Chapter 577 Debt Collection
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Jerry Speyer leaves Westeros corporate headquarters almost in a state of embarrassment.
James Leibold sent Speyer out, returned to the conference room, and said to Simon, who was sitting in the same place reading an evening paper just delivered by Lady A: "Actually, there is no need to be so blunt."
Simon spread the newspaper on the desk, looked at James and said, "Jim, I am a fat sheep in the eyes of many people, right?"
James didn't know how to answer for a while.
Simon didn't wait for the other party to answer, and said to himself: "It's the truth, I don't mind them treating me like a fat sheep, as long as I work with Simon Westeros, it is indeed easier to make a lot of money. However, if anyone thinks that I really It's just a fat sheep that is slaughtered by others. I don't need to pay enough for taking my money. I even turn my face and don't recognize anyone. Everything that was there was destroyed."
During the bidding process of the Westeros Building project, Simon contracted the construction of the Westeros Building to the other party just considering the influence of Tishman Speyer in New York. In order to ensure the quality of the construction of the Westeros Tower, the quotations were not only not calculated, but rather generous.
This incident, the background of the Esper family in New York, was actually able to stop it from the beginning.
Not only did the other party not do this, but he didn't even notify the Westeros Company. Instead, he was watching the excitement, which made Simon completely intolerable.
After all, the other party just regarded him as a fat sheep, a nouveau riche. Thinking that he had taken the benefits and put them aside, Simon had nothing to do with them, and might even have to give more benefits for the other party to help coordinate.
It was on the way to New York that he figured this out. Simon had just been so rude to Jerry Speyer, and even went so far as to go tit for tat.
As for David Dinkins, Simon also did not intend to let it go.
When supporting David Dinkins' candidacy for mayor of New York, the Westeros system actually did not have many practical demands, and was more just to expand its influence in the political world.
Simon doesn't expect much in return from the other party, but he will never tolerate a politician turning his face and ignoring him easily.
Otherwise, if all other Westeros-backed politicians do the same in the future, Simon may be a big joke in the eyes of some.
James Leibold is also very angry about what happened in the past few days, and what Simon can sort out, of course, he also understands. It's just that as a middle-aged man who has experienced too much, he habitually wants to resolve this matter in a gentler way.
Because of the Westeros system's strategy of keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile, this has always been the case in the past.
This time, Simon did not intend to give up.
I stayed in the manor outside Greenwich that night, but some interested people obviously found that the lights in the manor villa remained on all night, and there were people entering and leaving the manor even after one o'clock in the morning.
Those with a keen sense of smell even felt a sense of imminent rain.
Early the next morning, Simon received a message from the White House. Clinton's wife, Hillary, personally called James Raybould and asked him to tell Simon not to act rashly at a critical moment in the New York mayoral campaign.
New York is the stronghold of the Democratic Party.
For the past 30 years, the Democratic Party has always held the post of mayor of New York, so it is also an important position for the Democratic Party not to lose.
After a page of noise, Simon really did not move immediately.
In this way, one day, two days, three days, when many people thought that Westeros was going to die, before the ultimatum given by Simon, the Westeros Tower project quietly resumed.
As the fuse of the whole incident, the resumption of work on the Westeros Building immediately triggered a one-sided condemnation from the media.
The construction progress of Westeros Tower has been completed more than one-third. The city government is very embarrassed in the face of media doubts. It is just that the authorities did not consider stopping the Westeros Tower at first because it is an investment. Huge project, with more than 3,000 workers to get by on the paychecks of building construction.
However, the investigation into the safety issues involved in the Westeros Tower construction site will not stop.
The city government was talking about the jobs of construction workers, which immediately left many people speechless.
However, the "New York Post" immediately broke a piece of information. Before the incident, nearly half of the 3,000 workers at the Westeros Tower construction site were illegal immigrant workers from Eastern European countries. The "New York Post" also published a large number of evidence such as worker attendance sheets, and found the testimony of these illegal workers in the Jersey City gathering area and many workers who participated in the construction.
