Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

Dorothy's office soon received Li Wei's invitation and request. Dorothy accepted with a smile, and then passed the matter to her chief of staff, asking him to confirm the itinerary and invite several high-ranking members of the Democratic Party to come. Help out.Seeing Dorothy's dedication, Dorothy's secretary Jenny was a little puzzled.Jenny is actually a descendant of a political senior of Dorothy. Because this senior is kind to Dorothy, Dorothy puts Jenny by her side, hoping that Jenny can learn something.Seeing Jenny's puzzled expression, Dorothy asked her to go to her office, closed the door and chatted with her.

"Jenny, you must be wondering why I do my best for a foreign investor, right?"

"Yes, Ms. Dorothy." Jenny did not hide her doubts, "I remember you once said that it is best for politicians to keep a certain distance from capitalists, and not to easily bind their position to a certain capitalist."

"Yes, but this is the first half of the sentence." Dorothy replied with a smile, "If you decide to bind with a capitalist, you must choose it and support it without hesitation. Jenny, politics is inseparable in the end." Funded. Even though I’m just a city councilor in Los Angeles, my campaign funds for each city council election are at the level of millions of dollars, and that doesn’t include the money invested in the media. Because of the relationship between our Democratic Party and the media Good, so we inherently have more media resources than the Republican Party. It's just a city council election. If I'm going to run for mayor or city attorney, I just need to double the campaign funding. Someday, I If you want to participate in the state assembly election or the governor election, then the funds need to be increased by more than ten times. If it comes to the congressional election or the presidential election, if you don’t have hundreds of millions of funds, you don’t even have the extravagant hope of being nominated. Therefore, an outstanding and ambitious A politician must combine with several capitalists. For me, this Mr. Li is one of the capitalists I choose. First of all, his assets are very clean, and his income mainly comes from the entertainment and Internet industries. The transparency of the two industries is extremely high and the income is also high. Secondly, he has a very good reputation in his country. Not only does his company basically have nothing to do with those scandals, but he is also a philanthropist. Finally, he is rich enough, and He is also willing to support me. So, Jenny, he is the one I have to invest in. If I don't let him see my ability as an ally, then I will only be eliminated by him. Jenny, in the future, you also need to find the most The right capitalist for you."

After talking with Jenny, Dorothy got several phone calls from the Chief of Staff.The staff have basically communicated with each other, but the final confirmation still needs to be confirmed by these big bosses.So Dorothy began to call one by one to explain according to the phone number provided by the chief of staff.For Dorothy, these people are the top management of the Democratic Party, as long as they can cause trouble for the Republican Party, they are all willing to come forward.And helping Li Wei this time is not only to cause trouble for the Republican Party, but also to help the Democratic Party itself, especially to help the future star of the Democratic Party, Dorothy, to take office. These Democratic Party executives are still very unique.Especially when they heard that Li Wei was a rich man who potentially supported the Democratic Party, these high-level executives became even more excited.Under normal circumstances, in order to maintain their neutral position, most companies choose to donate money to both parties.But the big boss behind the enterprise is not so secretive. Once it is a political party or candidate he likes, then people can directly pay to set up a political action committee or super political action committee to support you.

While Dorothy was actively mobilizing the Democratic California Committee, the Republican California Committee also began to receive wind.Although the Republican Party is a conservative party, there are also moderates (with limited support for abortion policy) and log house factions (the Republican Party that supports LGBT equal rights) within the Republican Party.Especially in California, the stronghold of liberalism on the West Coast, Republican moderates occupy the mainstream position, so they are also very interested in Li Wei.But when they heard that Li Wei had a close relationship with the Democratic Party, several bigwigs from the Republican California Committee also got together for a meeting.

"Usually, Easterners are closer to the political ideas of our Republican Party. Why did this Mr. Li get involved with the Democrats before he took root in our country?" The speaker was the chairman of the Republican California Committee, Thomson .

"Could it be because of Mr. Li's sexual orientation?" Joe, another leader of the Republican Party in California and a representative of the San Francisco Consortium in California, answered the question. "Mr. Li is an openly gay man, and he encountered sexual discrimination in China in the past few months. Could it be because of this reason that he fell to the Democratic Party?"

"Although the mainstream opinion of our Republican Party is against equal rights for gays and lesbians, exit polls in our country show that about 25% of LGBT people still support us. Besides, California is basically dominated by moderates, and the chalet faction There are also quite a few people in California." Jason, one of the leaders at the meeting, said that sexual orientation should not be a problem.

