My family owned politicians and kept businessmen on retainer. We operated charitable foundations and made certain those who gave us money received the access they wanted. Golden tickets to government contracts. Understandings with powerful politicians. A night in the White House with a person of negotiable virtue. Or a famous actor. My family sold influence and to anyone with the money and collected information on everybody who worked with them. It was a good business plan. It worked for centuries. Then I put my plan in action.