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As a latecomer, Simon also knew that Al Gore later became Clinton's vice president and lost the 2000 US presidential election to Bush Jr. by a very narrow and controversial margin. The White House dream of the Seoul family that lasted for two generations was also completely shattered.

From the information collected so far, Simon found that Al Gore is the kind of politician who is very standard and can be called "flawless". He has received a good education, a harmonious family, no scandals, and his political career is very calm, step by step. .

Al Gore seemed a better candidate for the 1992 presidential election than the scandalous Clinton.

However, it was precisely because he was born in a political family and was too mature in this area that Al Gore did not choose to participate in the 1992 presidential election.

Because in the eyes of these veteran politician families, George Bush's re-election with the prestige of victory in the Gulf War is almost a certainty.According to the practice of the US presidential election, unless he is running for re-election, a politician has only one chance to hit the White House once in his life.

As for Clinton, a politician who was born at the bottom of the American political circle and has a shallow foundation and is not very clean, probably never thought that he could enter the White House at the beginning, just like everyone never thought that Hillary Clinton would miss the White House.

Al Gore's problem may be like what Steve Ross said at the noon reception, mature politicians are too good at weighing.

In 1988, Al Gore expressed the idea of ​​running for the presidential election, but after some "balancing" at that time, he probably thought that he was too young and the timing was wrong, so he voluntarily chose to give up.

In 1992, it was another "balance-off". He thought that George Bush could not be defeated, so he decided to be Clinton's running mate, intending to accumulate some prestige. Unexpectedly, he became the vice president who actually didn't want to be the vice president at all. eight years.

In 2000, taking advantage of the economic prosperity brought about by Clinton's eight years in office, it was almost everyone's expectation, and he was able to continue the campaign thinking of Bush Sr. who was elected from Vice President Reagan to President.In the end, they ran into another more powerful political family. Unfortunately, they lost and completely missed the pinnacle of American power.

Simon is not interested in this "perfect politician"'s bumpy road to the White House, he just takes a fancy to the "Information Superhighway Act" in the hands of the other party.

In the original plan, Simon planned to wait for the new president to take office after next year's presidential election, and then participate in promoting this plan.If all goes well, it's a great gift to Bill Clinton.

However, the US Internet industry is developing faster than Simon imagined, so he doesn't plan to wait another two years.

If any industry can get policy support at the national level, it will definitely develop more smoothly.

Just as some traditional media have been criticizing content copyright issues related to Internet platforms recently, if the information superhighway plan becomes a basic national policy of the United States, and the related "Internet Safe Harbor Act" is promoted, the obstacles will be reduced a lot.

Moreover, it will take at least one or two years for an industry-level bill involving hundreds of billions of dollars, such as the Information Superhighway Project, to be passed and implemented.

By then, the 1992 presidential election had already been settled.

Since the bill was proposed by the Democratic senator Al Gore, it is impossible for the political performance to fall into the hands of the Republican Party anyway, and this will not have much impact on next year's presidential election.

Even, if the White House deliberately obstructs the passage of the "Information Superhighway Act", it may also have a counterproductive effect on George Bush's re-election campaign.

Chapter 431 Breaking the Convention (Revised)

The meeting with Al Gore lasted an hour, and at 02:30, the senator hurried back to Washington.

After sending Gore away, Simon and James Raybould returned to the reception room and sat down again. After the secretary changed the coffee and left, James said: "According to the practice of the US presidential election, candidates and partners should be one south and one north , should complement each other in terms of age, Arkansas and Tennessee are not only in the South, but also connected, and Clinton and Gore are both very young, are you really going to do this?"

Simon picked up the coffee and took a sip. He quit for a while because Janet wanted the child, but now he doesn't need to.

Putting down his glass, Simon said: "Conventions are meant to be broken. After so many years of practice, the federal people should also want to see something new. Moreover, the success or failure of this election, in my opinion, does not lie in Clinton itself."

In next year's presidential election, George Bush's advantage is too great.

A century-old political family background, profound political experience, and the public reputation brought about by the victory of the Gulf War, etc., all of these are far from what Clinton, who was born in the lower class and himself is not clean, can compare.

Winning such a campaign can only be done by surprise.

It was the key to Bill Clinton's victory in the 1992 presidential election that Ross Perot, who also belonged to the conservative camp, participated in the campaign as a third party to share George Bush's votes.

James understood what Simon was referring to, and said: "Perot has recently established the Reform Party and has been continuously promoting himself in the media. However, the follow-up results of Joseph's team show that the public's reaction to his election next year is not the same. Not keen."

"This is only temporary. Now Bush's reputation is still at the highest level because of his victory in the war at the beginning of the year, and the Democratic Party's candidates have not yet been announced. If Bush's war halo starts to fade next year, the Democratic Party's candidates will not be able to arouse public response. Perot's candidacy would likely have the support of a large segment of the population."

Simon thought for a while and said: "Let's not pay too much attention to Perot for the time being. The focus of the operation before next year is to help Clinton clean up his bad things as much as possible."

