American tax officials

Chapter 366 The Old Fox Who Knows When to Back Down

"Speaker Nancy, whether this bill will shake the foundations of our America is not up to you to decide; it's up to the entire Congress to decide!"

Although Nanxi is the Speaker of the House of Representatives and has a strong influence in the House, this bill will definitely pass as long as it gets 218 votes in the House. And since he has so many members of Congress under his control, there is no need to be too afraid of him.

Do you know what you're saying?!

Having dominated American politics for decades, even high-ranking officials like presidents, vice presidents, and secretaries of state treated him with deference, let alone ordinary people.

But now, being challenged to her face by such a young upstart as David naturally infuriated her.

"As far as I know, you announced more than a week ago that you would not run for the next Speaker of the House, nor would you hold any position in Congress. Since you've chosen to retire gracefully, why not just retire peacefully? Why get involved in this mess?"

"What if I absolutely have to take a trip?"

Indeed, due to his advanced age and various other reasons, Nancy announced more than a week ago that he would not run for Speaker of the House again.

Even if he doesn't run for office, with her strong-willed personality, if she were to be afraid of a young upstart like David, then she wouldn't be Nancy Gerisie!

"Then I'll worry that you'll ruin your reputation in your later years!"

"Heh, I've never been to Lolita Island, you can't threaten me!"

David was taken aback when he heard this. He knew that one of the previous members of parliament must have leaked the bill, but he didn't expect that even the matter of Lolita Island would be leaked.

In that case, it's highly likely that the people who leaked the bill were the congressmen who visited Lolita Island!

Seeing David's somewhat stunned expression, Nanxi thought that he couldn't do anything to her, and a smug smile appeared on her lips. But David's next words made her expression freeze.

"You may not have been to Lolita Island, but your husband is hailed as the 'Capitol Hill Warren Buffett.' I just don't know if he can withstand our investigation!"

Nanxi's smile froze upon hearing David's words. She replied with a stern face, "My husband has his own career, and he's already undergone extensive vetting. What else do you want to investigate?"

"On May 28th of this year, your husband was involved in a car accident at an intersection 5 miles from his own winery. However, when faced with the police, your husband spoke incoherently, was unsteady on his feet, and had a strong smell of alcohol on his breath. He also tried to show the police a membership card for a certain foundation. Subsequent blood alcohol tests confirmed that your husband was indeed driving under the influence of alcohol at the time, and drugs were even detected in his system..."

"etc……"

Nan Xi interrupted, frowning, and said impatiently, "Although my husband was indeed involved in the accident, he was ultimately acquitted. You can't use that against him!"

"Yes, you hired a top-notch operations team in California, including crisis management experts such as Kammer, who has handled public relations crises for Harvard University and Nike; the well-connected public relations master House Jeep; and California's most famous lawyer, Kirkel. These people are indeed very capable."

"However, just a week before he was to be summoned to court, Congress was debating a 'chip bill' that would have provided the American semiconductor industry with $520 billion in subsidies."

"What's interesting is that your husband bought a large number of shares in semiconductor giants like Nvidia and other chip companies right before the bill was voted on, making tens of millions of dollars overnight. Am I right?"

Nansie's husband was named Paul Gerisie.

This guy is definitely notorious in America. Besides the drunk driving and insider trading that David just mentioned, he also caused his brother's death when he was 16 by threatening to drive.

Of course, the main reason this guy has been able to live a carefree life despite his numerous misdeeds is that he has been currying favor with Nanxi, the powerful Speaker of the House.

Otherwise, he would be in prison long ago.

"Heh, what you're saying is all common knowledge, and it's already been investigated multiple times by the courts and hearings, yet none of it has proven my husband's guilt!"

"But what if I talked to Mr. Monroe Antonio, Mr. Howard Archibald, and Mr. Du Bois Hamilton? What do you think?"

Nanxi, whose expression had been normal, changed instantly upon hearing these three names.

These three individuals are executives from chip giants Invista, Intel, and Qualcomm, but that's not the main point.

The key point is the chip bill that David mentioned earlier, the biggest beneficiaries of which are these three giants.

In return, the three giants sent these three executives to reach a series of exchanges with her on the eve of the bill's passage.

Now that David knows about these three contacts from that time, if they are taken away for investigation, given David's methods, it's hard to guarantee that they won't reveal something.

Thinking of this, Nanxi's brows furrowed even deeper.

She wondered how David could be so confident; it turned out he had learned some inside information about the matter afterward.

"Alright, Speaker Nancy, I have no intention of opposing you, but you shouldn't interfere with my actions either. The best outcome is for us all to remain at peace. What do you think?"

Although Nancy announced that she would not run for the next Speaker of the House, her term has not yet ended.

David is now pushing for this bill in Congress, so it's best to let the other side back down rather than completely break ties with them, lest it cause a lot of trouble later.

"Hmph, David, I'll remember this today!"

For many years, Nanxi has presented herself as ruthless and even aggressive to the world, but a persona is just a persona, mostly just something to show to the public. Don't take her for granted that she's just a shrew.

Having served as Speaker of the House for so many years, her political acumen can only be described as top-notch.

Now that she is about to step down, political achievements are meaningless to her.

The reason she came to David was simply to see if she could win him over and make the three major corporations owe him a huge favor.

Unexpectedly, David learned some inside information about the chip bill, so after some deliberation, she finally decided to back down.

After all, David's methods were extraordinary. If she continued to harass him, and he made a big fuss about the chip bill, she probably wouldn't be able to retire peacefully.

"Wait, Speaker Nancy..."

