【Silver Seal(112/1000)】

The long-awaited heavy rain fell, and the whole of New York was instantly flooded.

The sudden heavy rain plunged the entire street into chaos. The man pushing the apple cart took off his clothes and covered the apples, scrambling for shelter from the rain. The naked homeless man huddled in the corner, but was still covered by the torrential rain.

The heavy rain drenched everything.

The continuous rain covered everything on the street like a layer of rain and mist.

Colin came to the door of the newspaper office holding an umbrella.

Clang——

"Good morning, Sir."

As the door opened, Little John handed the handkerchief he had prepared in advance to the front door.

"Good morning, little John."

Passing the umbrella in his hand to the other party, Colin took off his hat and coat, took the handkerchief and wiped the rain off himself before entering the newspaper office.

"It's been a long time since it rained so heavily in New York."

After folding up his umbrella and leaning it against the door, Little John glanced at the rain outside and sighed.

The heavy rain came quickly and hard, leaving no time for anyone to react.

"Fortunately, sir, you brought an umbrella in advance."

Otherwise, with this heavy rain, you will get wet even if you take a few steps.

"It's really lucky."

Putting the handkerchief used to wipe the rain by the stove to dry it with the residual heat, Colin smiled and said after hearing what Little John said.

Of course, the reality is not as lucky as Little John said.

In fact, the heavy rain came so suddenly that even Colin didn't realize it was raining until he was halfway there.

Fortunately, [Super Speed] was powerful enough, and he got the umbrella without getting too wet in the rain.

After wiping the rainwater on his face and feeling the dampness on his body, Colin, who was sitting in front of the office, had a thought.

The ability of [Super Housework] activates instantly, making wet clothes look brand new.

This ability, which was originally designed just for cleaning, is unexpectedly useful in terms of personal hygiene.

Feeling the wetness on his body disappear, Colin's lips twitched slightly and he placed his eyes on the newspaper on the table.

The difference between the positive and negative worlds caused Colin's different behavioral patterns.

Compared to the advanced information that Counter-World has at his fingertips, he could only collect the information he needed through newspapers during the Great Depression.

Therefore, opening the newspaper every morning has become Colin's daily routine in this world.

"...Affected by fluctuations in steel prices, Stutz Automobile Company declared bankruptcy. It was the sixteenth automobile manufacturing company to declare bankruptcy during the Great Depression."

During the Great Depression, the automobile industry suffered an unprecedented shrinkage. When even the most basic food, clothing, and clothing became a problem for the people, they naturally did not have any money left to buy new cars.

Not only the automobile industry, but also the motorcycle industry was greatly affected. In the 1920s, the average sales volume of the industry was still 600 motorcycles per year, which was a good number for a small manufacturing industry.

However, by 1932, only one locomotive was sold in the entire year.

Such a huge gap is just a microcosm of the American manufacturing industry.…

Flipping the newspaper in his hand, Colin skipped the economic section, and his eyes fell on the reports on the political section.

Like the wailing economic section, the political section is also full of pessimistic speculations. The Democratic nomination is fierce. Although Roosevelt has won the support of the vast majority of party members, as a candidate of the same party, Al

Smith did not seem to support Roosevelt's opponent.

In many newspapers, Al Smith even openly opposed Roosevelt's campaign policies, believing that his campaign was a disaster for the Democratic Party and that he would hand over the presidential throne to his opponent.

“The Democrats have already abstained from voting early!”

"Hoover cheered in the White House, and the people wailed in Hooverville..."

The newspapers did not like Hoover, but the Democratic nomination gave them no hope.

Although, the media and newspapers are full of pessimistic thoughts.

But at least for Colin, this is good news. Once Roosevelt successfully emerges from the party nomination, there will be no suspense in the subsequent presidential election.

The reason why he was so sure was not that Roosevelt was so popular during this period, but simply that Hoover was so annoying.

In fact, if we look at the election situation alone.

The 1932 election seemed very similar to a later election, in that it was a matter of choosing a less unsavory leader between two candidates.

