Celine Dion accompanied Du Wei to the room prepared for her by Schwarzenegger, and Schwarzenegger personally took Li Mu to his room and introduced him to the configuration in the room and the placement of various items very enthusiastically.

The room that Schwarzenegger arranged for Li Mu was a very large suite, and outside the bedroom, there was a small living room with luxurious decoration.

Li Mu felt that Schwarzenegger might have something to say to him, so he invited Schwarzenegger to sit down on the sofa in the living room, and asked him with a smile: "Arnold, you are about to become governor, how do you feel?"

Schwarzenegger crossed his hands, leaned forward so that his elbows were on his legs, and said seriously: "To be honest, I'm excited right now, but I'm also nervous." ”

Li Mu asked him with a smile, "What are you nervous about?"

Schwarzenegger said: "California is so dazzling in the United States, and its development in all fields is among the best in the United States, but only when you really go deep into it, you will know how many problems it has, and I am worried that my ability is not enough to make California have better development." ”

Saying that, Schwarzenegger asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, as an extremely successful businessman, do you have any good advice?"

Li Mu said with a smile: "I am not very interested in politics, so I don't have any research, but there is a great thinker in China, more than 2,000 years ago, he once put forward a concept of governance, called the rule of inaction, which means, try not to interfere too much with the people, let the people exert their own creativity, do not think about leading them forward, but encourage them to go as far as possible under a reasonable and legal framework." ”

After that, Li Mu said: "In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to give the people, especially entrepreneurs, the opportunity to try, you have to be a sheepdog, protect the sheep, but not too much interference with the sheep, only when a few sheep make a mistake will intervene, don't try to be a leader, there are tens of millions of people in California, you can't lead." ”

Schwarzenegger didn't quite understand the meaning of Li Mu's words, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mr. Li, can you give me some suggestions from a more specific level, such as how I should reduce California's fiscal deficit and make California's economy develop faster and better." ”

Li Mu smiled and said: "Arnold, I believe that your staff have already thought of countless suggestions for you, and they are all more professional than me, so their suggestions are far better than the suggestions I gave in theory and practice." ”

After a pause, Li Mu continued: "So I can't give you a solution to a specific problem, but I can give you some suggestions at a more macro level for your reference." ”

Schwarzenegger nodded hurriedly and said seriously: "Please speak." ”

Li Mudao: "First of all, the first suggestion, don't just think about solving California's fiscal deficit by reducing various expenses, this is like a family, most of the energy should be on how to make money, not how to save money, if your staff is bent on reducing spending through various methods, vainly trying to reduce the deficit, then in the future will only get a bigger and more violent rebound." ”

In Li Mu's impression, when Schwarzenegger came to power, he was full of ambition to reduce government spending, but as a result, he shrank and shrank, and failed to shrink the deficit, but increased it a lot, which also became a key factor for the people to point out Schwarzenegger's incompetence.

Therefore, now that Schwarzenegger has been elected, there is really no need to rack his brains to cut back on spending, it is better to let go and do something else.

Schwarzenegger was a little stunned when he heard this, and what his staff was focusing on at the moment was what Li Mu told him not to do.

He was a little embarrassed and said, "Mr. Li, to tell you the truth, we are now thinking about how to comprehensively reduce the California government's spending and reduce the government deficit ......."

Li Mu smiled slightly and said: "Your staff, just like the aircraft manufacturers, they regard the financial expenditure as the weight of the aircraft, and only think about making the aircraft lighter as much as possible on the premise of ensuring that the plane does not crash. ”

Schwarzenegger nodded lightly and said, "On this point, I will definitely arrange time to communicate with my staff and parliamentarians again." ”

Li Mu snorted and said: "The second suggestion is to strengthen cooperation with Huaxia, both at the government level and the non-governmental level. ”

"I give you this advice, not because I am a Chinese, but you must unswervingly believe that in the next ten years, China will become the world's second largest economy, surpassing the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, so for so many states in the United States, who runs the fastest, who benefits the most. ”

Schwarzenegger looked at Li Mu intently, looking forward to his next words.

