The Wolf of Los Angeles.

In California, the autumn sun still shines brightly. At the newly set up polling station in the small square in front of the Coast Building, long lines formed as soon as voting began in the early morning.

Hawke and Erica walked at the front and cast their votes.

Twitter staff then followed suit, voting one by one.

The cameras set up nearby also started broadcasting live.

Almost everyone cast their votes for Brian.

As Hawke walked back, he said, "There won't be any surprises in California."

Erica completely agreed: "I looked at the polls, and Brian has nearly 70% approval rating in California, which is outrageous."

Because California was Brian's stronghold, he made various preferential promises.

For example, on Hawke's side, Twitter's space supercomputing center plan, developed in conjunction with West Coast Technologies, Surrey Satellite, and SpaceX, could very likely receive hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies over the next decade if Brian is elected.

At the polling station in Beverly Hills, Brian, back in his hometown, appeared with Jennifer, who was heavily pregnant.

After casting their votes, the two gave interviews to reporters, urging voters to cast their ballots for them.

In major California cities, long lines formed at Elephant Party polling stations, while Democratic Party polling stations were deserted.

A similar scene also occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

As the swing state with the most electoral votes, Pennsylvania is also a key battleground for both the Democratic and Republican parties.

But the voting process showed a clear difference from the very beginning.

Near the Elephant Party's polling stations, the number of people always far exceeds that of the Donald Party's polling stations.

In other swing states such as Michigan, Nevada, and Ohio, the Democratic Party suffered a complete defeat in voter turnout.

Georgia, where CNN headquarters is located, is also a swing state. At the polling station, the host interviewed an editorialist during the live broadcast.

The man stated directly, "The situation in swing states is not chaotic at all; it's very clear that the Democrats and Joseph are out of the game."

Compared to the Elephant Party's vigorous progress, the Donald Party was in a state of despondency.

Since the treason scandal broke, Joseph's reputation has been ruined, and with the election approaching, it's too late for the Democratic Party to find a replacement.

Several hot-tempered retired SEAL captains even publicly declared that they would make the traitors pay a bloody price.

As many as 26 SEALs were killed near Islamabad, and the families of some of them took to Twitter to demand that the blood must be paid for.

Following routine procedures, the Secret Service increased security around Joseph, but those around him could sense the agents' contempt for him.

Due to time zone differences and varying state regulations, the closing time for voting on the same day differs from state to state, with Alaska being the last state to close voting.

As the states began counting votes, Hawke and Erica arrived at the Beverly Business Club.

Almost at the same time, Brian and Jennifer arrived.

The truly capable and key members of the Fergus family also gathered at this place.

Subsequently, the main force of the technological revolution, including Musk, Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Hastings, and Sergey Brin, came from Silicon Valley to Los Angeles and entered the Beverly Business Club.

Brian's partner McCain also arrived one after another.

Hawke kept making and receiving phone calls, instructing his men to keep a close watch on the hidden locations and do everything in their power to prevent the ghost soldiers from voting.

He had taken precautions in advance, so the Donald Party had no chance to implement their plan.

As time went on, some states finished counting their votes and released their results.

Unsurprisingly, Brian's votes were far ahead.

Having caused so much trouble, and even portrayed Joseph as a traitor, Joseph himself believed that the failure of the hunt for Benladden was due to his leaking the secret...

When the election came to a vote, the outcome was already clear.

But Brian was a little nervous and went to talk to Hawke: "Thinking back to when we first met, it feels like a dream."

Hawke recalled carefully: "Where did we first meet? On my date with Erica?"

“On a yacht.” Brian remembered it vividly. He boarded that yacht years ago, saw the pirates who died on it, and concluded that Hawke and Erica were both troublesome people.

He said, "You were like a killing machine back then, killing a ship full of pirates with Erica."

Hawke remembered and said with a smile, "There was no other way. If we hadn't killed those drug-smuggling pirates, Erica and I would have been the ones who died that night."

Brian laughed, "Looking back now, that was the real beginning of my life. This playboy found his purpose in life."

