Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Among the top leaders of the Xiang Party.

Lin Baicheng's current relationship is relatively good, or in other words, both parties intend to cooperate in depth and become 'friends'. There are three people in total, two of whom are Reagan and Bush Sr.

The other one is also a political family here in Texas, but the other party is not in Houston, but in Austin, the capital of Texas.

It was around ten o'clock in the morning when Lin Baicheng left the Bush Manor. After he left, he contacted Austin and then took a special car there.

The distance between Austin and Houston is not too far, but it takes about two hours to get there by car, so Lin Baicheng didn't arrive in Austin until around 1 p.m.

Lin Baicheng's appointment was to visit at two o'clock in the afternoon, so he went to Davis Manor after having lunch.

Anthony Davis, nearly fifty years old, is a state legislator from Texas and the representative of the Davis family.

The Davis family is the top political family in Texas. This family has produced two state legislators, one congressman, three judges, and two ambassadors. They have a strong influence in Texas and the judiciary. Personal connections.

It is said that the ancestors of the Davis family and the Bush family were married, and the two families are potential political partners.

The Davis family has strong connections in politics, but the capital aspect is a bit worse. Although there is some capital for cooperation, they are not the kind of big capital that can look at the country. Gives strong assistance when fighting for higher positions.

Therefore, when Lin Baicheng contacted Xiangdang and started looking for a partner, he fell into the eyes of Anthony Davis. With both parties interested in making friends, they soon developed a good friendship and became 'friends'.

Lin Baicheng, an outsider, certainly doesn't know about state-level political families like the Davis family. Before his rebirth, he would not pay attention to political families in other countries, unless they were super-famous political families such as the Kennedys, Bushes, and Roosevelts. almost.

Although the Davis family has produced several congressmen, judges and ambassadors, and is now stronger than the Bush family in terms of strength, this family has never produced a president, so its reputation will naturally be much lower.

However, Lin Baicheng didn't know about the Davis family before. Later, the two parties contacted each other. After he had people investigate, he knew that the Davis family was a powerful political family of the Elephant Party and worthy of his careful friendship.

"Alan, welcome to Davis Manor!" "Long time no see, Davis!"

Anthony Davis came to the door to pick up Lin Baicheng with dignity, and the two shook hands.

Lin Baicheng followed Anthony Davis into the manor. Anthony Davis' family was also in the manor. Lin Baicheng met his wife and two daughters under his introduction. As for the two sons, they were not in Austin.

After getting to know each other and chatting for a while, Mrs. Davis took her two daughters and left, leaving space for the two of them.

Anthony Davis said to Lin Baicheng: "Alan, this is an election year. I want to compete for Congress. I need the support of you and other friends." He is only a state legislator now, but he wants to take advantage of this election year to go further. Become a member of Congress.

The term of members of Congress is six years in total, but they stand for election every two years during the term. One-third of the members of Congress have a term of only two years, one-third of the members of Congress have a term of four years, and finally only one-third of the members of Congress have The term of parliamentarians is six years.

Therefore, even if you are elected as a member of Congress, you cannot do without support from all parties. Everyone wants their term to be six years, not two years.

Lin Baicheng heard this and said: "Davis, this is what we agreed. I will give you the greatest support, and you will give me back when I need it."

"This is what it should be, everyone helps each other."

Anthony Davis had a smile on his face, and that was exactly what he wanted. As for rewards, they must be required. After all, these are rules and no one can violate them, not even the Davis family.

"Here, I would like to wish you in advance that you will get your wish and be elected as a member of Congress."

If Anthony Davis is elected as a member of Congress, it will also be good for Lin Baicheng. The higher the status of Anthony Davis, the greater the help he can give Lin Baicheng when he needs help.

"Thanks!"

All politicians have political ambitions, and Anthony Davis is no exception. He has even thought about being elected as a member of Congress in this election, preferably for a six-year term, but at least four years. When the term is up, he will run for governor of Texas or other states, turn to the executive branch, and eventually go to the executive branch. The president launched into a sprint.

