Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 330 Choosing a Target
"This is an opportunity..."

West 52nd Street, inside the 21st restaurant.

Colin reminded LaGuardia in front of him that Roosevelt's coming to power had changed the long-standing political situation in Washington, especially the abolition of "Prohibition", which increased Roosevelt's reputation by several percentage points.

To some extent, this also benefited from the political legacy of the former President Hoover.

Hoover pulled the base low enough that Roosevelt felt like a bonus no matter what he did.

At present, there are almost no opposition forces that can compete with him in the entire Capitol Hill, and it is even more difficult for the Republican Party to condense too strong opposition forces.

This is obviously a bad thing for the entire Republican Party in Congress, but it is a good thing for Fiorello Henry LaGuardia.

He himself does not have a clear position within the Republican Party, and even many Republicans ridiculed him that he should go to the Democratic Party. Within a conservative party, LaGuardia has always insisted on his liberal position.

This obviously made him controversial no matter whether he was in the House of Representatives career or running for mayor. Not long ago, the "Denver Post" publicly reported that Jean LaGuardia: "Go back to the place where his ancestors lived. Except There is nowhere in New York that has the shamelessness to have such a man represent itself in Congress."

At the same time, conservatives also attacked LaGuardia's size, thinking that a guy of his origin could actually influence the US government.

But all this did not affect LaGuardia's performance in the New York mayoral election. On the contrary, he publicly supported Roosevelt's position, which allowed him to lead the way in the election process. The public's support for Roosevelt was also projected to a certain extent. For LaGuardia, this is almost impossible for a Republican mayoral candidate.

In politics, the worst thing is not the people who disagree, but the people who don't care.

And with the support of the Courier-World, LaGuardia always gets enough attention, for better or for worse.

That alone puts him ahead of many of his opponents.

"Currently in New York City, in addition to the economic problems, what New Yorkers feel the most is the deterioration of law and order, especially after the abolition of the "Prohibition Law", the law and order in New York City has further problems, lost The bootlegging gangs will have to start a new business, and neither will bring peace and stability to the city."

Publicly supporting Roosevelt's position can already represent part of LaGuardia's economic policies, so what he needs to focus on next is how to restore the city's law and order to a reassuring level.

"what do you mean?"

LaGuardia was well aware of Colin's role in Roosevelt's campaign, so when he heard his proposal, he immediately showed an attitude of listening.

"In politics, choosing a suitable target is often more important than a friend. It can not only boost your reputation but also pull your status to the same level as the other party."

"Are you asking me to attack my opponent?"

Hearing Colin's remarks, LaGuardia frowned slightly.

"Do not."

Shaking his head, Colin corrected: "You should aim at the target, not at the opponent. Our goal is to win the final victory. Although your opponent may become your target in the process, it is definitely more than that. At present, in the overall polls, you have always maintained a certain advantage, so we should not target those opponents who have lower polls than you."

Playing high and playing low is not a wise thing in itself, because such an approach will only raise the opponent's level.

Therefore, choosing a more suitable target is the main axis of the next LaGuardia mayor campaign in New York. As for this target, in fact, Colin already has a plan in mind.

"Tammany Association, it is the main axis of our next attack."

As the largest political institution in New York, the Tammany Association itself is inextricably linked to the economy and security of the entire New York, not to mention the relationship between the institution itself and the Democratic Party. If LaGuardia wants to come to power, Tammany The Nigerian Association is the biggest obstacle.

Not to mention, the relationship between Colin himself and the Tammany Association is not happy. From the "Courier", he has been threatened by the Tammany Association either explicitly or implicitly.

Colin didn't think he was a generous person, so naturally it was impossible to just let the Tammany Association continue to exist.

"As the Democratic party's political machine in New York City, choosing the Tammany Institute as an opponent will largely summon the support of Republican voters for you. Your position on the 'New Deal' has already won the favor of Roosevelt voters. The combination of the two will allow the entire election to develop in a more favorable direction."

"I'll get ready right away."

If it was another goal, LaGuardia might hesitate a little bit, but the Tammany Association itself is one of LaGuardia's planned campaign goals.

Therefore, after listening to Colin's suggestion, LaGuardia gave an affirmative answer without hesitation.

"A new government, for the good of the people, one with compassion for the weak and the unfortunate, and merciless for the wicked and corrupt!" - Le Monde de Courier

The day after meeting at Restaurant 21, LaGuardia made his commitment and position public on the front page of the Courier-World.

At the same time, on the next page, he directly pointed out that the corruption of the Tammany Association was the culprit that led to the corruption of public security in New York, and promised that as long as he came to power, he would investigate and clean up the Tammany Association as soon as possible.

LaGuardia's clear attitude also attracted a huge backlash within the Tammany Association.

And publicly stated in the media that LaGuardia's grandstanding is just to make him look as conspicuous as ordinary people. These slanderous remarks are the essence of him as a Republican, trying to drag the whole thing Back to the bipartisan struggle.

The words of both LaGuardia and Tammany Association have become another topic of concern in New York City after the abolition of the "Prohibition Law", and it will also increase LaGuardia's already leading polls. some.

"Messenger World" also took advantage of the momentum of the dispute between the two sides to slightly increase the sales of the newspaper.

For a newspaper with a circulation of more than one million, this is obviously something worth celebrating.

Of course, what Ke Lin cares most about is still the serialization of "Superman".

Relying on the circulation of "Courier Welt" in the millions, the serialization can provide him with a certain amount of "faith" every day.

In addition to the "Superman" quarterly that will be released again soon, the current [Faith] that Colin has gained has successfully broken through to around 40, which is almost half of the upgrade to the [Golden Mark].

