Neither Zhou Ming nor Omar are procrastinators, so when Zhou Ming resolved Omar's worries through a deal with Lang Ke, they immediately joined this by-election member activity.

Since it is a temporary by-election, it is not a normal unified election, and coupled with the historical lessons of Omar and the Tang family before, it may begin at any time, so it must be raced against time.

First of all, of course, is the election registration. Logically speaking, people like Omar who were in Chicago yesterday and went to San Francisco today are definitely not in line with the election rules, but unfortunately, the United States does not have a household registration system and does not have a corresponding ID card. Therefore, according to federal law, as long as you are local, even if you are renting a house, you have all the powers stipulated in the Federal Constitution.

Even if you don’t know, if you stay there for half a month or a month, someone from the election team may come to you to “remind” you.

As for the details, the laws of each state are different and cannot be generalized. In California and San Francisco, as long as you have a local house, you will automatically gain the right to run.

This is not too simple for Zhou Ming, who is standing behind the Tang family. It was almost done on Omar's way to the Election Commission. In addition, San Francisco is more open than Chicago, so there is no fixed time approach, so Omar successfully registered the committee.

After getting the name published, Zhou Ming and Omar rushed to the San Francisco newspaper without stopping.

Since Omar runs for the by-election of the city councillor, this is definitely much worse than that of state councillors or even federal councillors. Therefore, there is no need for such a complete campaign team. Many powerful guys can take over the work of the entire campaign team alone, such as Omar did in Chicago before.

Therefore, in comparison, publicity has become the top priority, and the election of city councillors is no longer as good as that of Omar's district councillors who had run for Chicago before. They were not allowed to send flyers on the street or just one or two hundred people to vote. You must promote it more widely and let more people support and vote for your vote. This requires the help of the media, so they went to the San Francisco newspaper every minute.

The San Francisco News Agency is a newspaper rooted in San Francisco. It can’t even be placed in the entire United States, but in San Francisco, it is the mouthpiece.

The San Francisco newspaper is located on Castro Street. It is an independent newspaper building. It seems to be to ensure the safety and avoid being disturbed. There are security patrols at the entrance of the newspaper. Zhou Ming and Omar were allowed to enter after registering and searching, and they were only in the reception area on the first floor.

Zhou Ming and Omar were taken to a reception office, and soon a female receptionist came to contact him.

This is a middle-aged woman with big waves. He brought a folder and dragged a chair to Zhou Ming and Omar. But she did not sit down, but looked around with suspicious eyes, as if she was puzzled: "You are the people who are going to advertise in the San Francisco Times?"

Zhou Ming and Omar both frowned and asked her if she was not allowed to do so?

The middle-aged woman sneered, then sat on the chair: "I think I have to explain to you the cost of advertising in the newspaper to you first. This is not something that ordinary people can afford..."

Then she actually began to introduce the cost of various pages in the newspaper to Zhou Ming and Omar.

There is no doubt that this is the habitual prejudice of the Americans. If you think a combination of Chinese and Africans is expected to have no money on the other party, and you may even think that they are criminals.

Zhou Ming hurriedly stopped the middle-aged woman's words: "Madam, I think it's necessary to explain to you that we are not short of money, so what I need is the most eye-catching advertisement on the front page, and what I need is not just advertisements, but you will also need to publish some news we provide to you at the right time...Madam, can you understand if I say so?"

This middle-aged woman is arrogant, but she is still very familiar with her business. When she heard Zhou Ming say this, she immediately reacted: "Do you want to run for election?"

Zhou Ming nodded and said yes.

The middle-aged woman couldn't help but show a sarcastic smile: "If you weren't so serious, then I'd already believe it. I really don't understand where you came from. How dare you participate in this election?"

"Ms., I need to remind you that running for election is the power of all American citizens under the banner of freedom!" Omar reminded very seriously.

The middle-aged woman raised her hands and expressed her conceit, but in fact her face was still full of indifferent contempt.

"If it's a campaign, it will generally be on the second or third page. Of course, it can also be published on the front page, including the deeds of the candidates and the introduction of the campaign plan, etc. At the same time, it can also add some event information and follow up interviews..."

As a veteran newspaper in San Francisco, the San Francisco Times has not known how many elections it has participated. Therefore, compared to the two rookies Zhou Ming and Omar, this middle-aged woman knows the needs of the candidates in the media and even finally calculates the combination price.

