Hollywood celebrities, the foreign Democratic Party, just like the folks on the shore of Weishan Lake to the railway guerrillas, the whole Hollywood has always been the Democratic Party's iron vote warehouse, so Spielberg attaches great importance to Kerry's commission, and he especially hopes that Li Mu can establish a good relationship with Kerry after meeting with him, and give Kerry enough help in the upcoming election next year, if Kerry can become the next president of the United States, it will be a great blessing for him.

In order to ensure that Kerry could meet Li Mu before he left, Spielberg deliberately set the time with Li Mu repeatedly, and Li Mu, who was eager to return to China, suddenly became the more awesome big man, he thought twice and was unwilling to stay in the United States for Kerry for one more day, so he gave Spielberg his final reply: "Steven, if Mr. Kerry really wants to meet me, then ask him to meet me here at five o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and the meeting time cannot exceed two hours, because my plane will take off tomorrow night to return home." ”

Spielberg tentatively suggested, "Can you delay your take-off by a few hours?" ”

Li Mu shook his head and refused apologetically: "I'm sorry Steven, you know, I am very short of time, I have been in the United States for many days, and there are still many things waiting for me to deal with in China, and, you know, I am not interested in politics myself, and my attitude has always been to stay away from politics, if it weren't for you this time, I would definitely not agree to meet." ”

Spielberg nodded slightly, and when he didn't persuade him more, Li Muneng was willing to meet with Kerry, he was already very grateful.

The reason why I am grateful is because Spielberg himself knows very well in his heart that Kerry is now more than a level worse than himself for Li Mu, if the two of them are measured by their current strength, Li Mu will not even get ten points, and Kerry will not even get ten points.

Generally speaking, the U.S. presidential race is not like an Olympic competition, and the second place in the Olympic Games also has a silver medal and the reputation of the world's second, but if the presidential race is lost, then in the American political arena, it is basically equivalent to a dog belt, in other words, the presidential campaign is a game of success and defeat, the winner steps on the throne, and the loser goes home to farm.

Take Trump as an example, he became the president of the United States, and if he failed, it was still his family's business, billions of dollars of assets are very rare in the past US presidential campaigns, if you compare him with Li Mu, unless he succeeds in the election, before he succeeds in the election, his assets are one-tenth of Li Mu's, and in the future, he may not even have one percent of Li Mu's, and Li Mu is naturally 108,000 miles away.

Spielberg is also very clear about Kerry's social influence, although Kerry is the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, the chances of winning in the next election are not very large, after all, in most cases, the president seeking re-election has more advantages than competitors, so the current Kerry, the influence is not big enough, the power in his hands is not big enough, in front of multinational entrepreneurs like Li Mu, and even world-class billionaires, he is really not a big man.

On the contrary, before Kerry, Li Mu was a big man, a real big man, Li Mu had money, resources, and influence, and for presidential candidates, these were the objects to be fought for.

In fact, before the election, many presidential candidates have to constantly enlist the help of big names like Li Mu, begging them to give them sufficient campaign funds and campaign resources, and for such political investment, the candidates will also clearly promise political returns, stating how they will repay the other party if they are elected, which is a well-known rule of American politics.

The first thing Spielberg did after leaving the hotel where Li Mu was staying was to call Kerry in his car.

The other party is anxiously waiting for his call back in Washington, D.C. at the moment.

He knew that Spielberg had gone to see Li Mu more than two hours ago, and he also knew that Spielberg would mention his request for a meeting with Li Mu in this meeting, and what he was most worried about now was that Li Mu was unwilling to meet him, because he had done his homework before, and Li Mu didn't seem to be a person who liked to be close to politics.

Although most entrepreneurs like to get close to politics, and in the process of getting close to politics, they can get more benefits and conveniences, but Li Mu, an entrepreneur who is not close to politics and draws a line with politics, still has his unique advantages.

Take American entrepreneurs as an example, after every presidential election, there are American entrepreneurs whose value has skyrocketed or plummeted, these are undoubtedly people close to politics, their gamblers have a heavier psychology, and mostly exist in traditional and oligarchy industries, but those entrepreneurs who are not close to politics, no matter who is elected president, his business and his worth will not be disturbed.

Being more stable and more resilient to earthquakes is the benefit of not being close to politics.

The moment he connected Spielberg's phone, Kerry couldn't hold back his anxious question: "Steven, did Li Mu agree to meet?"

Spielberg said: "Li Mu agreed, the time is set for five o'clock tomorrow afternoon, but he only has a maximum of two hours to meet with you, is it enough?"

