Chapter 1382 Where Are You Going?

"Today, I announce that I will formally withdraw from this general election. I want to say to those who have supported me along the way: Thank you, thank you..."

After returning to Chicago, Peter read his withdrawal speech in front of his campaign headquarters, "Without you, my family and I would not be able to make it this far, and I have let you down..."

He was eloquent, with his wife and children standing behind him, and the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois standing on the side, "At the same time, I also want to apologize to the people of Illinois. I owe you too much, and the heavy campaign affairs have distracted me." .So I am also resigning as Governor of Illinois at the same time...but this is not bowing down to my political critics, I am clean from beginning to end!"

"I owe too much to my family, I'm sorry...Alicia..." He turned around emotionally and led his wife and children to the front of the stage. The family of four put their arms around each other's shoulders, "I need to spend more time with my family ...to be a good husband, a good father..."

He swallowed more, stopped suddenly, bowed his head and slowed down for a while before continuing: "I also want to remind all voters that the battle is still going on, and our goal has not been accomplished. Let us continue to use our abilities, our enthusiasm, and our With our strength, we can do everything we can to help the Vice Commander give birth to Al Gore and make him the next Grand Commander of the United States!"

"I wish him success, I applaud him for his excellence, I have my full support, I have known him for a long time, I know what a fine statesman he is, a good man, I have no doubt that he will be able to Leading America into the next century of prosperity, I will fully support him, and I hope everyone will continue to support him and vote for him!"

"Some will lead, others will follow, but no one will do it all alone..."

In the warm scene, Peter clearly expressed his position of supporting Al Gore after withdrawing from the election, and then ended his speech amidst the reluctant applause of fans, hugged Alicia, kissed the foreheads of the two children, and finally introduced Gore Named his successor: Lieutenant Governor.

"The speech was very touching, Mr. Governor." After watching this passage, Song Ya toasted to the TV and congratulated Peter beside him.

"Thanks."

Peter smiled a little lonely, "I'm no longer the governor, I'm just an unemployed househusband..."

"Will you go to the corporate world?" Song Ya asked, "Maybe you can consider serving as a director of the Susie Charitable Foundation? There are other positions that don't require much time each year."

For politicians who walk through the revolving door, the benefactors will be responsible for spending money to support them.

"Thank you, I will think about it, but I want to take a good rest first."

Peter seems to be mentally prepared for the identity change,

It is no longer as strong as before, and the frequency of saying "thank you" is also significantly higher.

"Perhaps the Gore administration next year will have a job for you?"

He is not in a hurry to enter the revolving door, maybe there are other promised things in the deal with Gore, Ms. Sloan interjected, "Judicial or defense?"

Peter's public image has always been very strong and good at fighting crime, and he and Gore are both in the Motorola Iridium project, which is counting on the military to take over. Song Ya, Sloan and others have discussed it before, and he is likely to go to these two Senior positions in departments or other counterparts.

Peter shook his head, "I don't have this plan right now, let's talk about it later." He turned around and looked at the lobby of the campaign headquarters outside the glass window. .

Song Ya tilted her head, and Sloan understood and left tacitly.

"Next year, Alicia will run for the State Attorney of Cook County. I still need to ask you." Peter began to talk about the business.

"Don't worry, I will."

This is easy to handle. Peter has negotiated peace with Gore, and with Gore's protection, Little Daly, the King of Chicago, can only endure this tone. A Cook County state attorney's campaign can help himself, and Alicia After this full-meter running campaign, the image in the minds of voters is even more pleasing than Peter himself. Coupled with Peter's connections and political legacy, she has a very high starting point.

Song Ya laughed and joked: "I heard that many voters nicknamed Alicia, 'Saint', and they like her."

"Alicia is still a little hesitant. Transforming from a legal person to a politician is a difficult psychological barrier. You know how much she likes working in a law firm."

Peter still needs Alicia. Without Alicia succeeding Cook County State Attorney to help him deter Xiaoxiao and wipe that ass shit, he is not at ease, "I know she can actually listen to you better, please aplus .”

The two turned their eyes to Alicia who was chatting with Sloan outside. She crossed her arms and kept her head on Sloan, walking up and down in front of Sloan, arguing a few words emotionally occasionally.

Of course Alicia Songya understands very well. Of course, that woman really likes the job of the title partner of a top Chicago law firm, but the last time she heard that she had the hope of becoming the first lady, she immediately threw away her previous vow to divorce Peter. After that, she worked very hard in the early stage of the auxiliary election, saying that she didn't want to be the state prosecutor of the second largest county in the whole of Mimi? That's a lie. She's just worried about failing again, worrying about gains and losses.

"I'll talk to her, maybe she's worried about income."

Song Ya nodded in agreement. The title partner of a top Chicago law firm earns much more than the state attorney. This is also a real problem. "If you are willing to enter the corporate world, then your family income can be rebalanced."

"Don't try aplus again. I really plan to take a good rest. I have been too tired for more than half a year. I am exhausted physically and mentally. Look..." Peter pointed to his gray sideburns. He had dyed them before, but the hair there It seems that it is indeed a lot whiter.

"Then I won't go around Peter, there is one more question."

There is also a very important question, "Did you foresee the stock market crash? Because if not, I can't think of how you can be sure that Gore will compromise with you. Without the stock market crash, he will not suddenly face a new situation that is much more unfavorable than before. ..."

After Gore compromised with Peter, Song Ya and other Silicon Valley tycoons quickly thought of a problem. Peter still insisted on not retreating after Super Tuesday. At that time, there was no sign of the stock market crash, and there was no earthquake in the Internet industry. No one would have thought of Gore. Huge advantages will face crises in other directions, so did Peter know in advance? This is a very critical question.

