Wang Lei's face turned slightly red, he quickly stood up and kept waved his hands to explain: "No, no, no, I don't mean that, I don't need to embezzle from other aspects, this is not possible."

"I didn't say that Braddock doesn't need to develop, it's just that the direction of development is different. Hawk wants to deny Braddock of the past, knock down Braddock, and rebuild a new town. Our philosophy is that we cannot be separated from the past. We must maintain tradition while gaining new life."

"Oh, this is really an exciting statement, but what do you plan to do specifically?" Brady smiled unquestionably. He looked up at Wang Lei, and seemed to have no hope of him being able to answer. He quickly lowered his head and continued to look at the magazine on his legs.

"Rex, you are very smart, but the problem you are facing is a problem that the whole of the United States is facing. Hawke has no solution. I could not imagine that the mayor of Pittsburgh could not have solved it even if it was Clinton. If you really think of a good solution, you can call Clinton. I think he will invite you to be Secretary of State." Brady said lightly.

Wang Lei's face turned red. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he had not considered this issue in detail. He had indeed not thought of a good idea yet. No matter what he said, it seemed unconvincing.

"I will think of a good idea." He raised his head and said stubbornly.

"Okay, Rex, let's not talk about this issue for now. If you can be elected as the mayor, I hope you can help us do something. In the past, every weekend, I had to go fishing in the pond east of the town. You know, I can get a lot of money every time, but Doug said that it was his fish pond, and I can never go fishing there again. Can the town coordinate? That's our fish pond!" Brady closed the magazine, crossed his hands together, and looked at Wang Lei with a graceful look.

"Uh!" Wang Lei was about to agree, but then he realized that this question was not that simple, and it was a trap.

The fish pond is personal, and private property is sacred and inviolable. If it is a neighbor, he can coordinate it, but as the mayor, he has no position or reason to mix it with it.

"I...I think, if this fish pond is really private, its owner has the right to prohibit others from fishing there. Maybe, you can change places?" Wang Lei raised his hand. This is a very trivial matter, but he knew that Braddock's mayor often faces such things, and he had seen them many times.

Brady shrugged without objection, stopped talking, and lowered her head to continue reading.

"Okay, your politics is over. Rex, let's have a cup of coffee and have some snacks!" Donna walked out of the kitchen with Emily and Wang Hua, holding a tray in her hands.

Wang Lei quickly waved his hand and said, "No, Aunt Donna, I am a campaigner today, so I won't eat here anymore. Thank you for your hospitality. I just want to ask, do you have any expectations for the new mayor?"

"Rex, you have a lot of ideas!" Donna put the tray on the coffee table, then straightened up, looked at Wang Lei, thought for a while before saying carefully.

"To be honest, I don't have any requirements for the mayor of Braddock, because it's too difficult. He can do some basic things, such as cleaning the town, road repair, greening and maintenance, etc., and help the community solve some troubles. As for any development plan, it's a bit unrealistic. In a few years, when you all go out to study and go to a big town, it will almost become a countryside, and there is no need for any construction!" Donna smiled and shook her head. She had a deep understanding of doing things in the town.

Wang Lei didn't know how he left Emily's house. Aunt Donna's words seemed to make him feel even more discouraged than Brady's criticism.

"Hua, did my behavior just now look like a piece of shit? Oh, it's so terrible. I didn't win the support of Uncle Brady and Aunt Donna, and I didn't answer a single question!" Wang Lei regretfully picked up the front wheel of the bicycle and paused hard on the ground.

Wang Hua quickly pulled Wang Lei's clothes: "No, brother, your performance is great. Even if you haven't thought about those problems, your performance is calm, calm, and very general!"

Wang Lei's comfort made his mood a little better. He pushed the bicycle forward: "Yes, I haven't thought about these issues carefully yet. I just decided to participate in the election."

But he soon became discouraged: "Hua, do you think, is all this I did valuable? Are all my thoughts fantasy? Are they castles in the air?"

To be fair, Donna's words make sense. Braddock is in decline, the whole of the United States is undergoing industrial transfer, and industrial and mining enterprises are being transferred outward. The best development now is the information, communications and financial industries. After the decline of the steel industry, Pittsburgh carried out large-scale transformation and transformed into a city dominated by medical care, education, leisure, humanities and arts. The pillar industries are biology, computers, medical care and health, and finance. These are not something that a small town in Braddock can accommodate.

