The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

A heavyweight from Washington arrived at the Ferguson family's mansion.

Andy Card is currently the White House Chief of Staff and one of the leaders of the President's re-election campaign.

Erica and Brian's grandfather, Paul Ferguson, had a confidential conversation with him in his study.

"This fire has a huge impact on the political landscape in Los Angeles." Andy made this special trip hoping that there would be some surprises in California to increase his chances of winning.

He looked at Paul and said with a smile, "Sir, Los Angeles used to belong to the Ferguson family, but the Donkey Party stole the power that originally belonged to the Ferguson family in the mid-1990s. Don't you want to take it back?"

Paul ignored these tempting words and asked, "Who do you represent?"

Andy Card said: "Mr. President and everyone who has rallied around him."

Paul said, "I am old now and don't really care about specific matters. Let the person in charge of these matters talk to you."

Andy Card had some knowledge of the situation in Los Angeles and knew that he was definitely talking about Brian Ferguson, one of the candidates for mayor of Los Angeles.

He said, “No problem.”

Brian, Hawke and Erica were practicing shooting at the shooting range behind the manor.

Paul brought Andy Card over to introduce both parties.

When Andy shook hands with Hawke, he specifically asked, "Are you the founder of Twitter? You are younger than I thought. The President has praised Twitter more than once as a leader in online media."

Hawke said politely: "My pleasure."

As he lowered the lever-action rifle, the butt of the rifle deliberately hit Brian's hips.

The two had worked together for nearly two years. Brian understood what Hawke meant and asked directly, "Mr. President, are you going to ask about Los Angeles affairs?"

Andy was very thorough: "Los Angeles City Hall is controlled by the Donkey Party. If the president wants to intervene, he needs a suitable reason."

Hawke didn't respond and packed up his guns with Erica.

Brian glanced at them and said, "Fires are raging in Los Angeles, citizens are angry, public security is in turmoil, and support for the Donald Trump Party has dropped to its lowest level in five years."

Before he came here today, he talked to Hawke about this for a long time: "This matter involves not only Los Angeles, but also Sacramento. I will drag the entire California Democratic Party into the game, and endure the storm of public opinion and the criticism of public opinion. I can't guarantee whether it can make California's deep blue fade, but it will definitely involve and distract the opponent's team's attention."

When Andy heard that the Donkey Party in the California capital could also be involved, he asked, "What method are you going to use?"

Brian elaborated, "Let's look at the direct victims of the fire, that is, the people whose houses were burned down. I had someone do a special survey and statistics. Sixty percent of them are entertainment stars, sports stars, directors, producers, entertainment company managers, and media industry practitioners who support the Donkey Party. There are hundreds of celebrities among them. The average loss for each person is more than 120 million US dollars. Some of the representatives went to City Hall yesterday to protest to Antonio in person. It is said that their words were extremely fierce. The significant loss of interests caused by the fire has caused an irreparable rift between them and the Los Angeles Donkey Party."

"Large farmers and plantation owners were originally our base, but in Southern California, the largest agricultural product company is the Resnick family, which supports the Donkey Party. We will use them as the main attack point in our propaganda, which will unite small and medium-sized farmers who have been squeezed by the Resnick family and attract people who are disgusted with them because of the fire to support us."

"Antonio asked the state government for help, requesting water to be diverted from central and northern California to Los Angeles, but he overlooked an important point. In the first half of the year, eight major environmental organizations in California jointly pushed the California Donald Trump Party to propose the Smelt Protection Act. The bill was vetoed by the governor, but the congress controlled by the Donald Trump Party passed the bill with two-thirds approval. According to the bill, the water sources in central and northern California are strictly protected, and environmental organizations have been keeping an eye on it."

Andy has a keen political sense. When he heard this, he immediately realized: "With this bill, the California Donkey Party has dug a big hole for itself!"

Brian smiled confidently: "Now, what we have to do is to push the donkey party into the pit they dug themselves."

Andy looked at the human-shaped target in the distance and said, "The situation in California is much better than I thought. The party headquarters and the president will definitely pay close attention to it."

Brian's eyes swept over Hawke, knowing full well that the current good situation was all brought about by Hawke.

In the election year, the Democratic Party once again used its usual tactics of environmental protection, women's rights and Hollywood stars in California. Hawke took advantage of what the Democratic Party does best and made them fall into the trap unknowingly in their usual way of operating.

Even when the matter is over, when the donkeys look back, they will not think there is a problem, but will instead think that they were unlucky.

California now has 55 electoral votes, and the general election adopts a winner-takes-all system, that is, the candidate who receives the majority of votes in California automatically receives all the electoral votes in California.

