of the news.

In this regard, even Colin didn't have much to do. He could only order Little John to take more photos, and at the same time let Francis collect more international news content to fill the pages of the "Daily Courier".

Of course, the most important thing is the coverage of the election.

There is no doubt that the direction of the report still takes Hoover as the main axis, adheres to the consistent position of the newspaper, and stands on the last post to send Hoover to step down.

As for whether such an approach will arouse Hoover's dissatisfaction, that is obviously not something that Colin needs to care about, and even if he is dissatisfied, so what.

Anyway, the other party can't sit in the White House for too long.

Even Colin hoped that Hoover would respond.

……

"Mellon pulled the whistle, Hoover rang the bell; (Mellon pulled the whistle, Hoover rang the bell,)
Wall Street sends a signal that the United States is rushing to hell! (Wall Street gave the signal and the country went to hell.)”

The next day, Monday morning.

On the streets of New York, newsboys sang long-lost nursery rhymes and shuttled through the streets and alleys.

"Outside the number, outside the number!"

"The "Courier" has been renamed the "Daily Courier". From now on, you can see the serialization of "Superman" on the "Daily Courier" every day!"

The content of the lyrics evokes the tragic situation of the Great Depression in the memory, the pedestrian tightened his coat, and stopped a newsboy passing by to ask.

"Is it really possible to see "Superman" every day?"

"Exactly!"

Picking up a copy of the "Daily Courier" and flipping to the page of the four-panel comic, the newsboy stretched out his tiny fingers stained black with ink, and pointed to the majestic Superman wearing a red cape on the newspaper and replied: "The Daily Courier Mr. Colin already said that from now on, there will be Superman every day!"

"Give me a copy of the Courier!"

Hearing the newsboy's answer, the pedestrian quickly took out a 2-cent coin from his pocket.

"It's the Daily Courier, sir."

After correcting the pedestrian's address, the newsboy took the coin and handed the newspaper in his hand to the other person, grabbed the rope on his body and continued to sell along the street.

"Mellon blows the whistle, Hoover rings the bell..."

Watching the thin figure of the newsboy leave, the passers-by withdrew their eyes and then put their attention back to the "Courier", no, it should be called "The Daily Courier" now.

"Millions of people live like animals!"

When I opened the newspaper, the first thing I saw was not the expected serialization of "Superman", but a news report about the Great Depression.

Beneath the sensational headline was a photo of a family living in 'Hooverville'.

The family in the photo is in shabby clothes. They live in a 'house' built of broken boards. The father leans on the wall and washes his thinning hair with the iron cans he picked up in the rain. The mother with a numb face is beside him, holding The crumbling wooden door, and in the gap of the wooden door, a child can be seen curled up in the corner, staring at the camera with curious eyes.

Although the "Daily Courier" has been using color printing for several months, in this photo, the newspaper still chooses black and white printing.

It is precisely the black and white photos that make people feel the helplessness of the family under the Great Depression.

If possible, who would want to live in 'Hooverville', where even washing can only be solved by rainwater.

What makes people feel even more desperate is that the Great Depression is not a past history, but a reality that really happened in this era.

"Didn't you say that "Superman" will be serialized?"

After being silent for a long time in front of the photos in the newspaper, the passer-by spoke in a voice that only he could hear.

While talking, he flipped through the "Daily Courier" in his hand, and finally saw the serialization of the comics where the newsboy turned the pages before.

It turned out that the so-called "Superman" serialization that the other party said every day was referring to the length of this page.

"If I knew it earlier, I should have asked more."

Some regretted his carelessness in his heart, but the eyes of pedestrians fell firmly on the content of the newspaper.

The Superman comic story, which appeared in Monday's Daily Courier, is shorter than previous installments.

It mainly tells that on a planet, Superman lost his ability, but Luthor, who was originally a villain, became the hero of this planet.

"Luthor becomes a superhero?"

Pedestrians who were still complaining just now became curious when they saw the content of the cartoon.

In the comics, Krypton does not exist, and Superman is just an ordinary youth living on a farm without the well-known superpowers.And Luthor, through his superhuman IQ, became a hero.

