Chapter 1358

On February 23, the Grammy Awards ceremony was held.

"The best rap album winner: the slim shady LP! Eminem! Congratulations

"Best Newcomer: Christina Aguilera!"

"Best album of the year: Supernatural! Carlos Santana

At Bedford villa in New York, Sonya and Mariah Kelly are lying on the sofa side by side watching TV. Sure enough, if you don't go, you won't get a trophy. This year, you won't win.

At the end of the day, he and Maria Kelly were talking so fast that they could hang the oil bottle.

"Hum, it seems that you have to continue to scold them." Mariah Kelly didn't even have a nomination. She angrily raised the remote control to turn off the TV and encouraged her.

"It's not good to scold too harshly. It's called calling for reform."

Song Ya replied. And then with the ex-wife tacit understanding of the bad laugh together.

"Boss..." I'm rolling on the sofa. There's a knock on the door. It's Ms. Sloan.

"What can I do for you?" Song Ya asked.

"Peter."

“OK。” This is the most important business at present. Song Ya immediately tidied up and went out.

Peter's election in February was very bad. Polls showed that he only ranked fourth to fifth among all the primary candidates. The media and the Party group were deliberately ignoring him. The exposure was that the anchor of the evening talk show used him as a clown to make up negative jokes.

With only one week to go until Super Tuesday early next month, when Sixteen States will hold primary elections at the same time, and campaign financing is not smooth, his chances of hitting the third-largest candidate are slim.

"Peter, Alicia."

The election is very expensive. Peter's campaign team took part of the limited funds to rent a small street front office of Tribeca as his New York campaign office, which is close to Wall Street.

Peter's idea of a small government is bound to relax financial regulation, which should win the favor of some people on Wall Street, with little effect. If he is elected to the third place in the party in Iowa and other weathervane States, the situation will be very different.

Unfortunately, there is no if

It's not far from his home in Tribeca. Sonya and old Mike are very familiar with the place. They drive by in the dark. Old Mike sees Peter's charming smile on the campaign poster on the street and stops the car on the street.

"Aplus, Ms. Sloan, welcome. Let's introduce Eli. You know, this is the division manager in charge of our New York campaign. "

It's a very "simple" campaign office, with a lot of phones, posters, ribbons, flags, and other essential facilities. In the evening, the staff are off work. Peter and Alicia are waiting for him with campaign manager Eli, legal adviser, media adviser and others.

"Hello, Eli, hello..." Songya skillfully and quickly got off the car, and strode into the campaign office with Sloan one after another. They both smile and shake hands with Peter, Alicia and others.

If the top of the campaign branch is not a local campaign promoter or power broker with some energy, or an important local political and business ally or relative, Peter has no foundation in New York, and the person he is looking for is just a small role, according to Sloan.

"How's it going?" Sloan asked Peter.

"Not good." Peter was honest, free and easy, and shrugged his shoulders.

Song Ya nodded with a smile and said nothing. In fact, Sloan has always been very opposed to Peter's team spending valuable money in New York. She directly denounced it as a waste. She had explicitly proposed her election strategy to Peter before, but it didn't seem to work.

Yesterday, Peter's campaign insisted on holding a fund-raising dinner at a hotel near Central Park, which confirmed her judgment. It is said that those present were idlers wandering around wall street, eating and drinking, or even financial swindlers.

Internet and technology stocks have been declining for more than a month. Wall Street and Silicon Valley have unlimited expectations of Gore. But why should big men like Carl Icahn, who are lured by the so-called small government line, support him? It's better to be on the party side.

Peter's contacts and information are not bad in Chicago and Cook County, but it's too bad in the whole country. Naturally, the George Dynasty on the other side of the elephant party can't compare with him, even the second ranking senator of the elephant party in the primary election.

His grandfather and father were both admirals. His sister married little Henry Morgan. His ex-wife worked as an assistant to Mrs. Reagan and was in charge of White House visitors. His current wife came from a large distribution business family of Anheuser Bush Budweiser in Arizona.

That's the inside story.

Peter, who started from scratch, chose to spend a lot of resources in New York, which shows that he already has a strong gambler mentality and hopes to raise a huge amount of campaign funds at one stroke.

He is bound to come with great conditions that can move some companies and individuals on Wall Street, but with his difficult primary situation... It's very difficult to move Wall Street. This is not a place where people are stupid and have a lot of money.

