Chapter 147

Complete Magician Chapter 147 The first snowfall in New York is getting heavier and heavier. In the afternoon, light snow changes to moderate snow. The entire city is covered with a layer of white tulle. There are five or six winds that, if a little stronger, could be considered a blizzard. People walking on the street, despite wearing thick, warm clothes, were still extremely cold. This year New York must have been a hostile one for the homeless. But these things have nothing to do with Abel, and it's the New York City government that has to worry about them. Maybe they don't care either. After all, only the "strong" can survive in this place for Abel. This weather is so boring. But fortunately, this level of risk involves helicopters. But for a relatively large fixed-wing aircraft, it is still not at the point where it cannot take off. Two in the afternoon. Abel took another Delta Air Lines charter flight and the destination was Fort Worth-Dallas Airport. He's the one having fun with Charlize in the morning. On the plane in the afternoon. Even when she meets the beautiful flight attendant Maria, who once again possesses the qualities of a wife. He didn't even think about brushing his teeth for a while. On the plane, he made two satellite calls. One for David Mellon for real-time foreign exchange market quotes. 10 billion US dollars and much leverage were used. The amount that can be allocated exceeds $50 billion. We are once again faced with a somewhat difficult sterling currency system. Although this can be exploited, Abel needs to pay more attention to it. Another satellite call to David Jones, who arrived in Fort Worth early yesterday morning. Anyway. Of the people around Abel, David Jones was probably the busiest. Being Abel's great manager, where Abel always comes. Abel is not dead yet and David will make arrangements first. Organize security staff for Stone, contact local hotels, motorcades or work directly as assistants. It's just that the salary Abel paid him was more than double the salary at American Express. Furthermore, the benefits are better and the actual job content is the same. David Jones is a bit busy but he enjoys it. After more than two hours of flying. The Gulfstream G400 has arrived at Fort Worth Dallas Airport. Texas is one of the southernmost states in the United States in terms of latitude. The climate here is much milder than New York state. Even snowfall usually occurs in January and February of the following year. Even though the weather this year is La Nina, New York still has snow. Although the temperature here has dropped a lot, the sky is still clear. Upon arrival at the airport, the convoy headed straight to Fort Worth. When Abel arrived at this center of American cowboy culture. It's almost five o'clock in the afternoon and the sky is still not clear. It was also November 7, 2000. This day is also the first day of counting votes for this national election. Before meeting Alexander, Abel received a report from David Jones about today's general election. "According to the press releases of both sides, the situation today is that the two sides take turns leading." David Jones said: "Maybe an hour from now, the elephants will still be ahead. But an hour later, maybe the donkeys will catch up and overtake." The two sides continued to the end, both claiming to have won the "vote bank" and their estimates of the winning states. Abel nodded. Even though he knew that this time Herbert's son would win. But it is a parallel space-time and what are its characteristics. As an "outsider" as a teenager, he certainly couldn't understand it. Now, as a member of this country's capitalist class, who can be at the top? He became even more worried. But that's all. He's more concerned about the situation in Tarrant County. Tarrant County elections have been moved up this year. In previous years, Tarrant County differed from other counties and held its own election in December. But in September of this year, the Tarrant County Council voted to change the tradition. The campaign that started in December has been postponed until November. This is mainly about looking at participation. Because the general election year also sees various elections for members of Congress (both houses of Congress), state and local representatives. 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 can get out of their homes and actually vote. In the past, Tarrant County has consistently spent hundreds of thousands of dollars more than neighboring counties to play specialty games. has long been criticized. To achieve this goal, the department board made changes this year. Like other neighboring states and counties, they all chose to hold their state elections on Election Day. In this way, citizens could elect their district judge while also electing a general. That's why Abel went back to Texas, to Tarrant County. His father's great career here will also take its first steps today. This is different from general elections that take several days to get results. Tarrant County as a whole has less than 2 million residents and results can be received the same day. It's just that the vote counting is slow and the results won't be fully announced until around 8 p.m. at 9 p.m Actually, Abel didn't need to come here because he wanted to know the results. All you need is a phone call when your time is up. But after all, it was his father's big business. This path is still left to the old man. Abel is naturally interested in this, and it is also related to his future plans. So, even though Smith Capital is very busy, it still comes back very quickly. Around five o'clock, I met my parents at Alexander's campaign office. Unlike previous times, the Alexander that Abel saw this time was not wearing the black suit that politicians usually wear. Rather, it is a type of local clothing popular in Tarrant County. What is local clothing