My American magical life
Chapter 1134: 146: The Sword is Drawn Without Regret, He is the First to Prepare for Battle!_2

Chapter 1134: Chapter 146: The Sword is Drawn Without Regret, He is the First to Prepare for Battle!_2

“I even envy you a bit, being able to escape from this place of trouble in Washington D.C. at a time like this.”

Appointing someone as the director of the investigation bureau doesn’t mean that person can immediately gain control over it.

The Great Commander’s appointment is more of a way to disgust Black Satan.

As long as his appointee remains in the director’s chair, Black Satan’s people cannot use the bureau’s system for big operations, making it an impossibility.

That’s why many Republican Party big shots see Hutter as their lone seedling in the investigation bureau.

Hutter rose from the bottom, he has his own followers and factions, and is considered a local lord in the bureau!

“Investigating cases, huh, he just wants to use the bureau’s power to attack his opponents, despicable!”

Minister Williams’ words clearly show his stance.

Everyone plays this way; the Great Commander is just paying a slight tribute to predecessors and competitors.

Why does it become despicable when it comes from your mouth?

Indeed, the decision to dismiss you was correct.

You’re disloyal, William~

Dismissal—discontent—indicates disloyalty—The Great Commander is right.

The director of the investigation bureau didn’t say much, just smiled and echoed William’s words.

He’s about to roll out anyway, so why not go along with him?

In Washington D.C.’s power games, there’s never a shortage of players looking to advance.

Criticizing the Great Commander is a social trend, while flattering him is the true answer.

Moreover, the flattery must be gentle, clever, and on-point.

But, William met the director to discuss handing over a bizarre murder case, which hadn’t yet been reported to the Great Commander, to the bureau for follow-up.

Now, the two have put this matter aside.

After all, compared to work, it’s naturally better to secretly criticize the phlegm-spitting boss.

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A storm is brewing, but Mike’s life has instead opened a new chapter.

If we see Cheng Daqi as a chess player sitting at the board, then the move to arrange a fool to assassinate the Nigerian ambassador is like Cheng Daqi picking up a chess piece and throwing it at the crowd watching the board.

The consequences are not yet settled, but Mike Pompeo has evidently gained sufficient benefits.

A new batch of a special budget of 2.7 billion Dollars!

What does this mean?

Firstly, this temporary Secretary of State with bare feet gained the power of resource allocation. By securing external resources, his power within the National Affairs Council system has expanded.

Secondly, through this matter, he can return Cheng Daqi’s support, thus advancing the cooperative relationship between them to a deeper level.

After all, it’s impossible for him to be Secretary of State forever.

Maintaining good relations with a major donor like Cheng Daqi and the powerful leader of the new Republican Party faction is beneficial both for Mike Pompeo’s potential campaign path and his post-retirement job arrangement.

The meeting place between Mike Pompeo and Cheng Daqi was at the Achilles Palace in Las Vegas—it’s currently occupied by Mi’er.

As Secretary of State, occasionally having some leisure time in Las Vegas is reasonable and won’t attract unwanted attention.

More importantly, Achilles’ desert palace is grand enough, with no other neighbors nearby, making it a natural secret base—no one can spy on Mr. Achilles’ lavish life!

Of course, now all of this belongs to Mi’er—unless Achilles decides to sue.

“Chan, things went smoothly. I temporarily increased the budget a bit, but the Great Commander, possibly exhausted by other matters, approved it directly!”

Such budgets usually require a two-chamber review, but considering the seriousness of the Nigerian ambassador’s terror incident, Mike Pompeo is very convinced that the two chambers will pass it swiftly.

After all, these diplomats are working hard for America; the legislators simply cannot let these patriots sweat and bleed!

“Temporarily increased a bit? How much did you increase?” Temir asked with interest.

“Increased by one billion, we can at least earn twenty billion Dollars from it!”

“Increased by one billion”—you call that temporarily increasing a bit?

“Earn twenty billion Dollars”—it’s a seventy-thirty split, thirty percent is for America, seventy percent is for us, you’ve got ideas.

How to put it, even though Cheng Daqi has a sufficient understanding of America’s bureaucratic system, Mike Pompeo’s appetite still startled him.

No way, man, do you really plan to hire black brothers from Africa to bribe those diplomats?

“Isn’t it too little?” Cheng Daqi wondered.

Mike asked in surprise.

“You think twenty billion is too little? Sir, it can’t be more, we have to hire some people… and give the diplomats a share…”

However, the potential of people is actually infinite, under Cheng Daqi’s ‘pressure’, Mike gritted his teeth and added.

“If we squeeze the budget a bit more tightly, we might get another two billion Dollars, but indeed, it can’t be more, sir.”

Cheng Daqi responded with a laugh.

“I mean, having only seven billion Dollars for concrete implementation, isn’t it too little? How will we face the auditing department’s investigation?”

Mike understood suddenly, he looked at Mi’er and smiled.

“As for audits, handing them a few hundred thousand will be enough, if they really want to investigate, we’ll send them on a plane!”

Send them on a plane… well, Cheng Daqi had nothing to say.

Being able to speak such words directly to them indicates that the Secretary of State is gradually regarding them as his own people.