Little Laura didn't stay in Los Angeles for long.

On April 22, she recovered from a cold.

Soon after, she returned to New York to continue her studies.

She is still a college student, and she is still transferred to the class, and her foundation is very weak.

In a family like hers, members who attach more importance to knowledge and ability are still more important.

She took almost half a month's leave this time, and she has already delayed many studies.

I can no longer accompany Abel.

And although the relationship has been confirmed, after all, no formal ceremony has been carried out.

It's not good to stay with Abel all the time.

Abel himself did not return to New York with little Laura.

He followed his plan and returned to Texas not long after Laura Jr. was gone.

County Tarrant (later all changed to counties in order to avoid harmony).

City of Fort Worth.

The Governor's Office.

Abel sat in Alexander's office chair.

He smiled and said to his father:

"Hey~ It's not that comfortable, it's much worse than the feeling in my office."

Alexander and Dwayne sat across from him.

Dwayne, one of the former county council members, is no longer a councilor.

Dwayne is now the chief spokesman for Tarrant County*** and Alexander's staff.

Dwayne smiled and said, "This location may seem glamorous, but it's just like that."

If you had a choice, the vast majority of American regulars would probably want to be more billionaires.

Of course, if it can straddle the two worlds of business and politics, it will be better.

In the United States, politics must at least go to the level of a congressman or governor.

Their influence is on par with that of some billionaires.

If it's a billionaire, it's not even comparable to some senators.

If it was a capital gate valve of Koch's level, the weaker owners of the white house would not be able to compare with them.

Unless before sitting in these positions, there is already a lot of influence, and there have been years of accumulation.

It's a different story again.

Able can also see it, and has also learned a lot of information from before.

Knowing that Alexander and Dwayne are not easy to sit in their position in Tarrant County.

The United States has a special national situation, and its political system is very rare in the world.

In the case of governors, there are 50 states in the United States, as well as one special district.

According to the administrative system of rabbits, the "state" of the United States is probably equal to the "province" of rabbits, and the "governor" is similar to the "chief secretary".

But from the point of view of executive authority, the power of the U.S. governor is not the same as that of the rabbit's chief executive.

The reason is that the governor's jurisdiction does not have jurisdiction over the county mayor at all, nor does he have jurisdiction over the city. long, even more incapable of managing the district head.

Texas, for example, has 254 counties and 59 cities.

These counties and municipalities are legally independent, have their own personnel and financial management systems, and are not under the authority of the governor.

So, the county magistrate and the city. Although the governor only governs one county and one city, the scope of the governor's administration of a state is smaller.

However, it has no relationship with the governor between the superior and subordinate leaders and the led, and has nothing to do with each other.

These county magistrates, cities. The chiefs are accountable only to the inhabitants of their own county and city, and do not obey the governor.

Similarly, for a county, the county chief cannot control the district head.

Take, for example, Tarrant County, Alexandria.

Tarrant County is a large county in Texas with a population of 1.44 million, accounting for a little over 16% of the entire state's population.

Tarrant County is divided into 19 districts (cities), and the mayors of these 19 districts are elected by the people of their own districts.

According to the law, these 19 district (city) mayors formed the county board of supervisors, which were also elected by the people

A chairman of the Board of Supervisors, with a total of 20 members, became the highest governing body of the county.

The county magistrate and deputy county magistrate are also elected by voters but are supervised by the county board of supervisors.

There is also a county council underneath, which is:

The county mayor - the board of supervisors - the county council, such a triangular structure.

The Board of Supervisors + County Council is basically equivalent to Tarrant's "Congress".

The Board of Supervisors is equivalent to the Senate, and the County Council is equivalent to the House of Representatives.

The county magistrate and deputy county magistrate are equivalent to the general and deputy commanders

In other words, it is basically to shrink the federal *** set and put it on a county.

Everything else is no different.

In a way, the prefectural governor is not only not able to lead the governor, but is also accountable to the board of supervisors (the National Assembly), which is made up of the governors.

If the district chiefs are not satisfied with the performance of the county chief and deputy county chief, they can hold a meeting to vote on the fire (impeachment) of the county chief.

In County Tarrant, the county governor has jurisdiction over the county, but not over the district governor.

There is no subordinate relationship between them, and the affairs of each district are the responsibility of each district itself, so the county chief is not more important to the voters than the district chief.

That's why Alexander Smith is a complete political amateur.

But one of the reasons why he was able to become a county magistrate so easily in a period of four or five months.

In addition to the fact that Alexander has a good reputation because he is local, plus Abel's money offensive.

It also has to do with the county governors of the states and regions of the United States, and many times the power is not very great.

It can be said that basically the bottom-up structure of the United States is this model.

It's a miniature version of White House + Capitol Hill, even in Tarrant County.

This results in the magistrates being the same as the owners of the White House.

When the chief (commander) is strong, prestigious, and has political achievements, then this kind of structure can allow him to exert his ruling ability with the most effort, and can lead a country up and down very well.

For example, Roosevelt during World War II, who relied on his ability and fame.

