America 1995

Chapter 307 Lobbying
As night falls, San Francisco's luxury residential district is brightly lit.

In the Bay House, the crystal chandeliers cast brilliant light, reflecting on the guests dressed in gorgeous clothes.

The dining table is filled with top-quality delicacies and rare wines, and the air is filled with rich aromas.

The sea breeze blows on your face, and you can see the night view of San Francisco from afar. The neon lights of the high-rise buildings are flashing, and the busy streets are winding like the Milky Way.

Outside the villa, the waves gently hit the shore, sparkling.

The yachts on the shore sparkle under the lights, contrasting with the stars in the sky, creating an extremely luxurious and charming picture.

Li Zairong was somewhat depressed, although he had dreamed of attending such a party before.

Even his father was often not qualified to attend such banquets.

But now, he really couldn't be happy.

Because at this moment, not far in front of his left.

His sister, Li Fuzhen, happened to be chatting with a group of American ladies with a sweet smile on her face.

Any of the husbands, fathers or brothers of these noble ladies are characters that Li Zairong cannot afford to offend, and Li Jianxi also needs to please when he meets them.

"call……"

With a sigh, Li Zairong knew that his sister had risen to the top and become a phoenix.

What followed was Li Zairong's increasing sense of urgency!
He is worried, he is afraid.

He was worried that after Lee Boo-jeong had the support of the Americans, she would return to South Korea and compete with him for the Star Star Group.

She was afraid that with the support of the Americans, her father would abandon her and choose her sister, whom he had loved since childhood.

Thinking that the huge Xingxing Group that should have been inherited by me might be gone from me.

How could Li Zairong be happy about this?
What's more, the example of the Zheng family is right beside us.

Out of the blue, Zheng Mengjiu's brother "slipped and fell" from the headquarters of Hyundai Group.

This is hilarious!
He is the prince of a chaebol and a big shot in South Korea who has basically been identified as the next heir.

He accidentally fell to his death on the roof of his own headquarters building.

Who would believe this kind of thing if I told them?
But the Korean police believed it, and the Korean prosecutors, who have always been extremely powerful, believed it.

Such a big shot in South Korea, a guy that Lee Jae-young knew and was his friend.

Just die.

Then the unpopular Zheng Mengjiu took over, angered his father so much that he was hospitalized, and directly controlled the Hyundai Group...

There is this example before.

Lee Jae-young is now looking at Lee Boo-jeong's appearance.

How could he be relieved?

He closed his eyes now, and the tragic death of Zheng Mengjiu's younger brother Zheng Mengxian seemed to be right in front of him.

When he thought of the tragic death of Zheng Mengxian, Li Zairong couldn't help but tremble even in this large cocktail party full of celebrities.

"Darling? What's wrong with you?" His newlywed wife Lin Shiling saw her husband suddenly tremble and couldn't help but ask with concern.

"No, nothing." Li Zairong quickly opened his eyes to hide his nervousness. "It's a bit cold. I might have caught a cold last night."

“……”Lin Shiling was stunned.

Got a cold? The San Francisco Bay Area has arguably the best weather and climate in the world.

It is the most suitable place for human habitation.

Especially in July and August, most of the time when you sleep at night, you don’t need to turn on the air conditioner or fan.

Because the temperature is just right.

Lin Shiling slept very comfortably last night, but Li Zairong actually caught a cold.

She's a little weird.

However, she saw that her husband's eyes were always on Lee Boo-jeong.

As a close associate of Lee Jae-young, Lin Se-ryung is also a member of South Korea's upper class circle.

She soon understood why her husband behaved like this.

"Aunt wouldn't be like that." Lin Shiling whispered, "You are brother and sister. You love her and she respects you."

Li Zairong was stunned.

Then he sneered slightly: "Ha, Zheng Mengjiu and Zheng Mengxian are brothers. What's the result?"

Only then did Lin Shiling understand what he was worried about.

Lin Shiling hesitated: "Not really."

"It certainly wasn't the case before it happened."

Li Zairong took a deep breath and said, "After it happens, it's too late to do anything."

Lin Shiling was silent, wanting to say that Lee Boo-jeong was not that kind of person.

But then she thought, is Zheng Mengjiu so cruel?

Even if Li Fuzhen didn't want to do it, things had to proceed to a certain point.

Many things are beyond human control.

