Chapter 174 The Bush Family

Houston is the largest city in Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States, and the largest economic center on the Gulf Coast.

Its energy (especially oil) industry, aviation industry and canal industry are world-famous.

The Port of Houston is also the sixth largest port in the world and the busiest port in the United States. It ranks first in foreign ship tonnage and second in terms of nationality.

Houston is also home to the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest concentration of clinical research and treatment institutions.

Herbert was treated here because he was ill.

Unlike Marvin and Neil who were discussing their awesome nephew.

As for Milo, he was looking out the window at the night view of Houston in the cold night rain and was lost in thought.

Ever since I went to Nob Hill last year to visit my grandmother's brother.

Milo had an idea at that time, but considering his strength at that time.

His idea was not overestimating his own capabilities, but it was extremely fanciful.

Because he wanted to connect Boston, California, and Texas.

These three consortiums are representatives of the industrial complex in the United States.

The three major conglomerates almost monopolize more than 95% of the arms business in the United States.

If these three major conglomerates could unite, no, there would be no need for them to unite.

We just need to share the same aspirations on certain things and become allies.

That is enough to affect the entire US armed forces.

Because more than 90% of the "military" in the military-industrial complex are closely related to these three major arms conglomerates.

Many of them even serve as their interest representatives.

Just thinking about it will tell you that it is extremely difficult to accomplish this.

It is more difficult than Milo running for president at the age of 30 and successfully entering the White House.

When Milo was 30 years old and running for president, all he had to do was find a way to amend the constitution and then spend money to get into the race.

Although it is very difficult, it is not impossible given Milo's huge popularity and wealth.

But it is almost impossible to get the three major conglomerates to unite.

Not to mention whether the three major conglomerates are willing or not.

The remaining American financial groups and other vested interests will never agree.

Rockefeller and Morgan would definitely rush forward to tear apart the possibility of such an alliance at the first possible moment.

What if these three consortiums were to unite.

It can be said that there is nothing else for the United States.

Everything comes from the barrel of a gun, and it's not just the Chinese who firmly believe this.

The same is true of the Anglo-Saxons.

This can be seen from the fact that thirty years later, the United States was infiltrated by the Squid from top to bottom and was like a ghost.

However, inside the Five-Star Building, the Squid Man could only do odd jobs on the periphery and was unable to truly interfere with military power.

Violence is the real backer of power.

If the three major financial groups unite, it will be a violent merger of the United States.

The convergence of violence will inevitably lead to the convergence of power.

By then, it would probably not be impossible for him to become the emperor of the United States.

Milo was just thinking about this kind of thing.

Treat it as a dream.

After all, people cannot live without dreams. Without dreams, they are no different from salted fish.

Even a big capitalist like him is the same.

It’s just that the dream of ordinary people is to get a promotion, a raise, marry a beautiful and rich woman, or become rich overnight and become financially free.

As a big capitalist like him, his goals are even more ambitious.

Put aside this idea, which is completely unrealistic at the moment.

Milo began to think about how to cooperate with his grandfather's family.

Of course, support is necessary, because Milo now knows that there are still four years left.

But my uncle has basically decided to run in the next general election.

At the same time, Milo also knew that his uncle would definitely win within the Elephant Party.

Because Rockefeller had to give an explanation to the bush.

They went a bit too far with Zipperton coming to power.

This is certain to be done in order to appease Herbert and the military-industrial and energy groups.

As for whether my uncle can win in four years...

Judging from the results of parallel time, the same seems to be true.

But Milo also knew about the butterfly effect.

My appearance has changed a lot of things.

For example, if I didn’t show up.

Now that Yahoo is listed, its market value should be over 10 billion US dollars.

Moreover, within the Shrub Party and the Elephant Party themselves, people probably have little confidence in my uncle.

This is mainly because Milo, the eldest uncle, was actually no different from his third brother Neil when he was young.

The same playboy, notoriously not very smart.

After all, it is still the 20th century, and there are no signs of chaos in American politics.

At this time, if you want to be the President of the United States, you must not give people the impression of being mediocre or even stupid.

You have to know that before this, whether it was Zipperton or Milo's grandfather.

Or people like Li Gen and Carter who came earlier.

All of these people are outstanding.

Just standing on the stage, even without saying a word, can give people the feeling of being a super elite.

Once they open their mouths, they are eloquent and can make countless people voluntarily vote for them.

Not to mention that these people are also very capable.

It's totally incomparable to George who can't even look good on the outside.

Milo remembered that in the parallel universe, his uncle was somewhat unstable when he first came to power.

The two sides even went to court over the ballot issue.

Later, the other party gave in, which allowed his uncle to successfully take over.

It’s a bit confusing just thinking about it.

Milo began to admire his grandfather a little.

It takes a lot of ability to help a son like this to the top.

Milo was sure that if his grandfather had not chosen to suffer in silence when facing Zipperton four years ago.

Even if grandpa was capable, it would be impossible for George to be promoted in four years.

But now that I have myself, everything is different.

Just when he was thinking about how to maximize his own interests.

The convoy also arrived at the destination of this trip——

MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Herbert was hospitalized this time because he was diagnosed with a tumor.

