Chapter 6 Winning Companions
Early the next morning, Wang Lei began to call his best friends one by one and ask them to the football field: "Come here early, I have something important to announce."
Colin, Luca, Emily, Wang Hua, Wang Yang, Douglas, Alvin, and Wang Lei did not call many people. These are his best friends. He knows the principle that hasteness will not be achieved. First of all, we must seek their support and build a core team.
"Oh, Rex, you bastard, what's the matter with asking us to come? Early in the morning." Luca shouted dissatisfied.
Wang Lei waited for everyone to arrive before jumping to the steps of the stand next to him and looked at these partners from above: He did not misjudgment, everyone's position was at least second-level supporters, and under the influence of the halo, they all became third-level supporters, that is, "comrades".
"Hi, everyone, do you still remember what we said yesterday? That bastard Hawke is going to tear down our stadium and close the library. He has closed the concert hall and the gymnasium. He can't let him continue like this. We have to oppose him. The best way is to let him step down and not continue to be the mayor of Braddock..."
Wang Lei stood on the steps and waved his arms vigorously. They often had to do speeches like this in school, and there was nothing. He tried to make his voice and movement more imposing, like a politician.
"Yes, let Hawk get out!" Luca was the first to stand up, waved his fists, and his strong body swayed back and forth rhythmically: "Parts, kill Hawk and defend the court."
"However, Hawk is very popular in the town. Everyone hopes that his plan can bring more jobs to the town and drive the business prosperity in the town." Wang Yang is also a Chinese. His parents run a shop in the town. He is not a rugby enthusiast and does not seem to reject Hawk as the mayor.
"Wang Yang, where are you standing?" Wang Hua jumped out and waved his fist at Wang Yang, scaring the latter quickly waved his hand and declared: "Of course I support your brother, but Hawke is the only candidate for mayor. If we don't vote for him, he will still be re-elected."
"Hmph, this is almost the same." Wang Hua grinned his delicate little nose smugly and raised his little face: "He used to be the only candidate, but now it's not. My brother is going to participate in the mayor's election."
"Are you going to participate in the mayor's election?" Except for Emily and Wang Hua, everyone raised their heads in surprise and looked at Wang Lei in surprise.
Wang Lei clenched his fists and raised them in the air: "Yes, I want to participate in the mayor's election."
"It's not because Hawke is the only candidate, but I feel like, I, and we all have a lot of good ideas that we can make the town a better place."
"It is neither going to be as declining as it is now, nor to become a town that is no different from Pittsburgh as Hawke planned. We want Braddock to rejuvenate, but to maintain her traditions. When we grow up, we can still find places to play in the past and remember what we did when we were young, rather than make the town unrecognizable."
Wang Lei waved his fists and stood on the steps and said loudly that this was the campaign program he had thought about and sorted out last night. He wanted to reborn Braddock without losing tradition. He felt that doing so would be far better than Hawke's plan.
However, Wang Lei found that this passionate speech did not make his friends as excited as him. He then added: "Just like the stadium in front of him and the closed gymnasium, we need sports venues. In a few years, our juniors can still play here."
"It's right, we want the stadium!" Luca responded enthusiastically again, but he just said the stadium over and over again, which made Wang Lei feel very frustrated.
"Lei, we support you!" Emily and Wang Hua both expressed their opinions one after another.
"Lei, you are just 18 years old and have no one-minute experience in administrative management. You only have two semesters of the position of vice chairman of the Student Autonomous Council. You have participated in eight associations including the Rugby Association, Reading Association, and Mathematics Association. Your student resume is excellent, but it is not enough to watch over a small town mayor."
"Comparing your strength with Hawke, you should be one to nine. Ninety-nine percent of voters will not choose to trust an 18-year-old boy, so your chances of success are only 0.1 percent." Colin, who had not spoken, pushed the gold wire frame, raised his fingers, and listed a lot of numbers.
Damn it! Wang Lei glared at Colin, and this guy knew how to sabotage: "Colin, stop talking to me these numbers, my math is better than you!"
"You can't calculate this way. Everyone doesn't trust my age. I can make them trust my character, ability and plan. There are also many people who don't trust Hawke. What was the turnout rate in the last town mayor election? More than 20 percent is the turnout rate in local elections across the United States, because we have a small population and are easier to mobilize."
"Hawke's approval rating is 68%, which is quite high. In fact, it is only 220 votes. If I don't count on him, we just need to win more people to vote. As long as we win 250 votes, we can defeat Hawke and let him get out."
"Yeah, it's well said, two hundred and fifty votes, two hundred and fifty votes!" Luca began to twist his big butt again. Two hundred and fifty votes did not sound very difficult.
Wang Yang, Douglas and others looked at each other, and they all felt that Wang Lei's campaign for mayor was a bit bizarre and a fantasy, but it sounded a little reasonable.
Wang Yang scratched his head: "Lei, no matter what, we will support you."
Douglas and Alvin also nodded together.
