Chapter 2522: One After Another

Back to Washington? Sandberg was stunned.

She knew that Summers had joined O'Hei's campaign team, and she also knew that in the current party primaries, O'Hei's performance exceeded many people's expectations.

On the night of January 3 this year, in the first battle of the US presidential primary in Iowa, O'Hei unexpectedly won 38% of the vote, beating Hillary Clinton by 30%.

As a result, he became the first black man to win the first presidential primary in American history.

After that, he successively achieved small victories over Hillary in the Midwest. If this continues, this series of small victories is likely to surpass Hillary, the campaign machine, and win the nomination battle within the Democratic Party.

The reason why Sandberg knows so much is not because she is still enthusiastic about politics, but because Facebook has been involved in O'Hei's campaign throughout the whole process.

With the efforts of Xiao O'Hei's team, and with the cooperation of Facebook, NEXTDOOR, and YouTube, supporting Xiao O'Hei has now become a phenomenon.

A young girl who supports Little O'Hei wrote a song for him, "I'm in Love with Little O'Hei", which has been clicked more than 5 million times on YouTube.

But judging from Summers' tone, it seems as if they have already locked up victory in this year's election - considering some reasons, Sandberg actually believes that this is very likely to happen.

But Summers sounded as if he was certain that he would hold an important position in O'Hei's future government.

Isn't this a bit early?

Especially considering Summers' tough character, if at this time he thinks that he should hold an important position such as Minister of Finance in the future, it may have an adverse impact.

But even if you successfully serve as finance minister, can you still allow me to become deputy minister?

Deputy Minister? Sandberg shook her head.

Even the chairman of the White House Economic Council needs to consider it.

And she knew that as a woman, she would not be able to sit in that position.

Wait, wait! At this time, Sandberg probably understood somewhat what the purpose of her mentor's trip was.

She glanced at Summers and opened the door. "No, I'm not interested in going back to Washington at all," she said.

"Okay, okay," Summers got into the car, "don't be too tired."

But as soon as the car door closed and the car started, he saw Sandberg turn around and enter the small building.

The tough Summers couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Compared with that young man, I really don't have any advantages.

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When Sandberg arrived upstairs, Feng Yiping just put down the phone, "Feng, I'm very sorry, I didn't know Summers would be like this,"

"No Shirley, this has nothing to do with you at all," Feng Yiping said with a smile.

"Summers actually appreciated your opinion when you talked to me about it," Sandberg said.

The reason why she also felt that Xiao Aohei had a high chance of winning was because she vaguely knew about Feng Yiping's support for Xiao Aohei.

Although Feng Yiping has not had any public contact with O'Hei in the past year or two, she can probably analyze the support given to O'Hei by thinking about Buchanan and the companies in the NEXTDOOR park.

However, since Feng Yiping didn't take the initiative to bring it up, she naturally wouldn't reveal it.

"I know Shirley, this has nothing to do with you," Feng Yiping emphasized again.

He accompanied Sandberg towards the elevator, "Go back to work, I'm still pointing you to make money for me,"

"...How is the child lately? He must have grown up a lot..."

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When he returned to the table and sat down, he couldn't help but feel a little funny.

Judging from what Summers said, he obviously knew, or deduced, the obscure connection between himself and O'Hei - he didn't know that Sandberg now knew about it.

The reason why this old gentleman came here today and talked about those issues was because he wanted to understand his attitude in related aspects.

The fundamental reason should be that he is worried that he may have too much economic influence on O'Hei in the future, thereby threatening his status.

Feng Yiping smiled and shook his head. This old gentleman was actually worried about this matter now.

I really don't know whether to say that he has too much confidence in Xiao Aohei, or that he is too sensitive, or that he is too utilitarian.

Perhaps, people who have held high positions in the past have a strong sense of utilitarianism.

So, what happened just now?

Palace fight?

The combat effectiveness looks good, but is it too early?

Also, among the senior officials in the little O'Hei government, is there anyone like Summers?

Feng Yiping really couldn't remember. He only remembered O'Hei's two secretaries of state, namely Hillary and Kerry.

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At San Francisco International Airport, Feng Yiping, led by a man in a suit, walked through the aisles and finally came to a conference room.

The man in a suit knocked on the door twice, "Sir,"

Paulson, who was standing in front of the window meditating with his cell phone, turned around and saw Feng Yiping standing at the door. A smile broke out on his face, "Feng, my friend,"

He strode over and hugged Feng Yiping.

"Hello, Minister," Feng Yiping discovered during the hug that Paulson must have been working really hard these past few months.

The little hair left on his temples is getting less and less. It seems that he may spend less on some aspects of daily expenses, such as shampoo, haircuts, etc.

What's even more exaggerated is that now, let alone the wrinkles on his forehead, it feels like there are wrinkles on the top of his head.

I don’t know if, in a few days, he will also see wrinkles on the back of his head when he frowns.

"Call me Hank," Paulson patted Feng Yiping on the back, "I'm sorry for asking you to come here,"

"That's good," Feng Yiping said with a smile.

He walked around the conference room with his hands on his hips, "It's so safe here,"

It is indeed safe here. When I came in, I encountered all kinds of uniformed, plainclothes policemen or various security personnel along the way. It felt much safer than when I went to the Ministry of Finance.

Because of 911, the security in places like San Francisco International Airport is really not covered.

"I wonder if we will move some meetings to a place like this in the future," Feng Yiping joked.

Paulson sat down with a smile and made an invitation gesture toward a chair next to him. "At this time, too many people's eyes are staring at me,"

If he came to Feng Yiping as soon as he landed in San Francisco, it would obviously be interpreted as that he supported Feng Yiping's opinion, or that he simply came to Feng Yiping for advice.

Feng Yiping crossed his legs and said, "I think I should have my own hotel in the United States."

It would be much more convenient if we had our own hotel here for meetings like this.

"A hotel?" Paulson answered, as if he was thinking about something, but in the blink of an eye he talked about another thing, "Feng, you may not have thought that your random move would really bring us so much trouble. A lot of trouble?”

"Really?" Feng Yiping shook his head, "I don't think so."

"I think the situation is very clear now. The question now is not whether to save it, but how to save it, isn't it?"

"No, no," Paulson waved his hand, "That's not what I'm talking about."

That's not it? Which one is that? Feng Yiping was a little confused.

"It was your report from over a year ago," Paulson said.

Report?

"Because of your report, many of Wall Street's planned investments with China were simply halted by your government,"

"Let's talk about Bear Stearns. They have been negotiating with one of your state-owned enterprises to invest one billion US dollars in each other's agreement, but so far, they have not been able to reach a conclusion."

He spread his hands and said, "Now it seems that there will never be a chance to reach an agreement."

Only then did Feng Yiping understand what report Paulson was talking about.

He was not too surprised. It was not surprising that this matter had reached Paulson after such a long time.

"So Feng, do you know how much trouble you have caused us with just a random move?"

"If there are investments from China, Bear Stearns, and many other Wall Street companies, including Morgan Stanley and Blackstone, the pressure will be much less,"

Feng Yiping's mood at this moment can be described by a later Internet phrase, that is, the dog is beeping.

In the morning, former President Clinton’s Treasury Secretary came to argue with me. In the afternoon, the current President George W. Bush’s Treasury Secretary came to complain about me again.

He was in a daze for a moment. Could it be that after working hard for so many years, I am still a soft persimmon?

"No Paulson," he immediately stopped calling him Minister, and Hank stopped calling him, and looked at Paulson coldly with side eyes, "Who told you that I did it randomly?"