Chapter 357: Game of Thrones (1)
The first principle of the U.S. Election Act prohibits foreign funds. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Xu Teng did not violate this rule, he distributed profits within various companies and funds, and donated money by partners, and there were many agents like Miss Holmes, who took advantage of various laws and regulations on political contributions in the United States, used various institutions and associations, and put donations into political parties, or changed them into a large number of small individual donations.
For example, in an area where Republican voters are concentrated, superaction agencies and associations organize fundraisers, provide subsidies for the event, and get voters to contribute, and you actually offset their spending through discount coupons, food stamps, health care stamps, and so on.
You can even donate money to the community to pay for a public expense in exchange for them signing a small check to donate to a designated politician.
In the United States, there are 10,000 ways to play politics.
Xu Teng never had to ask in person, and every penny he paid had a clear goal - business.
He will never interfere in the actual policy of the United States, and he will not ask whether he will return to the Asia-Pacific region or the Middle East, and this is his mastery, and it is also the subtlety of his trick that no one can grasp.
As the world's sole superpower and hegemon, the United States is by no means easy to mess with, and he is also self-aware.
As for how his business partners and allies in the United States interfere in the internal affairs of the United States, this is someone else's business, and he is not guilty of asking.
After temporarily changing his decision and not being in a hurry to leave the United States for the time being, the first thing Xu Teng did was to arrange a special plane to take his wife and three children to New York, and the family was reunited at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan.
Interestingly, this is the first time Xia Li has visited the United States, she doesn't like the United States very much, she prefers to go to Europe, and Africa has also been to the United States once, but she has never been to the United States.
On the night of Charlie's arrival in the United States, although Miss Elizabeth Holmes and Charlie's husband had slept with her, she still held a grand welcome ceremony for Charlie.
Almost the entire wealthy family of New York came, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Koch family, the Pritzker family, Jerry Speyer, the Doberman family, John Paulson, Howard Marks, and even the Murdoch family, and even the Bilgates and the Walton family's Jim Walton family of 5 also traveled thousands of miles to fly to New York.
The U.S. press community learned the news days in advance, and it was all jammed on Park Boulevard, with a lineup of hundreds of reporters and dozens of camera cars comparable to the Oscar Walk of Fame.
There are not only the most important wealthy families in the United States, but also Wall Street, Silicon Valley, media tycoons, and tech upstarts.
These people were all invited to come, for the simple reason that there were business contacts, close cooperation, and some were purely to give face to the Xu family, after all, to do business in China, there was nothing more useful than the relationship of the Xu family.
Miss Holmes held this welcome party very grandly, and she was also telling Secretary of State Hilary that this is not a level you can provoke casually, and half of these wealthy families who were invited to the welcome party belonged to the "we" that Xu Teng said.
Miss Holmes's ability to lobby at the Capitol depended on the long-term support of these people behind the scenes, who paid for it, and Miss Holmes was responsible for arranging professional lobbyists to manipulate the various bills and agendas behind the scenes to protect the interests of all.
American politics is characterized by a simple desire to do one thing...... It's hard, but if you want to break something, it's easy.
At this moment in Washington, D.C., in the Oval Office of the White House, President Obama, Vice President Joseph Boden, White House Chief of Staff Ram Iman, Secretary of State Hilary, and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean are watching the news reports.
When Warren Buffett got out of the car and appeared in front of the camera lens, President Obama turned off the TV with the remote control and sat in his chair thinking very seriously.
"A couple of weeks ago, we hosted the annual corporate evening at the White House, and we invited Warren Buffett and Paulson over, and they said they were honored to be invited, but they didn't want to get too much attention." Howard Dean couldn't take it anymore and asked Joseph Boden, "Now that even the Chicago Telegraph's little newspapers are on Park Avenue, and they're willing to show up again." β
"That's not a problem, the most important problem right now is that we've offended half of the people on the presidential campaign campaign. Pritzker, Koch, Walton, Dubin...... They have a very close business relationship with The-ShunFamliy, and they are important donors, both to us and to the Republican Party. Ramiman reminded the Democratic Party's leadership that Secretary Hilary's negotiating actions have offended many and are a huge disservice to the upcoming midterm elections.
Xu Teng has always kept a low profile in the United States, and this time he held such a grand welcome party, which was obviously angered by the Democratic Party.
Of course, the Democratic Party is not afraid of Xu Teng and does not need to care at all, but the Democratic Party still cares a lot about Silicon Valley and Wall Street, and without political donations from Wall Street and Silicon Valley, and without the votes of Latinos and blacks, the Democratic Party is useless.
