Chapter 891 (1/2)

The story of Trojan horse slaughtering the city is very famous, so whether it's Troy in Chinese, Troy in English or other languages, as long as you say this word, people will basically associate with the corresponding events and the extended meaning of this word.

Simon's latest Trojan plan, as the name suggests, is still about invasion and infiltration.

This is mainly inspired by James's talk about letting Philip Leibold go to the U.S. Treasury Department for training at the last dinner.

Who controls America?

This has always been a hot topic.

Despite all the silly conspiracy theories, the United States is actually controlled by the country's elite.

The elite class in the United States is far more than the rich that ordinary people usually know. Although those who can be classified as the elite class are not too poor, it should be the elite group that controls the political, economic, military, cultural and other aspects of the country.

The westero system has a strong influence on the economy and culture of the United States, and relatively weak influence on the politics and military. It is precisely these two aspects that have a strong repression on the fields involved in the westero system.

If we want to make up for this shortcoming, we can definitely solve it not only by supporting the election campaign and attracting a group of members of Congress.

Not to mention anything else, James' arrangement with Philip made Simon realize that he ignored a very important non campaign official class in the United States, among which the more typical one is the U.S. presidential cabinet.

These huge official classes distributed in the US capital and local areas also have huge power to influence all aspects of US policies. This is not the most critical, but the more important point, because they are directly appointed by the White House or Congress and other departments, not elected. Relatively speaking, these positions are easier to obtain, less concerned by public opinion, unlimited term of office, and even more important It's hereditary.

Of course, there are also shortcomings.

If you don't pay attention, you may be replaced by your boss. That's why many people often see in the media that a certain department official in the United States is dismissed or resigns because of the certain incident.

However, as long as their own strength or backer is strong enough, this defect is not a defect.

It's a big deal. I'll take a break for a while. I'll just change another department and start over.

Many of the old politicians in the United States are in this state.

You can also use your leisure time to enter the private enterprise department to cash the dividends accumulated for so many years.

Just like Richard Cheney, who had no experience in business management after the old Bush stepped down, became CEO of Halliburton energy company. In recent years, the company has been in a mess, but Cheney is comfortable with tens of millions of dollars a year.

Westeros is already trying to take a stake in Gilead, a pharmaceutical start-up, and a director behind the scenes is doing the same.

In the future, as long as it brings enough benefits to the westero system, Simon will certainly not be stingy in this respect.

This year happens to be an election year.

Last time, he had no energy or strength to do so. This time, Simon is not going to miss the chance to get some key positions from the Clinton cabinet. We can't let go of Congress either. Many sensitive departments in Washington, such as the federal securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and so on, are actually subordinate to Congress.

And the military.

Simon also gradually realized that he had fallen into a misunderstanding.

The US military, no matter how high sounding its mission may be, serves us interest groups to a large extent.

The most typical are the wars around the millennium.

Now that the westero system is one of the large interest groups in the United States, Simon himself can try to use this force instead of trying to build the private arms of westero system. After all, private arms are sensitive in any case.

Having done so much, Simon certainly won't give up some layout because of this awakening. However, it is also possible to gradually infiltrate the strength of the westero system into the US military.

Simon intends to work in two ways. One direction is the civilian military in Washington, which can also be obtained through the spokesmen of the White House and Congress. On the other hand, he is directly looking for spokesmen in all sectors of the U.S. military. It is not difficult to implement it through Celia Miller, Simon's personal military assistant.

Simon initially considered whether to cultivate from the bottom, and then gave up. It's not that he didn't have the time and patience, but mainly that he didn't have to.

It's like Donald Rumsfeld, the former US Secretary of defense, who is a director of Geely at this time.

Other people can do it, and it's easier for Simon.

The most important thing in the westrow system now is this kind of board position.

Not to mention a series of enterprises directly under the westero system, with the continuous expansion of cersei capital, the affiliated enterprises of the three subsidiaries, especially Heiyan asset management company, are numerous, not to mention the directors who take money by name, even the CEO position of Halliburton company, Simon can afford it.It is also a hidden rule for everyone to enter private enterprises after senior officials leave their posts.

It's very convenient to operate.

Even if some people want to deal with the westero system in the future, they will not easily use these things as excuses, because this is tantamount to destroying everyone's jobs. It is not impossible to commit suicide every minute in a car accident. After all, the world is so dangerous.

The further infiltration of American politics and military is the Trojan plan that Simon recently considered.

In the northern suburb of Greenwich.

Sophia and Simon are nestled together on the sofa in a living room of the villa. The TV is softly ringing. As the woman reads Simon's recent notes on two projects, she says, ”the question now is how to choose the staff and how to ensure their loyalty to the westero system, right?”

Simon put his arms around Sophia's soft waist, nodded, then shook his head slightly: ”it's really a bit of a hassle to choose a hand. However, my goal is not to ensure that these people are absolutely loyal, but to bring them together as much as possible to have a sense of recognition and belonging to the westero system. ”

In the original time and space, Bill Clinton won the election of President George W. Bush by accident in the 1990s. He has been running for more than 20 years. When Hillary Clinton ran for president, the Clinton family was no longer a political upstart in the 1990s. Before the general election, the planned Hillary Clinton cabinet was fully filled.

A strong contrast is that a golden real estate developer, because he is a complete political plain person, until the end of his first term, the cabinet is still short of three or four.

This is the most obvious manifestation of the gap in the accumulation of inside information.

It's almost ten years since 1986 when Simon's rise. However, he really began to increase the layout of the political field, starting from the 1992 general election and emerging in the 1994 mid-term election.

This time, the Trojan plan is a deeper penetration.

Since it's also a lack of information, it's not realistic to be too strict with loyalty, and Simon never has too high expectations for the so-called loyalty, he still believes in his position. It's still inspired by the biochemical mode of a shooting game in my memory. Once a player becomes a zombie, he will immediately change his position and attack his former teammates. This is actually the most intuitive embodiment of human nature in extreme environments.