The first snow in New York is getting heavier and heavier.

In the afternoon, it was already light snow to moderate snow.

The whole city is covered with a white veil.

There are also five or six winds, and if it is a little stronger, it can be considered a blizzard.

Pedestrians coming and going on the streets, even in heavy warm clothes, were choked with the cold.

This year in New York must be an unkind year for the homeless.

But these things have nothing to do with Abel, it is the New York City government that needs to care about these things.

Maybe they won't care either.

After all, in this place, only the "strong" can survive

For Abel.

This kind of weather is annoying.

But fortunately, this level of risk has an impact on helicopters.

However, for relatively large fixed-wing aircraft, it has not yet reached the point where it cannot take off.

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

Abel once again flew on a private charter flight from Delta, targeting Fort Worth-Dallas Airport.

He was satisfied with Charlize in the morning.

When on the plane in the afternoon.

Even if I met Maria, a beautiful stewardess with the attributes of a wife, again.

For a short time, he lost the idea of brushing his teeth.

On the plane, he made two satellite calls by the way.

One for David Mellon, learn about the real-time forex market data.

10 billion US dollars, and a large amount of leverage.

More than $50 billion can be affected.

Again, it's on the pound, a somewhat irritable currency system.

Even if it can be opened, Abel has to pay more attention.

The other satellite phone was for David Jones, who arrived at Fort Worth early last night.

Then again.

Among the people around Abel, David Jones should be the busiest one.

As Abel's great butler, every time Abel has to go somewhere.

Before Abel had passed, David had to go over and arrange it in advance.

Set up a staff member for rock security, contact the local hotel, the convoy, or simply the assistant.

It's just that Abel's salary for him is more than twice that of his previous work in Amex.

Besides, the benefits are better, and the work content is actually similar.

David Jones was a little busy, but he was enjoying it.

After a flight of more than two hours.

The Gulfstream G400 arrived at Fort Worth Dallas Airport.

Texas, in latitude, is one of the southernmost states in the United States.

The climate here is far milder than in New York State.

It does snow, but it usually happens in January and February.

Even if it's La Niña weather this year, it's already snowing in New York.

It's cooled down a lot, but the sky is still clear.

Changing trains at the airport, the convoy aims to head straight for Fort Worth.

By the time Abel came to the American cowboy culture center.

It was close to five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was not so bright.

As a side note, today is 7 November 2000.

It was also the first day of vote counting in the national election.

Before meeting Alexander, Abel received a briefing from David Jones about today's election.

"According to bipartisan press releases, the situation on the same day today is that the two sides alternate leads."

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David Jones said: "Maybe last hour, it's still like the party is ahead." But by the next hour, the Donkey Party might have already caught up and overtaken. ”

"The two sides chased all the way. Both sides have announced that they have taken their "vote base" states and the estimated winning states. ”

Abel nodded.

Although he knew that Herbert's son would win this time.

But that's a parallel plane, and what the specifics are.

At that time, as a teenager "foreigner", of course, he could not have known.

Now as a member of the capitalists in this country, there is no question of who can be in power.

He's still more concerned.

But that's about it.

He is more concerned about the situation in Tarrant County.

Tarrant County's elections are ahead of schedule this year.

In previous years, Tarrant County would be different from others by holding its election in December.

But in September, the Tarrant County Council voted to change the tradition.

The election campaign, which used to start in December, has been brought forward to November.

This is mainly for the sake of turnout.

Because in an election year, there are also various elections for members of Congress, state legislators, and localities.

Most states combine all local election and general election dates to save money.

This ensures that time and effort are saved.

At the same time, it can also ensure that voters go out of their homes to actually vote.

In the past, Tarrant County played specially, always costing hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the county next door.

It has long been criticized.

To that end, the county council made a change this year.

Like other nearby states and counties, they all chose to be held on election day, in conjunction with the national election.

In this way, everyone can elect their own county governor while electing the commander.