"So, we made bad decisions, and we wanted to use The-ShunFamliy's relationship to control China's online media, to figure out China's bottom line on cyberattacks and investment agreements, to figure out China's plans in the South China Sea and the navy, but, we screwed up." President Obama was thinking about this issue very seriously, and without his consent, Hilary, as secretary of state, would not have taken the liberty of sending his staff to negotiate with Xu Teng and try to reach a deal.
As a rival in the party's last presidential campaign, Hilary was well aware that Xu Teng had made a political donation to Obama through SVB Silicon.
Power is struggle.
Hilary wanted to get the handle and force Obama to abandon his next presidential race at a critical moment.
Through their relationship within the FBI, Hilary secretly investigated Xu Teng and Miss Holmes, and finally came up with some evidence that Xu Teng made political donations to the Republican Party through some means.
As a result, Hilary, in his capacity as Secretary of State, asked President Obama for a deal negotiation, and the State Department intervened with Xu Teng to force Xu Teng to reach a deal with the State Department to influence China's political decision-making and manipulate China's online media.
As the president of the United States and the leader of the Democratic Party, in front of the leadership of the Democratic Party, President Obama could not refuse such a request.
The most powerful part is that Hilary deliberately waited until President Obama's policy adviser, Petersenlaw, to meet with Xu Teng alone before suddenly making this request, just to confirm that President Obama and Xu Teng have a special stake.
God bless the United States of America!
Obama knew early on that Hilary and her former presidential husband had been using the old FBI and CIA departments to secretly investigate Xu Teng, SVB Silicon Silver, and the Huayin Consortium.
As we all know, SVB Silicon is the most important supporter of President Obama, and the current Cabinet Secretary of Commerce, Minister of Education, and Secretary of Energy are all recommended by SVB Silicon Silver.
Therefore, FBI Director Miller noticed that someone was secretly investigating these things, and out of consideration for many factors, he secretly notified White House Chief of Staff Lam Yiman as soon as possible.
Although he is a Republican, Director Miller does not want to be involved in the infighting of the Democratic Party, nor does he intend to use this matter to make profits, but just wants to keep his position.
American politics is like this, for a non-campaigning technocrat like Robert Miller, the position of FBI director is already the pinnacle of the workplace, and it is difficult to go up the ladder, and the position of attorney general, 90%, is one of the first return seats offered to large fundraisers when running for president.
For example, the current Attorney General White Lawrence, who does have a beautiful resume on the surface, served as the attorney general of New York State, and the person who actually recommended that the president choose him as attorney general is known to everyone - the Pritzkers.
As the director of the FBI, Miller did not want to get involved in the fight, and he reported the situation to the White House as soon as possible.
So.
The White House chose to visit Xu Teng on the day before Xu Teng left the United States, and arranged a private meeting with Xu Teng, just to give Hilary a chance to "catch the traitor".
Sure enough, Hilary was fooled, thinking that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a good and perhaps the only chance to get hold of Obama and force Obama to abandon her re-election run in favor of her in favor of the 2012 presidential election.
Unbeknownst to Hilary, the first thing Obama did after winning the 2008 election and becoming a presidential candidate was to investigate the finances of Xu Teng and The-ShunFamliy in the United States.
The Xu family's method is very special, by manipulating the capitalists in the United States to make political donations, support different political committees and associations, and community organizations, and go around several circles, indirectly influencing the operation of the US Congress.
There is no money laundering, no illegal transactions, and no violation of any laws and regulations, which can still ensure that the Xu family's investment and mergers and acquisitions in the United States are always unimpeded.
Miss Elizabeth Holmes, the granddaughter of senior Republican Senator William Brent of Ohio and the niece of McGill Brent, the second secretary of state in the George W. Bush administration, is the agent of Xu Teng and The-ShunFamliy.
The whips and leadership of both parties are well aware of this, but no one will say "no" to Miss Holmes, because behind her is not only The-ShunFamliy, but also the wealthy Americans who are currently gathered at the Park Hyatt in Manhattan to welcome The-ShunFamliy's second- and third-generation heirs, representing Wall Street, nuclear power, oil, and Silicon Valley.
When these capitalists demand a veto of any form of tax hike bill, demand cuts in labor benefits, and extend the retirement age for Americans to 65, no one can say no, or else the price will be endless bickering and veto votes within Congress, and none of the bills will be promoted.
Obama wants to introduce a health care bill, he wants to introduce an employment bill, he has to have the support of these people.
Hilary wants to get Obama in the driver's seat, and President Obama is trying to get the ambitious Secretary of State, Ms. Hilary, out of the support of these people.