"That's enough, that's enough!" said Kerry, excitedly, "I'll get ready, and I'll fly over tomorrow morning." ”

Spielberg said, "Okay Mr. Kerry, I'll be waiting for you in Hollywood." ”

"Thank you so much this time, Steven!"

"It's my pleasure. ”

After hanging up the phone, Kerry immediately called his party whip and excitedly told him: "Mr. Andrew, Li Mu has agreed to meet me, and I will fly to Los Angeles tomorrow morning!"

"Oh? Li Mu agreed? I'm glad to hear this, how are you going to go to Los Angeles?"

Kerry said, "I'll let the secretary book a plane ticket for tomorrow morning." ”

"Don't!" the other party instructed on the phone: "This is a sensitive period before the election campaign, the CIA is watching our every move, and the Bush administration is most concerned about who we meet, who we talk to, and who we ask for help, if you take a civil flight to Los Angeles, they will immediately know that you are going to see Li Mu, and if they also start to enlist Li Mu's help, we will be too passive, so you must not let others know about Li Mu this time, not even your secretary." ”

Kerry felt a pang in his heart, the party whip is really a party whip, and he is much more cautious in considering the problem than himself.

So, Kerry asked him, "Mr. Andrew, what should I do then?"

The other party said: "Except for Spielberg, only the two of us, and your wife can know about this matter, you go back at night and tell your wife, let her cooperate with you in the play, and ask your wife to call your secretary tomorrow morning, just say that you are not feeling well, you have to rest at home all day, do not arrange any work, and do not accept any visits, I will arrange a car to pick you up at your house, and then arrange a private jet to take you to Los Angeles!"

"OK!" said Kerry without hesitation, "everything is up to you." ”

The other party responded, and said: "You know, our chances of winning this election are not big, far less than 50%, so Li Mu is very important to our campaign, his influence is too strong, and the ability to put information is too strong, if you can let him support you, our chances of winning this time will be much greater, more than 50%, so you must communicate with Li Mu, as long as he is willing to help, after you are elected, we can provide him with enough policy convenience." ”

Speaking of this, the other party reminded again: "Li Mu is a very patriotic person, you must properly convey your good impression of China, and promise that if you can be elected in the future, you will definitely introduce a variety of policies to promote trade, exchanges, education, and tourism between China and the United States, and use these to impress him, I think it should be very effective." ”

"OK, I made a note of it!"

……

When Elon Musk came to the hotel to meet Li Mu, Spielberg and the others had been gone for about half an hour.

Seeing Li Mu, Elon Musk showed great closeness, and after shaking hands and hugging many times, he sat opposite Li Mu and talked endlessly about the recent development of PayPal.

Li Mu didn't care about PayPal, but he cared about when this guy was ready to start X-Space and Tesla seriously, so Li Mu asked him: "By the way, what's wrong with your X-Space?"

"Aha......" Elon Musk scratched his head embarrassedly: "You know, that's to register to play, I really want to invest some money to start, but this thing, I want to make it turn seriously, how can I get it without one or two hundred million dollars in cash, I originally wanted to sell PayPal shares, and then cash out to do this, but now the market value of PayPal is rising all the way, so I want to wait and see." ”

Li Mu pouted and deliberately teased: "I thought you were very aggressive, but I didn't expect you to be trapped by PayPal's shares." ”

"Boss. Elon Musk said with an innocent face: "I really wanted to sell PayPal, isn't it you who persuaded me to keep PayPal shares and continue to stay in PayPal?"

Li Mu laughed: "At that time, it was a good opportunity for PayPal, but now it seems that the extremely fast pull up period has passed, and the next step is a gentle climb, and it is impossible to pull up quickly, so you can consider withdrawing and doing something else." ”

"Really?" Elon Musk couldn't help but ask Li Mu: "Boss, are you interested in investing in X-Space?

Li Mu smiled: "I don't understand aerospace, you let me vote, but I don't have any bottom." ”

Elon Musk knew in his heart that the vast majority of wealthy people would not be interested in investing in aerospace, so he advised Li Mudao: " In fact, the boss you are not short of money, even if you don't understand aerospace, it doesn't matter, if you believe me, it should be an angel investment, I think this industry is actually really promising, and, in the process of developing aerospace science and technology, can give birth to many independent new technologies, these technologies are also very likely to be translated to other industries, not to develop a new flight control system in the aerospace field, in the future can be sold to some countries for the development of missile flight control or even UAV flight control, do you see that the United States did not engage in a UAV squadron last yearThe Predator UAV has officially entered service. ”