Chapter 545 Chapter 545
They both started speaking Chinese.
"So the problem is a labor-management dispute?"
“It’s not that simple.”
“Overcapacity?”
"It's part of the reason."
"I heard that many of Bethlehem's CEO and shareholders are on the rich list."
Kenneth laughed, “It seems.”
"They should donate their dividends to increase workers' wages. You Americans are too greedy for money."
He laughed again, "Not many people want to."
"Your salary is all donated."
He shrugged, “That’s because I can live a good life without relying on the salary of the MP.”
"If you don't donate, no one will say anything about you. You don't know how many congressmen are going to scold you."
He laughed.
The people next to them couldn't understand what they were saying, and they were a little confused.
"It's still the old way to take it back to the state, and the government will set the salary. China's energy industries are all state-owned. Coal mines, metal mines, electricity, telecommunications, and nationalization can alleviate class conflicts. You, the United States, are too free, everything is private enterprises, and the result is that you have a small group of people rich, and the surplus value of the workers is exploited."
This is knowledge that Kenneth had never been exposed to, and at this time he realized the ideological problem again.
He looked at his wife. The education she received was completely different from that of him. The things taught in Chinese middle schools were something that American middle schools could not learn. She said it was called "dragon-slaying technique" and didn't understand what it meant. My cousin Joseph II had talked to him about this issue before. She came from Red China. He was the son of the president of the United States. It would be almost a miracle that they could get married. If one day, they faced a sharp conflict of interest between the two countries, what would happen?
If they were just ordinary people, there was no problem at all, no one cared about two ordinary people. If he was not the son of the White House, there would be no problem.
Is there really something wrong? He doesn't want to think too much.
It is difficult to solve the unemployment problem in Bethlehem. A little scheming workers have already found ways to find new jobs or start their own businesses, but there are still thousands of workers unemployed. Most of these workers are men. As we all know, unemployed men have always been factors of social instability. Frustrated men cannot help drinking, domestic violence and fighting cases are getting more and more, and the crime rate is increasing year by year. It is not a reason why the mayor is worried about being bald.
This matter does not require Zhang Wenya to give an idea. Kenneth has a chief of staff and a think tank. They have a meeting with the city government and a meeting with the steel company. The steel company plans to apply for bankruptcy protection after liquidating the company's assets, and will sell most of the real estate, land, factories, docks, shipyards, etc. in Bethlehem.
Kenneth decided to find possible buyers for the assets of the steel company, and in addition, he would cooperate with the municipal government to clean up the environment near the steel plant first. The United States did not pay attention to environmental pollution in the early days. For a century, the surrounding areas of steel plants were seriously polluted, and a piece of seriously polluted land could not be sold at any good price. Cleaning up polluted land would create at least hundreds or even thousands of jobs and recruit workers on site, which could also solve some of the unemployment problems.
The think tank has come up with a major plan for transformation and revitalization. The specific implementation will not start until Kenneth becomes a Pennsylvania legislator, that is, early next year.
Zhang Wenya thinks these two measures are very good: selling assets is to find a buyer. In addition to creating jobs, cleaning up polluted land is also a good thing that benefits the country and the people.
The fourth Saturday of September, the last day of September.
"Explosion Crisis: Five Days and Five Nights in New Haven" is fully released in North America. Bookstores in hundreds of cities in the United States and neighboring Canada changed their trailer a week ago. The pre-sale has reached an unprecedented one million copies, and everyone wants to read this book.
Someone revealed online that book critics had received sample books in advance. Random House gave sample books to well-known book critics in the United States and Canada. According to a book critic who did not want to be named, the writing skills of the son of the United States were very good. As for Zhang Wenya, who has long been the best-selling writer, her writing skills have slightly declined, and it may be because she has written too much boring legal documents.
On Saturday morning, the largest bookstore in New York, barnes &noble.
Readers started queuing around five o'clock in the morning, waiting for the bookstore to open so that they could get "Explosion Crisis" as soon as possible. They saw that the book suddenly turned into a competition, which was unprecedented.
When the bookstore opened at 9 o'clock, there were already a long queue of thousands of people at the entrance, which was several blocks away. Readers lined up along the street in an orderly manner, and experienced New Yorkers brought folding chairs and chatted.
They were eager to discuss what the book was written. Zhang Wenya was speechless for dozens of hours because she hit the back of her head. Kenneth must have been scared to death. I heard that she had lost her memory. Should she be so bloody? Is it true or false? I heard that - the rumors were really flying at that time - she asked to see Kent and his son, who rushed to Boston overnight, oh my.
