Rise of the Argentine Empire

"Haha, Elena, the weather is nice today. How about we go shopping and buy something?"

Suddenly, a strong wind blew and a heavy rain began to fall. Saint-Hesse's laughter stopped abruptly, and he felt a little awkward for a moment.

"Cohen, no need to explain too much."

"Hehe."

Saint-Hesse scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

After a while, the rain stopped and the sky cleared. The wind and rain on the Pampas grasslands can be very sudden at times.

"This rain came quickly and left quickly."

Saint-Hesse opened the window. The two stood silently in front of the window sill. It was dusk, and the surroundings were bright and clear. The sky was a pale blue, and the freshness after the rain made the green leaves, trees, flowers, and plants look like they had taken a cold shower. Saint-Hesse even saw bees.

Since becoming pregnant, Elena had become much fuller and often threw small tantrums at him. Saint-Hesse enjoyed it, and after comforting her, the two would quietly stay together. In fact, she wasn't really angry with him. Their relationship, which started out ordinary, was now as rich and deep as the sky after the rain, like a cellar-aged wine.

At night,

the two lay in bed.

Saint-Hesse's lust made him feel a strong impulse. He and Elena stayed quietly together all night. Elena had a charming danger about her. When he was deeply fascinated by her, he felt that every move she made was so seductive. Lust pressed down on him, making it hard to breathe. He had to forcibly control himself to prevent any harm to the child in her belly.

Perhaps it was really spring, the season of recovery.

The next morning, Saint-Hesse got up early and made a hearty breakfast.

"Cohen, I heard the doctor say it'll be okay after three months. You don't really have to hold back, you just can't be as rough as before, it'll affect the baby."

After getting up, Elena looked at Saint-Hesse, who was full of energy and had nowhere to vent, and chuckled, covering her mouth. Actually, she had been holding back all night.

Saint-Hesse was speechless, not paying too much attention. He walked over and gently ruffled her hair, telling her to wash up and eat breakfast. He had to go and arrange some work later.

He needed to make overall arrangements for the Church and Peron's affairs, which he couldn't put his mind at ease about.

......

On December 8th, large-scale strikes, marches, and demonstrations broke out again in Buenos Aires. With the bankruptcy of the Second Five-Year Plan, inflation was more severe than Argentina had ever experienced in its history, especially after the opening up of foreign investment and the foreign oil sector in August, which made the Argentine people even more dissatisfied with Peron.

The Second Five-Year Plan, from its beginning to its climax to its final decline, lasted less than half a year. The storm-like advance and then the curtain call briefly controlled inflation and froze wages.

Peron used the police force to arrest the troublemakers and the Socialist Party again, confronting them again and driving away the crowds.

The Church played a special role in this, fueling the strike from behind.

Saint-Hesse had some academic discussions with Lilia, a senior student in the economics department.

The two were at their desks, constantly discussing policy loopholes and Peron's gains and losses. The Falcon Agency had not done this too thoroughly, as it was not their strength or focus.

"I heard that you're graduating soon too, senior. Where do you plan to go after graduation?"

Saint-Hesse chatted with Lilia.

"Well, maybe I'll continue studying. It's hard to find a job now. It would be nice to be a teacher at a university. Many jobs are hard to find, too much trouble."

Senior Lilia gently pulled up her hair, revealing her beautiful collarbone, and tied it into a pretty bun.

"That's good, continue your studies. I'm also forced by reality, otherwise I would want to continue studying too."

If time and reality didn't prevent it, Saint-Hesse would rather be an old scholar, living a smooth and successful life, a freeloader.

It was just that some ideas from his previous life about the fate of the nation being the responsibility of every citizen constantly made him make various choices and decisions.

"Cohen, you're married. What is life like after marriage?"

"Well, I think it's very good. There are people at home to care about, and there will be in the future."

"Senior, you'll know in the future."

"What's so good about getting married? Childbirth is too painful, and I haven't found the person I can have children for."

Currently, all places in the world, including the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, have begun to revive and industrialize. The Soviet-style centralization transplanted to Eastern Europe has allowed many countries destroyed by World War II to begin the process of industrialization. Argentina is still struggling, and the private steel industry has become the only bright spot in Argentina's industrialization process this year.