Li Mu said: "In fact, California is particularly suitable for taking the lead in in-depth contact with China, California has a cultural aircraft carrier like Hollywood, there are a large number of excellent cultural and artistic works are not output, and China has the world's largest population, the most potential market, the two sides are easy to find a way to cooperate in depth, and then mutual benefit, but this requires you, the governor, to promote, like a sheepdog, drive your sheep to the most fertile pasture, and you don't have to care about the rest, they will open their mouths and eat desperately." ”

"In addition, California also has Silicon Valley, the world's IT center, so many high-tech enterprises, all need a larger market, cheaper labor, lower costs, believe me, at this stage, there is no place more suitable than Huaxia, the United States traditional manufacturing industry has already begun to develop to China, the high-tech industry is much slower, you can find a way to promote it. ”

Schwarzenegger pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, if I want to strengthen the economic cooperation between California and China, can you provide me with some help?"

"Of course. Li Mu said with a smile: "I can help California entrepreneurs introduce private entrepreneurs in China, and help American companies connect with Chinese enterprises, so that everyone can find more cooperation opportunities." ”

Saying that, Li Muling moved and said: "I don't think it's as good as this, after you take office, I will come forward to hold a Sino-US entrepreneur forum with the state government of California, we will circle a few industries, first gather the entrepreneurs on both sides in this industry, get them to a banquet hall to sit down, and we don't have to worry about the rest, they can collide with countless sparks themselves." ”

"If the first Entrepreneur Forum is successful, then we can consider adding a few new industries, expanding the scale of participating entrepreneurs, and then branding the forum and pushing it to a higher level. ”

"At that time, the California government can take the lead, unite banks and large enterprises, and then jointly set up a venture capital fund of the same name, which is specially used to invest in the excellent projects in the forum, not only to support American companies to develop in China, but also to support Chinese enterprises to test the waters in the United States, as long as the enterprises have needs, they can submit applications, which can not only improve the reputation of the California government, but also enhance the income of the California government. ”

Schwarzenegger's eyes lit up and blurted out, "This is what you call inaction?"

Li Mu said with a smile: "Almost, be a good shepherd dog, drive the sheep that need to grow meat to the best pasture, and drive the sheep that need mating to the best opposite sex." ”

Schwarzenegger was immediately moved.

If we can really organize a forum for entrepreneurs of American enterprises and Chinese enterprises, as Li Mu said, this will not only be a help to the economic development of both sides, but also a great achievement of my own administration in California.

Li Mu looked at Schwarzenegger, smiled indifferently, and said, "Having said so much, the next thing is to talk about something selfish." ”

Schwarzenegger also sat up, nodded and said, "Mr. Li, please speak." ”

Li Mu said: "I hope you will strengthen the cooperation between California and Huaxia, not only because I firmly believe that China will soon become the world's second economy, but also because I am a Chinese, and I also hope to contribute to China's economic development." ”

"Therefore, as long as you are friendly to China and seek common development with Chinese enterprises during your tenure, then I will definitely fully support you in the next four or eight years to better govern California, and I can invest a billion dollars or more to support this venture capital fund for Sino-US business cooperation." ”

"Not only that, but in the future, I will increase my investment in California to provide more tax revenue and jobs, but as your partner and ally, I may also need you to provide me with some convenience in the future. ”

Schwarzenegger was very excited to hear it, not to mention anything else, just as Li Mu said that the entrepreneur forum, once successfully held once, he can gain a lot of praise for himself, after all, in the United States, there are not many states that can make such a big move.

For him, if he can really come up with a venture capital fund to add icing on the cake, it will naturally be a better situation.

As for what Li Mu said, he needs to provide certain conveniences in the future, this kind of thing is actually very common in the United States, and it can even be said to be commonplace.

Whether it is a gubernatorial campaign or a presidential campaign, it is inseparable from the support of conglomerates, corporations, and families, who have already negotiated various bargaining chips with each other when they invest a lot of money to help candidates run for election.

Yes, it is to have a position. Both the president of the United States and the governor of the United States have the right to appoint their own people to take charge of some special positions, such as the director of the CIA, the secretary of state, the chief justice, and other positions are determined and appointed by the president.

Others, it is to ask for resources. For example, arms dealers in the United States often invest huge amounts of campaign funds in presidential candidates, in order to be able to sell more guns to more ordinary people directly through political policy help in the future, or let the government and military purchase more of their own products, in short, for money.

Schwarzenegger naturally understands in his heart that Li Mu helped him run for election and help himself consolidate public opinion, and he should also have personal interests for himself.

If Li Mu only helped himself, but never mentioned his own demands, Schwarzenegger would not dare to let go of his hands and feet to cooperate with him, but when he found out that Li Mu had this demand, Schwarzenegger breathed a sigh of relief.

In the adult world, they prefer to trade rather than simply ask, after all, taking what they need is the best mode of cooperation.