For savvy politicians, they don't seek to achieve everything at once, they just need to make some progress than before.

This is especially true for the slow-moving elephants, who are not in a hurry for a momentary purpose.

In Bush's view, it is enough for Zhou Xin, as a representative of Silicon Valley and the banner of the Internet, to express his approval of the policies he proposed at the White House dinner.

As the owner of the White House, Bush is confident that he will be able to stay in the White House for eight years, and now that he has made this start, he can slowly steer the policy in the direction of the target party's favor in the future.

After all, the nine justices of the Supreme Court are in favor of the Elephant Party, and more precisely, the Elephant Party occupies a strong position in the entire federal judiciary.

In last year's Bush-Gore battle, the dispute over Florida ballots went all the way from the district court to the U.S. Supreme Court, and Bush won. (Twenty years later, Conservative Black Justice Thomas, who caused great controversy, was appointed by Bush's father.)

After having dinner with Bush, Bush posted a Weibo via his Mphone:

"It was a great evening to have dinner with Newman, an iconic figure in Silicon Valley, and we were surprisingly on a lot of things."

In this Weibo, it was accompanied by a photo with Zhou Xin's high paste.

After Bush posted this Weibo, Zhou Xin made a brief comment below: "Thanks for the hospitality, I like the dinner at the White House." ”

Almost the next morning, Bill Gates called over: "Newman, we haven't talked about political leanings before, are you more inclined to the elephant party?" ”

After Bush's Weibo post last night, Zhou Xin received a large number of private messages on Weibo, asking him questions about his political position.

Zhou Xin expected that someone would come to him today to ask about it, but Bill didn't surprise him when he called, "No, I have no particular inclination, I have a neutral attitude."

I am Chinese, and it makes no difference to me whether it is the Elephant Party or the Donkey Party. ”

Bill said solemnly: "I guess you don't have similar tendencies, I have had the same support for the Target Party and the Donkey Party for so many years, and I have not particularly leaned towards either side.

Because for the rich people of our level, it is in our best interest not to be clear about taking sides.

When you choose a side, this side will not and will not be able to provide you with what you want, and the other side will continue to suppress you, which is not a good thing for us. ”

Bill Gates has not shown any obvious inclination, and at best in 2016 he clearly expressed his antipathy to the candidate of the target party.

Previously, it was believed that Bill Gates was more inclined to the Donkey Party, but he has always donated high political donations to both sides at the same time.

After listening to this, Zhou Xin replied: "I probably understand what you mean, I will go to the White House for dinner just out of respect for the position of the owner of the White House, not on behalf of my support for Bush, let alone on the side of the Elephant Party."

I don't pay much attention to politics, which is too far away for me as a Chinese. ”

Bill Gates asked, "What did Bush talk to you about last night at dinner?" ”

After Zhou Xin briefly explained the specific situation, Bill Gates sighed on the other end of the phone: "You were pitted by Bush."

He has been digging holes for you from the beginning of the conversation to Weibo to the later mention that he wants to control his speech.

You shouldn't take a stand, let alone help him figure it out, Bush clearly wants to introduce regulations to regulate public opinion on the Internet. But the spirit of the Internet has always been freedom.

Internet users have a natural aversion to being managed, let alone regulated by the government. The introduction of similar regulations in the future by BUSH will inevitably lead to a decline in support and will be difficult to roll out in specific states.

But it's different with you on the platform, which is why he said on Weibo that you are the banner of Silicon Valley, and the banners support him, so he has the biggest supporters for implementing the new regulations.

Coupled with the recent collision of the World Trade Center Twin Towers, inappropriate comments on the Internet have been attacked by traditional media, giving Bush's behavior a natural legitimacy, and with your support, there is a high probability that this set of regulations will be implemented smoothly.