That's why Abel returned to Texas and returned to Tarrant County.

His father's great cause here is going to take the first step today.

Unlike a general election, which takes several days to get results.

The entire Tarrant County has a population of less than two million, and the results will be available on the same day.

It's just that the counting of votes is slow, and the results will not be fully released until about 8 to 9 o'clock in the evening.

In fact, Abel didn't have to come because he wanted to know the result.

All it takes is a phone call when the time is up.

But this is his father's big thing after all.

I let my dad walk on this road.

Abel is naturally concerned about this, and it is also related to his plans for his future.

So even though Smith Capital was busy, he rushed back.

At about five o'clock, in Alexander's campaign office, he met his father and mother.

Unlike the previous times, the Alexander that Abel saw this time was not wearing the black suit that politicians usually wear.

It's a set of local clothing commonly found in Tarrant County.

What is Tarrant County's Local Clothing?

Denim.

Known as the "Land of the West," Tarrant County is now known throughout the country for its rich western heritage, especially cowboy culture.

Fort Worth is also known as the cowboy capital.

The outfit Alexander changed into had been worn by candidates before.

But generally only candidates who are born as farmers will not be questioned by many people when they wear this suit.

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If you are from a city, or someone from outside, you will wear this kind of clothes to show your face.

Instead, it is estimated that the opposite result will be obtained.

Alexander is much better.

He was tall and strong, and the skin on his face was a little rough.

On the lower part of the face, above the neck, there is even skin that has been exposed to the sun for a long time and has to be somewhat rosy.

This is the typical red-necked image.

Of course.

In fact, Alexander's neck was not so red at first.

Although he is very good at farm work, he does not really go to the field every day.

There isn't so much sun.

The reason why it's so red now.

After starting to participate in the campaign, at the suggestion of the team and consultants, I deliberately sunned my neck a little more.

And when you go out, you will also wipe something on it.

As a result, his neck looks even redder.

This will allow him to get more identification in Tarrant County.

When Abel arrived, the whole office was busy.

A lot of people are talking on the phone, a lot of people are walking around, and there are people coming and going.

Outside the office, there are a number of local and Texas media reporters and photographers who are already staring at the place.

There are four candidates in Tarrant County this year.

But in fact, the other two can basically be used as accompaniments.

Obviously, as in most other parts of the United States.

The winner will only be between an elephant or a donkey.

So the local media reporters basically ignored the other two candidates.

They were divided into two parts, one on Alexander's side.

The other part is waiting on the side of the Donkey Party's candidate, Dernko.

They will wait until the election results are out, and then reporters will immediately flock to them.

Interviews with winners and losers to feed the evening and tomorrow's news.

Let's not talk about the situation on Dernko's side for the time being.

Alexander's side adds up to a team of about a dozen reporters.

They noticed the arrival of Abel's convoy, and also noticed Abel walking quietly and quickly into the office.

Many hesitated.

A reporter from a local tabloid stabbed a reporter from another tabloid next door.

"Hey, I read that right. Just now, I seemed to see Abel Smith get out of the car. ”

"Well, I think I saw it too, it's that Abel Smith."

The latter responded to him.

The photographer next to him took the camera and handed the reporter what he had just filmed.

"It really looks like Abel Smith! That pride of our Tarrant County, the financial sword of Texas! ”

The photographer said excitedly.

The surrounding reporters and photographers all gathered around.

It only took a minute or two for everyone to confirm that they had just walked in.

It's indeed Abel Smith, that's right.

"Oh~"

A reporter suddenly realized and slapped his thigh.

"Abel Smith's surname is Smith, and Alexander Smith is also Smith! It's all from Tarrant County! They must have known each other! ”

"Is there a possibility that they don't know anything at all. They may still be loved ones! ”

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"Is there a possibility, in fact, the two people are not just relatives at all. Maybe. Is Abel Smith the son of Alexander Smith? ”

"That shouldn't be. If only Alexander had such a son. In his previous campaign speeches, why didn't he say it? ”

"Wait, didn't you say that Abel Smith came from an ordinary background? Just the son of a farmer, but how could his father be Alexander Smith now? ”

"Huh. Alexander is also a farmer. Didn't you see that so many farmers came to support him these days? ”

"Oh oh ~ too!"

