Chapter 1263 Thoughts

Alcatraz.

The debate over whether the prison should be closed is still ongoing. The city hall and the federal government disagree on its use. Li Zitao also called to say that he wants to buy the island.

Naturally, there is no problem with the city hall. Alcatraz is a useless burden for them. It will not only consume a lot of manpower, financial resources, and material resources, but also bring a lot of negative effects.

But the Federation doesn't want Alcatraz to be shut down. The scum who are imprisoned inside should die of old age on the island. Its existence also has an alternative deterrent.

In many cases, as long as they hear that they will be sent to Alcatraz, tough prisoners will immediately give in, making it easier for them to solve the case. If this magic weapon of deterrence is gone, it may not be a good thing for the police and detectives everywhere. .

But the city hall also has its own considerations. The financial support needed by Alcatraz is not small at all. In the past, there was a large amount of federal funding, which was not a problem for San Francisco.

However, recently, the federal government has frequently reduced the amount of appropriation, allowing the city hall to bear more financial expenditures. What can they do?

Protests from the San Francisco police and high pressure from the federal government put pressure on the city hall, and Li Zitao did not receive a positive answer.

But it doesn't matter, there will be a record of this matter anyway, and if Alcatraz is really going to be shut down in the future, I believe someone will notify him.

Instead, a tragedy happened yesterday. Old Hearst died of a myocardial infarction in the recently completed Hearst Castle.

Since losing his own property, his health has been in decline, and all the money used for selling shares has been invested in the construction of Hearst Castle.

This allowed the main body of the castle, which was supposed to be completed this year, to be completed a year and a half ahead of schedule, and the old Hearst was also fortunate to be buried in his castle.

If he hadn't sold the shares of the Hearst Group, he wouldn't have invested so much money in the construction of the castle, so he wouldn't have seen it completely completed in his lifetime. Does this count as fulfilling one of his wishes from the side?

"Forget it, I believe the Hearst family will not thank me for this." Looking at the Hearst Building in the distance, Li Zitao still decided to attend the memorial service.

Perhaps no one would welcome him, but as the major shareholder of the Hearst Group, the boss of its parent company Los Angeles News Corporation, and a junior in the media, he would be there no matter whether he liked it or not.

The memorial service is scheduled for tomorrow, which happens to be the weekend. Li Zitao will attend with his wife and children, representing his regret and attention to this.

"Brother, hug, hug..." A sweet voice came from outside the door, and Aiden walked in holding Pearl with a smirk on his face, and the doting in his eyes was about to overflow.

"What did Mason say?"

"He's not coming back, he's doing an internship in the House of Commons during the holidays.

"

"Internship?" The House of Commons, this is not quite the style of the British king.

"Parliamentary Assistant, it means Queen." Aiden supported Pearl with both hands, raised her above his head and turned in a circle.

"Yeah~" Nodding his head to show his understanding, Li Zitao felt a little sour when he saw his daughter cheering and laughing like a baby.

The relationship between the siblings is a hundred times better than with his father.

Now this girl can't wait to disappear 24 days a day and stick to her brother's arms. She doesn't even want Mary, let alone his unpopular father.

But he also has his own way, the little girl doesn't listen to him, but Aiden dare not not listen, and she listens to her brother very much...

"Are you busy tomorrow?" Before Li Zitao had time to tell them,

I'm going to the funeral tomorrow.

"No..." Aiden said casually.

"Where's Riley?"

"she's back."

"We quarreled." Li Zitao could hear his unnaturalness.

"Well... I'll take Pearl to swim." Aiden obviously didn't want to talk about it with him, and walked towards the door with a smile.

"Put her into a swimsuit, thank you." Asked the servant to change Pearl into a mini version of panties, and Aiden picked her up in the swimming pool and took her to adapt to the water temperature.

The 15-month-old little Pearl just started swimming, but she is not afraid of the water, but is very excited every time.

The movements of holding her breath and kicking her legs are very good, which is not easy at her age.

"How serious is it? Do you want to break up?" After pouring a glass of whiskey, Li Zitao sat by the pool and asked with a chuckle as he put his legs in the water.

"Are you happy?" Aiden asked back, with a bit of annoyance in his words.

"Of course not, I'm concerned about you." What Li Zitao said was true. He was not optimistic about the relationship between Aiden and Riley, but it hadn't reached the point where they would gloat when they quarreled and broke up.

"...don't know." Aiden's answer surprised him.

The hesitation and entanglement on his face let Li Zitao know that this time was different, something must have gone wrong, which caused a rift in the relationship between the two.

They had quarreled before, but every time Aiden would say with certainty, 'We won't break up,' instead of questioning his decision like now.

"It's normal to quarrel during a relationship. As a man, you should be more generous."

"Why have you never argued with your mother?" Aiden looked at him puzzled.

In fact, he is currently in conflict, the family and the outside world are like two worlds.

The impact of patriarchal thinking, and the back view of his father cooking in the kitchen, will always appear alternately in his mind.

Riley's occasional willfulness also makes him feel ashamed in front of his friends. I don't know when it started, and he can no longer ignore the eyes of outsiders.

"The relationship between us is different." Such a topic has never been discussed before, but he knows that the twins are watching.

They are already 14 years old, and they are no longer children. Whether they want to know what they should know or not, they will see it in their eyes, keep it in their hearts, and generate their own ideas and understandings.

Aiden is very confused about how he did it. In fact, it was created by the environment. In an era when men and women are equal and women are strong and men are weak, the standard for finding a girlfriend has changed from "virtuous and virtuous" to "women live".

What about talking about face and showing off his temper? From his point of view, women in this era are almost all virtuous and virtuous.

The so-called avant-garde, feminist fighters can still manage everything in an orderly manner at home, taking care of family, children, life and career.

All they want is some respect and due rights, and they will no longer suffer abuse, discrimination and domestic violence, so there is nothing to be dissatisfied with.

Aiden's problem, as he said, is that the relationship between him and Mary is not just a simple marriage, and they still can't understand it now.

As for whether it is good or bad, only the parties can decide, at least the relationship between them is very good.

What the outside world would think of him would not have any impact on him. Today, Li Zitao has long since stopped caring about what the outside world thinks of him personally.

And the same Mary would not care about these opinions, and no one would ever mention those so-called 'rumors' in front of her. '