Perhaps, Braddock will really become a rural community without industry and enterprises, just as Donna said, in a few years, more than ten years later.

In the countryside, of course there will be no libraries or football fields.

Brady said nothing wrong. This is indeed a difficult problem. In the tide of industrial and mining recession, not every city can be as lucky as Pittsburgh. Many of them have completely declined. This is a problem that makes the US president trouble. What can he solve it?

Also, the mayor of a small town can do it just by shouting a few slogans. He has to face many trivial things every day. Are these really what he wants?

Wang Lei was a little confused.

Wang Hua shook Wang Lei's arm anxiously: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Of course not. It's valuable, and it's very valuable."

Wang Lei couldn't help but feel even more discouraged. Do you still have to count on Wang Hua to understand something that he couldn't even understand?

At Emily's home, Emily lay on Brady's back and said coquettishly: "Dad, how can you say that? And Mommy, your words are really discouraging."

Brady patted his daughter's arm affectionately: "Emily, I'm honest. Rex's idea is good, but no one can solve Braddock's problem. This is a doomed decline. I hope he can calmly consider this."

Donna nodded, "Yes, we will leave here together when your dad gets promoted, but don't worry, if the election is before then, we will definitely vote for Rex, and this kid is not easy!"

Donna really doesn't care much about who is the mayor, and whoever does it is almost the same. She has basically never voted for the years she has lived in Braddock.

Of course, if there really is an unreliable candidate, she will definitely stand up and use the votes in her hands to get the other party out.

This is the role of democracy. It seems that the enthusiasm for voting is not high, but it is enough to ensure that the elected person is on a normal track. Once he deviates from the rules, he can burst out greater power and destroy it.

Brady smiled and said, "It's not a good idea to run for mayor. It's difficult, trivial, and very little reward. It depends on whether he can stick to it!"

Emily's beautiful face suddenly shrouded in a layer of sorrow: It seems that the election is not a simple matter. Once Wang Lei is hit, he wonders if he will be in a slump.

Thinking of this, Emily wanted to go out to catch up with Wang Lei, but then she thought that the other party was riding a bicycle and must have gone far away, so she had to give up.

Just as Wang Lei visited Emily's parents, Colin, Luca and Doug also began to announce to those around them that Wang Lei was about to participate in the mayor's election, hoping that they could vote for it.

"Hawke, have you heard that you have an opponent, and someone is going to sign up for the mayor's election!"

Braddock's current mayor Hawke is 42 years old this year. He owns a stake in his family's electronics company and can receive a lot of dividends every year. In addition, he has invested in some industries and has a rich life.

The position of mayor Braddock does not bring him much economic income. In fact, he only received a symbolic reward of one dollar, which has been highly praised by the residents of the town for this.

What Hawke values ​​is not the mayor's reward. He grew up in Braddock and likes this town and wants to change the decline of the town. That will make him feel very accomplished.

In addition, his political career also gave him the opportunity to meet more celebrities and political and business people. Various factors allowed him to participate in the last mayor election and prepare to continue to participate.

"Oh, is it Brady of the Iron and Steel Works or Jack of the Law Firm?" When Hawke received the news call, he was sitting on the balcony on the second floor drinking coffee. The river water could be seen from his location.

In his opinion, the entire Braddock town may, and only Brady and Jack can compete with him. Although the former's steel plant has limited production capacity, it still plays an important role in the town. The latter is a young handsome man who went out of the town. He is only 28 years old and has a professional lawyer who failed to run for the county councillor in his first election campaign after he decided to go into politics. He is likely to find another way to run for the mayor of the town.

"You should also know that it is the Asian volunteer in the library, Rex King, who only turned 18 in two days, but he has already spoken that he will participate in the mayor's election, hahaha!" The reporter couldn't help laughing when he said this.

"Uh, 18-year-old Chinese high school student? Are you kidding?" Hawke was stunned. After confirming that this was true, he hung up the phone in anger: It was simply a farce. Do they think Braddock's mayor was a moving house or a mock election in the school?

Hawke picked up the pda on the coffee table and flipped through the schedule. There was still one week before the candidate registration deadline and thirty-six days before the voting day. If this matter is true and someone participates in the election, he must not choose and prepare for the election.

The votes for the election are in the hands of voters. Although he is full of confidence, he cannot be treated carelessly. Not only does he want to win, but he also wants to win beautifully. If he cannot widen a huge gap, it will be a farce for him.

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