Hollywood Hunter

Chapter 577: Debt collection

Jerry Speyer left Westeros headquarters almost in embarrassment.

James Rebald sent Speyer out, returned to the conference room, and said to Simon, who was sitting in the same place reading the evening paper that Girl A had just delivered: "In fact, there is no need to be so blunt."

Simon spread the newspaper on his desk and looked at James: "Jim, I am a fat sheep in the eyes of many people, right?"

James didn't know how to answer for a while.

Simon did not wait for the answer from the other party, and said to himself: "This is the truth. I don't mind if they treat me as a fat sheep. It is indeed easier to make a lot of money by cooperating with Simon Westeros. However, if someone thinks I really It’s just a fat sheep that is slaughtered by others. I don’t need to pay enough in return for taking my money. I even turned my face and didn’t recognize anyone. Not only would I let them vomit out everything they had eaten me, but I would also give them away. All the original things are destroyed."

During the bidding process for the Westeros Tower project, Simon took into account the influence of Tishman Speyer in New York before contracting the construction of the Westeros Tower. In order to ensure the quality of the construction of the Westeros Building, the quotation was not only not careless, but rather generous.

This incident, the Espel family's heritage in New York, was actually able to stop it from the very beginning.

Not only did the other party fail to do so, they didn't even notify Westeros company here. Instead, they had a lively attitude, which made Simon completely intolerable.

In the final analysis, the other party only regarded him as a fat sheep, a nouveau riche who lacked foundation. Thinking that he had taken advantage and ignored it, Simon had nothing to do with them, and he might even have to give more benefits to the other party to help coordinate.

It was on the way to New York that he made these clear, Simon had just been so rude to Jerry Speyer, and even went tit-for-tat.

As for David Dingkins, Simon also didn't plan to just let it go.

At the time when he supported David Dingkins's election as mayor of New York, the Westeros system actually did not have much practical demands, and was more just to expand its influence in politics.

Simon doesn't expect much in return from the other party, but he will never tolerate a politician easily turning his face away from him.

Otherwise, if all other politicians supported by the Westeros system do the same in the future, Simon may become a big joke in the eyes of some people.

James Rebald is also very frustrated with the events of the past few days. Of course Simon can understand things clearly. It's just that as a middle-aged man who has experienced too much, he habitually wants to resolve this matter with a relatively gentle method.

This is because the development strategy of the Westeros system of keeping a low profile is actually the same in the past.

This time, Simon didn't plan to let it go.

I stayed in the manor outside Greenwich that night, but some caring people obviously found that the lights in the manor house remained unextinguished overnight, and people even came in and out of the manor at around one in the morning.

People with a keen sense of smell even experience a feeling of eagerness to come.

Early the next morning, Simon received a message from the White House. Clinton’s wife, Hillary Clinton, personally called James Rebald and asked him to tell Simon not to act rashly at the critical moment of the New York mayoral campaign.

New York is the home base of the Democratic Party.

For the past three decades, the Democratic Party has always held the position of the Mayor of New York, so it is also an important position that the Democratic Party cannot afford to lose.

After a page of noise, Simon did not act immediately.

So, one day, two days, three days. When many people thought that Westeros was going to die, the Westeros Building project quietly resumed before Simon's ultimatum.

As the fuse of the whole incident, the resumption of work on the Westeros Building immediately triggered a one-sided condemnation in the media.

The construction progress of the Westero Tower has been completed by more than one-third. The city government is facing media doubts and behaves very embarrassingly. It is just that the authorities initially did not consider stopping the Westero Tower because it was an investment. A huge project with more than 3,000 workers depends on the salary of the building construction.

However, the investigation of the safety issues involved in the Westeros Building site will not stop.

The city government talked about the jobs of construction workers, and immediately left many people speechless.

However, the "New York Post" immediately broke a piece of information. Before the incident, nearly half of the 3000 workers on the construction site of the Westeros Building were illegal immigrant workers from Eastern European countries. The "New York Post" also published a large number of evidence such as workers' attendance sheets, and found testimonies of these illegal workers in the gathering areas of Jersey City and many workers who participated in the construction.