In fact, the initial stage of centralized industrialization is very effective. Currently, almost all of Eastern Europe has adopted a socialist system, including countries like Albania, Romania, Poland, and Bulgaria, and Balkan countries, which have begun to become industrialized countries, achieving results in recent years that Peron would be ashamed of.

"Peron's original intention was good, but unfortunately, there were no supporting political and economic system reforms, which led to many plans only being on paper."

Lilia didn't tease Saint-Hesse anymore, and the two casually discussed. This time, they would not only attack the Church but also Peron, in order to increase the damage to each other, but it was very difficult to operate.

The economists' promotion was a part of his plan. He had been waiting for this day for a long time. Lilia's teacher had discussed it with him, and he had begun to form his own theoretical system. He needed scholars to wave the flag and cheer for him.

"Currently, besides the American model, there is the Soviet model. Their experiences are combined, and the Americans are also learning from the Soviets, achieving very good results."

"My teacher started doing a lot of managerial data research last year and developed his own theory, which is actually quite effective."

Saint-Hesse didn't know how many times he had summarized this point of view, but it was still sharp.

Taking the steel industry as an example, the annual steel production of the La Plata Steel Plant has directly jumped Argentina forward by 30 years, reaching the level of the 80s and 90s, which gave Saint-Hesse extremely strong confidence in the upcoming economic system changes.

Saint-Hesse certainly wouldn't miss these opportunities to learn ways to improve governance of the country. Italy is one of the countries closest to Eastern Europe, and Berlin is the most important border city between Eastern and Western Europe, before the Berlin Wall was successfully built.

Not only experiences, but also lessons.

Saint-Hesse greedily looked at the data of the emerging industrial cities in Eastern Europe. With the help of the Soviet Union, they developed particularly quickly.

He fantasized that Bahía Blanca and Mar del Plata could also rise rapidly like them. He was working towards this goal.

......

Chris Yano is currently the general manager of the New Argentina Newspaper. Because Guerrero has still not returned to the country, Andrew, as the deputy director, has to help handle many things. Therefore, under Saint-Hesse's review and transfer, Chris Yano, as an excellent news newspaper worker, became the first deputy general manager.

Saint-Hesse personally came to New Argentina Media to arrange specific propaganda tasks.

The Falcon Agency has collected a lot of black material about the Church, and the first wave is about to be released.

"This is quite dark."

Three days ago, José received a lot of the task information he had ordered previously.

To be honest, these tasks had been assigned for some time, but it's hard to imagine that in a semi-modernized Argentina, there could be so much scandalous material about the Church.

It refreshed José's worldview.

He always thought that the Orthodox Church in Argentina wouldn't be like this, but he was too young.

This time, Perón's falling out with the Church gave him an opportunity, at least to weaken it a little.

Having nuns as lovers was considered relatively extreme…

"Hello everyone, the purpose of today's meeting is very simple, it's for the following matters."

José, in order not to leak important secrets, only held a small-scale meeting. Andrew, who came from a public relations background, lacked experience with such large-scale operations, so there weren't many people present.

"This time our goal is to expose more social injustices."

José said with a serious face, stating the purpose.

"Next, I will arrange the targets, and you will assign them one by one. First, take a look at the overall strategy."

José used many traditional techniques, including misdirection, rumor-mongering, and combining fabrication with refutation, which would fully mobilize all parties' emotions.

He didn't start with major newspapers, but rather with some fringe newspapers, then to legitimate newspapers, and gradually expanded the influence through paid reprints.

"Our boss is really good at publicity."

Andrew was very impressed after reading José's publicity plan.

This was also the idea of the confidants present. New Argentina Media is now involved in various directions, categories, and projects.

"If there are no problems, everyone can go back to work."

This time, José didn't arrange the meeting to be too long, finishing it in half an hour, including answering questions and other aspects.

The massive propaganda machine of New Argentina Newspaper began to move.

Each department was busy distributing and promoting, with one goal: to make the conflict between the Presidential Palace and the Church public, transparent, and expanded.

…

Starting from the 9th, many local newspapers in Argentina began to intentionally or unintentionally spread some scandalous information about the Church, which didn't attract much attention at first.

José's short essays were very effective at stirring emotions. At first, he didn't release real information, but rather plausible stories. Initially, it was simple rumor-mongering with strong propaganda.

