Chapter 1407
In addition to the Westeros system, at the macro level, the biggest excitement in October, in addition to the presidential lace that is still being pursued by the Republican Party, is aimed at the large-scale expansion of the first fiscal surplus year in the United States after 29 years since 1969. publicity.
This is, of course, the work of the Democrats.
In the just-passed federal fiscal year from October 1997 to September 1998, the annual fiscal revenue of the United States was 1.72 trillion U.S. dollars, and the annual fiscal expenditure was 1.65 trillion U.S. dollars, resulting in a fiscal balance of 69.2 billion U.S. dollars.
After the data was released on October 16, just as the Republican Party spent tens of millions of dollars in advertising to promote the scandal of the president, the Democrats also invested a lot of resources to spread the news widely to emphasize Clinton. Of course, this time, it was mainly the Democratic Party. , Since he took office for six years, the US economy has achieved dazzling results.
Compared with the zipper door, which has made people feel aesthetically tired, the financial and economic data that are closely related to themselves are obviously more touching.
According to the statistics of some polling agencies, it was only a weekend of publicity after October 16. In the new week, the approval rate of the Democratic Party rose by about 5 percentage points in just three days, and the White House immediately seized this data Strike decisively to try to reverse Clinton's slumping popularity this year due to ongoing scandals.
At the end of the day, it's all about the upcoming 1998 midterm elections on November 3rd.
For power.
Therefore, the Westeros system will inevitably be affected.
Still about Blockbuster.
After Simon’s big move, especially after Daenerys Entertainment released its dazzling annual financial report again, considering the current terrifying scale of Daenerys Entertainment, everyone understands that if Blockbuster is really strong The heart is once again expanding vigorously. Whether it is the rental companies of the same industry or the major production giants, the future will not be easy.
Finally choose to compromise.
The parties finally reached an agreement on October 22, under the witness of the Ministry of Justice.
Then things got stuck again at the Justice Department.
Clinton personally sent someone to send a message to Simon. The mid-term elections are coming soon. The Democratic Party really doesn't want to have too many accidents. Daenerys Entertainment's acquisition of Blockbuster and the further rise of oligarchs are undoubtedly an accident that can easily stir up public sentiment. . If the Republican side attacks the Democratic Party on this matter, accusing the White House of allowing too much mergers between giants in the past few years, resulting in industry monopoly, it will inevitably damage the approval rate.
In short, we have to wait until after November 3rd.
Simon can only accept it.
Not only that, Clinton also hopes that Simon can release the suppression of the Nasdaq index, so that the Nasdaq can break through the 4,000-point mark again before November 3.
New technology, the Internet, is also the main achievement of Clinton since he came to power.
The two parties had an agreement at the beginning of the year.
For the support of the Democratic Party, Simon promised to allow the Nasdaq to reach around 4,000 points before the end of 1998.
Now equates to wishing that number two months earlier.
After Simon considered it, he also agreed.
In fact, it is really unbearable.
You know, when Simon and Clinton reached a tacit agreement, it was March at the beginning of the year. At that time, the Nasdaq had once again broken through 3,600 points, which was not far from 4,000 points.
In order to prevent the new technology market from falling into a state of frenzy prematurely again, Simon also launched a round of shareholding reduction plan again. As of October, it has recovered 13 billion US dollars of funds through several holdings reductions in half a year. The rapid rise of the Nasdaq.
But only to a certain extent.
Simon can feel that after the Asian financial turmoil, the new technology market, which had collapsed three years in advance, began to recover in only one year. Another easing cycle has begun, and the Nasdaq index has returned to its previous trajectory.
Moreover, compared to the castles in the air in the 1990s when the Internet only had concepts and lacked performance, this time, the Westeros system has laid a solid foundation for this industry in advance by virtue of its own strength. The fundamentals continue to develop and become more and more solid. It is conceivable that if there are no accidents, this time the Nasdaq bull market cycle will last longer.
Therefore, the key this time should be whether a certain big accident will happen again.
