Chicago 1990

'Mariah Carey and APLUS visited the White House earlier today with the African-American cultural delegation in New York, and had a cordial conversation with the chieftain and his wife. The chieftain and his wife attacked the Senate majority leader and elephant party in a subsequent speech. Bob Dole, one of the candidates for the commandership, said he was very cautious in a series of remarks involving African Americans. The commander said...'

In the evening, Song Ya and his wife appeared on the yacht he had come to walk through and met Taraji in his early years. Washington politicians really liked this private and safe occasion. When they arrived, the boat left the pier. , Outsiders can't get in at all.

In the TV screen, the husband and wife of the chief and deputy chief shook hands with everyone in the line one by one. When it was Song Ya's turn, the chief smiled and said a few words, then turned sideways and asked the reporter to take a picture of the two shaking hands. Mariah Carey was also hugging his wife at the same time.Then the two men stood in the middle, and the women held their husbands and continued to take pictures for the reporter...

"Maria... Kelly! Kelly!"

After reading the news on CUU station, Song Ya deliberately said the hostess's accent. She put Mariah Carey's name in the first word, then read it very hard and paused, and then'and' APLUS.

"The campaign team led by the chief seems to value your wife more, APLUS."

Party whip Underwood wife Claire laughed.

"Humph..." Mariah Carey was very proud.

"Maybe they think Mimi's public image is better than mine." Song Ya hugged his wife.

"It should be so, sit down APLUS."

Underwood prepared a small parlor on the yacht. There were two couples. "What did he tell you at the time?"

"Hello, it's nice to meet you like APLUS..." Song Ya learned the accent of the commander. "He didn't pay much attention to us. He kept walking and chatting with Gore in the White House garden."

"Mimi, can I call you Mimi?" Claire greeted Mariah Carey in a tacit understanding, "Come on, I'll take you to meet some African-American Congressmen, do you know Mr. Rangel?"

"Yes." Mariah Carey was led away by her.

"After you left, Deputy Commander Gore also asked me about you in particular. This is rare."

Underwood raised Erlang's legs and put the whiskey glass on his lap. "He may be suspicious that the commander wants to grab the sponsor of the campaign from him."

"Mr. Gore cherishes feathers too much." Song Ya sat next to him and spit out casually.

Indeed, the last election took him one million, but Gore’s help was far less powerful than the commander’s in the Vic case this time. "I heard the commander is quietly eating away his political resources?"

"Almost, the commander is a good political player. You must know that before the last election, he came to the fore after the donkey party leaders thought that the chances of winning were not great. After being elected, his control is in It has grown rapidly, and many parliamentarians and Donkey Party politicians have joined in... even the Elephant Party has been divided by him. The Elephant Party now controls the Senate and House of Representatives, but he can basically do all the big things he wants to do. It is indeed very powerful... Little Daly and I underestimated him."

Underwood has no private possessions. "The key is that the position of deputy commander will be very embarrassed when encountering a strong leader. Gore's current authority is not even as good as when he was a senator before. Fortunately, he still has the basics of the technology industry. As for becoming a mascot."

"But I also heard that he is interested in the 2000 election?" Song Ya asked.

"Yes, no matter if you are dormant now, at least the deputy commander's appearance rate is not lacking, and the people will not forget him."

Underwood said: "The economy is now very good. His information superhighway plan is investing heavily in step by step. The technology industry likes him very much. His campaign funds will be very abundant at that time. Not surprisingly, our donkey party should be able to govern for a long time. ."

"Congratulations in advance, Mr. Underwood." Underwood was suggesting that Gore's line must not be broken, and Song Ya himself had no intention of this.

"Congratulations."

The two toasted and sipped their wine. "Will you stay in Washington tomorrow?" Underwood asked, "Claire's foundation has a charity dinner."

"Dinner? Then I should not be able to be there. Mimi still has a movie to be filmed in Hollywood. The crew has been waiting for her for several days. I have to go back to Los Angeles. I have to accompany her."

In addition to paying salaries, these foundations are holding cocktail parties, parties and dinners under various names, which are equivalent to controlling the communication expenses of the foundation's individuals and the company. The money Song Ya donated to Claire's organization is about the same. of.

"Claire and I can understand."

Underwood picked up the Fortune magazine from the table, "Have you seen these things?" There are several photos in it, Peter's, his elephant party opponents have dug him more from the hotel with prostitutes. The sneak shots of Chen are very clear, and the shame is greater. In one of the photos, the current state attorney and candidate for governor of Cook County, Peter Flock, who has an old-fashioned white decent temperament, is licking the place she frequents intently and infatuated A prostitute’s toe, and another. Two naked women appeared in the hotel room, neither of them were photographed, while he was lying on the bed, and he was photographed with a lewd smile.

"I didn't expect him to have a lot of tricks."

Song Ya smiled, "I heard Goodman talk about it last night, but I couldn't see the local news in Chicago. How is the response there now?"

"No, it's one thing for prosecutors to cheat on prostitutes occasionally, and it is another thing for hard-faced law enforcement officials to fetish and play multiplayer games. The former keeps white and black male voters pinching their noses to see that he has a good record and sincere apology. If the situation can be tolerated, the latter is not necessarily the case. His new poll has not come out yet, but I guess it will definitely fall." Underwood shook his head and sighed.

"Will he lose the election?" Song Ya asked.

"He can only win now..."

Underwood did not say what to do if he loses, but it is estimated that Peter's fate will not be good, especially in the Vic case. His elephant party opponents killed the FBI detective and made peace with the gang where Vic acted as a middleman under his command. Linked to the General Assembly, the situation was chased.

"Can't we do anything?"

"I can't do it, at most I can help him replace the Pastor Alison." Underwood threw the magazine on the table. "We didn't know the existence of these new photos before, but he shouldn't be unaware of it. Love, so...he better win." He gritted his teeth.

It seems that the Chicago Donkey Party is very annoyed at Peter's new basket, and it seems that Peter has also concealed the existence of these photos. Song Ya put himself in and thought about it, indeed, who would take the initiative to explain such a shameful thing to his party?Peter would definitely want to save face, and he was lucky.

But if he loses the election, the disappointment of the Chicago Donkey Party will definitely vent on him.

Poor Alicia.

Song Ya was thinking farther and farther away, "Stop talking about this." Underwood waved his hand and changed the subject, "Have you seen the top 500 ranked by Fortune magazine this year?"

"I have seen it. The top four in their first global 500 list are Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., ITOCHU Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation..."

In the first Global 500 in 1995, Fortune Magazine gave all the top four companies to the company, "It seems that we are not going to let go of the book?"

There are big consortia on the book side. Song Ya didn’t know how many big consortia in the United States would rank according to this algorithm, but there shouldn’t be a situation where the book’s family dominates.There are Marubeni, Nissho Iwai, Toyota Motor, Hitachi, Nippon Life Insurance, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company, Panasonic and Tomen in the first 20 years, all accounting for more than half.

"In short, there is no new opponent for the time being." Underwood nodded. "Originally, some politicians and think tanks thought that the main target should be shifted to China on the premise of keeping a close eye on their hair. However, the wealth list is single, and it seems that everyone is still It’s time to concentrate on pressing the book. The auto trade agreement reached between the leader and the book last month was again collectively attacked by the Elephant Party, thinking that he had compromised too much..."

"The book is really strong." Song Ya was anxious.