Douglas and Alvin are both football players on the football team. Doug is a straight black man, while Alvin is a Latino. The United States is a country with multiple ethnic groups. However, different ethnic groups will still form a settlement. Teenagers of the same ethnic group are more likely to play together. Only through football, a sport that everyone loves, can Chen Shuhao gradually get together with everyone, and with his outstanding performance, he has a certain appeal among the teenagers.
Colin pushed the push frame: "Okay, I will support it, even if the chance of success..."
"Stop, Colin, stop, as long as you support it!" Wang Lei quickly reached out to stop Colin's performance.
"Okay, thank you everyone, then, guys, now, those who support me in the mayor's election, please raise your hand!" Wang Lei raised his fist and said loudly in front of everyone.
"Brother, I support you!" Wang Hua took the lead and his bright eyes swept at others, especially Wang Yang. It seemed that anyone who didn't raise his hand to support him would make the other party look good.
"Rex, I support you too!"
"I support it!"
"support!"
First, Emily, Luca, then Doug and Alvin, and finally Colin and Wang Yang raised their hands to express their support.
"Okay, thank you for your support." Wang Lei hugged his hands in front of his chest and gave a traditional Chinese hand-hugging gift.
"Then, we are one. I will represent everyone's will, participate in the mayor's election, put forward our wishes, and build our town."
"Now, I need everyone's help. We need to set up a campaign team and officially start the campaign. Although I will only be eighteen years old in two days before I can officially sign up, but the election is next month. We have to hurry up. Hawke is a bastard, but also a strong opponent. We have to work harder, guys!"
Wang Lei entered the state and finally roared with passion.
"No problem, what do you think you're going to do!" Luca was ready to play, as if she was about to participate in an important rugby game.
Wang Lei nodded: "We are all good friends, so I will make arrangements directly. If you have any opinions, please raise them."
As he said that, he stretched out his hand and pointed: "Colin, you are the most meticulous and sensitive to numbers. How about you serve as the account manager?"
Because they have participated in school elections and various mock election activities, everyone is very clear about the election process. Account managers need to register all donations and expenses and report to the Election Commission.
This is a very trivial and demanding job. According to the provisions of the Election Law, donations to campaigns, whether in kind or in cash, must be defined as donors, even if there is only one US dollar. Candidates must record all the situation bit by bit, and no private money transactions are allowed.
Colin pushed the gold wire frame and nodded, "Okay, no problem."
"Ok, very good!" Wang Lei was very happy to see Colin agreeing very decisively. Although this guy's merciless data analysis makes people love and hate, his meticulousness and computing ability can help a lot.
"Wang Yang, you can do business. If you come to be a fundraising manager, we may need hundreds of dollars. If there are thousands of dollars, that would be even better." Wang Lei pointed to Wang Yang. When they were young, they sold soda at school sports meetings together and went to the steel factory to pick up scrap iron. The two of them had a very pleasant history of cooperation.
Wang Lei has not yet figured out how to raise funds, but fundraising is very important. He hopes that Wang Yang, a little fan of finance, can play a role.
Wang Yang nodded: "Okay, are you a few hundred dollars? I don't think there is any problem."
"Ha, it all depends on you! Hundreds of dollars are the lower limit, our goal is thousands of dollars, the more the better!" Wang Lei walked over and punched Wang Yang twice in the chest.
"Emily, our Flower of Braddock, you are getting more and more beautiful. The job of the spokesperson is yours!" Wang Lei looked at Emily with a smile. Emily nodded with a smile and agreed happily.
"Luca, you are always as passionate as fire, and people are infected unknowingly. Therefore, the position of the head of the fan club is yours. You have to bring us a group of fanatical fans and shock the entire Braddock!" Wang Lei imitated Luca's appearance and twisted his waist and butt.
Luca laughed happily: "No problem, Rex, you are the big star."
"Doug, the most diligent Doug, has a job that suits you best, that is, the coordinator of volunteer workers. Our campaign funds will definitely not be very abundant, at least not as good as the big Hawk. So, we need a lot of volunteers to help us send flyers, posters, and mobilize from house to house. It depends on you. Find more volunteers, organize them, and use the maximum energy." Wang Lei stretched out his hand to Doug, Doug smiled and raised his hand, and the two of them high-five in the air.
"Rex, thank you for your trust." Doug laughed.
"Alvin..." Wang Lei looked at his last companion. There were only so many common positions in the campaign team, but when others had arrangements, he could not let Alvin have nothing alone.
Alvin is a big man with a dull personality. Apart from occasionally bowling, his favorite thing is to go online, play games, and campaigns, which are not suitable for him.
"Alvin, this is an era of the Internet, and you know the Internet more than any of us, so I really need you as the person in charge of Internet publicity. We need to bring information to everyone through the Internet. This may be the only place we are stronger than Hawk, it depends on you!" Wang Lei walked to Alvin and patted his shoulder hard.
Alvin smiled shyly: "Okay, let me leave the Internet for the matter."
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