American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Perhaps, I can mention this time earlier.

For ordinary people, this is undoubtedly a difficult thing. After all, the development of science and technology is not achieved overnight. On the contrary, many scientific research results often require a long wait before they can bear fruit, and there are all kinds of coincidences and accidents. Just like the invention of the microwave oven, the original purpose was to invent a more powerful microwave emission magnetron to act on radar equipment. The discovery of saccharin came from the fact that the researchers at that time did not wash their hands.

The accidents in these scientific inventions have built our current life.

And the injection molding machine is obviously the same.

The earliest plastic injection molding machine appeared as early as 1872, and later it also developed to a certain extent.

At present, the injection molding machine known on the market is the first serially produced horizontal injection molding machine launched by Eckert and Ziegler in 1926. It is manually driven and molded by air pressure.

This is also the common type of injection molding machine on the market. Although there are electric injection molding machines that can replace manual drive on the market, since injection molding machines have always been used only for small batch production, expensive electric drive is not the first choice at this time.

After all, how much does a worker cost?

A handmade injection molding machine is obviously not what Colin needs.

In this case, there is almost no difference from wooden Lego, so the upgrading and transformation of the injection molding machine has become the focus.

As far as Colin knows, the real breakthrough of the injection molding machine will be a few years later.

The popularization of polystyrene has promoted the market development of injection molding machines. With the breakthrough of raw materials, injection molding machines have gradually changed from the original compression molding method to the injection method. This is a major breakthrough of injection molding machines and the origin of their real name. Early injection molding machines, or perhaps not injection molding at all, but compression molding is more accurate.

Thinking about the development history of injection molding machines in his mind, Colin has some ideas.

Since there is already a prototype of the injection molding machine on the market, he can completely follow this line of thought.

Or, for others, a technological breakthrough often requires countless attempts and failures.

But for Colin, he can completely omit these steps.

It's not just because of the ability of [Super Brain Power], but also because of the anti-world behind him. The development of injection molding machines has long been completely industrialized.

Since the injection molding industry is destined to upgrade and develop.

Then why can't I be the one who promotes the development?

In his mind, the idea of ​​injection molding machines emerged.

Colin did not put it into action directly. On the contrary, he first suppressed his inner thoughts and arranged for Herman Fisher to continue the production and development of Superman dolls, allowing Fisher to develop more types of dolls based on Superman as a prototype and open up the market.

At the same time, he contacted some manufacturers.

He negotiated the authorization of Superman peripherals, allowing these manufacturers to use Superman's iconic shield-shaped S logo and print it on books and clothing for sales.

In just one day, Colin has completed trademark authorization for more than dozens of companies, which has also brought him considerable profits.

At the same time, through his relationship with Disney, he also met the representative responsible for European product sales.

Because of the short film "Superman and Mickey", Superman's image has gradually become familiar to the European market. Through this relationship, he opened up the overseas market and brought products with the Superman logo to Europe.

Of course, it is too early to expand the market in the whole Europe with just one "Superman and Mickey". Colin has only authorized two or three European manufacturers, allowing them to produce toothbrushes and kitchen supplies with the shield-shaped S logo to earn some foreign exchange.

According to estimates, these authorized peripheral products will bring Colin 200,000 to 300,000 yuan in revenue by the end of the year.

Don't underestimate this number. You must know that in the entire authorization process, Colin only paid for the copyright logo of Superman. And those manufacturers need to complete all the work including product design, manufacturing and subsequent sales.

I understand why Disney likes authorization so much.

Unfortunately, due to the consideration of Superman's image and [belief], it is not possible to do a comprehensive copyright authorization like Disney.

From his conversation with Disney, I know that there are more than 100 manufacturers in New York Disney alone, producing peripheral products for it.

Nearly 800 companies in the United States have obtained authorization.

Therefore, Disney's peripheral products, from the most basic toys and books to kitchen and sanitary products, cover a wide range of commodities.

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"I have started to acquire oil stocks in the market according to your request. Because the market is generally not optimistic about the prospects of oil, the transaction price of oil stocks has always been at a low level. It is estimated that the acquisition price of each share is between 0.27 and 0.38. In the past few days, I have acquired more than 3% of the shares of Seaside United Oil Company..."

Wall Street, in front of the New York Stock Exchange.

Luo Stone reported his work to Colin. Although it is estimated that he needs to take out 3 million US dollars to buy enough shares of Seaside United Oil Company, this does not mean that Colin needs to invest so much money at once.

Stocks are a changing market. If too many stocks are purchased at once, it will trigger a counterattack from Seaside United Oil Company, resulting in the failure of his acquisition.

Therefore, according to Luo Stone's idea, they will buy oil stocks little by little by means of swallowing up.

This can not only avoid a big counterattack in the market, but also reduce the financial pressure in Colin's hands.

So far, Colin's oil acquisition plan has been going smoothly, but Luo Stone has obviously encountered some trouble.

"However, in the past few days of trading, I seem to have found another opponent who is interested in oil stocks and is also acquiring oil stocks on the market."

Luo Stone originally thought that with the current decline in oil stocks.

Except for Colin who didn't know the purpose, no one else would be too interested in this market.

But now it seems that this is not the case.

Another opponent?

Hearing Luo Stone's words, Colin's expression did not change at all, as if he had already expected this.

In fact, for Luo Stone's opponent in the oil stock market.

Colin is more familiar with him than him.

Paul Getty, the oil geek, the world's richest man in the 1960s.

In fact, Colin's approach to oil is to imitate the future richest man's approach during the Great Depression, buying low-priced oil stocks crazily and then waiting for them to appreciate.

