Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 963 The Unpredictable Antitrust Alliance
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The [-] US mid-term elections came to an end in November, that is, on the [-]rd of this month.

Just like the "seven-year itch" that tests marriage and love, there is a "six-year itch" phenomenon in American politics. In a year of midterm elections, his party will basically lose or lose seats in both houses of Congress.

In fact, there is no need to strictly limit the conditions to the "six-year itch." Take the mid-term elections in the general sense. Since [-], the parties of the successive US presidents have not escaped this political The role of law.

In the most recent mid-term election in [-], the Democratic Party of US President Bill Clinton was defeated miserably by the Republican Party. It was then called the "Republican Revolution" and forced Bill Clinton, who lacked support in both houses of Congress, had to choose to take the "middle path."

With the "six-year itch" political law, the prestige of the "Republican Revolution" victory, and the fact that the current President Bill Clinton is deeply involved in scandals such as "Whitewater Gate" and "Zipper Gate", The Republican Party, as well as observers, have reason to believe that this year's midterm elections will allow the Republican Party to further expand its achievements.

However, after the results of the mid-term elections came out, many people were greatly surprised. Instead of being defeated across the board, the Democratic Party regained its lost ground slightly.

In the Senate elections, the Republicans won Illinois, Kentucky, and Ohio; the Democrats won New York, North Carolina, and Indiana.

The total number of seats held by the two parties in the Senate remained unchanged, thus setting a record for the smallest swing in the Senate in previous midterm elections.

In the election for the House of Representatives, the number of seats held by the Democratic Party of the current President Bill Clinton, instead of decreasing, increased by five against the trend.

Although five seats are not too many, this phenomenon that violates the "six-year itch" is a bit intriguing.

In Tang Huan's view, the reason why there is a "six-year itch" in American politics is mainly because every president will inevitably hand in a disappointing domestic answer after serving for six years.

But Bill Clinton is an exception. During his tenure, he happened to be lucky enough to catch up with the unprecedented Internet tide, which brought about a huge bull market that benefited a wide range.

This big piece of cake has given countless people a taste of the sweetness, and the unemployment rate in the United States has hit record lows.

Such brilliant achievements in governance can be said to have reached the point where one handsome man covers all the ugly ones.The most realistic American people don't know how much they think about Bill Clinton.

On the other hand, the conservatives who hated Bill Clinton, after forcing the President of the United States to tearfully admit the "zipper door" through TV and in front of the people of the United States, further activated the "zipper door". impeachment proceedings.

This kind of pursuit and fierce pursuit, killing everyone, is a bit too much.

The most realistic American people are not that easy to fool, and are beginning to get tired of this kind of political strife.

To use a Chinese idiom to describe this delicate situation, it is "when things go to extremes, they must turn back".

Conservatives are getting annoying.

Similar to the fact that the two houses of the U.S. Congress have almost remained the same, in the current midterm elections, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have also maintained the original proportion of the governors of each federal state. A minority third party snatched a governorship, the governor of Minnesota.

To cite a few specific examples: the incumbent governor of Texas, Jr., was re-elected; Jeb Bout defeated the Democratic Party rivals, and let the governorship of Florida fall into the hands of the Republican Party; ·Davis defeated Republican rivals, leaving the California governorship in the hands of Democrats...

And so on, both sides lost a spot here, and then found a spot elsewhere, thus maintaining the same pattern.

But this kind of invariance refers to the invariance of the overall quantity, not the invariance of each specific candidate below. In fact, it is still undergoing a metabolic flow, and the city is changing.

It was after the end of this dizzying alternation of power games that different voices began to appear in the [-] federal states following the Department of Justice's prosecution of Zheru Software's monopoly.

First of all, North Carolina Governor Jim Hunter, the former headquarters of the Bank of America acquired by Bank of America, said: "Microsoft's acquisition of Sybase shows that there is still sufficient and effective competition in the software industry. There is no need for the Carolinas to waste taxpayer money in the United States of America v. Zheru software monopoly case."

