"Niu Sen, although we have our own unshakable positions on many things, obviously we can be considered friends and have a cooperative relationship.
There are some things that you and I both understand. We, they, and the key figures among today’s guests cannot easily use their precious political resources on irrelevant matters.
You want a good result, don't interrupt me, you want a good result at least for you, you have to pay the price.
Nancy and I have staked everything, what about you? ”
The conflict of interests between the California Elephant Party and the Imperial Speaker is extremely large, ranging from realistic and concrete interests to abstract interests that are difficult to put into words.
The confrontation between the two sides is inevitable driven by interests, and Nancy cannot retreat. This is not only related to her dissatisfaction with President Cheng's greed, but also because she has her sponsor behind her.
The same goes for President Cheng - no one can easily use their precious political resources on irrelevant matters.
The inertia of decision-making and behavior, from taking advantage of the general trend to being coerced by the general trend, Mr. Cheng did not think that it was a backlash, but Mi'er was quite disapproving of it at first.
Putting aside these details and logical issues, the result is simple. Chengdu cannot retreat easily - preparing a retreat in advance is itself a worry about the prospect of future compromise.
"Chan, yes, you have staked everything, but I have staked everything, but you can't always get what you want by pushing your friends into a dead end. I am almost driven to death by you."
Niu Sen understands this method of extreme pressure very well. With pressure from President Cheng, pressure from Nancy, and pressure from others, he is likely to be the first person to be crushed in this behemoth wrestling match.
"You can't die, and I didn't force you. I gave you so much money, Niu Sen. You know, I paid the price!"
Cheng Daqi replied impatiently.
In his opinion, the cooperation between Niu Sen and himself is a win-win situation for both parties. The United States will suffer, and everyone is a jerk. Why do you blame me?
What is the difference between using morality and debt to ask for benefits and kneeling on the ground begging for food?
friend?
I'm just talking, do you take it seriously?
No, of course Niu Sen didn't take it seriously, he was just disgusting Cheng Zong!
The problem is, it would be better if Niu Sen just wanted money.
This bully not only took the money, but also received the future support promised by Chengdu, but now, he wants to increase the price after suffering a slight loss!
nausea!
You don't owe Niu Sen anything if you become a great person. You can't let the losers roll around. The winners have to share the victory with them, right?
There is no such thing in this world!
"Then how do you want to end this?"
Mr. Zhou Mu was helpless to Mr. Cheng's insistence. None of us were small characters who could be easily shaken.
Mr. Cheng has the power to make decisions, but like Nancy and Niu Sen, the costs of making decisions he bears are extremely huge - just like the commander-in-chief who has supreme power but cannot easily move it.
Bet, increase, and stud, step by step until now, the decision-making of President Cheng has actually been kidnapped, and the same is true for Niu Sen and Nancy.
"Let that damn private prison project be completed, it's that simple. I don't understand why your aunt is so concerned about this matter that she wants to fight me to the death. By the way, is she really crazy?"
Niu Sen asked in confusion.
"Didn't you just say that these things are just superficial, and the internal logic is the key?"
The conflict between the Donkey and Elephant parties can be so easily triggered by the dispute between President Cheng and Nancy. Of course, there are internal causes - the game between different capital interest groups.
Some capital interest groups that have enjoyed huge excess returns through the hegemony of the United States during the process of globalization have long maintained the mainstream voice of the United States and are also the financial backers behind the Donkey Party.
The latecomers like Mr. Cheng and Wolf were unwilling to be their dogs, so Mr. Cheng played with cryptocurrency.
The families behind Achilles and Giocho belong to the old establishment financiers.
Magnus and Crusoe represent players who were too young to enter the game, but were later pulled into the game by Mr. Cheng.
In short, as American hegemony recedes, the conflicts between the two major interest groups that were once suppressed by rapid expansion have completely erupted.
"The specific things are not so closely related to the distant and grand narrative. If you start a private prison project, you can make money, and I can make money. If Nanxi is willing to give in, she can also make money.< br>
The point is, there's no way I'm going to back down, do you understand?
You also know the conflict between me and Wolfe. If Wolfe can take my place in the future, he will be even less likely to back down! ”
Politics, politics, as long as human beings are organized, they will have complex interests, which require coordination by political means.
Neither Cheng Daqi nor Wolf is an employee of the federal government of the United States, but the power game between them is the best interpretation of politics.
If he wants to take away President Cheng's position, Wolfe must bear the consequences of President Cheng's provocation!
