Regrettably, however, Jo Kennedy lost his eldest son, joseph kennedy, and his second son, John F. Kennedy, in his later years, and was tortured by the grief of the white-haired man who sent the black-haired man.
If we want to give him a definition, he is a shrewd businessman, but he is a mediocre politician.
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Jo Kennedy was born in 1888. Because his family is an immigrant from Ireland, he is discriminated against locally. In his father's time, many job advertisements even directly said, "Irish people should not apply."
He grew up in a much better environment than his self-made father, because the Kennedy family is already very famous in Boston and is not short of money.
Joe's father has high hopes for him, because he knows that the best way for an Irish immigrant to enter American society is to go into politics. Joe's father once ran for mayor of Boston, but due to his limited ability, he finally regretted losing the election.
If you want to enter politics, you must have a decent education, education and money to open the door to politics. So Joe's mother has been nagging about how good his uncle who was admitted to Harvard University is. Obviously, Joe's parents have already set a goal for him-Harvard University.
But it was impossible to get into Harvard with his grades at that time. Fortunately, Harvard's admission criteria are not just grades, but the quality of each applicant and whether he has a long-term future.
Joe was lucky enough to enter Harvard University. Everyone knows that entering a prestigious school can not only get knowledge, but also more valuable network resources.
In those years at Harvard University, to be honest, this senior brother was not keen on learning, and he also knew that he was not the material for learning. In order to graduate smoothly, Joe chose a more relaxed music appreciation major, but he soon found his own position.
The Kennedy family seems to have an innate talent in dealing with people. In order to get more contacts, Joe tried his best to join some influential clubs.
After graduating from Harvard, Joe found his first job as a banker for his future.
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During the one and a half years working in the bank, Joe quickly learned the routine of the bank and earned his first bucket of gold. At that time, the Colombian Trust Company 1895 invested by his father launched a crisis, and Joe saw the opportunity. He immediately borrowed money to buy a 5 1% stake in Columbia Trust Company and became the chairman of the bank successfully. He regards the bank as a tool to collect money, constantly exploiting the poor and letting a lot of money flow in.
The profit-seeking nature of businessmen can be seen clearly in Joe.
19 14, Joe became the youngest bank chairman in Massachusetts. He made this stunt himself, and the main purpose is to get the approval of his future father-in-law.
Joe's father-in-law is former Boston Mayor john fitzgerald. Interestingly, he once competed with Joe's father for mayor, and finally he won. Because of these factors, the Kennedy family and john fitzgerald had some contradictions.
But in Joe's view, these are not problems, and after Joe became the chairman of the bank, john fitzgerald finally recognized the Kennedy boys.
Soon, Joe and Fitzgerald's daughter Ross's wedding was successfully held. Joe has a clear understanding of this marriage. The mayor's daughter can contribute to her future and bring many benefits.
Because of a war, the fate of Joe and the Kennedy family is about to change dramatically.
Of course, he was not the only one who changed in this war. Tens of millions of families were destroyed or reborn.
19 14, a Serbian youth assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo. Bismarck predicted that the Balkan powder keg would eventually explode because of a Mars, and it would spread throughout Europe and even the whole world.
The United States is no exception.
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19 16, Wilson was elected president of the United States. His campaign slogan is "Keep America away from war". Joe voted for him without hesitation. He doesn't want the war to spread to himself, but world-class events can't be stopped by one person's will.
In order to cut off the British transport lines, the German navy launched an unrestricted submarine war. At first, it was a big blow to Britain, but the problem was that torpedoes didn't have eyes and sank many American transport ships.
Americans say I just want to get rich in the war. Why did you kill me?
Wilson, on the other hand, seized the opportunity and immediately changed his face, claiming that the interests of the United States were threatened and that the great United States should fight for democracy!
Fight for democracy? In fact, it is businessmen and politicians who see the opportunity of speculation.
19 17, the U.S congress passed the bill of declaring war on Germany, that is, in this year, Joe's second son, John F. Kennedy, was born. This baby is the future president of the United States.
Since the war broke out, the most important thing is to recruit soldiers, but Joe doesn't want to fight for America. Just then, a friend invited him to be the general manager of Fuller River Shipyard, and Joe accepted it gladly, so he was able to evade military service.
