hollywood billionaire

Chapter 225 Crazy August

"First of all, after returning to Los Angeles, we should meet with Darrell Issa first. From July 7th, the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention have been held one after another, and the election campaign has also entered a fierce stage. The office will not resume normal operations until the end of the year. Therefore, Darrell Issa will stay at his campaign headquarters in San Diego Vista throughout August.”

"Is it appropriate for me to show up...?"

"I will go with you to hold a private meeting at his home in the name of the company. If we want to support him then, we can go through the Carlyle Group's super PAC. I won't write your name, and I won't disclose your In specific cases, the public cannot see you. In this case, Darrell Issa is not going to say no because he is a Republican running in California."

"There are also many Republican reservations in California."

"When you use the word reservation, it already indicates that their situation here is not good."

"What specific difficulties does Issa face? I heard that he is one of the richest members of Congress. There should be no problem with campaign funds, right?"

"It wasn't campaign funds, it was him... running a false political ad."

"It shows that we have a president who is still at an amateur level when it comes to bipartisanship."

On August 2016, 8, on a pleasant afternoon where the sun was hidden between thick cumulus clouds and the highest temperature was no more than 4 degrees Fahrenheit, which is when the human body feels the most comfortable, Feiamu Derwig drove Han Yi and Jordan Bu. Romley to the Vista District of San Diego County.

This is the 49th Congressional District of California represented by Darrell Issa, and it is also where the Issa family usually works and lives.In addition to his status as a representative, Darrell Issa also indirectly served as a partner in 17 limited partnerships and limited liability companies in the name of Greene Asset Management.These companies own a large amount of commercial real estate in northern San Diego County.Includes three office buildings totaling 26354 square feet in Carlsbad.

Darrell Issa's congressional district office is located here.Lifting the gauze curtains in his office, the seaside mansion of this wealthy Republican businessman is right in front of him.

"I just sent a campaign email to supporters in my district. Attached was a flawless photo of the president signing the bill. What did he say? I signed the Sexual Assault Act for him. I'm very happy about the Survivors' Bill of Rights, that's all. You know, I'm a co-sponsor of that bill as well."

Having said this, Darrell Issa lowered his head and sneered.

"As a result, our president said through CNN that I am not a person who is serious about solving problems. He said that my main contribution to the U.S. Congress was to obstruct and waste taxpayers' money and conduct investigations that were based on nothing and led to no results."

"That doesn't sound like something a president should say."

This kind of political dogfight that completely breaks the skin and slaps you and me is very entertaining and is rarely seen in "Keeping Up with the Kardashians".Jordan Bromley listened with great interest, but on the surface he still frowned and looked worried about the country and the people.

"Yeah, I'm disappointed but not surprised. It's the norm for a president to sidestep in his political speeches the serious scandals that have occurred under his leadership and refuse to take responsibility for them. Americans are dying overseas every day, our veterans Soldiers, lingering under bridges every day, he turns a blind eye and expects every Republican congressman to support his every opinion."

"Yes, someone has to object." Jordan's response was somewhat ambiguous.

"Tell me about it. I've worked with the executive where I can, enacted good legislation, and condemned wrongdoing everywhere I could see. Regardless of his reaction, I'll continue to stand by my course."

"Is this the most corrupt government in history? Quite possibly. But is it shameless to agree to support a bill to give sexual assault survivors more rights? Absolutely not."

"With 535 congressmen, this guy is chasing after me alone, which is unreasonable."

"Sorry to hear that, Mr. Issa."

Han Yi and Jordan Bromley exchanged a quick glance. Darrell Issa was obviously extremely embarrassed by the openly hostile behavior of the first African-American president of the United States, to the point of being furious.

The 49th Congressional District in the north of San Diego has firmly supported the Democratic candidate in every presidential election in the 90s. Arkansas Bill won twice with a huge advantage of more than 8%. In the highly controversial millennium election in 2000 , also gave Al Gore an 11.1% lead.

However, after 2002, the demographic structure of the constituency changed and the political leanings quickly became more popular.Starting from Republican candidate Bill Simon's crushing victory in the gubernatorial election 59.8% to 32.9%, in the past 14 years, Republicans have won all elections at every level, whether it is Congress, governor or president.

