Chapter 82： On politics

"American politics has nothing to do with me."

Mikhail is the eldest person present here, and he comes from a fighting nation. He has a hot personality and speaks bluntly.

"Miha, you are wrong. In fact, U.S. politics is closely related to you. Don’t forget that you recently had 1 ton of gold detained in Seattle. If you have someone in the center, you can solve the problem with just one phone call. The goods are no more than $34 million to $40 million, and the relevant departments are bullying you for having no foundation in the United States."

Jerry paused, then said with a deep meaning, "And what was your purpose of acquiring the Nets in the first place, wouldn't you forget it so soon?"

Mikhail's expression shrank, and he said in a deep Russian accent, "Jerry, you know too much."

Jerry showed an apologetic expression in a timely manner, "Sorry, but I still want to say that now there is an excellent opportunity to come to your eyes, which can help you realize your original wish."

The vocabulary used by the two is relatively vague. Even if Yang Cheng and Georgina can understand the meaning of the question clearly, it can be inferred from Mikhail’s solemn expression that the so-called purpose of acquiring the Nets back then may not be the same. not simple.

is about helping the presidential election. Naturally, it cannot be decided in a few words. Jerry gathered a few people together today just to lay the groundwork so that they can negotiate individually in the future.

After talking about Mikhail, Jerry transferred the object, "Georgina, what do you think?"

"I don't have any opinion, whoever becomes president is the same to me." Georgina's indifferent tone made Yang Cheng laugh wildly. This answer was simply perfunctory at the textbook level.

"Don't you want your father to take it to the next level? For example~~" Jerry stretched a syllable, "Secretary of State?"

Yang Cheng's eyeballs rolled, and he quickly glanced at Jerry and Georgina, and said in his heart, "Have you made the conditions so soon?"

Don’t be surprised, why Jerry dared to offer such a condition, because the federal election in the United States only produces a few positions: President and Vice President; members of both houses of Congress.

The U.S. Secretary of State and various ministers are nominated by the elected president, and appointed by the president after the Senate is passed. Generally speaking, in order to better control the White House, each president will choose his own person to hold important positions, such as the secretary of state and the secretary of the treasury. , The chairman of the Federal Reserve, etc.

In particular, it should be pointed out that the post of chairman of the Federal Reserve is prepared for Wall Street. Of course, this is an unspoken rule. Even if it has been recognized by the public, the reason for such a'tacit understanding' is that when presidential candidates participate in elections, they inevitably accept Wall Street. In return, let the people on Wall Street take care of Wall Street affairs.

Therefore, it is not difficult for interested friends to find that most of the Fed Chairman or the Secretary of the Treasury has a Wall Street background, or has the experience of serving as a top investment bank executive. Why is Goldman Sachs bullish? People from the Goldman Sachs department have held important positions for many times. The monetary policy of the US dollar Just in the hands of the Federal Reserve, Goldman Sachs can learn about any troubles and make relevant responses.

If there is no conspiracy between them, the pigs don’t believe it!

Of course, there are also some presidents who do not believe in evil. They think that if they sit on the peak, they can be unscrupulous and can subvert the traditional forces of Wall Street. The end result is well known. The family has made outstanding contributions to the killer’s GDP. Called a "Colorful".

As for the secretary of state, to put it bluntly, this role is to implement and express the foreign policy and position of the United States. It is the spokesperson of American diplomacy in the administrative sense. Therefore, the secretary of state attends more diplomatic occasions and activities than the president of the United States, and his influence on the world is affirmed. It is much larger than the post of Mayor of New York, but it is really difficult to evaluate in terms of actual power. Some people are willing to be emperors of the land, and some people are more inclined to enhance political reputation.

"That's my father's business, I can't take care of it." Georgina seemed to be determined not to let it go, and she didn't want to talk in public?

Jerry can't be too persecuted. After all, he just proposed an intention, and his father-in-law really finds it difficult to give his partners confidence. Who would easily believe that a person who didn't know the door can successfully run for president?

"How about you Jason? Are you interested in joining this collaboration?" Finally it was Yang Cheng's turn.

Yang Cheng learned Georgina's sloppy look, "You know we Chinese have never participated in politics."

"Jason, don't rush to refuse. I will call Wendy when I'm free. You guys have a good chat. The number of Chinese in the United States is not small. This is a wealth but no one knows how to use it. It's too wasteful." Ka also came to the restaurant and said after taking Yang Cheng's words.

Jerry got up and moved a chair for his wife and put it between him and Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng knew that she had a very good relationship with the former Mrs. Murdoch, and she often made appointments to watch shows and go shopping. She thought it was a superficial girlfriend, but from the meaning of her words, it is not difficult to tell that Ms. Wendy has joined the camp.

This is worthy of scrutiny. The rumors in the previous life seem to have been verified one by one, such as: Trump’s son-in-law went through the Russian door; Ms. Wendy’s spy door; Ivanka gang~ cross, ahem. . . This door is not easy to open.

With the addition of Ivanka, the atmosphere at the dining table became active again. Even Mikhail followed up with a few gossips. Don’t be naive to think that life in the upper class is wonderful, but it’s actually very boring. We are not talking about how much money we have made today, or criticizing the national policy for why we don’t favor ourselves, and then chatting about other people’s gossip and gloating, knowing that I might become the object of others’ gossip the next day.

