Chapter 1016 Launch

Washington, America.

The time is Tuesday, August 27th.

In the private area of ​​the President's family in the East Wing of the White House, Bill Clinton, who had quietly slept in a separate room with Hillary Clinton, got up early this morning, sat in the restaurant, and while eating, he couldn't help but open the latest issue of Forbes just released yesterday. Magazine.

Not only the $1.5 trillion personal wealth of the young man at the top of the list is eye-popping, but the entire list is enough to cause too much sigh.

The top ten of the list are the most typical.

No. 1: Simon Westeros, $1.5 trillion.

Second place: Bill Gates, $97.1 billion.

Third place: Claire Gein, $29.5 billion.

Fourth place: Neil Brantley, $29.5 billion.

Fifth place: Paul Allen, $18.6 billion.

No. 6: Tim Berners-Lee, $17.8 billion.

Seventh: Jeff Bezos, $17.8 billion.

Eighth: Carol Bartz, $17.8 billion.

No. 9: Larry Ellison, $15.5 billion.

Fourth place: Warren Buffett, $13.9 billion.

The top ten richest people in the United States, the first one is really a strange monster star, not to mention, the rest of the people, all have their personal wealth into the range of tens of billions of dollars.

This is not the most critical.

The most important point is that of the ten super-rich, except Warren Buffett, most of the other nine are from the new technology field that has risen rapidly in recent years. Moreover, this tendency is even more prominent on the entire 400 list.

Again, it gives the feeling that a whole new era is suddenly coming.

At just 7:30 after breakfast, Attorney General Janet Reynolds in Clinton's cabinet hurried to the White House to have final discussions with Mr. President about this morning's 9:00 press conference.

Yesterday's "Forbes" list was released, and in the face of the media's hot discussion, something brewing in the White House has reached the best moment to launch.

Because it was also yesterday, on August 26, the four-day Democratic National Convention was officially held in Atlanta, Georgia, where this session was held. It was also a ride on the wind that the Olympic Games had just ended. Attended, but two days later, on August 29, he will also be there in person to deliver a speech and formally accept the party's nomination.

Next, is the Republican National Convention, August 30 to September 3.

These eight days can be regarded as the complete end of the presidential election pre-selection stage. After the announcement of the Republican nomination on September 3, the official election sprint will be fully launched.

Although many things will be settled these days, and basically there will be no major changes, but the struggle will never stop.

Now that the strategy of taking the initiative to attack the Westeros system in order to avoid being passive, has been determined, after these days of intense preparations, taking advantage of the release of the "Forbes" list of the 400 richest Americans, today is also a very suitable official 'declaration of war'. Opportunity, so as to have the best public opinion effect, so that the Republican Party has nothing to say.

After discussing for more than half an hour, Janet Reno left in a hurry.

Nine o'clock in the morning.

The U.S. Department of Justice held a press conference chaired by Attorney General Janet Reynolds, officially announcing that, because Igreat had not well fulfilled the agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice at the end of 1994, the Department of Justice would once again launch an investigation against Iraq. A series of investigations into alleged monopolistic conduct by Great Company.

The focus of this investigation lies in the use of market advantages between Igrete software and the network department to force users to use their own Internet software and cloud computing services, unfair competition brought about by the monopoly of IE browsers, and the use of market advantages to maliciously suppress competitors. Behavior.

Although there is a three-hour time difference between the east and west coasts, after the Ministry of Justice held a press conference, the person in charge of the East Coast Branch of Igret responded immediately, saying that the Ministry of Justice's investigation into Igret Regrettably, I emphasize that Igreit is a company that strictly abides by market rules, and completely denies all the allegations against Igreat at the press conference of the Ministry of Justice.

The Igreit portal also released a more detailed response and self-defense on its own website.

From the listing of Verizon Telecom to the investigation by the Department of Justice, there were only 10 days, and enough people who should know were aware of the White House’s plan. Therefore, ordinary people felt quite abrupt about this press conference, but whether it was Washington, Wall Street, or Silicon Valley is no secret.

In response to this news event, everyone is more concerned about the possible impact of this investigation on the Nasdaq stock market.

Including the White House.

