After getting Miller, Traust was not idle, and rushed to the next stop, Washington DC.

It would take another three days for that press release to be escalated.

In terms of media campaigning, Trauster actually wants to find a few small media outlets, and I am afraid that as long as they spend a little money, they can publish their own press releases.

But this suggestion was denied by Yang Tian, if you want to play, you have to play big, only millions, compared with the benefits that may be obtained, the difference is too far and too far, and Yang Tian still gives up this money.

Choosing the New York Times, of course, has its advantages, the third largest circulation newspaper in the United States, the authoritative surname is extremely high, and the readership is mostly the middle class of the United States, politicians and so on.

As soon as the press release comes out, it will inevitably cause public opinion.

These are what Yang Tian values.

The next day, at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel near Capitol Hill, a presidential suite was officially inaugurated and taken over by an organization known to the outside world as the Pioneers of Peace.

Traust became the president of this peace pioneer organization, quickly recruited two clerks and a beautiful blonde secretary through a headhunting company, and officially registered and became a member of thousands of organizations in the United States.

On the same day, Traust wore a straight Italian handmade high-end suit and knocked on the US Senate, the vice chairman of the budget committee. The door to Adams' office.

Unfortunately, Adams wasn't there, and Trauster didn't care, smiling and leaving a gilded invitation to invite Adams to the charity gala held at the Willard Ballroom that night.

The secretary accepted the invitation politely, and had a good impression of this polite middle-aged man, and smiled and promised that he would definitely convey the invitation to Mr. Adams.

On the same day, Traust and two clerks kept wandering around the offices of the Senate of Congress, sending out no less than 30 such gilded invitations.

Hot stamping invitations, pure gold business cards, suits worth tens of thousands of dollars, and famous watches worth more than 100,000 dollars are a lot of money or the spokesperson of a certain interest group for the senators who received Traust.

And for this charity gala, many senators are also looking forward to it, because Traust's words revealed that the chairman of several important Senate committees. The seats will be there.

Politics is a big social circle, Vanity Fair, such a party can provide many people with opportunities to contact big people and communicate.

And there are many senators who live at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel all year round, so it's even more convenient to participate.

That night, in front of the Willard Intercontinental Hotel, the red carpet was paved, luxury cars gathered, and some tabloid reporters were even more moved, and the people who came to the banquet were not only dignitaries, but also many businessmen and socialites who received invitations.

In the lavish banquet hall, the charity gala has begun.

This charity gala ended up with more than 100 dignitaries, including even the chairmen of various Senate committees. seats, leading members of both parties, and so on.

As the organizer, Traust had already arrived in advance, and at the moment he was shuttling freely around the politicians, communicating cordially and decently.

Traust has attended many such social dinners and is very familiar.

Feeling that the time was almost up, Trauster politely said goodbye, dressed up, and walked steadily onto the podium at the front of the banquet hall.

The orchestra stopped playing, and the eyes of the hundreds of people present were also focused on Traust in the center.

Although many people have never seen Traust, Traust's ability to hold such a banquet and invite so many people shows his energy, and naturally no one dares to look down on him.

Clearing his throat, Traust made a few brief opening remarks before he got to the point: "A few days ago, I met a group of people who told me a lot of things, which touched me deeply, and I also learned how difficult it is for soldiers who are disabled in the war, and even the families of soldiers who have lost their lives. ”

"I felt that I had to do something about these people, and I opened an office to openly solicit funds from the public to help those who had been hurt by the war. And I am holding this charity gala today to call on more people to pay attention to these vulnerable groups, who are victims of war, so that war can go away and peace will last forever. ”

Traust's impassioned speech drew a round of applause, and the next moment, Traust handed the microphone to an ordinary soldier's widow, a soldier who had lost both legs in the Iraq war.

Traust said in public that on behalf of the Peace Heralds, he would donate $1 million to a military nursing home in New York that no one had ever heard of.

When the vice president of the nursing home received the check for a million dollars from Traust, he was even more excited and shed tears, and the applause in the banquet hall lasted for a long time.

On the spot, many people came up to Traust and asked him what he wanted to do and how he could sponsor the Pioneers of Peace.

After this charity gala, Traust also successfully left a deep impression on the hearts of many dignitaries and laid a solid foundation for the next lobbying plan.

