America’s Road To Wealth

Chapter 147: "My County Elder Father"

Chapter 147 "My County Elder Father"

This first snow in New York is getting bigger and bigger.

In the afternoon, light snow has turned into moderate snow.

The whole city is covered with a layer of white tulle.

There are still five to six winds, if it is a little stronger, it can be regarded as a blizzard.

Pedestrians coming and going on the street, even wearing thick warm clothes, were terribly frozen.

This year's New York must be an unfriendly year for homeless people.

But these things have nothing to do with Abel, and it is the government of New York City that needs to care about these things.

Maybe they don't care either.

After all, only the "strong" can survive in this place

for Abel.

This weather is annoying.

But fortunately, this degree of risk has an impact on the helicopter.

But for relatively large fixed-wing aircraft, it has not yet reached the level where it cannot take off.

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

Abel took another private charter flight of Delta Air Lines, and the destination was Fort Worth-Dallas Airport.

He who was satisfied with Charlize in the morning.

While on the plane in the afternoon.

Even if she meets the beautiful stewardess Maria who has the attributes of a wife again.

He didn't even think about brushing his teeth in a short time.

On the plane, he made two satellite calls by the way.

One to David Mellon for real-time foreign exchange market quotes.

10 billion US dollars, and a lot of leverage was used.

The funds that can be affected exceed 50 billion U.S. dollars.

It is again in the somewhat irritable currency system of the British pound.

Even if it can be exploited, Abel needs to pay more attention.

Another satellite call to David Jones who arrived in Fort Worth early last night.

anyway.

Among the people around Abel, David Jones should be the busiest one.

As Abel's big steward, where does Abel go every time.

Abel has not yet passed, and David is going to make arrangements in advance.

Arrange rock security staff, contact local hotels, convoys, or directly as assistants.

It’s just that the salary that Abel paid him was more than double what he had been at the American Express Company before.

Besides, the benefits are better, and the work content is actually the same.

David Jones was a bit busy, but he was enjoying it.

After more than two hours of flight.

Gulfstream G400 arrived at Fort Worth Dallas Airport.

Texas is one of the most southern states in the United States in terms of latitude.

The climate here is far milder than that of New York State.

Although it will snow, it usually happens in January and February of the next year.

Even if the weather is La Niña this year, it is snowing in New York.

Although the temperature here has dropped a lot, the sky is still clear.

Transferring at the airport, the convoy headed straight to Fort Worth.

When Abel comes to this American cowboy cultural center.

It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky was not so bright.

In addition, today is November 7, 2000.

This day is also the first counting day of this national election.

Before meeting Alexander, Abel got a report from David Jones about today's general election.

"According to the press releases of the two parties, the situation on the same day today is that the two sides alternately lead."

David Jones said: "Maybe one hour, the elephant party is still ahead. But the next hour, the donkey party may have caught up and surpassed."

“Both sides are chasing all the way. Both sides have announced that they have won their “vote bank” states and estimated winning states.”

Abel nodded.

Although he knew that Herbert's son would win this time.

But that's a parallel space-time, and what's the specifics.

As a "foreigner" in his teens at the time, he certainly couldn't be clear about it.

Now as a member of the capitalists in this country, who can take the lead.

He is still more concerned.

But that's all.

He is more concerned about the situation in Tarrant County.

Tarrant County’s election was brought forward this year.

In previous years, Tarrant County would be different from others and put its own election in December.

But in September this year, the Tarrant County Council voted to change the tradition.

The campaign that was previously scheduled to start in December was moved to November in advance.

This is mainly for turnout considerations.

Because in the general election year, there are also various elections for members of Congress (both houses of Congress), state representatives, and localities.

Most states combine all local and general election dates to save money.

This can save time and effort.

At the same time, it can ensure that voters get out of the house and actually vote.

In the past, Tarrant County always spent hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the neighboring county to play special games.

has long been criticized.

To that end, the County Council has made changes this year.

Like other nearby states and counties, they all chose to hold the national election on election day.

In this way, everyone can elect their own county magistrate while electing a general.

This is why Abel returned to Texas, to Tarrant County.

His father's great cause here will also bear the first step today.

It is different from the general election that takes several days to get the result.

The entire Tarrant County has a population of less than 2 million, and the results can be obtained within the same day.

It's just that the vote counting speed is slow, and the results will not be fully released until about 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Actually, Abel doesn’t need to come here because he wants to know the result.

All you need is a phone call when the time is up.

But this is his father's big business after all.

This road is still let the old man go up.

Abel is naturally concerned about this, and it is also related to his plans for his future.

So even though Smith Capital was very busy, he still rushed back.

At about five o'clock, I saw my father and mother in Alexander's campaign office.

Different from the previous times, the Alexander that Abel saw this time was not wearing the black suit that politicians often wear.

Rather, it is a set of local clothing common in Tarrant County.

What is local clothing in Tarrant County?

Jeans.

As Tarrant County, known as "the place where the west begins", is now famous throughout the country for its rich western cultural heritage, especially the cowboy culture.

Fort Worth is well-known as the capital of cowboys.

