Chapter 449 The Mayor of Los Angeles

Durant was silent for a while, and said, "Hall, I plan to fight for the state legislature election in the second half of this year."

This turning point is a bit big. How can I talk about selling land and building a wharf, and suddenly turned to running for the state legislature. Jiang Hao didn't intervene. He knew that Durant must have something to say.

"Los Angeles is developing very well recently. The governor sent me a letter affirming my work. I also have some friends, but you know, running for the state legislature requires a lot of public relations expenses, publicity expenses, and hospitality expenses. My Not much income”

When Durant said this, he looked at Jiang Hao.

Understood.

This is looking for alms for oneself, no, it is called seeking campaign funds and political donation support.

The relationship between Jiang Hao and the old man Durant is not bad. If he takes office, Jiang Hao has a chance to become the mayor of Los Angeles, and the old man becomes a state congressman, which is also good for Jiang Hao, and it can be regarded as an extra political ally.

"One hundred thousand dollars, and I can also contact Jonathan State Representative, do you think this is okay." Jiang Hao said.

Old man Durant smiled.

Jiang Hao thought to himself, I have to start working for myself.

The current situation in the western United States is very different from that of later generations. Most of the mayors of later generations are elected, but the reality of the western United States does not allow it. Elections are too troublesome and a waste of resources. If all energy is devoted to elections, then Governments can all be brought down, so a lot of them are appointments now.

To achieve the level of governor, congressman, secretary of state, and president is a real high-ranking official, which requires very formal elections.

Time is like a slowly crawling tortoise, and people are like ants on the tortoise's shell, busy with their own affairs.

Half a month later, the City of Los Angeles once again held a council meeting to discuss the construction of the Santa Monica Pier. Durant had done a lot of work before, and the proposal was passed with a majority vote.

Anyway, there are already so many debts, and people have taken it easy. It is not their own money. The pier is repaired, which is good for everyone. Some people are willing to take the money, so why not do it.

This project is still in the hands of Jiang Hao. Whoever pays the money will be responsible? The agreement signed between Jiang Hao and the Los Angeles City Government still has a three-year repayment period.

No one is stupid, and they all know that the government will definitely not be able to do so, but it has nothing to do with them. It is also good for them to have more convenient transportation. At least the grain, cattle and horses in their plantations and pastures can be transported out more conveniently. Isn't it.

Sea transportation is the real way of transportation across the world, and it is much more powerful than land transportation.

As for the land, people don't care anymore. The place Jiang Hao bought was not included in the city planning map, it was a wilderness. In this way, the land and beaches from Long Beach to San Clemente Land were all owned by Jiang Hao. The entire land area reached 700,000 acres.

Don't be surprised, let alone 1880, even in modern times, Jiang Hao doesn't have much land in his hands. There is an old guy named John in the United States who actually owns 2.2 million acres of land, almost 9,000 square kilometers.

Old man John is actually nothing. The most powerful thing is the Pacific Railway Company. That guy built 4,500 kilometers of railways and got 5.3 billion hectares of land from the US government, which is larger than the entire state of Texas. Big, you know, Texas is the second largest state in the United States, second only to Alaska.

So in this country where capital is king, Jiang Hao should not be surprised if he got land in a county, it's so fucking normal.

It was already July, and Mayor Durant approached Jiang Hao, "Jon, I'm going to Sacramento, do you want to accompany me?"

Jiang Hao knew that Durant was going to have a relationship, and he came to tell him that one of these things was for money, and the other was that he wanted him to go with him to meet Jonathan.

Jiang Hao said: "Okay, I happen to have something to go to Sacramento, I will go with Mr. Mayor, by the way, Mayor, I have prepared the money, and I will give it to you before I leave."

Durant was very happy, "Jon, it will be good for you to meet the governor with me at that time."

Jiang Hao's trip to Sacramento was not only to run for an official, but he also had an important thing to do, which was to register a patent.

new patents.

During this period of time, Jiang Hao made a few more inventions, ahem, the matter of the time traveler cannot be called plagiarism.

One is smokeless gunpowder, the other is modern rifle bullets, and there are two types of rifles.

Smokeless gunpowder was only invented in 1889. With the gunpowder used today, a lot of soot will appear on the gun barrel after being fired for a long time, so in western movies, there will be a lot of dismantling of the gun barrel and cleaning the gun with a brush tube shot.

When smokeless gunpowder is invented, it will become popular all over the world. This is a good thing. With smokeless gunpowder, real modern firearms will come into being. So Jiang Hao designed several bullets. As for the rifle, Jiang Hao copied it. The most popular is the Enfield rifle and another classic rifle 98K. If you want to copy it, you must copy the classic.