Looking at the statue of Luther erected in the center of the metropolis, a strange sense of absurdity emerges from the hearts of pedestrians.

As a loyal reader of the "Superman" comics, he has become accustomed to the setting of Superman as a superhero and Luthor as a supervillain, so when he saw Luthor incarnate as a hero in the short story, he had an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

"So, once there is no Superman in the world, won't Luthor become a super villain?"

Keeping this thought in mind, continue to look down.

The comics serialized Luthor as a hero, and after saving the metropolis again, he suddenly encountered a strong enemy.

She wears an exaggerated gown and calls herself Miss. Mxyzptlk (Ms. Trickster).

Ms. Mischief has a funny shape, but her power is unexpectedly powerful. She claims that she is a magician from the five-dimensional space and possesses various powerful magical abilities.

"Miss Trickster?"

Seeing Mrs. Trickster, who appeared in the comics, obviously looks like a female version of Mr. Trickster, the corners of Pedestrian's mouth can't help but twitch slightly.

"I don't know what kind of expression the real Mr. Troublemaker will show when he sees Mrs. Troublemaker."

In Pedestrian's thoughts, the serialized stories of comics are also continuing.

Using her own powerful magic, Mrs. Trickster took control of Luthor and sent him to another universe.

Open your eyes in the metropolis of another universe.

Luther couldn't help but look at the figure flying in the sky.

Hero Luthor: "Who's that?"

Pedestrian: "That's Superman."

Hero Luthor: "Superman?"

"Ms. Trickster sent Luthor to the world of Superman, so there are two Luthors in this world, a hero Luthor and a villain Luthor?!"

Because it is a short comic, the serialization of the story ends when Luthor comes to the world of Superman.

However, watching the scene of Superman flying by in the comics, Pedestrian's emotions became extremely excited. At this moment, he no longer cares about the "Daily Courier" issue, and only cares about the follow-up development of this short story.

Holding the newspaper in his hand, the passer-by fantasized about the scene where Superman meets this unique Luthor, and just imagining it has already made his heart beat a little bit.

"Why only serialize such a little bit, I still want to see the content behind."

"The next plot will not be available until Wednesday..."

His eyes fell on the last frame of the cartoon in the newspaper, and the passer-by said with a look of unfinished expression.

"No, don't wait another day!"

Immediately afterwards, he came back to his senses, flipping the newspaper to the headline on the front page, and looked at the "Daily Courier" on the newspaper with a dazed expression on his face.

"Just wait another day, and you will be able to see the follow-up plot."

Thinking of this, the pedestrian's mood calmed down a little.

"From now on, I will be able to see Superman every day."

Muttering and repeating the newsboy's slogan before, the pedestrian read the short series about Superman in his hand again, and then he closed the "Daily Courier" in his hand.

Undoubtedly, Colin played a trick on this publicity. Although the newsboys claimed that they could see the serialization of "Superman" in the "Daily Courier" every day, they did not say whether the serialization was a long story or a short one.

Such an approach will certainly cause dissatisfaction among some readers, but the wonderfulness of the short story just extinguishes the dissatisfaction in everyone's hearts, and turns the dissatisfaction of the people into expectations for the follow-up plot of the story.

Especially in the story, the world view of different universes makes the readers mesmerized after seeing the comic setting.

The concept of parallel universes is still a rare theme in this era.

Even the real formation of this concept had to wait until 1957, after the physicist Hugh Everest III proposed it. After a period of development, it was only known to the public. Before that, it was only a concept It exists in its rudimentary form and is rarely known to the public.

That is to say, without knowing it, Ke Lin had already portrayed the parallel universe concept through comics long before it came out, preconceived so that the public had an understanding of this concept, and became the leader of this concept.

Of course, even Colin himself may not have noticed this point.

After all, in his time, parallel universes were already well-known attempts by the public, especially since the anti-world he lived in could actually be regarded as a time-warped parallel universe of a superhero.

　Thanks for the reward of 500 starting coins in the pastoral forest.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)