During the Great Depression, the American people made a "right" choice in a sense, but unfortunately, their choice may not be so "right" one day in the future.

I scanned the newspaper in my hand at a glance. As the election day approached, most of the news on the newspaper pages became election campaign news.

The Republican-leaning newspapers criticized the Democratic Party for being weak, while the Democratic-leaning newspapers accused the Republican Party of being incompetent and turning the entire country into a mess.

Partisan rivalry became more intense during the Great Depression, in which the media played a decisive role.

Everyone knows that only opposition is topical.

Closing the newspaper in his hand, Colin sorted out the information he had obtained in his mind.

In the real world, although [Super Brain Power] is limited, it can still bring him a lot of help.

As all kinds of information were sorted out in his mind and many messages collided, an inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

Opening one of the newspapers in front of him, Colin's eyes fell on a piece of stock information in the economic section.

"...Affected by the market, the stock of Seaside United Oil Company, the ninth largest oil company in the United States, continues to plummet. The overall stock price has dropped by 90%, and the price per share is less than 3 US dollars..."

Petroleum and automobiles are interconnected industries, and the depression and shrinkage of the automobile industry has also affected oil companies.

Especially at the beginning of this year, two tycoons committed suicide one after another.

On March 12, Swedish match king Ivar Kreuger committed suicide in a Paris hotel. Two days later, George Eastman of Eastman Kodak also jumped into the sea and ended his life in Rochester.

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The deaths of these two men had a chaotic impact on the entire stock market.…

This is an extremely clever time. Everyone cannot see the situation clearly due to the chaotic financial situation. It is a good time to enter the market.

Currently, through the serialization of "Superman" and the production of peripherals, he has accumulated a considerable amount of wealth.

The steady and steady approach is to continue investing this wealth in the development of the newspaper industry.

However, Colin doesn't seem to think so.

In this era, comics serialization is not the only way to accumulate wealth.

…

"Sir, I've finished coloring."

Jacob's voice sounded in his ears, pulling Colin's thoughts back to the newspaper office.

"You did a great job, Jacob."

Reaching out to take the drawing from Jacob's hand, Colin said with a smile after taking a look at the contents.

Although other thoughts emerged in his mind, Colin did not ignore "Superman", the foundation on which he established himself during the Great Depression.

The cartoons colored by Jacobs are the latest to be published in The Courier-Journal over the weekend.

The story follows the plot of "Metropolitan Society" and tells the story of Superman fighting against the three super villains, the King of Pranksters, Toyman and Luthor.

In this plot, the 'Metropolitan Association' formed by the three people jointly makes its debut.

This first evil group in the history of superhero comics had a profound impact on the subsequent development of superhero comics.

In the comic series, a three-person group headed by the King of Pranksters also brought huge trouble to Superman.

In the story, the Prank King takes the lead. He distributes free radios all over the metropolis. Because they are free, many unsuspecting people take these radios home. At first, there does not seem to be any problem with these radios. Some turn on the radios.

People are also using it normally.

Until night, the prankster king changed the frequency of the radio. The special frequency emitted from the radio had a hypnotic effect on the listeners. In one night, the people of the metropolis were hypnotized and became babies with a mind of only two or three years old.

Superman: "What is this?"

By the time Superman became aware of this phenomenon, more than a thousand citizens of Metropolis had been hypnotized into babies by the radio.

Seeing these citizens who have grown-up bodies but are constantly playing and crying like children, even Superman felt a little headache.

What makes Superman feel even more helpless is that even Lois has been affected by the hypnosis of the radio.

Superman: "Lois, you don't want to see this."

Louise: "Wow, wow, wow..."

Looking at the adult babies all over the city, just when Superman felt embarrassed, suddenly a large number of toy armies appeared on the streets of Metropolis. Under the attraction of these toys, the adult babies in Metropolis were attracted by these toy armies.

take away.

Superman: "Toy, this reminds me of a certain guy."
To be continued...