Chapter 1220 Li Mu Is the Big Man

Celebrities and stars in Hollywood, the external Democratic Party, are like the villagers by the Weishan Lake to the railway guerrillas. The whole of Hollywood has always been the iron ticket warehouse of the Democratic Party, so Spielberg paid special attention to Kerry's commission, and he also I especially hope that after meeting with Kerry, Li Mu can establish a good relationship with him, and give Kerry enough help in the upcoming election next year. If Kerry can become the next president of the United States, it will be considered a success for him. It's a great blessing.

In order to ensure that Kerry could meet with Li Mu before he left, Spielberg deliberately repeatedly set the time with Li Mu. Li Mu, who was eager to return to China, suddenly became the more powerful man. One more day in America, so he gave Spielberg his own final reply: "Steven, if Mr. Kerry does want to meet me, then ask him to meet me here at five o'clock tomorrow afternoon, We can't meet for more than two hours because my plane takes off tomorrow night."

Spielberg tentatively suggested: "Could we delay the departure by a few hours? If we could have dinner together, that would be great."

Li Mu shook his head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry Steven, you know, I'm very pressed for time, it's been many days since I came to the United States, and there are still many things in China waiting for me to deal with, and, you know, Yes, I am not interested in politics, and my attitude has always been to stay away from politics, if it wasn't for your sake this time, I would definitely not agree to meet."

Spielberg nodded lightly, and he was already very grateful for Li Mu's willingness to meet Kerry without further persuasion.

The reason why I am grateful is because Spielberg knows very well in his heart that Kerry is now more than a level worse than himself. Kerry didn't even get ten points.

Generally speaking, the U.S. presidential campaign is not like an Olympic competition. The second place in the Olympic Games also has a silver medal and the reputation of second in the world. But if you fail in the presidential race, then in American politics, it is basically the same. In other words, the presidential campaign is a game of winners and losers. The winners step on the throne and the losers go home to farm.

Take Trump as an example. If he becomes the president of the United States, if he fails, he will still be his family's business. The assets of billions of dollars are very rare in historical U.S. presidential elections. If you compare him with Li Mu , unless he succeeds in the election, before he succeeds in the election, his assets are one tenth of Li Mu's, and in the future he may not even have one percent of Li Mu's.

Spielberg is also very clear about Kerry's social influence. Although Kerry is the Democratic presidential candidate, his chances of winning in the next election are not very large. After all, in most cases, the president seeking re-election is not very likely. They all have advantages over competitors, so the current Kerry's influence is not large enough, and the power in his hands is not large enough. In front of multinational entrepreneurs like Li Mu, and even world-class rich people,

He really wasn't a big deal.

On the contrary, in front of Kerry, someone like Li Mu is a big man, a real big man. Li Mu has money, resources, and influence. For presidential candidates, these are all targets that must be fought desperately.

In fact, before running for election, many presidential candidates want to constantly win over big figures like Li Mu for help and ask them to give them enough campaign funds and resources. For such political investment, candidates will also clearly promise political returns. , stating that if he is elected, how he will repay the other party, this is itself a well-known rule of American politics.

After Spielberg left the hotel where Li Mu was staying, the first thing he did was to call Kerry in his car.

The other party is now anxiously waiting for his call back in Washington DC.

He knew that Spielberg went to see Li Mu more than two hours ago, and he also knew that Spielberg would mention his meeting request in this meeting with Li Mu. What he was most worried about now was that Li Mu was unwilling to talk to Li Mu. Meeting by himself, because he had done his homework before, Li Mu didn't seem to be a person who likes to be close to politics.

Although most entrepreneurs like to be close to politics, and can get more benefits and convenience in the process of being close to politics, but Li Mu, an entrepreneur who is not close to politics and draws a clear line from politics, still has his unique advantages .

Take American entrepreneurs as an example. After every presidential election, the value of American entrepreneurs has skyrocketed or plummeted. These are undoubtedly people who are close to politics. industry, but those entrepreneurs who are not close to politics, no matter who is elected president, his business and his worth will not be disturbed.

More stable and more earthquake resistant, which is the advantage of not being close to politics.

The moment he got on Spielberg's call, Kerry couldn't help but anxiously asked, "Steven, has Li Mu agreed to meet?"

Spielberg said: "Li Mu agreed. The time is set at five o'clock tomorrow afternoon, but he only has a maximum of two hours to meet with you. Is that enough time?"

