Reborn American Giants

VIPs arrived one by one, and the lawn of the manor became lively. Waiters walked among the guests holding trays, alcohol or fruits.

Next to a burning bonfire, a skinned deer had its internal organs removed, and its belly was stuffed with spices and some vegetables such as potatoes and onions. It was placed on a barbecue rack next to it, with a chef dressed as a chef.

The man stood aside and kept rolling the deer's body. The flames licked the fat from the deer's body due to the high temperature, and from time to time a ball of sparks exploded.

Almost most of the people stood together in small groups, forming small circles, either chatting loudly and passionately, or whispering secretly.

In this way, in the sound of their conversation, some things were decided and some things were denied.

Perhaps, this is why everyone wants to join the social circle of "upper class"!

After leaving Amfilo's manor, when Victor got back into the car, the time was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

Declining Amfilo's invitation to stay overnight, Victor was glad that he would not have to spend the night in this house full of decay and decay.

In this house full of history, there is no modern equipment from the 20th century at all. There is no air conditioning or central heating equipment, and the floors are not tiles but marble slabs.

If it were in other places, such an old-fashioned house would have been bought by some hotel group or other people, protected, repaired, renovated and reopened to avoid the fate of the old house decaying.

But not here, at least not yet.

At the banquet, Amfilo enthusiastically introduced Victor to a group of people. Listen to the titles in front of their names: Ugo Rogel Martinez Bonilla, Minister of Public Health and Education; Land and Agriculture

Minister Yolande Benhorsfort; Hector Miguel Antonio Dada from the Ministry of Economy; Deputy Minister of Finance Pedro Diez Canseco, Lieutenant General Mahin representing the military forces, etc.

There are also business people such as Chairman Cambiaso Cipriani of the San Salvador Chamber of Commerce and others.

In short, they are all very "influential" celebrities in El Salvador.

Taken individually, these people may not be as powerful as a cabinet minister like Yolande Bain, and they may not be as wealthy as Victor now.

But you can't underestimate them because of this. In fact, wealth must match status. These people naturally have a profound foundation and accumulation for a long time.

Their ancestors may not be nobles, nor may any of their relatives hold any important positions somewhere.

But one thing is certain, these people have been entrenched in El Salvador for a long time and have formed circles of interests.

These celebrities may not have power or wealth, but they must have a certain degree of "influence."

And influence is a very magical thing.

Under the influence of influence, people's attitudes and perceptions will be changed by this kind of thing. It is similar to celebrity endorsement.

Why do capitalists spend a lot of money to invite some celebrities to advertise? They hope to use the "influence" of these celebrities to promote their own products. Obviously very cheap things will often be affected by the halo of "stars".

The popularity of the people.

These people are just like that, they are all influential figures. The small circles they form can not only affect the outlook of some ordinary people.

To a certain extent, it can even influence the attitudes and decisions of politicians and introduce policies that are beneficial to them.

Therefore, it is not without reason that some people in society call these people the "shadow cabinet."

But they gathered in Vice President Amfilo's secluded manor on the outskirts of San Salvador, and their purpose was naturally not to taste the venison hunted by the Vice President himself.

The purpose of the election is to completely eradicate those headless people, because their chances of success are very slim. As for those who are reincarnated and born with status, there is no need to try, there is definitely no hope.

The purpose of the struggle is to step down one's opponents on the ladder of power and try to get oneself closer to the highest position.

The capitalists are waiting and watching.

Since El Salvador became independent, due to its superior geographical location in the Western Hemisphere and the lack of war, the power of capital has grown crazily like weeds in the wild.

They originally appeared as some large landowners, large plantation owners, etc. Thanks to World War II, various production raw materials produced in El Salvador received large orders from the United States. Everyone was at this feast

Made a fortune in it.

However, it is also because of this that American capital has deeply penetrated into this country's industry, agriculture, transportation, foreign trade and finance.

As early as 1923, American bankers forced the El Salvadoran government to accept servile loans and then sent their agents to El Salvador to serve as the head of customs, controlling and occupying 60% of the Salvadoran government's customs duties.

income.

Today, the total foreign investment in El Salvador is US$1.2 billion, of which US capital accounts for about US$1.03 billion.

Due to the impact of the civil war, El Salvador's current inflation rate is 440%, its economic growth rate is -6.2%, and the country's overall foreign debt has exceeded 18 billion U.S. dollars, which is three times the government's annual fiscal revenue. It only pays the interest on this part of the debt every year.

, the El Salvador government needs about 650 million U.S. dollars, but its fiscal revenue in the first quarter of this year was only 1.223 billion U.S. dollars, a decrease of about 25% compared with last year.

These large local planters and landowners have made a fortune, and some of them continue to do what they have been doing, trying every means to acquire more land in order to produce more raw materials and make a profit.

However, some people are more discerning and began to invest money in relatively simple rough processing of raw materials, and in this way developed El Salvador's own national capital.

These people have grown up to this point and are no longer satisfied with that little fuss. They begin to want to challenge the status of American capital and monopolize the domestic market.

But Jose relied on Americans to come to power, so these people couldn't get what they wanted from him.

Until Amfilo appeared, although their cautious personalities prevented them from investing immediately, it did not prevent them from taking a wait and see first.

Standing on the side of the winner is always the only option for these people.