"Mr. Lin Hongfei, congratulations!" Plum. Iacocca held Lin Hongfei's hand and shook it vigorously, his face was red with excitement, even the tip of his nose was red, and the old man's snow-white hair seemed to be dyed with a layer of joy.

"That's right, congratulations." Lin Hongfei also worked my Li. Iacoca's hand shook vigorously, and he felt very emotional, it was not easy to get to this point.

That's right, it's really not easy, just last week, the Republic of Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and the United States Chrysler Automobile Company negotiations finally drew a successful end, the two sides of the cooperation matters are all negotiated, the two sides jointly invested 2 billion yuan, the registered capital of 1 billion yuan, with Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. capital accounted for 47.5% of the shares, Chrysler Automobile Company production equipment accounted for 47.5% of the shares, Lin Hongfei to technology and design shares of 5% of the shares of the tripartite joint venture, A new automobile production company was established, which was named BMW Automobile Manufacturing Industry Co., Ltd. in Guqi Province...... It's a bit similar to Shenlong Car Co., Ltd....... With an annual output of 120,000 mid-to-high-end passenger cars of various types, the new car brand was named BMW-Chrysler.

Well, this name has elements of Lin Hongfei's spoof, but no one thinks it's a spoof, on the contrary, countless people are very happy with this new name, and think that the name of BMW-Chrysler is much better than Beverly.

The new BMW-Chrysler cars mainly produce sedans and off-road vehicles, and the off-road vehicles are mainly based on the Hummer H2 designed by Lin Hongfei, and some sedans will be imported from Chrysler cars, and Lin Hongfei also promised to design at least two best-selling models for the new company, and at the same time, all models produced and sold in the Republic will also be produced and sold in the United States. It's just that the models sold in the Republic are different, the models sold in the United States are Chrysler cars in front, and BMW's Ma Chao Longqi logo has become a flat car logo and placed in the rear of the car.

But these did not make Lao Mei feel so angry, as long as you look at how Volkswagen is in the old republic, you can know what is the state in the hearts of the current shareholders of Chrysler Motors, Lin Hongfei held Li. Iacoca's hand, his face full of congratulations. "Mr. Iacoca, I believe you have gotten rid of the difficulties in the company, right? I hear that the media in the United States have once again put the name of the savior and the god of management on your head? ”

"Ha Lu Ha ......" Lin Hongfei's words made Li. Iacocca laughed heartily, and now he was not only out of the predicament of being almost ousted by the shareholders, but also before he came. The board of directors sent itself a new, five-year contract, compared to the previous one. You can earn 20% more than before. Although he revised the time of the contract and only signed it for one year on the grounds of age, this did not prevent Li from signing the contract for one year. Iacocca was in a good mood, "Yes, Lin, I think you probably already know the truth. I will continue to serve as president of Chrysler Motors for another year, and in exchange, Chrysler Motors will be my primary supporter of my candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives after a year. ”

The old man laughed arrogantly, and the Americans were like that. Alas in the sky, it is showing off and showing off, even if it is a seventy-year-old man, but Lin Hongfei is a little dissatisfied, he frowned, "Why don't you run for the senator directly?" Do you have to be a member of the House of Representatives to run for the Senate? Or do you have to be a member of the council for a city or a state for a few years before you can run for office? ”

"No, no, no, of course not," Lee. Iacocca hurriedly waved his hand, "There are no damn rules for running for Congress, these damn rules are said to be only your Congress...... Oh, if I'm not mistaken, your parliament should be called the People's Congress... According to the provisions of the U.S. Constitution, there are three qualifications for running for election to the U.S. Congress, the first is nationality, the representative must have obtained U.S. citizenship for at least seven years, and the senator must have obtained U.S. citizenship for at least nine years; The second is age: senators need to be at least 30 years old, and the House of Representatives needs to be at least 25 years old; The third is residence: Senators and representatives in the United States are directly elected by voters in each state. ”

Listen to Lee. Iacocca is here to be a treasure, Lin Hongfei nodded, but in this way, he was even more strange, "In that case, why don't you run for the Senate?" Although they are both members of Congress, it seems that senators have a higher status than representatives, right? It's like ......," Lin Hongfei thought for a moment and made an analogy, "it's like the relationship between the upper house of parliament and the lower house of parliament in the United Kingdom." ”