Let's just say that America is very lucky. From the beginning of the war to the surrender of Germany, the United States did not entangle in the war for too long. 19 18, Joe's eldest daughter was born. She is a secret that the Kennedy family will not mention in the future-Rosemary.
Rosemary was born in the birth canal for two hours, resulting in brain hypoxia. When she was a few years old, her intelligence level was obviously lower than that of other children. Later, in the intelligence test, she got a result that made the Kennedys desperate. Her IQ is only 70, just like Forrest Gump, far less than normal people.
Later, it was suggested to Joe that Rosemary could have a new type of frontal lobectomy. As long as the operation is finished, Rosemary, who is becoming more and more violent, will be quiet, and Joe will not hesitate to let his daughter have the operation.
Moniz, the inventor of frontal lobectomy, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in the future because of this technology, but behind this, thousands of mental patients were directly turned into idiots.
Yes, this operation is for mental patients, but Joe did not hesitate to use it on his daughter. As a result, Rosemary's intelligence directly degenerated to the level of a two-year-old child, and she could not even take care of herself.
Joe doesn't know how unstable this operation is? Of course he knows, but for the sake of family reputation and vanity, he will not allow a mentally retarded daughter to appear in the Kennedy family, and the result is tragic.
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Let's talk about Joe again. At the end of the war, he was keenly aware that the shipyard was unprofitable, so he turned his attention to the stock industry. He went to visit Galen Si Tong, a bank investor, and volunteered to be a clerk in his company.
While working in Galen Si Tong Company, Joe was eager to learn all kinds of valuable knowledge. Soon, he made a fortune when Henry Ford bought Pound Coal Company, and successfully gained a foothold in the stock industry.
However, although Joe became famous in Boston and became a millionaire as he wished, it still could not change the situation of the Kennedy family.
The traditional Protestant aristocrats in Boston are hostile to Irish immigrants who believe in Catholicism. Joe tried his best to join the upper class, but he was still not accepted. In this case, Joe decided to move his family to new york. He firmly believes that this metropolis can accommodate a Catholic family.
Joe who entered Wall Street soon discovered a gold mine-the film industry. This industry has a low threshold and great income, which is the best way to get rich.
At this time, the American film pre-sale company was in trouble and wanted to package and sell the company. Joe immediately found an agent for the film company, and after several rounds of negotiations, he finally took the company into his pocket.
With the expansion of the business of the film company, Joe once again exposed his romantic nature. He got mixed up with the Hollywood actress Gloria swanson. Soon, their scandal spread all over Hollywood. In order to have an affair with swanson, Joe directly found a job for her husband and sent him to Paris.
Perhaps he inherited his father's character, and the future John F. Kennedy was also entangled with Marilyn Monroe.
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Joe's fooling around with swanson didn't end well. They quarreled and then parted. At that moment, Joe did something that surprised everyone. He actually sold the thriving film company.
The reason is that he feels that his company can't bear the impact of talking movies. After selling his shares, he got 6 million dollars, but this time he is good at taking risks and investing, and he has no intention of turning this money into huge wealth.
Not only he, but also other business tycoons, such as john rockefeller, are selling their own stocks because it is 1929.
During the period of 1929 in the United States, almost everyone thought that the country's stock market was prosperous and everyone was buying stocks. However, the darkest period in American economic history will begin on1October 24th.
After the opening of the stock market that day, the index has been growing, and the trading volume has been steadily enlarged. Suddenly the stock index fell off the cliff and the whole stock market completely collapsed. Buyers frantically sold their stocks, causing the stock index to fall to the bottom again. In just one hour, 1 1 investors committed suicide in despair.
1Tuesday, October 29th, 10, the situation is even worse. The turnover reached a record of 164 10000 shares, but no one bid. The collapse of the stock market caused a chain reaction. Then, the United States ushered in an unprecedented economic crisis, a large number of factories closed down, and unemployed people lined up on the streets to receive relief food.
The collapse of the economy left President Hoover at a loss. In this case, it is only a matter of time before Hoover steps down. Who will take over this mess is the key to whether the United States can revitalize its economy.
