Subtitle of this chapter: Are the characters who appear this time great?

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paddy is mostly translated as rice fields, rice, rice, and extended to mean rural areas. If extended to it, it means Irish. (Author’s note: Thanks to @场生国子.)

The term is usually a scorn. However, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the important leader of the Unitedirishmen in 1798, claimed that he was a proud "paddy and no more".

So paddy has become a nickname for Irish people.

Just at almost the same time when Gu Weijun and Meng Xiancheng saw this advertisement, a paddy in Boston, Massachusetts also saw it. However, the newspaper he read was not Le Monde, but the Boston Herald American.

As an Irish descent, he certainly knew that the ad was asking them what they had forgotten, that was the Great Irish Famine.

His family ancestors also came to America by boat during the Irish famine in 1848. The ancestor was named Padraig.

"Coincidentally", padraig is an Irish variant of the English name Patrick, and the nickname is paddy.

Old Paddy was only 26 years old when he arrived in the United States. He soon found a job in a barrel making factory. After earning some money, he settled down to get married and have children.

In 1858, the lucky Irish man died of cholera, and the responsibility for caring for the family was borne by his widow Butridge. In order to raise three daughters and a son, the tenacious mother worked as a small staff member and a barber, and eventually became a partner in a small grocery store.

Their only son, also called padraig. When he was fourteen years old, he dropped out of school and went to the dock to work as a porter. He saved some money and opened a small bar in the dock area. Later, he showed outstanding business skills and opened two chain bars in a short time.

In Boston after the Civil War, bars, like the beer halls in Munich at this time, were actually the political stage for politicians to perform. What’s even better is that some generous candidates would also provide free drinks during the election.

So the little paddy's bar naturally became his springboard for entering the State House, and he and his family also became rich.

In 1895, he and his friends, who had been a state legislator for six years, founded a bank called Columbia Trust for $130,000.

In this way, in less than forty years from 1848 to 1895, a politician and banker emerged from an Irish poor family.

In 1888, little paddy's wife gave birth to a son in the West Side of Boston, who was reading the newspaper...

Joseph Patrick Kennedy!

"Dad, dad, dad..."

Just as Xiao Xiao paddy recalls family history, a little stumbled into his study. This was his second son of Ross Fitzgerald, the daughter of former Boston Mayor.

Well, this cute little boy with jade is the future jfk, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

"John, didn't Dad tell you, don't go into my study while I'm working."

Xiao Xiaopaddy is a very strict father. Even if his son is only four years old, he is still meticulous.

"Dad, hug." Little John still wanted to get into his arms regardless of his bad face.

Seeing his second son's pitiful look, Mr. Kennedy sighed in his heart. The child was in poor health since childhood and almost died of scarlet fever last year. In fact, JFK suffers from "Edison's disease" and has problems with adrenal glands, which causes him to have low immunity and need to take steroids throughout his life.

Because he was worried that his health problems would affect his political future, JFK later strictly kept his medical history secret, and even this concealment continued after his assassination.

The harsh father finally picked up his son and read the newspaper to him.

"Dad, who is paddy?"

"John, paddy is us."

"Dad, then what have we forgotten?"

"John, we will not forget, we will not forget..."

"John, where are you here? Didn't you tell you that you can't disturb your father's work?" At this moment, Mrs. Kennedy walked in, and she said in her mother's "stern" tone, "Go out quickly and have a fun with your brother!"

JFK's brother was named Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr., just like his old man. On that timeline, the fourth-generation eldest son of the Kennedy family would become a pilot and die in World War II.

Seeing their son running out of the study happily, Mr. Kennedy asked, "Ross, do you want to go to New York?"

"New York?" Mrs. Kennedy knew her husband's thoughts, but she said hesitantly, "Joseph, is it a little earlier?"

After graduation, Joseph Kennedy became the chairman of Boston Bank with the support of his father and claimed to be the youngest bank chairman in the United States. He inherited his business talent and made a lot of money in various speculative transactions before and after World War I. This also made the Kennedy family among the real American giants.

When Joseph Kennedy, who was in his prime, naturally had greater ambitions. Although Boston is the largest city in New England, it still cannot be compared with New York, the heart of the capitalist world.

Moreover, he thought that his children were more likely to enter the social circle in New York, so he always planned to move his family to Xinxiangcheng.

"Rose, look at this ad..." Mr. Kennedy handed the Boston Herald American to his wife, saying, "I want to go to New York to meet that Mr. Griffith."

After watching the advertisement in just a few words, Mrs. Kennedy asked, "Joseph, do you want to invest in this movie? But..."

Joseph Kennedy does have some business talent and has also started to get involved in the rewarding film and television industry very early on. But...

"A three million USD investment? Director or Mr. Griffith? Joseph, this is not a good idea."

Mr. Kennedy nodded and said, "It really looks quite exaggerated, so I need to go to New York to have a face-to-face conversation with this great director and then read the script."

He pondered for a moment and said, "Ross, why don't I go to New York first. If this movie is really worth investing, I will not only invest but also strive to be a producer."

"And I happened to meet a few old friends and asked them to introduce me to houses, schools, etc. It will be much more convenient when you go there."

Since he said so, Mrs. Kennedy naturally would not object.

So when our Master Yuan returns to New York, we will have a big surprise.

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The historical materials of this chapter are excerpted from Jeffrey Peret's "The Biography of Kennedy".
Chapter completed!