America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 232 Abel who walks on three legs

  Little Laura didn't stay long in Los Angeles.

  She completely recovered from her cold on April 22.

   soon returned to New York to continue her studies.

  She is still a college student, and she is still a transfer class, her foundation is very weak.

  In a family like hers, the knowledge and ability of the members who are more important are still more important.

  She took almost half a month's leave this time, which has already delayed a lot of her studies.

   Can no longer be with Abel.

  Although the relationship has been determined, after all, no formal ceremony has been carried out.

   It's not good to stay by Abel's side all the time.

  Abel himself, did not return to New York with little Laura.

   According to his plan, he returned to Texas not long after little Laura left.

  Tarrant County (in order to avoid harmony in the future, all the counties will be changed).

  City of Fort Worth.

  Sheriff's Office.

  Abel is sitting in Alexander's office chair.

  He smiled and said to his father:

   "Hey~ It's not that comfortable, it's much worse than the feeling in my office."

  Alexander and Dwayne sit across from him.

   Devine, one of the former members of the county council, now has no member status.

  Dwayne's current identity is the chief spokesperson of the government of Tarrant County, as well as the identity of Alexander's staff.

  Dwyane said with a smile: "This position looks glamorous, but it's just that."

  If there is a choice, the vast majority of American regulars probably hope that they are more than tens of billionaires.

  Of course, it would be even better if it could straddle the two worlds of business and politics.

  In the United States, one must at least go to the level of congressmen and governors in politics.

  Their influence is comparable to that of some billionaires.

  If he is a billionaire, he can't even compare with some senators.

  If it is a capital family of Koch's level, the weaker white house owners can't compare with them.

   Unless you have a lot of influence before taking these positions, you have accumulated it for many years.

  The situation is different again.

  Abel can also see it, and has already learned from a lot of previous information.

  Knowing Alexander and Devine, it is not easy to sit in the position of Tarrant County.

  The United States has special national conditions, and its political system is very rare in the world.

  Take the governor as an example. There are 50 states and one district in the United States.

   According to the administrative system of the rabbit, the "state" of the United States is probably equal to the "province" of the rabbit, and the "governor" is similar to the "chief secretary".

  But from the perspective of administrative authority, the power of the governor of the United States is not the same as that of the chief secretary of the rabbit.

  The reason is that the governor's jurisdiction cannot control the county chief, nor the mayor, nor the district chief.

  Taking Texas as an example, there are 254 counties and 59 cities in Texas.

  These counties and cities are legally independent, have their own personnel and financial management systems, and are not under the leadership of the governor.

  So, although the county chief and the mayor only manage one county and one city, they are smaller than the scope of a governor managing a state.

  But there is no relationship between superior and subordinate leaders and being led with the governor, and they have nothing to do with each other.

  These county chiefs and mayors are only responsible to the residents of the county and city, and do not obey the governor.

   Similarly, for a county, the county head cannot control the district head.

  Take Tarrantshire in Alexandria as an example.

  Tarrant County is a large county in Texas with a population of 1.44 million, accounting for a little more than 16% of the entire state's population.

   Tarrant County is divided into nineteen districts (cities), and the mayors of these nineteen districts (cities) are all elected by the people of the district.

  According to the law, the nineteen district (city) mayors formed the county board of supervisors, and a chairman of the board of supervisors was elected by the people. A total of 20 members became the highest management organization of the county.

  The sheriff and the deputy sheriff are also elected by voters, but supervised by the county board of supervisors.

  There is also a county council below, this structure is:

  Sheriff-Board of Supervisors-County Council, such a triangular structure.

  Board of Supervisors + County Council is basically equal to Tarrant's "Congress".

  The Board of Supervisors is equivalent to the Senate, and the County Council is equivalent to the House of Representatives.

  The Sheriff and the Deputy Sheriff are equivalent to the Commander and Deputy Commander

   That is to say, basically it is to reduce the set of the federal government and put it on a county.

