Chapter 715 Ballots

Republican senators, speakers, and governors gathered to chat about the weather, women, travel, and the beach. The smell of alcohol and perfume wafted in the air.

Grace seemed to have seen many such scenes, smiling politely when someone greeted her, pointing out calmly that she was a flower with the owner, and easily dismissed the entanglement.

Bergman seemed a little clumsy. Most of the people present today were self-righteous, bad old men who used to borrow money or take advantage of the situation to sleep with women.

But he still feels good about himself, and his ability to chat awkwardly is even more terrifying than the straight man of steel.

"When I was young, everyone called me Hitter Ham, and every time I swung the bat, there was thunderous applause. . . .

You know that Clark Gable who just became popular? Friends said he looked like when I was young, he was so..."

Just when Bergman was about to splash the wine on his face, a hand abruptly rested on her shoulder, and a gentle laughter came: "Baby, what are you talking about?"

Seeing the astonished expression of the fat man with a greasy face and a little bald head in front of him, Bergman pursed his lips and said with a smile: "This Mr. Ham said that Gable looks like when he was young."

Before Bergman finished speaking, she couldn't help pressing her fingers on her lips, and the corners of her mouth kept twitching back. Only now did she realize how funny this sentence was.

With Li Zitao by her side, the disgust, anger and anxiety in Bergman's heart instantly settled down.

"Ham?" Li Zitao raised his eyebrows and said contemptuously, "Where are you from?"

Ham smiled awkwardly. He was just an ordinary state senator. If he hadn't had some relationship with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, he wouldn't even be eligible to attend this banquet.

Mr. Ham was not on Li Zitao's banquet list at all.

However, this Senator Ham is a hungry ghost, basically he can be said to have sex with women, and he can't walk when he sees a beautiful girl.

When Grace and Bergman came in, he couldn't help feeling hot in his heart. He was looking for Grace at first, but he didn't expect to be dismissed by the other party with a few words.

So he could only focus on Bergman. He didn't expect this girl to really have feelings for him. Seeing her dodging eyes and pink face, she was obviously shy.

Obviously it was the dislike and dislike of him, but the alcohol reaction after drinking became the expression of being attracted to him by Ham.

It is this honeyed self-confidence that has allowed Ham to strive for performance in front of Bergman.

"Hi, Charlie, I'm Ham." Ham stretched out his hand and smiled.

"Charlie?" Li Zitao frowned, and said indifferently, "Am I familiar with you?"

Ham's hands froze in the air, and he just stared straight at him who stretched out his arms to hug Bergman, his eyes were full of anger.

"Ham..." Dang Side had already discovered the situation here, but he didn't want to cause trouble for himself, thinking that Ham would leave in a sensible way.

When he found out that the situation had developed further and Charlie Lee frowned, he knew he had to come forward.

"What happened, Charlie?" Dunsted asked curiously with a smile.

"This Mr. Ham may be a little confused about his identity. Dang Side, do you know him?" Li Zitao said playfully.

"Haha, I think there must be some misunderstanding..." With a smile on his face, Dang Side patted him on the shoulder and said, "How about we have a drink?"

"Of course, but I think your parliamentarians should be more serious in their review, especially in terms of morality. Not everyone is suitable for the job of a councilor, right?"

As Li Zitao spoke, he tightened his arms around Bergman's shoulders, and waved to Grace, who was tasting wine not far away.

Adams looked at Ham hesitantly, and when he found that his eyes were still on the woman who was walking slowly, his face was full of expressions of "men can understand".

Dang Side's eyes immediately became severe: "Ham, it's time for you to leave."

"Mr. Speaker?" Ham opened his mouth, not sure what he heard.

"I said you should go,

Regarding your question, I will seriously study it when I go back. With a decision in his heart, Dang Side's expression became indifferent.

It's just a member of parliament leaning towards him. Originally, he wanted to train him, but now it seems that there is no need for this.

No matter in front of Dang Side or Li Zitao, he is just an inconspicuous little person, and he can handle it as he wants.

If you want to, it only takes one sentence to make him lose everything, just like now.

The congressman who can appear here will have something good. If you want to find some problems from him, it is easy to let him go.

Dang Side will not be so absolute. When he returns, he will ask Ham to resign on his own initiative. The reasons have already been thought out for him, 'because of personal physical problems. '

He is not the first to leave politics for the same reason, nor will he be the last.

Every year, there will be some congressmen and senior civil servants who use the same reason to end their terms early in every state. Do you really think they all have physical problems?

The real resignation was due to physical reasons, which was less than 10% among these people.

Ham walked out with a dead face, while Li Zitao hugged him left and right and chatted happily with Dang Side, forgetting such a small person in the blink of an eye.

It’s no big deal to invite people from the Republican Party to the party this time, the main purpose is to connect with each other and meet some new friends.

"Speaker Dangster is a generous friend, just like you Charlie." Wald and Li Zitao sat in the quiet conversation room with cigars in their mouths.

"What do they want?" Li Zitao blew smoke rings boredly.

"Of course it's votes, what else is more important than that?" Politics is like a big organization with groups big and small.

Wald's family is part of this organization, and votes are like 'currency in circulation' to them, and they are also the interests that these families value.

In the beginning, Chinese and black people accounted for a large proportion of Li Zitao's subordinates.

These non-voting minorities have little impact, but as he deepens cooperation with other families, the merger of Mobil and Alaska Standard, the expansion of Bechtel again, the balance of personnel within the company...

Under a series of changes, Li Zitao has more and more power to speak.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current influence of Bechtel and the Golden Arches is enough to influence and influence the elections of CA and IL.

Bechtel recruited a large number of white voters in CA, on the one hand, to balance the racial issues within the company, which began after that incident.

As for the Golden Arches, the Blue and White Chamber of Commerce is headquartered in Chicago. Its Golden Arches includes McDonald's, Subway, KFC responsible for breeding, slaughtering, and food processing, and Dexter for transportation, packaging, and agricultural machinery research and development.

Pioneer Technology and Aegis Motors are also within the territory of IL. While these companies create wealth, they also create a small number of wealthy people and a large number of middle-class people.

As these people have money in their pockets and move from their original communities to middle-class and high-end communities, they also began to consciously pay attention to elections.

This is the impact of the environment on people. In the past, in their community, they only paid attention to daily necessities, rice, oil, salt, and sesame seeds.

Filling the stomach is the most important thing. Who cares about elections and votes.

But after moving into a new community, conversations among neighbors, community activities, etc., will make them unconsciously change their previous ideas.

They have become concerned about community, state, and federal issues, re-aware of the power of votes, and unknowingly improving the influence of the company.

As the boss or major shareholder of these companies, Li Zitao's influence will naturally increase accordingly.