Chen Jianqiu, who watched all the farce on the sidelines, did not rush to leave.

He was looking for something in the crowd.

"Chen, do you think these children of Raymond Russ are real or fake?" Danny asked.

Chen Jianqiu didn't turn his head, his eyes continued to sweep through the crowd:

"The latter ones are fake, but the first black kid may be real."

"But even if it's true, there are other people's hands in it."

"Otherwise, how could a teenager know what his biological father looked like who had already abandoned him; How could he and his mother be so coincidental to show up at Russ's speech on this day to confess their relatives? ”

Chen Jianqiu's gaze quickly stopped on a person's face.

That fat MP next to Scott.

At this time, he was looking at the back of Harlem and the Democrats leaving, with a gloating look.

"Let's go too, I guess we'll be busy soon."

Chen Jianqiu greeted Mayor Danny and left the scene.

In Santa Fe, the base camp of the Democratic gubernatorial election, the backbone is discussing countermeasures.

There was a pessimistic atmosphere in the room.

Some are sighing, some are thinking, and some are angrily accusing Raymond Russ of dropping the chain at a critical time.

"I'll just say it's not a good idea to pull the front to a personal attack!" A lawyer muttered dissatisfiedly.

He holds a cigarette in his left hand, and the pen in his right hand taps rhythmically on the tabletop.

"Scott is particularly experienced in this kind of indiscriminate thing." So says the lawyer.

"Can you please stop talking about these things afterwards?" A newspaper editor sitting across from him expressed his displeasure, "Also, can you stop knocking on the table?" ”

Like a fighting, the lawyer immediately began to ridicule each other.

The quarrel in the room began again, and more people joined in the scolding fight.

"Give me a break!"

Councillor Harlem, who was sitting at the top of the table, finally stopped covering his face.

He began to pull his hair.

"Now that the situation has gotten so bad, you still have the heart to quarrel here?"

The people on either side of the table stopped and looked at Haring.

Or else? What else can you do now but quarrel?

After what happened in Lincolnshire, this campaign was over.

Raymond Russ is ruined, and the Democrats' efforts in this election cycle will be in vain.

By the time of the midterm elections, they already had a certain advantage in the state legislature.

"What about the Attorney General? How's it going? Haring turned his head to ask someone next to him.

"When I came back from Lincolnshire, I stayed in my house and didn't see anyone."

Harlem covered his face again.

As a politician, Raymond Russ's performance was too substandard.

If it were him, he would be cheeky and continue to expound his point of view as if nothing had happened.

As long as you're not embarrassed, it's someone else who is embarrassed.

"Harlem, there are a couple of businessmen who have said they want to quit our campaign." The editor suddenly said, "They've come up with all sorts of reasons. ”

"Don't these people understand what political loyalty is? Do they think that now that they have defected to Scott, will they still want them? ”

Harlem rubbed his face.

Scolding and scolding, he knew that the political donations promised by these people must have failed.

"Why don't we go find Mr. Chen again, he doesn't say anything to the powerful bosses in New Mexico." The lawyer began to turn his pen again.

"Okay! Hurry up and ask Mr. Chen! ”

Haring agreed without even thinking about it.

There was no hesitation, although the two had a breakdown not long ago.

He only knew that if there were no funds, the election would be over, and he would have to continue to endure Scott's bravado.

What is a face? Does it matter?

"Otherwise, let's go straight to him!" A lawyer can think more than he does.

The next day, the two men appeared under the Santa Fe Railroad building in Albuquerque.

"Mr. Chan is not in the office, he has gone to Mr. Gardner's house." An employee of the company said to the two.

So Haring and the lawyer rushed to Gardner's house without stopping.

The gates of Gardner's house were closed.

The two knocked for a long time and didn't knock open.

There was not even a servant who opened the door.

They had to go around to the back of the yard to find the reason.

A burst of laughter came from the fence of the courtyard.

Gardner's servants were playing goalball on the lawn of the courtyard with Chen Jianqiu and the timber merchant.

"Mr. Chen! Mr. Chen! ”

Chen Jianqiu was about to hammer a ball into the goal.

He looked up and saw a hand swaying back and forth above the fence, which was more than a man high.

The voice, he was familiar with.

"It's Councilor Harlem." He whispered to Gardner, "Open the door and let him in." ”

The servant opened the back door and brought the two in.

