Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 932 The Ultimate Expansion of America Online

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Because under the "machine gun" of the House of Cards, the Republican Party fell the most, so it believes that the House of Cards is a Jedi counterattack launched by the Democratic Party in the 1994 mid-term elections—— Therefore, this account can be regarded as "the grievance has its head, and the debt has its owner".

However, it was also Internet sites that broke the news. Draghi just "icing on the cake" pulled out Monica Lewinsky, a former White House intern who was related to US President Bill Clinton, while House of Cards "brought a fresh look" "To disgrace the current speaker of the US House of Representatives and the two scheduled speakers of the US House of Representatives who are planning to take over the position-the lethality of the two is the same.

This year is the first midterm election after the success of the "Republican Revolution" in 1994. By November, there will be 11 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 435 or 100 full-term seats out of the 33 seats in the Senate, and The governors of 34 of the 50 states in the United States will be re-elected-so the importance of this can be imagined.

At such a critical juncture, the House of Cards revelations are equivalent to a stick hitting the republicans and democrats who are fighting each other soberly.Since everyone’s buttocks are equally dirty, it’s better to maintain a tacit understanding not to let the “zipper door” expand—this can be regarded as a couple’s quarrel, but it will never get into a divorce. .

And the next step is to let the house of cards be like Draghi, breaking the news belongs to the breaking news, but the "speed" must be controlled-as long as the American people can believe that both of us are supervising each other professionally, it will be fine, don't do it It was so earth-shattering!
It's a pity that House of Cards has a slippery bottom line, and it makes full use of the "invisible avenue" feature of the Internet - the website service is provided free of charge by America Online, and the bounty bonus is offered through the channel of Bitcoin.

Of course, this does not mean that there is absolutely no trace of the house of cards - as long as you are willing to use the resources and efforts to fight terrorism, you will have great confidence in following the clues.

But the problem is, just for such an unspeakable trouble, who dares to really reach out?Once, no, absolutely sure, it will be revealed, it will be a bigger scandal.Its nature is like the current US President Bill Clinton. The zipper problem is easy to deal with, but lying to obstruct justice is the real fatality-it has been serious to the point of hindering freedom.

Therefore, the most effective way to stop the House of Cards backend is to let the service provider, America Online, temporarily shut down the House of Cards website.

After all, this service is free, and in the license agreement provided by America Online, there are countless reasonable excuses for the exemption, which can be called zero cost and zero risk.

As a result, the public relations staff hit a snag, and AOL categorically refused - just kidding, you are afraid of hindering freedom, don't we worry about being suspected?
You know, we are a company with a bright future, and we are discussing a merger with Time Warner Turner, which will produce the world's largest media company at that time—how could we take such a boring risk at this juncture, and be Pointing to the spine questioned credibility.

How high-spirited is AOL at this stage?Or how magnificent is the Internet tide?

Just last year, that is, in 1997, the top ten companies with the highest market capitalization in the United States all crossed the threshold of 1000 billion US dollars, forming an extremely luxurious "2000 billion club" - while Zheru Software and General Electric has reached more than [-] billion US dollars.

By this year, it is obvious that the scale of the "4000 billion club" has expanded - Zheru Software Company, a leader shrouded in antitrust clouds, has a market value approaching US$[-] billion.

As the most popular Internet service provider, America Online is of course unambiguous. It not only ranks among the "1600 billion club", but also breaks into the top ten for the first time with a market value of nearly [-] billion US dollars, ranking tenth— —In contrast, the market value of Time Warner Turner, which has already secretly promised its heart, is just a fraction of the highest position.

This is where America Online dares to say "no" directly, and it also reflects how the right to speak on the Internet is developing and growing!

Since it is public relations, it is inevitable to push back and forth in the game of interests, and to find another way after falling into a predicament. As a result, Mr. Richest, an important shareholder of AOL, has become a key lobbying target.

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Tang Huan, who has gotten rid of the annoying clamor about "who has more scandals between the richest man and the president", is now at the Motorola headquarters in Schaumburg, a satellite city about 40 kilometers northwest of Chicago, Illinois.

