Rebirth of the American Super Boss Road

After chatting with Steve Barton and his wife for a while, Li Hongfei confirmed that this man was familiar with people from all walks of life. He greeted the guests from time to time and even introduced Li Hongfei to many people.

After taking some time, Catherine whispered to Li Hongfei: "Dear, I feel something is wrong."

"what happened?"

Catherine lowered her voice again: "You see, Mr. Barton knows so many people, and he is a member of the City Board of Education. He has a considerable status in San Francisco. Such a powerful man, he has Why are you so polite to us?"

Li Hongfei couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.

The San Francisco Police Department's activity arrangements are quite user-friendly. Today's experience activities are not started immediately after everyone arrives, but an opportunity is arranged for everyone to socialize and get to know each other. As Li Hongfei had guessed before, the people invited today Almost all of them are business managers, small and medium-sized business owners and other recognized backbones of American society. Through this half-hour of observation, Li Hongfei finally confirmed that Mr. Steve Barton has indeed a wide network of contacts. So the question is, Just like Catherine said, why would a person with such a wide network of people treat him so well?

He doesn't believe that all this is "fate". The ancestors said that showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing. The ancestors also said that if there is no benefit, don't get up early. The bustle in the world is for benefit, and the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit. ; Even Europeans and Americans themselves say that there is no free lunch in the world...

Thinking of this, Li Hongfei shook his head gently: "No matter so much, no matter what he wants, as long as he wants something, he will definitely say it."

"Um……"

Catherine nodded, relieved to see that Li Hongfei could remain calm.

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Just as Li Hongfei and Catherine were whispering, the boss of the advertising company on the side was surprised to confirm with Steve Barton: "Mr. Barton, you said you plan to run for city council?"

"Yes," Steve Barton responded: "Mr. Stamp, my experience as a member of the City Board of Education in the past few years has given me a better understanding of the conditions and problems in San Francisco, so I plan to run for city council. , and better contribute to the people of San Francisco."

While talking, he inadvertently glanced in Li Hongfei's direction.

That's it!

Hearing that Steve Barton said he planned to run for city council, Li Hongfei and Catherine looked at each other and suddenly realized: If Steve Barton is planning to run for city council, then everything just happened makes sense. He hopes to win Your own support and even donations.

The advertising company owner named Gene Stamp immediately nodded and said: "Mr. Barton, you are a good person. If you plan to run for city council, of course I will support you... Well, let me ask, have you passed the primary election?"

According to the election laws of California, candidates running for city council must meet certain conditions to enter the primary election. These conditions include registering with the municipal election committee, collecting election donations and reporting expenses on time every month, etc. In addition, there is a final The important requirement is that 4 local registered voters must be found to sign in support before April 9 - but there are no restrictions on the parties of these 120 registered voters.

Don’t think that getting 120 signatures is easy. In fact, it is very difficult. First of all, the person collecting signatures must also be a registered voter in the constituency. Others cannot replace it. Candidates must send each signature form to a notary office for notarization and swearing. Each signature was signed by the voters themselves.

And in this process, many people are often not happy when they are stopped by candidates and asked to sign - if it were you, while you were walking hurriedly on the street, a person suddenly appeared and asked you to sign this document. , I guess you are also impatient - there are some people who are not satisfied with your campaign slogan and simply refuse to sign. Some people are citizens but have not registered to vote. Such people do not meet the signature requirements. As a result, you may struggle. Bala finally collected enough signatures, but when they were sent for inspection, they found that one-third or even half of the signatures were unqualified.

And today is already the end of March. If Steve Barton does not pass the primary election as a candidate, or the signature gap among registered voters is still relatively large, then there is nothing to say.

"Not yet," Steve Barton said sincerely: "But the gap in my electorate is not big, only more than 10. It is expected that we will be able to get enough full names of voters tomorrow to officially pass the primary election... Even if In the worst case scenario, I believe two or three days are enough."

There were only more than ten full names of voters missing, which was really not a big gap. Gene Stamp nodded happily and even sent a favor: "That's no problem, I will definitely support you... Well, my wife and I are also registered voters. , if you need it, you can come to me, and I will also donate to you."

"Thank you so much," Steve Barton nodded repeatedly: "Mr. Stamp, as long as I pass the primary election, I will give you the production contract for part of the printed matter."

For any candidate, all kinds of campaign-related printed materials are a major part of their campaign expenses. Steve Barton and Gene Stamp are also interesting. They reached a cooperation agreement so quickly: I I'll get you signatures from registered voters, give you money, and in return I'll give you a contract for a portion of the campaign's printed materials.

Li Hongfei felt that his eyes had been opened: he had long heard that various election campaigns in the United States were accompanied by a large number of transactions, but he did not expect to see it under his nose today. What made Li Hongfei most emotional was that the people around him had no idea what was happening in front of him. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the situation at all. After Keen Stamp, people have expressed their support to Steve Barton one after another.

By this time, Li Hongfei had already understood Steve Barton's past: For Steve Barton, who is running for city council, if he can get the support of a Cadillac Eldorado owner, it would be as good as Adding a heavyweight insurance policy to his campaign.

Thinking of this, Li Hongfei no longer hesitated and asked Steve Barton: "Mr. Barton, are you willing to focus more on the Chinese-American community?"

Steve Barton was startled for a moment, then nodded vigorously: "Of course! I have always been paying attention to the Chinese-American community and am willing to speak out for the Chinese-American community."