Chapter 462, Puppet (asking for monthly ticket)
It was a particularly dark day in the White Palace office, Herbert Walker, James Quayle, Ralph Ferrante, Ryan Cooper, Sergey Carpenter and others were all sitting or standing with gloomy faces, while George Walker at his desk was talking on his cell phone.
George Walker's face looked very grim, but his tone still sounded concerned.
"That's all we know now. They have blocked most of the information. We have no way to investigate and get detailed information immediately."
"Ayton, I need you to keep a close eye on this matter. At this critical moment, there must be no problems. Otherwise, I will definitely make you pay for it."
After hearing George Walker's warning, Ayton on the other end of the phone quickly expressed that he would definitely complete the task.
After hanging up the phone, George Walker looked at his father, Herbert Walker, and briefly explained the situation.
The matter is very simple. Just now, someone shot Tang Dake. It was a blatant shooting in the street.
The sniper was lying on a high-rise building more than 300 meters away from Tang Dake and firing. Fortunately, none of the shots hit his head.
Even so, this incident caused a great public response, and relevant information appeared on the Internet at the first time.
After seeing this news, the whole world couldn't believe their eyes.
William Jefferson had been forced to withdraw from the election just a few months earlier, and Herbert Walker was now in endless trouble.
After giving up a lot of interests, Herbert Walker gradually extricated himself from this quagmire.
And also because everyone is paying attention to the final showdown between him and Tang Dake.
Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Tang Dake was shot again, and this really caused a big incident.
Herbert Walker had a gloomy face and remained silent. He felt at this moment that he was really unlucky. It seemed that all the good luck of the past ten years had been used up, and now he was starting to have bad luck.
"Walker, I think what we need to do now is to make this matter as muddy as possible. No matter who is behind this, we should let the outside world report one key point: this incident was a drama directed and performed by Tang Dake from beginning to end!"
"Tang Dake is too young, lacks experience, and is a businessman. Why should he be the leader of our Eagle Sauce? The public opinion polls in the past half month show that we clearly have the upper hand."
"So if Tang Dake wants to defeat us, he can only direct and act out this drama himself, only then can he truly become the monitor."
"We let the news media report this way. We believe that this will confuse the current facts and prevent ordinary people from being misled."
At this time, Sergey Carpenter was speaking in the office. This suggestion made Rui Er Cooper, George Walker, James Quayle and others overjoyed.
Maybe this is a very good idea.
"Besides that, I think you need to go to the hospital in person, Walker, and leave now. Although we are competitors, we must show the magnanimity we should have and let our people know that we did not do such a thing."
Ralph Ferrante also made a suggestion, which was echoed by others such as George Walker.
In this way, this think tank finally came up with more effective suggestions and began to take action.
In a private hospital in New York, the entire hospital is under tight security at this time, and anyone entering or leaving will be required to undergo three rounds of inspections.
Only after passing the security check can you pass smoothly.
In the ward, the injured Tang Dake was lying on the bed, but he didn't look like he was experiencing life and death at all. Instead, he was full of energy:
"Who wants to kill me? That old bastard Herbert Walker definitely doesn't have the guts to do that, especially at such a critical moment. If he kills me, that position won't be his either."
"I will spend 100 million US dollars to apply for an investigation into this matter. I hope you can all investigate it carefully to find out who it is."
Upon hearing this, Jacques Marton, a member of Tang Dake's think tank, quickly explained that the matter was currently under investigation.
Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the ward, and soon the door was pushed open.
Coming in from outside were the two financiers, Ronald Lawrence and Holcafferty, and following behind them was the financier's representative, Joe Black.
After Ronald Lawrence and others came in, they first asked about Tang Dake's health. After a few words of greeting, they asked if he was directing and acting in the show himself?
There is a saying that goes "too much is as bad as too little"!
In the eyes of Holcaforti and Ronald Lawrence, Tang Dake really has no political wisdom and is just a fool who only knows how to act recklessly.
But if you really just think of him as a fool, you are totally wrong.
Tang Dake is definitely a smart person, and he has so many people supporting him behind the scenes.
The think tank he hired included Jacques Marton, Menuintstedt, Fischer Guevera, Peter Verona and others. These people were not ordinary people and all had very impressive resumes.
With these people supporting Tang Dake, once he wins the election, he might really be able to make a career in his future career as squad leader.
However, when he was young, Tang Dake once went alone to Hong Kong Island thousands of miles away to make a lot of money.
When he gets aggressive, everyone will be afraid of him.
Especially at this critical moment, big capitalists like Ronald Lawrence all speculated that Tang Dake would most likely make a desperate effort.
At such a critical moment, if he really wrote, directed and acted out this drama of being shot, then it is not certain who will get the position of squad leader.
If he really ends Herbert Walker's legendary career as squad leader, then it would be really exciting.
"Fuck, how is this possible? This is slander. Who said that? If you don't trust me so much, why did you choose me in the first place?"
When Tang Dake heard this, he was immediately furious and said angrily.
"I directed and acted in this drama myself? Haha, you guys haven't been shot by a bullet, have you? I have! Look at my ear, it was almost, just a little bit, and I would have died. How dare you still doubt me so much?"
"Okay, okay, I will have someone contact the media right now and hold a press conference immediately. I will withdraw from this election."
"I want to prove my innocence. I have never done such a thing. Anyway, I don't want to be the squad leader. I am exhausted by your suspicion every day."