Why doesn’t Mr. Cheng dare to win randomly? When you ask Niu Sen, you only dare to ask for a private prison?
Because if you win too much, things will get into trouble!
Niu Sen stopped talking. At this moment, his subconscious judgment was the same as that of Schumer and Diane:
No matter how serious Nancy's madness is, she cannot step back at the critical moment when Wolfe and the commander-in-chief are getting married.
The commander-in-chief is a mortal enemy of her.
Wolfe, the nasty little Den of the California Elephant Party.
At this moment, the spiral of death unfolded little by little, and Niu Sen's heart became cold.
Damn god, why don't you protect me?
"If neither of you is going to give in, how long will the deadlock last?"
Mr. Zhou Mu asked with a lowered eyebrow.
"Are you asking me?" Mr. Cheng was a little confused.
"Of course."
Niu Sen was also helpless. He had interests on both sides, and both sides had reasons why they couldn't give up. It was extremely embarrassing to be squeezed in the middle.
On the positive side, President Cheng can limit Wolf's development through extreme confrontation and build momentum for the Great California Elephant Party.
Nancy is similar. Through this fierce confrontation, she can give an explanation to the sponsors behind her and show her hegemony in the American power field.
Niu Sen is simply resistant to pressure.
The checks given by President Cheng were all expected profits, and the threats given by Nancy also existed objectively.
If Mr. Cheng is not in a hurry, Nancy cannot retreat, and Niu Sen is as if he has a hundred detonators stuffed under his butt, which may explode at any time.
"Wait until a third party can't stand it anymore and chooses to pay a certain price for mediation.
As a friend, I would never advise you to play this role in the first place.
If mediated by a third party, you can also explain your betrayal to your aunt, but if it is you"
Mr. Cheng looked Niu Sen up and down, but said nothing. The meaning was self-explanatory.
This was a refutation of Niu Sen's suggestion just now. Niu Sen believed that if Mr. Cheng took a step back, he could convince his aunt to take a step back as well. This idea was somewhat too subjective.
Zhou Mu smiled bitterly and nodded. After Mr. Cheng's explanation, he finally saw everything clearly.
Both Mr. Cheng and Nancy are jerks. Both parties just want to win, and no one wants to take responsibility.
Capitol Hill shutdown?
American political crisis?
No one cares!
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"But they also don't think about it. If the United States is finished and the world enters an era of chaos again, what will they gain?
Gru, that's the problem - the big capitalists and financial oligarchs take too much but don't want to take responsibility, and the big bosses don't even pay as much tax as I do!
Poor God, he is a hundred times, a thousand times richer than me! ”
At the banquet, Benny and Gru were arranged together, and they were still discussing why America needed to return to feudalism.
The matter of version rollback sounds outrageous, but after Benny explained it, Gru became somewhat interested. "Then what do you think Chan and Temir are? They actually shouldered the responsibility, but it was the responsibility of the California Elephant Party."
Gru's academic qualifications are not high, but he understands that Mr. Cheng is in a sense a person who is very willing to take risks and fulfill obligations.
It seems that some of Mr. Cheng's actions were extremely outrageous, but from the perspective of his opponents and the California Elephant Party, Mr. Cheng did pretty well.
The Baidao Gang lost something in the game between the Chengdu and the California Gang, Garcetti and other different forces, but the Chengdu also gave corresponding compensation - not much, but there.
Before the hidden bomb was discovered, Gru's opinion of Mr. Cheng was that the rewards given by Mr. Cheng were not consistent with what he had promised before.
It's not that Mr. Cheng didn't repay him.
The annual salary of tens of millions every year is not in vain!
"Look, you also said that they are only responsible for the California Elephant Party. Capitol Hill was shut down because of his confrontation with Nancy. Is he anxious?
No!
From the perspective of a new vice president, I will be proud of my boss's strong heart and infinite fighting spirit. This is the starting point of my interests.
But in fact, local forces in the United States are dissolving the federal government's governance system in a similar way.
If returning to feudalism is fun to talk about, then the fact that our country needs a stronger federal government is a necessity. ”
Gru sneered and complained.
"Then you should join the Donkey Party. Our Elephant Party plays a small government. The establishment of the Elephant Party was born in the local area, not in the federal bureaucracy."
Benny retorted seriously.
"A strong central federal government and a bureaucracy with bloated power are not the same thing. The West Coast trans-state Elephant Party ideological alliance that Chan wants to shape is a manifestation of the pursuit of stronger power.
