For Ryan, he knew Schwarzenegger's current situation very well. The position of California governor has never been easy to sit, and to some extent, it even surpassed the White House.

In the eyes of many political and economic celebrities and even the public who care about them, California is a small universe in the United States, a place for all important things in all aspects of the country, especially political testing.

In 2004, Schwarzenegger defeated more than 100 opponents and became the second Hollywood star since Reagan to take charge of the US state government as an actor. He delivered a speech at that time - I was in charge of California not for politics, but for saving California.

Perhaps it is full of performative elements like all politicians, but California does need a strong character to bring it out of the quagmire, and Californians also want a strong governor to bring California back on track.

Partisan politics is a chronic disease in California. Californians support Schwarzenegger, who was born as a Hollywood movie star, to come to power. They hope to become a monk halfway through. Schwarzenegger, who has a wealth of wealth, will not be subject to any interest groups. They hope that the "Terminator" will break the partisan politics and change the political atmosphere in California.

Although Schwarzenegger also received support from some interest groups and represented the interests of these interest groups, to be honest, he still made some efforts.

After taking office, Schwarzenegger took some tough measures and attacked the special interest groups he identified, but encountered tough boycotts and countermeasures.

In November 2005, the California Special Election Commission prepared to vote on a number of policy issues proposed by Schwarzenegger, including the budget, constituency division and teacher tenure. The interests of teachers, nurses and the elderly were all impacted by Schwarzenegger's policies.

When Schwarzenegger called these people "special interest groups" and said that the special interest groups did not like him, these so-called "special interest groups" instantly joined together, and the union organizations mainly composed of nurses, teachers, firefighters and retirees became the main force against the reform.

As a result, Schwarzenegger's proposal never passed, and his political and economic reforms were easily defeated by the trade unions and the huge interest groups represented by the trade unions.

Even these unions once sought to oust Schwarzenegger early.

If it weren't for the secret support of major groups such as Disney, it would be hard to say whether Schwarzenegger could still sit in this position.

After that disastrous failure, Schwarzenegger, who lacked political experience, learned his lesson and began to think about the political reality of California. He took the responsibility for failure and said at a press conference that if I were asked to act "Terminator" again, I would let the "Terminator" travel through time to tell Arnold not to hold that special policy issue reform.

Later, Schwarzenegger, a Republican, appointed a Democrat as the director of the governor's office. Schwarzenegger gradually gained a foothold and turned his governance line to the left, seemingly moving closer to the "moderate" in order to lay the foundation for winning reelection.

One of California's biggest problems is undoubtedly the fiscal deficit issue. Even the East Coast media once mocked California for being the first state in U.S. history to declare bankruptcy.

What Californians most expect is that Schwarzenegger can end California's deficit, and Schwarzenegger also promised that his first priority during his tenure was to solve the deficit problem and even planned to push for the reduction of the state's budget.

Faced with California's budget difficulties, Schwarzenegger called for abandoning his previous partisanism, and he even coined a word - "post-partisanism". That is, the two parties seek common ground while reserving differences and actively cooperate.

"Seeking a new politics, a new politics that can break away from the traditional label, break the constraints of old customs, and break out of the old mantle."

This is what Schwarzenegger said in a TV speech.

But reality is always crueler than ideals, especially for politics.

As early as an actor, Schwarzenegger said that I admire any powerful figure in history. Even dictators, those great figures that are still remembered thousands of years later, such as Jesus, are my idols.

Although he was moving closer to moderates, he actually wanted to play a powerful figure and implement his own fiscal policy, so he took action against government employees and cut their salaries. However, this angered the powerful employee union, which once joined forces with other union organizations to launch another campaign to remove Schwarzenegger.

In the end, Arnold Schwarzenegger had to compromise again, and the tough guys and terminators on the screen, and even became vulnerable in real politics, and had to completely invest in the "moderate".

The vested interest class will never sit idly by and watch reforms that are unfavorable to them occur. It is extremely difficult for firm reformers to sit at a high position in any country or region in the world. Even if they sit on it, they often will not end well.

Schwarzenegger was definitely not a staunch reformer. After suffering setbacks one after another, he naturally chose to put these issues on hold for the time being.

Perhaps in his mind, there is no idea that he has left these problems to his successor to solve.

