Chapter 473: A New Push

PS: Because the word "poison-product" appears in the article, the result has been reviewed!

"Hi Vincent, good morning!"

As soon as Li Xuan stepped down the stairs and sat on the sofa in the living room reading the newspaper, Bush Sr. greeted him with a smile.

"You're early, old George!" Li Xuan also smiled at Mr. Vice President.

When Chinese choose a name for their child, they will especially avoid the name of their elders. Americans, on the other hand, are particularly fond of having the same name for generations. For example, George H.W. Bush's full name is George Herbert Walker Bush, and his eldest son, George W. Bush's full name, is George W. Bush.

The names of the two are only one middle name, so at home, everyone uses George Old and George Little to distinguish the two. In Western culture, it is not disrespectful to call him by his first name.

"Good morning, Vincent! I've got sandwiches for everyone!" said Bush Sr.'s wife, Barbasha, as she saw Li Xuan come downstairs and set the cutlery for him.

Li Xuan said thank you and began to have breakfast quietly. After taking off from Hong Kong, his plane flew non-stop to Dallas, the largest city in the US state of Texas. George W. Bush has a 40-acre private farm in Crawford, near Dallas.

Li Xuan stayed in the private villa of George W. Bush's farm, but the owners of the farm, Mr. and Mrs. Bush, had already left early in the morning. This year is a midterm election year in the United States, and although there is no presidential election, there will still be a large number of congressional seats to be re-elected.

For Texas, in addition to one Senate seat representing the state, and all the seats in the House of Representatives need to be re-elected, the state has a large number of seats in the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as a large number of important public offices, including governor, lieutenant governor, state comptroller, etc. All of them will also be elected.

Although the position of state land commissioner that George W. Bush is running for this time is not as well-known as the three positions of governor, lieutenant governor, and state comptroller, it is also very important. For Texas in particular, it is one of the most important oil-producing states in the United States, and it now produces an average of 2.4 million barrels of crude oil per day.

The subject matter of crude oil futures on the New York Stock Exchange is West Texas Light Oil. It can be said that the land of the Lone Star State is underneath. Buried are countless pieces of black gold. The position of land commissioner, who is responsible for land transactions and other matters, is naturally extremely important.

The Bush family originally made its fortune on oil, and many oil tycoons and real estate tycoons in Texas were originally one of the most hardcore supporters of the Bush family. Therefore, Bush Jr.'s candidacy for this post that is related to their vital interests will naturally receive the greatest support.

But after all, the votes are in the hands of the voters, not the capitalists. Therefore, while Bush Jr. has won the support of these elites, he still needs to win over ordinary voters.

Being an official in the United States is by no means a comfortable thing, and elected officials, in particular, must put on a posture of bowing their heads and being willing to serve their children. Candidates have to keep going down the streets. In the fields, he went to the grassroots level to explain his governance philosophy to the voters face to face.

The voting day for the U.S. election is early November, and now it's the end of August, and all the candidates have begun their final sprint. George W. Bush and his wife are going to participate in five activities non-stop today, and they have already set off before dawn, and they may not be able to rush home to sleep even at night.

George W. Bush compared to other candidates. In fact, there are still many huge advantages, such as the strong support of countless financiers. According to data published by the Texas Campaign Commission. George W. Bush has raised $8.55 million in campaign funds so far. Not only did he outpacize the other two candidates who announced their candidacy for the Texas land commissioner position, but he even raised more money than the two gubernatorial candidates.

The massive amount of money has ensured that Bush Jr. can form a powerful campaign team and carry out advertising campaigns all over the world. In addition to the financial advantage, George W. Bush also has a father who is vice president, which can provide him with a large number of political connections.

For example, including the current Secretary of the Treasury, Texas James Baker, veteran Senator Allen Simpson and other important Republican Party members. They all rushed from Washington to Texas to give Bush Jr. a platform. As the current vice president, Bush Sr. is not good enough to stand up for his son. But his flight back to Texas from Washington this time actually had nothing to do with Bush Jr.

The Oriental Group partnered with the National Parent-Teacher Association to form the American Youth Development Foundation. The foundation's first activity was in Dallas, Texas. It aims to save teenagers who have gone astray because of drugs and products.

