The whole of September was a black September for Amerikan. All flights were suspended and a large number of gathering activities were put on hold.
Flamingo Games announced that all proceeds from this year’s Teamfight Tactics championship package will be donated to the families of the victims of the incident.
The Twin Towers are iconic buildings in New York. A large number of investment companies are headquartered in the Twin Towers. Its destruction resulted in the loss of property, employees and data of these investment companies.
It was only then that financial institutions realized the importance of data security. At the opening of the next day, the Dow Jones Industrial Index plummeted 14.26% in a single day, giving investors (leeks) who entered the new century a blow.
Amerikan, which had gradually emerged from the financial crisis at the turn of the century, fell into panic again. This incident once again deepened the global economic depression.
"Newman, welcome to the White House. The past month has been a painful month for Americans." Bush looked serious on the surface, as if he had not yet gotten over what happened a month ago.
This is a good thing for Bush. This happened in 2001. If it had happened in the 2004 election year, his position would be in jeopardy.
When it happened in 2001, he still had plenty of time to make amends.
Zhou Xin had not talked to the big shots in the White House before. Half a month after the incident, the White House invited him to visit the White House and invited him to have a one-on-one dinner.
Zhou Xin has many friends in Washington. Since NewPay requires a lot of high-frequency communication with regulatory authorities, Zhou Xin has more relationships with financial regulatory authorities in Washington.
Moreover, government and business are not separated in Amerikan. The revolving door of politics and business has resulted in many Washington bosses working in New York before going to Washington.
Therefore, when Zhou Xin received an invitation from Washington, someone revealed the news to him: "In the past month, Weibo has been too prominent in public opinion. Bush's invitation to you should be to talk about this news.
In the past, you have been donating amounts to both the Donkey and Elephant parties at the same time. If your influence is limited to money, then this is feasible.
Neither the Donkey Party nor the Elephant Party wants to offend their sponsors.
But with Weibo, your influence has expanded to more aspects, and you will get more attention from both parties, and they will be more eager to pull you to their side.
Bush is an Elephant Party, and he will tend to win you over to the Elephant Party, but California has not changed its color in the ten years since it became the territory of the Donkey Party in 1992. Even last year, Gore still led Bush by a full ten points in California votes.
Your base is still in California, so it's best not to get too close to Bush. "
This was the information revealed to Zhou Xin by Goldman Sachs, and Zhou Xin had a rough inference in his mind.
It feels good to open your eyes. From 2000 to 2008, the president belonged to the Elephant Party, from 2009 to 2016 he belonged to the Donkey Party, from 16 to 20 he belonged to the Elephant Party, and the atypical Elephant Party was also an Elephant Party.
Before Zhou Xin went there, he thought that if he had to choose from the Donkey and Elephant Party, he would fall to the Elephant Party.
Why? Because judging from the future trends and current situation, almost all large technology giants are on the side of the Donkey Party, including FB, Apple, Google, and Amazon.
The only person who leans towards the Elephant Party is Musk. After Musk acquired Twitter, he exposed a lot of himself and exposed Twitter's internal documents. The most striking thing in it is the ubiquitous and continuous connection between Twitter and the federal government.
The federal government can require Twitter to take action against specific accounts. This action is a combination of technology and manual work. When federal agencies see inappropriate remarks or accounts, they will directly send emails to Twitter, suggesting that the accounts have violated Twitter's policies. Terms of Service, please take action as appropriate.
And during the general election, the content of such emails is closely related to the election.
After Musk exposed such incidents after taking over Twitter, because the media was largely controlled by the Donkey Party, and even Twitter itself was beyond Musk's control, almost no one saw the exposed news.
It is precisely because the Donkey Party has such strong control over public opinion and technology giants that Zhou Xin wants to side with the Xiang Party.
Because of time, the first eight years of Bush's administration were able to accumulate strength and fully develop during these eight years.
When the Donkey Party came to power, the importance of the large technology giants was fully realized. As the only technology giant standing on the side of the Elephant Party, it would be best for the Elephant Party to keep him, but if not, it could further stimulate conflicts between the two parties.
