Xiao Sui and his entourage were in Los Angeles, waiting for the announcement of the 84 Oscars, what was Gu Biao doing?

There is no doubt that he practiced the big game of chess that he planned with Senior Bill, Mr. Galvin, and Akio Morita at the beginning of the year - "Tiankun, Sony and Motorola will take the lead, and respond to the proposal that Senior Bill is about to put forward and promote, 'realize the complete localization of after-sales service positions in technology enterprises and protect the interests of consumers in various states'".

It not only won the reputation of "treating consumers well" for the three major technology companies, but also took the lead in getting out of the post-bubble winter of consumer electronics (because of the consumer distrust caused by the collapse and collapse of Atari), and occupied the moral high ground.

It also created more jobs in the southern non-tech states that were drawn by the California department, and pushed Bill to the position of the "Economic Development Policy Committee of the Southern States of the United States".

From April Fool's Day to mid-April, Gu Biao has been busy with these.

It's just that there are too many discordant hypocrisies and grievances involved in the process, digging pits and traps, and it is inconvenient to describe them too specifically. So with the relatively silly and sweet Xiao Sui's perspective, the floating light was gone. (Of course, Xiao Sui is not stupid and sweet, and people are also very thoughtful, but compared with Gu Biao, it is stupid and sweet.) ）

Xiao Sui took the "Best Adapted Screenplay Award" little golden man, and when he flew to Watsonton, Gu Biao's dirty things had already been done.

Because when the "Best Adapted Screenplay Award" was nominated, the crew of "The Last Emperor" reported a total of 3 screenwriters to co-author, so the organizing committee also gave 3 statuettes, which is an Oscar convention.

Therefore, for people who want to brush the physical number of the little golden figures, awards such as screenwriting and music are more cost-effective. The screenwriter was stuck with "more than 30% contribution", and he could only report 3 people, and the original music award could theoretically be given to the author of each original BGM in the movie. In later history, when Tan Dun relied on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to get the golden man, he actually asked for many trophies, and he sent one to each author of the song as many tunes as the movie specially created.

As soon as he got off the plane, Xiao Sui was escorted by the bodyguard who picked him up and rushed to Gu Ao's DC villa on the banks of the Potomac River. Gu Biao himself still had something to do that day, so he didn't have time to pick up his girlfriend.

Xiao Sui returned to the villa, cleaned up with his own hands, and instructed the kitchen lady in the villa to make a few Chinese and Western mixed dishes, Gu Ao's favorite food, and waited quietly.

It wasn't until late evening that Gu Biao returned.

Xiao Sui immediately caught up with him and picked up his trophy casually.

"Husband, my little golden man, do you want to touch it? It's a shame that you can't go in on the day of the award ceremony. ”

Gu Biao touched it seriously: "Well, it is worthy of being my wife, but she is capable." ”

Xiao Sui bowed her head shyly, a little embarrassed: "What I said, I don't know my own catties and pounds, but it's just a godsend and I caught up with the opportunity." In the final analysis, the film is in line with the general trend of cultural exchange, and whoever does the script writing work can win this award. ”

Gu Biao smiled evilly: "If you have to say that God gives it its convenience, it is better to say that I give it its convenience." ”

Xiao Sui hurriedly kissed it to hide that she said the wrong thing: "That's it, my husband is the sky." ”

After the greasy was finished, Xiao Sui immediately ordered the dinner to be arranged, and the couple chatted while eating.

Xiao Sui asked: "By the way, didn't you say that you planned big things with the people from Motorola and Senior Bill, why did you stay in Watson for so many days?"

Xiao Sui asked this question, of course, because she didn't understand American politics.

She only knows that Motorola is in Chicago, and Bill is the governor of Alberta in the south, and it seems that neither of them has anything to do with Watsonton.

Gu Biao smiled with sympathetic eyes: "If you want to promote interstate joint legislation, of course, you have to go to the state federation to advocate it." Now Watson is opening a state union, and if he doesn't come here to mediate, where else can he go?"

There are many levels of legislation in the United States, not only federal and state, but also intermediate state associations, that is, the "Joint Conference of Governors".

The state federation itself does not have the power to make F, because the governors themselves do not have the right to make F, and the power to make F is in the hands of the state legislature.

However, this occasion can be used for governors to exchange views, unify views, and export ideas to each other, so as to achieve the purpose of "reaching a consensus in several states and promoting a policy document in a certain direction when they return".

This is very common in the United States, because it is impossible for all 50 states to have resources in their own legal system, which would be a waste of resources. In many cases, the state with a small population and poor will be a scholar and see what the next state does, and the state situation is similar to ours, so take the main body, modify it slightly, and send it to the state legislature to see if it can be passed.

Taking the seven states of Shennan as an example, it is often a set of local methods in Texas, and the other six are discussed together, and they feel that it is almost over, and they each take it back to tinker.

After Gu Biao roughly explained, Xiao Sui finally understood in a daze. Her resentment that her husband couldn't stay in Los Angeles in person and wait for her to take the little gold man has completely dissipated.

