The second volume is full of glory and splendor in the capital, and the spirit is full of energy in the foggy city. Chapter 225: The Third Part (V)
This chapter's subtitle: The beauty gave me a big red horse
In this chapter, I will discuss one of the most controversial figures in modern American history. One of the controversies surrounding him is whether he was a member of the SCP Foundation.
I am quite certain that John Edgar Hoover is the ninth "Hermit" in the Major Arcana.
On the surface, these two people not only have no intersection in history, but can be regarded as enemies.
Especially during the two "great purges" that Hollywood encountered in the late 1920s, early 1930s and 1950s, Mr. Yuan publicly criticized the FBI's persecution of filmmakers in a very high-profile manner.
But strangely, Hoover, who was unscrupulously conducting secret investigations on various American figures, did not put Yuan Yanshu on his blacklist. You know, Hoover had nude photos of Mrs. Roosevelt taken by a male actor, but he did not even monitor a single phone call related to Yuan Yanshu.
Hoover paid no attention to even those close to Yuan, such as his lawyer John McCall, his public lovers Lillian Gish and Enoch Rochelle.
This makes people wonder whether they are pretending to be righteous and putting on a big show to fool the public.
If you study it a little deeper, you will find that Yuan Yanshu's Dream Factory not only remained unscathed during these two purges, but also gained two very valuable development opportunities.
The first "purge" targeted Jews in Hollywood, which was not surprising given the rampant anti-Semitism in American society at the time. What is strange is that the Chinese, whose reputation was not much better than that of the Jews, were not affected at all.
At the time, with the exception of DreamWorks, the top management of the nine major Hollywood studios was almost entirely Jewish. After the eight major studios suffered setbacks, filmmakers flocked to DreamWorks. Even Charlie Chaplin sold United Artists to Lillian Gish, becoming a pillar of DreamWorks.
The second "purge" dealt a heavy blow to the small and medium-sized film companies that developed during World War II. Many independent filmmakers not only lost the opportunity to make movies, but were also expelled from the United States.
DreamWorks became the dominant force after that. Although the film studio trust had to be broken up later due to antitrust laws, almost all the middle and upper-class Hollywood executives at the time came from DreamWorks, and many of them were Yuan Yanshu's Chinese compatriots.
If this is just a coincidence, then we can look at the rise of Edgar Hoover.
Of course, he was indeed an outstanding public servant. After joining the U.S. Department of Justice, he quickly became the head of the Enemy Citizens Registration Department.
But his real rise to fame came in 1921, when he became the deputy director of the BOI at the age of 26.
For the next half century, he was the most powerful man in the United States... If he was indeed a hermit of the SCP Foundation, then the Fool Yuan Yanshu was the mastermind behind him.
The most sensational and strangest event in American politics in 1921 was the voluntary resignation of Attorney General Harry M. Dougherty, who had been in office for only three months.
Before resigning, as the voice of the "Ohio Gang," he led Congress to pass the Dougherty Act, which allowed foreigners to directly invest in the Philippines, the United States' Southeast Asian colony.
This was unbelievable to the United States, which regarded the Philippines as its own territory. So six months after he resigned, the bill was repealed.
However, within this short six-month window, Huang Zhonghan, a wealthy Chinese tycoon in Southeast Asia and known as the "Sugar King", transferred a large amount of assets to the Philippines in the name of investment. The Dutch-Indonesian authorities even protested to the US government.
So if I say there is no trick here, not only I but also you readers will not believe it.
Huang Zhonghan was Yuan Yanshu's brother-in-law, and Huang Zhonghan's son Huang Zongyi had an even closer relationship with Mr. Yuan.
However, many historical records show that Doherty was extremely reluctant to pass this bill. Witnesses said that he cursed Yuan Yanshu in private, calling him a despicable squinty-eyed person, a hateful Chinese, and a damned gangster...
Therefore, the biggest beneficiaries of both this bill and his resignation are the fools of the SCP Foundation.
So why did Doherty resign? Historians now know that Vice President Coolidge presented extremely strong evidence to President Harding to prove that this important cabinet member was a homosexual.
This was a huge scandal in 1921, which would not only trigger a political storm but also destroy the prestige of the Harding administration, as Warren Harding and Harry Dougherty were known to be close friends. As a result, the Attorney General was forced to resign.
The scandal also greatly damaged President Harding's health and caused some of his actual power to fall into the hands of his vice president.
Shortly thereafter, Coolidge made an exception and promoted Hoover. It was during his tenure that Hoover not only became the Director of the Bureau of Investigation but also transformed it into a true Leviathan—the FBI…”
—Excerpt from Dan Brown's "SCP Code"
"Sister Lian? Sister Lian! I'm starving. Hurry up and make me something to eat."
After finally clearing out those little friends, Master Yuan, who hadn't eaten any proper food since yesterday, was so hungry that he had to get up and find something to eat.
But when his cook saw his energetic appearance, instead of being happy, she started crying: "Wow... Master, you, you, you are having a last burst of energy..."
Sister Lian burst into tears and said, "Wuwuwu... Miss, your life is so miserable..."
She was crying in a rhythmic voice: "Wuwuwu... You've become a widow before you even get married..."
Yuan Yan suddenly rolled her eyes and yelled unhappily, "Sister Lian, please stop crying for your young lady, okay? Even if I die soon, you have to let me die with a full stomach!"
"Yes, yes, yes, otherwise, you will fall into the realm of hungry ghosts..." Sister Lian stopped crying when she heard this. She wiped her tears and immediately turned around and went into the kitchen. "I'll make you some scallion oil noodles right now!"
Although it's too windy and rainy outside to see, the sun is about to set in the west...
The luxurious apartment that was crowded just now was now silent ...
Master Yuan, who had already become a hungry ghost before he died, grabbed a large soup bowl and ate his favorite scallion oil noodles...
The song of "Xili Hulu" was heard in the room.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."
He was enjoying his meal when he heard someone knocking on the door. He felt a little unhappy. He had clearly told Xiaokang that he would not see any guests, so why did someone come?
Our Master Yuan had no choice but to stand up, holding the "wash basin" and walking towards the bedroom, saying, "Sister Lian, tell the people outside that I am dying and in a bad mood, so I won't see anyone."
"I'm sorry, ma'am. My son-in-law doesn't see visitors..."
"I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, ah ah ah ah ah, where are you???!!!"
"Bang!"
A graceful figure pushed open the bedroom door and made eye contact with Yuan Yan, who was eating noodles...
"suck!"
Our Master Yuan sucked the noodles into his mouth, raised his chopsticks, and asked with a smile: "Keke, have you eaten?"
