Chapter 329: The White House
As soon as they got off the plane, they went straight to the White House, and Mr. Bush Jr. helped arrange a car to pick them up, perhaps to let him experience it, using his father's Cadillac car, a bulletproof version of a custom car, with an extremely luxurious interior.
The meeting place was about at the White House, and the elder Bush was not there, and he went to Montana to appease the people affected by the extreme weather caused by hail, and some people joked that even a dog can make the country tightly organized. It is also true that before various orders are issued, it is rarely out of the president's personal will, and he does not have the power to directly interfere in the development of the country, representing the demands of an entire group, and a large group of think-tank experts stand behind him to help advise.
The president is more like the voice of a country, and is responsible for coordinating the balance between the various forces, and sometimes taking on the role of the blame.
For example, Su Mu heard the news about the Sino-US trade war in the future from the old radio station, and it seems that Su Mu thought that he would become president in the future, and he felt that it was inconceivable that Donald insisted on going his own way, but this is only the surface, and if you guess at a deeper level, it is probably similar to suppressing the development of the country in the past few years, and it is also curbing the development of China.
Since the choice to carry out a trade war shows that the forces supporting the trade war are big enough for the president to choose to stand on their side and become a spokesperson to make a voice to the outside world, although the president's power is large, it is not so big that it can easily damage the interests of some people and launch a trade war against a big country.
The president of the United States is definitely a glamorous "profession", but it is not easy to be a president at all, just like the piece of ham sandwiched between them, often facing a dilemma.
At this moment, Su Mu was sitting at the table in the presidential office of the White House, sitting in the chair that President Bush Sr. usually used in his office.
The table in front of him is also of extraordinary origin, there are only two in the world, and the other is placed in Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, which has become a symbol of friendship between Britain and the United States. Due to historical reasons, the president has only four desks to choose from in the Oval Office, namely the Fortitude Desk, the Theodore Roosevelt Desk, the Wilson Desk and the C&O Desk, of which the Fortitude Desk refers to the table in front of Su Mu.
"With the approval of the U.S. Congress, every new U.S. president has a sum of money for the purchase of furniture and interior decoration in the White House, currently in the amount of $100,000. This money is definitely not enough to renovate the White House, so it is generally only possible to spend a little money on the upstairs living quarters, and the furniture in the other office and conference rooms is either left untouched and kept in a historic style, or the White House asset manager can be consulted and selected from the furniture and items left behind by previous presidents, including the presidential desk.
This is the most exposed place, so what kind of desk is very important, I donated 50,000 dollars myself to help my father paint the walls in the same color as it is now, the carpet was also personally selected by me, and there is also a sofa, did I just see a big mouse in the hallway, did I feel disappointed?"
Mr. Bush Jr. is chatting with Su Mu, with Lily's relationship, plus Su Mu's strength is enough, according to what Bush Jr. just said, Su Mu is like a "family" of their Bush family.
Lily gave birth to a child, and Bush Sr., as her godfather, naturally said that some time ago, he specially asked the current first lady Barbara Bush to personally send a gift, and did not stay for a long time, and then rushed to Africa to do charity after a few hours.
When the president is busy, the president's wife is also busy, and the gift is a pair of cufflinks worn by President Roosevelt all year round, which is not precious, and the commemorative significance is even stronger.
The environment of the White House is not the same as Su Mu imagined, it is too simple, I actually saw a big mouse just now, it is difficult to associate this place with the political center of the United States, and replied with a smile: "You should have a cat, so that there will be no rats, these members of Congress are really ruthless, is it because they don't have to stay in the White House for a long time?"
"You're right, the place you go to most often is the Capitol, which is often renovated and much more comfortable. ”
Mr. Bush Jr. spoke in a very casual tone, he really didn't regard Su Mu as an outsider, and at the same time, there was no need to be an outsider, the family had a super-rich man worth more than $2 billion as a "relative", and it was too late to be happy, how could he push it out.
Let Su Mu feel it in his father's chair, and also take pictures, Su Mu didn't move his nest after sitting down, that was not polite, then stood up and continued to talk about business: "Sir, our company is about to go public, Bee." Penguin is doing very well, and the enthusiasm of the shareholders is beyond my expectations, and if it goes well, it may actually create millions of jobs in a few years, and deliver on the promises made the year before. ”
"The IT industry is developing very well, I know, my father is also very happy, in fact, this time I also personally invested in your Penguin computer company, about 400,000 US dollars, I made a lot of money today, I didn't pay attention to this company before, it was my investment manager who recommended it to me, so many people said that it has potential, it must be very good, I believe you. ”
Bush Jr. suddenly changed the topic, and then said: "If I am re-elected, maybe my father will be able to see that day coming, but at present, he is pessimistic about the midterm elections, so he can only work harder, and my father has done his best, but the Republican Party has been running this country for more than ten years, and recently the media has deliberately poured dirty water on my father." ”
Su Mu knows the implication that the two parties in the United States alternate in power, except for special periods, almost all of them are conducted according to this unspoken rule, and there is also a big shady scene in the election, which can be artificially interfered with, and now it is still a manual vote count.
During the administration of former President Ronald Reagan, the living standards of American residents have been greatly improved, and people hope to maintain a strong momentum of development, hoping that Bush Sr., who was vice president at the time, can continue this glory, but now the tax cut bill has not been continued, unless the infrastructure construction is reduced, the investment in the national defense industry is reduced, and the welfare of residents is reduced, otherwise it is difficult for the official finance to continue to support.
For a variety of reasons, Su Mu also has pessimistic speculation about whether he can be re-elected in the midterm elections, at least the wind in society is now on one side, unless he really makes some achievements and makes some dazzling achievements, otherwise he is likely to be disgraced after only one term......