As the initiator, no one cares more than Clinton. Once this investigation accidentally bursts the tech stock bubble and triggers a stock market crash, then he will definitely not have a good time in the next few months, and even at this time the polls are far ahead It is not impossible to lose the chance of re-election under the circumstances.

Fortunately, in the early risk assessment, the White House staff believed that the investigation was only initiated, and if there was no substantive action for the time being, it would not have a significant impact on Nasdaq, and the selection was published in "Forbes" magazine. The announcement of the survey on the second day of the new annual list of the 400 richest people in the United States is also based on this consideration.

The list of the 400 richest people in the United States will definitely have a positive impact on the technology stock market, as evidenced by the 2.9% increase in the Nasdaq index after the release of the list yesterday, so it can largely offset the impact of this survey. come negative

Effect.

The press conference that started at 9 o'clock lasted 20 minutes, and then, at 9:30 in the morning, the US stock market opened.

Just a downward curve.

In just five minutes, the Nasdaq dropped 1.9% from 5,263 to 5,134.

At this time, the total market value of all companies in the Nasdaq market has reached 6 trillion US dollars. The decline of 1.9% does not seem to be much, but it also means that in just 5 minutes, the stock wealth of more than 100 billion US dollars has been wiped out. .

On the other hand, as the most direct target, the stock price of Igreat will inevitably be affected more seriously than the broader market after the opening of the market. However, in five minutes, compared with the 1.9% decline in the market, Igreat has The decline in the stock price was only 2.6%. Even if it meant that the paper wealth of nearly 10 billion US dollars disappeared quickly, it was completely controllable.

While everyone was watching closely, after a short dip, the Nasdaq started to rebound again, and Igreit’s stock price also rebounded, and the imaginary selling tide did not appear. After half an hour, 30 minutes after the opening, the Nasdaq index returned to above 5,200 points, and Igret’s stock price fell back to within the 2% range. Countless people were relieved.

Immediately, the Republicans fought back.

The Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, who has opened a personal website with Who Trend, personally went into battle and published a blog post at 10 a.m., criticizing Clinton's investigation into Igret at this time. He was completely bluffing, It is covering up for his serious strategic mistakes in the new technology industry in the past few years.

Bob Dole also said that once he is elected, he will really take strict measures to guide the development of the new technology industry, so as to prevent the wealth dividend of the information age from being raised by a few people.

It has to be said that the Republican candidate chose to build a separate website and chose IBM's network service platform instead of opening a Facebook account like many politicians. Such details that clearly draw a line from the Westeros system are obviously also After careful consideration.

Moreover, these remarks, in conjunction with the release of the Forbes 400 richest people list yesterday, also hit the nail on the head.

It is a common problem for almost everyone.

Many people don't think too much about whether they have the ability to fight the tide in the surging wave of new technology, but it is inevitable that they will feel uneasy when they see other tide players gain huge wealth from it.

In any case, since you can't get it, it's better for others not to get it.

It's just that some people may have noticed, or not so many people have noticed that in Bob Dole's speech, he did not name a certain name, but only emphasized that after his election, more people will get new The dividends of the tech industry.

Although these remarks can effectively incite the general public, to those who understand, they basically say nothing.

Bob Dole is just a candidate after all, even if the other party is the majority leader of the Senate, there is not much he can actually do, just like the Caseybaum-Kennedy Act that was robbed by Clinton some time ago, because the White House Some Republican lawmakers who have been running for a long time to push the bill are so angry that they want to vomit blood.

The same is true for the first attack against the Westeros system this time.

In fact, after Clinton decided to make a move, the Republican Party also quickly got the news. However, they could only watch.

Although both houses of Congress also have the power to initiate various judicial investigations, and the Republicans also controlled the entire Congress through the midterm elections two years ago, compared with Clinton's absolute authority in the White House, Congress wants to do anything, even if it initiates One party holds the majority, but it takes a long time to push the bill or launch an investigation.

At least, 10 days in advance to concoct an investigation into the Westeros system is definitely too late.

That's why so many people are fighting for the White House position.

Congress is very powerful, but it is a Congress of hundreds of people.

