Chapter 1200: Meeting

"Please sit down, Mr. and Mrs. White."

Before the successful campaign speech began, Lanse and Barbara were led to their seats and sat down.

This is the scene of Senator Cleveland's successful campaign speech. As a congressional senator who has done it twice in a row, this is his third successful campaign, which also means that if he doesn't open his "Golden Age" as soon as possible, he will very likely say goodbye to Congress in six years.

There is no clear limit for federal senators. As long as you can be elected and the voters in the state believe that you can represent the interests of the vast majority of voters, then they will vote for you.

Of course, there is a premise here, that is, you are among the congressional senator candidates nominated by the governor.

Without a doubt, here, the governor cannot not nominate Senator Cleveland, and it is impossible for him not to be elected. Being elected senator twice has already gained him huge prestige and support, but this is also a burden.

Just like gold, the more gold you pick up on a road leading to the future, the more weight you carry, and the slower you walk. This is a dilemma.

In the second election of these two elections, that is, before this election, he had already gained a very high political status and had already touched the ceiling.

Then in this election, if he cannot break the ceiling, it is very likely that in the next election, he will be very dangerous.

He wants to be like some successful politicians, being elected four or five times, five or six times, which may not be so easy. This depends on whether he can break this ceiling this time.

Of course, he thinks he can, because they have already formulated a complete plan to bring Porter down and then push their own people up.

But these are things for the future. Now, he needs to enjoy his own moment of victory!

As an important interest binder of Senator Cleveland, Lanse was also invited to participate in Senator Cleveland's successful campaign speech, or activity.

The time for this activity will not be very long, a short speech, and then a cocktail party.

To the outside world, they will call it a "ball." After all, it is the Prohibition era now. Even if it is a senator, they must respect the laws and regulations formulated by Congress on the surface. As for whether they drank alcohol at the ball?

That is another matter. Drinking alcohol is not illegal. What is illegal is production, transportation, and sales. As a senator, he knows these better than ordinary people.

And these wines are all brought by some enthusiastic social masses. He has no right to stop these people, so everything has nothing to do with him.

Lanse sat in the middle of the right side of the first row, which is a very important and eye-catching position. On his left side, there are some big figures in local politics, and they all looked at Lanse with curious eyes.

Lanse's legends made him full of mysterious colors in the eyes of many people who had never seen him.

He still invited Patricia first, but the girl refused to appear in such an occasion. She was not used to such a serious and formal occasion, so Barbara was the one who accompanied Lanse to attend in the end.

She could handle everything here very well, hypocritically and hypocritically chatting with those noble ladies. As a big star in the Federation, she also carried some special halos, and those noble ladies were also very interested in her.

Just before the activity started, Lanse noticed that she even exchanged business cards with those noble ladies. It seems that her social ability has been improved again.

However, this kind of thing obviously cannot surprise Lanse. Along with the improvement of his status and power, Barbara, as an individual attached to him, was also affected by his "halo" and gained a huge improvement in social status.

Also as a star, some stars, even big stars, will be scolded by capital parties and directors on the set. But on Barbara's side, everyone's tone of speaking is very gentle, which also makes the temperament on her body gradually develop from business, actor, and those relatively superficial shallow temperaments to the depths.

Lanse said a thank you, and Barbara sat down. Facing the eyes around, neither Lanse nor Barbara felt anything too big.

After waiting for a few minutes, Senator Cleveland, who was chatting with people not far away, trotted to the podium. He took a deep breath, looked at everyone with a smile on his face. "A victory within expectation, it did not exceed the expectations of all of us, but it still made us feel surprised!"

When he said this opening remark, that kind of confidence was like a wall of air rushing toward him. Everyone could feel that kind of strong confidence!

Even proud, arrogant confidence!

"During the campaign, a reporter asked me how to view the question of our 'campaign opponent'."

"I think this kind of statement is not quite right, because our opponent is not in the party."

"Since its establishment, the Social Party is facing a rare difficult and dangerous moment!"

"We must maintain a high degree of unity at this time, ceremonial, work-related, in all aspects, only in this way can we lead the Social Party out of the quagmire."

"We need to unite every force, yours, his, everyone's!", he pointed to two places under the stage at will, and everyone listened very carefully.

"Everyone knows that victory comes from the choice of the Social Party and the efforts of each of us. But someone stole the fruits of victory."

"I don't envy them, nor do I hate them, I just pity them."

