Chapter 51: Governor, I need your help

A quarter of an hour later, Zhou Ming's Buick arrived at the Weida community, arriving before the governor's convoy.

This was a normal situation. After all, the governor's convoy would choose to travel on the safe main roads and maintain a steady speed, but Zhang Lin could take shortcuts. Moreover, the Weida community was a place he was very familiar with. For these reasons, Zhang Lin could of course arrive before the governor.

At the entrance to the Vinda community, Omar was waiting. When he saw Zhou Ming coming, he immediately came up to him. Since they had already spoken on the phone earlier, Omar went straight to the point without any nonsense: 'Mr. Zhou Ming, everything is ready inside the community. I will talk to the governor alone later, and you can come with me then. I can spare all the time for you.'

Zhou Ming really wanted to accept Omar's generosity, but just to be on the safe side, he asked, 'Why is the governor coming to see you today? Is it about any work arrangements for the Weida community, or do you usually have contact?'

Omar understood what Zhou Ming was worried about, so he answered directly: 'I'm not sure about that either. We don't usually have contact. It's just that when I was young, the governor came to my house and said that I had great political talent. If I ever went into politics, he said he would come and see me personally. I think...maybe that's the reason.'

Zhou Ming knew the reason, because Omar had mentioned in his future books that a political figure had had a very big influence on him, and it seemed to be this governor.

'In that case, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity, it is very important to me,' said Zhou Ming.

'Compared to what you have done for me, this is nothing,' said Omar.

Time was running out, so Zhou Ming and Omar did not waste any more time on formalities and went back to get ready together. Allen followed Zhou Ming mechanically. To him, everything that had happened today was simply unbelievable.

As a calculating lawyer, Allen knew very well that Will Adams had deliberately told Ming the news in order to give him a direction of hope. However, this hope was fraught with difficulties and obstacles, and it was very slim. I'm afraid that if one hundred people face this hope, ninety-nine of them will choose to give up. But Ming insisted on trying his best.

Zhou Ming then found James on his own and went to the state government, but here he was told that the governor had left early, and that it was again due to the intervention of Old Brook.

This was undoubtedly another piece of news that urged people to give up, because it was very much like a trap deliberately set by Old Brook and Will Adams, the aim being to tease you, but Zhou Ming still didn't give up and continued to chase after the governor's convoy.

If they had followed the governor's convoy all the way to its destination, there would have been no problem, but the point is that by the time they reacted, the governor's convoy had already gone far away. They had to guess to catch up with it, but in the end they guessed right. However, fate played a big joke at this time. A red light blocked their way, and they watched helplessly as the governor's convoy disappeared at the end of the road.

Ordinary people would have to jump up and curse at this time, blaming the heavens and blaming others, but Zhou Ming still did not give up, and continued to think of ways to catch up.

Finally, God was moved by Zhou Ming's perseverance and let Omar bring news of the governor.

It was very fortunate that the governor went to see Omar, and Omar took the initiative to call and tell Zhou Ming, but if Zhou Ming hadn't persisted before, and if he had given up early, would there have been this luck? Alan didn't know, but he was sure that in a quarter of an hour at the most, Zhou Ming would be meeting with the governor. So would the miracle he had been hoping for really happen to Zhou Ming?

Perhaps Zhou Ming had created miracles before, and he had even received a presidential pardon, but that was the result of looking up the Chinese consulate.

But he was not the crown prince of China, let alone the emperor. How would the Chinese consulate help him again and again? And just to be clear, relying on diplomatic means, you can get an amnesty from the president, but you may not be able to get 7 million dollars from the governor. After all, the former is a federal entity that must consider the whole picture, while the latter is only the governor and must be accountable to the state legislature.

In the midst of these thoughts, Alan followed Zhou Ming to the community office. Because of the situation in the United States, there is no grassroots institution in the true sense of the word like a street office, so the autonomous community of each elected council member is the most basic management institution.

In the Vidda community, it was originally supposed to be Baotuo according to the election results, but because Omar set up a company called Meitong with the help of Ming Zhou, he directly defeated Baotuo. In the end, with Baotuo's compromise, although the nominal council member of the Vidda community was still Baotuo, in reality, it was Omar who managed everything in the community and formulated reform policies. So naturally, Baotuo's office was also taken over by Omar.

Originally, Botou was sitting in the seat of the office owner, but when Zhou Ming and Omar pushed the door open, Botou jumped up as if there was a spring under his butt. This showed that Omar had trained him well.

'It's okay, Botbol. You're a member of the Vidda community parliament, so just sit there,'

Zhou Ming casually told him, but this sentence sounded like a heavy slap in Botbol's face, making him hate to jump out of the window immediately.