As soon as the words fell, Jeb Bushi, the governor-designate of Florida, also mentioned to reporters when he briefed reporters on his governance measures after taking office next year, "It turns out that the Department of Justice sued Zheru Software for monopolizing the entire industry and misusing it. Executive power is suspected of interfering with market freedom. There is no need for Florida to waste resources on such a matter that is still controversial."

Then, Jim Hodge, the governor-designate of South Carolina, also said: "The monopoly case between the United States of America and Zheru Software Company is meaningless, and South Carolina has decided to withdraw."

Finally, Luo Jiahui, the current governor of Huashengdun State where Microsoft and Amazon are located, announced: "After carefully listening to the assessment of industry experts, Huashengdun Prefecture no longer believes that Zheru Software Company monopolizes the industry, so it has decided to withdraw from this anti-monopoly case."

In this way, the lineup of [-] federal states suing Zheru Software for its monopoly quickly shrank by one-fifth.

The onlookers who were eagerly watching US President Bill Clinton being put on the impeachment chariot were suddenly confused and lost their way: This... what is going on, what about the monopoly alliance of anti-philosophical software companies? Has the child become so unpredictable?

Joel Klein, the prosecutor of the Department of Justice in charge of the United States of America v. Zheru software company monopoly case, said angrily: "I can guess with my eyes closed that Don used his influence to carry out investigations on those federal states. PR."

The New York Post, which was disgraced by the scandal over Mr. Richest Man's tax returns not long ago, jumped out and echoed: "Yes, it must have been public relations. We got the news that the North Carolina Biotechnology Center , North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, each received donations from Zheru Software.”

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Amid this ongoing uproar, the differentiation of the monopoly alliance of anti-philosophical software companies has become increasingly confusing.

Since Joel Klein suspected that the richest man had tampered with the situation, only Tang Huan himself could give the answer.

Ever since, the media began to chase and intercept the richest man.

It's just that once Tang Huan wants to have clean ears, he can see the dragon's head but not his tail.

The richest man is busy. According to the schedule, he will go to Asia next, attend the APEC summit, and the No.13 Asian Games held in Funan; before that, he will have a meeting with California governor-designate Gray Davis Communicate specifically.

One of the reasons why Gray Davis was able to win this governor's election is that he grasped the education issue that California people are most concerned about, and promised to increase investment in public education after he wins.

Thanks to. COM bubble, at this stage, California's fiscal revenue, unemployment rate and other data are quite good, so the main direction of governance is how to spend money and benefit the public.

Gray Davis's public education support policy includes universities and colleges; Shennong Foundation's student aid actions have long focused on universities.

So in this meeting, the richest man said: The Shennong Foundation will launch a scholarship program for high schools.

We talked about a lot of friendly topics like this, and then had a meal together. The two sides concluded the meeting successfully.

Next, the richest man boarded Silicon Valley One and flew to Asia to attend the APEC summit; Gray Davis, who currently serves as the deputy governor, continues to plan his grand plans.

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This year's APEC summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and there were quite a lot of eye-catching things.

For example, Russia, which was also affected by the financial crisis, officially joined APEC.

Although the Asian financial turmoil ended as a "miracle day" in the Hong Kong stock market, it left a lot of feathers behind, and it really needs to be cleaned up.

However, the media is more concerned about whether Funan and Java, which had a fierce military conflict a few months ago and their relations have reached a freezing point, will hold an official leadership meeting during this summit; they have severely criticized Java. Whether Tang Huan, the world's richest man and Chinese leader, will contact the Javanese leaders from the private level.

Java is currently in the stage of a transitional government. The previous dictator has stepped down and will be succeeded by Habibie who only served as vice president for more than two months.

Habibie, who is equivalent to picking up a president, immigrated to Germany in 19 at the age of [-], where he studied and worked for many years; it was not until [-] that the dictator recruited him back to Java to promote Industrial development in Java.

