章節 896: Chapter 896: Harming the United States for your own gain
Xia Yu smiled slightly, with an expression of wisdom in his hands, and said, 'Although normally, the director of the White House Council of Economic Advisers is the president's chief economic adviser, the power to appoint all White House staff is in the hands of the president. It is not impossible to add new economic adviser positions. After all, the president has the final say and does not need to obtain the consent of Congress.'
'Another thing is that your status depends entirely on your standing in the president's eyes. If your abilities are not comparable to John Lattrich's, then even if you take the position of director of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, you will be replaced.'
'If you can compete with him, then even if you are not in the position of director of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, you can still become the chief economic adviser in the president's eyes, and even further, swap positions with him.'
Rhodes Saxon nodded in agreement with Xia Yu's view.
He had considered this point, but he was not sure he could convince Ronald Reagan to create a separate position for him to compete with the Director of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
He had also put himself in Ronald Reagan's shoes and understood the pressure that creating this separate position would put on Ronald Reagan.
After all, there were so many people in a team, and there were normally only about twenty senior White House officials. Everyone wanted to be in a high position, so if they could create the first one, why not the second? And the third?
If this kind of thing is not handled well, it will create huge internal risks for Ronald Reagan and affect his administration.
But he also knows that just because he can't do it doesn't mean Xia Yu can't, so here he is.
Xia Yu continued, 'So let's circle back to the point. You have to impress Ronald Reagan with your own theoretical point of view and get him to put you in an important position in his heart.'
'In order for me to work well with him, and for you to work well with him, the best I can do is to give you a fair chance to compete. Do you agree?'
Rhodes Saxon nodded vigorously and said, 'You're right. I don't think I'm worse than him, but what I lack is a chance to compete. I need a platform wide enough to showcase my abilities.'
'Clap!'
Xia Yu smiled and applauded, saying with a smile, 'Yes, I also think you are not inferior to him. You and John Rutledge actually have different characteristics. Although he also writes articles in the media, he is a typical academic expert, but you are different. Although your academic qualifications are not as good as his, your social practice experience far exceeds his. You are an academic plus practical talent, and of course you can better understand some finer things in combination with reality. This is your advantage.'
'No matter how good a theoretical policy is, it must be practical in order to be implemented perfectly.'
Having said that, Xia Yu looked at Rhodes Saxon again and saw the latter deep in thought. Xia Yu knew that he had listened.
After a moment's thought, Xia Yu said again, 'But Rhodes, I also hope that your future can be brighter, and I will do my best to help you.'
'Jimmy Carter has left Ronald Reagan a huge mess: inflation, a sluggish economy, high unemployment, international relations, and so on. Everyone is watching to see if Ronald Reagan can solve these problems after he takes office. If you want to become the chief economic advisor and a real key figure in the White House, you have to face these problems head-on and propose practical and effective measures. Do you want to hear my thoughts?'
Rhodes Saxon was shocked, and nodded vigorously in surprise: 'Of course, Mr Xia, you are a master in the field of economics, it is an honour to receive your guidance.'
Because he was on the same page as Xia Yu, Rhodes Saxon knew a little more than outsiders, and therefore understood Xia Yu's terror even more.
In his opinion, the youthful appearance was completely a disguise, and beneath it was the wisdom of having seen through the world and the cunning of his methods.
Xia Yu's advice was definitely not something that could be obtained easily.
Next, Xia Yu combined it with the mature 'Reaganomics' of the later generations, and then based on the current situation, he began to instill ideas into Rhodes Saxon: 'To solve the problem of inflation, the US monetary policy must be expansionary...'
Rhodes Saxon could easily tell the difference in quality between the dry goods that Xia Yu spoke of and the dry goods that Xia Yu spoke of. He was pleasantly surprised to find that Xia Yu's opinions had given him great inspiration. Many things that he had not previously considered were now, upon closer inspection, practical and highly implementable.
He wished he had a tape recorder to record all of Xia Yu's advice, but unfortunately he could only hastily get paper and notes. More than once, he had to awkwardly interrupt Xia Yu's narration because he couldn't remember it all.
After three days, Rhodes Saxon simply stayed at Xia Yu's home, seizing the opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas with Xia Yu. He would ask in detail when he encountered something he didn't understand, and would also argue with Xia Yu when they had different opinions.
But the outcome of the arguments was no surprise – Xia Yu always won.
After arguing again and again, Rhodes Saxon's gaze on Xia Yu completely changed, and in his heart he was convinced by Xia Yu.
Three days later.
Suited and booted, Rhodes Saxon stood in front of Xia Yu's villa, full of energy and confidence. He said solemnly to Xia Yu, 'Mr. Xia, thank you for your guidance. Three days ago, I may not have been absolutely sure that I could defeat John Rutledge, but now I have the confidence to win. The chief economic advisor at the White House will definitely be me!'
