America 1982-Chapter 502 - 95: The Happy Life of the Rich_4
"By doing this, you’ll just ruin Jeff’s family, boss," Martin said with a numb look on his face. He had already realized that even if all the cells in his brain were racing, he would never be able to grasp Tommy’s thoughts.
Who the hell would have thought that the campaign financier behind the candidate would support the candidate’s election on one hand and seduce the candidate’s wife with a gigolo on the other?
No human could do such a thing.
"Let’s think of the worst-case scenario first. If the gigolo and Jessica get into bed and Jeff catches them, do you think Jeff will kill Jessica?" Tommy asked slowly, guiding Martin as he spoke.
Martin shook his head decisively. Having been with Jeff all this time, he had thoroughly understood the white, burly man’s personality. "No, that guy Jeff... he just looks fierce, but he’s a decent man. He would forgive Jessica and reflect on his failure to spend time with his family lately."
"He would forgive Jessica, right? Since he’s a good man, what would happen to Jessica after she’s forgiven for her mistake? She would feel ashamed. Even if Jeff neglects her again for the election campaign, she won’t have any more complaints because she owes Jeff; she’d have to endure this torment in her heart, living with guilt for the rest of her life. As a result, she would take even greater care of Jeff, of the children, nurturing that family in her heart that’s already showing cracks. And what’s the outcome?" Tommy looked at Martin, lifting his beer to his lips.
Martin swallowed hard, staring blankly at Tommy, not saying a word.
"The outcome is that Jessica, who was an unstable element, becomes the stable element we wanted," Tommy said with a shrug. "And Jeff’s family becomes a united and happy one again."
Martin licked his lips. "So, boss, are you asking me to go find a gigolo now?"
"You’ve already intensified the conflict. The trick of enticing a woman into infidelity is a bit too late now. We need a different plan. The best approach now is to add fuel to the fire and let Jessica explode. After she explodes and doesn’t get the answers she wants, she’ll naturally sober up," said Tommy, leaning over to the side, rummaging through a pile of cheap goods piled up like a small mountain, all purchased by him:
"Send these trinkets to the veterans in Jeff’s name. These cigars are of terrible quality, smoking them is harmful to a normal person’s health, but the vets don’t care, these trinkets can keep them happy all day long."
"How do you make her explode?" asked Martin, who as the head of a newly established consulting firm, was more focused on work-related issues.
Tommy found a rather stylish lighter in the pile, took it out to light a cigarette, and then slipped the lighter into his pocket. "Have her argue with Jeff again, make Jeff agree to drop out of the race, and then your people show this housewife what will happen to their family if Jeff goes back to being a pipe fitter and drops out of the election."
"What would happen to Jeff’s family if he dropped out?" asked Martin, puzzled.
Dropping out is common in election campaigns, generally not leading to any terrible consequences, or rather, dropping out is a bad result already; not much can be worse than that.
Tommy, noticing the figure of Page appearing in the distance, a smile curled at the corners of his mouth. Looking at Page, he said, "Of course, you just write a bogus veterans’ petition, with a few hundred signatures of veteran donors on it, and then have the lawyers from your company visit and tell Jeff that the veterans suspect that Jeff doesn’t really want to win, just to scam their money. If the lawyers can’t help them recover their donations, the vets are prepared to treat them the way they treated the Germans, talk to them about it. All the money’s been spent by you, and Jeff doesn’t have any savings. If Jessica doesn’t want to immediately lose everything and have her family destroyed, she should know that supporting her husband to continue is her only choice."
