America's Road to Wealth

November 7, 2000.

Tarrant County Council announced.

Alexander Smith, candidate for Grand Township.

Officially confirmed in this race for Tarrant County chief executive.

Alexander Smith, successfully became the 42nd chief executive of Tarrant County.

The United States is a federal country, which means that the federal, state, and local agencies have no subordinate relationship.

The local authorities here often refer to the counties, the lower-level units of the state.

Below the county, there is also a "city".

But in fact, most "cities" in the United States are regarded more as self-governing associations of citizens and are not considered administrative agencies.

The lowest level of administrative agency is the county above the city.

Like states, the various counties below the United States.

It also has its own independent laws, parliament and even three powers.

Except for the lack of a police force, counties can basically be said to be small states.

If the economy develops well and the locals are strong, they can simply become small semi-independent kingdoms.

This is the unique federal system of the United States, a federal system that is more decentralized than other federal countries in the world.

After announcing the victory, he received routine congratulatory calls from Denke and three others.

Dwayne was well prepared, and a victory party and parade were soon held in Fort Worth, the county seat of Tarrant County.

Alexander's supporters, the citizens who joined in the fun, and some paid trustees.

Parade and celebration in the city, and finally gathered at the largest Cowboy Plaza in the city to listen to the speech of the winner Alexander.

When my father was giving a speech.

Abel wore a hat with "META" printed on it, which is also the Alexander campaign support hat, and stood silently behind his speech as a background.

Emily, as the first lady of Tarrant County, stood behind Alexander.

Alexander is a guy who is used to commanding others and is used to feeling in a position of superiority.

Plus more than two months of training and practical operations.

He has no stage fright at all for this kind of speech.

It can also guide the emotions and make the farmers and lower-class people, who account for the vast majority of the scene, become excited.

It seems that tomorrow, Alexander will be able to lead everyone to realize "Make Tarrant County Great".

I have to say that Abel felt this kind of victory parade and victory party.

There is a special sense of participation, a feeling of "the person on the stage was chosen by me, and he was able to stand up because of me, so his glory is my glory."

The sense of participation is particularly strong.

No wonder Americans are so keen on this kind of thing.

No wonder it’s parallel time and space.

Those rednecks in the future will be so keen to participate in the MAGA King’s gathering.

Americans love liveliness by nature, and they have the excuse to have such an upright party.

For a gathering as grand as a party, even those who don't support it will become supporters.

I can only say that this is the national condition.

It has been like this for more than two hundred years.

It is estimated that this is the only way to go in the future.

After the victory party.

It was a drinking party that only the elites of Tarrant County and Alexander's high-level supporters could participate.

The party was held at the best hotel in Fort Worth.

Outside, at the parade and victory party.

Alexander is the absolute No. 1 player.

In this cocktail party, the most popular person became his and Emily's son.

The celebrities from Fort Worth and Tarrant County who attended the party naturally knew who Alexander's son was.

They were also familiar with Alexander, but not at all familiar with Abel.

Many people wanted to go through Alexander and get to know Abel before.

But Alexander never let go, and Abel never came back.

Or come back without being caught by them.

This time Abel is back.

also appeared on such occasions.

Of course, everyone couldn't let him go, and they all started chatting around him.

Abel also took the unprecedented step of drinking more wine at the reception.

You must know that he seldom drinks alcohol and does not smoke.

At the same time, he is charitable and law-abiding.

This is in the eyes of the Puritans of the older generation in America.

Except for the fact that I prefer to have a girlfriend.

He is actually their favorite kind of American.

For people in the American South, not to mention that Abel was the son of a farmer.

This is a typical member of the family, a very good and outstanding member of the family.

This made Abel gain huge attention at the reception party.

Everybody wanted to talk to him, everybody wanted to know him.

On the contrary, the original No. 1 Alexander and Emily became marginal figures.

"Ha~ Our child looks very popular!"

Emily was also very happy tonight and made an exception to drink a lot of wine.

At this moment, she was holding a glass of red wine, standing next to her husband, looking at Abel who was surrounded by a smile.

From time to time, she looked at her tall, strong, and energetic husband beside her.

At this moment, Emily felt that it was probably one of the three happiest moments in her life.

The other two,

It was the day she married Alexander,

and the day Abel was born.

"Hmph~" Alexander took a sip of red wine and whispered:

"This is obviously my cocktail party, but it has become his home venue. I can't ask him to come to the next party."

"How can you talk about your son like that!" Emily patted her husband's shoulder lightly.

But she knew that her husband had this kind of character.

He obviously dotes on his children more than anyone else and cares more about them than himself.