The outfit that Alexander put on was also worn by candidates before.

But generally only candidates who are farmers, wearing this suit will not be questioned by many people.

If a person from a city, or someone from outside, wears this kind of clothes to show up.

It is estimated that the opposite result will be obtained instead.

Alexander is much better.

He is tall and strong, and the skin on his face looks rough.

In the lower part of the face, on the neck, and even the skin that has been exposed to the sun for a long time and has a little ruddy.

This is a typical red neck image.

Of course.

Actually, Alexander's neck was not so red at first.

Although he does farm work very well, he doesn't really go to the fields every day.

Not so much sun.

The reason why it is so popular now.

After starting to participate in the campaign, under the advice of the team and consultants, I deliberately tanned my neck a little more.

And when you go out, you will put something on it.

This made his neck look even redder.

This will give him more recognition in Tarrant County.

The whole office was busy when Abel arrived.

Many people made loud calls, many people walked around, and some people kept coming in and out.

Outside the office, there are some local and Texas media reporters and photographers, already staring at this place.

There are four candidates in Tarrant County this year.

But in fact, the other two can basically be used as accompanying runners.

Obviously, like most of the rest of the US.

The winner can only be chosen from either the elephant or the donkey.

So the local media reporters basically ignored the other two candidates.

They are divided into two parts, one part is waiting on Alexander's side.

The other part is waiting on the side of Donke, the candidate of the Donkey Party.

Will wait until the election results are out, and the reporters will immediately swarm.

Interviews with winners and losers for evening and tomorrow's news.

I won’t mention the situation at Dunke’s side for the time being.

Alexander's side has a team of about ten reporters.

They noticed the arrival of Abel's motorcade, and also noticed that Abel walked into the office quietly and quickly.

Many people hesitate.

A reporter from a local tabloid stabbed a reporter from another tabloid next door.

"Hey, did I read it wrong. It seems that I saw Abel Smith get out of the car just now."

"Well, I seem to have seen it too, it's that Abel Smith."

The latter responded to him.

The photographer next to him brought the camera over and handed the content he just captured to the reporter.

"Looks like it really is Abe Smith! The pride of our Tarrant County, the financial sword of Texas!"

The photographer said excitedly.

The surrounding reporters and photographers all gathered around.

It only took a minute or two for everyone to confirm that they just walked in.

It was indeed Abe Smith. That's right.

"Oh~"

A reporter suddenly realized, and slapped his thigh.

"Abel Smith's surname is Smith, and Alexander Smith is also Smith! They are all from Tarrant County! They must know each other!"

"Is there a possibility that they don't know each other at all. They may still be relatives!"

"Then is there a possibility that the two are not just relatives at all. Maybe Abel Smith is the son of Alexander Smith?"

"That shouldn't be. If Alexander has such a son. Why didn't he say it in the previous campaign speech?"

"Wait, didn't you say that Abel Smith came from an ordinary background? He was just the son of a farmer, but how could his father be Alexander Smith now?"

"Hehe. Alexander is also a farmer. Didn't you see so many farmers coming to support him these days?"

"Oh oh ~ also!"

"FXXK, my editor-in-chief is short-sighted. Just sent me alone, not even a cameraman! No, I'm going to call them to send more people. This is Abel Smith, the pride of our Tarrant County !"

"That's right, there may be big news here today! You have to hurry up and call someone!"

The reporters yelled, and soon Tarrant County was proud of Abe Smith.

The fact that appeared in candidate Alexander's office quickly spread throughout the city of Fort Worth.

In another corner of the city.

The donkey party candidate who is also waiting for the results of the general election, after hearing the news.

Denke had a wry smile on his face.

How to compare.

He has a son of a billionaire who is still so famous.

In Shoji contribution this time.

I was completely crushed by the opponent by an order of magnitude!

Throughout Tarrant’s campaign posters, the number of Alexander alone is more than twice that of the other three.

Denke felt that he was very unlucky. It was not a good year to choose, but this year came out.

Well before the campaign starts.

Alexander's side, out of scruples about possible counterproductive issues.

Didn't treat his son as a card to play.

Denko's side naturally wanted it, and he was also vaguely suppressing the fact that Alexander had such a son.

So the campaign had been going on for a month, and most Tarrant County voters didn't know that Abe Smith was Alexander's son.

Don't think this is ridiculous.

In the United States, this really exists.

Among ordinary people in the United States, there is a common problem of insufficient common sense knowledge.

Even now, there are still tens of millions of people in the United States who believe that the earth is flat.

In Tarrant County this rainbow

One of the red-necked strongholds, semi-literate people who can only read and write, account for at least half of the county's population.

under these circumstances.

As long as the media does not guide, or the parties themselves do not promote.

The fact that Abe Smith is the son of Alexander Smith really does make it generally unknown to voters.

It can only be said that this is an American characteristic.

The elite class is more powerful than anyone else, and belongs to the top group in the whole world.

The people at the bottom are stupid one by one, and have long lost themselves in happy education and Natou music.

Because both the Elephant Party and the Donkey Party are subtly suppressing this news.

Even the local media reporters were not very clear about this matter.