If he knew it in advance, where did he know it? Where is the elephant party?

If you know, don't mention the suspicious Silicon Valley tycoons, Peter is not enough friends if you don't tell him in advance, but he has lost 4 billion. Affected by the anti-monopoly case, the richest man's net worth has risen from nine when he was on Fujibio last year. The 10 billion fell to 60 billion, and the wealth of 30 billion evaporated... There are other rich people, too many people have suffered heavy losses in this stock market crash.

"E on, aplus, I'm not a god."

Peter laughed, and blinked as he spoke, the same expression he'd used when he suggested that Vic had been sent to kill him.

This is not his "professional" field. Song Ya guessed that he was bluffing in such a reaction. Politicians like to make others feel unpredictable. Would not trust him so much.

"So...how did the stock market react to my resignation?" Peter asked rhetorically.

"This news is good for Gore, and the subsequent decline in the New York stock market has slowed down a little..." Song Ya replied truthfully.

"Just slowed down a little?" Peter asked.

"Um."

"Haha, it seems that I am not as important as I thought." Peter laughed at himself.

The outside world does not know his actual threat to Gore, let alone his plan to kill the net in the debate in June, so... I thought that the candidate with a low approval rate was just withdrawing from the election, and the capital market did not turn up much. storm.

"Haha..." Song Ya smiled and said, "At present, the Microsoft monopoly case is the focus of attention. The Federal Court of Appeals may judge very quickly, and the result will be announced in June."

"Hmm." Peter also agreed with his judgment, "It seems that the California judge who made a slip of the tongue is going to be unlucky?"

"Of course, he violated the judicial process and caused a very large chaos in the New York stock market, and it was probably intentional..."

The two men chatted for a long time until Song Ya, Sloan and their subordinates braved the night to leave the campaign headquarters that would be closed tomorrow.

"Alicia, let's have a good chat tomorrow, and go to Litman Media headquarters?"

Alicia followed, and Song Ya lowered the car window and asked.

"Okay, goodbye...bye Sloan." Alicia waved goodbye.

"Maybe Gore really agreed to Peter's key government post next year, and Alicia just didn't mention the divorce." Sloan reported her conclusion of spying.

"That's fine, Peter and Underwood will be in Washington by then."

Song Ya had an intuition that Gore would not give in to Peter in this way, but it was still the same reason. At present, there are speculations in the outside world that are beneficial to Peter. After all, he resigned from the post of governor, which means that he has no power in his hands for the time being and has become an ordinary person.

"Axelrod is waiting." Sloan asked Old Mike to drive back to the headquarters of A+ Records.

Peter used gambler-style extreme pressure to get away cleverly, and now Song Ya urgently needs to repair some of the relationship damage caused by Peter.

On Daly's side, there is Axelrod, a public relations consultant hired before. This is the most powerful campaign promoter and power broker in Chicago politics, the campaign manager of Michelle's husband, and Underwood's support and support. Al Gore is elected next year and should at least superficially reconcile with Daly Jr.

On the side of the current commander-in-chief, Sloan also contacted Anthony Podesta, the elder brother of the 'Prime Minister of the United States' Podesta, whom the couple trusted most. And like to enjoy, just give money, and dare to boast about helping to get everything done.

As for Gore, Song Ya will give all his support when he and his elephant party opponent George Jr. really start the final election.

"It's finally over." After a thorough conversation with Axelrod, the two embarked on their way back to their respective homes in Highland Park. Song Ya looked at the scenery outside the car window and sighed.

"yes."

The road was a bit long, and Sloan sighed wearily, "Aplus, the future... what are you going to do?" She began to look forward to the future again.

"I don't know, I'm a little lost right now."

Song Ya was indeed confused. Tianqi had weaknesses, and the stock market crash also gave him a cold water on Internet concept stocks and the capital market, which was full of confidence. "Let me think about it slowly, I need a little time."

"During the conversation just now, Axelrod thought that you planned to take down the First Bank of New Jersey to establish an investment fund for African-Americans..." Sloan came up with an idea: "Although he guessed wrong because he didn't know the inside story, But it seems like a good idea?"

Axelrod may have mentioned his acquisition offer to the First Bank of New Jersey just now for the purpose of showing his well-informedness, and then he also heard that many African-American celebrities and ordinary investors followed him to invest indiscriminately. The news of the huge loss, after combining the two sources of information, Axelrod analyzed a completely opposite conclusion.

"Fortunately, I didn't buy that bank, otherwise I might have agreed to those people..."

In the past, there were indeed many rich African-Americans who thought about simply investing their money in themselves, and let themselves set up a fund to invest on their behalf. Song Ya knew how confident and inflated she was when Yahoo stood at a market value of 130 billion at the beginning of the year. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise, the difference between money in your own hands suffering from a stock market crash and those ngers throwing it indiscriminately is huge.

"Where should I go in the future?"

Song Ya fell silent again. After going through the roller coaster period of the stock market crash, investing in movies? Make a record? Winning prizes, buying stocks, or casting a net indiscriminately according to the revelation of the apocalypse? He felt a little boring, and really, after tasting the sweetness of the instant financial take-off, the refreshing feeling of rapidly rising wealth lingered in his mind and could no longer get out.

He racked his brains, but he still couldn't find the direction, or he couldn't make up his mind to follow the apocalypse step by step? I don't know when and what month I can earn back the four billion...

Send Sloan back to her mansion first, and then back to her own home.

Thinking about his thoughts, he hurriedly walked into the hall with his head down, and suddenly saw a pair of feet. Looking up, Shakira was holding little Arianne and staring at him, "Hi! Why are you here?" He was surprised and delighted.

"Didn't you say you wanted to see your daughter? I sent her here." Shakira replied.