Chapter 609 Trip to DC (2)

The purpose of Yang Cheng's coming here is of course not to visit the castle, and Richard Debin will not be a full-time tour guide, so neither of them stayed too much on the first floor of the castle, but when they passed the living room and dining room, Richard Debin introduced a few words by the way.

As Richard Durbin said, the whole castle is full of quaint charm. The dark red solid wood furniture and gorgeous wall flower ceiling all show the brilliance of the Renaissance era. Today, more than a hundred years later, I come to appreciate such a building, and I am all overwhelmed by it, and feel the greatness of the artists of that era.

Going up to the second floor, the stairs are facing an outdoor garden. Outside the terrace is the meandering Potomac River. It is spring when everything is recovering. The frozen river has long since melted, and it is clear, green and peaceful.

Yang Cheng lamented that donkey party members would enjoy it, but Richard Durbin had already walked to the room at the corner and made an invitation gesture.

"This castle is so beautiful, I didn't expect there to be such a beautiful castle in DC." Yang Cheng happily entered the room and praised casually.

This room should be Richard Durbin's office. It is over a hundred square meters, and the decoration is exactly the same as other places in the castle. After Yang Cheng entered, he closed the door.

Inviting him to sit on the sofa, Richard Debin personally brought two cups of coffee, Yang Cheng couldn't help asking strangely, "You are the only one in the castle? Why didn't anyone see it?"

Yang Cheng also just realized that from getting off the car to now, not to mention the servants, there is not even a security guard, so the donkey party is so relieved? Besides, it is impossible for Richard Durbin not to be accompanied by security personnel.

Richard smiled, picked up the coffee cup and gently asked about the aroma, took a sip and explained, "For the sake of confidentiality, I sent everyone away, and no one will know that you have been here except me. "

Yang Cheng's heart immediately rose, waiting for the next article.

"Bank of California, United Community Bank, Legendary Texas Financial Bank, Old National Bank, Columbia Banking System, Penn National Bank, Boston Private Financial, Glacier Bank, Homestead Bank, nbt U.S. Bank . . . Give me the list for the first time."

Richard put on his reading glasses, took out a note from the inner pocket of his suit, and read out the names one by one. His eyelids were closed, and he looked at Yang Cheng with a half-smile and asked, "How is it? That's right? "

Yang Cheng nodded, "That's right, you told me on the phone that you have successfully contacted me?"

Richard Debin shook his right hand, and the note was held into a ball, "To be precise, I convinced the party inside that they agreed to sell these banks, as long as you can get the money!"

Yang Cheng was overjoyed, and didn't have time to think about it, "That's great, you don't have to worry about the money, we can take out a loan if it's a big deal."

Richard Debin took off his glasses and waved his hand, "I'm not worried about the money, but I have a few requests that I hope you can agree to."

Feeling tense, Yang Cheng knew that Richard Debin would not help in vain, and only heard, "First, after the new bank is established successfully, you have to give us 40% of the shares for distribution!"

As soon as he heard the first item, Yang Cheng frowned. No one else, this was not in line with the conditions promised at that time. You must know that the exchange terms Yang Cheng offered at that time were only 30% of the shares.

But he was not in a hurry to refuse, and made a decision after Richard Durbin finished talking about the conditions.

Seeing that Yang Cheng just frowned, but did not refuse, Richard Debin could only continue, "Second, the general election is about to start, and the voices in the party all hope that the Yang family can stand by us unreservedly."

Yang Cheng's face was stern. Although he was ready for the opponent's lion to open his mouth, he didn't expect their demands to be so high.

But he still didn't say anything.

"Third, we want one of the two positions of chairman of the board and CEO."

"fourth..."

Before Richard Debin could say the fourth item, he was interrupted by Yang Cheng in a cold voice, "Richard, are you not afraid that our family will immigrate to the UK? You should know my relationship with Prince William,

I don't think he would mind if we moved with our family. "

Richard Durbin smiled, looking very calm, as if he didn't understand the sarcasm hidden in the words, "Jason, calm down, if it is enforced, I won't be the only one talking to you."

Yang Cheng smiled contemptuously, "Actually, you don't dare to force me to enforce it."

"Let's put it this way, these conditions of yours are actually not difficult. If it's just one of them, I think I'd like to take a step back and strengthen cooperation with your donkey party. Unfortunately, your appetite is too big. Listen to what you mean. Articles 4 and 5, I don’t want to run this bank at all, and after Richard retires, you can live on ZF’s pension.”

What he said was Chi Guoguo's warning. At the beginning, he promised to give Richard Durbin shares, which was the condition to tempt him to help contact him. If the bank closed down, naturally there would be no compensation. Life or death, whether to eat bread or beef, has nothing to do with Yang Cheng's half a dime.