In fact, in the following years, as the automobile market recovered, the stock price of oil also soared from the current market price of 2.5 cents per share to 20 US dollars. It is precisely because of his decisiveness in the stock price of oil that Paul Getty later became a household name oil tycoon.

But now, this future oil tycoon and richest man has encountered opponents in the market.

Colin, the fake Li Kui, met Paul Getty, the real Li Kui, but he seemed to have no intention of retreating.

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"Continue to acquire stocks. If the Seaside Union Oil Company fights back, just like the mission, those companies that hold shares in the Seaside Union Oil Company will be acquired."

Well, Colin's acquisition method is actually the acquisition method that Paul Getty used to acquire the Seaside Union Oil Company.

...

In the stock market, the dispute between Luo Stone and Paul Getty will obviously continue for some time.

Moreover, with the intervention of the Rockefeller family later, the acquisition of the Seaside Union Oil Company lasted for two years.

This is destined to be a protracted battle of endurance.

However, Colin was not worried at all, because this was destined to be an uneasy confrontation. Compared with the opponents who participated in the competition for the oil stock market, Colin, who had foresight, had already determined the identity of the winner from the beginning.

The ups and downs of the stock market did not affect him too much.

On the contrary, Colin paid more attention to the serialization of the "Courier".

Obviously, he did not forget that "Superman" was the foundation for his foothold in the positive world.

With the idea of ​​promoting the development of technologies such as injection molding machines in Fisher before, Colin made some modifications to the new serialization, portraying the abilities that have always been very important but have not been improved.

In this issue of "Superman" comics, the story continues the plot of the "Metropolitan Association".

The fight between Superman and this evil group has been enough to whet the appetite of readers in newspapers for several weeks.

In the plot, the prank king and several others took the citizens of Metropolis as hostages to threaten Superman so that he could not easily launch an offensive.

The Prank King: "What do you think, Superman? You have no other options. Once you attack us, the bombs on these citizens will explode and kill them all!"

As the Prank King threatened, Superman's eyes fell on the Metropolitan citizens playing in the playground, especially Lois.

At some point, the toy man had tied the bomb to them.

And Luthor held the button of the bomb in his hand.

Superman: "The situation is more troublesome than I thought. I didn't expect that even Lois was implicated."

The 'Metropolitan Association' seems to have created some problems for Superman, even as Superman, he felt a headache.

In the comic strip, Colin expressed the difficult situation Superman is currently facing through text notes.

The three evil villains joined forces, and even Superman became a little bit of a match for them.

At this moment, Superman's brain worked rapidly, and he seemed to have thought of a way.

Of course, as the protagonist of the comics.

Superman is naturally impossible to be defeated. This is also the main theme of the "Superman" story written by Colin during this period. Unlike the Superman in the future who is often injured or even killed, the Superman in this period is gradually becoming stronger.

In the story, Superman showed the ability of super perspective and easily saw through the structure of the button in Luthor's hand.

Then the next second, he used his powerful learning ability and everything at hand to perfectly create a button that was exactly the same as the "Metropolitan Association". Pressing this button successfully eliminated the explosion threat to Louise and the citizens of Metropolis.

Toyman: "No, how did you do it!"

Superman: "It's very simple."

Luthor: "Damn, the explosion is useless!"

Amid the exclamation of the Metropolitan Association, Superman, who successfully escaped the crisis, began to fight back.

And the people of the Metropolitan Association were not to be outdone. Amid the continuous calls for help from the Prank King, a huge toy robot appeared in the playground.

This is the evil robot invented by Toyman and Luthor, and its power is enough to destroy a city.

Controlling the huge robot, the three people of the Metropolitan Association and Superman started a fierce battle.

Luthor fired a terrible green laser to destroy Superman, but was easily resisted by Superman. This was enough to destroy a large amount of green light and did not cause any harm to Superman.

With the green light, Superman flew in front of the huge machine, and his eyes emitted heat vision and instantly destroyed the huge machine.

At the end of the comic, the scene freezes on Superman flying over the ruins of the explosion, holding up the remains of the robot.

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"Sure enough, the final victory belongs to Superman!"

"I didn't expect that the 'Metropolitan Association' would actually create such a terrible robot. If it weren't for Superman, perhaps the entire Metropolis would be destroyed."

"Evil was defeated by Superman again..."

"I didn't expect that these three villains would bring such a terrible disaster together, and Mr. Troublemaker didn't participate in it."

"It's amazing. Even the terrible green light created by Luthor can't hurt Superman. And it's best that Superman can lift such a huge robot."

When seeing the scene of Superman defeating the 'Metropolitan Association' at the end of the story.

Even though it was expected long ago, readers couldn't help but exclaim and shout excitedly.

In the past few weeks, Colin's foreshadowing in the serialization finally got a complete release at this moment.

They looked at the scene in the newspaper where Superman held up the remains of the robot.

Although it was just a simple picture in the newspaper, the shock it caused to the readers was beyond imagination. This page of comics also became one of the most collected newspapers in the future.

So far, Superman's invincible image has once again left a deep impression on readers.

As long as there is Superman, there will be no difficulties.

It has also become the definition of "Superman" comics for readers for a long time in the future.

Perhaps it is because during the Great Depression, almost everyone faced various setbacks, so readers can put their thoughts into the plot of the comics.

In real life, they have been hard enough, so at least in the fictional comics, they can no longer have any obstacles.

This point was perfectly realized in the serialization of "Superman".

Please remember the domain name of the first release of this book:. Shuquge mobile reading website:

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