"FXXXK, my editor-in-chief is short-sighted. They sent me alone, and the cameraman didn't come either! No, I'm going to call them and ask them to send more people. This is Abel Smith, the pride of our Tarrant County! ”

"yes, there's probably big news here today! You have to hurry up and shout to do it! ”

Reporters shouted one after another, and soon Tarrant County was proud of Abel Smith.

The news of his appearance in the office of candidate Alexander quickly spread throughout the city of Fort Worth.

In another corner of the city.

The candidate of the Donkey Party, who is also waiting for the results of the general election, heard the news.

A wry smile appeared on Dernko's face.

How to compare oh.

The family has the son of a billionaire, and he is still so famous.

This time in the Masaji donation.

I was even crushed by the other party by an order of magnitude!

In the entire Tarrant campaign poster, Alexander alone was more than twice as numerous as the other three.

Dernke felt that he was very unlucky, which year he came out and chose badly, but he came out this year.

Good thing before the start of the campaign.

Alexander, on his part, was concerned about possible countermeasures.

I didn't play my son as a card.

Dernko's side naturally couldn't ask for it, and he was also suppressing the fact that Alexander had such a son.

So the election campaign lasted for a month, and most Tarrant County voters didn't know that Abel Smith was Alexander's son.

Don't think it's ridiculous.

In the United States, this is real.

Among ordinary people in the United States, there is a general problem of lack of common sense knowledge.

Even now, there are still tens of millions of people in the United States who believe that the earth is flat.

This rainbow in Tarrant County

One of the strongholds of the Red Neck, semi-literate people who are simply literate, occupy at least more than half of the county's population.

In this case.

As long as the media does not guide, or the parties themselves do not publicize.

The fact that Abel Smith is the son of Alexander Smith can really keep voters unaware.

It can only be said that this is the American character.

The elite class is better than anyone else, and belongs to the top group in the world.

The people at the bottom are stupid one by one, and they have long lost themselves in happy education and naitou music.

Because both the Elephant Party and the Donkey Party are suppressing this news as if they were nothing.

So much so that the reporters of the local media did not know much about this matter.

Now that they have seen Abel appear with their own eyes, many people have suddenly realized.

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Then there were the reporters waiting on Alexander's side, and suddenly there were more and more reporters.

In the campaign office.

Abel smiled and hugged his parents and his father's campaign aide Dwayne.

"It seems to be doing well. I see that everyone is in a good atmosphere. ”

Abel smiled and spoke.

As soon as he came in, he could feel that the atmosphere in the whole office was very good.

Everyone is busy, but everyone has a smile on their face.

This means that some of the results that have come out so far are obviously more beneficial to this side.

Dwayne was the first to speak, he said, "Hahaha~ In fact, it is true. There are a total of 363 polling places in Tarrant County. 215 have been counted, and Alexander's vote rate is 53%! ”

With 53 percent of the vote, it looks like the other candidate has 47 percent, which is not a sure win.

But actually, because it was four candidates.

The other two non-bipartisan candidates, no matter how bad, will take some votes.

The two candidates of the two parties can actually get about 80%-90% of the votes.

In this ratio, if you get this number of votes, it can indeed be said that it is basically stable.

Able smiled and looked at Alexander, who looked calmly proud.

Beside him, Emily smiled and said, "Is my husband really going to be the chief officer of Tarrant?" ”

"Who's to say it's not?" Abel looked at his mother with a smile: "Dear Chief Officer's wife, good evening, you look so beautiful!" ”

"Haha~" Emily, who hadn't seen her son for a long time, was amused by her son.

The corners of Alexander's calm and gentle mouth couldn't help but pull.

