The day after returning to Springfield, Li Mu prepared a dinner party to welcome Able at his house on Welsh Street. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Different from the unique cold dinner party in the West, Li Mu prepared a unique dinner party in the East this time, and there were only a few guests such as Abel and Amis, which was more conducive to communication.

The chefs of the dinner were Lao Yan and Yan's mother, because there were outsiders, Li Mu did not let Chu Xue come forward to act as a waiter, but borrowed two blonde and blue-eyed Persian cats from Rowan Houston's Celtic Hotel.

Compared with American food, Oriental food can indeed be described as "culture", although the seasoning is not very complete, but the dishes carefully cooked by Lao Yan and Yan's mother still make Abel and Amis full of praise, Abel even joked that he wanted to bring Li Mu's cook to the White House.

This is not possible, Lao Yan and Yan's mother have now settled in Springfield, and it is impossible to go to Washington.

In fact, the key is that Li Mu is reluctant to let go of the first snow.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, even the well-informed Abel and Amis were conquered by Lao Yan's craftsmanship, coupled with Ryan's thousand cups and Li Mu's gags, the atmosphere in the banquet was very good.

Will didn't want to see Amis, so Li Mu simply didn't let Will attend the dinner, lest Will couldn't control his temper and have a bad temper, George's identity was not enough to attend this kind of dinner, but it was Ryan, the head of the Springfield region of the National Rifle Association, who fell into Li Mu's eyes.

Now Li Mu is the financier in Lane's eyes, after Li Mu completed the order with the Rifle Association, Li Mu donated $10,000 to the Springfield Rifle Association, which made Lane grateful to Li Mu, Lane has decided to let Will concurrently serve as the vice chairman of the Springfield Rifle Association, and at the same time take the Horse Arms Company as a cooperative unit of the Springfield Rifle Association, that is to say, from now on, the Horse Weapons Company can hang the logo of the National Rifle Association, which is a talisman of the Horse Weapons Company.

After the meal, everyone moved to the living room to sit down, and finally began to talk about business.

"Budget--sure, but Reem, how much do you want?" Amis did not refuse Li Mu's request, or Amis had long expected that Li Mu would make a request.

It's just that Amis didn't expect that Li Mu could invite Abel to come to Springfield to stand for Li Mu in person, and after meeting Abel, Amis has adjusted his attention to Li Mu again, and after this meal, Amis refreshed his understanding, and Li Mu's status in Amis's heart has been further improved.

"It depends on the duration of the project -- for the time being, if we want to meet the requirements of the city government and complete the construction of the Kuobin Reservoir, the budget will have to be at least quadrupled." Li Mushi opened his mouth, and the original project budget of 5 million yuan rose to 15 million yuan in one meal.

The construction of the reservoir is measured in years, and it is not uncommon for a project of this scale to last for five or six years or even more than ten years, so even if the project budget is quadrupled, the financial pressure on the Springfield City Government is not too great.

In fact, the Springfield city government is still very rich, as the national industrial center, Springfield's annual industrial tax revenue is second to none in the United States, the U.S. federal government in order to develop the U.S. industry, the industry has formulated a lot of preferential policies, including tax rebates and financial subsidies, these two alone, enough for the Springfield city government to eat fat intestines.

"Fifteen million - Reem, this request of yours makes it difficult for me." Amis was calmly dealing with Li Mu, and it was estimated that he had scolded Li Mu's ancestors for eight generations in his heart.

The government has money, which is relatively speaking, compared with the commercially developed New York and Boston, the Springfield city government does not have much surplus food, even if it is paid in batches of 15 million US dollars, it is enough for Amis to ache.

It is not easy to say that Amis is the mayor, to pay tribute to the magnates in Washington, to balance the interests of all parties in Springfield, and to take into account the development of Springfield.

"Hehe-" Li Mu didn't answer, just looked at Abel and smiled, and threw the problem to Abel to solve.

Mmmm, that million can't be spent in vain.

"William, it looks like the annual budget is going to be reviewed-" Abel is indeed powerful, the key is that Abel has the ability to do so, and has enough influence in Washington.

Able was referring to next year's budget, which was already reviewed last year.

In December's general election, Grant was re-elected and will be sworn in in March, after which he will begin to push for next year's fiscal review.

Speaking of which, Li Mu is also an American citizen now, and it is said that he is also eligible to vote, but the age of this pit father once again affected Li Mu's right to vote.

It doesn't matter if you don't have the right to vote this time, anyway, Li Mu doesn't have much influence, and it won't be the same until four years later, when Li Mu asked Henry to go through the naturalization procedures, the age of declaration was 16 years old, so that after four years, Li Mu was already an adult who had reached the age of 20 and could fully exercise his rights.

"That's right—" Amis's small eyes twinkled, as if he had realized.

"Building a reservoir is infrastructure, and the federal government can help with that, but I have a request that no one can reach out to the project money, and I hope the city of Springfield can do the same." What Abel said surprised Amis, not about federal government grants, but about the unspoken rules.

It was clear that Amis was not satisfied with Abel's words, and as soon as Abel finished speaking, Amis raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but was stopped by Abel in time.

"Listen to me William, you should know that there have been a lot of messages about you in Washington lately, which is why some nasty guys are showing up in Springfield, and I think you should be careful not to get caught in this time, you have to know, a lot of people are watching you." Abel didn't speak quickly, slowly as if he were swallowing water, but the threat in his words was clear.

It is true that you have to be cautious in your words and deeds, Amis has a huge protection network, and the center of this network is Amis's Mobile Credit Company, if Amis has an accident, then many people in Washington will be unlucky, so there must be people who hope that Amis will disappear, not to mention that Amos guy is staying in Springfield, if Amis has an accident now, presumably some people will have a drink to celebrate at dinner.

"Hehe, Abel, believe me, if I'm unlucky, then many people will follow me—" Amis suddenly had a fierce look on his face, and he didn't hide it at all.

That's right, even Abel knows something, how can Amis be unguarded, if Amis feels that he is in danger, it can't be said to be a dead fish.