In any case, on October 19, when Daenerys Entertainment released its full-year financial report for the 1998 fiscal year, coupled with the positive stimulus of another fiscal surplus year in the United States after 29 years last Friday, the U.S. stock market rose sharply across the board, among which At the close of the day, the Nasdaq index had reached 3,937 points. In the following days, not only did it not fall back and adjust, but it easily broke through the 4,000-point mark after Simon gave up suppression.
So it became the highlight of the performance that the Democratic camp once again hyped.
New York.
Inside a golf course in Huntington, northwest of Long Island.
The time came to October 24 unknowingly.
Saturday.
Simon came to the east coast yesterday. Apart from his routine work, he was invited to play golf with Jack Welch, the head of General Electric. The main reason is that Welch wanted to communicate with Simon about some recent things in person. Daenerys's upcoming DHO cable station, about the copyright ownership of the TV broadcast of the DC movie universe, about Blockbuster.
After taking down Time Warner and integrating the assets of NBC, General Electric is actually the second largest media company in the world.
The entertainment giant, media entertainment has also entered the main business scope of GE, and is no longer a marginal sideline business that only had NBC before.
Therefore, Jack Welch is also very concerned about this part of the business, and personally asks many things.
In the face of Welch's inquiry, Simon's attitude is also very clear.
DHO will definitely be on the show. Cable TV can be called the future of the federal TV field. The growth of the paid cable TV market is also visible to the naked eye. It is impossible for Daenerys Entertainment to give up this part of the business. Moreover, it is obvious that after dho goes online, Daenerys will definitely reduce the content authorization for hbo, which is also a matter of course, and anyone who puts it on will do the same.
As for the TV broadcasting rights of the DC movie project, Simon didn't force it, or the same sentence, according to the contract.
Daenerys will not maliciously raise the price in order to fight for the TV rights of DC movies, but compared to the past, if HBO wants to get the rights to broadcast, it must increase the price appropriately, otherwise, DHO will definitely make a move.
In short, the next step is for both parties to rely on their own abilities.
Besides Blockbuster, Simon won this company mainly for the further layout of online rental and future streaming media. He has no intention of maliciously monopolizing the market. The key is to see if other competitors are not strong enough.
All of this was expected, and Jack Welch didn't say much, but hoped that Simon would keep his promise and give everyone a relatively level playing field.
In fact, Welch has never forgotten Simon's original intention to take over General Electric.
Welch, 63, has planned to retire in 2001 after the end of his current term. For GM, Welch has devoted his whole life. The most important thing he has done in recent years is to choose the next head of GM. If everything else is put aside, from the perspective of pure enterprise development, Simon is undoubtedly A perfect successor.
Unfortunately, this is not realistic after all.
The current scale of the Westeros system is already too large, so huge that many people feel depressed and fearful. If General Electric, an industrial giant that can be called the artifact of the federal state, is handed over to the other party, Simon Westeros It is probably not too far from becoming the de facto king of the United States.
So Welch has been trying to forget about it as if Westeros never said it.
Simon didn't mention it again.
Although, Westeros has always maintained the position of the major shareholder of General Electric with more than 5% of the shares, but there is no hurry, there is plenty of time when Welch, who is too prestigious, steps down.
The two sides chatted about some serious matters, and the topic inevitably turned to the hottest mid-term election issue recently.
Seeing Simon hit a ball, Welch, who is a master, saw the white ball flying crookedly. He couldn't find the direction to compliment or even comfort him, so he could only ignore it and said, "Simon, maybe you already know, about This year's "Forbes" list of the 400 richest people in the United States, heh, was originally supposed to be released this month, but in order to avoid the mid-term elections, it was moved to next month."
Simon carried the cue and Welch walked towards the next hitting point, and said with a smile: "I know, I personally greeted Steve Forbes."
Welch was a little surprised.
Simon laughed: "The Forbes family supports the Republican Party. If the Democratic Party wants to greet, Steve Forbes will definitely not listen."
Only then did Welch come to his senses, and smiled again: "Speaking of which, I also support the Republican Party."
