Chapter VII: Lobbying
And Shirley, as the former director of the Clinton administration and the head of the Treasury Department, naturally has her own connections in Washington. However, the lobbying team stationed by the Fire Lion will not be too biased towards any one side of the people's work and the common box.
This is partly because, after all, it is now the Republican Party in charge.
On the other hand, Sid's Britney is now regarded as the most Americanized symbolic idol. And "Desperate Housewives" was also praised by the first lady of George W. Bush in the media, and she laughed at herself as a "desperate housewife".
So Sid will definitely not go up without brains and for no reason to be a fool, and Sid also believes that the Fire Lion is by no means an ordinary Hollywood company, and must be used as a leather drum for the people.
On the contrary, "Isn't the meaning of people's housing the autonomy of choice? Sid smiled and said to Shirley, "We're not politicians, so why should we take sides?"
Shirley understood what Sid meant - both sides were under the chips, and neither was offended.
In fact, this is also the strategy of any large company, Microsoft, IBM, Boeing, Qualcomm. No one is going to put all their eggs in the same basket in this matter.
"So, what's Carl Icahn's reply? I'm really interested in what this treacherous Wall Street wolf will think of our proposal. After saying this, Sid couldn't help but smile and ask him about another hidden chess piece that he had buried earlier.
"Oh, he'......" Shirley was also very amused by this.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside. When we say outside, we don't mean outside the room where Sid and Shirley were, but outside the villa they were in!
"What's going on?" Sid, interrupted from the conversation, walked to the window in displeasure and lifted the curtains, the window of the room they were in was on the side of the villa, and the origin of the noise was the front of the villa.
Sid and Shirley could only faintly see the lights flickering and screams coming from the direction of the villa's main entrance.
"What's wrong?" Sid and Shirley glanced at each other, both seeing the solemnity in each other's eyes.
This party was the largest in-circle party held by Fire Lion since its establishment, and it was attended by all Hollywood celebrities. And the last thing Sid and Shirley want is definitely something to have at a party like this.
When Sid and Shirley descended downstairs to the lobby, thankfully the guests weren't aware of the outside because of the music and the interior.
Sid and the others first found Britney and Lindsay in the rest area, "Sid, is something going on?"
Although Britney was a little flustered, she still looked calm and entertained the guests, and Lindsay on the side also "rarely" did not raise the bar with Britney, and the two girls worked together to maintain the scene in the villa.
"Brother Sid, are you alright?" asked Lindsay, uneasy.
"Seems to be going on at the front gate? I'll go see first, don't go out here." After soothing his two little girlfriends, Sid nodded with Shirley and turned to the entrance.
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Beverly Hills nights are always noisy and brightly lit, although Los Angeles doesn't have the cosmopolitan feel of Manhattan in New York. But the luxury of the regal villas hidden in the mountains is not at all beneath that of the rich on the East Coast.
Looking at the glorious villa in the light in the distance, a man in black, well, in fact, a man in a black suit glanced at his companion with a cold look: "Is that there?"
The companion in the black leather coat nodded, and then showed an envious look on his face, "Yes, that is the party scene of the Fire Lion, and it is really a big deal to rent a mansion for the party." ”
The man in black turned his head to look the other side, and another accomplice drove up from the other side of the road in a car, and it was late at night after 10 o'clock, and there was no one on the road even in Beverly Hills.
"Boss, everything is done. The accomplice who was driving stopped the car and said, and then the man in black looked down at the passenger seat.
I saw a sloppy bearded uncle lying drunk in the passenger seat, "Why are you getting him so drunk, is it too much medicine?"
"Don't worry, boss. I've calculated the dosage of the medicine, and I'm definitely able to make him sober enough to get there and complete his 'show'. The accomplice who drove the car laughed.
Saying that, he slapped Uncle Beard in the face, "Uh-huh!
"Well, I said no problem. The accomplice who was driving confidently patted his chest.
"Very well, then prepare immediately. The man in black nodded, and then several of his men immediately moved Uncle Beard to the driver's seat and stepped on the accelerator for him.
"Robert, do you see that over there?" the man in black seemed to know what hypnosis was, and after he smeared some potion on Uncle Beard's nose, Uncle Beard, who was already drunk, immediately fell into an even more "bad" state of psychedelia.
"Deborah, is that you?" said Uncle Beard, who seemed to mistake the man in black for some woman, muttered to himself with a sad expression, "I'm sorry, Deborah, it was all my fault before, it was all my fault. ”
"Yes, Robert, look there, Deborah is over there. Uncle Beard followed the fingers of the man in black and saw the brightly lit Fire Lion Party Villa in the distance.
"Over there?"
"Yes, Deborah was at that party, and she said she would forgive you Robert if you went to see him. The voice of the man in black at this time was like a demon seducing Adam, and the evil voice was full of temptation.
"Deborah, I, I'll come to see you right away!" After saying this, the bearded uncle who was originally drunk suddenly perked up, and his hands and feet were quick three times and did two, and the "brush, brush, brush" pulled the gear, stepped on the accelerator, and the car rushed out with a "whoosh!"
"Wow——, this guy is really fierce!" said the accomplice who came by car couldn't help but whistle and gloat.
"Okay, hurry up and pack up, let's evacuate. The man in black turned his head and said with a grim face.
"Okay, Boss. The accomplices nodded and quickly gathered their belongings.
"This time the payment has been paid to your account, you had better go out of the country and hide immediately, this time the object is not a fuel-efficient lamp. The man in black added uneasily.
"Don't worry, boss, I've already booked a ticket abroad. The companion in the leather coat nodded with a smile.
"That's good, you guys should withdraw first. Hearing the words of the man in black, the two accomplices immediately jumped into the woods next to the Beverly Hills Highway with their backpacks on their backs.