As the building contractor, Tishman Speyer immediately denied the New York Post's report.
The use of illegal labor has long been an unspoken rule in the U.S. construction industry.
Because regular workers are simply too expensive, especially union members. Illegal workers are often paid one-fifth or less of regular union members and work more. Therefore, for contractors, the use of illegal labor naturally means more profits. ‘
Although the construction workers unions in the United States are powerful, they are actually acquiescent to this state.
On the one hand, it is the result of the long-term game of interests between the labor union and the management, and on the other hand, it is also the fact that construction workers in the United States often suffer from labor shortages.
construction workers
Yes, a dangerous and tiring fellow, and well-off Americans don't want to do the job. In a metropolis like New York, urbanites who pursue decent jobs are even less willing to do this job, so construction workers are relatively scarce, and construction companies can only use illegal workers.
In order to resume work before Simon's ultimatum, Tishman Speyer had to temporarily replace all workers with union members this time. The original offer between Westeros and Tishman Speyer would not change, which is obviously This means that profits have shrunk significantly.
However, the traces of the large-scale use of illegal labor in the past cannot be erased.
As the "New York Post" provoked this topic, even if they understood some unspoken rules in the industry, the news industry never lacked media that challenged the rules, so everyone followed and reported.
Although some people have a vague premonition.
The New York Post, a newspaper owned by News Corp.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has always had a very friendly relationship with the Westeros system, and the two sides have cooperated in many ways.
Moreover, the "New York Post" is still largely a tabloid that pays attention to various gossip topics. When did illegal labor become a very serious social issue?
Sober people are always in the minority.
A few people are rarely able to undermine the cognitive trend of the majority.
As the issue was uncovered, the Manhattan Metropolis Daily, which originally provoked the incident, also pointed out that the city authorities knew about the illegal labor issue involved in the construction of the Westeros Tower, but they deliberately avoided talking about it, but only targeted Building safety concerns launched an investigation into whether this was connivance.
Condoning the existence of illegal workers in the New York area?
So, the question arises again, why should the New York City government condone the existence of illegal workers?
The construction of the Westeros Tower, more than 3,000 construction workers, half of them are illegal workers, another fact is that since David Dinkins took office, the unemployment rate of local residents in the New York area has continued from the original 6.7%. It has almost doubled to the recent 11.6%.
When the topic comes to this, if the Republican Party fails to seize the opportunity, it will be a fool.
Rudy Giuliani is certainly not stupid.
The media of the Republican camp soon began to attack David Dinkins's so-called "diversity" in New York, which was actually condoning illegal immigrants to take the jobs of local residents.
Moreover, according to David Dinkins' campaign philosophy, the current mayor plans to further promote New York's "diversity" after re-election.
Now, here comes the problem.
Do you want diversity, or do you want to work?
Although the United States is a country made up of immigrants, it does not mean that Americans welcome immigrants.
People's attitudes often change with their positions.
Before getting the U.S. green card, the U.S. immigration policy is of course the more relaxed the better. Once you get the green card, you will become an American, and of course you won’t want more people to enter this country to grab the opportunity to share resources.
Democrats have always regarded new immigrants as one of their fundamentals, because these immigrants are often dragging their families and looking forward to bringing more relatives into the United States. However, these people are a minority after all. Most Americans no longer have similar demands. In comparison, they are more concerned about their working and living environment.
While everyone was buzzing about the current mayor's "diversity" policy, which led to a dramatic increase in New York's unemployment rate, on October 13, something else suddenly happened in Queens.
The incident happened near a pier near the estuary of the East River.
The two groups of gangsters who were dealing with drugs had a fire for some reason and caused a fire near the pier. Although there were no other casualties except for the six bodies left after the gang fight, the entire pier was burnt down, if not for the fire officers and soldiers Arrive in time, and the fire may even spread to nearby residential areas.
The local TV station's interviews at the accident scene were full of terrified faces of residents who survived the disaster and the helpless cries of children on camera.