Texas is one of the four border states in the southern United States bordering Mexico, and since the hippie movement caused a drug epidemic in American society in the sixties, thousands of tons of large-scale drugs and hemp have been smuggled into the United States through the U.S.-Mexico border every year.

At the same time, Texas, as the second most economically developed state in the United States, with Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston as the iron triangle of urban belts, is one of the most densely populated and economically developed areas in the southern United States.

In recent years, the drug addiction population in the United States has become more and more likely to spread to a younger age, and schools have become a new hard-hit area. Therefore, the first project of the foundation established by the Eastern Group this time is to curb the spread of drugs = drugs on campus.

Vice President Bush, at the invitation of the National Association of Parents and Teachers, decided to personally come and cheer for the foundation's actions! The Eastern Group naturally wanted this, and the vice president's participation could greatly expand the momentum of the foundation, so as to better publicize the brand of the Eastern Group.

On the surface, this incident may seem to have nothing to do with Bush Jr., but those groups that have benefited from it will naturally take credit for him. Several leaders of the Texas Parent-Teacher Association are said to have agreed to canvass for George W. Bush.

"Vincent, the Eastern Group is not a small move this time, if you invest this money in advertising, you can actually generate more profits for your company!"

After Li Xuan finished breakfast, he walked with Mr. Vice President to the outside of the farm villa, and sat together and chatted under the two large oak trees by the man-made lake not far away. The Eastern Bloc donated $20 million to the newly established foundation in one go, and the elder Bush could not help but be a little curious. Because in his opinion, the benefits of investing money in charity are actually very low.

"There is an old saying in the East. Take it from the people, use it for the people! The Eastern Bloc has grabbed a large amount of profits in the United States, and it is the responsibility to return some of them to American society!

In previous years, the focus of our strategy in the U.S. was to increase the visibility of the company's brand, but now the 'East' brand has become a household name in the areas that the Eastern Group focuses on. Our next development focus will be to increase visibility from the original. Transformed into an increase in the reputation of the Eastern Bloc!

As a foreign enterprise, the Eastern Bloc is in a natural disadvantageous position when it competes with local companies in the US market! Our competitors can easily encourage the American people to say that it is the Eastern Bloc that has taken away their jobs!

Therefore, if we want to gain a better foothold in the American market, we must actively integrate into American society and contribute to this country! Perhaps investing money in charity will play a small role in promoting the company's sales, but it can make our company more confident in the American market! We are not greedy capitalists who only ask for it, but the backbone of actively promoting the progress of American society!" Li Xuan frankly explained.

This is the next direction of the Eastern Group's business strategy in the US market. After all these years of development. The external environment facing the Eastern Bloc has changed profoundly.

When the Eastern Bloc first entered the computer industry, Apple's Apple machines were in full swing. At that time, personal computers had just stepped out of the category of toys for electronic enthusiasts, but their actual daily applications were still relatively limited.

And because of the appearance of Li Xuan's little butterfly, the entire computer industry has been matured in advance. The ERM-1 processor developed by the Oriental Research Institute has basically reached the technical performance of 80386 in another time and space. The later ERM-2 reached the level of 80486. And the original Intel company waited until 198-9 to launch the 80486 chip.

In other words, the most core processor technology in the computer was suddenly advanced by Li Xuan by five years. And after he became the richest man in the world in a row. The world's attention to the games, computers, semiconductors, and other industries that the Eastern Group focuses on is also increasing.

Especially since Akon has made public the technical standards for the ABC series of computers. This lowers the threshold for the PC industry. As a result, a large amount of money began to pour into the computer industry, which further accelerated the development of computer technology.

With the addition of a graphical operation mode to the new generation of East-DOS system released by Oriental System Software on the latest ABC-5 computer of Akon, the use of personal computers has become simpler.

And the continuous development of personal computer hardware technology. Let it gradually begin to meet the requirements of large-scale electronic office. More and more companies are purchasing computers as an essential tool for their daily work.

If Time magazine chose an ABC-3 computer as the cover character of the year a few years ago, it was still a prediction of the bright future of the personal computer industry. So it's only been three or four years. The important role of computers in society as a whole has become increasingly prominent.