Fortunately, it was in the early stage, so I was hospitalized immediately and underwent treatment surgery.

He was admitted to the ICU for safety reasons, not because he was really sick enough to need to be admitted to the ICU.

The Anderson Cancer Center was founded in 1941. It is a world-renowned oncology hospital. It was one of the first three comprehensive cancer treatment centers designated by the U.S. National Cancer Initiative in 1971. It is one of the 39 comprehensive cancer treatment centers currently designated by the Medical Oncology Associations and is recognized as the best cancer hospital in the world.

In the underground parking lot of MD Anderson Cancer Center in the night rain.

Milo looked through the car window and saw his uncle George, his second uncle Jeb, and some of their followers from a distance.

He smiled and thought that after all, one has to give face to others himself.

In the past, there was only one uncle who connected the machine.

Most likely it was for the sake of his brother and mother's face.

Now, there are a group of cousins ​​and two uncles waiting to greet us at the airport.

After arriving at the destination.

Even his eldest uncle who was already the governor and his second uncle who was the chief of the Florida Elephant Party came to the parking lot to greet him.

After all, he is my uncle.

And my uncle has always been very good to me, even after the last Beverly Hills shooting.

ClA was so proactive in helping because of the help from her uncle.

So he waited for the car to park, and didn't wait for Kenny in the passenger seat to get out and open the door for him.

Milo opened the door on his own initiative and walked quickly towards his other two uncles.

"Good evening, my dearest George and Jeb."

"It's so great to see you guys on this freezing night in Houston!"

“…”

There were some more hugs and greetings, and then a large group of people started walking towards the elevator.

Milo took the same elevator with George and Marvin.

Neil and Jeb took another elevator.

It’s not that the elevator can’t accommodate everyone, but that it was the Bush Brothers’ own choice.

Milo was a little surprised at first.

Later, I thought about it and understood why the Bush Brothers chose to take the elevator separately.

It’s not that the brothers are not in harmony, it’s probably that they subconsciously try to minimize the risks.

Suppose four brothers take the same elevator.

There was an accident in the elevator and the four brothers fell to the ground together.

Then the shrub family is finished, finished in the physical sense.

It’s different if you take the elevator separately.

It's impossible that something happened to both elevators.

If that's the case, there's nothing much to say.

This was just a small thing, but it made Milo sigh with emotion, and felt the great education his grandfather had given him.

It's a pity that the genes were not passed down. No matter how well educated he is, he is only slightly better than mediocre.

Among the four brothers, the only ones who can be seen as elites are the second and fourth.

If the eldest and the third child didn’t have their father.

The former is just an ordinary American who couldn't be more ordinary.

The latter is still an inferior version of the former...

Although he had all sorts of thoughts in his mind, it did not hinder Milo from communicating with his two uncles in the elevator.

"How is Grandfather?"

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"The surgery won't be done until tomorrow. Everything is going well at the moment. Robin and Doro and mom are taking care of him and talking to him."

Milo nodded. Doro was his aunt, Herbert's youngest daughter.

"Then I'm relieved. My father and grandfather have been worried, and they want to come. But, George, you know, it's not easy for my father to leave Boston now."

Of course George understood, and he smiled.

Joseph Blackburn's term expires this year and he is running for re-election.

Unlike the President and senators, members of the House of Representatives are re-elected every two years.

But as far as George knew, Joseph Blackburn was not running for Congress this year.

Joseph is running for governor of Massachusetts.

Can he win? If it were in the past, George felt that Joseph would definitely not win.

The Blackburn family does not yet have the strength to produce a governor.

But... he couldn't help but look at his nephew who was a head taller than him.

The Blackburn family has such an outlier, maybe it can succeed this time? He was not sure, and smiled gently, "Of course I know. I hope Joseph can succeed, so that Massachusetts will have a truly good governor."

At this time, Milo shook his head and said softly, "You can't win. William Wilder promoted Boston's "BBig". At least now, many Bostonians will choose to vote for him again. Those Bostonians hope that he can really build BigDig successfully."

BigDig refers to the "Boston Central Tunnel Project."

The project plans to demolish the viaduct in downtown Boston and build a wider underground highway.

In this way, a journey that would have taken more than ten minutes to complete can now be completed in just a few minutes.

Since it is underground, there is no need for demolition. It not only improves traffic and beautifies the city, but also boosts housing prices along the way, attracts tourism, and improves fiscal and tax revenue. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone. Don't be too perfect.

The project was proposed in the early 1980s and submitted to Congress in 1985 in the hope of obtaining congressional approval.

But it was never passed until Herbert came to power.

At the same time, William Wilder, the Democratic governor, came to power in Massachusetts.

Only with the support of the Elephant Party did the construction officially begin.

But the American infrastructure...

Except for the Gilded Age and the New Deal.

The United States’ infrastructure is notoriously slow, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will produce fine work.

William Wilder was in office for four years, and the budget increased from $1.4 billion at the beginning to $2.8 billion later, and now to $5 billion.

It is still under construction! But it is indeed under construction. It is much better than when the Donkey Party was in power and directly said that it was disturbing the residents and would not be repaired.