When Zheru separated Zheru software, AT&T separated Lucent, and the IPO was a big success, Motorola, like HP, which is separating medical and measuring instrument business from Agilent, plans to separate the semiconductor component department. Established as a semiconductor supplier named ON Semiconductor, so that it can be placed on the US stock market for capital operation-this is the influence of Wall Street, and every giant must respond.

This ON Semiconductor business is not manufacturing microprocessors, semiconductor memory and other products - Motorola is very big, that is another department, and it is responsible for Motorola's traditional strong products, such as discrete transistors, standard analog and standard logic and other devices; more specific Generally speaking, it is a series of solutions including power and signal management, logic, discrete and custom devices for computer, consumer electronics, automobile, communication, LED lighting, medical, military, aviation and other fields.

Unlike HP's Agilent, Motorola's Ansemi is a relatively important link in the supply chain of Tang's IT kingdom. Now that a huge change is going to be carried out, Tang Huan will naturally come to coordinate.

And his personal visit this time is not limited to this work content, but also the Iridium Project and so on.

Facts have proved once again that creativity and technology alone may not be able to achieve success - Tang Huan feels that this version of the Iridium Project is also a bit mysterious based on the experience of the original time and space, as well as the existing information.

The first point is that after the end of the Cold War, the globalization model started and the United States became the only superpower, but the whole world is far from equal to one country, and various consultations including the establishment of base stations in various countries and regions, even on the surface There is enthusiasm and expectation in reality, but in reality, he still stumbles because of his personal interests.

It can be said that with the participation of Tang IT, the Iridium Project, which has greatly accelerated the progress of technology research and development, has been delayed again because of this.

Now, the obstacles blocking the actual commercial road have basically been cleared away, but the external environment has undergone extremely important changes.

For example, the number of base stations for mobile communications has increased rapidly, greatly improving signal coverage, and even international roaming has become popular, so that the cost performance threatens the superiority of satellite communications.

Another example is that communication technology has entered the digital age, which makes the technology of the Iridium project seem a bit old.

However, although Tang Huan was pessimistic, he did not regret participating in it. Anyway, Motorola was the absolute protagonist, and his little resource investment, including technical experience, achievement sharing, military cooperation, etc., was worth it!

The starting point for the richest man to think about problems now is often an invisible but very important "origin" - just like the friendship he formed with Apple Computer more than ten years ago, if in the next ten years, Motorola still " It is self-explanatory who is the first person who is qualified to cut the flesh.

They were talking about the commercial application of the Iridium project, and the public relations personnel who wanted to lobby AOL to close the house of cards arrived.

Hearing the assistant's report, Tang Huan smiled knowingly—the mission of the House of Cards has been completed, and if the million-dollar campaign to solicit revelations continues, it will cause fire instead.

The ass decides the head - a person's position is determined by his own interests.

For example, a poor student who has to rely on loans to pay for his school expenses must hope that the social welfare including education will be better; An excuse to raise taxes.

The richest man’s attitude towards the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States is naturally based on his own interests, and he belongs to the "fence-riding" faction like banking, finance, insurance, national defense, telecommunications and other fields; and his subordinates like Fangyuan, Zhe Large-scale enterprises such as Confucianism and Zheru Software also imitate General Electric, Honeywell, and United Technologies, and "sit on the wall" all the year round.

From Tang Huan's point of view, he likes the "fair opportunity" that the Republican Party can provide, so that he can give full play to his strengths without restraint.

But on the other hand, as an ethnic minority, the richest man needs the "social fairness" provided by the Democratic Party to protect his rights and interests in the long run.

But at the same time, the "big government" concept promoted by the Democratic Party will inevitably increase the "ceiling" for Tang's IT kingdom - the antitrust lawsuit faced by Zheru Software Company, in addition to being shady In addition to the strife between forces, it is also related to this political factor.

In contrast, the "small government" concept of the Republican Party does not control large companies so tightly-this is why Tang Huan advocated, and his subordinates also agreed, that Zheru Software Company responded to the reaction with delaying tactics. Monopoly litigation to survive until the 2000 general election may produce a turning point in the rotation of the ruling ~ party ~.

It has to be said that this is an impeccable general trend under mutual checks and balances, which makes the richest man have to "sit on the wall".