And you, as a person who affects the freedom of the Internet, will be affected to a certain extent, and maybe you will fall into the same fate as me, and become the mastermind behind all kinds of conspiracy theories. At that point, maybe the conspiracy theory with me and the conspiracy theory with you can be linked. ”

After Bill Gates finished speaking, Zhou Xin quickly realized what mistake he had made, and he substituted his thinking 20 years later into the present, Internet speech is regulated, which seems natural 20 years later, whether it is China or other countries.

It's just that the rules are different, the lines are different, and the control is different.

But at the moment, there are no similar regulations in place, and there are no institutions to regulate speech in the Internet space.

He shouldn't take this for granted," I didn't read Bush's subtext at all, I was just trying to figure it out for him. ”

Bill Gates joked: "Hahaha, this matter is just a small thing, it turns out that Newman also makes mistakes, I thought you would never make mistakes, although you are only in your early 20s and doing things is as comprehensive as a middle-aged man in his forties."

I'll help you break it down, but from the very beginning Bush was hinting to you that I couldn't manage all the White House staff.

So in the future, our conversations leaked to the media are also done by the staff of the White House, and I have nothing to do with them. They knew that the Internet speech management thing I was going to do was the idea that Newman gave me, and I didn't leak it.

And then the outside world will think that what Bush is going to do has your support and that you gave him the idea, and even the king of the Internet thinks that Internet speech should be controlled, and other people have more insight into the Internet than the king of the Internet? ”

Showing off your abilities in front of people of the same rank is much more rewarding than showing off in front of ordinary people.

Bill Gates continued: "But this matter is a small matter, the opposition of netizens is only temporary, as long as your product is good enough, they will continue to use your product."

Don't take sides, this is the big thing, don't choose either side of the elephant party or the donkey party. They can choose senior managers in Silicon Valley, but for us, it's better not to have obvious inclinations, and of course that's my experience, my advice as a friend. ”

Zhou Xin asked: "Okay, I understand, I feel that Bush is quite honest, I didn't expect that there are so many doorways in his words." ”

Bill Gates said: "Bush has always been honest and honest in the outside world, repeatedly building up this image by not being good at exams, but he is actually very shrewd, especially when it comes to dealing with people.

He was able to quickly make you feel familiar with him, to make you feel good with him, in fact to anyone he thought would be helpful to him. I sometimes think Hillary doesn't have as much of a heart as Bush.

In addition, since we have talked about it at this point, I will say a few more words, even if you really want to side with the Donkey Party and the Elephant Party, the Donkey Party is more beneficial to you, because the Donkey Party's sphere of influence is concentrated in the financial and Internet fields.

Because they have a firm grip on New York and California, a firm grip on Silicon Valley and Wall Street. If you're on the side of the Elephant Party, the Donkey Party will have many ways to make you uncomfortable.

Taking NewPay as an example, the potential of NewPay has reached today, in fact, everyone is very clear, whether it is offline payment or electronic payment itself, NewPay has strong potential. But the donkey party can make you uncomfortable through various means such as laws in the field of electronic payments and getting Wall Street to increase support for other electronic payment software.

On the contrary, if you are on the side of the Donkey Party, the Elephant Party has no way to take your core business, and even if the Elephant Party occupies the White House, they will have nothing to do with you.

Of course, it's best not to take sides, and even if you want to take sides, don't choose the elephant party, this is my advice to you as a friend. ”

Only then did Zhou Xin realize how naïve his previous thoughts were, he was only rich now, and his influence in Ameriken and the social resources he could actually mobilize were far inferior to Bill Gates.

Even Bill Gates will not openly take sides, how can he guarantee that he will stand on the side of the Elephant Party, and the Elephant Party will be able to keep him.

NewPay, which Bill Gates mentioned just now, also indirectly woke him up to the fact that if the Donkey Party restricts NewPay in the two places they control, California and New York, and then supports other payment software, then NewPay will not be able to maintain its current monopoly momentum.

Initiating an antitrust investigation is a more direct approach, and the antitrust investigation does not need to go to the federal court, but can be done in the district court, and before Microsoft was sued by the district court in Columbia.