If all goes well, Anthony Davis will be able to run for president when he is around sixty years old. By then, he has been a member of Congress and a governor, and has won support from all parties during his tenure. It is not impossible for him to become president.

"Alan, you have always had a good relationship with Bush and Reagan. Reagan is now one of the party's presidential candidates and is very likely to run for president this year. Do you support Reagan or someone else?"

"Then it depends on whether Reagan needs the support of my friend. If he needs it, I have no reason not to support my friend."

Lin Baicheng knew that Reagan became president before his rebirth and was re-elected successfully, so he must support Reagan. However, it should not be him who takes the initiative, but Reagan himself seeking his support. This involves an initiative. The problem.

If Lin Baicheng took the initiative to help Reagan regardless of the cost, he might be taken for granted by Reagan, and even the rewards he would receive later would be limited. On the contrary, if it was Reagan seeking his support and Lin Baicheng agreed to help, the rewards he would receive later would definitely be even greater.

The most fundamental reason was that Reagan himself did not know that he would successfully run for office, so he needed everyone's support. Every supporter was very important to him, especially the support of powerful capital.

Every presidential election is actually a capital game. The more capital there is to support, the higher the possibility of winning. No one dares to neglect it.

Because once you successfully run for president, your supporters will be rewarded during the term of the president; on the contrary, if the election fails, the loser will not be able to return capital at all, and the resources and money paid by capital will be lost in vain, and the candidates will also lose money. will therefore be abandoned by capital.

"Reagan will definitely enlist your support, Ellen."

Anthony Davis immediately said that he did not believe that Reagan would foolishly give up a capital that supported him. Reagan now hopes that the more capital that supports him, the better, especially at this stage when the presidential candidate of the party has not yet been determined. .

In the current preselection stage, what is decided is the presidential candidate within the party, who will run for president against the Donkey Party.

At this stage, the presidential candidates within the party compete with each other to see who has the most supporters. There are various aspects, including the number of supporters among the top leaders of the party, whose supporters have more capital and stronger strength, who has more public support, etc.

The Elephant Party wants to elect a candidate who is more likely to become the president. Only in this way can the Elephant Party be in power and the entire party can benefit. Therefore, the top leaders of the Elephant Party usually support whomever they see is stronger.

"Whether it will happen or not will be known after we meet at the party tonight."

Lin Baicheng said with a smile that he was holding a party tonight to invite some friends from the Xiang Party. Of course Reagan was also invited, and Reagan also made it clear that he would attend, so he set a time.

If the Bushes and their sons represent the future, then Reagan represents the present. Lin Baicheng feels that the changes brought about by his rebirth should not affect the U.S. presidential election, and Reagan should still be able to succeed in the election as expected.

If Reagan becomes president and Lin Baicheng becomes an important supporter of Reagan, then in the next eight years, Lin Baicheng's interests in the United States will be well protected. Therefore, he currently pays more attention to Reagan and supports Reagan the most.

Later, during the conversation between the two, Lin Baicheng mentioned that he wanted to set up a charity fund, and said that he could give the Davis family a quota so that someone from the Davis family could become one of the directors of the fund.

In setting up a charity fund, Lin Baicheng not only wanted to do some good things, but also wanted to make good friends with some people through the charity fund. Resources such as charity funds cannot be left unused.

After Anthony Davis heard about Lin Baicheng's arrangements for the charity fund, he certainly saw the benefits and asked for the spot. However, he did not recommend his son to be the person in charge, but recommended one of his nephews.

It’s not that Anthony Davis doesn’t want to recommend his son. Of course, he would give priority to using this resource for his son who is closer to him. However, his younger son is still in college and his eldest son is out doing things, but he is not capable enough. He cannot let his eldest son waste it. Such high-quality resources will not allow the eldest son to lose face among his supporters.

If the eldest son fails and loses face with his supporters, it will not be so easy for the eldest son to get the support of capital like Lin Baicheng in the future. Therefore, for the sake of the future, some things cannot be forced.