"I don't think Mr. Li combed us because of our anti-gay policies. I'm afraid it's a good thing done by our allies." Benjamin, who has always been in charge of the public relations of the Republican California Committee, took out a newspaper and threw it to everyone, "Our union My friend seems to be a little greedy this time, thinking that our Mr. Li is a wealthy oriental idiot who is easy to bully. — Tsk tsk, look at their needs! The promise of no layoffs for five years, the guarantee of salary increases and welfare expenses... If Bestway can be so good, why have they persisted for three years and have not turned a profit? Gentlemen, should we give some warnings to our allies? For example, ask the bankers to urge Bestway and warned them that if there is no reliable financing plan in the next three months, we will file a recovery lawsuit. Those union hooligans, if you don’t give them some color, I’m afraid they really think We Republicans can give up our interests for their self-interest."

"But it's too late for us to please this Mr. Li now?" Joe asked, "After all, he has gotten along so well with Dorothy from the Democratic Party now. Based on what I know about the Orientals, are they Will easily betray their partners. Even if this Mr. Li is different from the traditional Orientals, we must pay a huge price for him to give up his current allies. Gentlemen, is he worth what we pay? What about the high price?"

"No, my dear Joe, we didn't let this Mr. Lee give up his allies." Thomson said with a smile, "We and the guys from the Democratic Party are indeed opponents, but we are not enemies. In California On the ground, only a fool would choose to cooperate with our Republican Party. But what about in other states? At the federal level? Don’t forget, our Republican Party is the 'big brother' of Citigroup! Dorothy is indeed The rising star of the California Democratic Party, but it takes too long for her to grow from a city council member to a member of Congress or a federal government official. Do you think Mr. Li is willing to wait that long? And Dorothy and the Democratic Party of California behind her The committee is not an idiot either. They have gained enough benefits for the Democratic Party in California. Do they still have to fight for the committees in other states of the Democratic Party? At most they hope that Mr. Lee will do his best to support the Democratic National Committee. In this regard, We don't need to worry too much. Congressional elections are a matter for national committees, and our state committees don't have to worry too much. Now what we need to do is, which state committees are willing to do business with us, we will introduce this Mr. Li to They. What we need in return is the support of these states in the national committee."

After Li Wei and Dorothy confirmed the list of supporters of the Democratic Party, they happily hung up the phone.And his assistant came in and said: "Mr. Li, we just received a message through the front desk that Mr. Alexander, the publisher of the "Wall Street Journal", wants to meet with you. Moreover, this Mr. Alexander has already booked a room in the hotel." A coffee shop is waiting for you."

"The Wall Street Journal? If they want to interview me, why is their publisher?" Li Wei was a little puzzled.The status of the publisher and the editor-in-chief in the magazine is different. If it is compared to the crew, then the publisher is the producer, and the editor-in-chief is the director.The publisher is responsible for the financial supervision of the entire magazine, while the editor-in-chief is responsible for the content supervision of the entire magazine.Even if the publisher is dissatisfied with the content published by the magazine, he has no right to ask for changes, unless he replaces the editor-in-chief.Therefore, Li Wei thinks it is strange that the publisher visits him, after all, the publisher is usually relatively invisible in the magazine.Unless the magazine holds a customer appreciation meeting for advertisers and agencies, they will come forward to entertain them.

"According to our understanding, this Mr. Alexander seems to be a supporter of the Republican Party, and he has a very close relationship with the California Republican Committee. Therefore, we think he may be speaking for the Republican Party." The assistant replied.Although most of Citigroup's media are liberals, they can be regarded as natural allies of the Democratic Party.But there are still media such as Fox Broadcasting Company, "Wall Street Journal", "Citigroup News and World Report" are Republican supporters.

"It seems that the Republican Party is also planning to make a deal with us?" Li Wei smiled slightly.It is true that Li Wei likes the Democratic Party, but as an investor, he knows the necessity of building a good relationship with the Republican Party.The Democratic Party prefers the middle class and the high street (small and medium capitalists); while the Republican Party has a closer relationship with Wall Street (big capitalists).Li Wei is well aware that Citigroup's capitalists invest on both sides, so he is not ashamed to bet on his future.Moreover, Li Wei's support for the Republican Party is relatively limited, and more of his funds will be used to support the moderates and the log cabin faction. "Go and tell that Mr. Alexander, please give me 10 minutes, and I will go downstairs and have a cup of coffee with him right away. By the way, does he have any hobbies? Like to drink? Then take out the bottle of Moutai in my luggage Pack it well, I'll take it as a meeting gift."

Ten minutes later, Li Wei, who had changed into formal attire, appeared in a coffee shop in the Four Seasons Hotel with a small gift box.Since the coffee house was surrounded by bodyguards, no one knew what was going on inside.