Chapter 516 The Boss Who Can Turn the Table

After waiting for more than ten minutes, I got a reply from the secretary.

At lunch time, Gerald took the envelope to the restaurant where the volunteers had lunch.

The itinerary of volunteers in the United States at this time is very different from the future.

Basically, from after Christmas to before April of the following year, they usually gather in Washington, and various committees hold closed-door meetings to discuss and settle many things.

After the spring, you can return to your own state and constituency to work and win over voters.

The advantage of this is that the speed of solving problems will not be too slow, and whether it is an elephant or a donkey, or even members of the same faction have been getting along for a long time.

Even if it's just golf and beer, there's time and opportunity to get to know each other better.

Once a personal relationship is established, when there are differences and problems, there will be more opportunities to call and talk directly.

After all, many things can be resolved with face-to-face communication, and the split between elephants and donkeys will not be as big as in the future.

Gerald glanced around several times, and found Francis Wood who was eating with his head down. Then he ordered a lunch with confidence, and then walked over directly.

Asked, "Can I sit here?"

Francis raised his head and frowned when he saw that it was a volunteer from New York.

I have only been a rookie volunteer for one year and three months. Although I will not be underestimated because of my voting rights, I will be constrained by the party whip and senior committee members.

Also, no one knows whether these rookies who have not served their two-year term can be re-elected after the two-year term ends, so it is true that they are not taken seriously.

Now that he has been a veteran of the 8th New York Public Volunteer, he actually came to him directly. After thinking about it for a while, he knew that it was trouble.

"Please sit down, Mr. Sanders, this is the first time we have met alone."

Gerald Sanders smiled slightly, regardless of whether there was dissatisfaction in Francis' words.

Before sitting down with a knife and fork, he took Li Changheng's letter from his suit pocket and put it on the dining table.

"I suggest you take a look."

Francis silently looked at Gerald who picked up a knife and fork and ate a fruit salad.

And Gerald, as if the letter had nothing to do with him, took more than ten minutes to finish eating, and then looked at Francis who had been hesitating with a smile.

The two were silent for another 5 or 6 minutes. Gerrard smiled and shook his head, "You missed a very good opportunity."

But when he reached out and wanted to take back the envelope, Francis reached out and pressed on the envelope first, then stared at him and asked, "You know what principles we have to abide by, don't you?"

"Hmph," Gerrard looked at the 31-year-old young man who was elected as a volunteer in front of him with contempt, "When I became a volunteer, you were still in middle school, kid."

Seeing Gerrard leave, Francis was relieved.

The fact that the letter was not taken away meant that Gerrard knew that there was nothing wrong with the letter, and he was not worried that someone would get hold of it because of it.

Picking up the envelope and taking a look, it turned out that the envelope had been opened a long time ago.

After taking out the envelope, Francis wrinkled more and more as he looked at it.

If you just look at the content of the letter, it is just a report on the inspection of Nanka oranges by Panda Restaurant as a major customer who purchases 600 tons per year.

The indicators of pesticides that can be reported are displayed in red, so it goes without saying that they must have exceeded the standard.

On the second page, there are comparison data of sweetness, moisture and price with Spanish and California oranges.

What's even more exaggerated is that the entire report did not mention the oranges in Spain and California, whether they also exceeded the standard of pesticides.

Francis didn't even need to think in his heart to understand that this report was a warning to himself.

Moreover, what makes him unable to fight back is that if the data is leaked out, the first wave of media reports will not care whether California and Spain also have pesticide problems.

As for whether there will be a second wave of reports, Francis knows that the orange farmers and volunteers in California will definitely publicize the media.

Then, taking advantage of the beginning of spring and before the pesticides had been applied, they secretly dealt with the testing agency.

Even as far as Francis himself knows, several institutions in the United States that can test oranges are located in California and South Carolina.

Moreover, this matter has long been no secret among the upper echelons of the United States.

After all, it has been more than 30 years since several major pharmaceutical companies in the United States established their own testing institutions, and even lobbied the United States to fund their testing institutions.

Even the largest seed and agricultural scientific research company in the United States recognized it and extended the phrase "synthetic substances are equal to natural substances" to the entire United States.

To really make American people pay attention to food safety, we have to wait 7 or 8 years to discover a certain chemical additive used to fatten cattle and use it on a large scale.

After causing a large number of people to be obese, reducing children's intelligence and causing cancer, it took another ten years to slowly establish a perfect mechanism.

But there is another problem here. Even if Du Tiao and other companies are found to have problems with their products, they have enough connections and money to delay the lawsuit for more than ten years.

This doesn't make the old ones anymore until they invent a replacement.

So regardless of whether Francis has the guts to overturn the table, what makes him helpless is that even if he desperately drags Spain and even California Orange into the water.

It can't change the situation that the sales of South Carolina oranges will definitely plummet this year.

damn it.

Francis wished he could slap himself.

Annoyed and regretful, why did he offend that super rich young man without thinking clearly.

The American Gray Hands and the Truck Drivers Association made him helpless again.

I can't afford to offend here, and I can't afford to offend over there.

But after forcing himself to calm down, Francis suddenly discovered that the gray hand party can indeed affect the sales of oranges.

After all, Florida and Texas occupy the 6th and 7th floor market share.

But no matter how powerful their energy is, they are still far from being unscrupulous.

Under the pressure and constraints of all parties, at most it will affect about 30% of the shares of the 6th and 7th floors.

But on Henry Lee's side, the first move was to destroy the entire South Carolina orange market.

There are also California orange farmers and volunteers who are already strong, and they will not let go of the opportunity to attack their competitors.

That is to say, Henry Lee himself does not need to come forward, some people are willing to jump out and step on the whole South Carolina oranges in the mud.

He also sent his handle directly to Gerald Sanders.

Even if I remind the orange farmers in South Carolina not to use so many pesticides beyond the standard.

But not only does it take time, but some orange farmers who want to save costs won't care about his reminders until there are no serious problems.

Fortunately, the other party handed the letter to him, that is to say, there is still more to talk about.

Since there is talk, it is nothing more than turning to that side, which is more beneficial to oneself.

Thinking of this, Francis couldn't care less about the fact that he hadn't finished his lunch yet.

Tucking the letter and envelope into his pocket, he walked briskly to Gerald Sanders' office.