"Stop with the pleasantries," Hawke said bluntly. "Just try to put as much federal property as possible into my pocket."

Brian looked at the electronic screen in the lobby.

The screen displays an electronic map of the United States, with the boundaries of each state clearly defined.

Whenever the results of a state's votes are announced, the map will automatically switch to either a blue or red state based on the vote count, while also displaying the number of electoral votes received.

Most states in the United States operate on a winner-take-all rule, where the winner of the general election receives all of the state's electoral votes.

Brian's tension gradually subsided, and he said to Hawke, "Anyone who dares to block our access to America's money bag is our enemy."

Hawke's idea was to incite Europe to go to war, and then let European funds flow back to North America so he could profit from it.

Europeans have had too much of a comfortable life; they'll definitely need to be given a tougher challenge in the future.

Moreover, apart from Europeans and geese, other parts of the world would also be happy to see a large-scale local conflict break out in Europe.

In this hall, many people, like Hawke, were calculating how to get more benefits from the Federation later.

The election is also a new feast of spoils.

Time flew by, and more and more states released their vote counts. Brian maintained a lead of more than one hundred votes over Joseph.

When California announced the vote count, Blaine won with more than 60% of the vote, officially receiving more than 270 electoral votes.

This means that Brian received more than half of the votes.

Brian won the election.

"We won!" A burst of enthusiastic applause erupted from the crowd, with countless people shouting, "We won!"

The winners weren't just Brian, but also all those who had sponsored him throughout the process, so everyone seemed very excited.

Hawke hugged Erica tightly, kissed her deeply on the cheek, and said, "Darling, you're holding a billionaire, a future trillionaire!"

Erica, who has long been influenced by Hawke, said, "Next, let's make as much of America as possible our own."

Hawke said with a smile, "What we're going to do is drain American families dry."

He wasn't the only one thinking this way. Musk, Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Hastings, Sergey Brin, and others were also shouting and yelling, like a bunch of robbers who had seen a beautiful woman, clamoring to put America on their dinner table. Hokra, holding Erica, came to the middle of the group and said seriously, "Guys, I'm the winner now. In the future, we'll form a solid alliance and extract more benefits from America."

Musk responded, "I support Hawke!"

"support!"

"support!"

The people around him all agreed.

Hawke added, "We must sit at the table where America is being divided, because if we don't sit at the table, it means we'll be on the menu!"

He looked around at everyone and asked, "Would you like to be a dish on the table?"

No one was willing, and under Hawke's leadership, the group began to discuss it enthusiastically.

Hawke and his group of Americans are already preparing to serve America as a dish on the table.

Even Young Master Ou was part of Hawke's plan.

With the vote count completed, Brian won the general election by a landslide.

Although the electoral vote is scheduled for December, given Brian's vote share, there shouldn't be any further issues.

Brian turned to Hawke: "Is the film crew ready?"

Hawke said, "A Twitter team can step in at any time."

"Come in." Brian walked to the podium below the large screen, and the hall gradually quieted down.

A dozen minutes later, after the film crew had set up their cameras, Brian delivered a speech announcing his victory in the presidential election.

In the previous congressional elections, the Republican Party won a majority of seats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, thanks to a series of events orchestrated by Hawke, especially the negative impact of the treason scandal on the Democratic Party.

Hawke's ally, California Representative Kevin McCarthy, was elected chairman of the Congressional Budget Committee, in which the Elephant Party holds an absolute majority.

Projects that require budget committee approval, such as the Space Supercomputing Center project, the AI ​​Manhattan subsidy program, the return to the moon and landing on Mars program, and the Starlink communications project, are relatively easier to get approved.

For a long time to come, the Elephant Party will suppress the Donald Party.

More than a month later, in the Electoral College election, Bryan still defeated Joseph by a huge margin and was elected as the next President of the United States.

The handover between Tom Emer and Brian went relatively smoothly.

The former used his presidential pardon power on people closely related to him, and there were even rumors from the White House that Tom Emerson was going to pardon him.

Unfortunately, there is no such precedent in the United States, and there is no explicit provision in the Constitution.

