"Pac-Man" has a good sales momentum in the United States, and Li Xuan has successfully bagged "Visual Computing" and broken Apple's arm, and he is in a very good mood.

A few days later, Han Peng also flew from Dallas to San Francisco to join Li Xuan. Han Peng was invited by Mr. Davis, another big arcade agent of Dongfang Electronics Company, to visit his family's farm in Dallas, Texas.

Of course, these are only superficial itineraries, and Han Peng "coincidentally" met an important person on Davis's farm, the chief campaign manager of the George Herbert Bush campaign, one of the Republican presidential candidates. Under the recommendation of Davis, Han Peng had a brief conversation with the important aide of the elder Bush campaign, and the two sides separated.

The next day, Han Peng did not leave Dallas in a hurry, but was picked up by a black sedan and went to a private golf club on the outskirts of Dallas. There, Han Peng met Bush Sr. himself and played a few holes of golf with him, during which the two had a pleasant exchange. Before leaving, Han Peng left a check for $1 million written in a confidential account at a Swiss bank.

1980 was another year of the wonderful opening of the donkey-elephant battle every four years. Li Xuan, of course, knew that in the 1980 election, the final winner was the Republican Reagan. Reagan is also one of the most loved and praised presidents in American history, but Li Xuan suffered from not having the opportunity to get acquainted with each other.

On the contrary, he learned by chance from Davis that the Davis family and the Bush family are close friends, and the Davis family is a staunch supporter of the Republican Party. So there was Han Peng's trip to Dallas and the "coincidence" at the farm dinner.

Davis was only responsible for the introduction, and the rest of the matter was very sensibly avoided. Although Li Xuan knew that Bush Sr. would lose to Reagan in the Republican primary, he still asked Han Peng to represent Dongfang Electronics and threw out a check for $1 million without hesitation!

Reagan later personally invited Bush Sr., the party's biggest rival, to be his running mate. And during the eight years of Reagan's two presidency, the cooperation between him and George H.W. Bush was also pleasant. Even when Reagan's assassination occurred in the middle of the incident, Bush Sr. did not go beyond it, so he was deeply trusted by Reagan.

What's more, Bush Sr. later became president for another term, and his youngest son became president again eight years later. Therefore, even though Li Xuan knew that the elder Bush did not succeed in attacking the presidential throne this time, he still felt that it was worth investing.

If you want to say that Dongfang Electronics threw out 1 million US dollars, does it have any specific interest appeals? Li Xuan really didn't have it, but he just sold it first, paid a protection fee, and made a long-term investment. After all, the collection of people is short, and if you take the money from Dongfang Electronics, you must remember the good of this company.

Of course, on the surface, U.S. law strictly prohibits foreign funds from participating in the U.S. presidential race. Dongfang Electronics is only responsible for handing over checks, and as for the means used by the Bush Sr. campaign team to transfer the money to Bush Sr.'s campaign account under the nose of the federal election commissioner, that is their own business.

The period from the beginning of the year to the middle of the year is only a prelude to the election war, and the big drama will not enter until the Democratic and Republican parties really decide their candidates in August, when the Oriental Electronics Association will continue to invest in the Reagan team.

Of course, the proven practice of really large companies is always to bet on both sides, and no matter who comes to power, they must not be offended. The Democratic candidate is the incumbent President Carter, and since he was defeated by Reagan and has already been president, he will only be a mascot in the future, and naturally he will lose the value of investment. Li Xuan felt that he should be on the side of the Democratic Party and look for another potential investment target.

"Xuan Shao, our dollars thrown out may not necessarily be rewarded!"

Han Peng and Li Xuan sat together drinking coffee and chatting at the same time.

"I know that these political characters are all raised by, and they are faster than anyone else to turn their faces and deny people! Although they may not be willing to give charcoal in the snow after paying the protection fee, if we don't pay the protection fee, they definitely don't mind falling into the well!"

Li Xuan smiled and continued: "As a foreign company, our political roots in the United States are basically not as deep as those of local giants, and we must be willing to spend money at this time! Otherwise, if our competitors say that we will stumble at the government level, we won't even have a person to report to us!"

In the early 80s, the memory manufacturing industry in the United States was beaten to the brink by Japanese companies with a price war. The US semiconductor manufacturing industry was forced to unite, represented by Intel and Motorola, and began to actively lobby the political community for intervention.

Eventually, the U.S. government was quickly moved and in 1986 forced the Japanese government to sign the U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Trade Agreement. Subsequently, the U.S. Congress passed a bill in 1987 to raise tariffs and restrict the import of Japanese semiconductor products to the United States.

As a foreign company, the strength of the Hong Kong government behind Dongfang Electronics is far inferior to that of the Japanese government, and it is more necessary to take precautions in advance to avoid falling into such a dilemma in the future.

"Xuan Shao, guess which side will win this donkey-elephant battle!" Han Peng asked with a smile.

"As long as we throw the money in place, it doesn't matter who wins us!" Li Xuan shook his head, "If the Democrats still let Carter run for re-election, I estimate that they will be choked enough! Carter's performance in the Iranian hostage incident was too bad, and this matter has not been resolved for more than half a year, and it has greatly embarrassed the United States! If it continues to drag on until the election begins, how can the Republican Party let go of such a target!

Now that the United States is experiencing another rapid economic recession, the Carter administration can be described as a dilemma inside and outside, and the American people will only have a ghost if they are willing to vote for the Democratic Party!"

Whenever the economy is not good, entertainment-related industries are thriving. Li Xuan didn't know if the arcade game industry was considered an entertainment industry, anyway, Dongfang Electronics Company didn't feel the slightest chill of the economic crisis, and the hot ones were still selling well.

"By the way, the colleague sent to DRI to negotiate reported that the negotiations between them and the other party were not going well, and the other party refused to provide patent licensing!"

Han Peng suddenly remembered that he had sent someone to DRI to discuss the licensing of the CP/M operating system.

Li Xuan frowned, but he didn't take this matter to heart: "Call our colleagues back, I have another way!"

"Really call them back?" Han Peng asked in some surprise.

He knew that his colleagues in the company's software department used a portion of DRI's code in order to be compatible with the CP/M operating system when developing the East-DOS operating system. Without DRI's authorization, DFE's East-DOS operating system is likely to be sued by DRI after it is launched.

"Don't worry, the mountain people have their own tricks!" Li Xuan said with a mysterious smile.

ps: Where are the tickets, the position on the classification recommendation list has been falling, and the back is getting closer and closer!