Chapter 1277
"Hi Cassidy, how are you doing? Are you starting work?"
"Of course! Hey!"
Kasiti was very happy when she received the call. She turned her face to look at the closed office door behind her, carefully hid her head behind the computer monitor, covered the phone with her hair, and lowered her voice, "Why did you remember to call... What's up?"
"No, I'll call you when I think about it. Are you still used to working at PNAC?"
Listening to the happy tone of the girl on the other end of the phone, Song Ya felt a trace of guilt in her heart. She began to miss her when she sat at the desk in the morning, and unconsciously picked up the microphone and dialed a familiar number.
"It's all right, same old, it's not the place we talked about at Christmas..."
There was a sweet smile on the corner of Kasiti's mouth, but she did not forget to look around and listen to all directions when she spoke. She saw a blond white girl approaching from a distance, and immediately stopped talking, "There is a visitor here ...Let's talk after get off work?"
"Okay, you go first."
"Hello, Miss Cheney." Cassetti hurriedly put away her phone, and greeted the visitor with a standard smile.
"Just call me Mary."
Mary Cheney, the second daughter of the former Secretary of Defense, was much easier to get along with and prettier than her domineering eldest daughter Elizabeth, who had clashed with her in the street movement. She pointed to the office door and asked, "Is my father there?" ?”
"He was, uh, talking to Mr. Barnes."
Cassidy replied that her current position is the executive editor of The Standard Weekly and the assistant clerk of PNAC Executive Director Freddie Barnes. deal with.
"OK, thanks."
Mary Cheney pinched her chin frivolously, "You're so cute, Cassidy." Then she went straight to knock on the office door.
On Song Ya's side, he has been in a daze since he hung up the phone. Before last night, he really didn't realize that Vic was killed by the governor, but it makes sense when he thinks about it. Vic helped Peter do a lot of dirty work in his early years , and then killed the FBI detective, Peter also needs to clean up his hands.
The action was very professional, and the black shooter was specially selected to pretend to be a small thief. The timing was perfect, just as the whole society was paying attention to the Lewinsky scandal at that time.
only……
Peter certainly didn't know that he and Vic's daughter still maintained a close underground relationship. Although it was cold-blooded to say that Vic's death would be good for him... But Song Ya really didn't want to kill.
So did Peter know that Vic was helping him hunt down Trevor, the fish who slipped through the net and participated in shooting himself?
Maybe Peter was selling out just to seek support last night, or there was a threatening meaning in his words?
He couldn't ask directly, so he had to figure out and recall secretly. Last night, Peter's expression and tone didn't feel extra aggressive. If his political animal wanted to threaten people, he would definitely express it clearly, and he didn't need to let others guess. Otherwise, it may cause a serious misjudgment.
In addition, he was the first to bring up the topic of Vic's death last night. Peter should really just want to sell well, just like he helped deal with Little Lowry and the others. That's why he said later that "caring for each other" is the most perfect combination ' and the like.
Cassity...
I may never be able to tell her the truth, his father's death is indeed related to me in some ways...
"Ms. Sloan and Axelrod have arrived.
"
Just as I was thinking about it, the internal phone rang, and my subordinates reported.
"I see, let them... er, wait for me for a while."
The governor is a true 'cold-blooded killer', and he doesn't hesitate when it's time to strike ruthlessly. In this regard, Song Ya knows that he is far inferior, and he doesn't really want to be that kind of person, but now there is a problem that has been brought to the fore. In front of me: Axelrod is Michelle's husband's campaign promoter, and Michelle can almost be regarded as Chicago Mayor Daly Jr.'s man...
Last night, I wanted to talk about hiring Axelrod's company to be responsible for some of my public relations affairs, but I didn't expect that Peter had already made up his mind to remove Daly from the position of mayor, so... Axel Is Elrod still available?
Peter, Daly Jr., governor, mayor, how do you bet? What's the next step?
I have enjoyed working with Peter for so many years, but I also have a good relationship with Daley Jr., if you ask Sloan, she will definitely say something like the funder does not need to side bet, but that is Peter! Cruel Peter.
And it's too cruel, even if he didn't want to threaten him last night, Song Ya is a little bit scared now, and he will kill anyone who loses his use value and hinders him. If he turns to support Xiao Dali, will he let him in the future? What about people aiming at themselves?
And the layer of his relationship with Kasiti...
Forget it, there is still time for the time being, "OK, let them in." The company that signed Axelrod didn't even say that it was a complete bet.
"APLUS, haha." Axelrod was naturally in a good mood to win the business of the three billionaire. He carried his briefcase into the door and held out his hand with a smile.
"Welcome, please sit down."
Packed up my mood and greeted him warmly. Before signing the contract, I just had a question to ask, "Did something happen at the Symphony Center last night?" Song Ya got straight to the point after a brief exchange of pleasantries.
The Underwood couple didn't come last night, and neither did the Little Daly couple, so they waited for nothing.
"Yes, I heard."
Axelrod took this question from the donor as the final test, deliberately showing off his well-informed information, "Jr. Bronfman seemed to imply in his speech at the dinner party that he supported Underwood's opponent in last year's election."
It's not difficult for Song Ya to find out that Underwood is not the kind of person who would miss appointments without reason, and Sloan was by his side, so he asked urgently last night, "Is it because of me?" He asked: "And Councilor Wood should not have much contact with that rich third generation."
"It's hard to say, please give me some time."
Everything just happened, and Axelrod hadn't paid attention to it before, "It won't be long." He said confidently.
"Um."
Song Ya nodded: "The reason why I am worried about this is that after dealing with Fu Sandai for so long, I found that he may have mental problems."
"Haha!" Axelrod laughed when he heard this, "This should not be heard by the outside world, you know the status of the Bronfman family in our Jewish community APLUS."