"Clinton still has reservations about us and doesn't fully trust us. However, Hillary is very cooperative. She probably sees the sincerity of our bet. With her cooperation, Joseph has also helped to sign three contracts. The non-disclosure agreement also solved a live cattle futures operation that gave money in disguise." James couldn't help shaking his head when he said this, and said: "Don't you dislike Rooney Giuliani? I think this person is actually better than Julian Ni is even worse."

"This is a person who can do things very well. Moreover, his shortcomings can also give us more room for manipulation. If it is Jimmy Carter, how much benefit do you think we can gain even if we help each other enter the White House?"

Jimmy Carter, who was in power from 1977 to 1981, gave most people the impression of mediocrity and inaction. This president also cherishes his feathers very much, so he seems even more timid. He basically has nothing to show for his four years in power. Therefore, he lost the re-election campaign to Ronald Reagan, who had a shallow actor background.

James also nodded in agreement. In everyone's current position, if there is still too much moral cleanliness, then really don't do anything.

After finishing the work here, Simon rushed to Daenerys Entertainment East Coast Headquarters in Greenwich to deal with some matters, and set off for the West Coast in the evening.

I left after having dinner yesterday and arrived in Los Angeles, and today's dinner has just begun to be prepared.

Back at Point Dumey Manor, C-girl Claire Gein is waiting for herself.

Because of the success of iCam, Claire had to devote most of her energy to this company, and these days she needs to work more than ten hours a day.

Simon is not a person who likes to be reluctant. Now that his maid's career is on the right track, he will let her go. Claire will rush to San Francisco to start a formal full-time job tomorrow.

Janet was chatting with Miss C, when she saw Simon coming back, she stepped forward and kissed her husband, said to go to see the dinner preparations, and left the living room.

Simon sat down on the sofa, looked at the girl who was still wearing his favorite OL uniform, and said with a smile, "How do you feel about escaping from the clutches of Westeros?"

Girl C poured a glass of water for Simon and handed it over, took advantage of the opportunity and sat down next to her boss, leaned her body, looked at Simon brightly and said, "I haven't officially resigned, and I will still get my annual salary for the next few years." , whenever the boss needs me, I can come back anytime."

"Is it okay to give up Tinkerbell?"

Miss C said without hesitation: "Of course, it was all given to me by the boss. It's okay to give up."

Simon looked at Miss C's delicate face, felt the pleasant fragrance around her, and said, "Suddenly I want to reward you."

Claire glanced at Simon nimbly, and the little white hands protruding from the cuffs of the black suit lightly stroked her hip-wrapped skirt, and said with obvious provocation: "I remember, but I can't be here, Madam will get mad. "

Simon looked at the girl's appearance and said, "Did you misunderstand something?"

Claire nodded her chin firmly, and said, "No, boss, you are too difficult to deal with. So, for me, some things are rewards."

"Then, will there be some big ambitions?"

"It's been there for a long time. However, in front of Madam, I think living is the most important thing."

Simon thought for a while, and felt that there was really such a possibility.

Since they got married last year, the outside world has been speculating whether the two have signed a prenuptial agreement, or what the content of the prenuptial agreement is.

A prenuptial agreement is signed.

Janet didn't want anything in the agreement, and she felt like she was going to leave the house if she really divorced.However, Simon understood that there was no word 'divorce' in the dictionary between the two of them.

If there is anything to say.

perhaps.

Only 'widowed'.

Simon's attitude towards the world is alienation and indifference. Janet's unrestrained childishness conceals a kind of madness that can ignore all rules at any time. When the woman said her ideal is to destroy the world, she really didn't just talk.

People with sharper intuition, after being around women for a long time, can probably feel the hysteria that Janet may erupt at any time.

Miss C obviously realized it, so she couldn't bear the idea of ​​"he can replace it" at all.

Simon and Claire talked and laughed for a while, and then got down to business again.

Tinkerbell's starting point can be said to be very low or very high.

It is very low because compared to those camera industry giants with decades of technology accumulation, Tinkerbell is like a newborn with nothing, without any background.

A high starting point, and because this company is backed by the entire Westeros system.

Such a company, if managed well, will grow very quickly, but if it cannot control the situation, it may end up being a big dream.

C girl faces many problems, coping with the explosive market, increasing ICam production capacity, continuing to invest in research and development, establishing retail channels, improving after-sales service, etc., can be described as a thousand things.If you pass this test, you will be a winner; if you fail to pass, the result will naturally be failure.

Simon has also been thinking about this company recently.

Although if Tinkerbell can't do it, he will introduce other camera giants to join the competition as soon as possible, but if he can keep it for himself, he must keep it for himself.

"For the issue of production capacity, because this camera is only aimed at Internet users, we can try the online snap-buying model. Users can obtain a purchase quota through the official website snap-up page, and then pick up the product at an offline retail store according to the voucher. This can be maintained for a long time. The popularity of iCam can also save customers from the disappointment of always being out of stock when they go to retail outlets.”

This is actually the hunger marketing in Simon's memory.

It's just that online shopping has not yet risen, so we can only make some modifications, get a quota online and pick up the goods offline.

