Under the recommendation of Goldman Sachs and Ohhausen, Zhang Yida met with David Urban.

For meeting Zhang Yida, Urbane is still very much looking forward to it.

Although he was once a veteran of the Gulf battlefield and received a medal, this does not contradict his role as the president of a lobbying company.

The green dollar is the faith, and to hell with the rest

The reality of the United States is that it is normal to lobby the government for a foreign company.

Especially in the past two years, a large number of Chinese technology companies have become the new financiers of K-Street lobbying companies, and at the same time, it has also driven the growth of industry business volume.

Now lobbying firms like to take orders from China.

Urbane and Zhang had a good conversation, with the former first boasting about his classmates with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Even Pompeo's position was obtained by him with the help of Trump.

Then, he talked about what he has done for Trump, and how Trump values his advice.

Americans have always been unrestrained, especially in lobbying work, and Urban's purpose in doing this is also to show Zhang Yida his energy so that he can successfully take over the lobbying business.

After hearing this, Zhang Yida also expressed his attitude directly: "Mr. Urban, I have great trust in your ability and strength, and ICAY's lobbying work can be handed over to your company."

My hope is that the current ruling Elephant MPs and officials will not be so hostile to ICAY, and that we are a technology company that is not involved in politics."

Urban raised his eyelids and said lightly: "Mr. Zhang, you also know that the relationship between the two countries is so tense now, this is an extremely difficult task. ”

Zhang Yida squinted slightly, looking at the celebrity in front of Trump, who was full of silver hair and had a big red nose.

"$10 million" Zhang Yida quoted a number.

This is not a lot of money, but it is the total revenue of ICAY in the US market for a month.

In addition, giant companies such as Google, Facebook, and Apple spend tens of millions of dollars a year on lobbying the government.

Urbane smiled slightly, took a sip of American coffee on the table, and sighed that this trip was the right one, Chinese companies are really rich, unlike those companies in Silicon Valley that are deducted and searched, which is simply not like words.

In fact, lobbying for foreign technology companies is not the same as that of domestic technology companies, and the former charges are naturally much higher.

"Mr. Zhang, if you want to achieve the kind of effect you want, it is estimated that you will need to lobby hundreds of officials, which is not enough. ”

Zhang Yida knew how greedy the bald eagle in front of him was.

But greed is a good thing, if you want to make money, you have to make some achievements in a down-to-earth manner.

"If it works, I'm sure we'll have a greater collaboration. ”

Urban, naturally, understood what this meant, and wanted to show his hands, was this questioning his own strength

Well, for the sake of the dollar, he didn't care about Zhang Yida's impoliteness.

Nodding, Urbane smiled and said, "Okay, then let's talk about it today, and we'll communicate on the effectiveness of further lobbying later." ”

Then, Zhang Yida called Ryan, the president of ICAY Americas, and the legal counsel, and arranged for them to start drafting contracts with the lobbying firm of Urban, including the lobbying field, the obligations that need to be fulfilled, and so on.

And Zhang Yida himself chatted with Urban about other topics.

After the contract was signed, ICAY USA asked the finance department to make a deposit of $2 million first, and the subsequent payment will be made in batches depending on the results of the lobbying.

This is a normal process, and Urban, of course, has no objections.

After the two sides signed, he shook hands with Zhang Yida and said goodbye, and left the suburban manor in New York where Zhang Yida temporarily lived with a group of employees.

Seeing the group leave, Ryan walked up to Zhang Yida and said: "Urban is not a big man, the real financiers behind Pompeo and Pence are the Koch brothers."

The Koch brothers are also the biggest financiers behind the entire Elephant Party, and a total of 16 of Trump's initial cabinet appointees have been funded by the Koch brothers.

In addition, the Koch brothers also supported at least 19 senators, 42 representatives and 4 governors in this election. ”

Zhang Yida has naturally heard of the Koch brothers, an unlisted company with an unusually large power, mainly oil, power, energy, chemicals and timber.

Koch is also the world's largest privately held company, with annual revenues exceeding $100 billion in 2006 and hundreds of billions of dollars today.

The two brothers are each worth more than $50 billion, which is on par with the value of Bezos, the richest man in the world.

In addition, Koch is the most polluting company in the United States, and although it is often fined, it is insignificant compared to the profits earned.

The reason why he has such a big confidence and has stood for so many years is because he can make friends and cultivate spokespersons.

The U.S. government often passes bills that favor the Koch group and opposes bills that are unfavorable.

This is the real behind-the-scenes **oss

Mr. Zhang knew about Koch, and Mr. Ryan, who was an American and a top executive at a technology company, also knew it, if not better.

Zhang Yida asked with a smile: "Do you know the Koch brothers, can you get some connections?"

Ryan shook his head and smiled, "That kind of big person, how can I know it."

I'm just giving you an idea, boss, if you can find the Koch brothers to talk to our company, it may alleviate a lot of hostility from the Elephant Party. ”

Zhang Yida rubbed his eyebrows, "Do you think I have such a big face?"

Ryan scratched his head, this was indeed a problem.

The Koch brothers are industrial, and they are not bad for money, so they really don't look down on a small company like ICAY.

Although Zhang Yida has never dealt with these American tycoons, he can almost guess who these people are, and capitalists all over the world are the same, and they value interests the most.

If you can't offer anything that they think is "huge", it's almost a dream to let others use political power to help you.

After hiring a lobbying firm, Zhang Yida began to look for ICAY's U.S. team.

A large number of executives from American technology and entertainment companies, including the vice president of Warner Music Group, the senior president of public policy at Google, the creative director of YouTube Ball, the vice president of commercialization of Facebook Ball, and the vice president of Sony Entertainment, entered Zhang Yida's sight.

The biggest of these is Kevin Mayer, who currently serves as Disney's senior executive vice president and chief strategy officer.

He has facilitated Disney's acquisitions of Pixar Animation, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Century Fox.

He also led the launch of Disney's streaming service app, Disney, which currently has more than 50 million paid subscribers and is one of the most successful and mainstream streaming media outlets.

At the same time, Kevin Mayer is also an important candidate for Disney's next CEO and has a high reputation in the industry.

Although Mayer is 56 years old, his height of six feet and four inches and his wide skeleton make this professional manager who is about to enter old age still very tall and full of style.

Zhang Yida's height is not short, but when he shakes hands with Mayer, he still needs to tilt his head slightly, and the other party is half a head taller than him.

Mayer was defeated in the battle for Disney's successor and basically had no hope of becoming the leader of Disney.

So when Zhang Yida threw an olive branch to him, he decided to come and talk to Zhang Yida.