Under such circumstances, Tang Huan did not hope that the house of cards with fierce artillery fire would really destroy the balance of power between the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States-the "fence-riding" faction prefers evenly matched power, not a family Dominance, so there is room for flickering.

Therefore, when he learned that the public relations personnel had come to him on his own initiative, the richest man immediately understood that the opportunity to go down the slope had come.

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When he walked into the reception room and saw the visitor, Tang Huan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly - the circle was really getting smaller and smaller!
"Don, it's a great honor to meet you by this opportunity!" The other party introduced himself: "My name is Barack Obama, and I am a lawyer and a lecturer at the University of Chicago. Illinois State Senator for District No. 13."

"Barack, nice to meet you." The richest man smiled gently.Like an old friend, reach out your hand.

Barack O's eight-yard handshake has a characteristic of "humbleness". It seems that it was not deliberately practiced after becoming president.

To be honest, Tang Huan, who has a layout and friendship with the Bushi family and the Clinton family, doesn't care much about Barack Oba.Gein was originally "packaged" too much during his tenure as the President of the United States, and his own political strength is very questionable-by then, it will be too late to make friends now!

Barack Oba, who was packaged as a star president, may be impressive because of the wonderful and chic scenes of his speech broadcast live on TV. He looks around the audience and speaks eloquently. He does not need a speech script from beginning to end. In turn, it gives people a public image of a gifted speaker with quick thinking, amazing memory, eloquence, and great on-the-spot language skills.

But this is not the case. Barack Obay still needs a speech script, but it has changed from traditional paper to a high-tech teleprompter.

Whenever a speech is given, a teleprompter with exactly the same displayed content will be placed on the left and right sides of the scene, that is, a square brown or colorless panel.The side facing the audience is transparent without any text; but the side facing the speaker has clear speech content.

What Barack Obama does is similar to the work of a TV newscaster - when he speaks, he looks around the audience, seemingly interacting with the audience through his eyes, but in fact he reads the speech from the teleprompter on the left and right Words are not unscripted speeches at all.

This style of speech relies heavily on the teleprompter, even more than any president in American history, and the outside world ridiculed Barack Obama as the "teleprompter president".

In the past ten years, he has been called the richest man who has made countless speeches, but he has never been so tricky, so he has reason to look down on the strength of Barack O'Back - his real capital is the kind of black man who knows well The star halo that status brings is nothing more than that.

Of course, now that everyone has met, Tang Huan will only give each other the warmth of spring.

However, during the exchange of pleasantries, Mr. Richest Man couldn't help muttering a little bit-it's hard to come by, Barack Obama has now entered the ranks of trainers.

As the ruler of Tang's IT kingdom, the first power he has is the appointment and removal of personnel, especially the metabolic succession of the CEOs of various companies-so, Tang Huan instinctively thinks so from himself to others.

"Since I served as a state senator from Illinois, I have been doing pretty well in coordinating Democrats and Republicans and bipartisan cooperation-so when Don came here, I was entrusted as a lobbyist nearby. "The well-known Barack O's eight yards, began to turn to the topic.

The richest man showed distress and said: "Although I am a shareholder of America Online, it is not good to meddle in the decisions that the company has made."

Hearing this, Barack Obayard, who originally wanted to make a contribution, couldn't help but become dejected.

"You're still young!" Seeing this scene, Tang Huan chuckled inwardly, pondering, and said, "Why don't we—the authorization of the novel "House of Cards" in the United States is controlled by MGM, why not Let it request AOL to shut down the website of the same name on the grounds of infringement."

Barack Oba, whose heart sank just now, was amused, and immediately slapped his thigh, and praised repeatedly in the tone of a legal professional: "This solution is really perfect."

The richest man laughed, "The emperor does not send hungry soldiers—I also want to find a convenient way for America Online, but I don't know, can you..."

Barack Obayue, who was eager for merit, answered in a panic: "Don, just tell me, I will convey it as soon as possible."

Tang Huan nodded slightly, "AOL is discussing the merger with Time Warner Turner, and one of the hurdles to pass is the industry monopoly assessment made by review agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission."

Barack Oba suddenly realized, "I see..."

(End of this chapter)