"Ommar was shocked by the final price.

In contrast, Zhou Ming seemed very calm and even made a decision on the spot that there was no problem. It was just this: "But I don't want the second and third pages, I want the front page. All articles must be the front page and in the most eye-catching position!"

The middle-aged woman looked at Zhou Ming in surprise, because in her opinion, Omar, who was frightened by the price, was the normal reaction, and Zhou Ming was a little relaxed and outrageous.

The middle-aged woman thought about it and reminded Zhou Ming: "All expenses require a deposit in advance, you need to pay 30,000 first... No, you have to pay a deposit of 50,000 US dollars before the business can be carried out normally, and the remaining amount will be paid according to the reporting process. If there is any default, we will terminate the contract immediately, and your remaining deposit will not be refunded no matter how much."

Omar was very dissatisfied. He accused the middle-aged women of deliberately making things difficult for them: "What you said just now was 30,000 US dollars, but why did it become 50,000 US dollars when we got here? Also, the remaining amount was paid after the contract was executed. Why did you let us pay in stages?"

Zhou Ming stopped Omar, who was in a fit of anger. Zhou Ming believed that the most urgent task now is to get things done first.

Zhou Ming told the middle-aged woman: "Although the conditions you tailor-made for us are harsh, I can do it, and it's okay for me to pay the full amount first. But like I said just now, I need the front page, and I also need to publish it immediately, so it's best to see it tonight."

The middle-aged woman expressed her gratitude that these requests were impossible to achieve. She said she would have to wait for at least one week.

When Omar heard her say this, he immediately shouted dissatisfiedly: "More than a week? The election may be over by then. What more articles do we have to publish?"

Zhou Ming also expressed his dissatisfaction: "We can agree to such harsh conditions when you give us. Is it just that you treat them so perfunctorily?"

"You can never do this!"

The middle-aged woman said: "Actually, you need to understand that it is not that I was deliberately making things difficult for you, but that San Francisco is still running for a city councilman, so we have already sold the previous pages. As later ones, of course you have to queue up."

She also said: "And it's your first time running for a San Francisco congressman. You have never run for San Francisco before? Then I can give you some information on science for free. I tell you that the city councillors' publicity window will last for more than a week. In other words, even if our article is published for a week, your voters will still have the chance to see it before voting."

"You're too much!" Omar immediately said angrily, "We have obviously spent more money, and you have arranged it for us so late. By that time, what's the use of these articles?"

The middle-aged woman was a little impatient: "Is there any difference between the arrangements between morning and evening for you? You both didn't look at your skin color and identity, thinking that if you didn't know where to get some money, you could really run for parliament? No way."

Omar gritted his teeth and scolded her for bullying others too much.

Zhou Ming also told her with a cold face to let him come over: "It's better to call the president or chairman of your newspaper to me, otherwise you won't be able to take this responsibility!"

If someone familiar with Zhou Ming, you will definitely know that Zhou Ming is really angry when you see Zhou Ming's expression. Even a wealthy family like Morgan and Rockefeller must be persuaded to Zhou Ming with a good voice.

But this middle-aged woman obviously didn't understand. She sneered and continued to sarcastically said: "What do you mean that I can't take responsibility? Do you bring a bomb and want to blow up this newspaper building? You don't even look at what you are, but you want to run for parliamentary? That is, I'm willing to listen to you fart here. If someone else had blown you out long ago!"

The middle-aged woman said at the end: "Ask you again at the end, do you pay the money or not? If you don't agree to pay the money, get out of here! Don't waste our time on both sides."

Zhou Ming also knew in a tit-for-tat way: "Then I will tell you the last one. You'd better report the matter here to the president here immediately, otherwise you will definitely not be able to bear the responsibility!"

"Scary, then you guys are here to wait for me to take this responsibility. I will ask the security guard to ask you to leave in ten minutes."

Leaving this sentence, the middle-aged woman left the reception room.

In the corridor, the middle-aged woman recalled Zhou Ming's look like a knife cut just now, which made her shudder.

Suddenly, for a moment, she thought she should listen to him to inform the boss, but this last thought made her feel very absurd and ridiculous.
Chapter completed!