For example, a newspaper wrote that a certain local priest had three mistresses and even molested or defiled some young girls who came to worship.

"Hey, did you hear? There's a priest here who has four mistresses and even did that to so-and-so's daughter…"

"I know, it's terrible. I don't plan to go to worship this week."

"Aren't you unmarried? What are you afraid of?"

"You don't know, the little boy next door was also…"

"Was also what?"

"You know, man on man!"

"Wow, that's disgusting."

"I heard that in a certain church, there were children everywhere underground. When the construction workers were renovating, even though they banned abortions, they dug up children's bones!"

"Shh, don't say it so loud. John next door was arrested by the police for cursing the priest for sleeping with his wife and daughter!"

"I also heard that they put contraceptives in the porridge the church gives out. No wonder I often drink their porridge and don't have children…"

"That's because you went to the red-light district too much when you were young…"

"They also want to snatch the Eva Foundation from the Presidential Palace! There will be no more help from the foundation in the future."

"I miss Eva. It would be great if she were still here."

"Yes, I miss her too."

"I just found out that my good friend, Gómez, used to be a mistress of Father Billy! Later, the priest was dismissed and abandoned her!"

"It's terrible. Gómez is a good girl, and now she has no job and can only wait to die at home!"

"I used to believe in these things, thinking that the Virgin Mary would protect us, but it's like this. It's terrible."

"But we can't do anything!"

"Maybe we can not go to church?"

"I want to, but what can we do without the church's free alms?"

"It seems that President Perón is expanding jobs. Maybe I can be a cleaner."

"I heard that Blue Cloud Textile is hiring, making clothes and providing training!"

"I have heard that they also give subsidies for having children."

"Why? What's the use of having children? Will they suffer like us in the future?"

"I heard it's because their boss thinks that the more children you have, the more good luck you'll have."

"Why? I still don't understand."

"Maybe because children are angels, they will help us get more good luck. When the family grows, there will be more money."

"Most importantly, if you are hired, they will give a living allowance for having one child, enough for the child to grow to 3 years old."

"Hey, how much money?"

"It seems to be 100 US dollars, and it seems that the more children you have, the more subsidies you will get."

"Is it a scam? If it's true, it would be amazing."

"It doesn't seem to be fake. I heard that as long as the employee's family is pregnant and has a baby, they all get it."

"Actually, you can also apply to Future Agriculture. They provide free food and accommodation for farming."

"I'm from the countryside. I really don't know anything. The farm went bankrupt. At that time, the president said there were jobs, so I came, but I can only do hard labor."

"You should try it."

"Where do they interview?"

"Palermo District."

"Thank you. I will never come to the city again."

José not only attacked the Church in public opinion, but also confused the public, launching indiscriminate attacks, causing many people to make tactical misjudgments. The Presidential Palace thought the Church was interfering in politics, and the Church thought the Presidential Palace was starting to promote propaganda.

"Let's make the ideological field chaotic."

"Only with chaos can we restore order."

José said easily, looking at the chaotic city.

…

December 14th, 10 am,

Argentina, Sofia Cathedral, Cardinal Headquarters,

Several national archbishops began calling the bishops' homes, notifying them to gather a dozen or so nearby church leaders to discuss urgently how to deal with the public's questions and handle the situation, which had begun to change seriously.

Originally, after contacting Perón, the Roman Curia could no longer bear it and planned to expel Perón from the Church.

It's just that they didn't expect Perón to change his strategy and bribe so many media outlets. Public opinion propaganda was far more deadly than various policies.

Their original good reputation had been ruined.

Bishop Prior Cono of the La Plata Cathedral quickly put on his smooth silk robe and got out of bed. Sister Amelia also came down afterwards, a little uneasy, her cheeks slightly red.

She looked at the hurried Prior, her eyes turned to the hall downstairs, only to see him nimbly coming down the stairs, which was completely inconsistent with his fat figure.

He dragged his somewhat obese body, reluctantly put on his hat, while still yawning, muttering complaints,

The assistant, who had gotten up early, drove his newly bought latest German imported Mercedes-Benz car,

"Rousse, go to the headquarters parish."

"Okay, Bishop."

The two drove quickly to the neighboring city to attend a meeting at the headquarters church.

And such behavior was staged in many cities.