In the past, the computer industry was only a small emerging field, and no matter how savagely the Eastern Bloc grew, it would not attract the attention of the upper echelons of a country. But now anyone with a discerning eye can already foresee that the computer industry will definitely become the core driving force of social progress in the near future.

For example, in the United States, more and more elites are beginning to call on the government to increase investment in the electronic information industry in order to seize the commanding heights of future competition. In this case, the Eastern Bloc, as a foreign company, will obviously bring great uncertainty to the entire national information security system of the United States.

This is the biggest disadvantage of the Eastern Bloc in the future competition, and the United States is the world's largest consumer market, and it is also a place for the Eastern Bloc to give up. Therefore, it is necessary for the Eastern Bloc to put a protective cloak on itself and turn itself into a social enterprise that is more responsible than American companies.

Doing public welfare is naturally an excellent way to build prestige, and then the Eastern Bloc will continue to throw money and continue to appear in the eyes of ordinary Americans with a positive image.

Of course, it's not enough to just raise your reputation, it's just a passive defense after all, and Li Xuan prefers to take the initiative. And the Vice-President in front of him is an important part of the Eastern Bloc's next plan.

"Your Excellency Vice President, after the end of this midterm election, American politics has officially begun to enter the next presidential campaign cycle!"

When Li Xuan spoke again, he did not call Bush Sr. "George Sr." but solemnly called him His Excellency Vice President. The elder Bush also looked much more serious, and he waited for Li Xuan to continue.

"Since President Reagan took office, the U.S. economy has quickly emerged from stagflation and entered a rare boom! But the current administration's seemingly beautiful economic data has been achieved in the form of massive tax cuts and increased government investment.

On the one hand, the government's large tax cuts have led to a decrease in revenue, while on the other hand, the government has been increasing spending to boost domestic demand. The direct consequence of this is that the US government deficit has been expanding rapidly in recent years!

There is an idiom in China called drinking water to quench thirst, and the current economic growth model of the United States comes at the cost of overdrawing the future. The huge fiscal deficit left by this government will certainly need to be covered by the next government.

And if you are going to run for the next president of the United States, you will certainly not be able to continue to adopt President Reagan's current development model! The situation you will face is very likely to be the general outbreak of these irreconcilable contradictions that have accumulated over the years of rapid economic development in the United States! When that time comes, what are you going to do?" Li Xuan said mercilessly.

Bush Sr. frowned, perhaps he had realized that the economic boom of the Reagan era was all wrong. But now he is only vice president, and the most important thing is if he wins the presidential election in two years' time. As for the problems he will face after becoming president, Bush Sr. really didn't think so far ahead!

However, Li Xuan is different, as a person who has come over, he knows very well that the elder Bush, an "economic fool", won the war but lost the election. Bush Sr. only served in the presidency for four years before he was ousted by Clinton.

Over the years, Li Xuan has invested a lot of resources in the Bush family. Although he has the closest relationship with George W. Bush, even if the other party develops very smoothly step by step, it will be at least a dozen years before he wants to hit the presidency. Naturally, Bush Sr. is the one who can immediately provide the greatest protective umbrella for the Eastern bloc.

If the elder Bush can serve two terms on the US presidential throne, then Li Xuan and the Eastern Bloc will have enough time to take root in the United States.

"Mr. Vice President, the United States has been building the ARPANET since the sixties. After 20 years of development, network communication has a preliminary foundation. A scholar in Hong Kong recently explained to me that he has a new idea for the development of the future electronic information age, which is called the Information Highway Project!

I think that if the United States wants to achieve sustained and healthy prosperity, it needs to cultivate a new industry to become a new engine for economic development!" Li Xuan smiled and took out a document and handed it to Bush Sr., who was lost in thought.

Now that he has matured the computer industry in advance, Li Xuan doesn't mind pushing the Internet era forward. In another time and space, the information superhighway project of the United States was completed and promoted by Clinton's Vice President Al Gore in 1993!

But if Li Xuan can get Bush Sr. to push the relevant bills before the end of Reagan's term, and make it a key policy strategy after he takes office. Then, with the relationship between Li Xuan and the Bush family, this will undoubtedly give the Eastern Bloc an excellent opportunity to deeply get involved in the information industry in the United States with computers and the Internet as the core!

Once the Eastern Bloc is deeply rooted in the United States, it will not be so easy to attack and suppress it......!