This trend fits well with the evolution of the political landscape across the country.The Democratic Party, which carries the banner of progress, has taken over the big cities, while the Republican Party, whose basic demand is to maintain the social status quo, has taken over the towns.

But in the past two years, as the "awakened generation" has begun to gain votes, California, which was originally open to people, can be described as blue to purple.A large number of political stars have used the West Coast as a springboard to enter the national political stage.

If nothing else, let’s talk about the 49th Congressional District where Darrell Issa is located. Here, the presidential election has been declared over early. The former first lady’s lead in the polls is too much, even if the statistical error radius is expanded to 10%. She is also known as the first female president of the United States.

In addition, at the Senate election level, the Democratic Party fielded a candidate who is completely unbeatable in today's social environment.Female, African American, Asian, Howard University graduate, born in Oakland, California. If elected, she will be the second African American female senator in the history of the Senate and the first South Asian female senator.

Four years later, Sleepy Joe's partner is the woman who really has a chance to take over.

In such a dangerous situation, one can imagine what Darrell Issa’s intentions were when he stuffed a photo of the current president into a voter’s mailbox.Even though he dismissed Kenyans who forged birth certificates, and even though he couldn't even find a blurry photo, Darrell Issa still chose to rub his cheeks to warm up and stick to the president's cold ass.

Of course, the man in the White House wasn't going to give him a chance for free.The 49th Congressional District is considered a model constituency for the Democratic Party, and the story from red to blue is inspiring.In this collective reelection, the party hopes that everything from the president to the senators to the representatives will go blue.Doug Applegate, a retired Marine Corps colonel and Iraq war veteran, is gearing up to kill Issa.

Therefore, although I don’t have much personal grudge against Darrell Issa, after all, the Republicans have made Obama and Obamacare suffer a lot in the past eight years in Congress. In terms of enemies, Issa may not even be among the top [-] on the list. But the current president still chose to take time out to use CNN as a mouthpiece, criticizing him from head to toe.

Anyway, the term limit has arrived, and the subsequent election campaign has nothing to do with him retiring after his success. He can scold whomever he wants, and guide the votes however he wants.

Open political conflicts look like a trash-talking session in WWE, but the entanglements of interests involved are too complex to explain to outsiders.

Criticism from the White House has put Darrell Issa's election in jeopardy. The independent political news media Cook Politics reported that Issa and Applegate have the same chance of winning. If the decline is not reversed, by November month, the balance of victory will completely tip to the latter.

In August 2016, although the New York tycoon had received unanimous support from the entire Republican Party, many people even within the party had reservations about the ability of this political amateur, and Darrell Issa was one of them. .He rarely publicly supports his party's presidential candidates, intentionally or unintentionally, because he feels that the radical political views and rhetoric of New Yorkers cannot help him win in his district.

Rival parties are eyeing him, and his own party is weak. In more than a dozen polls, Trump lags behind Clinton at a significant disadvantage. Some prediction models even calculated that Clinton's probability of winning is over 90%.Under this circumstance, if he wanted to advance to Congress as a Republican in California, Darrell Issa had to find a way to shake hands with powerful figures in the Democratic Party.

And Han Yi came to give him this step today.

“We have always supported moderate candidates, regardless of their specific political demands. As long as they can ensure the continued development of the local and national Mandarin market without shaking the foundation of society, in our opinion, they are qualified enough. politician."

Jordan Bromley leads the dialogue between Han Music and members of Congress, which is the philosophy Han Yi has always adhered to.In his capacity, even in face-to-face conversations, he should try to avoid making direct promises of exchange of benefits.

It’s not good for him, and it’s not good for others.

"Public power needs to be supervised, and good laws need to be passed. I think there must be some misunderstanding." Jordan Bromley touched his nose and deliberately paused for a few seconds, "There are still three months until the election. Congressman Sa, you should find a way to get in touch with...the other side to clarify the misunderstanding."

"I've never been a person who holds grudges." Darrell Issa continues to play the role he should play.

"During this period I have been trying to think of ways to promote cross-party reconciliation, but you know, during the election campaign, many people are particularly sensitive."

"I see."