The pressure from the rich three generations is too great, in all aspects, such as Axelrod, as long as he is Jewish, he also has the same attitude when facing the Bronfman family. After all, Yeremov's "loyal minister" It's really hard to come by.
"We lost a lot because of Jr. Bronfman's reckless behavior, and the amount is as high as hundreds of millions." Seeing that he was silent, Sloan intervened to add.
"Yes, I understand."
Axelrod pointed to his ear, "Don't worry, you can inquire about my professional ethics APLUS, I think Ms. Sloan is also very clear."
"Okay, let's not talk about this topic for now."
Song Ya didn't want to give the other party such a huge test as soon as he came up, so he asked instead: "I have stayed abroad for too long, what happened to Governor Flock and Mayor Daly Jr.? I feel their contradictions... ..."
"Yes."
Axelrod is an insider in this matter, he nodded immediately, "You know, Peter is very aggressive and power-hungry, the Daly family...has been in control of Chicago politics for so long, sparks hit the earth, I It has long been judged that something will happen between them. Peter, since a long time ago, he likes to make a fuss about the security issues he is good at, frequently attacking the job problems of Chicago City and taking the opportunity to seize power. Last year's election intensified, which is actually a bit too much. But Daly Jr. has been relatively restrained for the sake of the overall situation. Now that Peter is re-elected, it is Daly Jr.'s turn to start preparing for re-election, but it seems..."
He hesitated to speak.
But it is not difficult to see his tendency from the appeal discourse.
"Mr. Axelrod, we don't need a public relations firm that wants to do everything." Sloan tapped him.
"No, you can find out if you spend some time, APLUS, don't you have a close relationship with Peter?"
Axelrod smiled and continued: "It seems that Peter doesn't want to abide by the tacit agreement and give the same reward. Little Daly is really angry this time. He has already asked Peter to endorse his re-election campaign and maintain unity through the party. Otherwise... let's go to war!"
Song Ya understood, and began to carefully consider the sentence, "Although I am not very old, I remember that the reason why Peter was able to get rid of negative charges in a short period of time and regain control of power was that Little Daly helped a lot, isn't it?"
"Looking at the approval rating, Peter has a good image and the style of an old-school iron-fisted politician is also very likable. When a person has the support of the public, his self-expectation is completely different."
Axelrod said: "Combined with the actual situation in the United States... Whether in New York, Los Angeles or our Chicago, it is almost difficult for a strong mayor to maintain a long-term friendship with a strong local governor. This is almost a political law."
This is true, "If there is a war, who do you think will win?" Song Ya asked.
"Although I personally have a better relationship with Daley Jr., I still have to say that Peter's chances of winning are not low, maybe six to four. The fact that the family has been in power for a long time does not please voters."
Axelrod replied.
At this time, Song Ya's cell phone rang, and he glanced at the calling number and got up, "Sorry, I still have something to do, let's stop here today."
"Well……"
"We need PR services, and you can discuss the rest of the details with Sloan."
Song Ya gave Sloan a wink, and decided to use Axelrod's company first, or a number of local snake consultants.
"Doug?"
He sent the two of them away, and it was the chief of staff of Underwood's party whip office who called, er, the former chief of staff, and now he can only follow the boss back to a similar position in the federal congressman's office.
"OK, I'll arrange it."
Doug made an appointment for the boss to meet, "This time it won't be again..." He expressed his dissatisfaction in a joking tone, "You know I've been playing music recently, and I'm very busy."
"Will not."
Doug put down the phone, "APLUS agreed." Report to Underwood beside him.
"Yeah." Underwood nodded, and continued to take the long exam in the dim room.
The reason why he didn't leave the dinner last night was because he was not sure that Bronfman Jr. had blew himself up to support his opponent's real purpose. Even though his heart was full of anger, he still stayed calmly, even if he had to endure some of his party colleagues in the hall. strange eyes.
The entertainment industry tycoon, Mr. Pianpian is so unscrupulous, is there some hidden trick behind him? Or come to beat yourself only after you know you are invincible?
He quickly thought that it might be because of his close relationship with APLUS, because other parties had no quarrel with the other party. During the mid-term election last year, his campaign office also received a donation from the Seagram Wine Industry, and then I did not support Bronfman Jr.'s demands on the Digital Millennium Act, but even if the funder expressed anger because of this, he would never play like this...
That was a critical period in the impeachment case of the Grand Commander. The third generation of the Bronfman family at the helm wouldn't be so stupid, would he?
As a ruthless and shameless politician, as long as the conditions are right, he is not unable to abandon APLUS. I believe the Bronfman family can afford the price.
As for what is a necessary quality to be self-sufficient.
So he swallowed his anger and contacted several senior executives of Seagram Global Group, as well as the media tycoon and Bronfman's close friend Barry Diller.
But the result of the conversation is still not the point, Universal Music President Doug Morris and Barry Diller and others have no special expression.
He really wanted to know why, even if he could get a hint of where to go.
But no, not at all, he was angry, very angry, furious.
After lifting the cover so mercilessly in public and not afraid of misjudgment by both parties at all, it shows that the other party really doesn't take him seriously.
Indeed, a bereaved dog who returned to Chicago in despair, one of the more than 400 congressmen of the United States...
He had never felt so hungry.
"I remember that Rangel in the Black Caucus had a hard time too?" he asked Grid.
"Yes, it almost overturned in the iron ticket area, and it also carried a power-for-money transaction lawsuit. The New York prosecutors are still investigating." Doug replied.
"Anyone else? Members supported by APLUS." He asked again.
"I'm going to call and ask."
"Call, uh, call our US Prime Minister first." Underwood ordered.
"Okay." Doug picked up the phone, "Please pick up Mr. Podesta, Chief of Staff of the White House, thank you."