The impact of 'Reaganomics', which was formed during the two years of Ronald Reagan's administration, on Rhodes Saxon was unquestionable, and it also took his ideological theory to the next level, an improvement that was completely cheating.
To put it simply, Rhodes Saxon, who had learned the essence after Xia Yu's guidance, was a combination of himself and the entire elite team, including John Rutledge, eight years later. Rhodes Saxon already had the foundation to stand out, and it was given to him by Xia Yu.
Xia Yu smiled and said, 'Rhodes, remember what I told you. After you go back, seize the opportunity to show Ronald Reagan your views and talents, surprise him, and then I'll go see him again.'
'Okay, I won't forget,' Rhodes Saxon replied.
After a moment's hesitation, Xia Yu said encouragingly, 'Rhodes, I look forward to your performance. If you have any questions, you can definitely come and ask me. I will do my best to help you.'
'Mr Xia, thank you. I will definitely not hold back from you,'
After saying this, Rhodes Saxon deeply bowed to Xia Yu to express his gratitude.
Xia Yu gave him a false support, patted his shoulder, and finally said, 'Come on, you don't need to worry about personal finance, I will solve it perfectly for you, you can focus on the political field, I will provide you with everything you need to lay the connections, I look forward to the day when the American political arena will have a Saxon family after the political families such as the Adams family, the Roosevelt family, and the Kennedy family.'
After hearing these words, even Rhodes Saxon, with his calm demeanour, could not help but feel his heart racing and start to daydream.
It can be said that no one who enters politics doesn't want to be in that group, and he was naturally no exception.
Even if he couldn't become the top political family in the United States, he could become a second-rate political family. He could lay the foundation for future generations, and maybe one day, his descendants could succeed?
However, Rhodes Saxon is not blindly arrogant. He knows that the most important thing at the moment is to cling to the two golden thighs of Ronald Reagan and Xia Yu. Having strong support in both the political and capital arenas is the foundation for him to achieve his personal goals.
Throughout the history of the United States, this has been the model!
"Mr. Xia, thank you for your blessings!'
'I swear in the name of God that you are the most important friend and life mentor in my life, and will always be a friend of the Saxon family in the future!'
Rhodes Saxon solemnly promised.
Xia Yu also said with a serious face, 'I will always remember your promise!'
'Come on!'
'Goodbye, Mr. Xia!'
'Have a safe trip!'
After waving goodbye to Rhodes Saxon as he drove off, Xia Yu turned around, returned to the living room, sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and slowly sipped it.
Just as he was about to look up some more information on the film and television industry, Li Wuming suddenly asked, 'Yu, you told him how to solve the problem in the United States. If Ronald Reagan adopts it and the United States becomes stronger and stronger, will that have an impact on Hong Kong and the mainland?'
Xia Yu looked at Li Wuming with some surprise. He didn't think that this martial arts enthusiast would care about such questions.
Indeed, the environment is most likely to change a person. It seems that Li Wuming has grown a lot after being influenced by Xia Yu for so long.
Xia Yu did not stop Li Wuming from progressing. He pondered for a moment and then said with a smile, 'Brother, if Rhodes passes on the views I have told him over the past two days to Ronald Reagan without any changes, and if the latter really does that, then the United States will definitely recover. But this recovery should be put in quotation marks.'
'Expanding the US dollar, stimulating the stock market, suppressing trade unions, curbing commodity prices, reducing government spending, etc., can definitely revitalise US economic growth. But this growth is only superficial, and the adverse effects will be very far-reaching. By the time the US wants to find a problem, Ronald Reagan is probably already out of office.'
'Even if someone finds it while Ronald Reagan is still in office, the average voter won't be able to notice. Positive growth data is the most convincing evidence.'
'The consortium also hopes that he will continue to undermine the interests of the lower classes to strengthen the upper classes of the pyramid.'
'America, after all, is a capitalist country, and the capitalists are the real masters!'
Li Wuming nodded as if he understood, although he didn't quite catch it, but he knew that Xia Yu was digging a pit again.
Looking at Li Wuming's thoughtful expression, Xia Yu gave a meaningful smile.
In this life, with his interference, Rhodes Saxon has a high probability of becoming Ronald Reagan's right-hand man. If the evolutionary version of Reaganomics, the campaign slogan, is truly accepted in its entirety, then the potential of the United States will be destroyed even more.
Perhaps the impact of the Reagan Recession, which set a record in the previous life as the 'Great Depression' in the United States, will be reduced, but the U.S. fiscal deficit, trade deficit, national debt, foreign debt, and wealth gap will become even greater.
Moreover, Reagan's supply-side policy reforms and industrial restructuring will accelerate the hollowing out of the real industries in the United States and inflate the financial industry and consumer sector.
These things are what the consortium likes, but they are harmful to the people at the bottom, and they are extremely harmful to the United States.
'As a Chinese person, it is only right to let the Reagan Syndrome in the United States get even worse!'
Xia Yu, as the person responsible for the Chinese people in this era, thought to himself.
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