As the contractor of the building, Tishman Speyer immediately denied the report of the New York Post.

The use of illegal labor has always been a hidden rule in the American construction industry.

Because formal workers are too expensive, especially union members. Illegal workers are often paid only one-fifth or less of formal union members, and they do more. Therefore, for contractors, using illegal labor naturally means more profits. ‘

Although the construction workers' union in the United States is strong, it actually defaults to this state.

On the one hand, it is the result of the long-term interest game between the labor union and the management. On the other hand, it is also the labor shortage of construction workers in the US.

A construction worker is definitely a dangerous and tiring fellow. Americans with a good life are unwilling to do this job. In metropolises like New York, urbanites who are pursuing dignity are less willing to do this job, so construction workers are relatively scarce, and construction companies can only use illegal labor.

In order to resume work before Simon’s ultimatum, Tishman Speyer had to temporarily replace all workers with union members this time. The original quotations of Westeros and Tishman Speyer will not change. Obviously, Means a substantial reduction in profits.

However, the traces of the large-scale use of illegal labor in the past cannot be erased.

With the "New York Post" provoking this topic, even if it understands some unspoken rules in the industry, the news industry has never lacked media that challenge the rules, so everyone has followed up and reported.

Although some people have a vague feeling.

The New York Post, which is a newspaper under News Corporation.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has always had a very friendly relationship with the Westeros system, and both parties have cooperated in many aspects.

Moreover, the "New York Post" is still largely a tabloid that focuses on various gossip topics. When did the serious social problem of illegal labor begin?

Sober people are always only a minority.

Few people are rarely able to keep up with the cognitive trend of the majority.

As the problem was uncovered, the Manhattan Metropolitan News, which initially provoked the incident, pointed out that the city government knew that the construction of the Westeros Tower involved the illegal labor issue, but deliberately avoided discussing it. An investigation was initiated on the safety of the building, whether this is a form of connivance.

To condone the existence of illegal workers in the New York area?

So, the question is again, why does the New York City government condone the existence of illegal workers?

During the construction of the Westeros Building, more than 3,000 construction workers, half of them were illegal workers. Another fact is that since David Dingkins came to power, the unemployment rate of local residents in New York has continued from the initial 6.7%. This has increased to 11.6% in the recent past, almost doubled.

If the topic comes here, if the Republican party can't seize the opportunity, it is a fool.

Rudy Giuliani is certainly not stupid.

The media of the Republican camp soon began to aggressively attack David Dingkins's so-called "diversity" in New York, which is actually tolerating illegal immigrants to seize the jobs of local residents.

Moreover, in accordance with David Dingkins's campaign philosophy, the current mayor plans to further promote the "diversity" of New York after his re-election.

Now, here comes the problem.

Do you want diversity, or do you want to work?

Although the United States is a country composed of immigrants, it does not mean that Americans welcome immigrants.

People's attitudes often change with their positions.

Before getting the U.S. green card, the American immigration policy is of course the looser the better. Once you get the green card, you become an American. Of course, you don’t want more people to enter this country to grab opportunities to share resources.

The Democratic Party has always regarded new immigrants as one of its basics, because these immigrants are often dragging their families, and they also look forward to allowing more relatives to enter the United States. However, these people are a minority after all. Most Americans no longer have similar demands. In comparison, they care more about their work and living environment.

Everyone is lively, when the current mayor’s ‘diversification’ policy has led to a significant increase in the unemployment rate in New York. On October 13, another incident occurred in Queens.

It happened near a pier near the mouth of the East River.

Two groups of gangsters engaged in drug dealing broke out for some reason, and caused a fire in the buildings near the pier. Although there were no other casualties except for the six bodies left by the gangsters, the entire pier was burned, if it were not for fire officers or soldiers. Arriving in time, the fire may even spread to nearby residential areas.

During the local TV station’s interviews on the scene of the accident, there were horrified faces of residents after the disaster and the children's crying in the camera lens.

