The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 178 Brian's Campaign

Ocean Parkway, Twitter Building.

These days, the company's entrance is bustling with people, and job applicants are endless.

Korn Ferry recommended five candidates for managers, Hawke selected two of them, and Jet Brown started to recruit them in a targeted manner.

Ordinary programmers and architects are basically recruited by Twitter itself.

Hawke rejected Indians, but there are no specific requirements for other ethnicities or genders. As long as their qualifications are suitable, Twitter will give them the opportunity to show their strengths.

After several days of recruitment, more than a dozen employees joined the company.

More than two-thirds of them are male employees, with only a small number of women, which is in line with the normal development laws of a company.

As we all know, having too many female employees in a company, especially in the office, is not a good thing.

Of course, there are also capable female employees.

At the regular meeting on Monday, Harland, the director of the technology department, specifically mentioned one thing: "One of our newly recruited female employees, Bella Sean, who used to work in Silicon Valley, provided a new algorithm for user interaction, which may increase efficiency by 10 percentage points."

Hawke asked, "Is it feasible?"

"We are verifying that she is very capable and has unique creative qualities," Haaland said.

"Let's go and take a look after the meeting." Hawke said directly: "Tell her that if it is feasible, bonuses and promotions will not be a problem."

After today's meeting, Caroline will take her assistants to the overseas English-speaking market.

Hawke also spoke a few more words to her.

After the meeting, he followed Haaland to the technical department.

Qasim is leading a team to test the new algorithm.

Harland introduced Hawke to the employee who developed the new algorithm: "This is Bella Sain, who joined last week."

Bella was serious, she just nodded to Hawke and said politely, "Hello, boss."

"Hello." Hawke looked her over briefly.

She should be a mixed-race Latino. Her skin is lighter than the average Mexican. Compared with the greasy programmers in the technical department, she can be considered beautiful.

Quite like Jessica Alba.

Hawke glanced at the appearance and focused on something else: "Is the new algorithm feasible?"

Qasim and Haaland did not take the credit, allowing Bella to reply.

Bella pushed her glasses and said with an unusually serious expression: "There are a few aspects that are not perfect yet and need further optimization."

Hawke nodded.

Bella didn't say anything more and started working at the workstation next to her.

Hawke went to the director's office again and chatted with Haaland and Kasim.

When I came out, I glanced at Bella.

Bella sat in front of the computer, typing on the keyboard with full concentration, and strings of codes appeared on the computer screen.

Hawke didn't understand the code and soon left the technical department.

He went to the human resources department and took a look at Bella's information. She was a top student who graduated from Stanford University and previously worked in Silicon Valley. Her company had encountered difficulties since 2003, and employees were in a state of flux. Many people resigned to seek new opportunities.

Bella is one of them.

These are all normal. When people look for a job, the primary factor is money.

Drawing cakes won’t satisfy your hunger.

In the afternoon, Hawke received a call from Brian, asking him out for a drink in the evening.

The two of them made an appointment at 7:30.

Hawke came out of the office a little late. When he turned out of the elevator, he met several people from the technical department who were working overtime.

Qasim greeted Hawke and continued discussing technical issues with others.

There were also two new employees among them, one of whom was Bella Thain.

She was completely focused on the technical discussion and was discussing the feasibility of another algorithm with Kasim.

When these pure technical personnel saw Hawke, their boss, most of them nodded or casually greeted him.

Hawke didn't bother them. He went out, got in the Mercedes, and went to the bar Brian mentioned.

This is a bar located among a number of high-rise buildings in downtown Los Angeles.

When Hawke arrived, Brian had already ordered a bottle of tequila.

He poured Hawke a glass of wine and said, "In the past two months, the Twitter you created has been all the rage on the Internet."

Hawke told the truth: "Without your family's support, it wouldn't be so smooth. Maybe a big shot would have come to grab the cake a month ago."

Brian clinked glasses with Hawke: "Here's to you, Mr. Future Billionaire."

Hawke drank a glass and said, "Now we are burning money like crazy, and there is almost no income."

"What about advertising?" Brian knew a little about business.

Hawke said: "It has not been officially launched yet. Now we are focusing on attracting users and cultivating user stickiness. It is not good to start commercial operations too early."

Brian understood as soon as he heard it: "Do we want to introduce new investors?" "This is inevitable." If social media wants to develop, it needs to spend money crazily in the early stages, and Hawke and the current Twitter can't afford it.

