Chapter 2426 Countermeasures

The power of the Speaker of the House of Representatives can be roughly seen from the order of succession of the Presidents of the United States.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the second in line of succession after the Vice President of the United States (who also serves as President of the Senate).

The speaker, who officially took office five days before the iPhone launch event that Feng Yiping focused on, is the first female speaker of the United States in more than 200 years since its founding.

This is probably the Speaker of the House of Representatives who has been most against us in peacetime.

Because she is not just an ordinary opponent to us, she is a firm and extreme opponent. From trade, exchange rate, territorial integrity, etc., she is opposed to all issues that involve us.

For example, she has voted against or advocated attaching conditions to granting us most-favored-nation trade status for 10 consecutive years.

For example, she once went to Tiananmen Square with two other guys to put up slogans...

If Congress and the White House pass the China-related bills she opposes, such as still granting us most-favored-nation trade status, she will use various means to criticize the practices of Congress and the government on various occasions.

Women, especially older women like Grandma Pelosi, are particularly good at verbal abuse. She should be better at cursing than Steve Jobs, and the people she scolds are also higher-ranking. The current president, George W. Bush, did so more than once. Some were scolded for having no temper, such as, "incompetent leader".

For example, "Actually, he is not a leader... He is a person without judgment, experience, and no knowledge of the matters he wants to make decisions..."

And still, "His shallowness hasn't changed since he became president,"

The Republican Party probably dislikes her as much as we do, but it also has nothing to do with her.

Because she is the most powerful person in Congress, and because of her leadership, the Democratic Party has become more united and therefore more powerful.

Feng Yiping had no impression of this person before, but he had seen a YY post on the Internet, saying that if he could be reborn after the 1940s, he would definitely find a way to make this young and beautiful female speaker, As well as another female politician in the United States who is very unfriendly to us, she started to get into chaos and finally gave up.

At first, he just thought it was funny, but now after learning about this person's deeds, he really agreed with his hands.

However, YY alone cannot solve the problem.

Originally, the two California senators on Capitol Hill should support him because Feng Yiping has so many companies in California and has such great influence.

Also because Cummins contributed a lot to the campaigns of these two.

But because of the female speaker and his nationality, it’s really hard to talk about this now.

And if California members of Congress don't support him, the situation may be very passive.

"We can ignore her for now, but we must win the support of the two California senators. Since your friendship with them may not work, then I will handle this matter," Feng Yiping said.

"They..." Cummins thought for a moment, "It's not that they don't support it, they just say that they are under a lot of pressure."

"When I asked you to contribute, I didn't say anything like this," Feng Yiping waved his hand, "Although they wanted us to increase our leverage,"

"Yes, they should be hoping that we can increase our support for them," Cummins said.

"I don't want to accept such a temporary price increase. Don't you think this is blackmail?" Feng Yiping said.

"Perhaps, we can also find ways to deal with this tough female speaker, because she is California's representative in Congress and the head of the California Democratic Party. She can indeed have an adverse impact on us,"

"But, conversely, it's not like we can't influence them,"

He thought for a while and nodded, "Well, this is actually a favorable condition!"

If the female speaker has nothing to do with California, for example, like O'Hei, she is the representative of Illinois in the U.S. Congress, it would be really difficult to handle.

"Everything else meets their conditions. The two senators from California and the congressman who serves as the speaker leave it to me," Feng Yiping said.

He quickly thought about the conditions he could take advantage of, and found that there were actually quite a few.

It's even possible that they don't need to take action directly.

Cummings was stunned, that was the Speaker! Treat her?

But looking at his boss' confident look, he wisely said, "I hate politicians, and I hate politicians who are biased for no reason even more."

He then made another suggestion, "Feng, look, do you need Buchanan's side..."

Feng Yiping immediately shook his head, "No need!"

He understood what Cummins meant.

O'Hei Jr. is now a popular figure in the Democratic Party and a very popular presidential candidate. But after all, it is only 2007, and many things have not yet been settled.

Even if he was asked to take action, Grandma Pelosi would not necessarily gain face. Instead, she might cause trouble to them.

Cummins also immediately said, "Okay, I understand,"

Feng Yiping nodded, "So, what about the others?"

"With the White House Council of Economic Advisers, that's not going to be a problem," Cummings said. "We've got their unequivocal support," Cummings said.

"Very good!" Feng Yiping nodded.

Cummings then reported, "The Foreign Investment Committee has its office in the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Finance is the chairman of this committee, so..."

