Chapter 1679 To Be a Shepherd, Not a Leader
Celine Dion accompanied Du Wei to the room that Schwarzenegger prepared for her, while Schwarzenegger personally took Li Mu to his room and introduced him to the room's configuration very enthusiastically. placement of items.
The room Schwarzenegger arranged for Li Mu was a very large suite. Outside the bedroom, there was a small living room with luxurious decoration.
Li Mu felt that Schwarzenegger might have something to say to himself, so he invited Schwarzenegger to sit down on the sofa in the living room and asked him with a smile, "Arnold, you are about to take office as governor, how do you feel?"
Schwarzenegger crossed his hands, leaned forward so that his elbows were on his legs, and said seriously: "To be honest, I'm very excited now, but I'm also very nervous."
Li Mu smiled and asked him, "What are you nervous about?"
Schwarzenegger said: "California is so dazzling in the United States, and its development in various fields ranks among the top in the United States, but only when we really go deep, can we know how many problems there are in it. I am worried that my ability is not enough to allow California to have more Good development."
With that said, Schwarzenegger asked Li Mu, "Mr. Li, as an extremely successful businessman, do you have any good advice?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "I'm not very interested in politics, so I don't have much research, but there is a great thinker in Huaxia who put forward a concept of governing the country more than 2,000 years ago, which is called governance by inaction. Interfering with the people too much, let the people use their own creativity, don’t think about leading them forward, but encourage them to go as far as possible within a reasonable and legal framework.”
After speaking, Li Mu added: "In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to give the people, especially entrepreneurs, the opportunity to let go of their hands and feet to try. You need to be a shepherd dog to protect the sheep, but not interfere with the sheep too much. Only intervene when individual flocks make mistakes, don't try to be a leader, there are tens of millions of people in California, you can't lead."
Schwarzenegger didn't quite understand the meaning of Li Mu's words, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mr. Li, can you give me some advice from a more specific level, for example, how should I reduce California's fiscal deficit and let California's The economy grows faster and better.”
Li Mu said with a smile: "Arnold, I believe your staff have given you countless suggestions on these questions. They are all more professional than me, so their suggestions are far from theoretical or practical. Better than the advice I gave."
After a pause, Li Mu continued, "So I can't give you solutions to specific problems, but I can give you some macro-level suggestions for your reference."
Schwarzenegger nodded hurriedly and said seriously: "Please speak."
Li Mudao: "First of all, the first suggestion is, don't just think about solving California's fiscal deficit by cutting all kinds of expenses. It's like a family, most of the energy should be on how to make money, not on how to make money. How to save money, if your staff is bent on cutting spending and trying to reduce the deficit through all kinds of ways, it will only get a bigger and stronger rebound in the future."
In Li Mu's impression, when Schwarzenegger came to power, he was smug about reducing government spending. As a result, it shrunk and failed to reduce the deficit. Instead, it increased a lot. The key element of Singh's incompetence.
Therefore, since Schwarzenegger has been elected, there is no need to rack his brains to reduce expenses. It is better to let go of his hands and feet to do something else.
Schwarzenegger was a little stunned when he heard it. The things his staff were focusing on right now were the things that Li Mu told him not to do.
He said a little embarrassedly: "Mr. Li, to tell you the truth, we are now thinking about how to comprehensively reduce the expenditure of the California government and reduce the government deficit..."
Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Your staff is like an aircraft manufacturer. They regard financial expenditure as the weight of the aircraft, and they only want to make the aircraft as lightweight as possible on the premise of ensuring that the aircraft does not crash. Good, but not necessarily suitable for your situation.
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Schwarzenegger nodded lightly and said, "I will arrange time to communicate with my staff and members of parliament."
Li Mu snorted and said, "The second suggestion is to strengthen cooperation with Huaxia, both at the government level and at the private level."
"I am giving you this advice, not because I am from China, but you must firmly believe that China will become the world's second largest economy in the next ten years, surpassing the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan in an all-round way. So, for so many states in the U.S., whoever runs the fastest will profit the most.”
Schwarzenegger stared at Li Mu intently, looking forward to his next words.
Li Mu said: "In fact, California is particularly suitable for taking the lead in in-depth contact with China. California has a cultural aircraft carrier like Hollywood, and there are a lot of excellent cultural and artistic works that are not exported. China has the world's largest population and the most potential market. It is easy to find a way to cooperate deeply, and then mutual benefit, but this requires you, the governor, to push, like a shepherd, drive your sheep to the most fertile pastures, and you don't have to worry about the rest, they themselves Will open my mouth to eat desperately."
