"Behind me is the stadium hosting this year's Houston Stampede. It is expected that 70,000 people will enter here today to watch. Gwen Stefani's rock band will be the opening act today..."

In front of an open-air stadium, the host of the microphone with the logo of C station is giving live reports to the camera. TV station C has become the broadcaster of the Houston Stampede, which naturally also includes live reports.

From the camera of TV station C, you can see countless people pouring into the stadium behind them. The equipment of this stadium is not very good, but it is large enough to accommodate more than 70,000 people to watch the show at the same time.

The entire Stampede lasts for twenty days, during which there will be concerts, rodeos, cowgirl barrel racing, carriage racing, calf wrestling and other competitions. These popular activities will be covered by "venue fees, sanitation

In the name of "fee", some tickets are collected. Even if the fee is not much, in twenty days, the Houston Finance Department can still earn millions of dollars in ticket fees!

For businesses large and small in Houston, whether they are hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, souvenir shops, etc., these twenty days are the most important time of the year. All year round, they are waiting for this wave of sharpening their knives to fatten the sheep...

Nearly two million people have flocked to Houston. Even though most families in America have cars and can go back and forth every day, they cannot avoid eating, drinking and eating. In Houston hotels, restaurants and other industries, you can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars during this period.

Billions of dollars!

Close to the open-air stadium, there are a number of small vendors making food and selling art souvenirs, almost crowding the outside of the stadium.

Little Miria came here, and before she entered the door, she was holding a lot of food in her arms. Amber, who was following her, was also holding a lot of food, as well as various toys, etc. in her arms.

Today Song Yang, Greco, Dayana and others also came to participate in the opening ceremony of today's Stampede.

Ulf led several security personnel from Blackwater Company and looked around vigilantly. This kind of busy time is often the time when things are most likely to go wrong.

After Adrian took office, he did fulfill his promise and cracked down on many gangs in Houston, causing Houston's crime rate to drop to the lowest level in the past ten years. However, this does not mean that there will be no incidents. Think about the character of the Texas cowboy, and

With the weapons of long guns and short cannons worn by every household, it is difficult to avoid something happening.

Outside the stadium today, there were many patrol cars from the Houston Police Department doing security, but this time it was Blackwater Company that acted as the main security force for the Houston Stampede!

After Blackwater invested in MPri Security Group, Company A, Blackwater has essentially become one of the top three security groups in America.

The number of personnel Blackwater recruits in America has exceeded an astonishing 17,000 people. Most of them are ordinary security personnel who maintain law and order and perform routine patrols. The rest perform special tasks and provide bodyguard services.

, bounty hunter, etc.

Including Texas, New York, Los Angeles and other places, Blackwater has taken root in the local areas. The security of many stadiums, concerts, hotels, communities, etc. has begun to be handled by Blackwater. This year's Houston Stampede is no exception.

This time at the Stampede, Blackwater Company was able to receive no less than 1.8 million US dollars in "security expenses". Blackwater Company was able to develop so fast, in addition to Song Yang's constant burning of money, there were also

It has to do with the number of "consultants" hired.

For example, the Texas branch of Blackwater Company, including Adrian, the director of the Houston Police Department, and the director of the Coast Patrol, are all "consultants" of the Texas Blackwater Company. Every month, the Texas Blackwater Company will issue

Give these consultants a consulting fee.

In addition, the family foundation in the name of Mrs. Adrian is also one of the investors of the Blackwater Texas branch company. It can receive a dividend every year, just like this time it received 1.8 million from the Stampede.

For the cost of the knife, Adrian's family foundation can get at least over 100,000 U.S. dollars.

As time goes by, for every order Blackwater Company gets in Houston and Texas, Adrian and the others get a cut of the dollar.

Blackwater Company basically follows this routine in other states. Otherwise, how could it have filled America with orders in such a short period of time.

However, Blackwater is not the only one who plays this trick. Just like this year's Stampede, the organizer of the event is a local service company in Houston. The hotels, restaurants, food supplies, etc. that are designated to cooperate are basically well-organized.

Local companies and out-of-town companies will not be able to take advantage of this rodeo.

When Song Yang, Greg, Dayana and others entered the stadium, they saw that the seats were already packed, and there were thousands of people who had not bought tickets. They stood directly behind the auditorium and watched. In the circular passage, there were some

Sit on the floor and watch on the big screen.