In all of this, everyone in this Oval Office, the president, the vice president, the White House chief of staff, the Democratic chairman, actually understood that with this blow, it would no longer be possible for the party to nominate Ms. Hilary to run in 2012.
Unless, President Obama's polls are so low that it is almost impossible to win the election.
Politics is so cruel, it is the same in any country, whether it is a big country or a small country, whether it is China or the United States.
Xu Teng is too low-key, at least in terms of influence on American politics, and has always been particularly low-key.
President Obama knows what goes on, but Secretary Hilary doesn't, only partially.
The die is cast.
President Obama is well aware that Hilary is a smart man who now fully understands what she has done wrong and that she has lost her nomination for 2012, and that the best option for her right now is to fully support him in the party, Congress and in her position as secretary of state, and to seek his forgiveness and support.
Perhaps, in 2016, she still has a chance to run for president.
It wasn't a meeting, it was more like a demonstration and a trial.
Soon, the vice president, secretary of state, and chairman of the Democratic caucus all left the president's office, leaving only the president and his White House chief of staff, Ram Iman.
"So, we won a game." Ram Iman was not very sure, and looked at President Obama a little hesitantly, he knew what the president was worried about, the United States needed a change, but this was something that the president could not do.
At this time, the wealthy people gathered at the Park Hyatt Manhattan were the biggest obstacle to this change.
"You know, if we can order them to be bombed now, maybe the real problem will be solved." President Obama squeezed the baseball in his hand, and when he spoke, he always made some very special gestures, "People always say that the president has the greatest power in the world, and I would say, it's the wrong idea, and all I can feel in this moment is a loneliness and betrayal." I'm not saying that they betrayed me, they betrayed the White House, but they betrayed the country. β
"SIR, I THINK YOU'D BETTER TALK TO XU DIRECTLY, MAYBE TODAY, HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN HAVE ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES, THE FAMILY IS REUNITED, MAYBE YOU SHOULD MAKE A PHONE CALL TO CONGRATULATE HIS FAMILY ON HAVING A HAPPY TIME IN THE UNITED STATES." As chief of staff, Mr. Ram Iman must think about the next election, and while he may have left the White House by that time, the president will continue to hold on.
Change is never easy.
"Maybe that's a good thing, he's been exposed, we all know how important he is to the United States, and we all know how important he is to China. We could have taken tougher measures and investigations against him and sanctioned his business, but as we know, he is a very smart investor and never crosses the line. He gave the money, but he didn't invite you to do anything, the only requirement was that we should value the votes and contributions of Chinese Americans. I think he's probably the kind of guy who doesn't mind any nationality at all, and the most important things for him are family and business. Ram Yiman gave his own judgment, because it is a fact that the president really needs Xu Teng's help if he wants to smoothly launch the "Health Care Act".
Although on the surface, Xu Teng can't help at all, this is just the vision of ordinary people.
For Ram Iman, he is very sure that Xu Teng can at least win 20 votes for the president from the Republican camp in the Senate, which is enough to ensure that the Senate side passes the "Health Care Act", and as for the House of Representatives, it depends on the operation of the Democratic Caucus...... It is estimated that there will still be a corner from the Republican Party, and at least 15 Republican House members will defect.
The leadership of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party know this, and everyone will never destroy their future to expose this, because everyone is an expert who has been proficient in politics for decades, and they are all experts in manipulating politics, and everyone can guess and know that no one can find any reliable evidence.
It's like everybody knows about Israel's influence over the U.S. Congress, except that now there's another The-ShunFamliy, not as powerful as Israel and the Jews, but enough to guarantee that no one likes to mess with them.
The good news is that The-ShunFamliy never interferes in U.S.-China issues, they only take care of their own business, whether they are senior anti-China senators or pro-Taiwan and Tibetan congressmen, as long as they have a position on the Foreign Investment Review Board, they will definitely be able to make a deal with The-ShunFamliy, and each will get what they want.
Every member of the Bundestag has his or her own constituency, and as long as you want to stay in the Reichstag, you have to do everything you can to secure your constituency, increase jobs for your constituency, increase investment in health care and research, and even if you want to build a bridge, you need to make deals with any capital force.
What is Business?
That's business.
It is clear to everyone that the Capitol is the largest trading center in the United States.
President Obama is well aware of what kind of person Xu Teng is, he is a very smart banker, very good at building a large network of connections, and most importantly, he has unsurpassed influence in China, especially in the local provinces.
Even Wall Street needs to have a good cooperation with Xu Teng and pursue a win-win situation, and they participate in various investments in China through Xu Teng and the Huayin Consortium, and Xu Teng also participates in other investments in the United States and around the world through Wall Street.