Now seeing Abel appear with his own eyes, many people suddenly realized.

Then there were reporters waiting on Alexander's side, and suddenly there were more.

In the campaign office.

Abel smiled and hugged with his parents and his father's campaign assistant Devine.

"Looks like things are going well. I see everyone is in a good mood."

Abel smiled and said.

After entering, he could feel that the atmosphere in the whole office was very good.

Everyone is busy, but everyone has a smile on their faces.

This means that some of the results that have come out so far are obviously more beneficial to this side.

Devine was the first to intervene. He said: "Hahaha~ In fact, it is true. There are a total of 363 polling places in Tarrant County. 215 have been counted, and Alexander's vote rate is 53%!"

With 53% of the vote, it looks like the other candidate has 47%, which is not a sure thing.

But actually, because there are four candidates.

The other two non-bipartisan candidates will take away some votes no matter how bad they are.

The two candidates of the two parties can actually get about 80%-90% of the votes.

In this ratio, if you get this number of votes, it can indeed be said that it is basically stable.

Abel smiled and looked at Alexander, who looked calm and proud.

Beside him, Emily smiled and said, "Could it be that my husband is really about to become Tarrant's chief executive?"

"Who can say otherwise?" Abel smiled and looked at his mother: "Dear Madam Chief, good evening, you look so beautiful!"

"Haha~" Emily, who hadn't seen her son for a long time, was amused by her son and laughed.

Alexander couldn't help tugging at the corner of his calm and gentle mouth.

Alexander looked at the playful son and happy wife in front of him.

He himself became happy.

"Come out come out!"

In the office, someone suddenly yelled loudly.

"The latest votes are out! A total of 256 boxes have been unpacked, and Mr. Smith's votes are 56%!"

"Denke of the Donkey Party is only 33%, George of the Green Party is 7%, and the independent candidate Johansen is 4%!"

As the voice fell, the happy atmosphere in the office became stronger again.

Although the ballot box has not been fully opened.

But Alexander has this number of votes, so it can be said that he has basically stabilized.

Unless the remaining ballot boxes are all voted for Dunke.

Abel looked at his father who was pretending to be calm, and then at his mother who was not pretending to be excited beside him.

He walked over with a smile, held his mother's hand, and looked at his old man again.

"I didn't expect it to be successful. Dad, I really didn't expect you to be able to do this kind of thing besides hunting."

"huh~"

Alexander snorted proudly, but did not answer his words.

Abel also ignored him, this guy is not good at this point.

He is in his fifties, but he is a deadly tsundere.

The key body is as strong as a bear, with a white face and thick red neck, not cute at all

In contrast, Abel still prefers to talk to Grandpa Alex.

He also somewhat understood why Grandpa and Alexander always quarreled without saying a word.

The characters of these two men have a little bit of conflict.

Fortunately, the Smith family has passed down multiple generations. Even if the personality is not right, the family atmosphere is still very good.

Chatted with mom Emily about some things about Smith Farm.

About half an hour passed.

Another new call came in.

The ringing of the phone silenced the dozen or so people in the campaign office.

Everyone held their breath, hoping to get the news they wanted most from this phone call.

News of victory.

As Alexander's deputy, Devine has been standing by the phone.

The phone rang twice, and Dwayne picked it up.

"Hello?"

Dwayne said calmly.

"Mr. Devine? I'm Eisen. There are many people outside and many reporters. What's the situation?"

Dwyane was taken aback. This Eisen was a peripheral member of the campaign team.

Dwayne asked Eisen to watch outside, preparing to wait for Alexander to succeed in taking office.

Then rally your supporters and throw a victory party in Fort Worth.

Unexpectedly, I called to talk about it.

"Let me take a look." Dwyane put down the phone, walked to the window, and looked outside.

Outside, he saw an astonishing number of reporters.

At least forty or fifty reporters and cameramen surrounded the campaign office.

Dwayne frowned, not knowing what happened.

Fortunately, at this moment, Abel came to him.

"It should be for me. When I came in just now, I saw that they were very excited to take pictures of me."

Dwayne looked at Abel, and suddenly realized.

Although I don't know when I was running for the election.

Alexander did not use Abel's name as a trump card for canvassing votes.

This once made Dwyane feel very sorry.

Now just because of Abel's appearance, there are so many reporters outside.

Dwayne felt that the Abel card was not used at the time, and Alexander might have considered this situation.

Based on the exposure of Abel’s public opinion at the time, I really don’t know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for Alexander in this election.

But it is different now, all the votes have been cast, and the only thing left is to count the votes.

Abel's appearance, it doesn't matter whether the impact is good or bad.

at this time.

Just when Dwayne opened his mouth to say something.

The phone rang again.

Dwayne tried to go to pick it up, but Alexander was at the phone.

Alexander answered the phone by himself, only to hear his steady "hmm" a few times.

Then everyone saw Alexander put down the phone and said to everyone.

"311 ballot boxes of 363 polling places have been counted."

“I got 61% of the vote.”

"And just now, Donkey of the Donkey Party and two other candidates have congratulated the media on my official election."

Speaking of this, Alexander pretended to have a calm voice.