Abel answered Lapierre's call.

Lapierre is vice president of the American Rifle Association.

Compared to the chairman of the board of directors, whose term of office is only one year.

Lapierre, executive vice president, has been in office for almost 10 years now.

In accordance with the rules of the association. Executive Vice President, who is not one of the 75 members of the Board of Governors but is appointed by the Board of Governors to assume the role of Chief Executive Officer.

These days, Lapierre is also in the city of Indianapolis. After learning that Abel and little Laura were also here, he invited Abel to a party.

The meeting place is at the Conrad Indianapolis Hotel, not far from a clubhouse.

The club is owned by the NRA Association, which is the American Rifle Association.

Abel and little Laura when they arrive.

Discover that Lapierre is not the only one in the clubhouse.

There was also a local named Richard Lugar, with his wife, and many other guests and their wives.

Richard Luger's wife knew little Laura, and little Laura knew her.

She quickly pulled little Laura into the circle of ladies not far away.

Lapierre's wife was also there.

In the spacious hall of the entire clubhouse, around a dozen sofas, twenty or thirty people gathered in small circles.

After little Laura left.

Lapierre smiled and opened her mouth to introduce Abel to Richard Luger's identity.

"Abel." The notoriously talkative executive vice president of the NRA introduced Richard Lugar with a smile.

"This is Mr. Lugar, you may have heard his name. But I would like to introduce you to Mr. Lugar, who is the president of our association this year, and who is one of the Senators of Indiana and chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee."

Lapierre's words had just fallen.

Standing in front of Abel, Richard Luger, who was a head shorter than Abel and had straight facial features and white hair, smiled and stretched out his hand to Abel:

"Hello, Mr. Smith. I'm Richard Luger. I've wanted to know you for a long time, but I've never had a chance."

Abel also shook hands with him with a smile and said softly:

"Hello, Mr. Lugar. I'm Abel Smith. Actually, so am I. Because Herbert has mentioned you to me many times, and he has praised you many times before me as a good master of diplomacy, and not a diplomat is better than a diplomat."

"Hahaha~" Richard Luger smiled happily, "Herbert, is he okay?" I haven't seen him in half a year."

"He's fine." Abel hadn't seen an old shrub for nearly half a year.

But Able could open his eyes and tell nonsense, and both people in front of him would believe.

In the upper echelons of the United States, many people already know that the Smith family, which has some influence in Texas, has allied with the bush family.

I also know that the young man in front of me is the bond of alliance between the two families.

He is one of the future sons-in-law of the Bush family.

Naturally, it was thought that it would be very easy for the young man to meet Herbert.

Seeing that the two people were introduced, the atmosphere was also very good.

Lapierre took the opportunity to tell the purpose of inviting Abel over.

Lapierre got straight to the point and said, "Abel, you know. Our association's annual internal elections are about to begin."

Abel didn't know that he didn't care much about the NRA Association, and he didn't follow his father's path.

In many cases, the NRA is not used in Abel's business.

But at this time, Abel of course smiled and nodded, indicating that he really knew.

"As always." Lapierre Says:

"There will be 25 re-election of Council members this year. Dear Abel, Richard and I agree that you have long been qualified to be a member of the Board of Trustees."

Richard Luger smiled beside him:

"That's for sure. As last year's NR

Association A's biggest funder, if not qualified. And who in the NRA is qualified to be a member of the board?"

Able had already understood, and smiled reservedly.

It's simple.

The highest authority of the Association is a Board of Directors, which will always have only 75 members.

The Board of Directors elects a President, who is currently Richard Lugar.

The general term of office of this chairman is only one year, and most of them are honorable and nominal, regardless of things.

The President himself is one of the 75 members of the Board of Directors, who are re-elected every three years.

Elections are held annually within the association. Each year, twenty-five members of the Board of Directors expire and are re-elected.

As a result, every year, a new group of directors joins and a group of old directors quit.

But at the same time, there are many board members who can stay in their seats all the time because of their strength.

Like Abel's father, Alexander, Abel knew that his father had served as a director of the NRA Association for at least five terms.

It's a bit like a senator in the Senate, as long as you can run successfully, you may even be in it for a lifetime.

"And where is my constituency?" After understanding the reason why the two of them were looking for themselves, Abel smiled and said, "You won't let me go back to Texas to choose, right?"

> Membership of the Association as a Director.

Elected by more than four million members of the Rifle Association, voted annually.

The election process is largely the same as any other election in the United States.

The association's 4 million members are divided into 75 constituencies across the country according to their addresses.

Each constituency will have three candidates at each election.

NRA members in the constituency choose one of three candidates to vote.

The eventual winner is a three-year term on the NRA board of directors in that constituency.

Alexandria's constituency, in County Tarrant and three nearby counties.

This neighborhood happens to be where the Smith family can influence, and the previous director has always been Alex Smith

Richard Luger and Lapierre asked Abel to come out for the election.

Abel, who understands these situations, asks which constituency he is going to.