Zhou Ming and Omar were not interested in Baotuo's embarrassment. They sat down in the reception area of the office and began discussing the details of the meeting with the governor. They simply ignored Baotuo. After eavesdropping on their conversation, Baotuo realised that the governor was going to come later. This shocked Baotuo so much that he nearly fell out of his chair. Imagine the state of mind of a street director who suddenly learns that the provincial party secretary is coming in a quarter of an hour.

On hearing this, Baotuo wanted to give himself a big slap in the face. Why was he so blind as to compete with them for the position of councilman in the first place? It turned out that they even knew the governor!

Baotuo didn't think that the governor was coming to the Weida community. At least before Zhou Ming and Omar came, not even the mayor had been here, let alone the governor.

In Botbol's self-pity, a quarter of an hour passed quickly. With news coming from outside, Omar and Ming Zhou got up to greet the governor. According to the information Ming Zhou had obtained, the governor of Massachusetts was named Edward, a Democrat who was a journalist before entering politics. Due to his profession, after witnessing too many things, he switched careers and became a very active and reform-minded politician, until he successfully ran for governor.

Zhou Ming didn't know much about Governor Edward's background. He only knew that his father was a member of the board of directors of New England Media Group and had also invested in many entertainment companies.

It was for this reason that when Edward switched from being a journalist to the political arena, he received very strong public opinion support, and in just a few years he became a very famous social activist in Massachusetts, and was finally elected as a member of parliament and then governor as expected.

Anyone who has heard him speak or read a report about him knows that his core idea is to break with tradition and constantly pursue reform.

As these thoughts raced through Zhou Ming's mind, Governor Edwards' motorcade arrived in the Veda community. The bodyguards got out of the car first and took up positions around the vehicle, before Edwards got out. Omar hurried up to him and offered his hand. The governor was not a tall American. He was about 1.6 metres tall, and standing next to Omar, who was 1.8 metres tall, he looked very short.

Edward looked up at Omar and smiled, saying, 'I didn't realise that Omar had grown so tall. I remember the last time I saw you, you were still hiding behind your mother!'

Omar smiled awkwardly, saying, 'Uncle Edward is joking. The last time you saw me was almost 20 years ago, before I went to university!'

'Yes, at that time you not only did not go to college, but you were also very naughty, which caused Uncle Edward, who had just been elected as a member of parliament, a lot of headaches!' Edward said.

While Edward and Omar were catching up, the people from the Vinda community around them kept gathering around.

This was normal, after all, the governor's large motorcade, coupled with the circle of bodyguards surrounding him, would certainly attract a lot of curiosity. Meanwhile, Edward, as the governor introduced by the media, and himself the image of a pioneer of reform, has a very high approval rating in the state. At least in this Veda community, during the governor's campaign at the time, they were one-sidedly in support of Edward, even though they had never met Edward once.

When they met Governor Edward at this time, they all cheered: 'Governor Edward, we are your supporters! I convinced my whole family to vote for you! I strongly support your health insurance reform bill. If it can be passed in the parliament, we will never be afraid of getting sick again!'

As a politician, Edward also waved to them: 'Hello everyone, I am also very happy to meet you here.'

But that was all the greeting Edward gave. After all, he wasn't here to give a speech. After greeting them, he and Omar walked into Boutboul's office together, but even so, there were still waves of cheers and screams behind them.

'Are you Boutboul? Work hard as a member of parliament and exercise the power entrusted to you by the people.'

Entering the office, Edward said to Boutboul, but that was all Edward said to Boutboul, and then he asked him to leave.

Edward and Omar sat down on the sofa in the reception area. Edward looked up and down at Omar a few times and sighed, 'I never thought that Omar, who was extremely disgusted with politics at the beginning, would also get involved in politics today. But this is a good thing, because I believe in my own judgment, and you are very politically astute. Although you failed in this election for the position of Vidda Community Councillor, it can accumulate experience for you and also allow you to try to understand what it is like to be a Councillor.'

'Thank you, Uncle Edward, I will remember your words.' Omar then changed the subject and continued, "But Uncle Edward, I would like to pause our conversation because I have a friend who needs to speak to you.'

With that, Omar introduced Zhou Ming, and Edward also turned his attention to Zhou Ming in time.

'Chinese? Is he the one who supported your campaign and later helped you set up Meitong Logistics?" Edward asked.

Omar nodded and replied, 'Yes, he not only supported me in the election, he even convinced me to run. His name is Ming Zhou.'

This took Edward by surprise, but he quickly recovered and thanked Ming Zhou before asking, 'So Mr. Zhou, I'm very happy to bump into you here today, what a coincidence. So what exactly is it that you want to talk to me about?'

'Honourable Governor Edward,' Ming said, 'first of all, I want to say that our meeting today was not an accident. I learned that you were coming here and I was waiting for you here. And I don't want to chat with you, but I need you to do me a favour.'