Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 938 Next Governor of California
At present, the federal states following the U.S. Department of Justice’s siege of Zheru Software include the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Kentucky , Massachusetts, Watson Shields, Iowa, Florida, Connecticut, Utah, Kansas, West Virginia, Minnesota.

Except that California, the state with the largest population and the third largest area where Zheru Software is located, which is the stronghold of the Democratic Party, did not join in, the state with the second largest population and the second largest area—Germany Texas, the stronghold of the Republican Party, did not join in.

One of the main reasons for this is that Zheru Software's "Silicon Hill" in Austin, Texas, has the largest investment in the United States after the "Silicon Valley" in California.

In addition, the governor of Texas, Bushi, once clearly expressed his sympathy for Zheru Software.

Joel Klein turned his eyes to a hanging map of the United States behind him. The red and white colors on it were like the competition during the US presidential election—each state’s team has nothing to do with interests and lobbying .

Joel Klein sometimes trembles secretly with excitement at having the honor of leading such a magnificent antitrust war.

Joel Klein turned his gaze back to the personal computer on the table, where the operating system StudiOS of Zheru Software Company was installed; there was also a handheld computer next to it, which also used the embedded version of StudiOS, To provide the function of a personal data assistant—using the products of Zheru Software Company and doing a lawsuit against Zheru Software Company is definitely a great irony.

However, Joel Klein has no regrets in his heart - doesn't Zheru Software's ubiquity just explain its monopoly?Suing it can be said to be at peace of mind!
At this time, the workspace of the personal computer, which is the desktop called by Microsoft Windows, will pop up a prompt "the latest email has arrived" in the lower right corner.

It should be colleagues from the Ministry of Justice stationed at Zheru Software's headquarters on the west coast who sorted out new information from the intercepted files.

Thinking of this, Joel Klein couldn't help but feel refreshed.

Unfortunately, Joel Clay was quickly disappointed - the latest batch of irrelevant emails arrived in his mailbox.

"Damn spam," Joel Klein muttered, deleting it.

However, there were two e-mails with attachments, and Joel Klein took a look at them.

One of the emails has the title "Job Application" and the other has the title "I_Love_You".

Joel Klein thought the former was a job seeker who submitted a wrong resume, and the latter was a greeting from a relative or friend.

But after quickly browsing the text of the email and clicking on the attachments, Joel Klein immediately determined that they were indeed irrelevant to him, so he deleted them to the trash can.

Having done all this expertly, Joel Klein continued to prepare the relevant documents for the antitrust lawsuit.

Gein, Joel Klein knew very well that his direct opponent was very difficult to deal with.

The chief lawyer of Zheru Software's legal team turned out to be George Conway.After Netscape’s previous monopoly case against Zheru Software was over, he was invited by US President Bill Clinton to deal with a wave of unsettled “zipper door” lawsuits.

Of course, it is impossible for a financial backer like Zheru Software Company to find a satisfactory chief lawyer.

After learning that the U.S. Department of Justice and some federal states had joined forces to sue themselves for monopoly, Zheru Software Company spent a lot of money to invite David Boyce to serve as its chief lawyer.

This is also a very ironic thing.

You know, David Boyce has received many commissions from the government before.For example, he once participated in the U.S. Department of Justice's 13-year monopoly prosecution of IBM in conjunction with some companies in the computer industry.

Such a senior lawyer who often sided with the government in anti-monopoly litigation, suddenly sided with Zheru Software, which is equivalent to an "inner ghost", which not only entangled the US Department of Justice and 20 federal states The torrential flames together are one of the discouragements, and the more serious point is that they know the government's way of thinking, usual methods, etc. like the back of the palm of their hands.

Take David Boyce's first counterattack after he became the chief lawyer of Zheru Software Company in responding to the lawsuit - he protested that the court-appointed investigation expert was biased against Zheru Software Company and demanded to be replaced. Give Joel Klein a big headache.

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In the office of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the District of Columbia, Thomas Penfield Jackson, the judge in the United States of America v. Philosophy monopoly case, was also annoyed.

This is the third time Zheru Software has asked for the removal of court investigators. Thomas Penfield Jackson just refused—just kidding, I tend to think that you are a monopoly, and the investigators have no position?
As a result, David Boyce, the chief lawyer of Zheru Software, came directly to the door and requested that the court date be postponed. In addition to the software company's incompetent witnesses, it is too embarrassing to hold a conference and fight a lawsuit at the same time.

Listening to David Boyce, who was sitting across from him, chattering plausibly, Thomas Penfield Jackson, who was a little impatient, moved his mouse absently, opened his e-mail, and found two newly arrived emails. Emails titled "Job Search" and "I_Love_You."

After taking a casual glance and opening the attachment, Thomas Penfield Jackson couldn't bear it and asked back, "Why do you have to postpone the court session instead of rescheduling the Philosopher's Spring Developers Conference?"

David Boyce said with a wry smile: "Today, the Zheru Spring Developers Conference has developed into the most important technical event in the computer industry, with tens of thousands of people attending the event. It is really too difficult to reschedule."

Speaking of this, David Boyce took out another document, "This is a petition from some companies participating in the Zheru Spring Developer Conference, imploring your honor to ensure the smooth convening of this Zheru Spring Developer Conference. After all, round-trip travel expenses as well as board and lodging expenses are not a small burden for many start-up technology companies.”

After browsing through the so-called petition, Thomas Penfield Jackson sighed, "What's the point of Zheru Software's entanglement in these details other than wasting time?"