The next day's New York Post featured a photo of a single mother standing dazedly on the street with her five- or six-year-old crying child on the front page. The background of the photo was a blazing fire. 'Deteriorating New York law and order, are we living in a war zone? ’
One of the things that Rudy Giuliani has been attacking David Dinkins on is that it is not good to fight crime, resulting in a continued high crime rate in the New York area, gangs running rampant, and threatening the safety of residents.
We are less than three weeks away from polling day for the New York mayoral election on November 2.
Attacks by the media and political opponents about the city's connivance of illegal workers leading to rising unemployment in the federal area have led to a sharp drop in David Dinkins' approval ratings, and the vicious gang spree approaching Election Day is nothing short of a slap in the face for David Dinkins. Fatal blow.
Inside the estate outside Greenwich.
On October 15th, Simon quietly came to New York again.
Joseph Schlapp was led into the study room of the villa by the girl a. Simon was standing behind the desk, clumsily holding a brush in his hand and carefully writing something on the large piece of paper spread out on the table.
What caught Schlapp's attention even more were the two tall girls standing on either side of Simon and helping him press the edge of the paper.
I still know a lot about the personal life of my boss.
Moreover, the identities of the two girls are also easy to identify.
"Waist Essence" and "Leg Essence" created by Simon himself, Yasmin Gary and Naja Allman.
The second Victoria's Secret University
The show will be held next month. Recently, the 40 angels of the Victoria's Secret Legion have been the focus of the media. The 'waist essence' and the 'leg essence' are definitely one of the most eye-catching supermodels in the Angel Legion. two.
At this moment, the two supermodels are just well-behaved humanoid paperweights beside Simon.
Even if he didn't dare to have any other thoughts, Joseph Schlapp couldn't help but feel a little scolded when he looked at the situation in front of him. There are many things that can be pressed on the table.
Simon's writing movements seemed very unfamiliar and clumsy, Joseph and Lady A stood quietly and did not disturb, Simon put down the brush after only writing one line, shook his head and said, "It's too ugly, a, find someone to write this poem again, Framed and sent."
Joseph and Girl A looked at the rice paper on the table together, and there were seven Chinese characters that were really not very good-looking.
The map of Zeguo Jiangshan entering the war.
If the two of them are proficient in Chinese, it may be easy to read the whole poem: Zeguo Jiangshan enters the war, living people He Ji Leqiaosu. According to Jun Mo's words to seal the matter of the marquis, one will succeed and ten thousand bones will die.
Simon gave an order and said to Joseph Schlapp, "Come with me."
The two of them exchanged a reception room, and just sat down on the sofa, Joseph Schlapp took out a few documents from his briefcase and said, "Mr. Mayor personally called me last night and said that he would investigate thoroughly. The Bowery Bay thing."
Simon took the document handed over by Joseph, leaned his legs on the sofa and opened it, saying, "What does this have to do with us, Joseph, don't mention it in the future."
Joseph Schlapp nodded, skimmed the topic decisively, glanced at the expense report Simon was flipping through, and said, "Our six political action committees have spent a total of $2.8 million recently, if you think the follow-up plan is okay , in the next half month, it will probably cost about 3 million US dollars.”
A political action committee is a political group in the United States that raises funds to provide political parties or candidates with electoral power.
The biggest role of political action committees is to break through the strict restrictions on individual donors' campaign financing and other aspects of the "Federal Election Act". Funds donated by individuals to political parties or candidates are called 'hard money', and funds from campaign committees are 'soft money'.
Individual donations are only a few thousand dollars at most, but political action committees can spend tens of millions of dollars to fund political elections. Many active political lobbying groups in the United States, such as the National Rifle Association, use campaign committee channels to exert influence on elections at all levels of the federal government.
In recent years, through the model of being affiliated with various subsidiaries, the Westeros system has established a total of 11 political action committees, large and small, and can use millions of funds to participate in political activities at any time.
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