in Tarrant County? Jeans. Tarrant County, known as "where the West began", is now famous throughout the country for its rich Western cultural heritage, especially cowboy culture. Fort Worth is known as the cowboy capital. The outfit Alexander wore was also worn by previous contestants. But in general, only farmer contestants wearing this outfit are not suspected by many people. Whether you're in the city or out and about, wear this type of outfit to express yourself. It is estimated that the opposite result will be obtained. Alexandre is doing much better. He is tall and strong, his face is rough. On the lower part of the face, on the neck and even areas of the skin that are exposed to the sun for a long time and become slightly red. This is a picture of a typical red collar. Of course. In fact, Alexander's neck wasn't that red at first. Although he is very good at farming, he does not go to the fields every day. Not much sunshine. This is why it is so popular today. After starting to participate in the campaign, under the advice of the team and consultants, I intentionally tanned my neck a little more. And when you go out, you put something on it. It made his neck even redder. This will give him more recognition in Tarrant County. The whole office was busy when Abel arrived. There were a lot of people shouting loudly, there were a lot of people walking around, there were people coming and going. Outside the office, reporters and photographers from local and Texas media observed the scene. There are four candidates in Tarrant County this year. But in reality, the remaining two can basically be used as companions. Apparently, like most of the rest of the US. The winner can only be chosen from the elephant or donkey. As a result, local media reporters largely ignored the remaining two candidates. They divided into two parts, one part waited next to Alexander. The opponent is waiting next to Donke, the candidate of the Donkey Party. We will have to wait until the election results come out and journalists will immediately rush there. Interview the winners and losers on the evening and tomorrow's news. I will not discuss the situation with Dunke at this time. Alexandre's team consisted of a group of about ten journalists. They noticed Abel's group had arrived and also noticed Abel entering the office slowly and quickly. Many people are hesitant. A reporter from a local tabloid stabbed a reporter from another nearby tabloid. "Hey, did I read that wrong? I think I just saw Abel Smith get off the bus." "Well, I think I see it too, it's Abel Smith." The latter answered him. The photographer next to him took out his camera and showed the captured content to the reporter. "It looks like it really is Abe Smith! The pride of our Tarrant County, the financial sword of Texas!" » the photographer said enthusiastically. The surrounding reporters and photographers all gathered. It only took a minute or two for everyone to confirm that he had just entered. It's really Abe Smith. RIGHT. "Oh~" A reporter suddenly noticed and patted his thigh. "Abel Smith is Smith, Alexander Smith is also Smith! They are both from Tarrant County! Surely they know each other!" "Maybe they don't know each other at all, maybe they're still related!" "So maybe you two are more than just relatives. Maybe Abel Smith is Alexander Smith's son?" "This should not have happened. If Alexander had such a son. Why didn't he say so in his previous election speech?" "Wait, didn't you say Abel Smith came from a normal background? He was just a farmer's son, but how could his father now be Alexander Smith? » "Ha ha. Alexander is also a farmer. Haven't you seen a lot of farmers coming to support him recently?" "Oh oh ~ same!" "FXXK, my editor is short-sighted, I only sent myself, no cameramen! No, I'll call them to send more people. That's Abel Smith, the pride of our Tarrant neighborhood! "That's right, there might be big news here today! We need to call someone quickly!" Reporters shouted and soon Tarrant County was proud of Abe Smith. The incident at candidate Alexander's office quickly spread throughout the city of Fort Worth. Somewhere else in the city. Donkey party candidates are also waiting for the general election results after hearing the news. Denke smiled wryly. How to compare. He has a billionaire son who is still famous. In Shoji's contribution this time. I was completely crushed by a large-caliber opponent! On Tarrant's campaign posters, Alexander alone outnumbered the other three by more than twofold. Denke feels very unlucky. It wasn't a good year to pick, but this year did the trick. Well before starting the campaign. As for Alexander, there was no longer any hesitation about the issues that could turn against him. He doesn't treat his son like a card. Denko's side naturally wanted it, he also vaguely suppressed the idea that Alexander had such a son. The campaign has been going on for a month and most Tarrant County voters don't know that Abe Smith is Alexander's son. Don't think this is unreasonable. In the United States, this actually exists. In the United States, among ordinary people there is a common problem: lack of general knowledge. Even today, tens of millions of people in America still believe that the Earth is flat. In Tarrant County, this rainbow One of the strongholds of the chubby Indians, literate people who only know how to read and write, represent at least half the population of the district. in this case. As long as the media does not give instructions or the parties themselves do not promote. The fact that Abe Smith is the son of Alexander Smith often makes him unknown to voters. We can only say that it is typical of Americans. The elite class is stronger than anyone else and is among the highest in the world. The people below are stupid one after another, having long since lost themselves in the happy education and music of Natou. Because the Elephant Party and the Donkey Party are skillfully suppressing this news. Even local media journalists do not understand this issue very well. Now seeing Abel appear with their own eyes, many people suddenly realized this. Then there were journalists waiting next to Alexandre, and suddenly there were others. At the campaign office. Abel smiled and hugged his parents and Devine, his father's campaign aide. "It seems like everything is fine. I see everyone is in a good mood." » Abel said smiling. After entering, he could feel the atmosphere in the whole office was very good. Everyone is busy but everyone has a smile on their face. This means some of the results so far are significantly more favorable for this camp. Devine was the first to speak. He said: "Hahaha ~ Actually, it's true. There are a total of 363 polling locations in Tarrant County. 