It is conceivable that such a senior engineer has little ambition or achievement in the Javanese political arena where corruption is prevalent and the rules of the game are opaque.

In [-], the dictator ushered in the seventh term of the presidency, and announced his ideal standard for the vice president, that is, he hoped that the candidate would be an expert who was proficient in nature and technology. Bibi became the best candidate and took office on March [-] this year.

Java, where the crimes are exposed to the world, is completely stinking the streets; in addition to attracting unanimous condemnation from Chinese around the world, in the United States, it was also ridiculed by CNN, which killed a black reporter, and protested by black people. Substantial international pressure, so much so that Java's complaints about Funan's raid and heavy damage to its own military facilities, and the launch of the Battle of Jakarta were almost ignored-deservedly, the fight was light!

Coupled with the serious impact of the Asian financial turmoil on Java's economy, the student who had a poor international image was protested by Canadian student groups at the APEC summit held in Vancouver, Canada last year, and angrily criticized Canadian Prime Minister Jean Cray. The dictator who was protesting in Tian couldn't wait until Funan lifted the air military blockade. After returning to Java from Egypt, where he hid for a meeting, he was unable to clean up the mess and inevitably ended up stepping down.

After Habibie stepped into the position of president from vice president, he naturally started to make conciliatory actions, such as publicly stating that the citizenship certificate that Chinese and other non-indigenous people must produce in order to prove their citizenship is equivalent to an ID card.

Next, Habibie issued a presidential decree in September this year, banning the use of the terms "indigenous" and "non-indigenous" to distinguish between races in Java.

All in all, although it is a bit "virtual", doing it is better than not doing it.

It is also precisely because of Habibie's actions that seem like a remedy for the past, observers believe that Java is very likely to take the opportunity of this APCE summit to take the initiative to make some gestures of seeking reconciliation.

You must know that various economies that have been racked by the Asian financial crisis are working hard to recover. However, the inhumane brutality of Java has made many international investors doubtful, and thus they cannot talk about attracting investment and restoring the economy. up.

In fact, the international pressure on Java is more than that.

Just before leaving to attend the APEC summit, Australian Prime Minister John Howard told the media that he would support East Timor in holding an independence referendum within ten years.International public opinion is also pressuring Java to hold self-determination on the East Timor issue.

It was in this embattled situation that Javanese President Habibie held a bilateral meeting with Funan Prime Minister Zheng Yuanzheng, as expected by the outside world, and stated at a subsequent press conference that Java would participate in the summit to be held in Funan soon. The No. 13 Asian Games has clarified the rumors that Java would boycott this Asian Games that had been widely circulated before.

Mr. Richest Man also had a meeting with Habibi, but compared to the other party's contact with Funan, it was much more low-key and secretive, avoiding all media tracking.

On this occasion, Tang Huan spoke unabashedly and straightforwardly, pointing out straight to the point: "Mr. President, you should be grateful for the effective attack of the Funan Navy on the Javanese military forces. Otherwise, you are now very likely to , has been overthrown by the Javanese military, and his life is in danger."

Habibie, who was said to be in a sore spot, looked ugly.Gein, as the richest man said, in the past few months, the son-in-law of the dictator in Java tried to contact the remnant army and launch a coup, but luckily failed.

Habibi replied sullenly, "This is our internal affairs, so I don't need you to worry about it."

"You are absolutely right." Tang Huan nodded, and said leisurely: "Whether you like the current presidency or not, you are actually in a dangerous situation. Because you have stayed in Europe for so many years after all, Furthermore, many political concepts are unacceptable in the eyes of Javanese conservatives.”

"If your predecessor is sent to the International Court of Justice, it will not only be a complete introspection, usher in the recognition of the international community, but also wipe out its remnants, ensure your own safety, and leave a strong mark in the history of Java's progress. a sum."

Habibie stared at the richest man with a blank expression, and was speechless for a while.

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Almost at the same time, the governor-designate of California, Gray Davis, welcomed a special visitor.

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(End of this chapter)