After a long period of more than ten hours, Li Xuan's private jet finally landed at Robert Miller Airport in Austin. After Li Xuan cordially thanked the crew who had provided him with high-quality and comfortable service along the way, he walked out of the cabin door and prepared to get off the plane.

Although Li Xuan is not a person who likes pomp, there is already a group of people standing under the gangway. According to Li Xuan's original rules, the responsible people of the branches of the Oriental Group did not need to come to pick up the plane in person.

Rather than wasting precious time on these formalisms, it is better to work hard and strive to produce results, which is the biggest reliance for promotion in the Eastern Bloc. But as the scale and influence of the Eastern Group grows larger and larger, even if Li Xuan wants to be simple, others may not necessarily give him this opportunity.

For example, this time, Li Xuan came to Austin to attend the first Global Internet Conference. As a leader in the global IT industry and a pioneer in the commercialization of the Internet, Li Xuan, the big boss of the Oriental Group, and at the same time has a dazzling halo of "the richest man in the world", so he is naturally one of the most distinguished guests of this Global Internet Conference.

Therefore, Professor Hasmmler, the executive chairman of the conference and the chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin, naturally greeted him at the airport in person. The Global Internet Conference is a professional academic conference aimed at promoting the development of the global Internet, and although the city of Austin actively won the right to hold the first conference, in order to better organize the conference, it was entrusted to the Department of Computer Science of the University of Texas at Austin to be responsible for the specific preparation.

As one of the most outstanding public universities in the entire state of Texas, the University of Texas at Austin is a first-class research university even in the United States, and has a strong competitiveness in the field of electronic engineering, including semiconductors, computer science and other disciplines.

In addition to the members of the organizing committee of the conference, the mayor of Austin also came to the airport in person. You must know that the Oriental Group has invested heavily in building factories and R&D centers here in recent years, and Austin naturally has to serve Li Xuan, the God of Wealth.

And the arrival of these bigwigs, if there is no high-level person in charge of the Eastern Bloc to accompany the airport to pick up the plane, it will appear that the Eastern Bloc is too arrogant. So this led to the situation when Li Xuan went out of the hatch and saw a group of people pressed by the black below.

Among them, standing at the front and core of the crowd is an old friend of Li Xuan, Mr. George W. Bush, a candidate for governor of Texas.

"Hey, George, long time no see!" Li Xuan gave the other party a big hug warmly.

"Lee, welcome to Texas again!" Bush Jr. was equally enthusiastic, but his words already had the calm demeanor of a politician.

Since Li Xuan had to attend the reception dinner held for him by the Austin City Government in the evening, everyone did not stop at the airport for too long, and left separately after a courtesy greeting.

"Lee, let me introduce you, this Bill Hyland, my campaign advisor!"

Li Xuan left the airport in the same car as George W. Bush. When the two got into the car, there was already a middle-aged white man sitting in the car, and Bush Jr. solemnly introduced the identity of the other party.

Most people think that the political cycle in the United States is four years, and the culmination of this is undoubtedly the presidential election, which has attracted global attention. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that the political cycle in the United States should be two years, because the even-numbered year between the two elections will also have midterm elections.

The midterm elections in the United States will elect all seats in the House of Representatives, one-third of the seats in the Senate, and some seats in governors and state legislatures. Because the United States implements a system of separation of powers, the parliament has a great deal of power to check the president. So the midterm elections, while not about the presidency, may also change the balance of political power in the United States.

This year's midterm elections are particularly critical as the U.S. decennial census is about to begin. The division of seats in the House of Representatives is determined by the proportion of the population of each state.

The results of the 1991 census, which is next year, will directly change the number of seats that states will have in the House of Representatives over the next decade. As the number of seats in the House of Representatives changes in the states, it also means that states have the opportunity to redraw their districts.

Precinct adjustments are decided by the state government and the state legislature, so this year's midterm elections are particularly fierce. Because once you lose the dominance of the constituency division, it means that the opponent can dismember and divide the precincts you have a advantage in and merge them into a new constituency that is not in your favor. This has a direct impact on the competition for seats in the House of Representatives between the Democratic and Republican parties in the next ten years!

The current election situation does not seem so optimistic for the Republican Party! In the presidential election two years ago, the elder Bush easily ascended to the US presidential throne after the remnants of the "Reagan era."

However, the fact that Bush Sr. won does not mean that the Republican Party has also won! Because neither the Republican Party has been able to occupy a majority in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. As a result, the presidential power of George H.W. Bush was greatly constrained by the Senate and House of Representatives under the control of the Democratic Party.

For example, the first thorny issue that Bush Sr. faced after taking office was how to deal with the huge fiscal deficit left over from the "Reagan era." When Reagan was in office, he relied on the squandering of US dollar treasury bonds to create an era of economic prosperity, but the old Bush, the man who took the blame, is now struggling.

To use an inappropriate analogy, President Reagan's previous administration was equivalent to a burst of excitement for the United States. At the cost of overdrawing the body, the United States maintained a strong euphoria for a while. But after the euphoria period, the giant of the United States will inevitably fall into a period of fatigue.

As for how to reduce the fiscal deficit, the Republicans and the Democrats each have a trick. The Democrats' trick is called raising taxes, and the Republicans' trick is cutting government spending. The Republican Party has always promoted the idea of "small government", and the less government intervention in the state, the better!

The slogan that Bush Sr. shouted during the election campaign was that he would not raise taxes, so he could only reduce expenditure if he could not open up the source. But the Democratic-controlled parliament agreed to adjust the government budget on the premise that Bush Sr. would raise taxes. This will make Bush Sr. directly violate his original campaign promises, so the president and Congress will be deadlocked there, and both sides will not make concessions!

Judging by the data of recent months, the weakness of the US economy has become more and more obvious. Total imports and exports declined, investment in fixed assets declined, and total domestic consumption declined. If the elder Bush does not handle it properly, the US economy is likely to usher in a sharp recession!

This pessimism is also evident in the results of the polls conducted by various institutions. At the beginning of the year, George H.W. Bush's approval rating was over 60 percent, but in a recent survey, less than 20 percent believed that "the United States is on the right track."