Hong Kong Movies: The Boss's Global Empire

Chapter 286 It depends on your sincerity

That is the donkey and elephant race, abbreviated as the donkey party and the elephant party.

The procedure here is quite complicated. In short,

The two parties are pretty evenly matched.

They all have fixed electoral bases under their control. In other words,

In most places,

There was little suspense about the victory of the presidential candidates put forward by the two parties. Everyone knew the answer before voting even began.

The key to the two parties' campaigns is not the territories they hold, but the neutral states.

The final outcome of the presidential election is likely to depend on voters in a few states.

These states are called swing states or battleground states. In every presidential election, the vast majority of time and money is spent in these swing states!

Voted in several states where the two sides were evenly matched.

Pennsylvania is almost the most coveted swing state for both parties, because if they win this place,

This would add 19 electoral votes in one fell swoop.

Both parties consider Pennsylvania a crucial state on the road to victory. It's incredibly important!

Lu Wendong believes that

Pennsylvania is important to me, too. "Brother."

The assassin reported: "Jack is here." Lu Wendong raised his eyes,

This guy never comes to the temple for no reason! "Did he see the Panamanian envoy?"

Lu Wendong shook his head: “Forget it, please ask him to come in.”

Jack rushed in and said, "Mr. Lu, I heard that you have been in contact with Noriega recently?"

Lu Wendong smiled faintly: "My friend, you came here just to question me about this?" Noriega was the military dictator of Panama!

He was once a good partner and hero in the eyes of the Americans, but the reason was,

This is because this guy was supported and trained by the CIA.

After Noriega gained power, he turned against the government!

Even if we fall out,

He also actively sought refuge with Tsarist Russia.

And reached a strategic partnership with Medellin Group!

Panama became one of the important channels for the Medellin Cartel to transport cocaine to the United States, and

It also played an important role in helping the Medellin Cartel launder money!

The lackeys they trained themselves actually turned against them and bit them? Not to mention that the CIA couldn't handle it.

Even the Americans can’t afford to lose face. You know,

The United States still holds the right to use the Panama Canal.

It completely controlled the administration, judiciary, security, railways and finance of the canal zone, making the canal zone a veritable country within a country.

To preserve this fruit,

The US still has troops stationed in the Panama region.

Of course,

Because of the rising sentiment of national independence, coupled with the support of Tsarist Russia,

The international community is very dissatisfied with the United States's de facto colonization of the Panama Canal.

As a result, the United States had to declare that it would gradually return all sovereignty and jurisdiction over the canal and the canal zone to Panama before the end of 1999, and would also gradually withdraw its troops from the Panama Canal zone.

but,

This happened more than ten years later.

The Americans are now eyeing Panama covetously, and are also very unhappy with Noriega!

Therefore,

When Jack heard that Lu Wendong had contact with Noriega, he hurried over.

“No, no, no.”

Jack explained: "Mr. Lu, the situation in Panama is very complicated."

The CIA did not care that Noriega had made Panama a cocaine conduit for the Medellin Cartel, but

What is annoying is that

It's clear that Noriega rose to power with the help of the CIA, yet now he's cursing after putting down his chopsticks?

How would the CIA maintain its reputation? "My friend."

Lu Wendong laughed: "I am a businessman."

"As for Panama, at most it is just a country of interest for ship registration." Panama is the world's most important flag registration country for ships.

The reason is of course its geographical location, the Panama Canal,

That's a godsend! "Don't worry."

Jack doesn't think so.

Langley's analysts have been deducing and analyzing Lu Wendong.

At present, the strategy team believes that

This Lu Wendong is very likely to be the king maker!

The so-called Kingmaker is an internal name of the CIA.

Its official name is agent.

The CIA's main task is to find or support pro-American forces to come to power around the world, which is also known as proxy war.

then,

Panama's Noriega rose to power thanks to this program.

After a period of time, these proxies who were supported to take power often raised the banner of anti-Americanism...

Jack said seriously: "Mr. Lu, you already have Dominica."

Lu Wendong's face suddenly turned serious: "Can I regard your words as a threat?" Invisible pressure came over him.

Jack's breath hitched, he was shocked.

Yes,

Mr. Lu looks gentle and polite on the surface.

In fact, he is the kind of person who can turn against you at any time.

Lu Wendong followed Zhan Yan: "Don't worry, the Panamanian government is going to sell me two ports." "You know, my company needs this business."

Jack laughed dryly: "Yes, yes, I almost forgot." "You came at the right time."

Lu Wendong changed the subject.

He said excitedly, "There's a private prison in Bethlehem, Tennessee." "I'm very interested."