Under this structure, the same is subdued by the whole country.

But if the governor (the commander) is weak, then the whole county (the United States) will start to do its own thing, and no one will obey anyone, and no one will listen to anyone.

The hands and feet will make different movements and steps.

In the eyes of countries other than the United States, there will be a feeling of schizophrenia.

For example, this is what Ah Stool looks like now.

Alexander took office for more than four months, and it was only with Dwayne's help that he figured it out.

Before that, Alexander was a political amateur.

The biggest governance experience is also a fifty-something Smith Farm.

Before the king of MAGA ascended to the throne, the group he managed also had one or two thousand people.

In terms of management experience, he is much stronger than Alexander at this time.

If Alexander didn't have Dwayne by his side, he would probably be even more blind.

But Dwayne also had no actual governance experience.

Dwayne had only been a county councillor.

Parliamentarians don't need to govern the locality, they just need to be able to coerce and package themselves.

In other words, except for some staff and officials recruited by the team in the future.

Alexander, the magistrate of Tarrant, has few people available at the moment.

No one can use it, so how to govern the place?

That is, with the rise of Abel, coupled with the prestige of the Smith family in the local area.

The mayors of the districts gave Alexander more face.

This allowed Alexander to be able to do some work and some influence.

But there is also a premise for this, that is, it is better not to involve the self-interest of the district mayors and the capitalists behind them.

If it involves the self-interest behind them, then Alexander can't do anything now.

No one is inexperienced, and even the most important deputy, Dwayne, is only good at campaigning and paying lip service.

Alexander is actually very difficult to do.

Abel is now asking, and this Smith's father has also said all this.

Abel had to scratch his head when he heard this.

But Abel knows that this is really the kind of structure in the United States, and this is really the case.

Abel didn't have much to do about it.

He himself is not even good at intrigue in the business world.

It's all about the reborn prophet, coupled with his own financial talent, and he pays attention to a one-strength reduction of ten meetings.

Not to mention the more complex and obscure House of Cards struggle?

But for his father's current situation, Abel also has a way to break the trick.

And there are two more.

After thinking about it, Abel said, "I'm in California, and I've acquired a large energy company, and I've merged with Ales Energy."

Alexander reacted immediately and said, "You mean to increase your investment in Tarrant County?"

Abel nodded.

It's a simple solution.

As long as Pacific Energy has more workers here, it can impact more jobs and voter families.

Then Pacific Energy is here, and the voice can be louder than others.

At this time, if Pacific Energy stands behind Alexander and supports him.

Then those mayors and local interest groups need to be wary of Pacific Energy's influence on the ground.

This is also how energy giants like Koch influence American politics.

Dwayne couldn't help but smile and said, "I think that's a perfect fit for Mr. Smith."

Abel Smith is now a super financial genius in the eyes of Americans, a super Wall Street tycoon.

Wall Street and finance, in the minds of Americans, mean that there is no shortage of money.

If there is no shortage of money, of course, it is best to use money to speak.

Abel nodded, and came up with another way that he thought was a clever way to use strength.

"Ahem, ahem"

"That's right. Daddy." Abel coughed deliberately, and then said to Alexander:

"You and . . . Is there any connection to little Laura's father?"

"Huh?" Alexander looked at his son, "No. I've had a few phone calls with George and Jeb."

George was Herbert's eldest son, and Jeb was Herbert's second son.

Abel said implicitly, "Then why don't you call Neil? Jeb can do it, and even Herbert can do it."

Alexander frowned, the old man understood what his son meant.

Alexander pondered for a long time, thinking to himself that if labor and management didn't call them for help, it wasn't for you?

Before, you guy was entangled with other people's daughters, and he didn't give a statement.

If I had gone over there to ask for help at that time, wouldn't it have fooled you?

Fortunately, Alexander understood.

Able can say that now, which proves that Smith's collaboration with the bush really began.

At that time, he himself called over there again.

There are also defensible arguments and reasons.

"I see." Alexander nodded and said.

Abel also nodded and smiled silently.

Now that they have decided to cooperate seriously with the bushes in the house of cards.

Now that there is a white house owner in the bush family, and a super-strong period of the governor of Florida, it would be a fool not to use their prestige.

As a super wealthy family in this area, the talent background in this area is also terrifying.

The Smith family was still very weak in this field.

It is completely possible to take shelter under their wings and quickly develop with the help of the power of the bushes.

but

Whether it is to increase investment and increase the voice of capital.

Or the authority of simple and crude building shrubs, neither of which is very skillful.

It's pure power crushing.

It is only for a small place like Tarrant County, and the effect is estimated to be very good.

But if it expands to the entire state, or even the whole of the United States, in the future.

Then the effect of this method will be much reduced, or even useless.

Fortunately, at about that time, Alexander and the system attached to him were able to grow.

If you can't grow, you can't help it.

After all, it's useless to pull out the seedlings and encourage them to do this.

Fortunately, Abel has another line of arrangement for this.

Daddy can't do it, don't you have a younger father-in-law?