What if she didn't remember Kenneth's fiancé? Although they are now married, when they think of one being injured in Boston and the other being in charge of the overall situation in New Haven, they feel that they are suffering. Will Zhang Wenya blame her fiancé for not staying by her side? Will there be conflicts caused by this? How to resolve it?
These are all things that the masses care about very much.
In addition, they also want to know Kenneth's mental journey. Is he the kind of man who sacrifices love for his career? Why didn't he choose to stay by his fiancée? Even if he leaves New Haven, no one will blame him. New Haven has a mayor and Connecticut has a governor. Originally, this bombing was not under his control - but he is not an ordinary member of Congress. He is Kenneth Jr., the only son of the White House. If he really stays by his side and does not stay in New Haven to take charge of the overall situation, the masses will be disappointed with him.
Anyway, Kenneth is difficult, but people just want to know why he chose this under such a difficult situation.
The overall situation and the Party and the Party of Love First tear down the sky and the earth.
The Big Party believes that Kenneth can only stay in New Haven, which is necessary and inevitable. The White House son will not leave so many injured students behind. The Love Supreme Party said that if he really loves Zhang Wenya, he should accompany his fiancée to the Boston Emergency Center, so he is somewhat hypocritical and their love is also very hydrated.
The Big Question Party refuted that Zhang Wenya's column articles showed that she had a big view of the situation and should not blame her fiancé; Besides, Kenneth accumulated more supporters because of her perfect handling of the explosion, and these benefits could completely make up for the small cracks in their relationship.
The Love Supreme Party mocked him and said that it would make Kenneth’s interests more supreme and sacrifice love?
Then the two factions tear up whether Zhang Wenya and Kenneth truly fell in love.
It is true that the wedding is grand, but a grand wedding does not represent sincere and loyal love. If love never deteriorates, there would not be so many divorced couples. Love also requires down-to-earth. For Zhang Wenya, marrying John Kenneth little will definitely make huge profits. There are many best-selling writers. If she weren't Kenneth's ex-girlfriend, no one would want to know what "Harvard girl Zhang Wenya" is, and Time magazine might not have used her as the cover character.
The Big Party has split into many factions now. Some people think that it is not wrong for the beautiful girl Zhang Wenya to find a better marriage partner. She married Charlie Valentino for money and Kenneth for fame and status. Some people think she is very skilled. In addition to Kenneth and Charlie, even the little Duke of England was fascinated by her. So no matter what, she must have something special.
Special place? Money?
Maybe it is.
Everyone knows that money can change you, and how others view you and treat you.
Finally, readers who participated in the discussion said that it would be better to have money. Regardless of whether Zhang Wenya's first 100 million was earned by herself or given by Charlie, she was able to get so much money from Charlie, and she was really capable of getting so much money from Charlie. There are many Nugget women, and after leaving her ex-husband with hundreds of millions of dollars, she was the only one who still remembered her.
Then the topic fell on Charlie Valentino. Charlie's divorce posture looks very good. He didn't have to talk to Zhang Wenya for several years for money, otherwise our prince might not have been married yet. For this reason, readers decided to forgive Charlie, the mistress.
"Explosion Crisis: Five Days and Five Nights in New Haven" has an amazing sales volume. It jumped to the top of the US book sales list in the week of its release, and has firmly occupied the top spot for the following weeks, making the sales figures of other books look extremely bleak, and even Zhang Wenya's own book "Prison Crisis" cannot match.
Random House counts the money and hands cramp.
The collection of phenomenal bestsellers was surprisingly fast. By the third week of October, Zhang Wenya and Kenneth began to receive payment checks from Random House.
The well-behaved husband didn't even open the envelope of the check, so he gave it to Zhang Wenya.
"Don't you see how much money is?"
“Our check numbers should be the same.”
Hehe, OK. Zhang Wenya is deeply satisfied with her husband's initiative in money.
The amount of money is not a problem, what is important is this posture.
As October begins, Kenneth's campaign is in full swing, running around every weekend, and Congress is sometimes off for one day so that lawmakers can have more time to run for the campaign.
In this year's election year, both parties have heavy tasks, and the two presidential candidates are evenly matched and no distinction is made.
Frank provides weekly election reports. In addition to Kenneth's own, there are also situations between the two parties in the Senate and the House of Representatives. As for the presidential election, it mainly depends on the campaign reports.
The Democrats are in good condition at the moment. The House of Representatives is expected to win a majority, with about 230 members of Congress; the Senate may have 55 seats.
The Democratic Congressman's election campaign for the Democratic Congressman this year is very good. Thanks to Kenneth's campaign for the Senate in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania has added seven additional candidates for the House of Representatives this year, and the Democratic Party is happy to be in full swing.
Chapter completed!