The United States is a country that is officially authorized to lobby for the law, and has given direct legal guarantees for bribery.

As long as you have the money, you can knock on the door of a senator's office at any time and spend money on that senator's support for a bill.

Throughout the DC region, there are thousands of such lobbyists.

There are often commercial corporations that send representatives to lobby senators to push for the passage of bills that benefit their companies.

If this is placed in another country, it is illegal, but in the United States, under the banner of lobbying, this kind of behavior is all justified.

Of course, the lobbying law certainly does not specify in detail how many gifts and cash the lobbyed officials cannot receive, after all, the beneficiaries of the lobbying law are the objects of these lobbying.

Lobbying is to escort them to openly accept bribes.

The next day, Trauster invited Adams to his luxury yacht and set sail.

Adams readily agreed.

The sun was shining, the breeze was gentle, and on the deck of the luxury yacht, Traust poured Adams a glass of red wine and asked with a smile: "Your Excellency, what do you think of this yacht?" ”

Adams is in his fifties, gray-haired, and still very strong, and at the moment he is wearing casual clothes, swimming in the sea, and his face is comfortable.

Hearing Traust's inquiry, Adams was stunned, and then said, "Very good." ”

Strauss nodded and said, "Wally's latest model of luxury yacht costs about six million dollars. ”

Traust didn't make any special introductions like a yacht salesman, and Adams was also a man who had seen the world, so he could roughly guess the value of the yacht.

Adams raised his eyebrows slightly, a six-million-dollar yacht can be called luxurious.

Just as he was about to say something, Traust suddenly leaned in and said, "If Mr. Adams likes it, he can give it to you." ”

This sentence made Adams's eyes even more surprised, but he still said very calmly: "I don't know what Mr. Traust wants me to do?" ”

From the moment Traust invited himself to the yacht, Adams already had some anticipation of what Traust was going to do.

It is not surprising that Adams has seen too many of the lobbying representatives of this kind of interest group, and he also accepts the benefits given by these people, of course, provided that he can do it and is willing to do it.

Power in exchange for benefits, Adams has always understood what is most important, and will never do something that will make him lose political power because of temporary interests.

Of course, Traust's generosity also made Adams a little excited, and as soon as he made a sale, he was a six-million-dollar yacht, which was really not an ordinary financier.

Adams likes to be direct, and Trauster likes it even more, and it is always better to talk about interests than hypocritical politeness.

"I want Adams to push a proposal in the Senate to cut military spending on the Civil War in the North and end it as soon as possible." Traust Road.

Adams was stunned for a while, and then asked with some puzzlement: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, the war was started by His Excellency the President, and the Congress has passed the authorization, and no one can change it." ”

Having said that, Adams also couldn't stop looking at Traust, at first he thought that Traust was a representative of a certain company, and wanted to use his own hand to promote a certain bill, if this is the case, with this yacht, as long as it is not too difficult to bill, Adams is already planning to agree.

But Adams never expected that Traust wanted to make himself do so much, pushing Congress to cut military spending, insert President Jonathan, and end the war in the North Soviet Union.

Traust didn't care that Adams rejected him outright, and it wasn't for nothing that he chose Adams.

Adams is the vice chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Xi, and he is also an important backbone of the Republican Party, with his energy, if it is operated well, he can definitely block the military expenditure of the North Soviet Union......

Traust pulled out a folder from behind him, opened it in front of Adams, and there were a few photographs, as well as a deed.

"I heard that Your Excellency the Senator still lives in the suburbs, I wonder how this single-family house on Long Island is, do you like it?" Traust said with a smile.

Adams was moved again, he had been a senator for so many years, and he had yet to earn a $6 million yacht and a Long Island villa.

Now that I'm older, it's time to think about my old age.

Living in a villa on Long Island and going out for a ride on a luxury yacht is really not an ordinary beauty.

Adams reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the photo, shook his head, and said, "Although I really want to promise you, I'm afraid I can't really do this." ”

Think about it, the president ordered the war, and he was behind the Congress, pushing the bill, cutting military spending, isn't this a play against the president, although the White House is iron-clad, the president is running water, and a president is nothing, but it is not a good thing after all.

Traust smiled mysteriously and said, "Mr. Adams, I don't think so. (To be continued.) )