Claire listened carefully to Simon's words while maintaining a somewhat enchanting posture, and said, "For at least the next two months, we can only provide 2000 machines per week. Only for these 2000 machines, we will develop an online snap-up system. Would it be too wasteful? Even if there is no panic buying, our official website has been down several times recently due to the increase in traffic."

Tinkerbell's official website rents servers operated by Eaglet.

Because cloud computing technology is still under development, the current server leasing is still a traditional inelastic model, where there is as much space as there is. If it is only for a certain period of data peak, you have to rent many times the usual network space. The server is indeed somewhat worth the candle.

Simon thought for a while, and said: "Then continue to cooperate with Ygritte. The Ygritte portal is capable of carrying such data traffic, and this matter is also a win-win."

Claire nodded: "I will discuss it with Mr. Bezos when I go to San Francisco tomorrow, but, boss, you have to say hello to me first."

The two kept discussing various other details, and before they knew it, it was already dinner time.

Janet does not allow maids to go to the table, so there are only her and Simon, and ABCD can only eat after the two of them have eaten.

Of course, the time after dinner will not be given up to the goblins around him.

The couple watched TV for a while, and came to the bedroom on time near nine o'clock.

After taking a shower together, putting on pajamas and sitting on the big bed, Janet took out a thick folder from the bedside table and talked about a recent incident: "Our investigation team found today the The guy with the portal down, guess who it is?"

"Your brother?"

"..."

"Okay, just kidding."

Janet gave Simon a blank look, pulled out a photo from the folder and handed it to Simon: "It's a little girl, from Rhode Island, named Maya Dorrent, only 16 years old this year, a single-parent family, but The family conditions are very good, her mother has a family trust of about 800 million US dollars, if nothing happens, it is enough for their mother and daughter to live comfortably for a lifetime."

Simon took the photo and glanced at it.

This is obviously a candid photo. In the photo is a gentle and quiet girl. She is not tall. She is in her early 1.6 meters. The side face is probably considered a beauty embryo.

For some reason, when Simon saw this photo, he suddenly thought of another thing.

"What about that girl at the premiere of The Dark Knight in June?"

Janet didn't expect Simon to mention it suddenly, blinked her eyes twice, and said, "You mean Jenny?"

Simon was helpless: "Yes, Jenny."

Another Jenny.

The woman didn't feel guilty at all, and said: "She admires you so much, of course I want to let her get what she wants."

"Ok?"

"It's impossible for Jenny to be by your side forever, so this Jenny can be used as a backup. She has been admitted to Stanford and is about to start school. I plan to arrange some additional training for her. She is definitely no better than Jenny. Difference."

"Would she like it herself?"

"What is she not willing to do, even her parents would like to cry and shout to give their daughter to you?"

"Are you sure you have such parents?"

"It was just a couple of normal people, I gave them 100 million, and then it was done."

"Okay, just don't make any trouble."

Janet said firmly, "Of course not."

Simon also directly skipped this matter. Thinking about it carefully, he really lacks an assistant by his side, and the female assistant still has a plan to have a child in a few years, so he needs a replacement.Simon is still at ease about the girl that Janet personally trained.

So he turned back to the matter just now, gestured to the photo and said, "What are you going to do with this girl?"

"The investigation team has already obtained direct evidence from the girl's computer. I plan to ask someone to have a showdown with the mother and daughter. Either we file a lawsuit to make them bankrupt, or the girl must give us a job."

Simon did not pursue the investigation team's process of 'obtaining direct evidence', but asked: "Isn't she only 16 years old?"

Janet obviously didn't think there was anything wrong, and said: "Yes, but 16 years old is already very old, many girls have children at 16 years old. Besides, as long as I give us a job, not only will I not limit her life, It will make her life better."

If you don't want to, probably the trust fund of the mother and daughter will be wiped out.

For many ordinary people, $800 million is a lot of money that can be spent in a lifetime.

However, the 10-minute downtime of the Igret Portal a few days ago, if it is forcibly pursued, 800 million is not enough to pay for it.

Simon thought for a moment, then nodded, and said: "If she is really powerful enough, don't let her hang under Ygritte's door, and directly belong to our investigation team. I can ask her to help find other people in the future."

"That's what I thought," Janet finished, flipped the folder back a bit, and said, "There is one more thing, that is, when the investigation team that found Maya Dorrent reported to me recently, The leader of their group said it felt like someone was watching us."

Simon narrowed his eyes, took a handwritten report handed over by Janet, and asked while reading it: "Don't Neil and the others usually find this?"

Janet shook her head and said, "Neil and the others are just bodyguards. It's okay to help you avoid the paparazzi when you steal food on weekdays, but they are not professional agents after all, so they won't be able to discover some things."

Chapter 432 Monitor (Modify)

Since Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI, relied on the FBI's pervasive surveillance network to monitor the federal politicians, celebrities, and even the general public, gaining monstrous power for 40 years, the word 'monitoring', It has always been a very sensitive but absolutely unavoidable topic in American society.