1930, Joe realized the importance of politics to the Kennedy family. Determined to make money in this election, he was introduced to visit new york Governor franklin roosevelt.
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Joe expressed his kindness to Roosevelt. He firmly believes that he is the only one who can turn around the American economy, and Joe is willing to do his best to support Roosevelt's election as president.
With the support of various forces, Roosevelt defeated his opponent with absolute superiority and became the new leader of the country with 65.438+0.3 million unemployed people.
Joe is waiting. He is waiting for Roosevelt to repay him by investing so much money. Joe's goal is not to get Roosevelt to the top to save America. He is a speculator and his interests are eternal.
However, I didn't wait for Roosevelt's news. Joe's preferred post of finance minister has been occupied by another wealthy businessman, William wooding.
Joe really can't sit still. If this situation continues, he will not get the position. He decided to visit the president himself and have a showdown with him.
However, Roosevelt, a seasoned political veteran, easily played Joe in his palm, arrived in a threatening manner, but left with shame.
Roosevelt didn't arrange a job for Joe, but those official positions were too small to satisfy Joe's appetite. Angry Joe turned around and started his old job again. Just then prohibition was lifted, and Joe sold his wine at a big price and made a lot of money.
Roosevelt realized that Joe really should be given a position to limit his speculation, so Joe got the position of chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Interestingly, this institution is dedicated to cracking down on speculators, which Joe did before.
I have to admire Roosevelt's skill to deal with a man as he deals with you. He acted perfectly, and Joe was willing to take part in politics. Unfortunately, the securities dealers were severely punished by Joe the Black Hand.
After being the chairman of the committee for a year, Joe made great efforts for Roosevelt's new economic policy, but suddenly found that his income was decreasing instead of increasing, except for countless white eyes.
Joe feels that he has stayed in this position long enough. He insisted that Roosevelt give him the position of finance minister, but Roosevelt refused again.
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When Roosevelt ran for re-election, Joe chose to support him again, but this time the reward did not disappoint Joe. He got the post of ambassador to Britain, a descendant of Irish immigrants, and one day he can be on an equal footing with the British royal family and cabinet ministers. 1938, Joe came to England happily with his family.
But Britain at this time will no longer be a safe and happy land in the near future.
1939, Germany attacked Poland, and Britain and France declared war on Germany. This declaration of war made Joe, who had a good impression on Hitler, feel desperate. He thought that "the end of the world is coming" and he asked his family to return to China in batches. As the ambassador to Britain, he still has to stay here.
Joe insisted that there was no chance of winning the war against Germany, so he always insisted on "isolationism", which made the British and Roosevelt very dissatisfied with him. In this case, he made another amazing decision.
He asked to return to China.
A foreign ambassador asked to return to China in this emergency. The British thought he just wanted to escape the war and avoid the danger of being bombed by German planes. After consideration, Roosevelt decided to let him go back to China.
When he got home, Joe was still on pins and needles. He preached isolationism everywhere and insisted that "the United States must stay away from war." Even the businessman naively said, "The king of England will make peace with Hitler."
When this report was published in the Boston Globe, the whole country was in an uproar and Joe was scolded to pieces. Roosevelt said angrily to his wife, "I never want to see that bastard again in my life!" " Let him go! "
Just when Joe lost his post as ambassador to Britain, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States formally joined the world war. But in Joe's view, American participation in the war can bring him more opportunities to make a fortune.
After a round of operation, he made a fortune in the real estate industry. At this moment, Joe suddenly realized that he was old and his sons had grown up. The future glory of the Kennedy family should be given to them With money, the next goal is to go into politics.
He pinned all his hopes on his eldest son, Joe. He believed that he would become president in the future, and his second son, John Kennedy, was responsible for assisting his brother.
In order to accumulate capital in future politics, two sons joined the army successively.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that when Xiao Qiao was on the front line, the plane suddenly exploded and eventually died. His eldest son died, and all his hopes were pinned on his second son, John Kennedy.
1969165438+10/8, Jo Kennedy died. His second son, John Kennedy, did not meet his expectations, but left before him.