215 were counted and Alexander's voting percentage was 53%! With 53% of the vote, it appears the other candidate has 47%, which is not certain. But in reality, because there are four candidates. The remaining two candidates who are not bipartisan will be stripped of votes, no matter how bad they are. Both candidates from both parties could actually get about 80-90% of the vote. With this ratio, if we reach this number of votes, we can actually say that it is basically stable. Abel smiled at Alexander, who seemed calm and proud. Next to her, Emily smiled and said: "Is my husband really about to become general manager of Tarrant?" "Who can say otherwise?" Abel smiled and looked at his mother: "Dear Mrs. Chef, good evening, you are so beautiful! "Haha~" Emily, who had not seen her for a long time and was teased by her son, laughed. Alexandre couldn't help but tug at the corners of his calm and gentle mouth. Alexander looked at his happy son and his happy wife in front of him. He also became happy. "Get out, get out!" In the office, someone suddenly shouted loudly. "The final vote is over!" A total of 256 ballot boxes were opened, Mr. Smith's voting rate was 56%! "Denke from the Donkey Party only got 33%, George from the Green Party got 7% ​​and independent candidate Johansen got 4%!" As soon as the voice ended, the happy atmosphere in the office became even more passionate. Even if the vase is not fully opened. But Alexander got these votes, so we can say he's basically settled. Unless the remaining ballot boxes all vote for Dunke. Abel looked at his father who was pretending to be calm, then looked at his mother who was not pretending to be excited next to him. He smiled and walked over, took his mother's hand and turned back to look at the old man. "I didn't expect it to be successful. Dad, I really didn't expect you to be able to do this besides hunting. "huh~" Alexander snorted proudly, but did not respond to his words. Abel also didn't pay attention to him, he was in a bad mood right now. He's in his fifties but he's a deadly tsundere. The body is as strong as a bear, the face is white, the neck is thick red, not cute at all On the other hand, Abel always preferred talking to his grandfather Alex. He also partly understood why his grandfather and Alexander always argued without saying a word. The personalities of these two men are somewhat opposite. Fortunately, the Smith family has been passed down through many generations. Although there is no more personality, the family atmosphere is still very friendly. I talked to Emily's mother about some things about Smith Farm. About half an hour passed. Another new call came in. The ringing of the phone silenced dozens of people in the election office. Everyone held their breath, hoping to receive the news they wanted most from this phone call. News of victory. As Alexander's deputy, Devine was on the phone. The phone rang twice and Dwayne answered. "Good morning?" Dwayne said calmly. "Mr. Devine? My name is Eisen. There are many people and many reporters outside. How's the situation?" Dwyane was surprised. This Eisen is a peripheral member of the campaign team. Dwayne asked Eisen to guard outside, preparing to wait for Alexander to take office. Then, gather your supporters and throw a victory party in Fort Worth. Unexpectedly, I called to talk about it. "Let me see." Dwyane hung up, walked to the window and looked out. Outside, he saw a large crowd of journalists. At least forty or fifty reporters and cameramen surrounded the campaign office. Dwayne frowned, not knowing what happened. Fortunately, Abel came to his side at this time. "Maybe it's for me. When I arrived earlier, I saw they were excited to take pictures of me." Dwayne looked at Abel and suddenly realized. Although I don't know when I will run. Alexander did not use Abel's name as an asset to attract votes. This made Dwyane very regretful. Now just because of Abel's appearance, there are so many reporters outside. Dwayne felt that Abel's card had not been used at that time, and Alexander may have considered this situation. Based on Abel's revelations about public opinion at the time, I really don't know if this election was a good or bad thing for Alexander. But now it's different, all the votes have been cast, only counting remains. Abel's appearance has good or bad effects. Right away. Just as Dwayne opened his mouth to say something. The phone rang again. Dwayne tries to go see him but Alexander is on the phone. Alexander answered the phone alone, only to hear the sound "hmm" over and over again. Then everyone saw Alexander put down the phone and tell everyone. "311 ballot boxes distributed at 363 polling locations have been counted." "I got 61% of the votes." "And just now, Donkey Party Donkey and two other candidates congratulated the media on my official election." Speaking of this, Alexander pretended to calmly speak. There was also a slight pause, as if a bit excited. "Everyone in front of you is the 42nd executive officer of Tarrant County." (end of this chapter)