There are also people from other places in Houston, who obviously regard the Stampede as a large party. Many people come with their families, bring a lot of food, and start eating immediately after sitting down.

I actually don't care much about performances or anything like that.

After Song Yang and the others entered, someone came over immediately and took them to the VIP area of ​​the stadium. This area was obviously separated from other areas. After entering here, there were obviously many more security personnel and specialized personnel.

Service staff are waiting on the side.

Gu Bi

"Song!"

When Song Yanggang, Greco and others entered the VIP area, Adrian's chief of staff, Matthews, immediately greeted them, "Congressman Adrian is over here."

Following Matthews to the front row, the entire stadium suddenly appeared before our eyes. This is the best position in the entire stadium, with a panoramic view of all the scenes in the entire stadium.

After Song Yang passed by, he saw many people already sitting there, and bursts of laughter came from time to time. When he saw Song Yang, Adrian immediately turned his head, pointed to a seat and said to Song Yang, "Song, here!

"

Looking at the seat next to Adrian's left, the expressions of everyone in the VIP area changed slightly. Even if they were in the same camp as Adrian, there was a difference between closeness and distance. In this kind of situation,

The closer the location is to Adrian's noisy location, the more it represents the relationship with Adrian.

Adrian reserved that position exclusively for Song Yang, which explained everything to the veterans and people at the scene.

"Song, I thought I wouldn't see you today."

Seeing Song Yang coming over and sitting on the other side of Adrian, Enron CEO Kenneth, who looked like a big boss, stood up and hugged Song Yang.

If Adrian's attitude towards Song Yang just now made some people suspicious, then Kenneth's attitude towards Song Yang silenced all those who doubted it.

The two most powerful people in Houston have such attitudes towards Song Yang, which speaks volumes!

Listening to Kenneth's words, Song Yang felt as if he was on to something. Now is when Enron is at its peak, and when Kenneth is extremely powerful. I am afraid that even the happenings in Houston cannot be hidden from Kenneth. As long as he wants to know

.

After glancing at Kenneth and seeing that what Kenneth seemed to have just said was just an unintentional remark, Song Yang laughed and said calmly, "I just met a few old friends!"

Kenneth called the waiter over and ordered a steak. He didn't care about the image at all. He ate big mouthfuls until he had eaten a large piece of steak. Then he wiped the corners of his mouth and said to Song Yang, "If Song, you need help."

If so, Enron is willing to fully support it!"

Hearing this, Song Yang didn't know that Kenneth had heard about Song Yang's meeting with Kerimaia. Even though he didn't know what the specific conversation was about, it was obvious that he heard something.

Seeing Kenneth's scrutinizing gaze, Song Yang couldn't help but smile, "There is indeed something that needs President Kenneth's help. I recently invested in a new project, the Paypal online payment platform. If possible, I hope Paypal can cooperate with Enron.

Online platform cooperation!”

Regardless of whether it’s just a trick or not, or whether it’s a behind-the-scenes operation, Enron Online is the world’s largest energy trading platform. It’s really prosperous, attracting people from all over the world, and the first half of this year is not over yet.

, the transaction volume of Enron’s online platform has reached an astonishing US$17 billion, and the annual transaction volume may exceed US$60 billion!

Enron Online’s energy trading website now outperforms other e-commerce platforms. Who knows how Jeff Skilling, who operates Enron Online, did it, but it did make Enron the world’s largest natural gas company.

Energy Trader!

If Paypal cooperates with Enron Online, then Paypal will indeed be able to gain a large number of customers. As for whether Enron Online is nonsense, it has nothing to do with Paypal.

After hearing Song Yang's mention of PayPal payment, Kenneth became obviously interested. Since the launch of the Enron Online website, he has also participated in investments in American Telecom and icnc TV station. After tasting the benefits, Kenneth has become interested in the Internet and emerging technology companies.

Don't be interested.

After asking Song Yang about PayPal payment, when Kenneth was about to say something else, huge cheers came from the stadium, and the opening ceremony of the Stampede had already begun.

"I'll ask Jeff to let Anron connect with Paypal online. Song, Anron will fully support you." Kenneth patted Song Yang's shoulder in style and said.

"Thank you, President Kenneth!"

Song Yang didn't know what kind of tricks Kenneth and Jeff Skilling would come up with. The appetite of these two people would definitely not be reduced. However, the more people who endorsed Paypal, the better. Only
Chapter completed!