But on the surface, even if it is exposed in front of others.

They have to pretend to be dismissive and cold-blooded.

As Alexander's pillow, Emily was used to Alexander being like this.

Of the couple, one pretends to be indifferent, and the other focuses most of his energy on his son.

Both people are caring about their children.

It's just that the attitude is different and the methods used are also different.

The reception lasted until past eleven o'clock.

Waiting for the Smith family to return to the Smith farm.

It was already around one o'clock in the evening.

Usually at this time, except for those on night watch.

Everyone on the farm has already rested.

Today is obviously a special day, even at this time.

The whole farm was brightly lit and the family was surrounded by Abel's motorcade.

When we arrived at the large open space outside the farm that was both a parking lot and a square.

They saw dozens or hundreds of people, all gathered in a large open space.

Among them, John's family stood at the front.

John, Little John, John IV and others took the lead in cheering when they saw the Smith family getting out of the car.

Everyone else on the farm also cheered along with everyone.

"Long live! Long live! Long live Alexander, Smith is great!"

"Long live Abel, long live Smith!"

"For Alexander Smith! For Abe Smith!"

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Cheers resounded throughout the Smith Farm, and many animals and livestock on the farm were awakened.

Accompanied by the bleating of sheep, the mooing of cows, and the barking of dogs.

This night at Smith's farm was obviously difficult to calm down.

the next day.

Alexander, who always goes to bed early and wakes up early, and has a very regular biological clock, rarely slept in.

When he wakes up the next day.

I found that my wife was no longer around.

Alexander got up, washed and changed his clothes.

When he walked out of the bedroom and came to the living room.

Saw my son and wife preparing lunch.

Among them, Emily, the chef, and Abel just helped with the dishes, serving plates, and holding knives and forks.

Alexander, the head of the family, walked to the dining table and calmly took the head seat.

Seeing him like this, Abel also smiled and sat next to him.

"On the first day I took office, I slept in. Mr. Chief Chief of Tarrant County, this is a sign of lazy governance. If your supporters find out, they don't know how sad they will be. "

Abel teased his father, the county magistrate.

Alexander glanced at him.

"I haven't officially taken office yet. The current county commissioner is still Denke."

Alexander said: "Denke will not leave office until January 1 next year. That will be the day when I take office."

"Okay, okay. Who said I'm just an ordinary businessman? I don't even know this." Abel said with a smile.

In fact, he also knows this.

That is, here in the United States, you do not immediately become the boss after being elected.

There will be an adaptation period of about a month, and he will not officially take office until next year.

Generally speaking, this is an adaptation period of nearly one month.

Candidates who are successfully promoted will be used as a buffer stage to form and establish a staff team, recruit confidants, and appoint their own people to the position.

Abel just saw Alexander and had a rare night of sleep. He only woke up so late as a joke.

After this little episode, Abel put away his joking expression.

He looked at his father seriously.

"Thank you. Father, your first step was successful."

He said: "What are your next plans? I should say, what is your policy for the future governance of Tarrant County?"

Alexander knew what his son's first words of "thank you" meant.

Because Alexander could walk on this road and was willing to walk on this road.

It started with Abel’s plea and request.

Alexander thought for a while and said softly:

"It's just like the campaign policy I proposed. To increase the employment rate in Tarrant County, guide more companies to locate locally, and increase the income of farmers, workers, and migrant workers."

Abel nodded.

Alexander's campaign policy is also one of the reasons for his success.

Because the other three candidates have similar campaign policies.

All three of them targeted public security, medical care, and culture, and even the one from the Green Party targeted environmental protection.

The first three are okay, environmentally friendly.

Now in 2000, it may be more popular on the east and west coasts, and there are many people who support it.

But in the south and central United States, animal welfare is not a climate at this time.

Alexander's campaign policy targets the employment and income issues that rednecks are most concerned about.

It is the hardest to do, but it is also the easiest to gain support from local people.

Coupled with his identity as a local farmer, he also has a promotional method that does not regard money as money.

Winning against those three candidates is not a big surprise.

"Then what exactly do you want to do?" Abel said softly.

Alexander asked, "It's my turn to ask, what do you want me to do for you?"

Alexander spent basically no money on this campaign.

All the money he had to spend was given to his son.

This campaign does not include Abel's relocation of Rock Security and the cost of purchasing Aleswas Company.

Just for Zhengzhi's donation, Abel spent more than two million to support Alexander.

He used up nearly two years of profits from his farm to get the position of county magistrate.

Alexander felt a little distressed.

As usual, after successfully ascending to the throne.

