Volume 4: White Devil Chapter 267 You'd better really be able to
Martin hurriedly pushed open the door of Tommy's office and rushed into Tommy's office. Tommy was sitting behind his desk, flipping through a document in his hand. Louise Deville was standing behind Tommy, leaning forward slightly, with her chest pressing on Tommy's arm, and moving her fingers on the document, as if she was helping Tommy point out a few words that needed attention.
"The Cuban woman from the Republican Party has made a move. She's participating in the party primary today, so she plans to use Jeff, who performed well on TV yesterday, as a stepping stone to improve her own TV appearance." Martin tried hard to ignore Louise's gesture, walked to Tommy's desk, and spoke.
Tommy threw the documents in his hand on the table. "I'm still thinking about how to proceed with blaming the spread of AIDS in Florida on Cuban stowaways, and from which angle to start."
"That was the problem three minutes ago, boss. The current situation is that multiple communities have broken out..." Martin heard that Tommy was still studying how to throw dirty water on the Cuban illegal immigrants, and immediately talked about the news he had just received.
"The veteran, the homeless man, beat up the Cubans under the banner of being influenced by Jeff Lavine." Tommy said, "Louise just told me about this."
Martin sat down and glanced at Louise. "Hey, girl, this is an important meeting of the senior management of Hart Consulting. Don't you think you should avoid it since you are in the probation period of new employees?"
"I said, if you keep giving him a cold face, he will definitely target you." Tommy pulled his arm away from Louise's chest muscles like a gentleman and said jokingly, "Martin is a simple boy who has a clear distinction between love and hate. By the way, when you go out, ask the administrator to bring us two cups of coffee. If you prepare it yourself, Martin and I might be more touched."
Louise stood up and walked out of the office. After the woman left, Martin leaned on the desk with his chin on the table: "Boss, we were framed. Jeff and I definitely did not let those veterans... do those things."
"You and Jeff have framed others, so others can naturally frame you. You can't expect that you are the only ones in this world who can act without restraint." Tommy leaned back and put his feet on the table, allowing Martin to show his dying expression to his two shoes.
"Jeff has never done such a thing, and we can't let Jeff admit that he has anything to do with those veterans in this matter, but... no matter how we cut it, it may make the veteran group... feel dissatisfied with Jeff." Martin raised his head from the table and said with a headache.
During this period, life as Jeff's campaign manager was going so smoothly, so smoothly that Martin felt that the election was already in his grasp. Even when Tommy ran off to deal with those messy sects and left him to deal with all the details of Jeff's campaign, he felt that he was handling it in an orderly manner. Even before today, he felt that he was doing a good job as a campaign manager. He was born to do this kind of job and was about to be on the news page of the Miami Post and become a real big shot.
Until the news broke about the damn veterans beating up Cubans.
When he heard the news, he suddenly realized that his brain was not like Tommy's, which could come up with various response plans for emergencies at any time when needed. He was just a miller and had no ability to decide how much flour to grind. He always needed Tommy to tell him how many guests came to the manor, how much bread the kitchen needed to prepare, and how much flour he, Martin Hart, needed to provide.
Apart from understanding that Jeff must not be allowed to have any connection with the veterans beating the Cubans, he could not think of any subsequent solution.
But he knew that if anyone in Miami could come up with a solution at this time, it must be his boss Tommy.
"You know that if you deny Jeff's relationship with those veterans, the veterans will be unhappy with Jeff, but you are still going to do it?" Tommy was a little confused about Martin's thoughts. He picked up a mint and put it in his mouth: "If you think you shouldn't do this, why do you make such a decision?"
Martin looked at Tommy, not understanding why his boss didn't understand his thoughts. He spread his hands helplessly. "Intentional harm to others, boss. A bunch of drunks, drug addicts, and homeless people who used to be soldiers beat up Cubans in the street in public. Of course, Jeff can't have anything to do with such a thing. I'm not talking about the reaction of ordinary white people, just the black community. If Jeff doesn't cut off his relationship with these old bastards, I'm afraid black people won't even consider voting for him."
"You think this was the work of that Republican woman, Ileana Letty." Tommy crumpled the plastic wrapper of his mints into a small ball and flicked it toward the decorative painting on the wall.
It was a fake decorative painting, a classic by Picasso, "Women of Algiers".
Tommy felt a little regretful.
