Chicago 1990

"Today, I announced that I will officially withdraw from this general election. I want to say to those who have supported me all the way: Thank you, thank you..."

After Peter returned to Chicago, he read out his withdrawal speech in front of his campaign headquarters, "Without you, my family and I could not hold on to the present, I let you down..."

He was full of affection, his wife and children standing behind him, and the lieutenant governor of Illinois standing on the side, "At the same time, I also want to apologize to the people of Illinois. I owe you too much. The heavy campaign affairs distracted me. . Therefore, I will also resign as governor of Illinois...but this is by no means the person who is politically attacking me bows his head, I am innocent from beginning to end!"

"I also owe the family too much, I'm sorry... Alicia..." He turned around emotionally, leading his wife and children to the front, a family of four with his arms around his shoulders, "I need to spend more time with the family. ...Being a good husband and a good father..."

He swallowed even more, and suddenly stopped, lowered his head and slowed down for a while before continuing: "I also want to remind all voters that the battle is still going on and our goal has not been completed. Let us continue to use our abilities, our enthusiasm, and our The power of the United States and everything we can do to help the deputy commander lead Sheng Gore and make him the next commander of the United States!"

"I wish him victory and applaud his outstanding performance. I fully support him. I met him a long time ago. I know what a good politician and a good man he is. I don’t doubt that he can Leading America into the next century's prosperity, I will fully support him, and I hope everyone will continue to support him and vote for him!"

"Some people will become leaders, others will follow closely, but no one can do all this alone..."

The scene was warm, Peter clearly expressed his position to support Gore after retiring from the election, and then ended the speech to the reluctant applause of his fans, hugged Alicia, kissed the two children on the foreheads, and finally introduced His successor: Lieutenant Governor.

"The speech is very touching, Mr. Governor." Song Ya raised his glass to the TV after watching this passage and congratulated Peter beside him.

"Thank you."

Peter smiled a little lonely, "I'm not the governor anymore, now I'm just a laid-back housekeeper..."

"Will you go to the corporate world?" Song Ya asked, "Maybe you can consider serving as a director of the Susie Charity Foundation? There are other positions that don't take much time each year."

For the politicians who walked into the revolving door, the sponsor is responsible for spending money to raise them.

"Thank you, I will think about it, but I want to take a good rest for a while."

Peter seems to be ready to change his identity, he is no longer as strong as before, and the frequency of saying ‘thank you’ is obviously higher.

"Maybe the Gore government next year will prepare a position for you?"

He is not in a hurry to enter the revolving door. Maybe there are other things promised in the deal with Gore. Ms. Sloan tried to talk, "The justice or the defense department?"

Peter’s public image has always been strong and good at fighting crime, and then he and Gore are in the Motorola Iridium plan, counting on the military to take over. Song Ya, Sloan and others have discussed before, he is likely to go to these two Senior position in a department or other counterpart unit.

Peter shook his head, "I don't have this plan for the time being, let's talk about it at that time." He turned and looked at the campaign headquarters lobby outside the glass window, which was empty. There were only workstations and fixed phones that seemed to be telling the busy campaign life that was once in full swing. .

Song Ya tilted his head, Sloan understood and left tacitly.

"I still need to ask you about Alicia's campaign for the Cook County State Attorney next year." Peter began to talk about business.

"Don't worry, I will."

This is easy to handle. Peter has negotiated with Gore, and Gore is protected. The King of Chicago, the little Daley, can only bear this tone. A campaign for the State Attorney of Cook County can help, and Alicia After this full-meter race, the image in the minds of voters is even more pleasing than that of Peter herself. Coupled with Peter's personal connections and political heritage, she started from a very high starting point.

Song Ya laughed and joked: "I heard that many voters gave Alicia a nickname, "saint", they like her."

"Alicia still hesitated to transform from a legal person to a politician. This psychological barrier is not easy. You know how much she likes the work of the law firm."

Peter still needs Alicia, and if Alicia succeeds the Cook County State Attorney to help him frighten Xiao Xiao, and wipe that **** shit, he is not relieved, "I know she can actually listen to you better, please aplus ."

The two looked at Alicia who was chatting with Sloan outside. She put her hands on her chest and kept walking in front of Sloan with her head pressed, occasionally arguing emotionally.

Alicia Songya certainly understands that the woman does really like the work of the naming partner of the top Chicago law firm, but the last time she heard that she hoped to become the first lady, she immediately discarded her vow to divorce Peter. In the back of her mind, she worked very hard in the early stage of the auxiliary election, saying that she did not want to be the state prosecutor of the second largest county in the country? That's a lie, she is only worried that she will fail again and worry about gains and losses.

"I will persuade her, maybe she is worried about income."

Song Ya nodded and promised. The income of title partners of Chicago's top law firms is much higher than that of state attorneys. This is also a real problem. "If you are willing to enter the corporate world, then your family income can be rebalanced."

"Don't try aplus anymore. I really plan to take a good rest. I have been too tired for more than half a year. I am exhausted physically and mentally. Look..." Peter pointed to his gray sideburns, which he dyed, but the hair there. It seems to be a lot of vain.

"Then I won't go around Peter, there is another question."

There is also a very important question, "Did you foresee that the stock market crash will happen? Because otherwise, I can't think of how you can be sure that Gore will compromise with you. Without the stock market crash, he will not suddenly face a new situation that is much more unfavorable than before. ..."

After Gore compromised with Peter, Song Ya and other Silicon Valley tycoons quickly thought of a problem. At the time when Peter still insisted on retreating after Super Tuesday, the stock market crash had not yet begun, and without the earthquake in the Internet industry, everyone would not have thought of Gore. A huge advantage will face a crisis in other directions, so does Peter know in advance? This is a very critical question.

