1novels Chapter 249 The Inexplicable Medal
Chapter 249 The Inexplicable Medal
Since the United States pursues two-party politics, no matter how neutral or "non-partisan" the federal government claims to be, but which political party the president belongs to, all policies will still be labeled with that party.At the end of each year, the president of the United States will always have two things that attract attention. One thing is the so-called "amnesty". The president usually pardons a group of prisoners at the end of the year. This is a bit like ancient China. The other thing is the so-called "recognition", the President of the United States has the power to award citizenship medals and freedom medals (without going through Congress).Therefore, at the end of the year, many lobbying groups will appear near the White House, or hope that the White House will take pity on a certain unlucky prisoner and grant him an amnesty; or hope that the White House will take care of a lucky person and give him an official medal.
The United States is an elite society, so people in this country value the affirmation of others more than people in other countries. You can see that Americans like to add "titles" to their business cards. Some American business cards have "prefixes" and "suffixes". a lot.Americans who have just become judges will immediately change the Mr or Mrs on their business cards to Hon. for judges; as soon as they become professors, they will immediately change to Prof.; if they become doctors, they will naturally be marked with Dr. is enough, especially if it is a real doctor of scientific research or a doctor of medicine, then Ph.D or MD should be added to the suffix.Naturally, Americans have a soft spot for medals, especially the medals issued by the country are naturally rare.
There are two types of medals in the United States. Military medals are only for Americans and must be American soldiers. This is naturally not suitable for some upper-class people; the other is civil medals, but this kind of medal is not only for Americans. Foreigners are also available.Medals are limited, and there are so many people who want to reward, so there are naturally too many monks and too few porridge.
When Jed was determined to be awarded the "Presidential Citizenship Medal" by President Bush Jr., all kinds of acid words came out.The biggest "conspiracy theory" is that Jed Sherman is the biggest benefactor of President Bush Jr.'s second election, and even MSNBC, the vanguard of the American Democratic Party, has produced so-called "evidence" to talk about it there.You must know that [-]% of the shares of MSNBBC Global Cable TV Company belong to Sherman Entertainment Group, which can make these Democrats blackmail their bosses regardless of their jobs. One can imagine how angry the Democratic Party of the United States is about this news.
California is an important vote base and financial aid for the Democratic Party in the United States. The Democratic Party does not occupy many states in the 50 states of the United States, but one California is enough to determine that the Democratic Party is capable of contending with the big brother of the Republican Party.The reason is simple. First of all, California is the most populous state in the United States, so it also has the most electoral votes; second, one-tenth of the financial aid for the US presidential election comes from California.Therefore, the Democratic Party regards California as its own backyard and taboo, which absolutely cannot allow the Republican Party to get involved.
However, with the rise of moderates in the Republican Party, the Republican Party has gradually gained its voice in Southern California.Although California still supports the Democratic Party in the presidential election, the Republicans have gradually gained a foothold in Southern California in the state legislature and local mayor elections.And Los Angeles is a very important representative city of Southern California, and Jed is the most famous figure and rich man in Los Angeles, so Jed's political leanings represent the choice of the rich and middle class in Los Angeles to a certain extent.
What many politicians care about the most is that the group of young people born after the "baby boom" will soon become the most mainstream voters in the United States, and Jed Sherman is one of their idols.Especially in California, Jed has become the most admired idol of young Americans. Jed Sherman is well-deserved No.40 among the "world's richest young people under the age of 1" selected by "Forbes" magazine; Jed is also on the list of the richest people in the United States and the world.Many young Americans believe that Jade's success can be replicated, because most of Jed's industries are high-tech industries, rather than traditional financial, energy, and real estate industries.
In the past, Jed was a recognized liberal elite, and had a hot relationship with the liberals of the Democratic Party.Because of Jed's large financial aid, the declining Democratic liberals have gradually gained the ability to compete with the Democratic centrists.If Jade does switch to support Republican moderates, then the center of the Democratic mainstream is not happy.Because the conflict between them and the liberals can only be said to be a brotherly dispute, while the conflict between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party is the "enemy issue."
"Mr. Jed Sherman's shift to support Republican moderates is actually traceable." MSNBC evening news talk show "Killer" host Chris Matthews commented, "As a descendant of Chinese, Jed was born with Many policies of the Republican Party are friendly. For example, Jed has an ambiguous attitude towards abortion and citizens holding guns. According to people close to Jed, Jed is relatively disgusted with "non-necessary or non-medical abortion". , At the same time, Jed is considered a half-gun lover, although he hates the 'National Rifle Association' very much. The important thing is that Jed agrees with the Republican Party's economic policy of 'small government, big market', and also welcomes many Republican foreign policies. If there is one important factor that makes Jed and the Republican Party disagree, it is the Republican Party's attitude towards same-sex marriage. But this issue is no longer a problem. Limited support for the 'civil union' bill. These measures are much more progressive than the Democrats' 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, so perhaps Sherman is also considering his own political stance?"