Alexander looked at his son, the happy wife.

He himself was happy.

"It's out, it's out!"

In the office, someone suddenly shouted loudly.

"The latest votes are out!! A total of 256 boxes have been opened so far, and Mr. Smith has 56% of the votes! ”

"The Donkey Party's Dernko is only 33 percent, the Greens' George is 7 percent, and the non-partisan candidate Johansen is 4 percent!"

As the voice fell, the happy atmosphere in the office became a little thicker.

The ballot boxes haven't all been opened yet, though.

But Alexander has this number of votes, and it can be said that it is basically stable.

Except for the rest of the ballot box, which is all voted for Dernko.

Abel looked at his father, who pretended to be calm, and then at his mother, who was not pretending to be excited.

He walked over with a smile, took his mother's hand, and looked at his old man again.

"I didn't expect it to be successful. Dad, I didn't think you could do such a thing other than hunting. ”

"Hmph~"

Alexander snorted proudly and did not answer his words.

Abel ignored him, this guy is not good at all.

is in his fifties, but he is a dead tsundere.

The key body is still strong like a bear, with a white face and a red and thick neck, not cute at all

In contrast, Abel still prefers to talk to his grandfather Alex.

He also kind of understands why Grandpa and Alexander are always prone to quarrel without saying a word.

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The personalities of these two have a little bit of conflict.

Fortunately, the Smith family has been passed down for many generations, even if the personality is not right, the family atmosphere is also very good.

Chatted with her mom, Emily, about some things at Smith Farm.

About half an hour passed.

A new call came in.

The ringing of this phone made the dozen or so people in the campaign office all quiet down.

Everyone held their breath and wanted to get the news they wanted most from this phone call.

News of the victory.

As Alexander's deputy, Dwayne was always by the telephone.

The phone rang twice, and Dwayne picked it up.

“hello？”

Dwayne said calmly.

"Is it Mr. Dwayne? I'm Eisen. There are a lot of people outside, and a lot of reporters have come, what's the situation? ”

Dwayne was stunned, this Eisen was a peripheral member of the campaign team.

Dwayne asked Eisen to watch outside, prepared to wait for Alexander to succeed in his post.

Then you can gather supporters and start a victory gathering in the city of Fort Worth.

Unexpectedly, he called to talk about it.

"I'll take a look." Dwayne put the phone down and immediately walked to the window and looked out.

Outside, he saw a staggering number of reporters.

At least forty or fifty reporters and videographers flooded the outside of the campaign office.

Dwayne frowned, not knowing what had happened.

Fortunately, at this time, Abel walked up to him.

"It's supposed to be for me. When I came in just now, I saw that they were very excited to shoot me. ”

Dwayne looked at Abel and suddenly realized.

Although I don't know at the time of the campaign.

Alexander did not take Abel's name as a trump card for canvassing.

This also made Dwayne feel very sorry for a while.

Now it's just because of Abel's appearance, so many reporters have come outside.

Dwayne felt that Abel was not being used at the time, and that Alexander might have considered this situation as well.

With Abel's public opinion exposure at that time, I really don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing for Alexander in this election.

But now it's different, all the votes are gone, and all that is left is the vote count.

With the appearance of Abel, it doesn't matter whether the impact is good or bad.

This time.

Just when Dwayne opened his mouth to say something.

The phone rang again.

Dwayne wanted to walk over and pick it up, but Alexander was right next to the phone.

Alexander himself picked up the phone and listened only to his calm "uh-huh" a few times.

Then everyone saw Alexander put down the phone and said to everyone.

"Of the 363 polling boxes, 311 have been counted."

"I got 61 percent of the vote."

"And just now, Dernko and two other candidates of the Donkey Party have congratulated the media on my official election."

At this point, Alexander pretended to be calm.

It's also a little broken, and it seems a little excited.

"Ladies and gentlemen, standing before you right now is the 42nd Chief Governor of Tarrant County."