Li Fuzhen doesn't want it, so don't her subordinates and the people behind her want it either?
Wearing a yellow robe is sometimes not decided by the owner's will.

"We can't just sit there and wait for death. Se-ryung, we are one." Li Zairong suddenly whispered, "We are husband and wife. You don't want anything to happen to me, do you?"

After hearing this, Lin Shiling thought to herself: We are indeed husband and wife. But if something happens to you, I may not be in trouble.

I can still go back to my parents' home.

There was no relationship between her and him, it was just a marriage between chaebols.

But at the moment, Lin Shiling certainly wouldn't say that.

She nodded gently, "Of course. We are one. I will help you, Jaeyoung."

"Okay then." Li Zairong took a breath and glanced at Li Fuzhen. "You go to Fuzhen. Try to get in touch with as many people as possible, and write down everything that happens around her and tell me."

Be a spy?

Lin Shiling thought about it, but she still agreed.

Because this is really the only thing she can do at the moment.

"Okay." Lin Shiling said softly.

Lee Jae-young: "You and Boo-jeong have a good relationship. Se-ryung, I just need you to help me now."

"Of course I will help you."

Not to mention the sudden change that happened to Li Fuzhen.

The situation of family power struggle suddenly changed.

At today's cocktail party.

In addition to the Li brothers and sisters, there were many other big figures who did not belong to the California consortium or the California region.

Like people from Boston, and...

Mr. George Herbert Bush, the current governor of Texas, who is up for re-election this year!

"Oh, of course I like the Los Angeles Dodgers. They're a big player in the major leagues! But I think the best team in the country, besides the Rangers, is the Houston Astros!"

Milo's uncle was chatting about baseball with several local California political celebrities, such as the Pelosi family and the Newsom family.

Before becoming the Governor of California, George was the general manager of the Texas Rangers baseball team.

Under his management, the once fallen baseball powerhouse Rangers became a member of the major leagues again.

He was able to be elected governor of Texas, and his status as general manager of the Rangers gave him a lot of votes.

At least most of the voters in Texas who liked baseball at that time voted for George.

And as a true Texan, George actually really loves baseball.

Right now he's arguing with Paul Pelosi about whether the Dodgers in Los Angeles, California, are better.

Texas baseball team is still better.

Since the Rangers have a relatively poor record, the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers were brought in for comparison.

As for why George, the governor of Texas, would come to California...

It certainly doesn't mean that he suddenly doesn't want to be the governor of Texas and wants to be the governor of California.

Instead, he is preparing for the general election two years later!
You didn't mean to come here to canvass for votes so early.

Instead, he wanted to take advantage of his nephew's fame and come here in advance to mingle with celebrities so that when he really stood up to run for election two years later.

As long as there are some people here willing to support him, it will always be good.

What's more, he is not the only one in Texas now!
Because of the trouble caused by the California consortium, a lot of people came from Texas.

If it weren't for Herbert's special identity, everyone would have come!
But now Herbert didn't come, but George and his third brother came.

As they were chatting, George suddenly pointed to Wilson and several members of the California consortium who were chatting with people on the west lawn.

"Hey, Paul. I noticed you've been here but you haven't come over yet. Do you want to come over and talk?"

In George's mind, Pelosi and Newsom are the political giants in California.

It is natural that they have close ties with the California consortium.

Just like his relationship with the Texas consortium.

but……

Paul Pelosi shook his head. "I'm not going there."

“I don’t know them well,” he said.

George: "???"

California's political elites say they are not familiar with California's chaebol families?
This is too outrageous.

However, in fact, this is exactly the manifestation of the fragmentation of the California consortium.

The California consortium is the least down-to-earth among the large American conglomerates.

These warmongers either build aircraft carriers, warships and missiles, or airplanes, cannons and tanks.

Under its jurisdiction are arms companies such as Lockheed Martin, Rothrop Grumman, Litton Industries, and Sikorsky Helicopters.

The arms consortium is not short of people at the top, but what it lacks is the ability to control the middle and lower levels.

The White House, Congress, the military, the security and intelligence agencies, they all have no shortage of people.

They lack the down-to-earth spirit like the Mormons, which can lock in the reputation and votes of the grassroots.

It lacks the characteristics of the Texas consortium that relies on the special cowboy culture and binds the top and the bottom together.

It’s not that the California consortium doesn’t do charity, the key is that they bomb others while giving candy to children.