Martin glanced at the decorative painting. He didn't understand the connection between the name of the painting and its content. He even thought there were normal humans in the painting. He said in a positive tone:
"Who else could it be? Today is that woman's party primary election. The veterans beat up Cubans outside the TV station. I can already guess what that woman will say. She will definitely take this opportunity to unite all Cubans under her banner."
"What do you think will happen to Jeff if he doesn't handle this matter properly?" Tommy did not deny his opinion, but continued to ask leading questions in a calm tone.
Martin exhaled : "The election failed."
"You thought of me first when you encountered this kind of thing. You think I'm a little clever, right?" Tommy looked at Martin with a smile.
Martin rubbed his face vigorously. "It's not just cleverness, Boss. Now is not the time for you to show humility. It's just the two of us. What should we do?"
"What do you see in that painting?" Tommy raised his hand and pointed at the decorative painting on the wall and asked.
Martin teased absentmindedly, "Nuclear pollution after humans were bombed by an atomic bomb?"
"You also have a painting hanging in your room. It's another version of the same work. I guess you've never really appreciated it." Tommy smiled and said, "Otilia told me that to appreciate Picasso's paintings, you have to observe them from multiple angles, three-dimensional, perspective, and deconstruction. In fact, I want to say that my girlfriend can use three-dimensional, perspective, structure and other methods to appreciate a painting. If she knows how to use the same method to observe politics, it would be great. She would really be a perfect angel. So, you have to learn to think about problems from multiple angles. Martin, if Jeff doesn't solve this problem perfectly, how could he end up losing the election so easily?"
"Isn't it?" Martin heard Tommy's serious words, turned back and looked at the painting again, observed it for a few seconds and then looked away: "I still stick to my opinion. I think Ottilia likes this painting, probably because it shows an ugly woman. She doesn't have to worry about you doing something to this painting, Boss."
Tommy cleared his throat. "You think politicians are too kind, Martin. Let me put it this way. If Jeff doesn't handle this, the Democratic Party office will suspend his party membership and all party activities on the grounds of vile racial discrimination. In other words, even if he ranks first in the primary election, it will be useless because the Democratic Party will not let him continue to participate in the election on behalf of the Democratic Party. If Jeff quits the Democratic Party out of spite and runs as an independent, how many votes can he get from Rona of the Democratic Party and Ileana Lighty of the Republican Party after losing the support of the Democrats? There are a total of 100,000 people in this district, and nearly 50,000 of them are members of the two parties. Among the remaining half of ordinary voters who are not members of the two parties, more than half are of Cuban descent. Both the Republicans and the Democrats are waiting for Jeff to get into trouble. If he takes a wrong step, he will become a laughing stock."
"So we must not admit that this matter has anything to do with Jeff. We must hold a press conference immediately to explain everything clearly," Martin emphasized.
Tommy took his feet down and sat up straight. "Before you came in, I called the staff around Paige and Jeff and asked them to do some preparations."
Martin breathed a sigh of relief. He thought Tommy had arranged for Jeff to hold a press conference to cut ties with the veterans and deny that he had any connection with them in this matter. At this moment, he finally smiled:
"How should I prepare my speech? Try to..."
"What speech?" Tommy looked at Martin puzzledly and asked.
Martin also stared at Tommy in confusion: "The speech for the press conference."
"I didn't say anything about holding a press conference." Tommy spread his hands.
The relaxed smile on Martin's face immediately disappeared: "But you just told me that you called the staff around Paige and Jeff and asked them to make some preparations."
"The Cubans arranged by Page frightened Jessica, causing her to be injured in a traffic accident and hospitalized. Jeff and his staff generously went to the police station and obtained some applications for public welfare activities and gatherings with the veterans." Tommy looked at Martin innocently, "I never said I would hold a press conference."
A drop of cold sweat oozed from Martin's forehead. "The veterans just beat up the Cubans, and you asked Jeff to join them in a rally? Boss, are you planning to have Jeff lead the veterans to launch a special military operation to drive all the Cubans in the 18th District into the sea and swim back to Cuba?"
"You don't need to drive the Cubans out of the sea, but you have to understand one thing. When both your Republican and Democratic opponents accuse you of inciting veterans to discriminate against Cubans, you'd better really do it." Tommy said to Martin:
"Otherwise, when they realize you don't have enough control over the veteran community, you're dead."
