And the topic of those shareholders' meetings is very simple, that is, everyone gets together, connects feelings, and discusses the future development direction of the family by the way, and in the end, Thomas and Petty, who have been prepared, obviously impressed the main members of the board of directors, and now they have begun to move westward and lay out in California. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And Jesse and the others followed Thomas and Petty's layout and came to the West.

"So, the people of the Hearst family have completely mixed up with the high-speed rail construction project in the west?"

Hearing Jesse say this, Jin Muchen probably understood why Jesse and the others appeared in San Francisco, and they obviously followed the clues to come here.

"Well, it should be so, in recent times, they have been very close to many big conglomerates, banks, and government officials in the west, obviously pushing for the construction of this high-speed rail in California, so we will come here to keep an eye on it."

Jesse replied, but Jin Muchen was still full of questions at this time: "Is this high-speed rail project so easy to pass?" You know, it has been several years since various news media in the United States promoted and publicized this project, but in the end, it was not stillborn? After all, the construction of such a project will move the cake of many people, and those people can let them pass the construction of the high-speed rail project! ”

Despite that Thomas and Dylan, and Petty. Hearst and their friends are very interested in building high-speed rail in California, but Jin Muchen feels that this matter is definitely not so easy to pass.

Especially from the government level, you must know that the United States is not a government-regulated society like China, but to start such a large project, it still needs the approval of the state-level government departments, after all, such a project will involve land acquisition, and many other issues.

If there is no government to coordinate the interests of all parties, it is simply impossible, and there is also the public opinion of the people, you must know that the people of the United States also have their own views on the question of whether to build high-speed rail, and not everyone likes this kind of railway construction project.

Some people who need to commute frequently and run back and forth between different cities, as well as those poor people whose family conditions are more difficult, all hope that the high-speed rail can be successfully launched, after all, after such a project starts, it will be very convenient for them to travel, and can save a lot of costs.

And the current railway companies, as well as those construction engineering companies, as well as some railway locomotive research and development companies, of course, also very much hope that this project can be launched, after all, such a project, if passed in the state house, they can all get a piece of the construction plan, and it is not a small amount.

Such projects are built in China with hundreds of billions of projects, and in the United States, they must also be hundreds of billions of projects, and the unit behind this number must be dollars.

As for the California government, of course, they also hope that this project can be approved, because if this project is successfully approved, it will at least create tens of thousands of jobs in California, and some cities along the high-speed rail will also prosper because of this, which is of course a good thing for them officials.

And if this thing is done well, they can also make a name for themselves among the people, and it is not impossible to enter the White House at that time.

But the opposition to this project is also very strong, from the private point of view, for example, those who are wealthy, or whose families own a lot of cars, they oppose such a high-speed rail construction project.

Because in their opinion, they have a car at home, and wherever they want to go, they can just drive there, why should they take the high-speed rail?

And if the high-speed rail is really allowed to be built, it will only spend the tax they pay to build a public welfare project that they will never enjoy, which is very disadvantageous for them.

Rather than letting the government spend their tax dollars to build a public welfare program that they will never enjoy, it is better for the government to invest the money in public health care, and they can still enjoy such a program.

This is the biggest objection at the civil level, and for those aircraft companies and car manufacturing companies, if you build such a high-speed rail, you are simply smashing their jobs.

In particular, the air passenger industry, and the aircraft manufacturing industry, have the most fierce opposition to the construction of high-speed rail.

If the California government really builds such a high-speed rail, and those mud-legged people enjoy the benefits of this high-speed rail passenger transportation, then who will come to take a plane in the future?

After all, the price of taking a plane is relatively expensive, and the airports of major cities are basically far away from the city, if you want to go from the airport to the city, you have to drive, which is very inconvenient, that is, a waste of time, and increase the cost of travel, and the high-speed rail is different, the high-speed rail station can be built in the city center, and the seat of the high-speed rail will be much wider than the seat on the plane, if the people try to take the high-speed rail conveniently and quickly, then who will take their plane in the future?

So about the construction of high-speed rail, those aircraft manufacturing companies and air passenger companies can't bear it.

In addition, the automobile manufacturing company, for the construction of high-speed rail, also can not bear, the United States is a country on wheels, in recent years, the United States oil prices are relatively low, the people still enjoy certain benefits, but the high oil prices in previous years, but the people are frightened, now many people buy cars are the first choice is Japanese cars or hybrid cars, the high fuel consumption of American cars, but now many American families are still apprehensive.

If the high-speed rail is born at this time, everyone will not buy cars at that time, and when they go far away, they all think that it is cost-effective to take the high-speed rail, then will they, the automobile manufacturing companies, drink the northwest wind?

After all, if people travel by plane or car, their gasoline will be easy to sell, but if everyone does not choose to drive in the future, but choose to take high-speed rail, then who will sell their oil to when the time comes?

Therefore, there are actually many opponents of whether this high-speed rail should be built in the United States, but Jin Muchen does not believe that this high-speed rail can be successfully promoted in the United States.

But now looking at the way Jesse is talking to himself, it seems that the people of the Hearst family and the group of people they have united seem to be very confident in promoting the high-speed rail project in California, which makes him feel very curious about where the confidence of these people comes from.

At this time, Jesse gave the answer he wanted: "Now, a group of people who support the construction of high-speed rail and some people who oppose the construction of high-speed rail are arguing very much in the state legislature, and people on both sides have used their own lobbying teams to lobby where the state legislators are on the Sacramento side, hoping to get support." And in recent times, Hearst has stepped up their propaganda efforts, and you know that they control dozens of news media across the country, and they have dozens of TV stations alone. And now they publish the suggestions of some so-called scholars and experts in the news media every day, and these scholars and experts, as you know, must be gunmen hired by their families, all talking about the benefits of this high-speed rail construction to the United States. On TV, they have set up a discussion program on several TV stations with relatively high ratings, and during prime time, the topic of discussion is whether the construction of high-speed rail will do more harm than harm to the United States, or whether the harm will outweigh the advantages. And the celebrities invited are all celebrities, but there are also differences between celebrities, for example, the opposition side invites those entertainment stars or celebrities, while the supporters are more professional economists or experts in high-speed rail research. Let these two groups of people argue together, just ask those celebrities, celebrities and most of them are just trying to gain exposure, in terms of professionalism, how can they argue with those experts? So now, at least public opinion in California is dominated by them, and the civil wind is gradually tilting towards the construction of high-speed rail... ”

Jesse gave Jin Muchen a general explanation of the current situation of some high-speed rail projects in California, and after listening to her introduction, Jin Muchen realized that he still underestimated the people of the Hearst family.

Why did you forget about this stubble, you must know that this Hearst Group, known as the mouthpiece of the United States, is the most low-key family in the United States, and the recent generations have been quite low-key, but their family's influence on the US government is beyond doubt.

From the White House to the state governments and city governments below, there is nothing they cannot influence and control.

Now that their family is determined to promote this high-speed rail project, they must have natural advantages that are incomparable to others in terms of public opinion and publicity.

For example, the current debate can make many families who are originally ambiguous about the construction of high-speed rail understand the benefits of high-speed rail construction and finally choose to take sides.

And those who oppose it, when they don't have the propaganda energy to compete with them, can only be crushed alive by them.

The most important point is that the state they chose is very good, California is located in the great west of the United States, although it is the second strongest economic region in the United States, but this region happens to be far away from the political center of the United States, and this state does not have any decent airlines, aircraft manufacturing companies, and automobile manufacturing companies, so they build high-speed rail in the state, and they don't have to worry about the pressure of those American manufacturing giants. (To be continued.) )