For skilled politicians, they do not seek to achieve everything at once, but only to make progress than before.
This is especially true for the slow-moving elephants, who are in no hurry to achieve immediate goals.
In Bush's view, it is enough for Zhou Xin, as a representative of Silicon Valley and a banner of the Internet, to express his approval of his proposed policies at a White House dinner.
As the owner of the White House, Bush is very confident that he can stay in the White House for eight years. Now that he has made this start, he can slowly guide policies in the direction that is beneficial to the target party in the future.
After all, the majority of the nine justices on the Federal Supreme Court favor the Elephant Party. To be more precise, the Elephant Party occupies a strong position in the entire federal judiciary.
In last year's battle between Bush and Gore, the dispute over Florida's votes went from the district court to the federal Supreme Court, and Bush won in the end. (The conservative black Justice Thomas who caused huge controversy twenty years later was appointed by Bush’s father)
After having dinner with Bush, Bush posted a Weibo message on his iPhone:
"It was a great night to have dinner with Newman, an iconic figure in Silicon Valley. We have surprisingly similar views on many things."
This Weibo post also included a high-definition photo with Zhou Xin.
After Bush posted this Weibo, Zhou Xin briefly commented below: "Thanks for the hospitality. I enjoyed the dinner at the White House."
Almost early the next morning, Bill Gates called: "Newman, we have never 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 his Weibo, asking him about his political stance.
Zhou Xin expected that someone would come to him today to ask about this matter, but Bill's call did not surprise him, "No, I have never had a special tendency, I hold a neutral attitude.
I am a Chinese, and it makes no difference to me whether I am an Elephant Party or a Donkey Party. "
Bill said seriously: "I guess you won't have a similar tendency. Over the years, my support for the Target Party and the Donkey Party has been about the same, and I am not particularly biased towards either side.
Because for wealthy people of our level, it is best for us not to clearly identify our sides.
When you choose one side, this side will not and cannot provide you with what you want, and the other side will continue to suppress you. This is not a good thing for us. "
Bill Gates has never shown a clear preference. At most, in 2016, he clearly expressed his dislike for the candidate of the target party.
The outside world has always believed that Bill Gates is more inclined to the Donkey Party, but he has always donated high political donations to both parties at the same time.
After hearing 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. It does not mean that I support Bush, nor does it mean that I stand with the Elephant Party.
I don’t pay much attention to political matters, which is too far away for me as a Chinese. "
Bill Gates asked: "What did Bush and you talk about at dinner last night?"
After Zhou Xin briefly explained the specific situation, Bill Gates sighed on the other end of the phone: "You were tricked by Bush.
From the moment he started chatting on Weibo to later mentioned that he wanted to control speech, he has been digging holes for you.
You should not take a stand, let alone help him find a solution. Bush obviously wants to introduce regulations to manage Internet public opinion. But the spirit that the Internet has always advocated is freedom.
Internet users have a natural aversion to being managed, let alone being managed by the government. Bush's introduction of similar regulations in the future will inevitably lead to a decline in support and will be difficult to promote in specific states.
But it's different with you on the platform. That's why he said on Weibo that you are the flag of Silicon Valley. If the flags support him, then he has the biggest supporter for implementing new regulations.
Coupled with the fact that the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were recently hit, and inappropriate comments on the Internet were attacked by traditional media, Bush's actions have natural legitimacy. With your support, there is a high probability that this set of regulations will be implemented smoothly.
As a person who affects Internet freedom, you will be affected to a certain extent. Maybe you will end up like me and become the mastermind behind various conspiracy theories. By then, maybe the conspiracy theory with me as the main agent and the conspiracy theory with you as the main agent can still have a round of linkage. "
After Bill Gates finished speaking, Zhou Xin quickly realized what mistake he had made. He transferred his thinking twenty years later to the present. Internet speech is regulated. This seems to be natural and logical 20 years later, whether it is China or other countries. This is true for all countries.
It’s just that the rules are different, the lines are drawn differently, and the intensity of control is different.
But at the moment, there are no similar regulations in place, and there are no institutions to manage speech in the Internet space.
He shouldn't take this for granted, "I didn't understand Bush's subtext at all. I was just trying to help him find a solution."
Bill Gates joked: "Hahaha, this is just a trivial matter. It turns out that Newman also makes mistakes. I thought you never make mistakes before. Even though you are only in your early 20s, you are already as comprehensive as a middle-aged man in his forties." .
Let me analyze it in detail for you. In fact, Bush has been hinting to you from the beginning that I cannot manage all the White House staff.
Therefore, future leaks of our conversations to the media will be done by White House staff and have nothing to do with me. They knew that the Internet speech management I wanted to do was an idea given to me by Newman, and it was not leaked by me.
Then the outside world will think that what Bush wants to do has your support and that you gave him the idea. Even the King of the Internet believes that Internet speech should be controlled. Do other people have more insights about the Internet than the King of the Internet? "
Showing off your abilities in front of people of the same level is much more fulfilling than showing off in front of ordinary people.
Bill Gates continued: "But this matter is a trivial matter, and the opposition from 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 deal. Don't choose either side between the elephant party and the donkey party. They can choose senior managers in Silicon Valley, but for us, it is best not to have obvious tendencies. Of course, this is my experience and my advice as a friend. "
Zhou Xin asked: "Okay, I understand. I think Bush is quite honest and honest. I didn't expect that there are so many tricks in his words."
Bill Gates said: “Bush has always been promoted to the outside world as being honest and honest, and he has repeatedly created this image by not being good at taking exams, but in fact he is very smart, especially when it comes to dealing with people.