On the one hand, it was out of long-term considerations, and on the other hand, it was because Zhou Xin really couldn't approve of the specific actions of the Donkey Party.
Later, he stayed in Berkeley for five years. California, where Berkeley is located, is a die-hard area of the Donkey Party. He could not understand many of the Donkey Party's policies. He felt that the Donkey Party was somewhat crazy.
It can be said that before Zhou Xin left California in 2018, China was the only consensus among Donkey and Elephant.
"I am equally saddened and angry about this, and I pray for those who were hurt by this incident."
From a humanitarian point of view, Americans should not pay for this, but from the inside, it is really difficult for Zhou Xin to feel sad.
He couldn't do it, and the Chinese in this era also couldn't do it.
The events of 1999 are not far away, and what happened in April 2021 is very close. Therefore, when the Twin Towers of American University were destroyed, some Chinese students even held a celebration parade on campus.
The simple sentiments of the Chinese people are not towards the American people, but towards American as a whole. In view of the previous experiences, they regard the American government and the American people as a whole, and they will have negative feelings towards the American government. Hostility was transferred to the Amerikans.
The same goes for Zhou Xin, who is saddened by the individual's experiences and feels fortunate that China as a whole has ushered in a rare strategic development opportunity.
Of course, I still have to look extremely sad in front of Bush.
Bush and Zhou Xin talked a lot about the incident of the Twin Towers being hit, from Zhou Xin's companies or his personal donations to the work carried out by the White House during this period, etc.
Not only did Flamingo Games donate the proceeds from the championship package to the families of the victims of this incident, Zhou Xin also donated US$5 million in his own name to the charity fund established by New York City for this incident.
(This amount is based on Schwarzenegger’s donation of US$1 million and Bill Gates’ donation of US$5 million to Jiangcheng in 2020)
"The Mphone is a great product, and we were working in the White House bunker during the days immediately following the attack on the Twin Towers.
The White House chief of staff conveyed a large amount of information and valuable confidence to the outside world through Weibo.
I posted on Weibo and bought a Mphone. I also registered an account on Weibo and did real-name authentication.
In the process of using Weibo, I realized that the real-time nature of content interaction has been improved again through Weibo. Even live TV broadcasts are far inferior to Weibo in terms of real-time performance. Even the news on the portal website and the comment function under the news cannot be compared with Weibo.
When Edwin and I were chatting, we found that more and more reporters like to register Weibo accounts in their own names and post some messages on Weibo.
Edwin is also of Chinese descent. He is a reporter for Bloomberg in the White House and the chairman of the White House Correspondents’ Association. I have a very good relationship with him.
He speaks highly of Weibo and has a deep understanding of the new media you mentioned. "
Zhou Xin said nothing and listened quietly to Bush. He knew that this was the main meal and the previous contents were all side dishes.
Edwin's full name is Edwin Chen. He is a legend in the field of journalism. He has been working as a reporter since graduating from the journalism department of the University of South Carolina. He worked for the Los Angeles Times for 26 years and became a congressional reporter in 1994. I have witnessed it with my own eyes. The 1994 Xiang* Party* Revolution (the Xiang Party took back the National Assembly from the Donkey Party, which had been controlled by the Donkey Party for 40 years).
His grandfather Chen Bosheng was an important figure in introducing Marxism to China around the May 4th Movement, and was also the first special correspondent in Europe in the history of the Chinese press.
The status of the White House correspondent is very high. It can be said that it is the pinnacle of the entire political reporting reporter and the pinnacle of the journalism profession, not to mention the chairman of the White House Correspondents Association. Edwin Chen was the first and only Chinese to hold the seat.
Bush continued: "Weibo has always had a high influence. Many Americans use Weibo. Many friends around me think it is the best Internet product after using Weibo.
Compared with Weibo, Quora has become less attractive. After experiencing it, I found that this is indeed the case. The only problem is that I see too much news about the White House on Weibo.