Although the cheap father-in-law is still in business, in parallel time and space, he was also the governor of a state later.

Walking on two legs is more stable.

And it's really not possible to wait for the decline of the United States to a certain extent, and New York will also have a leg.

Strictly speaking, it can be regarded as walking on three legs.

If this doesn't work, Abel feels that he can only admit it.

Next.

Abel was in his father's office for about half an hour.

It was almost noon when he left Alexander's office.

Alexander's office is located in Fort Worth.

Fort Worth is the 16th largest city in the United States, the fifth largest city in Texas, and the capital of Tarrant County.

It is also a big city in the United States, including Nokia, Motorola and other international giants have branches here.

In addition, the headquarters of many multinational companies such as American Airlines, BNSF Railroad, (home improvement goods retailer), (consumer electronics retailer), XTO Energy and many others are also located here.

It covers an area of more than 900 square kilometres, accounting for almost half of the land area of Tarrant County.

It is arguably the essence of Tarrant County and the most influential of the nineteen boroughs.

This made the mayor of Fort Worth sometimes speak more effectively than Alexander, the county governor.

However, in Abel's eyes, its scale is equivalent to a rabbit's later third-tier city.

Except for some skyscrapers in the DF area of the city center, which looks a bit like the CBD of a big city, the rest of the city is full of low buildings.

At the door of Alexander's office, Abel thought for a moment and said to David Jones in the passenger cab:

"Let's take the convoy in a circle. To be honest, as a native of Tarrant County, I haven't even seen Fort Worth properly."

David Jones nodded yes, and Edward, who was in the driver's seat, picked up the walkie-talkie and said a few words.

Soon Abel's motorcade began to circle around the city of Fort Worth.

Fort Worth became a busy commercial center in its early years, with its livestock industry and later the oil industry.

Today, Fort Worth has developed into one of the best cities in Texas for living and business.

Even if you zoom in to the whole of the United States, the city's medicine, finance, telecommunications, education, tourism, retail and service industries are relatively developed.

After all, the entire county of Tarrant is small, but it has a population of nearly 1.44 million.

This is already the most populous part of the county in the United States.

After a rough walk, I only walked about a fifth.

Abel suddenly spoke to David Jones:

"David, you can help me check later, if there is a relatively flat piece of land closer to the city of Fort Worth."

"Hmm." David Jones was quick to respond.

"What criteria do you need to consider? Or do you have a standard for what you can do with these plots?"

"A place where you can use electricity for industry, and where you can build a large factory."

Abel said, "I'm going to be here

Later, Tesla's factory was built here."

David Jones knew that his boss had a new company called Tesla, but he hadn't heard that Tesla had a factory.

But the boss said so, and David felt that he just had to do what the boss told him.

"Let's go." Abel said, "Go back to Smith Farm."

Accustomed to the prosperity of New York and Los Angeles, Fort Worth can only be described as a small city.

Abel also looked around and thought it wasn't interesting.

The convoy quickly turned around and headed towards Smith Farm.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, the convoy arrived at Smith Farm.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, there are also people with rock security here.

Of course, the team had already informed their own people here.

So there was still some distance from Smith Farm, and another small convoy came to meet them.

This is much larger than when Abel first returned from New York, when there were only two cars.

At Smith Farm, Abel meets Charlize Theron, who is supposed to be in Sunnes Mountain.

Charlize Theron was arranged by Abel at the suggestion of Laura Jr. to come to Smith Farm.

In Laura's words, it's-

"Her child could also have the last name Smith and the middle name Lauren. As long as she doesn't think too much, of course the Smiths welcome her and her children."

Considering the opinion of little Laura, plus Charlize in the belly, after all, it is his first child.

After the dust settles on the negotiation with the bushes.

After careful consideration, Abel let her return to Smith Farm.

At Smith Farm, it might be better to have her mother Emily in the care.

The farm, at Smith Manor.

Looking at the two months pregnant, the belly has not yet appeared.

But the whole person looks much rounder Charlize Theron.

Although I had made a very ruthless plan before, I almost came true.

But at this moment, of course, Abel will not show that kind of ruthlessness.

With a gentle smile on his face, he opened his hands towards Charlize, "Hi Channy, I'm back to see you."

Charlize pursed her lips, her eyes a little red, and she glanced at Emily next to her.

Abel's mother nodded helplessly at her, with a look of relief and distress on her face.

Charlize then pounced on Abel, hugged him tightly, and looked like he was about to cry.

It also looks a little pitiful.

But Abel felt that poor people also had their hate.

If Charlize hadn't done that, he wouldn't have had that much ambition.

She's not going to get to where she is now.

I have been able to live a good life until now.

That's already Abel strong enough, and young him is not ruthless enough, not enough capitalist in terms of ruthlessness.

Coupled with the shrewdness and sanity of little Laura, and the restraint of the bush family and the Smith family.

Even if you don't have any of the above.

Charlize's fate is expected to be very miserable.

Fortunately, the dust has settled now.

Charlize's risky gamble this time barely counted her winning.