You can't go back and grab Daddy's throne, can you?

"New York and Los Angeles are fine." Lapierre Says:

"Even anywhere. As long as you are in that place, you have a house and you have to pay the land tax."

"Understood." Abel smiled, "Then New York."

"No problem." Lapierre affirmed.

Little Laura is on the other side, the same as Abel.

She also blended into a small circle of five or six noblewomen, headed by the wives of Lapierre and Richard Luger.

Richard Lugar is a veteran senator who has been a member of the Indiana Rep. since the '80s.

He successfully ran for the Senate at the end of the 80s and has been re-elected until now.

Little Laura's grandfather was the owner of the White House.

Richard Lugar chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The cooperation between the two is very pleasant, and at the same time, they are both bigwigs within the Xiang Party, and they have a good relationship.

Richard Lugar took his wife with him and visited the Bush family many times.

This lady named Lisa naturally knows little Laura.

Lapierre's wife, Susan Znidoka, is the second wife of the deputy executive director.

Lapierre has a weak personality and holds a lot of power, and it is only a matter of time before he is taken advantage of, according to the normal human script.

Lapierre's new wife, Susan, is widely regarded as such a behind-the-scenes manipulator.

From Lisa and Susan's attitude towards little Laura, it can be seen that Susan wants to be closer to her and tend to be more flattering.

"This is Law

Miss Len Bush Lauren." Susan Znidoka took the initiative and eagerly introduced little Laura into the small circle

The five or six ladies in this small circle are all high-ranking members of the NRA or their wives.

They probably didn't know little Laura. But they couldn't have heard the name shrub.

Susan took the initiative to eagerly introduce and let everyone know the identity of little Laura.

This made little Laura suddenly the core of the small circle.

Everyone's topic revolves around her.

Lisa was on the sidelines, intending to watch first. Then, when little Laura can't cope well, she, the old woman, will come forward to help.

To Lisa's surprise, little Laura, who looks very young, can cope with everyone with ease.

Lisa breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time sighed in her heart for the excellence of the shrub family.

Chatting and chatting, everyone in this small circle of noblewomen. talked about the topic to Abel who came with little Laura.

Susan looked at Abel, who was laughing and talking to her husband and the president of the association, Richard Luger, in the distance.

Lapierre's new wife, who was keen on power, smiled and said, "Miss Bush and Mr. Smith are really a special match."

A noble lady also said, "That's right. There are not many people in the United States who are right."

Several noble ladies around echoed, and little Laura responded with a light smile:

"It is God's arrangement, and all of us are to obey God's arrangement. To our great Lord."

When she said this, the women around her joined her in prayer and recited God's name.

"That's right." The noble lady who had just spoken suddenly said, "Lady Luger."

She looked at Lisa and whispered:

"I've heard rumors within the association that Mr. Lugar has stepped down this time. Will he put forward Mr. Abel Smith as the new chairman? Madame, is this true?"

The lady's question drew everyone's attention to Lisa.

Even little Laura is too.

Little Laura has only now figured out what kind of party it was tonight.

This is a senior internal member initiated by the NRA Association to conduct a senior salon on this year's internal elections of the association.

Since the current chairman is a Senator from Indiana, he has been in Indiana lately and has not been able to leave.

This is where the meeting took place.

But then again, Indiana has always been a red state.

> The association has a large number of members here, and it is one of the states that support the rifle association strongly.

It's also normal to put the gathering of the association's top leaders here.

That's all little Laura knows.

But she didn't know before today that Abel might become the chairman of the Rifle Association!

Little did she know that Abel had been elected to the New York district.

Because of these things, Abel didn't think it was very important and didn't tell her.

On the Bush family's side, there are two NRA council members, Jeb and George.

But these two people, one is busier than the other. Except for the election, they don't bother to bother with the affairs of the NRA association.

Neither Abel nor the Bush family told her, and little Laura naturally didn't know all this.

At this time, little Laura also stared at Richard Luger, the wife of the outgoing chairman.

Greeted everyone, including little Laura's curious gaze.

Richard Luger's wife looked reserved, and then gently took little Laura's hand.

Lisa, who was holding little Laura's hand, said:

"I didn't want to talk about it. After all, this is Richard's decision, and he hasn't announced it yet. But now that dear Lauren is here, I don't think it's okay to say it."

"Yes." Lisa admitted:

"Richard, indeed

Said it to me. He felt that after he stepped down, Mr. Abel Smith would be a good candidate for the new chairman. He will elect Mr. Smith to the Council."

> Although the chairman of the association is an honorary position, a mascot, and a symbol.

But there is also a certain amount of power, for example, before leaving office, the old chairman can elect the next chairman of the board of directors.

Then Lapierre, the executive vice president, recommended another candidate.

The two candidates will vote within the Board of Governors.

The person with the highest number of votes was the next president of the National Rifle Association.

Richard Luger's wife, Lisa, basically told these ladies when she said this.

