Chapter 2440 Old Shi Takes Action in Person

In fact, what Feng Yiping didn't know was that Governor Shi was much more powerful than he knew.

Today, Governor Shi not only tried to get voters to put pressure on California's congressmen, but he also personally went to the battle.

However, he didn't look for congressmen, he looked for senators.

Because California has 53 congressmen in Congress, but only two senators.

These two senators in California are all senior senators, and they have been speaking for California in the Senate since 1992.

These two senators are also from the Democratic Party.

These two senators are also women.

It is the first time in the 50 states of the United States that two women represent a state in the Senate.

Therefore, this pair of female senators in California are nicknamed "Latent Madness" or "Police Flower Partner" by many people.

From these two nicknames, we can see that everyone is waiting to see the excitement.

Because we generally know that a team of two people is not stable, and if the team of these two people is composed of all women, then how can there be no good show?

But people with such thoughts are still disappointed.

Although these two female partners sometimes disagree, at least from the outside, they have always worked very well together.

One of them is Barbara Boxer, who was successfully elected to the California House of Representatives in 1983 and served for five terms. Ten years later, she was successfully elected to the California Senate.

She is currently the chairperson of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and the Ethics Special Committee.

The other female senator is relatively more familiar to us, Diane Feinstein, who also has a Chinese name, Feinstein.

She was elected as the first female mayor of San Francisco in 1978, and is the only female mayor of San Francisco so far.

During her 10-year term as mayor of San Francisco, she has led delegations to visit China many times and met many heavyweight domestic politicians. In addition, her banker husband's partnership company has many investments in China, so she is considered pro-China.

Whether she is really pro-China is hard to say, but her husband's investment in China has indeed made good returns, so she ranks fifth in the list of richest members of Congress on Capitol Hill.

This person has relatively more power in the Senate. She is currently the chairwoman of the Senate Special Intelligence Committee and is the kind of person who can tell the CIA what to do.

She is also a member of the Appropriations Committee, the Judiciary Committee, and the Rules and Administration Committee.

And the first person Governor Shih approached was Senator Feinstein.

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In the north of San Francisco, near the former military base Presidio (the base in the movie "Presidio" starring former 007 actor Sean Connery and Meg Ryan), there is a very distinctive wealthy area. The biggest feature of this wealthy area is the oval street in the center.

Because of the safety of this design, many dignitaries in San Francisco choose to buy property here. For example, one of Feinstein's neighbors is Grandma Pelosi.

- By the way, several years later, the iconic oval street in this wealthy area where dignitaries gather was bought by a Chinese couple.

Because these dignitaries, for various reasons, have not paid county property taxes for 30 years.

That is, everything on that street, from the road to the flower beds, green plants, trees and parking spaces on the roadside, as well as the stone fence built around the community for safety, all belong to the Chinese couple.

Let's say, if they don't give face, they can really bribe the road in an open manner. Don't give? That's fine, you can go in and out by helicopter!

At this time, in the middle of visiting voters, Congresswoman Feinstein, who temporarily went home to rest - in fact, resting at home, had received a call from the Capitol Hill office.

As soon as she received the call, she understood what was going on.

This must be the young Chinese man taking action. What about not supporting Tesla? That's completely an excuse. He played a card because he didn't clearly express his support for him on Android.

The problem is, it's not that I don't support you, although you have always supported me in the past.

It's just that since Wall Street's current bid is relatively high, why can't I take it?

The so-called pro-China and anti-China actually don't exist.

These politicians are all firm pragmatists. They don't care about their positions at all. They only have interests in their eyes.

However, knowing that Feng Yiping had made such a big fuss, she regretted it a little. If she had known that he would play this card, she should have clearly expressed her support for his Android.

She supported him, and he would naturally support her, although the support might be smaller.

Because Feng Yiping's Tesla cannot be supported by anyone.

And she knew very well what Musk meant by that sentence. That sentence actually said, if you don't support Android next, then I will say that you don't support Tesla.

They can naturally stand up and say that we support Tesla unconditionally.

