Awakening the Daily Intelligence System

Chapter 459: 170, confident and strategic, Lin Mo!_2

He really wanted to know how Lin Chen managed to convince the other candidates to exit the election overnight, especially the arms dealer, the Bryan Family.

Without sufficient interests, they definitely would not give up their easily attainable positions so willingly.

Johnson Foster pulled out his phone and composed a long message intending to send to Lin Chen, but after deliberating over it for a long time, he really didn’t know what to say.

He was now truly afraid that saying the wrong thing would bring about Lin Chen’s displeasure.

What to say?

After pondering for a long time and revising the message, Johnson Foster eventually sent only a simple sentence.

[Thank you, I will repay you in the future!]

Just as he put down the phone, a 70-year-old man sitting next to him said, “Foster, you have led our family to heights that no head of the family before us has ever achieved.”

“I want to ask what your plans are next, will you continue to compete?”

As soon as these words came out, the meeting room quickly fell silent, and everyone’s gaze turned toward Johnson Foster.

They actually all felt that the current result was already very good, and continuing to compete with Clinton Hamilton of the Conservative Party was meaningless.

It would be more appropriate to give up the subsequent competition in exchange for interests.

No one believed that their family could really become the Duke.

Johnson Foster’s attitude was very firm as he looked around and said, “Hamilton is not invincible, and I have reasons why I must continue to compete.”

“This kind of questioning is only allowed to arise once in our family, and must absolutely not happen a second time.”

“Instead of spending time pondering that question, it would be better to discuss how we can trip up that woman, Clinton Hamilton.”

Johnson Foster held a high position within the family, and his word was law.

And he was no fool.

Lin Chen supported him precisely so that he could become Duke, and the other party had demonstrated shocking strength and ability the night before.

Such ability stunned the whole of America, and it, of course, also shocked Johnson Foster.

He dared not imagine what consequences would arise if he, this chess piece, dared to disobey the chess player’s orders, or even carried out actions the chess player did not want to see.

After all, the Johnson family couldn’t even compare to the arms dealer Bryan Family, not to mention taking a step back, even the Morgan Consortium.

Lin Chen was able to settle those two families overnight, making them exit the election almost in a peaceful manner…

Although he didn’t know exactly how Lin Chen did it, if Lin Chen could achieve that, would overthrowing their Johnson family be difficult?

No,

it would be even simpler than with those two families.

And after hearing Foster’s decision, the rest of the Johnson family, although they could not understand the motive behind his actions, also didn’t dare to offer any other ideas.

It was the old man who had spoken earlier who again broke the silence: “Good, Mr. President, to have such courage is an honor for our Johnson family.”

“We also have some secrets about Hamilton in our hands. Since we are declaring war, the first battle will definitely be a whaling battle. We can contact the media and have them release these negative stories!”

“Although it will not fundamentally impact Mrs. Hamilton, it can at least put certain pressure on her.”

“As for the voting in the states, how to turn them from blue to red, that is something you need to consider carefully.”

The competition between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party is inter-party, but the competition between the candidates of both parties is nationwide.

America has a total of 51 states, and each state has a different number of votes based on its strength, population, economy, area, and so on.

The seven states with the fewest electoral votes each have three, and the state with the most has 55 electoral votes.

Each state operates under the winner-takes-all principle.

That is to say, as long as one can secure 51% of the support in a state, one can claim 100% of the state’s electoral votes.

Both the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party have their own stronghold states, whose electoral votes have basically not changed for many years, and there is not much point in trying to win them over.

The base camp votes for both sides are roughly the same, so there have been very few instances of “stealing home” in previous elections.

Whether one can become the Duke still largely depends on those swing states!

Whoever can capture as many swing states as possible will be able to ascend to the Duke’s throne and enter that world-renowned palace.

“Negative news can be spread, and the more, the better,”

Johnson Foster said somberly, “In addition, all members of the Johnson family should also get moving, giving speeches in various states and canvassing for votes on the streets.”

“From now on, I will be giving non-stop, 24-hour campaign tours in the various swing states,”

“Since we’ve decided to go all out, we need to present an attitude of certain victory.”

“No one understands the competition for the Duke of America better than I do. The Hamilton family is very powerful, but it’s not absolutely impossible to defeat!”

“Alright, the celebration ends here. Now it’s time for everyone to get busy!”

“This battle is related to the rise and fall of the Johnson family, so I hope everyone will give their all and not take this lightly!”

…..

Only three days remained until the birth of the Duke, and the political scene in America was operating at an extremely high frequency.

Foster was giving speeches all over the world, and Clinton Hamilton along with her campaign team were not idle either, not only giving tours everywhere but also actively participating in all sorts of television programs and interviews.

Especially after the Johnson family released damaging information about the Clinton family, Clinton Hamilton’s counterattack followed.

During a well-known interview program across America.

The host, with a professional smile on his face, asked, “Mrs. Hamilton, what do you think about the incident that happened yesterday in the Liberal Party, as well as Mr. Foster’s nomination as a candidate?”

Clinton Hamilton was dressed in a crisp white suit that day, her face lightly made up.

Though she was older and no longer associated with beauty and sex appeal, it was the maturity brought on by age that now gave her an intellectual charm.

Just by her image alone, she formed a sharp contrast with Johnson Foster, who had blond hair, a restless and exaggerated demeanor, and crude and abrupt speech.

In response to the journalist’s question, she did not rush to answer but pretended to think for a while before speaking calmly, “I don’t have much understanding of Mr. Foster himself, like most of the ordinary population, I just know that he’s an undisciplined rich second-generation, nothing more.”

“I swear to God, I thought about my opponent being anyone but never someone with no political foundation at all, just a guy who incites emotions.”

“Nobody would feel at ease handing over the country to such a person, unless he’s out of his mind, wanting to destroy this legendary land of miracles.”

“Mr. Host, would you choose someone like that to become the Duke?”

Thunderous applause erupted from the audience, and viewers watching the live stream on the internet largely agreed with Clinton Hamilton’s statement.

What a joke,

Can just anyone run for the office of Duke?

Looking through history, every Duke, if not exactly handsome, at least has been dignified, of fine bearing, spirited and intelligent.

And now?

Are we about to let a clown represent the image of the country?

When the applause finally subsided, the host, with a smile, said, “As a host, I cannot express my own stance here, but I can share my experience of interviewing Mr. Foster.”

“Oh…how should I put this, that might have been the worst interview of my life.”

“Miss Hamilton, the producer just told me that the results of the first round of voting are in. Would you be interested in joining us to witness the choice of the American people?”

Clinton Hamilton smiled and nodded, “Of course, why not?”

As her voice fell, the large screen displayed the map of America with the names of the 51 states clearly outlined.

Blue represented the Conservative Party, and red stood for the Liberal Party.

And now, at a glance, almost all the states in America were a deep blue, with little red to be seen.

Even some of the states that used to be strongholds and bastions for the Liberal Party had undergone a reversal!!!