At almost three o'clock, Lin Baicheng and Anthony Davis left the Davis Manor and headed for Houston.

At half past five, Lin Baicheng's car drove into the manor outside Houston, where tonight's party was held.

Anthony Davis did not go to the manor with Lin Baicheng because the party was held at 7 o'clock in the evening. He said he was going to visit the Bush Manor and then go to the party with Bush.

Although Anthony Davis arrived unexpectedly, the Bush family still welcomed his arrival.

"Barbara, long time no see. The last time we met was when Walker's child was born."

The marriage between the Davis family and the Bush family is already a matter of the older generation. Anthony Davis and Bush Sr. collaborated politically, and the two families also interacted with each other privately, but not very frequently.

"Yes, welcome Anthony to the Bush family."

"Davis, our two families should move around more."

"You're right, Bush, we should move around more."

The difference in strength between the Davis family and the Bush family is not very big, and both of them have reached high positions. Therefore, it is beneficial for both families to move around more and deepen their ties.

Anthony Davis did not stay at the Bush house for long. He and the Bush elders left the manor together at almost 6:30.

That's right, Bush Sr. brought George W. Bush to the party. Tonight's party was attended by many high-level leaders of the Elephant Party. Of course he wanted to take his son to get acquainted with him and leave an impression in front of the big guys.

When the two cars drove to the suburban manor, Bush Sr. got into Anthony Davis's car at his invitation.

The car is driving on the road.

Anthony Davis said to Bush Sr.: "Bush, have you met Allen?"

"He came to see me this morning and we chatted for a while."

This was not a confidential matter, so Bush Sr. did not hide it.

Anthony Davis didn't think anything when he heard this. He said, "Allen told me that he wanted to set up a charity foundation. He should have mentioned this to you, right?"

"As he said, he asked Walker to be one of the directors of the charity fund, and I asked Jeb to join in."

Bush knew that Lin Baicheng must have invited people from the Davis family to become one of the directors of the charity fund. He was not surprised by this. He even guessed that Lin Baicheng would also use the charity fund to make friends with other people, such as Reagan.

"It looks like I'm missing out."

Anthony Davis made a joke and then said: "Bush, some resources are limited. I think it is necessary for our two families to work together on some things. This is good for both of us, what do you think?" Although he He didn't say it out loud, but he believed Bush Sr. could understand what he meant.

"Of course it's good for both of us."

Bush just pondered for a moment and then responded with a smile. The ancestors of the Bush family and the Davis family are related by marriage, and the two families have a basis for cooperation, so there is no need to worry about being easily betrayed by the other party.

Besides, it's just a certain degree of cooperation, not in-depth cooperation, so there's no need to think about it that much.

"Then it's settled."

Anthony Davis knew that Bush Sr. probably had similar ideas to him, which was to draw more resources from Lin Baicheng, a foreigner, to contribute to the development of himself and his family.

In their view, Lin Baicheng, a foreigner, needs political support to do business in the United States, and his identity determines that he cannot easily desert the Xiang Party and switch to the Donkey Party, so the important members of the Xiang Party can absorb resources from this big capitalist. Use it as a fuel for your own development.

Of course, they are not sure about Lin Baicheng. After all, even if Lin Baicheng can only choose the Xiang Party, the Xiang Party is divided into many factions. Even within the same faction, there is competition, let alone competition between different factions.

When Lin Baicheng needs to repay, they will definitely repay accordingly. After all, these are the rules of the game. They dare not and do not want to break the rules of the game. After all, they are the ones with vested interests.

However, Lin Baicheng is not a domestic capitalist after all. If their intake of domestic capitalists is 1 and the return is 5, then their intake of Lin Baicheng is 2 or 3.

When facing Lin Baicheng, their appetite was even greater and they wanted more.

Regarding these, Lin Baicheng actually had some guesses, but there was no way. After all, he was not based in American capital, not an American, and his skin color was not white. He could only make compromises, unless he did not want to make money in the United States and did not want to pay more. protective umbrella.