A small government can also have great power. At the rate of the influx of illegal immigrants into the United States, if we continue to fail to act, the Donkey Party will enter an era in which it can win any election in the future. ”
Gru was deeply involved in the identity business jointly managed by Cheng Zong and Niu Sen. He knew that what Benny said was the truth.
But from his perspective, he had different opinions from Benny regarding President Cheng's choice.
"You see, this is the difference between us. On the surface, you are a realistic professional elite, but, Benny, you still have an academic background after all.
Staying in college for so long and later pursuing a master's degree has affected your thoughts and stance.
Compared to the future of those unimportant countries and the future of America, Chan and I are more concerned about our tomorrow.
Even if the Donkey Party enters an era in the future where it can win any election, it does not mean that the California Elephant Party will be finished, and the Elephant Party will be finished.
The Donkey Party has never been monolithic. You hope that America will unite as one to become a greater America, but the claim rights of the MAGA faction have been taken by Chan and Wolf. ”
Benny blushed when he heard Gru say this, and he defended.
"I'm not MAGA. MAGA is just a slogan that deceives Sabi. What that man did is destroying the foundation of America."
Gru said disdainfully.
"What do you think is the foundation of America? Commercial companies? Capital predators? United Americans?
No, it’s neither, it’s us, specifically us!
Whether it is the America you mentioned that returns to the feudal era, or the America you want with a strong federal center, there may not be a place for us.
But now in America, we have a place, and it is very close to the center. ”
Gru's words may sound nonsense, but they actually hit the point.
A greater America, a great empire sailing to the stars and seas, sounds really good.
But what Gru is concerned about is, will he have his own place on that new era ship?
If there is a seat, is it first class or first class?
"I shouldn't have talked so much with a high school student like you, Gru, you don't understand. The commander-in-chief changed the United States from strategic expansion to strategic contraction.
This contraction can improve some situations in the short term, but in the long term, it will definitely damage the hegemony of the United States. After World War II and the Cold War, we established the current global system bit by bit, thus becoming the greatest country in human history.
The expansion of the system is also the expansion of our dominance, and the contraction of the system is also the contraction of our dominance! ”
Benny's ideas are very 'orthodox' and correct.
But.
"Hahaha, Benny, if you ask me, you are not as good as me. You are just stupid because of reading.
The confrontation between Chan and Nancy, and the confrontation between the Elephant Party and the Donkey Party are actually the same thing. They are competing for some kind of dominance.
The general's dismantling of the American global system is a blow to the Donkey Party's supporters within the bureaucracy.
You can see the difference between a strong bureaucracy and a strong government, but you cannot see the intrinsic connection between the decline of globalization and the Elephant Party’s suppression of the Donkey Party.
I don’t think you are stupid, but you are too naive!
There is a reason why Robert doesn't appreciate you.
You have so many friends and connections on the West Coast and in Washington, which is a good thing, but it's also a disadvantage.
On the surface, you are already one of ours, but in your heart you cannot accept the cruel rules of competition.
Looking at it this way, it’s not surprising that you are interested in America’s return to feudalism. You hope that a strong person will exist to solve the problem and everything will be fine.
So naive, hahahaha.
If you don't fight within yourself, you are destined to not reach a higher level. If you don't change yourself, Benny, I'm afraid you will only be a vice president in your life. ”
Benny was speechless because of the rebuke. He wanted to say something like a summer insect, but his mind told him that Gru was telling the truth.
He is very popular, so he can become the boss's disciple due to his wide network.
But precisely because of this, his heart was not tough and decisive enough to adapt to the fierce struggle.
Looking at Benny who was eating hard without wanting to speak, Gru curled his lips in disinterest.
You can't!
The black policeman picked up his phone, opened the social software, and liked the content posted by someone on his follow list.
Today is different from the past. Gru attended a banquet in the banquet hall of the palace. Even if he stretched his waist a hundred times, his subordinates outside could not see him.
So, they set a special code.
In ancient times, it was a nickname to throw a cup, but now it is a nickname to give a thumbs up.
After Gru finished clicking the thumbs up, he looked at Wolfe and Tiffany. The newlyweds were laughing and chatting with the big guys.
Today's ceremony went very smoothly, and it reminded Gru of his wedding to the transgender man.
Thinking of this, Gru smiled.
"Boom!"
The explosion came from outside. The explosion was so violent that the glass of the banquet hall trembled, and the chandelier on the ceiling of the hall also shook.
Mr. Cheng and Niu Sen thought that no one cared about Wolfe's wedding, but they were wrong.
Gru: I care, I care very much!
Gru never gives up on infighting! (End of chapter)