Abel Smith is one of the two candidates for the new chairmanship.

This made the ladies a little surprised and sighed.

"The rumors are true. Mr. Smith, he's too young. He doesn't even seem to be old enough to drink." A noblewoman said.

U.S. law requires you to be at least 21 years old to drink alcohol.

But many times, you can buy a gun at a gun shop when you are 16 years old.

If you encounter some gun shops that have bad business and dare to violate the rules.

The age at which you can buy a gun, maybe even lower.

There are too many outrageous things in the United States to be able to legally buy a gun and not be able to drink.

Little Laura wanted to say that Abel was twenty-one years old

She still spent her birthday with him.

Someone is faster than her.

Lapierre's wife, Susan Znidoka, said with a smile:

"Mr. Smith is twenty-one years old. In addition, Lapierre and I both feel that sometimes age is not an obstacle to a person's achievement. With Mr. Smith's accomplishments, age is no longer an issue. If he were to announce his candidacy for the next general election, I would probably vote for him."

The lady who was the first to ask about the topic couldn't help but glance at Susan Znidoka, a hint of disdain flashing in the depths of her eyes.

Susan Znidoka, for ruining the reason for Lapierre's marriage.

In addition, there is no energy in the outside world other than the identity of the NRA association.

In their small circle, Susan's status is relatively low.

Susan Znidoka, who was despised, liked to pull Lapierre out every time she spoke, saying that what she said was said by Lapierre.

Lapierre has a weak personality, but he is also the CEO anyway.

> The senior management of the association should give some face in public.

Susan asked her husband to save face, so that she had something to talk about in the small circle.

Everyone sighed again about Abel Smith's youth and promisingness.

Since we're talking about Smith, the topic is chatting and talking, and of course it's about little Laura again.

Look back to Abel.

When little Laura just learned that he might become the new president of the rifle association.

Abel, on his part, was also here with Lapierre and Richard Luger, and learned the news.

Able was a little surprised: "Me? Let me be the president of the Rifle Association? Did I hear me right?"

"You heard me right." Lapierre smiled triumphantly. "This is the result of my discussion with Richard."

Richard Luger smiled and nodded.

In fact, this is Lapierre's handiwork.

It was Lapierre, who found Richard Luger.

Saying what he wants to do is to nominate Abel as the new president of the NRA.

The reason why Lapierre did this is also very simple.

Without it.

Abel gave too much.

For the whole of last year, Abel donated more to the NRA than the top 10.

& It is true that there are many top rich members of the association.

But their donations to the NRA are generally in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Abel is good. Last year, his annual donations to the NRA added up to more than $7 million.

In the NRA association, Abel is already one of the big donors.

Although the NRA association is not unrewarded for Abel.

For example, during last year's Smith Storm, the NRA Association helped out.

In addition, when Abel lobbied for Sony's Columbia films, the NRA Association, which is the largest lobbying group, also contributed a lot.

Otherwise, the effect would not have been so strong just by relying on K Street in Washington.

What really makes Sony instigated is the pressure from this aspect.

At the same time, Lapierre also hinted that Abel would definitely give him the status of a council member.

These are all in return for the NRA Association's donation of up to $7 million to Aberna.

We're halfway through this year.

Abel has also continued to donate to the NRA.

The total amount is two million dollars.

Already the largest donor to the NRA Association this year.

Lapierre, however, was a little dissatisfied.

Last year, it was 7 million!

Lapierre felt a little less. This guy had an idea, thinking that not only would Abel become a director, but also make him the chairman of the board.

&The association is so generous, Chairman Smith, you can't be stingy this year, right?

Seven million last year.

You've become the boss this year, at least it can't be less than that, right?

The chairmanship is mainly an honorary position, which is changed once a year.

In exchange for a one-year honorary title, Abel donated a lot of money.

Lapierre felt it was worth it.

He found Richard Lugar, who was stepping down this year.

The reason why I looked for Richard Luger was because Lapierre knew that Richard Luger, the Senate bigwig, could be regarded as Herbert's younger brother to some extent.

When Herbert was the Elephant Party, Richard Luger was Herbert's secretary.

Lapierre felt that he offered to let Richard Lugon lord the grandson-in-law.

To be the chairman of the association.

Richard Luger had no reason to refuse.

As it turned out, Lapierre was right.

Richard Lugar didn't think long before agreeing.

> CEO and Chairman of the Association.

The two have already decided internally to make Abel the new chairman.

The operation method is also simple.

Richard Lugar chose Abel as one of the candidates.

Lapierre directly selected Alexander Smith as one of the candidates.

Then the directors of the NRA association can only elect one of these two directors.

When the time comes, just let Alexander announce his withdrawal from the election, and Abel will be able to win without a fight.

If only Alexander didn't withdraw from the election, it would have been fine.

Lapierre had already lost the chairmanship crown to Smith.

As for which Smith does it, that's your Smith's own internal business.

In the U.S., this is not a black-box operation.

That's the rule of the board.