"In addition, California also has Silicon Valley, the IT center of the world, and so many high-tech companies need a larger market, cheaper labor, and lower costs. Believe me, at this stage, no place is more suitable than Huaxia. , the traditional manufacturing industry in the United States has already begun to develop to China, but the high-tech industry has been much slower, you can find a way to promote it.”
Schwarzenegger thought for a moment, nodded lightly, and asked Li Mu, "Mr. Li, if I want to strengthen the economic cooperation between California and China, can you provide me with some help?"
"Of course." Li Mu said with a smile, "I can help California entrepreneurs introduce private entrepreneurs in Huaxia, and help American companies and Chinese companies match up, so that everyone can find more opportunities for cooperation."
After speaking, Li Mu had a clever idea and said, "I don't think so. After you take office, I will come forward and hold a China-US entrepreneur forum with the state government of California. We will delineate a few industries. Entrepreneurs gather together, get them to a banquet hall and sit down, and we don't have to worry about the rest, they can collide with countless sparks by themselves."
"If the first Entrepreneur Forum is a success, then our second forum can consider adding several new industries, expanding the scale of participating entrepreneurs, and then branding this forum to a higher level."
"At that time, the California government can take the lead, combine banks and large enterprises, and jointly set up a venture capital fund with the same name, which is specially used to invest in excellent projects in the forum, not only to support American companies to develop in China, but also to support Chinese companies in the United States. Test the waters, as long as companies have demand, they can submit applications, which will not only improve the reputation of the California government, but also increase the income of the California government.”
Schwarzenegger's eyes lit up and blurted out: "Is this what you mean by inaction?"
Li Mu said with a smile: "Almost, be a good shepherd dog, drive the sheep that need to grow meat to the best pasture, and drive the sheep that need to mate to the best opposite sex."
Schwarzenegger was immediately moved.
If you can really organize an entrepreneur forum for American companies and Chinese companies, as Li Mu said, it will not only help the economic development of both sides, but also a great achievement in governing California.
Li Mu looked at Schwarzenegger, smiled indifferently, and said, "After talking so much, I have to talk about something selfish."
Schwarzenegger also sat up, nodded and said, "Mr. Li, please speak."
Li Mu said: "I hope you will strengthen the cooperation between California and Huaxia, not only because I firmly believe that Huaxia will soon become the second economy in the world, but also because I am a Chinese, and I also hope to contribute to the economic development of Huaxia. ."
"So, as long as you are friendly to China and seek common development with China's enterprises during your term of office, then I will definitely support you in governing California in the next four years, or better in eight years, and I can invest one billion dollars. Even more, to support this venture capital fund for cooperation between Chinese and American companies."
"Not only that, but in the future, I will also increase the scale of investment in California to provide more taxes and jobs to California, but as your partner and ally, I may also need you to provide me with certain convenience in the future. ."
Schwarzenegger was very excited to hear it. If nothing else, the entrepreneur forum that Li Mu said, once successfully held once, can get a lot of praise for himself. not much.
For him, if he can really come up with a venture capital fund to add to the icing on the cake, it will naturally be a better situation.
As for what Li Mu said, he needs to provide certain convenience in the future. This kind of thing is actually very common in the United States, and it can even be said to be a commonplace meal.
Whether it is a governor's election or a presidential election, the support of consortia, enterprises, and families is inseparable from the backside. When they invest a lot of money to help candidates run, they have already negotiated various bargaining chips with the other party.
Yes, for jobs. Both the president of the United States and the governor of the United States have the right to assign their own people to take charge of some special positions. For example, the positions of the director of the CIA, secretary of state, justice, etc. are all identified and appointed by the president. Once the new president and governor take office, the appointed new The person in charge is likely to be a family member who supported his campaign.
Also, it requires resources. For example, arms dealers in the United States often invest huge amounts of campaign funds for presidential candidates, so that after successful elections in the future, they can directly use the help of political policies to sell more guns to more ordinary people. , or let the government army purchase more of its own products, in short, for the money.
Schwarzenegger naturally understood in his heart that Li Mu helped him campaign and consolidate public opinion. He should also have personal interests for himself.
If Li Mu just helped himself, but never mentioned his own demands, Schwarzenegger would not dare to let go of his hands and feet to cooperate with him, but when he found out that Li Mu had such demands, Schwarzenegger was relieved.
In the world of adults, people prefer to trade rather than simply to ask for. After all, getting what they need is the best mode of cooperation.
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