I know that many staff in the White House use iPhones. They are used to taking photos at the White House and then posting on Weibo to talk about some things in the White House, some of which are irrelevant and some of which are a little sensitive.
Even if I ask them not to post things about the White House on Weibo and not allow them to bring their iPhones to the White House to work, I can't stop them from using their phones with camera functions to work, and I can't stop them from posting anonymously on Weibo. After all, I cannot locate which Weibo account was registered by which staff member.
Besides, even if I knew who sent it, I couldn't do anything about it.
So, Newman, I need your help, I think Weibo needs to have some small restrictions on content. Not all content is suitable for posting in online forums, such as content from the White House.
If my predecessor had an iPhone and Weibo when he was in the White House, it would probably have been exposed long ago. "In the end, Bush even made a joke. Although Zhou Xin couldn't find the point of the joke, he saw Bush laughing very happily.
Zhou Xin said: "I generally understand your concerns. We have restrictions on this situation in the terms of service, and we will also deal with inappropriate comments.
For example, after the Twin Towers were hit this time, we dealt with all inappropriate expressions on Weibo by banning them after storing evidence.
For content that you think is inappropriate, you can draft a clause and submit it to Weibo. Weibo will review the content of the clause. We will respect your wishes as much as possible and add the clause to the new service agreement.
Inappropriate content will be deleted and the publishers of inappropriate content will be dealt with to a certain extent. "
This is an operation on the surface, and Bush obviously does not want it to be an operation on the surface.
After the Twin Towers were hit, both Weibo and Mphone themselves showed great power. In just one month in September, Weibo sold 500,000 units in the United States, and it is expected that the annual sales will exceed 300,000 units. Thousands, this is an astonishing number.
In September, Weibo launched a web version and announced that it would support other mobile phones. If there are mobile phone manufacturers who want to cooperate, they can come to discuss cooperation.
In other words, the potential number of people Weibo may affect is far more than 3 million.
Bush saw the huge potential of Weibo, and he hoped for vague operations rather than hard-coded operations.
Because operations involving elections obviously cannot be written into rules, let alone posted to Weibo in the name of the White House.
Power needs a middle ground and vague rules. Only vague rules have room for manipulation. Overly clear rules are good for the person being controlled, but not so good for the controller.
Amerikan also understands this truth. It is precisely because the rules in cyberspace are not clear enough that Bush can find loopholes. He only needs to negotiate with Zhou Xin to obtain this power.
Bush said: "Newman, do you understand that some behaviors are difficult to be restricted by clear rules? It may not be a problem in terms of rules, but in fact it will cause huge harm.
Speech is difficult to completely restrict through rules.
For example, an account only needs to put photos of black people and photos of plantations together. Even if there is no language, its meaning is expressed in place.
There are so many such situations that it is difficult for us to have a rule that can cover them all. "
When Bush mentioned black people and plantations, Zhou Xin did not stop. He did not even laugh when Bush used his predecessor as an example.
Zhou Xin thought to himself, he is indeed Xiang Dang.
Zhou Xin said: “Then we can adopt a framework rule, such as this kind of speech, and after it is publicized, similar speech will be banned.
This is also the case law customarily used by Amerikan's legal community. There are both rules and cases to explain the rules.
This way you can avoid the situation you mentioned. "
Seeing that Zhou Xin was not getting along well, Bush knew that this was only the first time the two of them had interacted with each other, and there would be a lot of time for them to interact in the future, so he was not in a hurry to achieve his goal.
Case law is case law, and case law also has room for manipulation.
“This is a good idea, we can try it first, and we can make adjustments based on the actual implementation effect.
It's time to moderate other online forums as well.
We have had a series of laws on the Internet for a long time, such as the Computer Security Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, etc., but there have been no relevant laws to restrict online speech.
What can and cannot be said in online forums.
Newman, this exchange with you has given me a lot of good ideas, and we can carry out a series of meaningful work in this area in the future. "
(End of chapter)