The next day's "New York Post" used a photo of a single mother holding her five or six-year-old crying child standing blankly on the street as the front page. The background of the photo was a skyrocketing fire, and the title was added. The black font says'Deteriorating New York law and order, are we living in a war zone? ’

Rudy Giuliani has been aggressively attacking David Dingkins. One point is that it is unfavorable to fight crime, which has caused the crime rate in New York to continue to rise, gangs rampant, and threaten the safety of residents.

There are less than three weeks to go until the New York Mayoral Election Voting Day on November 2.

The media and political opponents’ attacks on the city government’s connivance of illegal workers leading to rising unemployment in the federal region have led to a sharp drop in David Dingkins’s support rate. This vicious gang fight approaching polling day is nothing short of a big deal for David Dingkins. A fatal blow.

Inside the manor on the outskirts of Greenwich.

On October 15th, Simon came to New York quietly again.

Joseph Schrapp was led by Girl A into the study of the villa. Simon was standing behind the desk, awkwardly holding a brush in his hand and carefully writing something on the large paper spread out on the table.

What attracted Schlap's eyes more was the two tall girls standing on both sides of Simon to help him press the edge of the paper.

I still know a lot about the private life of my boss.

Moreover, the identities of the two girls are also easy to identify.

Simon himself created the'Waist Essence' and'Leg Essence', Yasmin Gary and Naja Allman.

The second edition of the Victoria's Secret Show will be held next month. Recently, the forty angels of the Victoria's Secret Legion have always been the focus of the media. The'waist fine' and'leg ​​fine' are definitely the most eye-catching in the angel army. The second of several supermodels.

At this moment, the two supermodels are just well-behaved human-shaped paperweights beside Simon.

Even if he didn't dare to have any other thoughts, looking at the situation before him, Joseph Schrapp couldn't help being a little bit slanderous. There were many things that could hold paper on the desktop.

Simon's writing movement seemed very awkward and awkward. Joseph and Girl A stood quietly and did not disturb. Simon put down the brush after only writing a line, shook his head and said: "It's too ugly, A, find someone to write this poem again. Mount it and send it here."

Joseph and Girl A looked at the rice paper on the table together. On it were seven Chinese characters that were really not very attractive.

Map of Zeguo Jiangshan entering the war.

If the two are proficient in Chinese, it may be easy to read the entire poem: "Ze Guo Jiang Shan Enters the War Picture, Sheng Min He Ji Le Qiao Su. Relying on Junmo's words to seal the affairs of the princes, one will succeed in everything.

Simon gave an order and said to Joseph Schrapp: "Come with me."

The two changed a meeting room and just sat down on the sofa. Joseph Schrapp took out a few documents from his briefcase and said: "Mr. Mayor personally called me last night and said he would investigate thoroughly. The Bao Ruiwan matter."

Simon took the document handed over by Joseph and leaned back on the sofa with an air of confidence, and said, "What does this have to do with us, Joseph, don't mention this in the future."

Joseph Schrapp nodded, decisively skimmed over the topic, glanced at the expense report that Simon was reading, and said: "Recently, our six political action committees have spent a total of 2.8 million US dollars. If you think the follow-up plan is okay. In the next half month, it will probably cost about 3 million US dollars."

The Political Action Committee is a political organization in the United States that raises funds to provide political parties or candidates with election power.

The greatest role of the Political Action Committee is to break through the "Federal Election Law"'s strict restrictions on individual donors in terms of campaign funding. The funds donated by individuals to political parties or candidates are called ‘hard money’, and funds from election committees are ‘soft money’.

Individual donations are only a few thousand dollars at most, but the Political Action Committee can use tens of millions of dollars to fund political elections. Many active political lobby groups in the United States, such as the National Rifle Association, exert influence on federal campaigns at all levels through campaign committee channels.

In recent years, through the model of affiliated to various subsidiaries, the Westeros system has established a total of 11 political action committees, large and small, which can use millions of funds to participate in political activities at any time.

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