It is often the time when candidates start to take care of their sponsors.

Alexander had only one financial sponsor, and that was Abel.

Abel was his son again.

Alexander felt that if he didn’t take care of his own son, who else could he take care of?

"Uh" Abel immediately understood what Alexander meant.

The new county chief is opening a back door for himself in Tarrant County.

Just like other American officials who have successfully risen to power with the help of big donors.

This is the most common thing in the United States.

Can't go into details.

But does Abel really need Alexander to give him a back door in Tarrant County?

It’s not necessary at all!

Alexander was not yet the governor of Texas, let alone the new commander-in-chief.

Wait until the day when you really need dad to open the back door for you.

Abel felt that at least he would have to wait until his father became a member of Congress.

Or the governor.

Or. Time to move into that house.

Thinking of this, Abel shook his head.

"I don't need you to do anything for me. Even if you want to do something for me, you are not qualified yet."

"As I told you before, the higher you climb, the more you can help me."

"It works the other way around too. The further I go, the richer and more influential I become."

“It can also help you climb higher.”

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Abel's long words made Alexander fall into silence.

At this moment, Alexander was sure that his son really had that terrible ambition.

The level that I have reached now simply does not meet the satisfaction that Abel requires.

Alexander took a deep breath.

"Okay. I understand." Alexander said calmly:

"In that case, it is indeed me who needs you to do something for me now."

"That's right." Abel laughed again.

Abel said: "Your campaign policy is to increase employment. This is actually the simplest. I plan to inject capital into Alesvas again in Tarrant County to increase power plants, natural gas processing plants and refineries, as well as refueling The number of factories.”

"In addition, my rock security will also recruit certain local people."

"These two companies can at least add more than 2,000 jobs to Tarrant County."

"It will be achieved in January next year."

After Abel finished speaking, he saw his father nodded.

Then he saw Alexander suddenly say: "Abel, are you interested in American mass supermarkets?"

"Huh?" Abel raised his eyebrows.

"Public Supermarkets, Inc., has ambitiously opened five stores in the past two years in Tarrant, Arlington and Fort Worth, as well as three other locations."

Alexander said: "But they were not adapted to the climate. They have been operating for several years and have been losing money. The Volkswagen Supermarket Company wanted to evacuate, but the local council did not allow it. Because it would cause more than a thousand people to lose their jobs and more than 2,000 people to lose their jobs. The income of at least 50,000 people has been affected. The lives of at least 50,000 people have been affected.”

Abel nodded slightly.

The full name of Publix Super Markets is Publix Super Markets, which translates to American Published Supermarkets.

This is a company that is not well-known internationally and not many foreigners know about it.

But in the United States, it is one of the hidden giants.

It is one of the largest private companies in the United States by revenue.

In the United States, private companies refer to privately owned, unlisted companies.

The two largest ones are:

Cargill is a company that specializes in food, beverages and tobacco.

Koch Industries, petrochemical energy and other businesses.

Now in 2000.

Both are giant companies with annual revenue exceeding $60 billion.

Under these two giants, there are many other giant private companies.

For example, this American mass supermarket company has a market revenue of nearly 200+ US dollars and can be ranked among the top ten giants among private companies.

However, its previous territories were mainly in Florida, Alabama and other places.

In recent years, there have been plans to expand nationwide.

The main directions of expansion are California and Texas.

Here in Texas, it encountered attacks from other giants in the same industry.

It's not going very well.

Alexander said the five mass-market supermarkets in Tarrant County wanted to exit under these circumstances.

However, the local council did not allow the massive supermarket to exit due to the impact on employment rate and economy.

In view of the agreement signed when it came in, Volkswagen Supermarket Company could only bite the bullet and continue to operate here.

anyway.

Don't look at the listed super giants, they seem to have unlimited success in the United States.

But in fact, there are quite a few of these private giants.

Their voice in this country is no worse than that of listed giants.

In the territory they occupy, sometimes their voices and will are even more useful than the federal government.

For example, this American mass supermarket company, in Florida and Alabama, is basically no different from a local bully.

After reviewing the information related to American private companies in his mind, Abel said calmly: "Do you mean to let me take over these five supermarkets?"

Alexander nodded.

"They're actually in a good location. But the reason why business is so bad is because of snipers and people trying to eat the carcasses they left behind when they retreated."

"I didn't know it before, but it was also used as a knife."

"But I know now. And I'm in this position. My son can still eat them."

"So."

Alexander looked at Abel.

"Why can't it be Smith who eats corpses?"

Why can't it be Smith who eats corpses?

At this moment, Abel felt.

My father is barely qualified in this field.