As the date of Clinton's inauguration approached, the atmosphere in the UA suddenly changed. Every day, the newspapers were all about the future policies of Washington. Even the Chinese newspapers were analyzing the Clinton administration's policies toward China.
From the beginning of 1991 to the end of 1992, the news of the US presidential election in the past 13 months had been released one after another. The Sununu incident, Tsongas's brief appearance, the emotional entanglement between Clinton and his wife, the shock wave from the billionaire Perot, and Clinton's emergence in the dark battle. All of this had really "fed" the reporters, who had super sensitive senses of smell, hearing, and taste.
When Clinton overthrew Bush, he also toppled the mountain of the Republican Party that had been pressing down on him for twelve years.
At Bear Stearns Chairman Cain's banquet, Li He met Clinton.
It was a super luxurious banquet held in a manor. Many people came, but most of them were women.
The scene of stars surrounding the moon and the extremely respectful and warm applause made Clinton speak excitedly for more than an hour.
"We grew up in unparalleled prosperity and inherited an economy that is still the most powerful in the world. However, business failures, stagnant wages, rising inequality, and the fragmentation of our own people have weakened this economy …"
He needed to gain the support of the tycoons.
The UA system relied more on transactions than elections. It was a crowded market.
The president of the United States was a high-risk job. Of the 41 presidents before Clinton, nine had been assassinated, and four of them had their computers shut down on the spot. Not long ago, Ronald Reagan had only been in office for a month when he was shot at at close range by an assassin in 1981. The bullet missed his heart by only a millimeter. Reagan, who was lucky, was rescued from the brink of death.
The killer was identified as having "mental problems" and was released without charge.
Whether there was a conspiracy or not, it was not something that ordinary people could know.
The tycoons and oligarchs on Wall Street were very realistic. They only cared about permanent influence in Congress and the attitude of the Federal Reserve. They were only afraid of one thing, the Internal Revenue Service.
Even though the FBI and CIA were famous among the UA law enforcement agencies, the real unshakable law enforcement agency was actually the IRS.
You have your own weapons. Are you afraid?
You can't win against the IRS in civil or military affairs.
If you dare to be arrogant, your account will be frozen in minutes!
American movies often said that you have the right to remain silent, but when it came to tax issues, if you evaded taxes, you did not have the right to remain silent.
The IRS was nominally under the US Department of Finance, but in reality, it didn't care much about the US Department of Finance. The world was big, but nothing was bigger than the IRS.
In Li He's eyes, this was a completely strange existence.
Gorgeous lights, soft music, and exciting speeches had nothing to do with Li He. He reached an agreement with Kane in a meeting room with only a few people. He represented Jingmei Electronics and Bear Stearns Commercial Bank to set up a 500 million USD investment fund in China. This was part of an unusual cooperation project.
Bear Stearns plans to apply the US model to China and invest in China's retail industry.
In terms of geography, in addition to the coastal cities in China that had already started to develop, the fund would also focus on first-tier and second-tier cities in East and Southeast Asia.
Each investment in the fund would be around US $50 million.
Li He was also interested in Bear Stearns's experience in operating high-end department stores, such as Balducci and Stuart.
Weitzman Shoes and Vitamin
The Shoppe project was doing very well, and on behalf of the Four Seasons Department Store, he had reached a strategic alliance with them. They would send teams to the United States for training in batches.
At this banquet, he brought Ivanov with him, and everyone present tacitly recognized him as the representative of his interests in the United States.
Ivanov, a rough man, was so excited that he couldn't sleep the whole night. This meant that he had truly entered the upper class of the United States.
He paced around the door of Li He's room, his hand in the air. He wanted to knock, but he hesitated.
"What are you doing?" Jiang Baojian came out from the room next door.
"Mr. Jiang." Ivanov was startled. When he saw it was Jiang Baojian, he said, "You're still awake?"
He subconsciously took out a cigar from his pocket and lit it.
"You're looking for Mr. Li?"
No … "Ivanov nodded and waved his hand, clearly a little flustered.
Jiang Baojian tilted his head and looked at him. "What's wrong with you?"
This was obviously not the Ivanov he knew.
Ivanov said shyly, "I just wanted to say thank you, Mr. Li. It's nothing."
"That's it?" Jiang Baojian was a little skeptical.
"Yes, thank you, Mr. Li, for giving me a chance." Ivanov took a deep breath and said, "You know, before Mr. Pan Song and Mr. Wan Liangyou hired me, I was just an unemployed man in the Far East after being discharged from the army. Really, I didn't expect that I could get to this step. It's all like riding on the clouds."
He was now one of the top tycoons in Belarus, a guest of honor in the Presidential Palace, and he could talk and laugh. He was now respected by thousands of people. Not only was he a famous landlord in Eastern Europe, but he was also one of the few real estate tycoons in New York.
"I'll tell Mr. Li." Jiang Baojian smiled and patted Ivanov's shoulder. He understood Ivanov's feelings because he felt the same way. In fact, his feelings were much deeper than Ivanov's.
He was originally just an ordinary kid from the countryside. Not to mention the fact that he couldn't be seen in the crowd, he felt that no one would notice him even if he was placed alone in the square. He walked his own path normally, did everything normally, and went with the flow …
Step by step, he made it to university, graduated, got assigned to the best Red Star factory in the province, and finally went abroad. All of that was something to be proud of.
His original biggest hope was to be able to completely settle down after returning to the country, get a house, marry a wife, have a child, and earn a hundred yuan a month. Compared to the villagers who lived in the mountains of northern Hubei, or even his peers, he was a hundred times better off.
That was what he thought was the biggest winner in life.
When he first came into contact with Pan Song, Wan Liangyou, Lan Shifang and the others, it was just to work and study, just to get a subsidy. He couldn't think of anything else. Even if he was given 1,000 yuan a month, he would still want to return home to work.
However, it was not until he met Li He that he truly felt the power of wealth. That was why when Li He asked him to stay and help, he did not hesitate.
However, he did not expect Li He to place so much importance on him. Most of the former Soviet Union's industries were under his control. As for the Baltic Sea Shipping, Gorky Power Plant, Delta Bank, Bedelev Semiconductor, and Delta Air Lines, although he was not in charge, he had strong supervision rights. It could be said that he could get whatever he wanted.
Now that he returned to his hometown, everyone from the province to the county was very attentive to him.
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