After chatting with Bill Gates, Zhou Xin quickly donated one million dollars to the Clinton Foundation, and expressed to the Donkey Party through JPMorgan Chase that he had no intention of taking sides.

Soon after, Ameriken promulgated the Patriotic Law and the National Security Act, which contained provisions authorizing the government to supervise and regulate the Internet.

The government and law-enforcement agencies may supervise and control all Internet information that is "related to national security" in accordance with the law, and take measures such as blocking it.

After the promulgation of the regulations, it quickly attracted the attention of public opinion, and you must know that Zhou Xin's success in the Internet field has affected the interests of too many Internet companies and Internet entrepreneurs.

In their opinion, the Amerionians are simply crazy about Newman, as long as Newman launches an Internet app, no matter what type of application, it can get a large number of followers, and even the phone priced at nearly $600 has more than three million users.

Silicon Valley has always joked that Mphone is to buy an app and get a mobile phone away.

Therefore, after the introduction of the above two regulations, under the guidance of well-intentioned people, they quickly aroused heated discussions.

"Newman is no longer cool after his success, he has turned away from the spirit of Internet freedom, and he has begun to collude deeply with Washington."

"This is not the Newman I know, and Newman's advice to Bush has seriously affected the original order of the Internet, and the government should not be able to do this."

Even in Silicon Valley, some people demonstrated downstairs in the park where NewPay, Matrix, and Riot Games gathered, expressing their dissatisfaction with Newman.

There is not much difference from what Bill Gates guessed, and the meaning expressed by Zhou Xin and Bush during the meal was modified to a certain extent and then exploded by the paper media.

I think there is a limit to speech, and I do agree with the government's control of speech, but I don't agree with the control of speech without borders, and there should be clear rules and specific cases to limit the boundaries of what they can do.

Whether it was when Riot was founded in the early days or later when we started Quora, our entire team spent a lot of effort on speech governance, and we have clear rules to restrict users' speech.

I have never given users unlimited freedom, including captcha to manage users. But whether it's Riot Games or Quora, when I'm in charge, I will store the blocked content and blocked speech, and have a clear spot check mechanism to ensure that no mistakes occur.

Therefore, the statements published by the media are different from my real thoughts, and I do not fully agree with the two latest regulations, I only agree with some of them."

Zhou Xin posted a long article on his personal homepage explaining the situation, along with the terms of service of Riot Games and Quora, to explain to users that his thoughts were consistent from beginning to end.

After the long article was published, the accusations on the Internet did not subside, because the users who had the patience to read it were a minority, and most users only cared about the catharsis of their emotions, and they cared that their rights were violated and they needed to find an exit to attack.

It is always easy to attribute all kinds of problems in reality to capital, to xxn, but it is difficult to dig deep into the essence behind the problems, and it is not even allowed to say the essence.

Of course, the same is true in Ameriken, Musk's acquisition of Twitter cannot be as he wants, and he cannot push a large number of specific details of Twitter's previous operations to users. Unable to reveal the essence of the problem, it can only stay on race and gender, squabbling around transgender issues.

Zhou Xin's statement can only be agreed with by a small number of users. Over time, people will also fade into oblivion, leaving only one iconic memory: the incident was first caused by Newman.

This thing is not completely over, Apple's autumn conference is about to begin, and Jobs is going to launch the first generation of iPods and Apple Music stores.

Apple chose to hold a low-key launch event on its campus in Cupertino, a city in western Santa Clara County in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area.

As Apple's largest shareholder, Zhou Xin has 40% of Apple's shares, so he was naturally invited to participate in the iPod press conference.

And in the future, Mphone will also carry out in-depth cooperation with Ipod, whether it is with purchase or application interaction, will cooperate.

Jobs even wanted Zhou Xin to say a few words, even if Zhou Xin was on the cusp of this time.

But Zhou Xin is still the star of Silicon Valley, the most appealing entrepreneur, and Jobs hopes to use Zhou Xin's fame to stand up for his iPod.

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