Hawke and Brian will keep their promise and not participate in the Walker and Cheney families' retaliation against Tom Emmer.

But there are some people and some things that cannot be easily let go.

After the new year's Presidents' Day, Brian officially took office, and Joseph completely lost the protection of his presidential candidacy.

Brian's father-in-law, Hugh Sr., was still serving as Attorney General, and the Department of Justice, together with the FBI, launched an investigation into a series of cases involving Joseph.

The Los Angeles District Court and the U.S. Special Counsel's Office have filed up to 15 criminal charges against Joseph.

The Donald Party also saw Joseph as a scapegoat, placing their hopes for the future primarily on Obama.

Meanwhile, Brian's White House took the lead in releasing a series of tax cuts and federal aid plans, involving as many as 22 items related to Hawke's Twitter account.

Tax cuts and subsidies are minor issues.

Most importantly, there is a large package of federal subsidies and grants.

Hawke used the latest data models to predict that a war could break out between the United States and Russia in the future, and that the United States' technological advantage would be greatly reduced if it lost its supercomputers.

Space supercomputing centers are an essential project for the development of new technologies in the United States.

Then they used the media to create hype, claiming that some countries had discovered something incredible on the far side of the moon, leading to a technological explosion.

Therefore, the United States must return to the moon, and even land on Mars before any other country on Earth.

Musk, Hawke's top henchman in the tech world, also proposed a massive Mars landing plan, claiming that with sufficient investment, a Mars landing could be achieved within five years.

The plan, of course, is the same as Hawke's previous life: land on Mars next year, and then the year after that.

Regardless of whether they actually went to Mars, they've received the federal funding in real time.

High-tech projects require long-term efforts to overcome challenges. A breakthrough within five years is a miracle, within ten years is rare, and within fifteen years is normal.

All of Hawke's work is just a facade, just like the Manhattan Project for AI.

Once the funds are allocated, the formalities will naturally be put on a good show.

They conduct a new rocket test every two months, using the cheapest materials. The rocket doesn't even need to leave the atmosphere; it just hovers over Texas. Each launch is heavily publicized in the news media, such as having Musk mobilize his die-hard fans to create the impression that this is the conscience of world technology.

Anyone in the federal government who objects to the large grants should be brought to the site to see for themselves that the "massive" research and experiments are still ongoing.

Taking advantage of the opportunity presented by the establishment of a space station across the Pacific, the Congressional Budget Committee passed 12 funding proposals put forward by Hawke.

Over the next decade, the federal government will allocate hundreds of billions of dollars to research and development and the construction of space supercomputing centers.

Hawke initially planned for 12 high-orbit satellites, but in order to increase the subsidy amount, the number of satellites was increased to 55.

Twitter's AI Manhattan project has received additional funding.

Returning to the moon and landing on Mars have become key high-tech research and development investment plans in the United States, receiving an initial grant of $300 billion over the next five years.

As for the other smaller plans, they were all left to Hoklach and his bunch of parasites, sitting at the table sharing the American feast.

On the military front, West Coast Technologies has become the Pentagon's largest supplier of small and medium-sized military drones.

To circumvent scrutiny, Hawke had West Coast Technologies establish a drone factory in Costa Rica.

A country like Costa Rica certainly doesn't have industrial production capabilities. All of its drones are made from imported parts, which are then assembled using Costa Rica's cheap labor, and then labeled with West Coast branding before being supplied to the Pentagon.

Similar products include military individual transport vehicles and three-wheeled vehicles.

West Coast Technology also acquired other military uniforms, bulletproof vests, and various accessories.

These things can be imported in large quantities from Yiwu.

Hawke heard from the Pentagon generals that India had discovered that most of the military uniforms and equipment it purchased from Canada Goose originated from its northern neighbor.

This hurt the pride of Indians, who are now preparing to purchase military uniforms and equipment from the US military.

Hawke plans to have American soldiers use the military uniforms imported from Yiwu for two years, then buy them back at a low price, refurbish them slightly, and sell them to India under the Pentagon's name.

Prepare a feast to entertain two groups of wealthy guests. (End of Chapter)