Nanxi, who had just reached the door and was about to leave, turned around.

"What I want to know is, how did you know I was here?"

To avoid trouble, David had been keeping a low profile during this time and hadn't given away any information, so he was very curious about how the other party had found him.

Nan Xi didn't seem inclined to answer, giving him a disdainful look before pushing the door open and leaving.

"It seems she's given up..."

After all, the other party was a politician who had been active in the United States for decades and also held an important position such as Speaker of the House, so when he saw the other party back down, Sean finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, by the way, who were those three people you were talking about?"

"The executives at Intel and other chip companies only had some business dealings with her and her husband."

"So that's how it is..."

Sean wondered why the other person acted so differently as soon as they heard those three names; now he understood...

However, Nanxi is about to step down, and David has found out some dirt on him, so if he were in David's shoes, he wouldn't be able to fight David to the death.

They're almost retired and enjoying their golden years. Who would risk their life if it weren't a matter of life and death?

David took out his phone, found Gavin's number, and dialed it. The call was answered quickly, and he asked, "What happened? Was my whereabouts leaked?"

The assassination attempt left him with some psychological trauma.

Now that Nanxi knows his whereabouts, what if the Freemasons find out and send him explosives or an assassin? Wouldn't that be dangerous?

Therefore, this problem must be solved first.

"No, as you instructed, I have been closely monitoring your movements and safety, but I haven't found anything."

"Okay, I'll ask the CIA."

David hung up the phone, dialed Elvis's number, and repeated what he had said to Gavin earlier.

"The CIA hasn't detected any leaks regarding the location... What's going on?"

Elvis thought about it for a moment but couldn't figure out what went wrong.

"Just now, Nancy from the House of Representatives came to see me..."

David told him that Nancy had come.

"I understand. I think... it must have been our director who leaked your information to Nanxi."

"You're the section chief?"

"Yes, our CIA intelligence chief is Sawyer Hall, and he has a close relationship with Nancy. If Nancy can find you, it's probably through him!"

"So what's your relationship with him?"

"They're just superiors and subordinates; there's not much of a relationship between them."

"Is that so...? Then I'll go back to Washington in the next couple of days and let me know his whereabouts then!"

Since this department head was able to leak his whereabouts to Nanxi, David naturally could no longer keep him around.

"Okay, I understand."

Upon hearing this, Elvis, who was working at the CIA, blushed instantly.

When David asked him to provide a list of personnel placed by the three major powers last time, he had actually considered including this director's name.

However, this section chief was not affiliated with any of the three major powers, and after some deliberation, he decided to hold back in order to avoid upsetting David.

Unexpectedly, Nanxi actually approached David, and in doing so, also implicated the head of their CIA intelligence department.

In that case, we can't blame him!

……

Two days later, in the evening.

At the entrance of Arlington Mansion in Washington, D.C.

Countless sports cars and luxury cars arrived one after another at the entrance, and one after another, celebrities from Washington's high society stepped in with their female companions.

In an inconspicuous corner of the mansion's main hall, David and his group arrived early.

At this point, they had become either bearded men or burly men with full beards; in short, they were all disguised and completely "changed their appearance".

"Hehe, the CIA's disguise skills are really good. I bet even my mom wouldn't recognize me here!"

Looking at his reflection on his phone screen, Mangsen couldn't help but chuckle.

After returning from Texas, they received a message from Elvis saying that Sawyer would be attending a charity gala today, so they came too.

In order to avoid attracting attention, Elvis deliberately had his disguise personnel disguise David and his group.

As they were talking, it seemed that almost everyone had arrived.

At this moment, the host of the dinner walked onto the stage and said, "Thank you all for attending Mr. Harrington's charity dinner. Mr. Harrington is busy and will arrive later, so he asked me to apologize to everyone!"

"But it's alright, the charity auction will still proceed as scheduled."

"Mr. Harrington will select fifty exquisite items from his collection for auction, after which the proceeds will be donated to the people of Georgia who have been affected by the floods!"

As soon as the host finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted in the audience.

After a while, the applause gradually faded away.

A staff member brought out a blue and white porcelain vase and placed it in the most prominent position in the central area.

"This is an official kiln piece from the Qing Dynasty in China. The starting bid is US$50, with each bid increment no less than US$5. Bidding begins now!"

The host gave a detailed introduction to the vase's age to the assembled celebrities below, and then the auction began.

"50 million!"

"60 million!"

"80 million!"

"..."

As the host finished speaking, the celebrities in the room began bidding.

Not long after.

This collectible was then sold for a high price of 200 million US dollars.

This prompted Munsen, who was watching from the shadows, to exclaim, "These damn rich people, they really spend money like water..."

"Ha, buying this piece would not only give them a huge show of wealth in front of all those celebrities, but also earn them a good impression in the media about donating to disaster relief. Why wouldn't they do it!"

"What do you think? If we arrest everyone here and interrogate them one by one, could we squeeze some 'profit' out of them?"

Jerry's words startled Manson and Larin.

I must say, this idea is actually pretty good.

These people are, to put it nicely, celebrities of Washington's high society; to put it bluntly, they're just a bunch of capitalists.

How could any capitalist be clean?

If they really investigate on charges of tax evasion, they'll find out without fail!

"Stop thinking about these irrelevant things. We didn't come here for this."

David was puzzled. According to the information Elvis had given him, his department head should be here by now, so why hadn't he arrived yet?

"Deal made, congratulations Mr. LeBron!"

As the group talked, the first item was sold amidst the host's cheers on stage.

(End of this chapter)