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Chapter 826
A few years ago, at the inauguration ceremony of Adrian's mayor of Houston, Song Yang was not Adrian's biggest benefactor at that time. In that group photo, Song Yang was just standing in the unremarkable back row.

But today, Song Yang, as Adrian's biggest benefactor, stood with Adrian, Tom Delay, the Cardinal from Texas and others, and was frozen in a photo!
This photo will not appear in the entertainment, sports and other media in America tomorrow, but will appear in the Texas State Journal, the Washington Post and other media. The sales of these newspapers will not be astonishing, but look Those who see it will know the meaning behind the photo when they see the photo above.

Adrian has become a big figure in America's main altar starting today, and even though Song Yang is not as good as the Koch Brothers, as Adrian's big benefactor, Song Yang also entered the room today and became the leader of America's On chess, the person who can swing the chess pieces, although there are not many moving chess pieces, compared to a few years ago, when he could only sit by and watch the chess pieces, it is no longer the same!

The dinner in the evening was naturally a gathering of celebrities, not only Austin, but the powerful figures and celebrities in the entire Texas state gathered here.

Every time a new governor takes office, it is a small-scale reshuffle. No one wants to be the one who is shuffled. Who would not want to take advantage of the reshuffle to make a lot of money?
Leslie Alexander, who sold the Rockets, was also on the list of being invited to the dinner. Leslie, who was arguing with his wife Nancy, came to the banquet and saw countless celebrities gathered in the hall. Many big names from Texas and even other states gathered here today.

Leslie Alexander, after selling the Rockets, did not leave with the money. Instead, he invested the money in Bruno Yankee Sports and became one of the shareholders of Bruno Yankee Sports.

Leslie knew that he was taking a risk by doing this, but if he didn't, after Leslie divorced Nancy, he would give the woman a large part of his net worth, close to more than 1 million dollars. Leslie is definitely not willing to take advantage of the other party in vain, so that his cash flow may be drained, and even if he gets money for Nancy, he will have to borrow money...

Putting money into Bruno Yankee Sports, of course it's going to be a rip off, but Leslie doesn't have to pay that much cash right away, and he recently got a new governor's way, really divorced Nancy in Texas , Winning or losing is not certain, he might not have to pay such a large sum of money.

After entering the banquet hall, the atmosphere at the scene was quite noisy. Leslie is considered a celebrity in Houston. He is well-known in Houston thanks to the Rockets, but this is Austin, the city of music, and his favorite sport is rowing. , but I don't like the NBA, let alone the Rockets, even if they didn't sell, Leslie wouldn't be very popular here.

Looking around, the hall was crowded with people, and Adrian was surrounded by the most people, followed by Tom Delay. Tom Delay was a senator from Texas, and he himself had deep connections here. .

After looking around, Leslie saw Song Yang in the corner. Song Yang didn't seem to have any interest in coming to the center of the hall, and just talked with a few musical producers and directors.

"Song!"

Holding a glass of wine, Leslie Alexander came to Song Yang's side.

Song Yang, who had been scratching his head for a while, saw Leslie and immediately pulled him over. These musicians are well-known music composers, musical theater directors, and owners of a music company in Austin. I came here because I wanted to cooperate with Song Yang.

They want to get the opportunity to perform in the Bruno Music Grand Theater, which hasn't even started to be built. In addition, they want Song Yang to donate a sum to their music career.

Austin's live music tends to be more traditional music, and does not rely on selling records to make a living. It sounds like it is for purer music, but in fact, like Broadway in New York, life depends on the sky, and there are more tourists. Good point, with fewer games, their life will naturally be difficult.

In addition to the ticket income, a large part of Austin's music bands and singers also rely on donations from some benefactors. This is very common in the art industry. Those who play art exhibitions do not also rely on big benefactors.

"After the completion of the Bruno Musical Theater, Mr. Leslie will be in charge of the operation and management. At the same time, Mr. Leslie is also the operation consultant of the Bruno Yankee Sports Company. This year, the Bruno Yankee Sports Company will enter the rowing industry and hold an international competition in Austin. Boat Race!"

When Leslie Alexander still hadn't recovered, Song Yang patted him on the shoulder and left.

Standing there, Leslie suddenly realized that those people in the banquet hall who were a little bit indifferent to him just now had changed faces.

"Mr. Leslie, there will be a live jazz performance tomorrow, I wonder if you are interested?!"

"My family runs a rowing club and has participated in European rowing tournaments. I don't know Bruno Yankee Sports Company. Is there any interest in working together?!"

Leslie stood there with a business card in his hand. Looking at the group of people around him, Leslie had a complicated feeling in his heart. He was once a member of these people around him, but now His identity has changed, because he has what the people around him want, even if it was "loaned" to him by Song Yang, Leslie once again felt the influence of power and social status!

Microsoft headquarters, when a thin-faced man arrives, the atmosphere in the entire Microsoft headquarters begins to become a bit dignified, as long as he comes every time, Microsoft headquarters will be like this, just because he is another founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, the man who is considered by the outside world to stand behind Bill Gates.

Paul Allen is the first founder of Microsoft, and his relationship with Bill Gates is also entangled enough. Although Paul Allen has rarely appeared in public, he is still a member of Microsoft’s board of directors After a dispute with Bill Gates more than ten years ago, he did quit the board of directors of Microsoft, but within a few years, he had already returned to the board of directors of Microsoft. Treating Paul Allen that way to Jobs, of course, the biggest difference between Paul Allen and Jobs is that he is still one of the major shareholders of Microsoft!

In order to express his attitude to Apple's board of directors, Jobs sold his own shares and let him be kicked out, but Paul Allen never sold all his shares in Microsoft.

"Every time I come here, it's completely different from before!"

Looking at the Microsoft town in front of him, Paul Allen, with a calm expression, said something to Savory, the senior manager of his own team.

(End of this chapter)