"People who even need to steal victory, aren't they worth pitying?"

A burst of light laughter broke out at the scene. Obviously, this statement received the support of many people. On such an occasion, perhaps only Senator Cleveland dared to say so.

This is equivalent to a declaration of war, but the Liberal Party side has no way at all. The reason is very simple. They cannot force any voting in Congress. If they want to pass, they must make the Social Party compromise, and compromise requires paying a price.

Some people say that politics is the art of compromise. In fact, this is a relatively positive statement. To put it more directly, politics is the exchange and transaction of interests.

You give me what I want, I let you get what you want, it's that simple.

"On such a happy day, we shouldn't talk about unhappy topics, and unhappy people."

"I want to thank the voters of this state for their support for me. It is their choice and support that created today's me. I have never dared to forget them, nor will I forget everything here."

"In the next few years, my office will have more contact with the lower-middle class of society, especially the bottom of society, to listen to the voices from the bottom of society, and not live up to your support for me."

"I will introduce more investment, make the working environment of this state better, and in the improvement of social welfare, I will also lean toward developed places..."

He stood here and said a lot, some things that had been promised to voters, and some fragments of imagining the future.

Also mentioned some capitalists and political interest groups that supported him, ensuring that everyone could get what they wanted from his victory.

Some people have also said that the so-called "victory speech" and "victory celebration activity" are actually a large-scale "scene of dividing the spoils." This statement, although a bit... not so pleasant to hear, has no problem in essence.

After a short speech, Senator Cleveland made a summary of today's speech and activity.

He raised his arm, his whole body exuding a feeling of power, and said loudly, "Although we are temporarily at a disadvantage, I believe that we will return to the peak. We are born winners!"

This small activity was very successful, and everyone gave warm applause as a response. Senator Cleveland came down from the podium and started to have cordial conversations with the people in the first row.

It was mainly thanks, and by the way, responded to some things about interest returns they had.

For example, some local capital groups invested some funds and votes in this sure-to-win election, so they naturally wanted to express their position through this attitude, and by the way, get some returns.

Senator Cleveland and them chatted about some changes in local policies, and some changes in policies in the big environment.

Like those politicians, they chatted with them about some ideas and plans on how to fight against the Liberal Party.

When he came to Lanse's side with a wine glass, the smile on his face also became much more sincere.

If the relationship between others and him is the two sides of a transaction, just like a whore and a john, then the relationship between Lanse and him is like a long-term fuck buddy relationship.

Except for interest exchange, there is no more emotion between a whore and a john. They can support Senator Cleveland today, then they can support others tomorrow. As long as others can bring them the same returns, or more benefits, then they will immediately convert the transaction object.

Just like when an old and fading politician no longer has such great execution and influence, they will certainly choose those enchanting little bitches.

But fuck buddies are different. Even if one day Senator Cleveland is "old and fading" in politics, there is some emotional foundation between them besides transaction, and they can still be friends, and can do something for each other without interest exchange. This is the difference.

He touched wine glasses with Lanse and then looked at Barbara. "I have seen your posters and performance clips. I am sorry, lady, my work does not allow me to watch complete movies, I don't have that much time, but your performance clips also gave me a deep impression."

"You are an outstanding actor, I hope you can bring more works to the people of the Federation and enrich their lives and entertainment."

Saying that, he turned his head to look at Lanse. "Your Wanli Group is doing very well, in all aspects, I heard that you are still the honorary chairman of the Federal Film Committee?"

He felt a bit incredible when he first heard about this, and later specially found someone to understand the specific situation, and then knew that this matter actually had a little relationship with him.

Lanse had asked him to intercept the Art Committee's registration of the Film Committee in Jinzhou before. This kind of small thing was not even directly calling him, it was calling Tang Mu, and then Tang Mu told him about it.

At that time, he didn't care at all, so he let Tang Mu handle it.

At that time, the Social Party was in full swing, and the federal government directly stuck the neck of the Art Committee, letting their application not pass, and then Lanse registered the Film Committee in advance.

Although this is just a non-governmental organization, the name of this non-governmental organization and the official attitude determine whether it is an "official organization." In addition, the federal government announced that it will adopt the industry standards formulated by the Film Committee as their standard for judging all aspects of the film industry.

It can be said that Lanse and Wanli Film have actually influenced the development of the federal film industry, including those big production companies.