It was just over ten years since the Elephant Party lost California, less than four years after losing the mayoralty of Los Angeles, and now it has seized the position of California governor. Coupled with the inevitable impact of the current Los Angeles fire, Andy feels that California is worth a fight. Even if it cannot be taken, it can distract the opponent's attention and disrupt the opponent's plan.

He said, "It seems that you have a complete plan."

There was the sound of a bolt being pulled from the other side as Hawk loaded an old-fashioned rifle.

Brian understood and said, “Yes, my team and I have a plan, but we need more support.”

Andy said, "I'd like to hear more about it." Brian said, "We'll launch a regular propaganda war to pin the responsibility of the fire on the Donkey Party. I'll take the opportunity to throw out the suburban development plan and forest management plan and launch a recall election against Antonio in Los Angeles."

Andy nodded slightly. Given the current situation, Brian had a great chance of success.

Brian continued, "This is an election year. The impact of this incident will extend beyond Los Angeles and affect the reputation of the Democratic Party throughout California. Sacramento must also take action and make full use of the California Environmental Protection Act enacted by the Democratic Party."

"I'll be in Sacramento soon." After Andy said this, he suddenly turned to Hawke, nodded at him, and said, "The president's election campaign is about to begin, and I hope to cooperate with Twitter."

"Twitter welcomes every friendly business," Hawke said.

Andy understood what this meant: "Your company will be our first choice for online promotion."

The two sides shook hands and Andy left first.

Hawke raised his rifle, aimed at the human-shaped target a hundred meters away, and pulled the trigger.

Ten consecutive gunshots were heard, and all ten targets fell down.

Hawke put down his gun and asked Brian, "How much is the expected cost of this election?"

Brian thought for a moment and said, "It should be more than $3 million."

Erica continued: "Twitter is now the largest online propaganda platform."

The fire is still burning in Los Angeles, the burned area is still expanding, and even the media capital Burbank is threatened.

Warner Studios, Universal Studios, Disney Studios and Paramount Studios have announced temporary closures.

The huge pressure fell on the Donkey Party government in Los Angeles. Antonio's request for water diversion was rejected by the Wonderful Water Bank, and the water diversion to the central and northern parts did not receive a response, so he had to seek help from other channels.

Las Vegas responded by sending 50 fire trucks and five firefighting aircraft to Los Angeles.

But Hawke had Brian prepared early on.

The 50 fire trucks were stopped by environmentalists at the border between California and Nevada. The Vehicle Environmental Protection Act, promoted by the California Democratic Party during its administration, stipulates that heavy vehicles entering California must meet exhaust emission standards.

After testing, it was found that all the fire trucks did not meet the standards.

Amid angry protests from environmental groups, 50 fire trucks that would seriously "pollute" California's air were forced to return to their original locations.

Seeing this situation, Las Vegas simply canceled the aircraft aid.

Not only this place, Toronto, the host city of the Toronto Film Festival which originally wanted to please the movie daddy Hollywood, urgently called a halt to the forest plane rescue plan.

Canadians can't pollute California's sweet air.

Los Angeles was shrouded in smog, with the Hollywood Hills, Malibu Hills and Santa Monica Mountains mostly turning black.

The thick smoke moved south along the north wind, causing nearly a quarter of Los Angeles to be surrounded by ash.

More than 80 people faced water and power outages.

The city seemed to be cursed by magic.

The current governor Schwarzenegger rushed to Los Angeles at this time. As soon as he appeared outside the Burbank fire scene, he was surrounded by many citizens and media reporters.

The actor who had been arranged in advance successfully bypassed the governor's security, came to Schwarzenegger with the child in his arms, and loudly asked: "Why has my home become a ruin? Why are there not enough rescue workers? Why is there no water in the fire hydrant? Why is it so late to transfer water from the north?"

There were more than a dozen cameras around, all aimed at Schwarzenegger.

"I'm from Los Angeles and have lived here for decades. My house in Malibu was also burned down. I feel the same way about what you've been through!" Schwarzenegger gave the citizen a comforting hug. "I'm here this time to solve the problem and end this disaster as soon as possible."

Fox reporter Halle Wynn shouted, "You're the governor, you can't shirk your responsibility!"

Schwarzenegger said in a serious tone: "I will not shirk my responsibility. The Los Angeles City Hall sold Los Angeles' water to a private group but did not respond or take responsibility for it. I will go to the Wonderful Group today to discuss and ask them to release the water immediately!"

He paused for a moment, and then continued, "Do you remember that water can't be transferred to central and northern California? The state legislature passed a 'Smelt Protection Act' earlier this year, requiring the guarantee of water for their survival. I've seen forecasts from several meteorological agencies that southern California will be unusually dry this year, so I vetoed the bill to facilitate the mobilization of water resources, but the state legislature initiated the two-thirds procedure and forced the bill through. Although I am the governor of California, I have no right to violate the law." (End of this chapter)