He also needs to cash out appropriately.

Brian said: "It's a pity that my goal is to go into politics."

Hawke said earnestly: "I am waiting to work with you to collude with officials and businessmen and use my traditional skills."

"I know you're best at high-end business battles." Brian had experienced this firsthand when they worked together last time, and he did the same when he approached Hawke this time: "Do you remember what I mentioned to you last year?"

Hawke said sarcastically in a serious tone: "You do AIDS testing?"

"Hey, man!" Brian curled his fingers and tapped the table, and the topic was diverted: "You bastard, do you know that I haven't gone out to find a woman for five months!"

Speaking of this, he angrily said, "Do you know how I have been through these five months?"

Hawke nodded: "I was wrong, man! Just before I came in, I saw a store selling adult products across the street. After you finish drinking, go buy a masturbation cup..."

Blaine was still staring at him.

"Okay, I'll pay for it." Hawke deliberately said, "I heard there are still dolls to sell."

"I don't need that stuff," Brian stressed.

Hawke said, "No, you need it." He knew what Brian was going to say: "Are you going to prepare for the mayoral election in Covina next? Stop messing around with women. Be careful that they will set you up. If there's a sex scandal, you're done."

"I thought you forgot what we said last year, that you would help me run for mayor of Covina." Brian didn't want Hawke to work for nothing, and he knew how to make Hawke's imagination run wild. He said, "At the beginning of this year, I didn't touch the family dividend after it came down, just to pay your high salary."

Hawke said frankly: "I do the work and you pay, it's fair."

Brian nodded and said solemnly, "As far as I know, the Governor's Assistant Office in Sacramento has sent people to Los Angeles. The main purpose this time is to target the mayoral election in Covina."

He explained in more detail: "Los Angeles has always been a deep blue party. The mayors of various satellite cities have almost all belonged to the Blue Party in recent years. My campaign this time is also to break the lifeless situation in Los Angeles. But the Blue Party will not give up easily. The last time we made Sacramento very passive, it led to Governor Gray Davis almost certain to enter the recall election..."

Hawke asked, "His opponent is Arnold Schwarzenegger?"

Bryan responded: "If the recall passes, Schwarzenegger will take office. If it fails, Davis will still be the governor."

He continued, "The people sent from Sacramento this time are mainly to mess with me, to prevent me from running for office and to regain face from my last defeat. Those guys may use the same simple and crude methods as we did last time."

Hawke laughed, "Then you need an artificial doll even more."

"No, I need you." Brian quickly picked up the bottle and filled Hawke's glass with wine. "We messed up with them, and they will definitely mess up with me. Without you to help me with advice, I don't feel safe at all."

Hawke thought about the bad things he had done and didn't dare to belittle himself: "I guess I will also be a target of revenge. It seems I have to be careful."

Brian said, "I am the shield in the front. They will probably attack me first."

Hawke thought for a moment and said, "These must be entangled with your campaign in Covina. Please sort out the information related to the Covina campaign. The more detailed the better. Give me a copy as soon as possible."

Brian took a sip of wine: "Okay."

Hawke said: "Have your bodyguards follow you 24 hours a day, don't let anyone kill you."

"There is a group of people following me all the time." Brian specifically reminded: "You should also be careful not to get tricked by them."

The drinking session didn't last long, and less than a third of the bottle of tequila was finished.

Brian was well prepared. The next morning, he had detailed information delivered to Hawke's office.

Hawke was not very busy, so he took some time out to carefully look through the information Brian sent.

Bryan's direct competitor is Owen Nestor, the current mayor of Covina, a member of the Blue Party, and has been re-elected for two terms.

Different cities in the United States have different management methods. In some places, there is a mayor-manager system, where the mayor is appointed by the council and his position is more symbolic.

Some towns simply hire cats or dogs as mayors, since they are mascots anyway.

Los Angeles has a mayor-council system, where the mayor is elected.

Covina is mostly similar to Los Angeles, but there are some differences.

For example, if you have lived in a town for three years, you can run for election.

Adults who have lived in the city for two years and are over 18 years old have the right to vote.

In similar elections, campaigns are conducted before voters to elevate one's own image while disparaging the opponent.

Hawke put little thought into it and focused on belittling his opponent.

He took a pen and circled the key points in the document.

Second floor, technical department.

People still come for interviews today.

Haaland and Kassem served as interviewers and conducted the interview.

This involves too many technical issues.