In China, Xu Teng's Huayin consortium has extensive and in-depth cooperation with major central enterprises, becoming a bridge between Wall Street and central enterprises.
He is the uncrowned king of China, and if you want to do business in China, you need to get to know him, be friends with him, and show off your photo with him in the circle of friends.
At the Park Hyatt Manhattan at 270 Park Avenue, the welcome party gathered some of America's wealthiest families and billionaires, and Penny Pritzker, Charles Koch, and Bill Gates spoke about how they met Xu Teng and his parents, how they did business, and shared their histories with the rest of the audience.
In the end, it was Xu Teng's turn to come to the stage to thank him, for him, such an occasion and speech have long been a familiar trivial matter.
"First of all, I would like to thank all of you for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend this evening, and my wife and I are very honored and very grateful. I would like to give a special thanks to Miss Elizabeth Holmes, for organizing this evening, as my best friend, you have done me a great favor, it was also the most wonderful, sumptuous and luxurious welcome party I have ever attended, I was very touched and I really felt your enthusiasm and friendship. I may only have a small reminder, next time, please don't use the 78 year old ChΓ’teau de la Vove Clicquot and Veuve Clicquot, it's too expensive, after all, it's all paid for with my account. β
"Thankfully, I can afford to pay my bills because I happen to have the most money in the world, and thank God my wife never asks me how much money I make, and no matter how much I make, it's pretty much my money."
Xu Teng knows the essence of American humor and is self-deprecating, "Therefore, everyone has to thank my wife for being so generous, trusting me so much, and conniving at me to save money secretly." β
On this occasion, those with low laughs should laugh to their heart's content, and those with high laughs can only force their faces to laugh.
Xu Teng gave everyone a few dozen seconds, and waited for everyone to laugh so excitedly before cutting to the point, "This is my wife's first time in the United States, thank you very much for your willingness to come over and let her feel the enthusiasm of American friends." A lot of people know the story between me and my wife, we met when we were two or three years old, grew up together, and went to school together. When I was about to enter junior high school, I finally decided to practice martial arts, after months of hard training, three years in junior high school, three years in high school, any boy who dared to write love letters to my wife, I would teach each other a hard lesson. That's why, by the time she graduated from high school, she didn't have a boyfriend yet. β
The guests in the venue were already laughing.
"In short, I am a model of the kind of bad student, who likes to fight and often bully, and when I was in college, I still remember that on the first day of college, I beat four seniors to the hospital...... Wow, I'm just that bad, I'm just that aggressive. This is certainly a bad thing, but it's also a good thing, and when I decided to use my spare time in college to start a web company, this combative spirit has always sustained me to constantly defeat stronger, bigger, and more capitalized competitors. β
"When my father decided to retire and hand over his business to me to manage, he made a request to me, don't always bully people, but help others more, you help others in order to get the respect of others, you respect friends, share wealth, in order to have a wonderful and happy life. Over the years, I began to slowly try to follow my father's teachings, and slowly realized that he was right. β
"Most of my business is in China, and China is not only the fastest growing country in the world today, but also the largest single market with 1.4 billion people, and we can imagine that in 10 years, 20 years, this country will have a middle class of more than 700 million people, or even more, and a per capita annual income of more than $30,000. It's a God-given gift for all businesses in this world, and you can never say no to such a market. This is a huge market, which means infinite wealth, and I am very happy to share this market with every friend here, and jointly develop and build this market. β
"We can help each other, we can respect each other's values and interests, work together, and in the end, we can create something very good, a very good miracle."
Xu Teng's speech is coming to an end, and at the end of this inspiring declaration, everyone is applauding warmly from the bottom of their hearts, not enthusiastic, as Xu Teng said, a golden mountain is in front of them, waiting for them to develop.
"Finally, on behalf of my wife, my family, allow me to thank you again for your welcome, for your warmth, for friendship and love!" At the end of Xu Teng's speech, he raised his glass and invited everyone present to toast together.
A great era has begun.
Outside the venue, hundreds of American media gathered on both sides of the avenue and in front of the hotel, and in the crowd, more than a dozen location hosts talked to the camera about today's event, where almost all the richest families in the United States are located.
The host of ABC even made a statistic that all the rich people who attended the welcome party at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan today have a combined net worth of at least more than $500 billion, and the combined market value of the companies they control is as high as $3 trillion.
When these people come together, they can even change the whole world.
For the White House, if they agree, they can support President Obama's re-election and the Democrats win the 2010 midterm elections.
Yes, it's a game of money and power. (To be continued.) )