   Others are no different.

  From a certain point of view, the county chief (commander) not only cannot lead the district chief (governor), but also is responsible to the supervisory board (Congress) composed of the district chiefs.

  The district chiefs are dissatisfied with the performance of the county chief and deputy county chief. They can hold a meeting and vote to fire (impeach) the county chief.

  In Tarrant County, although the sheriff has jurisdiction over the entire county, he cannot control the district chief.

  There is no superior-subordinate relationship between them, and the affairs of each district are the responsibility of each district itself, so for voters, the county chief is not more important than the district chief.

   This is why Alexander Smith, a complete political amateur.

  One of the reasons why he was able to become the sheriff so easily within four to five months.

   Except that Alexander had a good reputation in the local area, plus Abel's money offensive.

   It is also related to the sheriffs of the states and regions in the United States. In many cases, the power is not very great.

   It can be said that basically the structure of the United States from bottom to top is this model.

  It is a reduced version of the white house + Parliament Hill, even in Tarrant County.

   This makes the sheriffs the same as the masters in the white house.

  When the chief officer (general commander) is strong, prestigious and has political achievements, then this kind of structure allows him to exert his governing ability with the least effort, and can lead a country well.

  For example, Roosevelt during World War II, he relied on his ability and fame.

  Under this structure, it also overwhelms the whole country.

  But if the chief (chief commander) is weak, then the whole county (the United States) will start to do their own things, and no one will obey the other, and no one will listen to the other.

  Hands and feet will make different movements and steps respectively.

  In the eyes of other countries outside the United States, there will be a feeling of schizophrenia.

  For example, Ah Stool looks like this now.

  Alexander took office for more than four months, and with the help of Devine, he finally figured out a clue.

   Before this, Alexander was a political amateur.

  The biggest governance experience is a Smith Farm with about 50 people.

  At any rate, before King MAGA came to power, there were one or two thousand people in the group he managed.

  In terms of management experience, he is much stronger than Alexander at this time.

  Alexander would probably be even more blind if Dwayne wasn't around.

   But Devine also has no actual governance experience.

  Devine has only been a county councilor.

  Members don’t need to govern the local area, they only need to be able to push and pack themselves.

   In other words, except for some staff and officials recruited by the team later.

  Alexander, the governor of Tarrant County, currently has no one available.

  No one can use it, so how to govern the place?

   That is, with the rise of Abel, coupled with the local prestige of the Smith family.

   Those district chiefs are more face to Alexander.

   This allowed Alexander to do some work, and still have some influence.

   But there is also a premise, that is, it is better not to involve the self-interests of the capitalists behind the district chiefs.

  If it involves their own interests behind them, then Alexander can't help it now.

   No one has no experience, even the most important deputy, Dwayne, is only good at campaigning and talking.

  Alexander is actually very difficult to do.

  Abel is now asking questions, and Smith's father has said all of this.

   In this case, Abel had to scratch his head when he heard it.

  But Abel knows that the United States really has this structure, and this is really the case.

   Abel didn't have a good way to do this.

   himself, he can't even play tricks in the business world well.

  It all depends on the reborn prophet, coupled with his own financial talent, he pays attention to a one-force reduction.

   Not to mention the more complex, more cryptic house of cards struggles?

  But for his father's current situation, Abel also has a clever way to overcome it.

   And there are two more.

   After thinking for a while, Abel said, "I'm in California. I have acquired a large energy company and merged with Ales Energy."

  Alexander reacted immediately, and said, "You mean, increase investment in Tarrant County?"

  Abel nodded.

   This is a very simple way.

  As long as Pacific Energy has more workers here, it can affect more jobs and voter families.

  With Pacific Energy here, the voice can be louder than others.

   At this time, if Pacific Energy stands behind Alexander to support him.

   Those district chiefs and local interest groups need to worry about the influence of Pacific Energy in the local area.

