[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

Although it is said that the Civil War liberated the black slaves, it did not erase racial discrimination.In another time and space, in the original book, because a large number of southerners lost their property and status, their right to speak declined repeatedly, and northern values ​​filled every corner.

But this time, because of Margot, a large number of southern families were saved from bankruptcy.According to the employees of the Atlanta banking industry at that time, whether it was the Southern Families Post-War Mutual Aid Foundation, the Southern Plantation Families Post-War Mutual Aid Program, or the later Peachtree Block Relocation Plan, they were all maintaining the South and maintaining the integrity of each family in Atlanta. Benefit.

Well, some people say that this is to protect the interests of southern whites, but there are quite a few people who say that blacks also benefit.

In fact, before the dance that day, there were still a lot of voices of dissatisfaction among the black community in Atlanta. At the beginning, they felt that the Yankees were lying to them, but gradually some people began to say that the southerners also had bad intentions.

But this time, Molly and other blacks who had attended the housewarming party of Clark's house, as well as those blacks who were in charge of music, and those who served in Clark's mansion, all told their relatives and friends what happened that day.

Molly said: "I am very, very clear about the attitude of those white men towards us black women. Especially those white men from the north, they are just playing for fun. They have never planned to marry black women. , they just don't want to find prostitutes and don't want to pay | whore | money, that's why they look for black women. What's even more funny is that the black girls who will be caught by them are so stupid that they think they have found a white boyfriend, So as long as these white men are willing to date and maintain a relationship with them, they will try their best to pay back! They work hard to earn money for each other, and even give their savings to each other. Kick it away! Compared with this kind of northern white people, I like our southern gentlemen and wives better. Maybe they are a little more reserved and even a little arrogant, but they will not speak ill of us, let alone lie to us Hard-earned money! Of course, there are also Miss Margot in the South who truly love and care for us, and Miss Scarlett who is hard-spoken and soft-hearted, and will treat us as her real family as long as we become her family. But such ladies and gentlemen only appear in the South!"

Molly even said this to the unmarried black girls around her: "Girls, wake up! There is no such thing as a free lunch! Rather than trusting those Yankee rhetoric, we should trust our own ladies more!"

Molly's words aroused the approval of many black women.

But black men have more problems with relationships.People who have no knowledge and status are curious about the decoration and luxury of Margot's ballroom, especially those mirrors and glass products, which set off the whole hall magnificently.

And some informed black people are more concerned about:

"Hey, Carl, my good brother. Did Mrs. Margot say something? Can we go to the bank to open an account? Invest in stocks and securities?"

"Yeah, Carl, I can read the stock charts in the paper now too. You know, brother, I work as a cleaner on the Stock Exchange. Those gentlemen's words really make people's blood boil! If we can Playing stocks, then we..."

Carl had to say to this hot-headed compatriot: "I said, dear Paul, stocks are not so easy to play. Don't forget how the Southern Bonds became a blank sheet of paper."

Paul said indifferently: "What does it matter! The Confederate government has a powerful enemy, the federal government, but the federal government has no enemies! The United States has once again been unified! Miss Margot said that the United States will not be divided again, and she will not Allow America to Divide!"

Carl is stuck.

At this moment, the door of Karl's house opened again, and the prophet and big Sam walked in one after the other.

Although the Prophet was just a black man doing rough work in the fields when he was in Tara Manor, this did not hinder his status in the black group.When he came in, black people of all ages, men, women, and children stood up and saluted him.

This is a very respected figure within the black community.

Obviously, the prophet had heard Paul's words when he was at the door, so he was the first to answer Paul's question after he sat down: "My friend, why don't you try it?"

"What, what?" Paul hadn't reacted yet.

The Prophet replied thus: "You are rich, and although you have no property of your own, both you and your wife are working for Miss Margot and Miss Suellen, so your family has a property for rent out, which is still a A house facing the street has been converted into a shop, and the monthly rent is high. Since you have money, why don’t you go to the bank to open an account?”

Paul immediately felt embarrassed.

He lowered his head, twisted his fingers and said, "First, the prophet, I, am I worried that I will fail to open an account and be humiliated instead?"

The Prophet smiled slightly and said, "But didn't you know about the dance last night? If it was a Yankee bank, of course we don't have to deliver it to your door. But the Atlanta Bank is Miss Margot's bank. You just need to find a clerk who is ours." Mr. South's window will do."

That's a good idea.

Not only banks can do this, but even stock exchanges can do it.Having worked as a cleaner in the stock exchange for so long, Paul has already figured out the temper of those securities managers, which ones look down on these blacks, and which ones are polite to them, Paul knows very well.

Paul quickly asked for a half-day leave at the stock exchange. It has to be said that because he had found a substitute in advance, the person in charge only took one more look at him before agreeing to his request.Then he ran quickly to the bank.

After completing a series of procedures, opening a securities trading account, Paul, who completed all the procedures and walked out of the bank, seemed to be dreaming.

Standing on the bank's door steps, looking at the gray Atlanta sky, he suddenly slapped himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

Then he went back to the stock exchange and found the securities manager he had been eyeing for a long time.

Paul was the first black man to enter the stock market, but he was definitely not the last.When it was discovered that blacks could also play securities, countless blacks went to banks and stock exchanges.

Regarding this situation, the Yankees laughed behind their backs: "These niggers! Just wait until you lose a lot! There are not one or two people who jump off buildings because of stocks every year."

Northern whites simply don't believe that blacks can play stocks. In their eyes, blacks don't even know what stocks are.

As for those southern whites, they all expressed silence on this. Even when they were occasionally asked and had to answer, they would only say: "It is their property, and what to do with their property is their freedom."

That’s right, there are twists and turns in the stock market, even white people may not be sure, but the problem is that black people have prophets, and the prophets told them: start from the place you are familiar with, this sentence is kept in mind by every black person mind.

The negroes didn't know what those stocks were, but that didn't prevent them from investing in the property of their esteemed Miss Margot and Miss Suellen.

It is impossible for hospitals to be listed, but other industries, such as sawmills, textile mills, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, are all listed.For black people, they don't understand such complicated things as business management and production efficiency. They only know one thing, that is, their girls can never be wrong.As long as it was Marg's or Suellen's property, it didn't matter how high or low the stock price was, the black people didn't even care about the stock price chart, and just bought it.

Black people are probably the most worry-free stock investors of this era.Because of their dark skin, they will not come to the stock exchange easily, and they will not be like those white people who send securities managers around and trade hundreds of hands a day.For these securities managers, black customers are really too worry-free. They only appear on the stock exchange once a month at most, and most of the time they only buy but not sell, and what they want to buy is only that Just a few stocks.

In this era, black people are just obedient, they are not stupid, maybe most black people are indeed illiterate, but this does not prevent them from having their own cleverness.

For example, they would huddle under the steps to eavesdrop on the conversations of the white people, and then focus on discussing at night which properties Margot bought, which of them were unlisted, which were listed, and the numbers, they knew very well.

Then, they stare at these stocks and buy them.

One or two black people will not have any impact, what if it is the whole black people in Atlanta?

In May of this year, when the accounting year was about to close, Scarlet put a stack of documents in front of Margot:

"Margo, look at these."