【Faith (427500/1000000)】

It's just that the collection of [Faith] became slower as time went on. After two years of serialization, the public has gradually become accustomed to the role of Superman. After losing the initial novelty, the growth of [Faith] has also entered a stable stage. Therefore, How to increase the collection speed of [Faith] has become the main issue that Colin is currently considering.

At present, the "Superman" TV animation produced by Disney has completed the modification of the ending part, and Roy is rushing to New York with the animated celluloid film.

That's right, animation production during this period was mainly done with celluloid film.

The entire animation film screening process is completed by superimposing dynamic characters on a static background, which is also the mainstream of animation playback at present. Even Disney's current production of "Snow White" is completed with such film.

Considering the importance of "Superman" TV animation, Disney did not dare to hand it over to someone else for safekeeping, so it could only be escorted by Roy himself. At the same time, he also had another purpose in traveling to New York this time, that It is raising funds.

That's right, after Ke Lin gave an investment last time, the crew of "Snow White" ran out of money again.

If it wasn't for Colin, who is a latecomer, who is well aware of the box office achievements of the animation "Snow White", so he doesn't have too many worries about investment, if it is someone else who has already been paid by a company like Disney The speed scares me away.

……

Mutant world, inside the shelter.

It was still some time before Roy escorted the "Superman" animation to New York, but the Avengers had already made some progress in repairing the belt.

"I didn't expect that you guys actually fixed this broken thing!"

In the laboratory, Wade couldn't help opening his mouth in surprise as he watched Tony activate the belt.

He also because this shit can never be activated again.

"It's not fully fixed."

Compared to Wade's exclamation, the expression on Tony's face was much calmer.

"According to the structural diagram, although we have roughly completed the repair of the damaged part of the belt, the most critical core part has not made any progress."

This core part is also the most important setting of the entire belt, so Tony is very cautious, fearing that it will be damaged accidentally, causing the entire belt to lose its function.

"I think maybe we should start with..."

Pushing his glasses, Banner looked at the belt in front of him and gave his opinion: "From the activation of the belt, at least we can confirm that the core parts are not damaged, as long as we can..."

bang——

While the two were talking in the laboratory, the suddenly closed door was slammed open.

The sudden loud noise made the two people in the laboratory instinctively put on guard. The surface of Tony's body was quickly wrapped in a battle suit deformed by nanoparticles, and a layer of green was visible to the naked eye on Banner's neck. skin.

"Sol?!"

However, in the next second, they could clearly see the figure rushing into the laboratory. It was the Avengers member Sol they were familiar with.

"What happened, Sol, you are not with the captain..."

Noticing the messy look on Sol's body, Tony frowned and asked.

"For Asgard!"

However, in the face of Tony's inquiry, Sol directly waved the storm battle ax in his hand, causing violent thunder to flood the entire laboratory in an instant.

"Stop him, don't let him destroy the belt!"

Seeing Sol who was attacking without hesitation, Tony and Banner didn't have much time to think, and reacted immediately. They couldn't let Sol continue to destroy like this.

Controlling the nano-suit on his body, he rushed towards Sol in front of him. At the same time, Banner on the other side turned around without hesitation and grabbed the belt in the laboratory into his arms.

"Hey, don't forget about me..."

Amidst the thunder and lightning, the hair that was struck by a bolt of lightning on the head stood up, and Wade looked at Banner in the laboratory and shouted.

"I don't want to be electrocuted into a ball of coke."

"Almost forgot!"

Hearing Wade's shout, Banner, who rushed towards the door of the laboratory, realized this, and quickly turned around and ran towards the direction of his head.

"Is that right, do I look like I can run by myself?"

Grabbing Wedegen's upright head with one hand, Banner desperately ran towards the exit of the laboratory amidst his chattering and complaining, and at the same time, his gaze inadvertently glanced at Tony and Saul on the other side of the laboratory.

"Friday!"

"According to the scan, the other party's emotions are very abnormal and may be controlled."

Inside the nano suit, artificial intelligence makes an analysis.

"I don't need you to tell me about this."

Gritting his teeth and controlling the transformation of the nano suit into a lock to fix Saul's wrist, Tony asked Friday.

"I'm asking what you can do to make him recover."

Only by recovering Sol can they know what happened to each other, and where Captain America and the others are now.

"There is only one way, sir."

Facing Tony's question, Friday quickly gave an answer.

"What is it?"

The violent lightning that erupted from Thor's hand instantly turned Tony's deformed lock into scorched black, and he raised his hand and turned it into a shield to block the blow of the storm axe. Tony asked distractedly.

"Call Colin Luper, sir."

While distracted, the huge force erupting from the opposite side of Sol knocked Sol fiercely into the air.

"If you don't tell me, I almost forgot."

With the propulsion device behind Nano, Thor's power was successfully counteracted, and the tense expression on Tony's face became relaxed.

While speaking, he raised his head and shouted in the messy laboratory.

"Colin, it's your turn."

"..."

However, unexpectedly, as Tony's voice fell, the entire laboratory was still silent, and no one appeared except Saul who was swinging an ax opposite him.

"Come on, buddy, this is not the time to joke around, we really need your help."

Looking at the empty figures around him, Tony's expression in the nano suit gradually froze.

Rumbling--

On the opposite side, Thor swung the storm battle ax in his hand, and a burst of thunder that was more violent than before wrapped around his body.

"No, really not, Colin?"

Looking at Sol who was lit up in front of him, Tony's tone became a little hesitant.

If so, then there is a problem.

(End of this chapter)