Tang Dake, who had a bad temper, was ignited in an instant, just like a powder keg. Ronald Lawrence and the others looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this.
You know what, Tang Dake’s acting skills are really top-notch. Even at this time, he can still act like this?
"Well, if it wasn't you, then it wasn't you. We just believe you. There's no need to get so excited."
Holkaforti smiled and said:
"We all know your current situation. We believe you are innocent, but we also hope you won't be so impulsive and won't just say you want to quit. If you quit at this point, wouldn't all our previous efforts be wasted?"
As the head of one of the three major families of the Cleveland Consortium, Holcaforti has invested a lot of time and energy, which has allowed Tang Dake to reach his current position.
The general election is not that simple and there are many obstacles.
In this year's election, if William Jefferson had not been unlucky and happened to die, Tang Dake would never have gotten the chance to run.
Compared with William Jefferson, Tang Dake is far behind.
But because William Jefferson was so outstanding, many people invested in him, which resulted in Holcaforti not being able to get much of the profits.
It was the incident a few months ago that led to the participation of consortiums such as Holcaforti and Ronald Lawrence, who became one of Tang Dake's main financiers.
Although New York local tycoons such as Lannister Morgan are also big moneybags, they have also become one of them.
In other words, the Cleveland and Boston consortiums have also gotten involved. In the past, they would never have gotten involved so much or so deeply.
"Humph, even if all my efforts are wasted, it's still a thousand times better than being used as a tool by you guys!"
Tang Dake snorted angrily. He was not just losing his temper, but he really thought about it.
It’s just because people like Holcaforti and Ronald Lawrence are going too far!
Since they are bullying people like this, Tang Dake is also a man with a temper and he does what he says.
Therefore, after perfunctorily sending away Ronald Lawrence and Holcaforti, he immediately said to Menuintstedt next to him:
"Menuhin, notify all media immediately, including the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and other major newspapers. They must all be notified. I need to hold a press conference at 9 . tomorrow."
"Tang, what is the content of the press conference? What do you want to say mainly?"
Menuhintenstedt immediately asked: "We need to prepare a draft of the content of the press conference in advance."
"No need, just notify them directly."
After saying that, Tang Dake closed his eyes and rested.
He knew very well that there was a traitor in his think tank, so he planned to launch a surprise attack this time. He had to let Ronald Lawrence, Holcaforti, Lannister Morgan and others know one thing: that he, Tang Da, was not a puppet to be manipulated by others!!!
Even if he is a puppet, Tang Dake will definitely stand up and will not be led by others.
Jacques Marton, Fischer Guevera, Peter Verona and the others had no idea what Tang Dake was thinking, and they thought that something about his injury would be mentioned at the press conference.
After all, he was shot, so he definitely needed to appear in front of the media to report that he was safe. Otherwise, so many people across the country would definitely be worried about him.
Before tomorrow's press conference, Herbert Walker arrived at the hospital with a large group of reporters.
When they learned that it was their competitor who came over, Tang Dake and his group all widened their eyes, thinking they had heard wrongly. How could Herbert Walker come to the hospital at such a critical time?
However, the people below definitely did not report the wrong information, so let's welcome them first.
Regardless of whether they are competitors or not, since they are here, we should always be polite.
What's more, they brought reporters here, it must be just for show.
In the hospital ward, Tang Dake lay there without getting up to greet him, pretending to be seriously injured.
Reporters from many major newspapers, such as the Wall Street Journal, had connections there, and they followed Herbert Walker into the ward, which suddenly became very crowded.
Herbert Walker was just there for show, so his smiles were all professional smiles, and his greetings seemed very caring, but everyone knew what he was actually thinking.
However, Tang Dake had just been shot, and Herbert Walker rushed over to visit him in such a hurry. Why did it feel so hypocritical?
Did he want to confirm whether Tang Dake was dead or not?
Anyway, the reporters at this time were all here to watch the show and enjoy the melons, but of course they did not forget their work. They quickly took photos, videos, etc., and then reported the big news.
However, soon, Tang Dake suddenly said to the reporters:
"Mr. President, I want to announce something to you and everyone. From this moment on, I am withdrawing from the election and I will no longer participate in it."
hum!
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole ward became noisy. There were only twelve reporters allowed into the ward, but now all twelve of them were excited.
The bodyguards who were in charge of maintaining order and security were also stunned for a moment, and almost failed to stop the reporters who came forward excitedly to ask questions.
Jacques Marton, Menuhintenstedt, Fischer Guevera, Peter Verona and other think tanks went completely crazy. They all felt a black screen in front of their eyes and wanted to faint.
To follow a master like Tang Dake, one really needs to have a strong heart, otherwise, one never knows when one might suddenly die.
Herbert Walker was obviously stunned by Tang Dake's sudden remarks and could not believe his ears and eyes.
Has the world gone crazy?
Or has Tang Dake gone crazy himself?
It's simply incredible!
After realizing what was happening, Herbert Walker quickly tried to persuade Tang Dake not to be impulsive.
Besides, he has already participated in the election until the last moment, it is impossible for him to suddenly withdraw.
"I really want to be the monitor, but Mr. Walker, you have to know that I almost died today. Death was right next to me. You have no idea what kind of despair that is."
At this moment, Tang Dake has given up hope.
Jacques Marton immediately ordered his bodyguards to turn off all the reporters' live cameras and asked them to leave the ward so as not to disturb Tang Dake's rest.
Even though emergency measures were taken, the news still leaked out.
(End of this chapter)