"Which party to support is a personal freedom, even within the Westeros system, I will not make any restrictions on it," Simon said freely: "After all, everyone is for a common ideal to make this country better Some."
"You're right," Welch obviously agreed, nodded and asked, "What do you think of this year's fiscal surplus?"
"There are many reasons. The good economy is one reason, but it is not the main reason." Facing Welch, Simon would not pull those stereotypes in the media to whitewash the achievements of the Democratic Party in power, and said: "No accident, maybe There will be a surplus for a year or two in the future, but in the future, deficits will still be inevitable."
"Yeah, after getting off the gold standard, it is too easy to print money, and it is inevitable for the Federation to run into long-term deficits." Welch nodded and then shook his head: "I occasionally think about whether this thing will be like drug addiction. It became more and more serious later on. Individuals who have been in debt for a long time will only end up going bankrupt, and the same is true for the country, and once the country goes bankrupt, the collapse will only be more tragic."
"Unless we return to the gold standard immediately, or voluntarily give up the global currency attributes of the US dollar, otherwise..." Simon shrugged: "Such an outcome is basically inevitable."
Hearing what Simon said, Welch couldn't help but stop: "Simon, as the richest person in the Federation, you shouldn't want to see this happen, right?"
"The thing is, Jack, I'm pessimistic about humanity, and I'm pessimistic about the world."
Welch couldn't help but smiled bitterly again: "So, you are implementing the 3G plan, and you even want to escape from this planet at some of the most pessimistic moments, right?"
"Yes, it's not entirely true," Simon said: "People are selfish, and I am the same, so, if there is such a day, I hope that I, or my descendants, can avoid it. Besides, although I am right This world is very pessimistic, but I can also see that with the continuous progress of human society, the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age until now, the Industrial Age, and the Information Age, the level of civilization is indeed improving. Therefore, I hope that through The 3G plan creates a possibility, a possibility to bring human society into the next era of civilization."
Welch listened carefully to Simon's words, nodded slightly, and inexplicably thought of the expectations of the young people around him.
If... all of this is true, perhaps, handing Ge over to the other party is the most correct choice.
Thinking this way, before he knew it, he had reached the next hitting point. Welch has always been rigorous in his attitude towards golf, so he threw away the previous thoughts, judged the terrain, looked for the angle, and hit the ball.
Simon has actually explained his ideas to many people. Of course, it is not for Welch to ask the other party to hand over ge to him. He just hopes to be recognized. At least when he implements some plans, these people who are in the same pyramid The elite at the top don't hold themselves back, that's enough.
Obviously, Welch was very touched by Simon's words. The legendary CEO stopped worrying about the mid-term elections, and spent the rest of his time discussing with Simon more details of the 3G plan and the future outlook for the development of human science and technology.
So until the evening, when the two sides parted, Welch also made it clear that General Electric would cooperate with the Westeros system to the greatest extent in projects such as nuclear fusion research and the development of the next-generation space shuttle. For this reason, he also actively asked Simon to send a team. The two parties further discussed the cooperation details.
Of course Simon would not refuse.
Saying goodbye to Welch, Simon did not go to the recently renovated manor in Huntington, or for some psychological reason, but rushed to a property in the nearby city of Glen Cove.
It has been arranged in advance.
Simon arrived, and the housekeeper, Angourie Davis, was already here. In addition, the group of Korean girls who had been left unknowingly by Simon for more than a month, eight carefully selected girl group girls, and the supporting sixteen All the female maids and guards from the Wei family, all of whom are pleasing to the eye, are around 80 points.
If the housekeeper hadn't mentioned it last night, Simon would have really forgotten about it.
Now that I mentioned it, it happens that I have no other arrangements tonight, so let's enjoy it.
Simon got off the car in the small square in front of the main villa, and greeted the housekeeper. Seeing the Korean girl with a delicate face and a graceful figure beside Angorui, he asked as he walked towards the villa, "What's your name?"
The girl followed Simon step by step, bowed slightly as she walked, and Simon was a little surprised and said in fairly standard Chinese: "Jin Sumin, Mr. Westeros, my name is Jin Sumin."