He can quickly make you feel familiar with him and make you feel that you have a good relationship with him. In fact, he does this to everyone he thinks is helpful to him. Sometimes I feel that Hillary is not as thoughtful as Bush.
In addition, since we have reached this point, let me say a few more words. Even if you really want to side with the Donkey Party and the Elephant Party, the Donkey Party will be more beneficial to you, because the Donkey Party’s sphere of influence is concentrated in the financial and Internet fields. .
Because they firmly control New York State and California, Silicon Valley and Wall Street. If you side with the Elephants, the Donkeys will find many ways to make you feel uncomfortable.
Take NewPay as an example. Today, everyone is very clear about the potential of NewPay. NewPay has strong potential in both offline payment and electronic payment itself. But the Donkey Party can make you uncomfortable through various means such as enacting laws in the field of electronic payments and asking Wall Street to increase its support for other electronic payment software.
On the contrary, if you side with the Donkey Party, the Elephant Party has nothing to do with your core business. Even if the Elephant Party occupies the White House, there is nothing they can do to you.
Of course, it’s best not to take sides. Even if you want to take sides, don’t choose the Xiang Party. This is my advice to you as a friend. "
Only then did Zhou Xin realize how naive his previous ideas were. He was just rich now, and his influence in Amerikan and the social resources he could actually mobilize were far inferior to those of Bill Gates.
Even Bill Gates will not take sides publicly, so how can he guarantee that he will side with the Elephant Party and the Elephant Party can keep him?
The NewPay mentioned by Bill Gates just now also indirectly reminded him. If the Donkey Party imposes restrictions on NewPay in the two places they control, California and New York State, and then supports other payment software, then NewPay will not be able to maintain its current status. Monopoly momentum.
Initiating an antitrust investigation is a more direct method. Antitrust investigations do not need to go to federal courts, but can be handled by local courts. Previously, Microsoft was sued in the District Court of Columbia.
After Zhou Xin finished chatting with Bill Gates, he quickly donated one million US dollars to the Clinton Foundation and expressed to the Donkey Party through JPMorgan Chase that he had no intention of taking sides.
Soon America promulgated the "Patriot Act" and the "Homeland Security Act", which included provisions authorizing the government to supervise and manage the Internet.
The government and law enforcement agencies can monitor and control all Internet information "relevant to national security" in accordance with the law, and take measures such as blocking.
After the regulations were promulgated, they quickly attracted public attention. 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 Amerikans' pursuit of Newman is almost crazy. As long as it is an Internet application launched by Newman, no matter what type of application it is, it can gain a lot of popularity, even phones priced close to 600 US dollars. Over three million users.
Silicon Valley has been joking that Mphone means buying apps and getting a phone for free.
Therefore, after the above two regulations were introduced, they quickly aroused heated discussions under the guidance of thoughtful people.
"After gaining success, Newman is no longer cool. He has deviated from the spirit of Internet freedom. He has begun to collude deeply with Washington."
"This is not the Newman I know. The suggestions Newman gave to Bush seriously affected the original order of the Internet. The government should not be able to do these things."
Some people in Silicon Valley even demonstrated and protested downstairs in the campus where companies such as NewPay, Matrix, and Riot Games gathered to express their dissatisfaction with Newman.
There is not much difference from what Bill Gates guessed. The meaning expressed by Zhou Xin and Bush during the meal was modified to a certain extent and was exposed by the print media.
“.I think there are limits to speech. I do agree with the government’s control of speech, but I don’t agree with control without boundaries. There should be clear regulations and specific cases to limit the boundaries of what they do.
No matter when we first established Riot Electronics Community or later when we started Quora, our entire team spent a lot of effort on speech management. We have clear rules to restrict users' speech.
I have never given users unlimited freedom, including verification codes and managing users. But whether it is Riot Games or Quora, when I was in charge, blocked content and blocked comments would be documented, and there would be a clear spot check mechanism to ensure that no wrong operations occurred.
Therefore, there is a discrepancy between the remarks published by the media and my true thoughts, and I do not fully agree with the two latest regulations. I only agree with part of them."
Zhou Xin posted a long explanation on his personal homepage, and attached the content from the terms of service of Riot Games and Quora to explain to users that this was his thinking from beginning to end.
After the long article was published, the accusations on the Internet did not subside, because there were only a few users who had the patience to read it. Most users only cared about venting their emotions, and they cared about their rights being violated and needed to find an outlet to attack.
It is always easy to attribute various problems in reality to capital and xxn. It is difficult to deeply explore the essence behind the problem, and even speaking out the essence is not allowed.
Of course, the same is true in Americen. Even when Musk acquired Twitter, he couldn’t do whatever he wanted, and he couldn’t push a large number of specific details of Twitter’s previous sexy operations to users. Instead of revealing the true nature of the problem, it can only stay on race and gender, arguing around transgender issues.
Zhou Xin's statement can only be recognized by a small number of users. As time goes by, people will forget these, leaving only one iconic memory: this incident was originally caused by Newman.
This matter is not completely over yet, Apple's autumn conference is about to begin, and Steve Jobs will launch the first-generation iPod and Apple Music Store.
Apple chose to hold a low-key launch event on its campus in Cupertino, a city in western Santa Clara County south of the San Francisco Bay Area.
As Apple's largest shareholder, Zhou Xin holds 40% of Apple's shares, so he was naturally invited to attend the iPod launch conference.
And in the future, Mphone will also have in-depth cooperation with Ipod, whether in terms of purchase or application interaction.
Jobs even wanted Zhou Xin to say a few words, even though Zhou Xin was on the cusp of the storm during this period.
But Zhou Xin is still a star figure in Silicon Valley and the most attractive entrepreneur. Jobs hopes to use Zhou Xin's fame to build a platform for iPod.
(End of chapter)