It also means that Peter can't keep calm, Sloan reminded, which is a sign that politicians are out of control.

"Go in and talk."

After the greeting, Alicia and Sloan go to the distance to talk in a low voice. Sonya uses a few words to send Eli, who is laughing with him, to wait for Peter's men. She doesn't intend to stay for a long time at all.

Peter opened the door of his personal office and made an invitation.

"All right."

Song Ya followed him. It was just a small room with a glass door. The inside and outside could be seen clearly. It should not be too soundproof.

There were only two of them left. Sonya kept his voice down and asked Peter directly, "has Underwood contacted you?"

Fortunately, Al Gore and little Daly have already offered the terms of persuasion through Underwood, the middleman. It sounds harsh, but it's actually good. They asked Peter to resign as governor on the pretext of full participation in the general election, and then quit the election with dignity after Super Tuesday's tragic defeat. There is no way to deal with the koziko case, which has been brought to the Supreme Court of Illinois, But the election fraud in the grand jury stage and the death of kozko in the criminal investigation stage will not embarrass him any more.

The main witness of the koziko case, koziko himself, is dead. Peter has a good chance to get out of prison. At least he should be free from the second prison. After that, he will enter a "one-way revolving door" that will never come back.

"I talked to him, but... It's unacceptable." Peter tidied up the family photo frame on the desk and shook his head.

"Can you talk about your concerns?"

Hearing this, Songya felt a little annoyed. The reason why he thought "this condition is not bad" is that Peter's soft will is good for him. The acquisition of New Jersey first bank has been synchronized. Under the coordination of Underwood and little Daley, Bradley's camp has let go, 128 million won 34.5 percent of that bank and 83 percent of the newly established New Jersey first investment bank, while the politicians also promised to provide the bank with a low-key federal guarantee of no less than $80 million to help ease the bad debt rate.

34.5% is enough to control the bank with extremely dispersed equity. The buyer is not song Ya himself, but a new private fund: deep sea private equity, which is established by him, his old business partner Northern Trust and cna insurance.

Of course, the premise of all this is Peter's concession. If Peter doesn't withdraw from the election, it's impossible to sit back and watch the deal come to an end.

"At that time, I will be a lamb to be slaughtered by them. Believe me, aplus, if I agree to this condition, I will be sent to prison the next second. I know them... "Peter replied.

Songya adjusted her breath to hide her impatience.

Heart said that the reason for all this is not Peter, you did not choose? My efforts are not unlimited. After all, I still want to have a good relationship with the future commander?

My counterattack against little Daly's tearing up the tacit understanding last time has been compromised. I'll go with you to the black. It's not easy for Gore and little Daly to bear the anger afterwards, and I don't have to bear it.

Let alone procrastination. It's only a few months before the middle of the year. We must get an investment bank before the Vivendi global merger is approved by the two governments. That well prepared plan is not only about revenge, but also about making money.

The reason why I am upset is not that my wealth has dropped a lot compared with the high at the beginning of the year due to the impact of the stock market downturn“ Underwood's commitment should be trustworthy. " Song Ya advised.

"Really?" Peter looked at him with interest. "I don't think so."

Well, that Underwood guy is really "bad". It's just the first time to bargain. There's still a little time and space. Sonya inquired, "what do you mean..."

"After Super Tuesday." Peter didn't make a counter-offer, but he seemed to have made up his mind.

"OK, OK."

Song Ya didn't want to talk too much. After getting the exact answer, he left the office like a whirlwind.

"He said he would wait until after Super Tuesday."

I stayed here for about a quarter of an hour. After getting on the bus, Sonya said to Sloan, "let's just reply to Underwood."

"Eli and Alicia have just hinted to me that Peter's campaign money is running out." Sloan reported on the communication he had just had outside.

"If you don't give me any money, I'll put it off. I'll talk about it then."

Sonya looked out at the skyscrapers in Manhattan. "There's only a week left. Maybe someone on Wall Street is willing to help him fill the hole?"

Sloan knew him so well that he could hear the strange voice in his words. "It seems that the conversation is not so good? Have you got a temper

"I hope this guy stays rational." Song Ya looked back at Peter's handsome face on the campaign poster and murmured.

"Yours." Old Mike handed me his cell phone from the front.

"I just got the Oscar nominations!" Yelemov's excited voice came from the other end.

"Wow..."

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