At a party early this year, Schwarzenegger once complained to old friends like Ryan. When he first stepped into the governor's office, he felt that the governor had great power, but he felt that the power was limited because it was not a one-person performance. When you want to reform taxes, you need to discuss with 120 members of parliament, and they all have their own opinions."

Schwarzenegger even believes that this is the fault of liberal democracy, "democracy has its benefits, but there are also bad things."

His words are not unreasonable. For example, Schwarzenegger tried to push tax reforms about Hollywood and the film industry several times, but he could not pass the state legislature.

In the past two years, Schwarzenegger's public opinion approval rating has been declining, and the already chaotic California financial problems have even become even more chaotic in his hands.

However, Ryan is not a political idiot who knows almost nothing in his previous life. This situation is indeed closely related to Schwarzenegger's lack of political experience and his position is easily shaken. However, the California fiscal crisis cannot be attributed to anyone.

The California fiscal crisis is a deep-seated problem, not just who is responsible, but a systemic problem of the California government. Faced with huge deficits and worst credit ratings year after year, the two California political parties cannot eliminate differences and find a solution. They are each in the political "comfort zone" and insist on an outdated political stance.

When Schwarzenegger and several previous governors wanted to promote fiscal and tax reforms and violate their interests, these guys would immediately jump out to object, and this situation did not occur when Schwarzenegger's term governor was in office.

So, like all governments in the world, similar to these most difficult problems were naturally pushed to the head of the successor.

As for whether the successor can be resolved, just like Hollywood's voices of overseas protests, they don't care. Even if the state government goes bankrupt in their office, life may not change much for these wealthy lawmakers.

The biggest reason why interest groups from Hollywood, including Ryan, support Schwarzenegger is to let him promote California's reform of film tax laws and preferential policies, but judging from the current situation, the hope is extremely slim.

Schwarzenegger's biggest demand now is to seek re-election and reach the peak of his personal political career. Although there are various rumors about his campaign for president, he is not qualified to run for president.

The federal constitution clearly stipulates that presidential candidates must not only be American citizens, but also be born in the United States!

It can be said that the governor is already the pinnacle of Arnold Schwarzenegger's political career. If he succeeds in re-election, he will inevitably become one of the most criticized governors in California's history.

Next year, that will be one of the worst years in America. Real estate is a pillar industry in California. I believe that when the next governor takes over, he will definitely be a more terrifying fiscal deficit than the current $25 billion.

Perhaps in the near future, Californians will need to pay courage and sacrifice, and even higher costs.

But Ryan and others are definitely not in this ranks.

The sun turned to the West, and the guests attending the party said goodbye one after another. Ryan and Nicole saw off most of the guests, only those relatively younger guys, and stayed for the time being.

"Alison..."

At the door of the villa, Lily Mosin looked at Taylor who had packed his bags, "Don't you spend the night here? I just stayed here to listen to you talk about the concert."

"Sorry, Lily."

After looking at Scarlett who drove the car to the door of the villa, Taylor turned around and hugged Lily, "I have something to do with Scarlett today, and I will tell you carefully another day."

"Okay." Lily is much more reasonable than Taylor when she was a child.

"You two don't drive."

Ryan hurriedly walked out of the villa and stopped Taylor and Scarlett, "If I remember correctly, you both have a drink."

"That..." Taylor raised his hands with his royal blue eyes looking into the sky.

"Ska, get off."

He made a gesture to get off the car to Scarlett, and Ryan said to the butler who followed behind, "Elsa, inform the driver to drive the car and take them back."

"Is something happening?"

Nicole also walked out, and saw Scarlett's flushed face immediately understood, frowned and said, "Scarlett, Alison, don't leave today."

"It's okay, Elsa has notified the driver." Taylor's eyes turned, and he took a few steps to pull Scarlett over. "We made an appointment with someone to have a party at Scarlett tonight."

The black Rolls-Royce drove to the villa, and Ryan waved his hand to the two of them, "Let's go."

"By bye, Ryan."

Scarlett waved to Ryan, and Taylor pulled him into the car.

Watching Rolls-Rouss drive out of the door, Nicole suddenly asked Ryan, "Why do I always think Scarlett and Alison are weird?"
Chapter completed!