"That is, the result of my meeting with Paulson tomorrow will affect the attitude of this committee," Feng Yiping said.

"That's true," Cummins said, "and..."

The two of them sat in the living room and kept talking. During this time, Vincent went downstairs and saw that he was still busy. He followed Ma Ling back upstairs listlessly.

Later, he put on his coat again. When he went out with his mother, he saw that his father was still talking about work and didn't even pay attention to him. He was a little unhappy.

When he came back from the supermarket with his mother, he saw that there was one less car in front of the door. He immediately ran into the house impatiently, "Dad,"

But where are the people? The living room was empty, "Mom, where is Dad, is Dad gone?"

"No," Ma Ling put down his things and went upstairs. In Vincent's disappointed eyes, he opened the back door, "Look,"

Vincent saw that his father was walking around in the yard with his hands folded. Sometimes, he would stop and look across the river, as if in a daze.

"Dad..." Ma Ling covered his mouth, "Dad is thinking about something,"

But Feng Yiping had heard their movements at this time and waved at him, "Son,"

"Dad, Mom and I bought a lot of food, but I hope to eat the food you cook in the evening,"

"Haha, no problem, Dad will definitely cook the braised pork you like. Look, do you know where the other side of the river is? That's another state,"

Ma Ling leaned against Feng Yiping, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay," Feng Yiping said, "but I still have to make a phone call,"

…………

In Los Angeles, Musk is still staying in the SpaceX workshop. Compared with the smooth progress of Tesla, he has been having all kinds of setbacks and many failures.

It is precisely because of this that he really hopes that SpaceX can also achieve results as soon as possible.

Feng Yiping has always been under great pressure because he always deals with Jobs, Page, Brin, Musk, Bezos... In fact, he doesn't know that he also brings pressure to them.

Musk feels that Feng Yiping has put a lot of pressure on him.

Feng Yiping is not a scientist, not even an assistant engineer, but he always comes up with some good ideas that not only make everyone's eyes light up, but can actually be implemented.

Musk, who knows that he is a genius, thinks that there is only one word to describe Feng Yiping, that is, "a genius among geniuses".

Despite this, or because of this, he hopes that SpaceX can make progress as soon as possible, because he does not want to be at a disadvantage in front of Feng Yiping.

At the same time, when he founded the company, he made all kinds of big promises. If there is no effective progress, then the bigger the boast he made at the beginning, the bigger the joke will be in the future.

He was thinking about a drawing with several engineers, and the phone rang. He frowned and looked at the people around him very unhappy. Finally, in everyone's eyes, he realized that it was his phone that was ringing.

He took out his phone with some annoyance, and when he saw the caller, his expression eased a lot, "Feng,"

"That's it, Musk..." Feng Yiping talked to him a lot.

Musk nodded, "Okay, I understand,"

…………

Georgetown, at night

Ma Ling walked into the bedroom, and Feng Yiping took the computer on his lap, "Did you sleep well?"

"I slept soundly," Ma Ling said, "Just think about how happy he is today,"

The little guy is really happy today.

"But, I really shouldn't let you cook," Ma Ling said, "I couldn't help eating so much at night,"

"Hehe," Feng Yiping hugged her, "What does it matter, look at this figure, so great!"

"Really? Hehe," Ma Ling smiled embarrassedly in Feng Yiping's arms. Before Feng Yiping was about to do something, she raised her head and suddenly said, "Ping, do you think I should have tried to be an intern in the White House, or make more friends with some classmates in school?"

"Don't," Feng Yiping said immediately, "Lewinsky got into trouble when she was an intern in the White House, I don't feel comfortable letting you go there,"

"But..."

"No buts," Feng Yiping said immediately.

The reason why Ma Ling said that is because Georgetown University is a famous cradle of politicians and is also known as the paradise of politicians.

Many students there are originally children of politicians, including children of foreign envoys, and many more students will choose to join the political world after graduation. It can be said that if they manage well during school, they can really build a good network of relationships.

But Feng Yiping would never let Ma Ling do such a thing?

Originally, Ma Ling did not like politics, otherwise, she would not study at the business school, but at the School of International Relations.

"Our relationship in the political world is better than you think. Just think about other issues, for example, are you interested in donating a villa to the university overseas like Rockefeller's granddaughter?"

"This," Ma Ling immediately thought.

Feng Yiping turned over, "You can think about it slowly,"

"Ah, how can you think like this..."

The night gradually deepened.

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