"Of course, there are some differences, but it's pretty much the same." Plum. Iacocca was very happy that Lin Hongfei was able to find such a suitable metaphor, but then his face was a little gloomy, "But since you know the difference between the Dao, you probably also know that there are many places in the Dao that are operated in the dark, right?" ”

Lin Hongfei nodded, maybe many people are interested in Li. Iacocca would be surprised by his words, but Lin Hongfei didn't think so at all, the reason was very simple, not because Lin Hongfei had lived in the United States for so many years, but because he knew that politics has been full of dirt since its birth, from ancient times to the present, Chinese and foreign countries are no exception, think that even such a powerful figure as Alexander the Great will be killed by the Elders' House that fears that his rights will be covered by the light of Alexander the Great, not to mention the most powerful government on the planet, It's inevitable that there are black-box operations and insider operations, and it's strange that there isn't, but he's a little strange, what does this have to do with the question he wants to know?

"The reason is simple, although I am a Republican, I am not ranked high in the party," said Lee. Iacocca spread his hands and said the facts that made Lin Hongfei dumbfounded, "Or to be accurate Su Hong, I don't rank high among those in the party who are qualified to run for Congress, and the Republican Party is not ready to put a lot of effort to support an old man of my age, and I can be included in the list of candidates for the House of Representatives, all because of my social influence and my guarantee that I can raise 30% of the campaign funds." ”

"And such a thing?" Lin Hongfei felt stupid, his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it. Iacoca, who has lived in the United States for more than ten years, has never known about this kind of thing, "But I heard that you can run for Congress without a party?" ”

If I remember correctly, it seems that every cat in the United States is running for Congress, or the Senate, and what is even more outrageous is that there are still people voting for this cat. Since even a cat can run for the Senate, it doesn't make sense for Lee. Iacocca, an elite of the economic and business circles who has considerable influence in the United States, is not qualified to run for the Senate?

"Of course, of course," Lee. Iacocca nodded repeatedly, the expression on his face was a little distorted, "As long as those three conditions are met, anyone can run for the Senate, but being eligible to run for office does not mean that you can run for office, I say so, you can understand, right?" ”

"Oh oh......" Lin Hongfei immediately nodded again and again, he really understood, while understanding, he also secretly scolded himself in his heart for being stupid, how could he not think of this kind of thing that a republic has? But he still has some reluctance, there are more senators than the number of representatives, which can be seen from the number of senators, the senators are according to the quota of 2 people in each state, and there are only more than 100 people who have survived, and they are often less than the quota, but the number of representatives is more, and the number is fixed at 435. Yi Li. Iacoca's age, he is still more inclined to make Lee. Iacocca ran directly for the Senate, hesitated, and Li Hongfei to Li. "Mr. Iacoca, if you can raise more campaign money, can you increase your chances of running for the Senate?" ”

Originally, Lin Hongfei's answer to this question was very positive, but now, he was a little uncertain.

"More campaign money?" Hearing Lin Hongfei's words, Li. Iacocca was stunned for a moment, and the next moment, his heart was beating like a drum, and he cautiously asked Lin Hongfei, "For example?" ”

"For example, $15 million to $20 million?" Lin Hongfei remembers that by about 1998, $25 million in funds would probably be enough to successfully run for a senator, and the House of Representatives would only need about $15 million. Iacocca must have a high success rate in running for the Senate, right? In Lin Hongfei's view, the various election campaigns in the United States, to put it bluntly, are more vocal than who has a louder voice in the media and who spends more money on propaganda, and there is a good saying that as long as you can come up with 100 million US dollars, even a pig can successfully become the president of the United States. Although this has been a little longer, it still makes a lot of sense.

"$20 million?!" Plum. Iacocca took the initiative to ignore the 15 million in front of him, and his eyes immediately straightened: God, if you really have $20 million in campaign funds, what kind of representative will you run for? Directly ran for the Senate...... Poor Lee. Mr. Iacoca, his annual income, after being taxed by the evil U.S. government, is less than $2 million, which is already a rare high salary for professional managers in the United States in this era.

Make sure Lin Hongfei didn't mean to play around with himself. Akoka suddenly waved his arms excitedly, "If there are really 20 million, there is a 70% chance that I will succeed in running for the Senate!" (To be continued.) )