The Film Committee is actively applying for a film rating system. This system was also proposed by Lanse. When finally evaluating the rating level, it is also the Film Committee itself that evaluates the rating. Although Lanse does not pay much attention to the development of this industry, it is indeed under Lanse's control.

Senator Cleveland talked about this, also because the development of the film industry has been rapid in the past two years, and Lanse mentioned that "cultural export" and "cultural invasion" are working worldwide, and the Federation needs more movies that can promote federal culture to go to sea.

So Congress also established a relevant working group, hanging under a committee of Congress, which can be considered a very potential office.

It is precisely because of this that he has been interested in organizing some of Lanse's things recently, and suddenly found that Lanse has done quite a lot of things. It cannot be said that he is in every industry, but in some emerging industries that are developing rapidly, there are some that he has already set foot in, and done very well.

For Senator Cleveland's words, Lanse smiled and nodded twice. "A little small achievement, nothing amazing."

Senator Cleveland, although this is a victory within expectation, being able to succeed is still a time worth being happy about.

He patted Lanse's arm and touched wine glasses with him again. "After Congress resumes operation, they may chat with you. Congress plans to allocate funds to promote things in this regard."

"By then you can pay attention to it. Even if you don't do it yourself, you can take it to deepen your influence in the Film Committee."

Lanse nodded, touched glasses with him, and took a sip.

"I will go chat with others first, we will talk again later.", he took a sip of wine, and then smiled and nodded to Barbara. "Excuse me first."

Barbara also bowed to him very politely. After Senator Cleveland left, Barbara's eyes were full of worship staring at Lanse. "You are really amazing."

A senator, in her eyes, is already an existence like heaven, but now he is like a good friend with Lanse. How can this not make her feel the kind of shock that cannot be described in words?

Although she knows these, more of it is still a relatively conservative guess, for example, Lanse is just a cooperative partner relationship with him, and there is an obvious superior-subordinate relationship between the two sides.

In the eyes of many people, Lanse's identity as a gang leader limits his upper limit, but I didn't expect that on such an occasion that can be said to be public and formal, Lanse not only came to participate in Senator Cleveland's successful campaign speech first, but also chatted with him like a good friend for a while.

All of this made Barbara even more surprised!

Lanse's mouth corners slightly raised. "So-so!"

The activity went very successfully, meeting everyone's expectations, and people also got the things they wanted.

The next day, Lanse and Senator Cleveland went to the station together. They were going to take a train to return to Jinzhou.

When leaving Senator Cleveland's manor, Lanse noticed that some people on the side of the road were holding up signs to question and protest Senator Cleveland's successful campaign.

After arriving on the train, Lanse chatted with him and talked about this matter.

"Every state has such people, every place, even in the town."

"You did some things to let some people get help, so it must let another part of people suffer losses."

"People who get help support you, people who lose benefits condemn you, this is the simplest truth of this society."

"Don't worry about those people, they can't cause any influence."

Lanse nodded. "If you need it, you can tell me, I have people who are very good at handling these things."

Senator Cleveland was a bit moved, but still gave up temporarily. "I have already been elected, these people will accept this fact after making trouble for a period of time, I will contact you when I need it."

He paused. "How is the matter on Wade's side handled?"

"I haven't paid attention to the situation there during this period of time."

Lanse shrugged. "I don't know where to start, in short, they are completely finished. The Prosecutor's Office has obtained their bribery, extortion, blackmail, and plundering of legitimate businessmen's shares through illegal means."

"Core members were all caught in one net, of course, the newspapers will mention that some people have disappeared."

Senator Cleveland lit a cigarette. "Disappeared?"

"Is it the kind of disappearance I imagined that will never appear again?"

Lanse smiled and nodded. Obviously, those people have returned to the embrace of Mother Earth. Now they have basically started to decompose, or become animal feces to nourish this land again.

"You handled this matter very timely and very well. There will be some voices on the Liberal Party side, but you don't have to worry about it."

"Now the Federal Bureau of Investigation director is our own person, even if Congress puts pressure, they will not investigate you."

"But this matter is not to say that there are no other concerns at all. The Liberal Party is planning to form a new law enforcement department, shake us off and do it alone, so doing things must still be meticulous, cautious, and cannot be careless!"

"This time going to New Jincheng, I will introduce the new Federal Bureau of Investigation director to you. You will definitely get along very happily!" ===== CHAPTER 1201 =====

"When you go to New Jincheng this time, I will introduce you to the new Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. You will definitely get along very well!"