  This is also the way energy giants like Koch influence American politics.

  Dwyane couldn't help laughing and said: "I think this is a very suitable way for Mr. Smith."

  Abe Smith is now regarded by Americans as a super financial genius and a super Wall Street tycoon.

  Wall Street and finance in the minds of Americans mean that there is no shortage of money.

   If there is no shortage of money, of course it is best to use money to speak.

  Abel nodded, and proposed another method that he thought was using strength to overcome ingenuity.

   "cough cough cough"

   "That's right, Dad." Abel coughed deliberately, and then said to Alexander:

   "Have you been in touch with ... and little Laura's father?"

   "Huh?" Alexander looked at his son, "No. Just called George and Jeb a few times."

  George is Herbert's eldest son, and Jeb is Herbert's second son.

  Abel said veiledly, "Then why don't you give Neil a call? Jeb could do it, or even Herbert."

  Alexander frowned, the father understood what his son meant.

  Alexander pondered for a long time, thinking that labor and management did not call them for help, was it because of you?

  Before, you were entangled with other people's daughter, so you didn't give a statement.

   If I went there to ask for help at that time, wouldn’t it be a trap for you?

   Fortunately, Alexander understood.

  Abel can now say that, which proves that the cooperation between Smith and the shrubs has really begun.

   Then at this time he will call there again.

   There is also a tenable rhetoric and reason.

   "I understand." Alexander nodded and said.

  Abel also nodded and smiled without saying a word.

   Now that both have decided to work seriously with the shrubs on House of Cards.

  Now there is a white house owner in the shrub family, and there is a super strong period of the governor of Florida. It is a fool not to use their prestige.

  As a super wealthy family in this area, their talent background in this area is also terrifyingly deep.

  The Smith family was still very weak in this field.

   It is completely possible to take shelter under their wings and quickly develop with the power of shrubs.

  But whether it is increasing investment or increasing the right to speak of capital.

   Or the authority on simple and crude architectural shrubbery, neither of which has much artifice.

   is pure force crushing.

  It only targets a small place like Tarrant County, so the effect is estimated to be very good.

  But if it is expanded to the entire state, or even the entire United States in the future.

  The effect of this method will be greatly reduced, or even useless.

   Fortunately, at about that time, Alexander and the system attached to him were able to grow up.

   If you can't grow up, there's nothing you can do.

   After all, it is useless to overthrow the seedlings and encourage them.

   Fortunately, Abel has another thread for this.

   Dad can’t do it, why don’t we have a younger father-in-law?

  Although cheap father-in-law is still in business now, in parallel time and space, he was also the governor of a state later.

   Walking on two legs is more stable.

   And it’s really not possible. After the United States has declined to a certain extent, New York will also have a leg.

  Strictly speaking, it can be regarded as walking on three legs.

  If this is not enough, Abel feels that he can only admit it.

  Next.

  Abel was in his father's office again for about half an hour.

   It was almost noon before he left Alexander's office.

  Alexander's office is located in Fort Worth.

  Fort Worth is the 16th largest city in the United States, the fifth largest city in Texas, and the capital of Tarrant County.

  It is also a big city in the United States, including Nokia, Motorola and other international giants have branches here.

  In addition, the headquarters of many multinational companies such as American Airlines, BNSF Railway, Pier1Imports (home improvement retailer), RadioShack (electronic consumer product retailer), XTO Energy, etc. are also here.

  Its area is more than 900 square kilometers, occupying almost half of the land area of ​​Tarrant County.

   It can be said to be the essence of Tarrant County, and it is also the most influential place in the nineteen districts.

  This makes the mayor of Fort Worth sometimes speak more effectively than the county mayor, Alexander.

  However, in Abel's eyes, its size is equivalent to a third-tier city after a rabbit.

   Except for some skyscrapers in the DFW area of ​​the city center, which looks a bit like the CBD of a big city, there are all low buildings in other places.