Therefore, the vested interests of the relevant parties, and under the influence of these vested interests.

William Wilder has a very high chance of being re-elected.

After all, it hasn’t been repaired yet.

What if another governor comes to power and stops the project? Although the current budget is only $5 billion, is that the ceiling? How is that possible!

Until the problem is fixed, BigDig's vested interests will continue to support William Wilder.

Moreover, Joseph's foundation was not stable, and Milo had only been successful for more than a year.

The influence is mainly in California and New York.

In Boston, it still depends more on the influence of the Blackburn family itself.

George was not surprised to hear this, as his advisory team had already analyzed the situation for him.

You have to know that his advisory group was Herbert's advisory group at the time.

"That's okay. Joseph is ten years younger than me. He still has a lot of opportunities, especially now that you are here."

George smiled and patted Milo's shoulder gently.

Seeing the eldest uncle, who is the best to me among my four uncles, behave like this.

While everyone is exiting the elevator together.

After thinking for a while, Milo whispered, "Joseph will join Zipperton's cabinet, maybe the Ministry of Commerce or the Ministry of Defense."

This sentence made George look at him in surprise.

The other three brothers who had gathered around couldn't help but be surprised.

Milo shrugged: "You know, my father is a donkey."

Don’t be fooled by the fact that politicians from the Donkey Party and the Elephant Party are fighting each other to the death in the media.

But in fact, in private, there are many elephant party families and donkey party families who have good relations.

The war of words and confrontations are because voters like to watch and are willing to watch them.

If there is no private conflict of interest, then of course the more friends the better.

And it’s still the 1990s, and donkeys and elephants are still very harmonious.

Otherwise, the Blackburn family’s transformation from an elephant to a donkey would not have been so smooth.

Otherwise, in a parallel universe, the Democratic Party would not have admitted defeat so generously four years later.

Because if the lawsuit goes to court, George may not win.

But that would make the situation very ugly and would ruin the relationship between both parties.

Unlike the US election after MAGA.

It's a fight to the death, and he will continue to hunt her down after he takes office.

"Okay." George nodded. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind. He whispered, "It should be related to what happened a while ago?"

Milo nodded.

In the real top upper circles, the Zipperton intern incident a while ago was actually not a secret.

Many people know about it.

Because those who targeted Zipperton did not only send leaks to Milo.

Other media also received it.

But an invisible force suppressed it, and even the Elephant Party did not attack Zipperton in this matter.

The Donkey Party does not have this ability, and it is impossible for Zipperton to let the Elephant Party give in to him in this regard.

It can only be... the person who really stands behind Zipperton.

As they chatted, the group arrived in front of the ward.

George opened the door directly, and Milo looked inside from behind and saw the large and beautiful ward.

His mother was talking to two old ladies around his grandfather Herbert who was lying on the hospital bed.

"Oh, look who's here. Ha, here comes Milo!"

Aunt Duoluo was facing the door, and she was the first to speak and smile.

Herbert and others also turned around, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

But the one with the brightest smile was of course Milo's mother Robin.

She just stood up from her seat and came over with a bright smile.

"Oh, Milo, you're here!" Robin said with a smile, holding his son's hand.

"Mother."

Milo called out affectionately, then put his arm around his mother's shoulders and walked towards Herbert, his grandmother, and his aunt, "Grandpa, Grandma, and Aunt Doro, good evening. Grandpa, I'm very happy to see you in such good spirits. I hope everything goes well for you, and God will surely bless you."

"Someone who is favored by the Lord said this, and I believe this must be His will."

Herbert smiled and said, "It's a little higher, Milo. Come here and let me see it."

Milo obediently walked to Herbert's side, and then heard him say to his sons: "George and Robin stay here, Dorothy and Jeb, you go out first. If there are too many people staying here, the doctors and nurses will have opinions."

When Neil heard what his father said, he thought to himself: How could the doctors and nurses have any objections?

These are the families of the former president and the current governor. Even if there were twice as many of them, the doctors and nurses would not dare to object.

Neil knows.

It’s just that my father didn’t want the following conversation to be known by these people.

To put it bluntly, people like them are not of high enough rank in their father's heart.

Even Jeb is the same, because he lost the election in Florida two years ago!

Neil went out with everyone else, leaving the room to Milo and his mother and Herbert and his son.

Of course, Barbara stayed too.

She is Herbert's good wife and a good mistress of the Bush family.

Herbert was away all year round, but the four Shrub brothers were so well educated and so united despite their mediocre talents.

Barbara deserves absolute credit.

"Milo, come and sit here." Barbara stood up with a smile, giving up the seat closest to Herbert's bed and sitting next to him.

This left Milo caught between her and Herbert.

Robin watched all this with joy and pride.

Because she is so valued by her father, the former president, and her mother, the former first lady.

It's his son! George also pulled his sister and sat next to him.

Then, just as Herbert was about to make his opening remarks.

Everyone suddenly saw Milo pointing at the TV next to him with the volume turned very low.

"Grandfather, I think our dear George should be the spokesperson for the Elephant Party and should be more qualified to live in the White House than Bob Dole."

(End of this chapter)