What, you said the Mauser brothers quit, they really have nothing to do, hahaha.

After arranging the affairs at home, Jiang Hao took Bill, together with Mayor Durant and his two entourages, and rushed to Sacramento by train.

On the train, Jiang Hao called Bill to a place where no one was around and said, "Bill, I actually thought about not bringing you here before I came. Do you know why?"

Bill shrugged, "I know, if Congressman Swift finds out about Mrs. Taylor and I, I'm afraid it will be very troublesome."

Jiang Hao shook his head helplessly, "It's not just a trouble, it's a disaster. At that time, I don't know how to deal with it."

"Head, I will pay attention." Bill said.

Jiang Hao patted Bill on the shoulder, "It's good that you know it yourself. If something really happens, we may have to kill that old guy. This will have a great impact on our future development, and kill a congressman , I am afraid the federal government will not let it go."

Bill nodded.

Bill is an adult, so you don't need to say more, Jiang Hao will stop there, as for how to do it, I believe Bill will consider it.

Of course, if Bill really identified that Mrs. Taylor, it doesn't matter if he killed the old Jonathan Jiang Hao. Isn't it just that there is one less political ally, and he just needs to use money to continue to develop new ones.

The train finally arrived in Sacramento. Jiang Hao and the others separated from Durant. Durant got Jiang Hao's political donation and was going to run away. Jiang Hao brought Bill to visit Congressman Swift. Of course, he also met the Beautiful Mrs Taylor.

After eating, chatting, and discussing things, Jonathan was a little surprised and happy when he learned that Jiang Hao became the deputy mayor. Then Jiang Hao talked about Durant and his own, "If possible, I hope to strive to become the deputy mayor. Mayor of Los Angeles."

Jonathan smiled, "I'm afraid you need to pay a certain amount of benefits. The governor is from a big family, and their family's industries are all over the east. They even mentioned Hall cigarettes to me before."

Isn't it money? Jiang Hao said with a smile, "What do you think of the sales rights in a state, you can choose any place."

"I think 2 to 3 are more guaranteed." Jonathan said.

"That's three. By the way, the sales in California are very good and have stabilized. Do you intend to increase the sales rights of a state?" Jiang Hao asked Congressman Jonathan.

Jonathan laughed more freely, thinking that Jiang Hao is really good at being a man.

Jiang Hao's philosophy is that money is for use, and only those who have money can make it to their heart's content. Giving them the right to sell doesn't mean they don't charge money, and they can get what they need in exchange, so why not.

Mrs. Taylor was naturally in charge of signing the contract. After Mrs. Taylor signed the agreement with Jiang Hao, she couldn't wait to go to another room to talk to Bill. It didn't take long for the two of them to get together.

Jiang Hao shook his head, went out with the patent application materials, and went to the Patent Office to register. This time he went directly to the director. Last time, Congressman Jonathan brought Jiang Hao in person. The director still knew him and was very enthusiastic. , assigning his subordinates to register immediately, after Jiang Hao drank a cup of coffee in the director's office, the patent matter was settled.

Of course, Jiang Hao did not come empty-handed, and gave him a gold lighter produced by Hall Company as a gift. His relationship is called relationship, and he may be able to use it in the future.

The Director of Patents was naturally very happy to accept the gift.

Jiang Hao returned to the hotel, and Bill came to his room to find Jiang Hao, "Head, I told Mrs. Taylor that from now on, we will never do this kind of thing in Sacramento again, and we won't cause you any trouble. If there is a chance, we will meet in other places and be the most concealed."

What Jiang Hao could say, he just patted Bill on the shoulder.

Three days later, Jiang Hao followed Jonathan to a manor on the outskirts of the city. The manor looks like a European castle. It has been carefully built at first glance. This is the home of Governor Arnold of California.

Eating and chatting, Governor Arnold is tall and strong, and also very talkative. When talking about the development of Los Angeles, it seems that Durant has already been here. Mr. Governor gave great affirmation to Jiang Hao's investment and construction in Los Angeles .

During the period, there was no mention of the right to sell cigarettes. After leaving the governor's manor, Jiang Hao and Jonathan sat in the same car. Jonathan said: "The governor has agreed. During this period, Durant will concentrate on running for the state legislature in Sacramento. I will directly order you to be appointed as the acting mayor, with full responsibility for all affairs in Los Angeles, and after the election is over in two months, I will appoint you as the mayor of Los Angeles."

Jiang Hao asked, "What if Durant fails?"

Jonathan smiled, "failure, hehe, then he can only end in a bleak way, and the mayor of Los Angeles will definitely not give it to him again. This is Governor Arnold's promise."

Jiang Hao can only bless the old Durant.