Jordan Bromley raised his chin slightly, looking like he was suddenly enlightened.

"Well, Mr. Issa, if you don't mind, please let us be the messengers of peace... Are you free on August 8th?"

"On August 8th, let me see..." Darrell Issa bit his nails and glanced at the empty computer desktop, "It seems there are no other arrangements."

"That's great. If it's convenient, you can go north to Los Angeles and go to New York with us."

"go……"

“Going to a fundraiser dinner hosted by the National Park Foundation at the Carlyle Hotel.”

Jordan Bromley spread his hands and said.

"Mr. David Rubinstein is responsible for organizing this dinner to raise funds for the renovation of the Washington Monument."

"Rubinstein."

Darrell Issa took a deep look at Jordan Bromley, chewing on the weight of the name.

Head of the Carlyle Group.

Barack, Joe, and best friends with the female Democratic candidate.

One of the top donors to the Democratic Party.

Find him, and you'll find your way to the inner circle of the Democratic Party.

The seventeen companies under his name add up to a total assets of [-] million.For a so-called rich man of this level, David Rubinstein has countless flies circling around him every day, and they cannot catch his eye at all.

A man with a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars is completely different from Han Yi, who has only $15.99 billion in an asset management group.

People who can trust more than one billion US dollars can only imagine how much surplus they have on hand.

If Darrell Issa wants to meet David Rubinstein and say more than three nutritious words, Han Yi is his best introducer.

"Jo will be there that day too."

Ah, Santa Claus is here too.

Regardless of the actual grievances, the current president and Darrell Issa have already been at war with each other.The former would never choose to meet Isa alone before the situation calmed down.Once this kind of thing is revealed by the media, saying that the president has made peace with the opposition in private, not only will his own image be affected, but all the candidates he publicly supports will also be affected.

The best solution is to find another respected veteran figure in the Democratic Party to make peace.

Joe, who has represented Delaware in the Senate since 1973 and has been on Capitol Hill for more than 43 years, has many allies on both sides of the aisle.After November, he will also retire with the president.In a state of semi-retirement, he has more time and energy to help Issa resolve conflicts. Of course, he also has stronger motivation to maintain his energy on Capitol Hill by extending favors to the California Republican congressman.

Thinking of this, Darrell Issa's eyes gradually became eager as he looked at Han Yi.

No matter where this Chinese from the north comes from, he can indeed provide himself with an excellent opportunity to make a comeback.

"Thank you so much for inviting me to participate in such a profound charity dinner, and I feel compelled to help restore the glory of our nation's most iconic historic landmark."

"Anything for the country."

Han Yi maintained a perfect smile and nodded to Darrell Issa.

"Anything for the congressman too."

"Is it really a good idea to take him to Rubinstein's dinner? I don't want to owe Carlyle a favor for a co-signer on a music copyright bill."

"You don't owe the Carlyle Group any favors, Yi. All we have to do is give him a chance to shake Rubinstein's hand, that's all. As for how he can make a deal with Rubinstein, he has to give Carlyle a deal in North San Diego." It has nothing to do with us what benefits the Lei Group cedes, and which Democratic Party bosses will ultimately step in to help him settle the dispute."

"Just giving them a chance to do business, right?"

"Yes, it only provides an opportunity. It is best for us to have as little contact as possible with political activities that have nothing to do with the Music Modernization Act."

"In this way, the most I owe Rubinstein is a plus one invitation to the Washington Monument fundraising dinner. Maybe he will thank me for helping him find another puppet on Capitol Hill."

"That's the spirit, Yi. Issa will also thank you very much. As long as our revision opinions are not too extreme, after he is elected in November, he should be able to help us add some to the draft to make the acquisition of music copyrights more advantageous. "Profitable conditions"

"Great. So, what are we going to do when we arrive in New York on August 8th? I don't drink, so I can't spend all night sipping New York Sour at the Carlyle Hotel."

"You won't be too lonely in New York. Jerry Nadler of the Democratic Party and Joseph Crowley of the Republican Party are both there."

"We'll arrive in New York on the 12th. Let's start with the person who is easiest to deal with."

"Twelve noon, West 57th Street, downstairs from your apartment, Russian Tea Room, a table for four."

(End of this chapter)