Jed watched a group of people who didn't know him at all discuss and analyze his personality and family life on TV programs, and he deeply felt that a certain organ in his body was already slightly sad.
At this moment, John handed over a phone and said softly, "It's Mrs. Hillary Clinton's call. How many Democrats is this calling tonight?"
"Yeah, God knows how many times it is." Jed answered the phone, then turned back and entered his study.In fact, the relationship between Jed and Clinton is not harmonious, because many of Clinton's policies did restrict his expansion, especially Clinton's original strategy of conniving Japanese capital made Jed and many other American businessmen suffer from the enemy.But Jed's impression of Hillary is not bad. Perhaps, as someone said, gays and feminists are actually natural allies.
Back in the study, after listening to Hillary's complaints, Jed assured: "Ma'am, although I have been somewhat dissatisfied with some of your husband's policies, this will not extend to my dissatisfaction with your party. The important thing is , Many people in your party and I are personal friends, and I will not give up my support for your party whether it is public or private. As for this award, I can only say that I am very surprised."
It was already late at night after explaining to Hillary. Although Jed was a little puzzled by Bush's sudden award, he still asked his secretary to send a letter of thanks to the media in his own name out of politeness.The political environment in the United States is actually a bit special. Although there are not many people who agree with the President of the United States, it is generally necessary to show respect for the President of the United States. After all, he is the leader of the United States and a symbol of the United States elected by the American people.
Jed wouldn't be so foolish as to refuse a medal or go to the inauguration, it just wasn't in his own interest.It is one thing to support the Democratic Party, but there is no need to stomp the face of the Republican Party on the ground, right?Of course, before the presidential inauguration, I still have an Oscar ceremony to attend.
However, Jed is a little desperate for the Oscars in March next year, because this year Martin Scorsese's "Aviator" and Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" will be released. This year, there are works that have attracted the admiration of the entire film critics. It is conceivable that next year's Oscars will be the stage for these two male gods to compete, and other works are purely to accompany them.Jed really thought about not going, but he managed to establish a good relationship with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. If he didn't go just because he couldn't afford to lose, wouldn't it be too stingy?
Of course, Jed has not forgotten the most important job, to launch the acquisition of MGM and Lions Gate Films, and at the same time to cheat Sony Pictures.MGM Holdings, which was established to acquire MGM, is currently dominated by Jade's Sherman Entertainment Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment Group, and Lionsgate Entertainment Group, with several investment banks participating.Obviously, these sharks who came smelling blood are still very optimistic about MGM after the acquisition.Even if MGM is dismembered immediately after being acquired, it is in everyone's interest, at least it is better than the dying MGM right now?
It's a pity that no one knows that there is a big trap behind this acquisition. Jed is going to cheat Sony and Lions Gate while cheating these investment banks.At first, Jed thought that he was too involved, but later he thought that these investment banks have sucked a lot of blood in various financial crises, and it is not a big deal to withdraw some money by himself.
"This is the future Galaxy Film Group." In an internal meeting, Jed showed his expectations for five years to the top management, "Our main brand is still Galaxy Film, but the future Galaxy Film will focus on commercial films , the goal is high box office; and our sub-brand will be MGM, which we are about to acquire, and MGM’s future goal is to make achievements in epic themes and art films. In addition to these two major brands, there will also be Several sub-brands. Among them, the Lions Gate Films we will acquire will mainly focus on horror films and independent films; while Summit Entertainment will focus on comedy films and TV films; the remaining United Artists will be mainly responsible for literary films and The release of overseas films in North America. In addition to these brands, Europa Entertainment and Tarantino Studios will only exist as rights management companies. All Galaxy Pictures films in North America will be under the names of Galaxy Pictures and Galaxy Home Entertainment The name of the release, while overseas will be released in the name of the Galaxy International Entertainment Group. In addition, all animation films will be distributed by the Galaxy Animation Film Group, while the production companies are Pixar Studios, Blue Sky Studios and Manga. Wei Studio is responsible. I believe that after the completion of these mergers and acquisitions, our Galaxy Film Group will become one of the giants in Hollywood, and the Galaxy Animation Film Group will also become one of the small Hollywood giants."
Jade's plan has been affirmed by the top executives of the galaxy, and they are full of confidence in the future development.Especially Jiafei, Lansing, and Meribo have confirmed that their future careers will always be with the Galaxy.