Chapter 315: Food Safety Storm

With Scrooge's speech at the press conference, many reporters felt that at least for the time being, they could have free time. However, within a few days, new news appeared again.

In a workers' area in New York, a large-scale food poisoning incident occurred. More than 100 people were sent to the salvation hospital for emergency treatment due to food poisoning. According to news reports, the main reason for the poisoning was that the cheese used by the workers was added to the cheese. In fact, this kind of thing was nothing new in the United States at that time, and even the whole world at that time. Wasn't it just poisoning a group of workers? It didn't poison the US president, nor did it poison the boss behind the US president. What's the big deal? It's poisoning, and what's so great? And have these people all died, even one dead, and there is not even one. This is what happens every day, so can it be considered news?

Well, such things were indeed not as news. In the past, even tabloids with lower grades were too lazy to report these things. Because most workers were illiterate and did not buy newspapers. But this time, the situation was completely different. Big newspapers like the New York Daily Times actually published reports in prominent places.

It would be fine if it was just reported, but the newspaper actually tracked and reported. They began to investigate the purpose of adding mercury to cheese, the prevalence of this phenomenon, and its harm. As a result, the little bourgeois living in "Little Lucky" suddenly realized that their happy life seemed to be a little unsuccessful.

"Emma! Look at what I bought back? The best Normandy cheese!" The husband showed off to his wife proudly.

"What? Cheese? Do you read today's newspaper? You don't know that more than 90% of the cheese on the market are added with toxic substances to prevent corrosion? Do you know that the damage caused by mercury is irreversible and may even affect our children? Why do you still have to buy cheese..."

Similar stories continue to be staged in countless families. For a time, cheese in New York cannot be sold. Fortunately, the cheese cannot be bad, otherwise you will see the wonder of cheese abandoned by manufacturers everywhere in the garbage dump.

Of course, doing such reports will offend people, so another real news worth reporting happened, someone sent two bullets to the editorial department of the New York Daily Times.

However, this action did not scare the New York Daily Times, but instead angered them. The next morning, the New York Daily Times published an article titled "Please Shoot" on the front page.

In this article, the editor-in-chief of the New York Daily Times first reviewed the fact that the newspaper received two bullets because of justice, and then stated that although he was afraid of death, his colleagues were full of love for life. In terms of the safety of the American people, freedom of speech, the newspaper's format and the personality of a journalist, the New York Daily Times would never remain silent. The article wrote in a lyrical tone:

"Of course we know the value of life. We must admit that I trembled in the white cold light of the bullet. Who would be a meteorite or a cold statue of the victims, watching the unextinguished fire of youth convey in the hands of others? Even if the pigeons fall on their shoulders, they can't feel the body temperature and breathe. They comb their feathers and flew away in a hurry... But my colleagues and I have no other choice, only persist. Finally, I want to say to those who sent us bullets: Although my newspaper is small, there are still a few bones!"

With the publication of this article, the entire New York press was angry and they expressed their support to the New York Daily Times. At the same time, in order to express their sense of justice, they also joined the army of reports on such incidents. As a result, more and more problems were disclosed, and the scope was expanded from cheese to other foods. Almost all foods except eggs, whether bacon or sausage, bread or milk, whether tea or coffee, as long as it is food, there is no problem. These newspapers have also received academic support from many universities, and these universities have continuously helped them confirm the harm of these messy things to the human body.

As a result, the American people became angry, and the people (mainly petty bourgeoisie) began to take to the streets to protest, demanding that the government come up with solutions to severely punish illegal merchants and ensure food safety.

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"Today, Congress passed a new bill proposed by Mr. Gardner, Ohio. According to this bill, Congress will establish a "standards committee" responsible for formulating relevant standards for various products sold in the US market that are related to the health and safety of the American people. At the same time, according to this bill, once these standards are formulated and approved by both houses and signed by the president, they can be handed over to each state as a guiding indicator for each state to establish their own standards..." The voice of broadcasting news came out of the radio.

"Why is that guy Gardner so stupid?" Clark, executive president of MacDonald Foods, complained loudly to Rockefeller and Scrooge's old partner, now the Ohio senator.

"Clark, you have too high demands on him. The benefits in this bill are too great. We don't eat it directly, and all states are staring at it. You think, there are many food companies in any state. How much benefits are involved? Consider the members of each state. Don't they need to consider their own interests? Naturally, there are various issues involved. So it is best to directly create a mandatory national standard, but in fact it is difficult to achieve. Because the interests of each state are different, this will lead to endless sting in Congress. If you really want to do this, let alone this year, even in five years, ten years, it will not be so easy to pass a bill that includes food and medicine standards in all states. So Gardner has done quite beautifully." Rockefeller, who has always not liked Gardner very much, stood up to help Gardner explain.

"Clark, think about it, the final decision is handed over to the states, and we actually have to operate better." Scrooge also said, "We will let Ohio pass mandatory standards first, which is absolutely no problem, right?"

"In Ohio, the market is ours," Clark said.

"Yes, but Ohio first passed the bill. Then we can start the propaganda machine - although now, there are more than ours, except for the series in Morgan, local radio stations in other states are completely incomparable to us in terms of listening rates. In newspapers, at least in the east, our influence is definitely the first. In the western states, local newspapers are still a little resistant, but in general, no one can beat us when fighting propaganda wars." Scrooge smiled confidently, "Wait until then, we can encourage locals to seek the same power to eat healthy food. Under such pressure, I don't believe how long the states can last."

"They may have set a standard that is different from ours," Clark said.

"No matter what kind of technical standards are there, which company can surpass us in the United States?" Scotch asked, "Besides, if the standards are very low, the people cannot pass it. We just need to ask the media to choose 'Why are our standards so much lower than Ohio? Are we inferior people?' and they can't stand it."

"What if they put forward a high and outrageous standard? It won't be possible for everyone to meet it." Clark was a little worried.

"Then we keep revealing that their food is not up to standard, and then, don't you think they are causing trouble for themselves when they do that?" Rockefeller interrupted.

Then Rockefeller turned to Scrooge and said, "Scrooge, after this recent incident is over, do you have any long-term plans?"

"Long-term plan?" Shi Gaozhi couldn't understand it all at once.

"That is to say, you don't have any plans for new energy." Rockefeller simply said directly, "The internal combustion engine using fuel is basically mature. In the past, we didn't take it out to avoid hitting the railway. Now, I know that you have polished most of the railway stocks in your hand. When do you plan to use the land transportation equipment based on the internal combustion engine to make money?"

"Ah, are you talking about this?" Scrooge said, "This related action can indeed begin. Well, I have asked Mr. Otto to try to install his four-stroke gasoline engine on a four-wheeled carriage for testing. The preliminary test is OK, but there are still many imperfections, and the current economic situation has not yet completely changed. I think that in another year, this thing should be relatively mature. By that time, we may have fought with the Spaniards. Once the cannon is fired, there will be a lot of gold. The economy will definitely improve. By this time, we will provide a batch of such vehicles to the army as an advertisement for its appearance. Maybe this momentum will be promoted to him. Well, I have a question to ask you."

"What's the problem?" Rockefeller said.
Chapter completed!