They themselves are embarrassed by these crocodile tears.

They just gave up and simply isolated themselves from the middle and lower levels, opened a skunk work, and kept everything they did secret.

Forget about Mormon.

In addition to energy, Texas also sells arms everywhere, but the situation of Texas consortium is much better than that of California consortium.

The California consortium envies the Utah Mormons and the old landowners in Texas.

These bastards are either practicing polygamy or inciting real men to take up guns and cause trouble for the federation.

These two guys are the most evil, but they are just two old-fashioned people and nothing has happened to them. They are very popular among the people in the state.

It’s not because of anything else, it’s just because it’s down to earth.

The Mormons can fool around, they collect tithes and build big temples and big schools everywhere.

The Brigham Young Schools are the largest private universities and private schools in the world.

Mormons also have public warehouses, tithes and church property, and will help fellow church members in need. They are very popular among the middle and lower classes, and there are many berserkers.

Texas is a gathering place for rednecks and a stronghold of motorcycle gangs.

When faced with the Utah Mormons and Texas rednecks, the federal government is scratching its head.

In other words, local forces in Utah and Texas can manipulate public opinion and form a group to cause trouble on Capitol Hill.

California is not good, it's a mess.

The California consortium’s bunch of arms companies may seem high-end, but in reality they are not as good as Bunge, which is in the food industry, or DuPont, which is in the chemical industry.

Because they are out of touch with reality, they cannot influence many votes.

Without votes, there is no way to bind local political giants like Pelosi and Newsom.

In the end, it ended up in a state of division.

Many American upper-class people are actually well aware of this kind of thing.

But George... to say he's an outstanding person is a compliment to him.

The reason he became governor was nothing else but that he was a man who could rival a state.

Plus Zipperton’s debt to his father!

Fortunately, Paul Pelosi is also an uneducated playboy.

His dad is completely disappointed in him and has given up on Paul Pelosi.

Instead, they supported Paul Pelosi's wife, Nancy Patricia, who was of Italian descent from the East Coast and came from a godfather family.

Nancy Patricia, with the help of Newsom and Pelosi, has done a great job.

It can be said that he is not much worse off than George.

So now when George faces Paul Pelosi, he won't look like a fool.

Because they are all the same stuff...

They were just two idiots talking to each other, so it’s better not to mention the details of their conversation.

His gaze returned to Milo.

At this time he was smiling, with Ed, Claude, Arthur and others.

Whispering conversations with visitors from Texas.

"This, this may be difficult. Will they agree?" John Elkins said in surprise, looking at Milo with a red wine glass in his hand.

The Elkins, Brownhunt, Richardson, McKisson and other families are the core families of the Texas consortium.

“There are too many difficult things in this world.”

Milo took a sip of whiskey and then smiled. "We never know until we try. If it works, we won't have to worry about Rockefeller or Morgan anymore."

After hearing what he said, John Elkins couldn't help but look at the other people around him.

I saw that they were both from Boston and Texans.

At this moment, their eyes were all shining, and they were obviously very interested.

"Who's in charge?" Liam H.L. Hunter asked softly.

Milo smiled silently. Without him saying anything, Arthur Adams beside him said naturally and as a matter of course:

"Naturally, the best person becomes the leader. Just like in a wolf pack, the alpha wolf is always the strongest one."

Ed Lowell said at the right time: "Who is it then?"

Everyone, whether they are from Texas or Boston.

Everyone turned their attention to Milo.

Milo took the lead and looked at everyone and said, "I think I am suitable. Because only I can make everyone sit together. Today's cocktail party is the best and most powerful proof!"

Richardson and the others were silent.

But Texans had to admit it.

Without Milo.

Then they wouldn't come here.

Nor will they participate in sharing the benefits of the California consortium that is about to split.

You know, they have not been invaded by Eastern financial groups such as Morgan, Rockefeller and Mellon.

But they couldn't get out at all and couldn't leave Texas at all.

It was hard to get Herbert out, but Herbert was a person who was in Texas but his heart was on the East Coast.

What's more, Herbert's success was due to the fact that he was born in New England and had a close relationship with Rockefeller.

Although they also want to push George to the top now, it is impossible for them to do it alone.

Herbert's old connections in New England were still needed.

Needs the Shrub family and Rockefeller connections.

Otherwise, Texas simply doesn't have the energy to do so on their own!

(End of this chapter)