If he knew in advance, where did he know it? Like the party?

If you know, don’t mention the suspicious Silicon Valley tycoons, Peter is not enough friends without telling himself in advance. But he has lost 4 billion yuan. Affected by the antitrust case, the wealth of the richest man has gone from ninety-nine when he was in Fujibe last year. The tens of billions fell to 60 billion, and the wealth of 30 billion evaporated...There are other rich people, too many people have suffered heavy losses in this stock market crash.

"Eon, aplus, I am not a god."

Peter laughed, and blinked as he spoke, the same expression he had hinted at when Vic was sent by someone to do it.

This is not his'professional' field. So, Song Ya guessed that he was bluffing. Politicians like to make others feel unpredictable. Whether the stock market disaster is like the party's tricks or bad things, even if there is, the party should do it. Would not trust him so much.

"So... how did the stock market react after I quit the election?" Peter asked rhetorically.

"This news is good for Gore, and the subsequent decline of the New York stock market has slowed down a bit..." Song Ya answered truthfully.

"Is it just slowed down a bit?" Peter asked.

"Ok."

"Haha, I don't seem to be as important as I thought." Peter laughed mockingly.

The outsiders don’t know his actual threat to Gore, let alone his plan to break the net during the debate session in June, so...the candidates who thought that the support rate was not high were withdrawn, and the capital market did not rise much. storm.

"Haha..." Song Ya smiled and said: "The Microsoft monopoly case is currently the focus of attention. The Federal Court of Appeals may decide very quickly, and the result will be out in June."

"Yeah." Peter agreed with his judgment. "It seems that the California judge who failed to speak is going to be unlucky?"

"Of course, he violated the judicial process and caused a very big chaos in the New York stock market, and it is probably deliberate..."

The two men chatted for a long time, until Song Ya, Sloan and his men left the campaign headquarters in the dark that will close tomorrow.

"Alicia, let's have a good chat tomorrow, and go to the headquarters of Litman Media?"

Alicia followed, Song Ya put down the car window and asked.

"Okay, goodbye... Sloan goodbye." Alicia waved goodbye.

"Perhaps Gore really agreed to Peter's key government position next year. Alicia just didn't mention the divorce." Sloan reported her spy conclusion.

"That's fine, Peter and Underwood will be in Washington by then."

Song Ya intuitively felt that Gore would not give in to Peter in this way, but the truth is still the same. At present, there is speculation that this is beneficial to Peter. After all, he hastily resigned from the post of governor, which means that he has no power in his hands and becomes an ordinary person for the time being.

"Axelrod is waiting." Sloan told old Mike to drive back to the a+ Records headquarters.

Peter used the extreme pressure of a gambler to get away skillfully, and now Song Ya urgently needs to repair some of the relationship damage caused by Peter.

On the side of Little Daley, there is Axelrod, the public relations consultant hired before. This is the most powerful campaign promoter and political broker in Chicago politics, Michelle’s husband’s campaign manager, and Underwood’s support Gore is elected next year and should be able to reconcile with Daley at least on the surface.

On the current commander's side, Sloan also contacted Anthony Podesta, the brother of the'U.S. Prime Minister' Podesta, who is most trusted by the leader and his wife. The man who opened a lobbying company called the Podesta Group was very greedy for money. If you like to enjoy it, just give it to you, and dare to brag about it and help you get it done.

On Gore's side, Song Ya will give all his support when he and George Jr., his elephant party opponent, really start the final election.

"It's finally over." After talking with Axel Rodcher, the two went back to their respective homes in the Highland Park. Song Ya looked at the scenery outside the car window and sighed.

"Yup."

The road was a little far away, and Sloan sighed wearily, "aplus, in the future...what are you going to do?" She began to look to the future again.

"I don't know, I'm a little confused now."

Song Ya is indeed confused. Apocalypse has weaknesses. The stock market crash also gave him confidence in Internet concept stocks and capital markets. "Let me think about it slowly. I need a little time."

"Axelrod was talking just now, thinking that you planned to take the First Bank of New Jersey to establish an investment fund to accept African Americans..." Sloan came up with an idea: "Although he guessed wrong because he didn't know the inside story, But this idea seems good?"

Axelrod may have just mentioned that he had made a takeover offer for the First Bank of New Jersey out of the intention of showing that he was well-informed, and then he also heard that many African-American stars and ordinary investors followed him. With the news of the huge loss, the two sources of intelligence were combined, and Axelrod analyzed a completely different conclusion.

"Fortunately, I didn't buy that bank, otherwise I might really agree to those people..."

Before, there were indeed many wealthy people of African descent thinking about simply investing their money and letting themselves get a fund to invest on their behalf. Song Ya knows how confident and inflated he was when Yahoo stood at 130 billion in market value at the beginning of the year~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ Maybe this is a blessing in disguise. The difference between the stock market crash of money in my own hands and those nger's own random investments can be very different.

"In the future, where should I go?"

Song Ya fell silent again, after experiencing this period of stock market crash like a roller coaster, invest in movies? A record? Win prizes, buy stocks, or cast the net in a wild cast according to the apocalypse? He felt a bit boring, and really, after experiencing the sweetness of the instant financial take-off, the sense of rapid rise in wealth lingered in his mind and could no longer get out.

He racked his brains, always unable to find a direction, or made up his mind to follow the apocalypse step by step? I don’t know in what year and month I can earn back those four billion...

First send Sloan back to her mansion, and then go back to her own home.

He thought about what was going on, and hurriedly bowed his head into the hall. Suddenly he saw a pair of feet and raised his head. Shakira was holding Arianne and staring at him, "Hi! Why are you here?" He was surprised and delighted.

"Didn't you say you wanted to see your daughter? I sent her here." Shakira replied.