Chapter 406: Clinton
David Fendi, the editor of the Christian Science Monitor, who was the first to write an article satirizing Su Mu and other Silicon Valley super-rich, once published an article in the newspaper exonerating the plotters of last year's Oklahoma bombing, mentioning that it was not their fault that they planned the bombing and killed dozens of people, but the fault of the US authorities.
This kind of view doesn't cause much turmoil in normal times, after all, it's just an unknown tabloid editor, who cares who he is?
Now it's different, and soon someone dug up the old news written by the other party and began to support Su Mu.
Some people think that Su Mu's money is all wealth earned through their own efforts, from a poor boy living in a slum Chinatown to become the richest man in the world, which is the best confirmation of the "American dream".
And young people always think that he is cool, he is not bothered, he is willing to help the poor, and he has come up with all kinds of novel products, but now he has become a sinner because he spends his own money, and he has forwarded messages, and the voice of support for Su Mu is suddenly louder than those who criticize him.
With the development of the Internet, Su Mu not only moved the cheese of the media company, but also moved a large piece, and was even ready to take away the plate, which made him extremely happy.
Su Mu suddenly thought, since so many people use Bee, why can't they use their own resources to obtain maximum political benefits like those traditional media groups?
Celebrities, elites in various industries, and even certain companies use Bee to promote themselves, but it is unreasonable that the candidates in the recent presidential election, who have been making a big noise, have not used Bee to make a sound.
I simply made a phone call and went out, and after being quickly connected, Su Mu asked, "Mr. Clinton?"
Bill Clinton, now the chairman of the Democratic Supreme Committee, has served as governor of Arkansas five times in a row, and during the 1992 presidential election, if it were not for President Bush Sr.'s vigorous development of the Internet industry and his dazzling achievements, he would probably have been pulled down by this outstanding Democratic candidate.
Last time it failed, but this time it is very likely to succeed, Republicans have been presidents for 16 consecutive years, and now everyone knows that this Republican candidate is "accompanying the election", and has not yet voted in the general election, Su Mu knows that this gentleman has almost been designated as the next president of the United States, and has met several times at the party held by the White House, leaving each other's phone calls.
"That's right, just call me Bill!"
Clinton's voice sounded very happy, probably thinking that Su Mu called him at such a critical time, which meant that he had decided to be on his side.
With Su Mu's help, he was able to get more votes, and other places aside, Su Mu in California, a big vote warehouse, was full of influence!
Su Mu doesn't need to stand in line, no matter who comes to power, he will befriend him, even if he doesn't like it, at least he won't easily get angry, and in the current situation, he doesn't mind doing a nice thing that is icing on the cake.
Bill Clinton is 50 years old this year, and if he had not been influenced by Su Mu, he would have become president of the United States four years ago, while President Bush Sr. stepped down after only one term, and it will be almost eight years since Bush Sr. entered the White House this year.
Mr. Clinton, the high-profile president-to-be, expressed his closeness, and Su Mu was not polite, saying, "Okay, do you have any ideas for running on the Internet recently?"
I mean using the bee chat software, opening a verified account, and then you can use it to post messages, and our company will cooperate with you to promote it, which is very convenient, and it will make you more likely to succeed in the election. ”
Clinton was silent for a while, probably pondering the feasibility.
With the development of the Internet, these candidates must make themselves fashionable, and if they want to be successfully elected president, it is necessary to make the younger generation of electors feel that they are cool, so most of them have learned about the Internet industry in detail, and it is not easy to be president, it is much more difficult than taking the Harvard exam, and there are more materials than students, so many people are admitted to Harvard every day, but there is only one president in four years, and more often there is one in eight years.
His voice came: "You mean I send a message to more potential voters to see?"
"Yes, that's pretty much it, your political views may be directly visible to tens of millions of voters through the Internet. Su Mu replied to him.
Judging from the content of the previous speeches, including the response to the Internet bubble crisis, etc., it is more in line with the ideas of Silicon Valley people, such as continuing the tax cut policy, increasing Internet infrastructure, and further reducing the cost of corporate mergers, etc., which are all directions that Su Mu is optimistic about, so he is half of Clinton's supporters.
He continued: "Maybe we can also get you some campaign money, and my employees have developed a software that allows voters to transfer campaign money to your campaign account through the Internet, isn't it?"
After hearing this, Bill Clinton found that there seemed to be only good and no harm, and he didn't even mean to ask the campaign team, so he immediately said to Su Mu: "OK, then try it, I'll have someone go to your company now, take care of this matter, and I'll probably go to California next week, and we'll have dinner together, right?"
"I've got time at any time, I'll have someone in charge of following up on this, good luck Bill, I'm optimistic about you coming as president......"
After chatting casually, Su Mu hung up the phone.
His expression seemed to be quite relieved, and he muttered to himself: "Dare to target me, I have weakened your political influence, see if you dare to be arrogant!"
The "you" here refer to the de facto controllers of the media companies, which have long been called the "uncrowned kings" because they control the channels through which information is delivered, and can largely influence the way people think, deciding what people should know and what they should not know.
Su Mu's Internet empire, after a few years of continuous growth, has to some extent shaken the high position of the old media group, people used to only get information through newspapers, television, radio, etc., now turn on the computer, want to see where the news can be seen, can also participate in the discussion.
Su Mu didn't pay attention to this part before, but now he realized that he only wanted to make money, but ignored their huge influence.
At this time, Su Mu didn't know that he had stumbled into it by mistake and opened a strange path of "bee online governance......