Well, there are also some who play hard, get a naked suck~du conference, change~wife party and so on.

Yang Cheng smiled perfunctorily after listening to the joke that Jerry told. He had already flown home, and he needed to tell Yang Sen about it.

It stands to reason that he is familiar with the plot of the future. At this time, he chose to support Trump’s election to be the wisest choice and the best time to enter. But Trump is a diehard member of the Elephant Party. Who is the Elephant Party? I won't go into details about the composition, anyway, they are all steadfast conservatives and extreme rightists.

This is inconsistent with the position that the Yang family has always maintained. The previous article also said that the Yang family has funded several politicians in order to protect themselves, but the highest level is at the state level. The members of Congress are too eye-catching and contact with too much is easy to provoke. Right and wrong.

Most of the time, the Yang family or the Chinese family is determined to occupy the middle position unshakably, neither to the left nor to the right. As long as the left and right do not forget to squeeze in the middle, they will honestly squat there to eat and drink. Never act rashly. You have to use a ruler to measure your shit. You can't pull too much on the left and less on the right. This will make the right side feel unbalanced. Why is our weight less than the left.

Even if you are forced to a desperate situation, you have to choose a side to stand in line, not the elephant, but the donkey. Relatively speaking, the donkey is more tolerant.

looked at the time, it was already 9 o'clock, Yang Cheng was very careful during this time, and went to bed and got up early according to the doctor's instructions, and tried to recover 100% as soon as possible to continue the wave.

Explain the situation to the Jerry and his wife, hug Georgina friendly and bid farewell, and leave first.

When I got on the elevator, I sent a text message to Hansen and the others, went downstairs and sat on Audi, rubbing his hands on his face vigorously. The amount of information received tonight is a bit large, the memory is occupied, and the brain starts to freeze.

closed his eyes and squinted for a while, slammed his thigh and opened his eyes and instructed, "Hanson, do you know this woman Elizabeth Holmes?"

Hansen thought about it and Googled with his phone, nodded and replied, "Boss, I've read her related reports."

"Yeah~" Yang Cheng pondered, "Try to find a way to check her and her company, especially Theranos' blood testing equipment and procedures. It is best to take evidence."

"It's a boss, but investigating the rich needs to mobilize some resources."

"I will tell Old John if you need to find him directly."

"Understand."

Yang Cheng still decided to use Elizabeth Holmes to make the first shot for the brand-new forum publishing company. As to whether this will destroy the relationship between him and Jerry, he is no longer within his consideration.

If you don’t join the campaign camp, naturally there is no need to worry. Joining can also be interpreted as demining in advance. Who can feel at ease with such a time bomb in the team.

After returning home smoothly, Old John greeted him, "Jason, have you had dinner?"

Yang Cheng ate a few pieces of sushi for supper. At the party, he didn’t stop thinking about his appetite. At this moment, Old John asked, the sound of "grumbling" was the best response.

touched his head slightly awkwardly, "Is there still food at home? Just make some, and I can't eat too much at night."

Old John smiled, "Is there macaroni and screw noodles with shrimp and seafood sauce?"

Yang Cheng took off his shoes and stepped barefoot on the marble, "Macaroni, more sauce, thanks, where is my dad?"

"You're welcome, UU reading Mr. Yang is in the study."

Old John was going to prepare supper, Yang Cheng went to the study, knocked on the door, and walked in, "Dad, do you have time?"

Yang Sen was wearing a silk pajamas. He raised his head and took off his glasses. He pressed the Ming acupoint with his index finger and thumb, and said tiredly, "Oh, I have time, what's wrong?"

Yang Cheng took off his jacket and sat across from Yang Sen. "I was invited by Jerry Kushler to the party today. He offered us the intention to help Trump run for president. Georgina Bloomberg was at the same table. , Mikhail Prokhorov, Elizabeth Holmes, what do you think of this?"

stopped the eye exercises, leaned back on the back of the chair, and asked anxiously, "How did you answer?"

Yang Cheng shrugged, "I said the Chinese do not participate in politics, but then Ivanka came over and said something, as if the lady Wendy got involved."

"Trump wants to run?" Yang Sen stood up, folded his hands on his shoulders and looked at the night view outside the window, and muttered to Yang Cheng with his back to Yang Cheng.

"Do you think Trump has hope?" Yang Cheng lowered his head and fiddled with his fingernails and asked a question he already knew the answer.

Yang Sen turned around, did not immediately answer, took out a cigar from the cigar box at the corner of the table, burned a long non-sulfur match, and held the cigar in contact with the flame surface to heat it.

Then slowly rotate and ignite, extinguish the firewood, and lightly blow to the lighted end to make it burn evenly.

took a sip in his mouth and slowly exhaled the smoke. The unique and strong caramel aroma of Cuban cigars diffused. The Cohiba spear that Janssen smoked was the pinnacle of the cigar world.

Yang Cheng doesn’t smoke cigars, but likes to smell the scent of cigars. Yang Sen smiled at his son’s intoxicated expression and replied, “I hope there is definitely one. It depends on how to operate.”