"Enough, enough!" Kerry said excitedly: "I'll prepare now, and I'll fly over tomorrow morning."

Spielberg said, "Okay Mr. Kerry, I'll be waiting for you in Hollywood."

"Thank you so much Steven this time!"

"It's my pleasure."

After hanging up the phone, Kerry immediately called his party whip and told him excitedly: "Mr. Andrew, Li Mu has promised to meet with me, and I will fly to Los Angeles tomorrow morning!"

"Oh? Li Mu agreed? I'm glad to hear the news. How are you going to get to Los Angeles?"

Kerry said, "I'll have the secretary book a flight for tomorrow morning."

"Don't!" the other party said on the phone: "This is a sensitive period before the election. The CIA is watching our every move. The Bush administration is most concerned about who we have met, talked to, and asked for help. , If you go to Los Angeles by civil aviation, they will immediately know that you are going to see Li Mu. If they also start to seek Li Mu's help, we will be too passive, so you must not let other people know when you go to see Li Mu this time. Don't tell your secretary."

Kerry's heart froze, the party whip is really a party whip, and he is more cautious than himself when considering issues.

So Kerry asked him, "Mr Andrew, what should I do then?"

The other party said: "Apart from Spielberg, only the two of us and your wife can know about this. You go back in the evening and tell your wife, let her play with you, and ask your wife to give it to your secretary tomorrow morning. Call and say that you are not feeling well, you have to rest at home all day, and do not arrange any work, and do not accept any visits, I will arrange a car to pick you up at your house, and I will arrange a private plane to take you to Los Angeles!"

"OK!" Kerry said without hesitation: "Everything is at your command."

The other party responded and said: "You know, our chances of winning this election are not very high, far below 50%, so Li Mu is very important to our election, his influence is too strong, and his ability to disseminate information is too great. Qiang, if we can get him to support you, our chances of winning this time will be much higher, more than 50%, so you must communicate with Li Mu well, as long as he is willing to help, we can provide him with enough after you are elected. Policy convenience."

Speaking of this, the other party reminded: "Li Mu is a very patriotic person, you must properly convey your goodwill towards China, and promise that if you are elected in the future, you will definitely introduce various policies to promote the two countries of China and the United States. Trade, exchanges, education and tourism between countries, using these to impress him, I think it should be very effective."

"OK, I took note!"

...

When Elon Musk came to the hotel to meet Li Mu, Spielberg and the others had been gone for about half an hour.

Seeing Li Mu, Elon Musk was extraordinarily close. After shaking hands and hugging many times, he sat opposite Li Mu and talked nonstop about the recent development of PayPal.

Li Mu doesn't care about PayPal, but cares about when this guy is going to start X-Spae seriously, so Li Mu asked him, "By the way, how is your X-Spae?"

"Aha..." Elon Musk scratched his head embarrassedly: "You know, that is to sign up to play, I really want to invest some money to start, but this thing, I want to make it serious Up, I can’t do it without a $100 million to $200 million in cash. I originally wanted to sell PayPal’s shares and cash out to do this, but now PayPal’s market value is rising all the way, so I want to wait and see. "

Li Mu pouted and deliberately joked: "I thought you were the kind of aggressive person, but I didn't expect you to be trapped by PayPal's shares."

"Boss." Elon Musk said innocently: "I really wanted to sell PayPal. Isn't it you who persuaded me to keep PayPal shares and stay in PayPal?"

Li Mu laughed: "At that time, it was a good opportunity for PayPal, but now it seems that the period of extreme rapid growth has passed, and the next step is to climb slowly, and it is impossible to increase quickly, so you can consider withdrawing Come out and do something else."

"Really?" Elon Musk couldn't help asking Li Mu: "Boss, are you interested in investing in X-Spae? I will cash out some of the shares, and then we will invest in this project together, what do you think?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "I don't understand Aerospace. You asked me to vote, but I don't know anything about it."

Elon Musk knew in his heart that most rich people would not be interested in investing in aerospace, so he advised Li Mu: "Actually, boss, you are not short of money, even if you don't know aerospace, it doesn't matter, if you believe me, just When it is an angel investment, I think this industry is really promising. Moreover, in the process of research and development of aerospace technology, many independent new technologies can be born, and it is very possible for these technologies to be translated into other industries. A new flight control system has been developed in the aerospace field, which can be sold to certain countries in the future to develop missile flight control and even drone flight control. Did you see that the United States did not have a drone squadron last year? Predator The UAV has officially entered service."