The White House is just a one-person White House. Because of its absolute power, whether it is a staff team or a cabinet member, it is necessary to obey the president as the head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, otherwise, it will be the end of being fired.

On the other hand, whether it is the investigation suddenly launched by the Department of Justice or the game between the two parties in the United States using the Westeros system as a stunt at the last moment of the general election, it is just a continuation of the wealth list that shocked the world released yesterday.

$1.5 trillion!

What kind of wealth is this, too many people can't understand at all, but, in any case, everyone understands that such a group of wealth is really too huge, so huge... It has caused many people to have a An uneasy feeling.

Therefore, the investigation launched by the Department of Justice today, even if Bob Dole and many other Republicans and right-wing media have pointed out possible thoughts, but as long as someone attacks the Westeros system and the man, then, Everyone will feel much better.

The purpose of Mr. President taking the lead in making moves can be considered to have been achieved.

You know, it's not just the young man who is on top, the entire list, 400 people, is still not considered to be Bill Gates and other less related billionaires, but only a 'Westerosian' billionaire, compared to last year's 37 people , with many newcomers including the B girl who founded Aaliyah Company on the list, it has rapidly increased to 53 this year. That is to say, more than one-eighth of the group of people at the top of the country's wealth pyramid are from Victoria. Strow system.

How can this make people feel

to balance? !

Therefore, in the turbulent public opinion, someone once again put forward the idea of ​​a wealth tax. An additional tax should be levied on this group of people at the top of the pyramid to reduce the wealth inequality in this society.

It's just that, because of the fresh memory of a series of risky and tough actions by someone two years ago, and the strength of the Westeros system itself is quietly taking it to a new level, whether it is the media or the political world, influence Power is not what it used to be, so this time, when someone mentions it again, the number of respondents is far less than two years ago, and the response is even less.

Others put forward a rebuttal that if some people are forcibly deprived of their wealth because of too much wealth, it is equivalent to shaking the foundation of capitalist society.

After all, the United States is not the former Soviet Union.

Of course, the Westeros system will not be indifferent. The guidance of public opinion has been started even before the release of the "Forbes" list. One of the important trends is to start criticizing the serious bubble of technology stocks. Fake news feeds the public the notion that the personal fortunes of Simon Westeros and other tech billionaires are mostly nothing but bubbles.

The spirit of Ah Q is universal.

Since Simon Westeros' more than one trillion dollars or the billions and tens of billions of wealth of other tech billionaires are just bubbles, naturally there is not much to envy.

At the same time, the Westeros system has once again begun to publicize the benefits brought by new technologies to ordinary companies on a large scale, and has launched a large number of Internet platforms that rely on the Internet to create blogs, publish videos, and make games. The case of the millionaire millionaire tells the public that the Internet is open to everyone, and everyone has the opportunity to rely on the Internet to achieve their American dream.

The buzz about the latest Forbes list has spread around the world, including China, of course.

And, this time, the list, or someone on the list to be precise, sparked the idea of ​​a lot of people in the upper echelons of China.

This person ranks No. 387 on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans this year, with a personal wealth of US$500 million, which is only US$70 million more than the threshold of US$430 million for the 400th. 'field.

On the original English list, the rich man's name is Su Lin.

Lin Su.

This Lin Su is naturally Pi Linsu.

At the very beginning, many people didn't react, and didn't think in a certain direction at all. After all, they subconsciously felt that the "Forbes" list was so high-end, and it was an American list, so it had nothing to do with the Chinese, until It was only when a certain girl who had deliberately made mischief from the beginning and received the cooperation of her own boss took the initiative to release the news, and everyone suddenly realized.

A certain Lin Su turned out to be a Chinese girl who had just immigrated to the United States for only two years.

$500 million.

It seems that there are not many on the "Forbes" list, but according to the exchange rate of the US dollar against the RMB, it is equivalent to 4.3 billion yuan.

What is the concept of 4.3 billion yuan?

There happens to be a very interesting comparison. In 1995, Forbes first paid attention to the rich in mainland China, and listed a list of 17 people. The total personal wealth of these 17 rich mainlanders is only 4.1 billion yuan. , not as good as the sudden appearance of Lin Su alone.