Chapter 404: Important Guest
"It's just a party, don't be too nervous!" Li Xuan looked at his sister who was wearing a white dress and looked a little restrained, and couldn't help but step forward to comfort him.
"I'm afraid of embarrassing you!" Li Ying said angrily. She only learned three days ago that her brother was going to throw a party for herself, so she temporarily began to learn the social etiquette of New York's high society.
This is the difference between "new money" and "old money", if it is a traditional New York upper-class family, they will hire a special etiquette teacher for their children to teach them from an early age. Even if the offspring is a gentleman with a lustful voice, the courteous gentleman and ladylike demeanor shown on solemn occasions is absolutely impeccable.
Although the Li family became rich overnight, Li Xuan was not interested in the so-called upbringing of the upper class. Under the protection of his younger sister Li Ying, in addition to the substantial improvement of living conditions, she is actually no different from ordinary girls.
Especially after Li Ying went to study at New York University, there are no ubiquitous Hong Kong reporters here, which can make her live a more comfortable and quiet life. Although she is the sister of the richest man in the world, Li Ying's life in New York is not much different from that of ordinary Chinese students, and she has never intersected with the upper class of Manhattan.
"Haha, tonight's party is actually a reason to lend you, to help me invite some guests! You just treat it as an ordinary party, if you can meet a few like-minded friends, it's naturally the best, if you don't talk to other people, it's okay!" Li Xuan patted his sister's head lightly and said with a smile.
"Hmph, I still stupidly really thought I was the protagonist tonight!" Li Ying glanced at her brother, but the previous uneasiness disappeared without a trace.
"There will be more dances like this when I go back to Hong Kong in the future. This time it's a rehearsal in advance!" Li Xuan said disappretently.
At this time, an assistant came over and whispered a few words to Li Xuan. He waved his hand at his sister and quickly turned to leave.
After the completion of the wholly-owned acquisition of RCA by Oriental Group. The RCA board of directors has effectively no purpose in existing. Compared with Mr. Bradshaw, the chairman of the board of directors, Li Xuan has a closer relationship with CEO Charlison.
In the past year, Charlison, with the support of the Eastern Bloc, has carried out a drastic reform of RCA, which has made Bradshaw, the nominal number one person of RCA, quite embarrassed.
Bradshaw's contract with RCA expires in March next year. Li Xuan had not communicated with him about the renewal of the contract before. Presumably, Bradshaw must have understood Li Xuan's potential meaning, and it is said that Westinghouse Electric has extended an olive branch to him.
Bradshaw had been at the helm of RCA for five years, and if he continued to lead RCA. Once Li Xuan and him have different opinions, the other party has the strength to compete with Li Xuan by virtue of his prestige within the company!
And this is not conducive to Li Xuan's long-term control of RCA, so he strongly supports the new CEO Charlison, and he is responsible for the strategic adjustment of RCA after the merger, which is equivalent to overthrowing Bradshaw in disguise.
But this time the pollution incident exposed by the Taiwan branch disrupted Li Xuan's entire deployment at once. Charleson's tenure as general manager of the Taiwan branch made him unfit to stay at RCA. This is especially important at this time, when the RCA company is now facing a crisis. In this case, it is urgent to rely on Bradshaw's enormous prestige to stabilize people's hearts.
"Thornton, how are things going?" Li Xuan stepped forward and hugged Bradshaw warmly.
"I've invited His Excellency O'Neill and Mr. Kennedy to New York, and they're resting in their luxurious suites in the hotel!" Bradshaw nodded.
Two days ago, Li Xuan had a sincere and in-depth exchange with Bradshaw. Li Xuan did not deny it. I did intentionally want the other party to leave voluntarily, and apologized for it. But now RCA is at a very difficult juncture, and Li Xuan hopes that the other party can stay and control the overall situation.
Li Xuan's frank attitude was forgiven by Bradshaw. He also recognized Bradshaw's authority within RCA, saying that he would not directly interfere with RCA's internal governance unless necessary. So Bradshaw chose to stay in the end. Succeeds Charleson as CEO.
In fact, relying on Li Xuan's two consecutive presidential elections, he has sprinkled a lot of money on the pair of Reagan and Bush Sr. It is unlikely that the White House will take the initiative to attack the Eastern bloc. The only thing that worries Li Xuan is the U.S. Congress, which has more than 500 members of the two houses combined. As long as a few of them jumped out to attack the Eastern Bloc, it would be a big trouble for Li Xuan.
Therefore, Li Xuan sent Bradshaw north to Boston to invite the Honorable Edward Kennedy and Tip O'Neill Jr. to New York for the ball party he was organizing.
Edward Kennedy, known as the Lion of the Senate, was the last backbone of the Kennedy family. Since the assassination of the second brother, John F. Kennedy, the second brother, and the third brother, Robert Kennedy, on their way to the presidency and on their way to the presidency, Edward, the youngest of the four brothers, had to shoulder the burden of continuing the glory of the Kennedy family.
As early as 1962, at the age of 30, Edward successfully won the vacated position of Senator from Massachusetts in the by-election after his second brother John F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for the presidency.
Since then, Edward has never let his seat in the Senate fall by the sidelines, having represented Massachusetts in the Senate for 22 years. Edward's entire political legacy, combined with his deep credentials in the Senate, made him one of the most influential figures in the Democratic Party today.
In 1980, Edward also announced his candidacy for president. At that time, Li Xuan knew that he would fail, but he still gave the other party a lot of money without hesitation. As a result, Edward failed to defeat Carter, who intended to be re-elected, in the party's nomination race.
But Li Xuan's boldness won Edward's friendship. With the help of Edward's introduction, Li Xuan quickly established an important network of contacts within the Democratic Party. Tip O'Neill Jr. is one of the most important people in the Eastern Bloc who is trying to make friends.
O'Neill was one of Edward's important allies, and he was a Bostonite like the Kennedys. Since 1977, O'Neill has been successfully elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and has served four consecutive terms.
In the new general election that has just ended, although the Democratic Party has lost control of the Senate, it still firmly controls the House of Representatives. So O'Neill's position as Speaker of the House of Representatives will remain re-elected. (To be continued......)