Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

"Bah bang bang!"

In the Polygram Record Company, Yan Xiong looked at the Wall Street Journal on the table and slapped his mouth hard.

"Bah bang bang!"

Yan Xiong almost had his face swollen, "I'm so damned good! Why don't you believe in your godfather's words? You only invested 500 Hong Kong dollars. If you invest 50 million, then it's not developed?"

Yan Xiong regretted why he did not strengthen his faith in Du Yongxiao and only bought 5 million Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to 700,000 US dollars, in Coca-Cola shares.

Damn it that I missed such a rare opportunity to make a fortune.

Just when Yan Xiong hated himself so much that he wanted to die——

Boom, boom, boom!

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Yan Xiong said angrily.

Crunch!

The office door opens.

Michael Jackson came in from outside, still holding a gift in his hand, but it was a bottle of red wine.

Yan Xiong glanced at him, rubbed his face with his hands and said, "I thought you wouldn't come."

"Why?" Mike asked as he put the red wine on the table.

"You are rich! Six hundred thousand doubled, at least more than one million US dollars. What are you doing here if you have money?" Yan Xiong started to tidy up the table.

Mike smiled: "I'm afraid of paying liquidated damages, okay?"

Yan Xiong then looked at Mike and said, "Mr. Du's vision is indeed right. Basically, the people he likes are talented people."

"Thank you for the compliment, this bottle of red wine is for you!" Mike pointed to the red wine on the table.

"Wow, so kind? It's from Bordeaux!" Yan Xiong picked up the red wine, looked at it, and said, "Would you like a drink?"

"sure."

"No, it's okay. I'm in a bad mood."

"why not?"

"No reason." Yan Xiong would not say that he had invested too little.

Gurgling!

After pouring two glasses of wine, Yan Xiong handed one over.

Mike took it.

"cheers!"

The two clinked glasses.

After finishing a glass of wine, Yan Xiongcai said: "Then from today on, you are welcome to join PolyGram!"

Yan Xiong stretched out his hand.

Mike, hold on.

…

FBI headquarters.

"The situation is now obvious. White House Chief Counsel James has told everything. Although he keeps saying that this matter has nothing to do with the President, and the President had no knowledge beforehand, but-"

Director George stood on the podium, holding a pointer and tapping the whiteboard, "Only he knows the truth."

"As for now, what we have to do next is to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, disrupting the situation there! Who is willing to take action?"

"I!"

"I come!"

Everyone raised their hands, wanting to take advantage of this rare achievement.

Director George smiled and looked at Du Yongxiao, who was motionless as a mountain and said: "Agent Du, what do you think?"

Du Yongxiao didn't want to wade into muddy waters again, so he said: "Since everyone is so enthusiastic and proactive, let's leave it to them!"

"Okay!" Supervisor George admired Du Yongxiao's magnanimity. He was neither impatient nor impatient, did not take credit for his work, and was always alert when faced with difficulties.

"Then I declare now—"

Director George began to arrange his troops.

Du Yongxiao listened quietly. He knew clearly that if the White House persisted for at least half a year, President Nixon would resign because of this matter in August.

So what he has to do now is not to compete with these short-sighted guys for credit, but to plan how to get the maximum benefit from the opportunity of Nixon's resignation.

Du Yongxiao turned his ballpoint pen with his fingers and his brain began to work rapidly.

Now he has made a huge profit of 100 million US dollars by speculating on Coca-Cola Company stocks. It is a pity that the money is deposited in the bank and it will not earn much in interest. In this case, it is better to take a big gamble.

Just bet on whether Nixon will step down.

Judging from the current situation, many people believe that the "Watergate Incident" will not be a fatal blow to the current president.

To be precise, in June 1972, when the "Watergate break-in" broke out, Nixon's popularity miraculously reached its peak. To defeat Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern, Nixon no longer needed political intelligence, useful or useless.

Furthermore, anyone with an inside track in Washington knows that the Democratic National Committee is nothing more than a shell and that useful political intelligence can be found in the offices of presidential candidates. In this case, why did McCord and others break into the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate Building to install bugs at this moment?

Many people believe that this is related to Nixon's character. “He views life as a battlefield and is convinced that there are enemies everywhere in the United States who are determined to destroy him”; “He views every major event in his political career as a crisis, in which he is always in the position of Surrounded by enemies."

Nixon was suspicious by nature. Even Kissinger said, "We all know that Nixon is not born to completely trust others." In order to deal with his political opponents, Nixon could ignore the law and do whatever he wanted.

As Bill Galli noted: "Nixon was a fiercely competitive man," even though he was already a sure shot at beating McGovern. However, in his view, this victory would not be complete unless he could defeat the Kennedy brothers, whom he "hated, feared and admired at the same time."

Nixon's subordinates also knew this clearly. Against this background, Nixon's Presidential Re-election Committee and White House staff formulated a comprehensive plan to sabotage the Democratic campaign. One of the main contents was to break into the Watergate Building of O'Brien, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a close associate of the Kennedy family. It doesn't seem strange that bugs are installed in offices.

It can be said that not only does the president believe that his power is still stable, but his rival, the Democratic Party, does not have the confidence to force Nixon to resign.

However, Du Yongxiao just wanted to gamble with this 100 million U.S. dollars——

August,

Nixon steps down!

…

That night, MGM Grand Hotel.

"Carter, you are so awesome, you actually booked this hotel tonight."

The man who spoke was well-dressed, but he was Carter's good friend and Democratic Senator Simon.

Carter glanced at Simon and said with a smile: "I'm not that capable. It will cost a lot of money to book this hotel!"

"Uh, who is that? What do you mean by inviting everyone from the Democratic Party over for dinner tonight?" Simon asked curiously.

"I just want to introduce someone to you."

"Introduce someone, who is it?"

"You'll know later." Carter pretended to be mysterious and looked at his watch. "It's almost time. Let's go to the banquet hall first."

"Uh, okay!" Simon looked confused.

Simon accompanied Carter to push open the banquet hall door————

Crunch!

Inside the gate were all well-dressed Democratic Party bosses, including Nixon's opponent McGovern, as well as the famous Bush family and the Kennedy family in the United States.

Seeing Carter come in, these big guys just turned their heads and looked at him, then ignored him and raised their glasses to chat with each other in a arrogant manner.