  At the door of Alexander's office, Abel thought for a while and said to David Jones in the passenger cab:

   "Let the convoy go around. To be honest, as a Tarrant County native, I haven't even visited Fort Worth."

  David Jones nodded yes, and Edward in the driver's seat picked up the walkie-talkie and said a few words.

   Soon Abel's convoy began to circle around downtown Fort Worth.

  In its early days, Fort Worth became a busy commercial center with the livestock industry and later the oil industry.

   Today's Fort Worth has developed into one of the best living and business cities in Texas.

   Even if it is enlarged to the whole United States, the city's medicine, finance, telecommunications, education, tourism, retail and service industries are relatively developed.

   After all, Tarrant County has a population of nearly 1.44 million despite its small size.

  This counts as the most populous part of the counties in the United States.

   After a rough walk, only about one-fifth of the time.

  Abel suddenly said to David Jones:

   "David, you can check for me later, if there is a relatively flat piece of land near the downtown area of ​​Fort Worth."

   "Yes." David Jones responded quickly.

   "Do you need to consider any standards? Or Boss, do you have any standards for the use of these plots?"

   "A place where industrial electricity can be used and large factories can be built."

  Abel said: "I plan to build Tesla's factory here after this."

  David Jones knows that his boss has a new company called Tesla, but he has not heard that Tesla has a factory.

  But the boss said so, David felt that he could do as the boss ordered.

   "Let's go." Abel said, "Go back to Smith Farm."

   Accustomed to the prosperity of New York and Los Angeles, Fort Worth can only be called a small city.

  Abel just looked around and found it meaningless.

  The convoy turned quickly and headed for Smith Farm.

   At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the convoy arrived at Smith Farm.

  In order to avoid misunderstanding, there are also rock security people here.

   Of course, the convoy had already notified their own people here.

  So there is still some distance from Smith Farm, and another small convoy came to greet them.

   This is a lot bigger than when Abe first came back from New York with just two cars.

  At Smith Farm, Abel met Charlize Theron who was supposed to be in Sunny Hills.

   Charlize Theron was arranged by Abel at Little Laura's suggestion to come to Smith Farm.

  In the words of little Laura, it is—

   "Her child can also have the surname Smith, and the middle name Lauren. As long as she doesn't think too much, the Smith family certainly welcomes her and her child."

  Consider Little Laura's opinion, plus Charlize's stomach, after all, is his first child.

  After the negotiations with the shrubs were settled.

   After careful consideration, Abel let her go back to Smith Farm.

   At Smith Farm, it might be better to have mother Emily take care of her.

  Farm, in Smith Manor.

  Looking at the two months pregnant, the belly has not yet appeared.

   But the whole person looks like a much rounder Charlize Theron.

  Although I had made a very ruthless plan before, it almost came true.

   But at this moment, Abel certainly won't show that kind of cruelty.

  He had a gentle smile on his face, and opened his hands towards Charlize: "Hi, Charney, I'm back to see you."

  Charlize pursed her lips, her eyes were a little red, and she glanced at Emily next to her.

  Abel's mother nodded to her helplessly, with a gratified and distressed expression on her face.

  Charlize rushed towards Abel and hugged him tightly, looking like he was about to cry.

   It also looks a little pitiful.

   But Abel felt that poor people also had their hateful aspects.

  Charlize if not that, if not so ambitious.

  She would not have fallen to the present situation.

  I can live well until now.

  That is already Abel is strong enough, and he is not cruel enough when he is young, and he is not cruel enough to be a capitalist.

   In addition, little Laura is shrewd and sensible enough, as well as the restraint of the Bush family and the Smith family.

   Even if one of the above is missing at random.

  Charlize's end is estimated to be very miserable.

   Fortunately, the dust has settled now.

   Charlize barely won her risky gamble this time.

  (end of this chapter)