David Boyce replied seriously: "Zheru Software is safeguarding every interest of itself."

Thomas Penfield Jackson looked at the calendar helplessly, "So, which day does Zheru Software think is appropriate to set the court date?"

David Boyce laughed and said: "It's up to the judge to make the decision, as long as it can make time for the Zheru Spring Developers Conference."

The pen in Thomas Penfield Jackson's hand was moving on the calendar, and he asked, "The 27th of this month, is it okay?"

David Boyce looked at the schedule on Fangyuan's handheld computer, nodded and confirmed: "April 4, no problem. Thank you, Your Honor, for your accommodation!"

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On the side of the richest man, there is also a situation analysis map similar to the red and blue contrast map in Joel Klein's office - the golden horse and iron horse on the east coast seem to be approaching with murderous intent.

While Tang Huan was squinting his eyes and thinking, the secretary reported that Jerry Brown, chairman of the board of directors of the California High Speed ​​Rail Authority, and California Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis came to visit together.

"Please." After the richest man ordered, he got up to greet him.

When the three of them sat down, Jerry Brown, who hadn't seen anyone outside, looked around and saw the map at a glance, and immediately joked with comprehension: "It seems that Zheru Software is facing a menacing threat." Anti-monopoly litigation, even the dignified richest man, is also very troublesome!"

"I seldom ask about specific things anymore, so I don't have any troubles." Tang Huan replied indifferently, and then made a pot of tea himself, "It's a coincidence that you are here, I just arrived here with a can of tea that was airlifted from China Mingqian Longjing, let’s taste it together.”

Jerry Brown sniffed the fragrance with his nose, and exclaimed, "It seems that the reason why Tang's mood is so cheerful is due to the high-quality tea."

The richest man shrugged, "California, at least, is not currently among the states following the Ministry of Justice—of course I have to think about it with contentment."

For big figures like them, the subtext and topic orientation of every sentence has long been used to being naturally full of deep meaning.

Seeing Jerry Brown and Gray Davis coming together, Tang Huan could guess that the two came here for the upcoming California gubernatorial election this year.

After the end of the Mexican-American War, the United States obtained the land ceded by Mexico and accepted it into the Union on September 1850, 9, becoming what is now the state of California.

At the beginning, the California Constitution stipulated that the governor was elected every two years; in 1862, the approved constitutional amendment increased the term to four years; and in 1990, California Proposition 140 required an amendment to the constitution to limit the term of the governor to no more than two terms.

In fact, those politicians who have served as the governor of California for two terms have basically found another job after working for 8 years.

The most famous of them is Ronald Reagan, who served as the governor of California from 1967 to 1975, and finally became the president of the United States for eight years.

Jerry Brown also served as governor for two terms from 1975 to 1983 after Ronald Reagan, but in the process of seeking a higher level in his political career, the President of the United States and the Senate of Congress Both directions failed, so he bid farewell to politics and devoted himself to the California high-speed rail.

The current governor of California, Pete Wilson, continued to be his own governor with peace of mind after a soy sauce in the 1996 U.S. presidential nomination stage; but by the end of this year, he had reached two terms and had to abdicate.

It's quite interesting to say that although California is the stronghold of the Democratic Party, the governor of California has been controlled by the Republicans for a long time-since the end of the Second Century War, except for Jerry Brown and his father Pat Brown, apart from contributing two eight-year terms to the Democratic Party, the rest of the time was a Republican as the governor of California.

Ever since, after the current California governor Pete Wilson, a Republican, left after his term expired, the Democratic Party very much hoped to taste the taste of the governor of California after a lapse of more than ten years.

Obviously, Gray Davis, the current Lieutenant Governor of California, has a clear advantage.

As for why Jerry Brown and Gray Davis came together, it is because they have a lot of relationship - when Jerry Brown was governor of California, Gray Davis was his executive secretary .

It is precisely because of this relationship that Jerry Brown led Gray Davis to seek support from Mr. Richest Man. Although running for the governor of the United States did not burn money running for the president of the United States, it also cost a lot of money, often costing at least a thousand dollars. million dollar level.

Take Gray Davis's biggest contender for the Democratic Party's nomination—Al Kage. Prepared 4000 million U.S. dollars, making Gray Davis the bottom of the approval rating.

At this stage, Gray Davis can only use the slogan "My experience in governance cannot be bought with money" to fight back.

Sure enough, Jerry Brown followed Tang Huan's words and directly lobbied for Gray Davis: "Gray has experience in governing that no other candidate has, and once the election is successful, California will win the election in the United States. The attitude in the United States v. Zheru software company monopoly case will also remain unchanged."

The richest man looked at Gray Davis with great interest, and the other party immediately stated: "Zheru Software plays an irreplaceable and important role in the economic development of California-California must of course stand on Zheru Software's side."

Hearing this, Tang Huan nodded slightly in satisfaction.

Although there are quite a lot of people running for governor of California, it is not so easy to find a satisfactory spokesperson for their interests.

For example, the Republican Party's most promising nominee, Dan Lundgren, advocates punishing employers who hire illegal immigrants.

The richest man is very disapproving of this, because it will affect the operation of Silicon Valley-no matter where there is exploitation, the high-tech industry is no exception, it is nothing more than the higher salary of programmers, and these people are often from people including "Cheap laborers" who may have problems with visas, including those from Asia.

Seeing that Gray Davis, who was introduced by Jerry Brown, was very agreeable in all aspects, Tang Huan made a smooth decision and made it clear: "I wish Gray will win this year's California gubernatorial election."

(End of this chapter)