The matter of Gu Biao's layout with Senior Bill and President Sheng Tian was planned in late January, and now it is mid-April, two months and 20 days, and all preparations have been made, and it is indeed time to step in the door.

Therefore, it is not that Gu Biao was so busy when he specially picked the Oscar season, but it happened that things had come to this point.

"My husband is a person who does big things, just Oscar, in the eyes of other Chinese, it is a very amazing lifelong pursuit, and when I get to my husband, it is just an embellishment to cover up." Xiao Sui sighed so emotionally in his heart.

Gu Biao finally concluded: "Tomorrow is the day of a certain round of meetings of the state federation, and Senior Bill has already told me that tomorrow will be officially proposed." President Morita and I both had to help out on the sidelines. I've also been in touch with the media, and maybe someone will come and talk to us about why the business community is supporting Governor Bill's initiative."

You can pack up and accompany me for interviews when necessary - I don't expect you to perform well, but your personality is more pure, you speak from the standpoint of ordinary consumers, and more people believe you. Moreover, as long as you show your job without deeds and let people know that you have just returned with an Oscar, no one will regard you as a person from the business world, and your words will naturally be more credible. ”

Xiao Sui hurriedly agreed, and at the same time secretly thought in his heart: Fortunately, we are just screenwriters, not heroines and heroines, otherwise, we will not be regarded as a lying actor by American TV viewers and newspaper readers, which would be self-defeating.

Oscar-level actors, in the eyes of the American people, do not change their faces and lie skills, which are no less than the profiteers in the industry.

……

The next day, the regular meeting of the state union.

In the lounge outside the venue, Governor Alexandria from Georgia was closing his eyes and waiting to hear a report from his staff.

This Mr. Alexander, who has been in Georgia for many years, has been governor for seven or eight years, and senator for more than ten years, is naturally deeply entrenched in the South.

People have been on the rise since the federal government raised the "long-term capital gains tax" in the 60s, so it is very useful to deal with the economic situation of the old era when there were no junk bonds and no bubble stocks. He has been a member of the Economic Development Policy Committee of the Southern States for six years.

However, with the liberalization of the "long-term capital gains tax" five or six years ago, after the emergence of a new wave of Atari-style bubbles in Silicon Valley in recent years, the old-school Governor Alexander seems to be a little overwhelmed, and he does not know how to deal with the new situation, the electronic technology giants have withdrawn industrial jobs, and local employment has gradually deteriorated.

However, simply "urging trading partner countries to lower agricultural taxes and expand agricultural exports from the central and southern United States" will not completely solve the problem. Governor Alexandria is completely relying on his old qualifications to continue to support, and in history, even if there is no Gu Biao and Akio Morita appearing, he will work for two more years at most, and he will be killed by Bill. Therefore, in good conscience, Gu Biao and Sheng Tian have only accelerated this progress, and they are not considered to have changed history.

(Note: As mentioned earlier, when Governor Alexandria was on the board of the Southern Council, the Union had already liberalized a certain capital gains tax.) However, in practice, changes in the tax system bring about changes in investment and economic patterns, and there is a time lag and buffer of several years, so it is normal that they do not manifest themselves immediately. ）

"Governor, Mr. Remy Denton of the lobbying company is here, and he has information on the initiatives that the governors of the other southern states are preparing to put forward this afternoon, would you like to hear it?"

It was Alexander's secretary who spoke.

Alexander rubbed his temples and motioned for someone to let him in.

In a place like Watsonton, there are no big secrets, especially when things come to the end, there are always channels to find out what bills people will propose. What can be kept secret is at best a government decree document, and the proposal cannot be kept secret.

And a large number of lobbying companies also regard this kind of work as one of their main businesses.

Seconds later, the lobbyist for the consulting firm, Remy Denton, arrived in Alexander's break room and put an outline in front of him.

"Dear Mr. Governor, we hope that this information we have provided will be helpful to you. ”

Governors don't read most of the reports in person, but some things are not suitable for direct oral reporting, so it is common practice for lobbying firms/consulting firms to show them an outline of what they are interested in before reporting.

This is the art of reporting to the big people, and the layers must be clear.

Alexander pushed his glasses, looked at them for two minutes, and pointed to one of them, "How did you get the direction of Bill's proposal?"

Remy Denton bowed slightly: "This was originally a trade secret, but you are our old customer, let me say a little bit - you should know that last month there was a new consulting/lobbying firm in the circle, Kissinger Associates, and when it was founded, it also got a few people from our former employees.

Originally, with His Excellency Kissinger's position on the verification of documents, his company should have a position with you, and we should not oppose them. It's just that Kissinger's students seem to have a job picking up people's pigs recently......"

Governor Alexander thought for a while, and raised his eyebrows: "You mean, Gu Biao? I heard that he made a lot of gestures of bullying teachers and destroying ancestors at the retirement farewell banquet of Ji Lao, and he made a lot of friendships with the people of the people's pig stalls. He's a foreigner, what is he doing involved in these things? If you give me a closer look at Bill's proposal, I'm not afraid of what he can make waves. ”