Richard Debin also frowned, "Jason, don't be impulsive. Your family's purpose of getting involved in the banking industry is obvious. I don't need to emphasize the importance to you. If you give up this acquisition opportunity, there will never be a second chance in the future." The second time, and it will offend our donkey party, you analyze it carefully, is it worth it?"

"It's not worth it!" Yang Cheng replied very simply, but followed closely, "But, I don't want to spend all my money to form a banking group and become your puppet. The lives of our family, so you don't have to say these conditions a second time, my answer will never be possible!"

Richard Debin really didn't expect Yang Cheng to be so tough, and several high-level donkey party leaders including him also didn't expect Yang Cheng's refusal to be so sharp.

Richard Debin couldn't make up his mind for a while, looked at Yang Cheng, bowed his head and thought for a while, stood up and apologized, "Allow me to be rude for a moment, I'll make a phone call."

Yang Cheng raised his right hand, signaling to please, anyway, even if Richard made 10,000 phone calls, it would not influence his decision.

Ignoring Richard who was going out, he stood by the window and watched the river flowing quietly, leisurely.

But he didn't know that Richard Durbin didn't make a phone call after he went out, but walked towards a room on the third floor. In this castle, there was no one other than them as Richard Durbin said. No one.

There were three imposing old men gathered inside, together with Richard Durbin who had just entered the door, and the four high-ranking people who combined were over 250 years old, causing the air to be extraordinarily dignified. The three said, "What did I say? This kid is not so easy to get along with."

One of them, a white-haired old man with a hooked nose and sharp eyes, snorted coldly, "I admit my mistake, we misjudged this young man's character, and thought he had inherited the indecisive and forbearing character of the old-school Chinese. "

A fat old man on the opposite side touched his bald head and said with a hidden knife in his smile, "It's normal. It's not difficult to understand that young people have a little personality, but there is an old Chinese saying that those who know the current affairs are called Junjie. I believe this little Jason won't know."

The last one, the thin old man who was also sitting in the main seat facing the door, finally said, "I think this little guy is a bit interesting."

Yang Cheng didn't know that there were four old men talking about him on top of him. Of course, if he saw it, his jaw would drop in shock, because these four were almost the top four in the donkey party's power pyramid It is no exaggeration to say that once the power in the hands of these four people is gathered and used recklessly, it can almost overthrow any force in the United States.

Before introducing their specific identities, we must first explain some situations. People always ask which of the two houses of the US Congress has more power. As a matter of fact, there are three important positions in the House of Representatives: the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader, and the Majority Whip; while the Senate has two important positions: the Majority Leader and the Majority Whip.

Why the emphasis on the majority party? Because as long as the party whip is capable, and every congressman votes according to his own party will, there is nothing wrong with the minority party at all, so generally speaking, the leader and party whip of the minority party are not important. These positions are almost the same as those in the United States pinnacle of power.

Someone asked again, the most important thing in the House of Representatives is the speaker, but the most important thing in the Senate is not a speaker. Why?

This is because senators come from state representatives, and the number of seats is allocated by an average of 2 people in each state, representing state rights. Therefore, the federal government acts as a "manager" to prime the equal rights of states. Therefore, in the Senate, the position of speaker is generally held by the vice president. Come to serve, but be aware that the president of the Senate does not have any actual authority. Major bills need to be passed by 2/3 of the senators.

Moreover, although the senators have a change of term, it is no different from not changing. The top positions are all senior figures from the two dangs. They don't care about the votes of the people at all, because they don't have much influence on them, and the members of the House of Representatives must be very careful. Deal with voters, otherwise the chances of stepping down are very high.

As for the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the highest actual position of power in the two houses of Congress. He is held by the majority party in the House of Representatives. Together with the majority party leader and the majority party whip, his power is extremely consolidated. He can be said to be the invisible president of the United States!

As I said before, the minority leaders and whips in the House of Representatives have very little power, but there are always exceptions to everything. Although the Donkey Party is now in power and in power, the majority party in the House of Representatives is still the Elephant Party, and there are few ruling parties in history. At the same time hold the House of Representatives situation occurred.

However, it is worth mentioning that the leadership of the Elephant Party in this session of the House of Representatives is the worst in history. Not only did it fail to expand the majority party’s advantage in votes, but it was pressed by the Donkey Party step by step. The Dang faction is fighting fiercely, and the leader and party whip of the Donkey Party in the House of Representatives is even more powerful. With a gap of only a dozen votes, it can almost fight against the Elephant Party.

For this reason, the Elephant Party has changed 3 speakers in 4 years, but none of them can change this embarrassing situation!

In this way, the identities of the above four are ready to be revealed.

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