"One million dollars, if you help me get a place in Pennsylvania." Jack was stunned: "Private prison?"

The CIA does have a lot of unnamed prisons.

The prisoners there are political prisoners or those who need to be disciplined by the CIA.

Like Lu Wendong opening a prison openly? Jack was confused by Lu Wendong's imagination. "What?"

Lu Wendong was displeased: "Besley can do it, but I, Lu, can't?" Jack smiled bitterly: "No, no."

"Just, Mr. Lu."

Jack said, "Besley is the leader of the Tennessee Elephant Party."

Prisons are all state-run.

It can make the government relax.

This background is certainly extraordinary.

Lu Wendong said meaningfully: "So I'll give you $100 million!" "I believe no one will be more generous than me."

"Also, Pennsylvania has so many criminals, I believe the local government has always hoped to reduce the related financial burden." "Also."

Lu Wendong laughed and said, "Prison is a commodity, just like selling cars, houses, and hamburgers."

"Yes or no?"

Jack never thought that Lu Wendong would actually discuss business with him, and the business he was talking about was the latest one.

Private prisons have only been around for a little over a year. What are their prospects?

Many people are confused. But,

Some people have already started to take action, for example,

Last year, the second year after Besley opened a private prison,

GEO was also established in Florida.

Jack hesitated and asked, "Mr. Lu, your business is already so big, why are you interested in this?" "I'm a capitalist."

Lu Wendong is certainly a capitalist, and he himself admits this.

"I'm interested in any business that's monopolistic or scarce." Lu Wendong said meaningfully, "Jack, my good friend."

"There are a lot of drug addicts in your country. I believe the government must be very eager to deal with these people." How many drug addicts are there in the United States now?

Probably close to 2500 million... Where did these people come from?

One is the arms race that started in the 60s.

This caused the people to be very nervous. At one point they thought that World War III was about to break out. So hippies started to become the mainstream and everyone was immersed in fantasy.

Hope to enjoy life in time.

Another reason is that after 1960, the United States gradually fell into the quagmire of the Vietnam War.

The huge military expenditures and the anti-war sentiment in the American society created a huge conflict. At the same time, in order to cheer themselves up, the soldiers who participated in the war

They usually take white powder.

According to conservative congressional estimates,

At least 10% to 15% of the soldiers who participated in the Vietnam War were addicted to drugs... If there were not such a large group,

How could Pablo have risen to prominence so quickly?

He is standing on the line of defense, a true hero made by the times!

Of course, Jack knows more about the situation of drug addicts in China than Lu Wendong.

The CIA can be said to be one of the important driving forces.

The purpose of the CIA is not to bring disaster to America, on the contrary,

It is to revitalize America.

That's why they help drug lords and warlords sell drugs to their own people, and then export democracy around the world.

at this point,

The CIA has the tacit approval of the president and other powerful figures... "Just opening a prison?"

"Yes."

Lu Wendong smiled and said, "To make money."

"It also helps your government share some of the pressure."

"Your government has a hard time. One moment they're fighting drugs, the next they relax their stance..."

Lu Wendong laughed out loud.

America's current situation is entirely due to government intervention...

In 71,

Nixon defined drugs as public enemy number one and declared war on the drug industry.

There was even a separate agency called the DEA set up specifically to combat drug traffickers.

Who knows,

This guy also said: Our goal is not necessarily to get drug addicts to quit drugs, but to turn drug addicts into employed, law-abiding, tax-paying citizens.

why?

Of course, it's because there are too many drug addicts in the United States, nearly 2500 million.

These people hold the ballots in their hands... For the votes,

Of course Nixon had no choice but to compromise. Compared with these politicians,

707 Lu Wendong felt that his moral sentiments were so noble that it was almost unreasonable.

"One million is just the beginning."

Lu Wendong said, "Anyway, I'm very interested in this business. If you help me get it done, everything else will be easy to negotiate." Jack immediately said, "Mr. Lu, you have to promise me that you will never get involved in the situation in Panama."

Lawrence Lu shrugged: "That depends on your sincerity." Jack was shocked.

FUCK!

Oh my God,

Does Lu Wendong really want to stir up trouble in Panama?

Jack was about to spit out blood. What's wrong with this guy?

Do you really think you can run rampant in the Caribbean with just two ships? Do you think the empire is a soft persimmon?

Now that Lu Wendong has spoken, he won't be polite.

He grinned, no...

Lu Wendong tried his best to put on a gentle smile.

He smiled and said, "Jack, my good friend, I know your next step is to attack Noriega."