But in such a matter, voters will obviously support Tesla's statement more, because all voters know that it is common for congressmen to say one thing in front of you and another behind your back.

So, what should we do at this time?

Still in her pajamas, Feinstein looked towards Silicon Valley. Perhaps, visiting Tesla would be a good idea?

She immediately thought it was a good idea, and she thought that she should go right away, right now.

As she walked upstairs, she told her assistant, "Contact Tesla immediately. I want to go today..."

Her phone rang again. When she saw the caller, she stopped immediately and said impatiently, "Mr. Governor."

She was really annoyed that Schwarzenegger came to disturb her at this time, and when she saw the phone, she suddenly realized that today's excitement might not be instigated by Mr. Feng, but it was very likely that this muscular former action movie actor was leading.

Then she felt that her opinion must be right.

She knew too well how positive this governor, who had done nothing in the economy and whose state's fiscal deficit was getting bigger and bigger, would be after hearing those two data.

So, she immediately guessed what Schwarzenegger wanted to talk to her about.

"Diane," Schwarzenegger heard Feinstein's dissatisfaction.

But do you think I'm happy when I call you?

One strange thing is that although we all know that among the two parties in the United States, the Democratic Party mainly represents the middle class and the poor, while the Republican Party mainly represents the bourgeoisie and conservatives. Simply put, the Democratic Party is the party of the poor, and the Republican Party is the party of the rich.

California is the golden state that has little to do with the poor, but since the 1990s, when both California senators were elected Democrats, California has always been the world of the Democratic Party.

Obviously, this is not good news for him, the Republican governor.

Not to mention asking these guys to fight for more benefits for California and himself from the federal government according to their own wishes, some of his very good initiatives are often rejected by them.

The key is that he can't do anything about them.

How depressing do you think this is?

Frankly speaking, if it weren't for Musk's big mouth, clearly telling so many people that California congressmen were not supportive enough for Tesla, and he very much hoped that Tesla could settle in California, he would not be willing to call this old politician who already has several grandchildren.

Because he was also unhappy, his words were naturally not very pleasant to hear, "Diane, I don't care what kind of deal you want to make with other people for the interests of California. On the Tesla project, I hope you must firmly support California."

But to be honest, the communication between them, like the communication between Pelosi and Bush Jr., has never been cordial and friendly, so his words did not make Feinstein feel very unhappy.

"This once again confirms everyone's judgment. Sure enough, Hollywood is more suitable for you," Feinstein said equally bluntly, "I say, can't you see that this is the bargaining method used by those businessmen?"

"Who doesn't know my position on environmental protection? Who doesn't know that I support the development of the green energy industry? Who doesn't know that I always take promoting the interests of California as my responsibility? Who doesn't know..."

"Stop," Governor Shi interrupted her without giving her face, "This is our private conversation, I am not your voter, I don't have time to listen to your clichés,"

"Standpoint? Is there anyone on Capitol Hill who has a position?"

"Environmental protection? Have you forgotten who resolutely denied our project to build a solar power plant in the Mojave Desert?" Governor Shi's voice became louder.

The Mojave Desert is a barren land of 65,000 square kilometers in southern California. Originally, many companies wanted to build solar or wind power facilities in this desert.

This is also a project he strongly promotes, but those projects have been firmly resisted by Feinstein because those plans "will cause serious harm to the turtle population in the area, which will destroy the entire ecosystem of the Mojave Desert."

California is such a weird place. It is legal to grow marijuana here, but it is not legal to raise goldfish in glass tanks, because raising goldfish in fiberglass is too inhumane!

"I reiterate that the Mojave Desert should be permanently protected," Feinstein said.

"Have you stayed in Washington for too long and become a member of the Washington circle?" Schwarzenegger said, "Tell me, if the desert is not suitable for building solar power plants, then where else can they be built?"

The last thing a congressman wants to hear is the term "Washington circle" because it implies that she has been separated from her voters.

"I have important work to do now and I don't have time to bother with you," Feinstein said.

"Me too," Schwarzenegger responded, "I will let everyone know who does not support projects like Tesla."