"Mr. Chen, I heard that the state government is preparing to take a salary cut from the railroad company, and the governor has done a very bad job in this regard." Haring stood beside Chen Jianqiu and said.

"Didn't you be there when the bill was voted?"

Chen Jianqiu lowered his head, brandished a gavel in his hand, and aimed at the small door.

Harlem was a little embarrassed.

Indeed, the bill passed in the state legislature, but he and Democratic lawmakers did not try to stop it at the time.

There is no need for them to veto every bill proposed by Scott.

"You can't win against Scott like this," Chen Jianqiu waved the mallet, and the mallet hit the ball, and the ball rolled steadily into the small door.

"And what do you mean?" Haring asked helplessly.

"Listen to me, I'll let you govern in New Mexico." Chen Jianqiu put down the gavel in his hand and looked at Haring.

Haring hesitated, but he didn't seem to have a choice.

"Then please speak."

"First, as I said before, change gubernatorial candidates." Chen Jianqiu said dryly.

"However, our propaganda is all around Raymond Russ, and the final candidate will be determined in two days.

Changing generals in battle is a taboo for soldiers, and Haring is a little uncertain.

"He's already as as the street." Chen Jianqiu looked at Haring incredulously, "Do you understand the?" If you don't sweep him away, will you sleep with him in your arms? ”

It's a ruthless but realistic metaphor that Haring can understand.

He even admired Chen Jianqiu's vision a little.

From the very beginning, Chen Jianqiu told him that Russ would not work and would drop the chain.

But here comes the problem again.

"So, for whom?"

Haring thought about it, but he couldn't find anyone who could stand up to it, not even himself.

"Hey."

Chen Jianqiu pointed to Gardner, who was as kind and smiling as a rich man next to him.

His words shocked everyone in the courtyard.

"Him?"

Haring and the lawyer were stunned.

"Me?"

Gardner pointed to himself, incredulous.

"Yes, Russ withdrew from the election due to illness, and Mr. Gardner became the final candidate." Chen Jianqiu's look indicated that he was not joking.

"Wait, he's a businessman, he doesn't have any experience in politics!" Harlem shook his head desperately.

"Yes, yes." Gardner himself agrees.

"I'm not good at words." He added.

"Who told you that businessmen can't go into politics? Who told you that you can't be a governor if you don't speak well? Chen Jianqiu walked to the chair in the courtyard, and the others followed behind him.

He was the youngest of the courtyards, but now he looked like the one in the lead.

"It's true that Mr. Gardner is an amateur, but that's the most important thing because he has a good reputation." Chen Jianqiu motioned for several other people to sit down as well.

He began his wonderful parable again.

"If you were served two plates of and one plate of soda crackers, which would you choose?"

"I'm going to throw up." The lawyer retched.

Chen Jianqiu completely ignored the lawyer, because he could not find a more suitable description than to describe the current candidates of the two parties except.

Harlem thought for a moment.

Chen Jianqiu seems to have a point, anyway, Russ is completely out of play now, so it's better to try Gardner.

Broken jars.

"And what about the second point?" Harlem continued.

"The second point is that from now on, the rest of the election, including the program, will have to be up to me."

"I won't come forward the whole time, I need you to strictly follow my policy!"

"I will do my best to put you in the position of the ruling party in New Mexico, including financial, human, and material resources, and either you don't do it, or you have to do it to the end."

Chen Jianqiu stared at Haring and the lawyer with a deep gaze.

Harlem instinctively wanted to refuse.

Are you kidding? A Chinese who dominates the Democratic Party's gubernatorial election?

Is he trying to control the Democratic Party?

We can't win, but we can win if we listen to you?

"You'd better listen to him." Gardner said, "He's more capable than you think, at least the Santa Fe Railroad has followed him and hasn't suffered a loss." “

Haring was a little shaken, and with what he knew Gardner, the man never lied.

Chen Jianqiu hooked his finger at him and motioned for the councillor to lean his head over.

Harlem did so.

Chen Jianqiu whispered a word in his ear.

Haring's face changed dramatically.

"What you're saying is true?" He looked at Chen Jianqiu.

"Of course what I said is true, and no one knows the number better than me." A mysterious smile appeared on Chen Jianqiu's face, "Although the absolute number is still not large, it is decisive. ”

"So, you couldn't win in the past, but now, you can."

"Well, let's do it!"

Haring shook Chen Jianqiu's hand.

(End of chapter)