Chapter 1225 ambition
"President Hill," O'Hai looked at the familiar sunshine, beaches and cities in front of him, and looked at the white sails on the sea, and then thought about the high ground less than 100 feet high, the building with a strong historical imprint, the solemn and atmospheric building, and everything inside, once again felt like a different world.
"Feng, are there two opposing factions in your company?" He did not answer Feng Yiping's question, but asked another question.
"It should be that some executives will be more conservative and some executives will be more radical, but this is not comparable to the problems you are facing,"
Feng Yiping knew that he was talking about the "donkey" and "elephant" parties on Capitol Hill, namely the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
“In my company, I have the power to final, irrefutable ruling, and that’s one of them,”
And in American politics, there is no one with such power.
"In my company, whether it is conservative or radical, it is actually just a matter of means. Many times, means can be adapted. Whether conservative or radical, it doesn't matter. It's not absolute. The important thing is to achieve the goal."
"This is not the pressure I put on them, but the goal they will achieve spontaneously, because only by completing the goal and task can they get corresponding rewards, they can settle in their current position, or go further,"
Little Ao Hei looked at Feng Yiping in surprise. Obviously, Feng Yiping knew his questions very well.
"You're right, this is indeed very different from the problems I'm facing. On Capitol Hill, many things are absolutely true. I am a Democratic Party, so I can only have one position and be consistent with my Democratic colleagues."
"This kind of consistency is absolutely, even if it is a debatable point, if our party decides to support it, I must support it,"
Feng Yiping smiled, "This is understandable, isn't it? After all, you received strong support from the party during the election process,"
"Yes, I understand, too," O'Hai nodded. "But I don't understand it now. You can imagine that the problems faced by a country are naturally much more complicated than those faced by a company, right?"
"But you know, my colleagues on Capitol Hill, when dealing with the problems they face, both domestic and international, have become a simple choice of two, agree, or objection,"
"Do you know how ridiculous this is? I think only those primary school students think that the world's things are only right, wrong, or good, or bad,"
"Only when we were in school, when we were taking exams and doing judging questions, we could solve the problem, but they also used such complex domestic or international problems as judging questions," he said.
“Abortion, or support, or objection; gun control, or support, or objection; health insurance, or support, or objection…,”
"Do you know what's more ridiculous? They don't even ask whether it's right or wrong now. Because the other party supports it, we must object. In fact, we don't think about how to solve those problems."
"Or, put a lot of energy on some minor issues, those really important and urgently needed to be solved, are put aside, regardless of the matter,"
"I think this kind of single-choice question is no longer a struggle between political views, but a struggle in political forms. Either with us or oppose us, and there is no other choice,"
Feng Yi listened quietly and did not interrupt.
These issues, especially as a foreigner and a citizen of a country that is not close to the United States, is indeed difficult to express his views at this time.
In fact, sometimes, listening quietly is enough.
"Give it," he handed Xiao O'Hai a bottle of Yunling beer and touched him the bottle.
"Thank you, I like this beer the most," O'Hei took a big sip. "You know, I've learned this lesson just a few days after taking office,"
"That was a proposal initiated by a Republican congresswoman who wanted to investigate a state's election fraud. I think it's right and necessary to find out the problem, so I voted in favor,"
"It's just such a simple thing, but do you know the result?"
"It's very bad?" Feng Yiping said.
"I welcomed the bombings of comrades in my party. They even thought that I was being swept up, so they betrayed my own party,"
"But I've only been in office for a few days,"
"Now, you won't do that, right?" Feng Yiping asked.
"Of course I have to be more cautious now," O'Hai Xiao shook his head helplessly. "I have drafted some unpainful and irrelevant bills with some conservative colleagues, and have more time to have a drink or play a card with my colleagues,"
"But even at such times, I can't let my guard down, you know, my colleagues and I go along the way, one campaign after another, in which we can say that we are always, never friendly criticism, attacking our opponents,"
"To this point, this seems to have become the instinct of many people. You know, even within the party, there will be competition. Therefore, even when communicating with colleagues within the party, I must always pay attention to it and not leave materials for people that may be used to attack me in the future."
"I feel like I didn't do anything, but I just worked so hard,"
Judging from the situation that Feng Yiping has mastered, Comrade O'Hai's words are a bit incomplete.
Since his successful election as a US federal senator, he has not only faced hard work.
For politicians, some routines seem to be universally applicable.
After O'Hare Jr. was elected as a senator, the book he had written before, My Father's Dream, was reissued and quickly topped the New York Times bestseller rankings.
It is expected that the book will bring him at least more than one million dollars in profits.
In the United States, there are actually some phenomena that a person can attain enlightenment and that a chicken or a dog can ascend to heaven.
After he was elected to the Senate, Michelle, who worked at the University of Chicago Hospital, was also promoted to vice chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Although the hospital tried its best to clear it up, this was not a plea to O'Hai or Peanuts, but everyone knows that this position seemed to be specially set up for Michelle.
Since your position has been promoted, your salary will definitely change - doubled.
But not only that, the boards of directors of many companies have extended olive branches to Michelle - after all, no matter how good the lobbyist is, it may not be as good as the pillow style.
"Feng, don't be humble, I'll listen carefully," said O'Hai.
"Actually, my current success is due to the monograph I published, "Blue Ocean Strategy". It can be said that the wide reputation that the book won me was one of the main reasons why I later started my business in the United States, especially, and was able to be so smooth."
"You happened to mention to me that you are writing your second book, "Fearless Hope", so I think you should spend more energy to write this book well, and also make this book on the New York Times bestseller rankings, so that more people can understand you and your opinions, and then support you,"
"You're very right," said O'Hai, "It seems that it's very necessary for me to spend more energy on writing this book. I think this will bring an additional benefit. Our university loan should be paid sooner, hahaha,"
"I think that's definitely not a problem. Come on, do one," Feng Yiping raised the beer bottle.
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They ended the conversation until the sun sets west, the number of people on the beach is reduced, and some of the lights in the hotels in Honolulu and on the beach are on.
On the way to the parking lot, O'Hai said with unsatisfactory words, "Feng, I hope you can arrange more time in the future and communicate with me more. You know, every time you talk to you, you will get a lot of gains."
"I can't guarantee the gains, but I can guarantee to be an excellent listener. If you have anything to say in the future, you can talk to outsiders in the political circle," said Feng Yiping.
Some of the bitter things that Xiao O'Hai vomited today really can't find a suitable person.
The people in his team are definitely not suitable, and the members of the team cannot be negatively affected by themselves.
Some questions are not appropriate to say to Michelle, because those words may weaken his dignity as a man.
Feng Yiping, an outsider, is really a good partner.
"Feng, I always want to say that meeting you is my luck," said O'Hai.
"In the political circle of the United States, it is also my luck to meet someone like you who is determined to do something practical for the people. Haha, I have always been lucky," said Feng Yiping.
Chapter completed!