Hollywood Hunter

The voting process of the mid-term election is similar to that of the presidential election, except that there is no need for national statistics this time.

Simon left Manhattan and rushed to Greenwich in the afternoon to meet Joseph Schrapp, and began to pay attention to the election information from each state.

As usual, the Eaglet portal broadcast the entire mid-term election.

Although it is only in graphic form, it once again demonstrates the huge advantages of Internet media in immediacy and content capacity compared to paper media and TV.

Not only that, the media network that Igrett has gradually improved throughout the United States has also become an indirect intelligence system of the Westeros system. Through a team of reporters distributed throughout the Federation, Simon can obtain all the information he needs in time in his Greenwich manor.

After six o'clock in the afternoon Eastern time, the election results were released one after another.

The main layout of the Westeros system is in the densely populated areas on the east and west coasts. Therefore, the results of the first elections of the relevant councillors on the east coast soon spread to the manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich.

On the sniper list, the Connecticut Rep. David Melrose, who was ranked second only to the Wisconsin Democrat Senator Craig Ames, was the first to lose. This congressman who also belongs to the Democratic camp is because Hearst The iron rod of the family became the focus of this sniper plan.

Although David Merrosh whispered to him after the collapse of the Hearst Family Building, Simon did not let him go.

If it weren't for David Melos to vigorously encourage the House of Representatives to set up a special investigation committee to conduct an antitrust investigation of the Westeros system in the first half of the year, there would not be a formal case of the Cisco-AOL-Igreat Big Three by the Department of Justice.

Loss has been caused, and I just want to get out after being soft. There is no such good thing in the world.

In the final election result, David Melrose was defeated by his opponent with a disparity of 33% to 67% in his electoral district.

At about half past eight, the results of the Wisconsin election came.

The top Democratic Senator Craig Ames on the sniper list lost the election with 39% to 61% of the vote, which was also a fiasco.

Craig Ames, who was not reconciled to defeat, immediately attacked the Westeros system after the election results were released, claiming that the election was rigged, and loudly calling on Congress to investigate the shady senator election in Wisconsin.

Just as all kinds of moths are inevitable after the presidential election, Craig Ames' reaction is also expected.

Inside the manor on the northern outskirts of Greenwich.

After getting the full content of Craig Ames's speech at the unsuccessful press conference, Simon and Joseph Schrapp immediately began to discuss coping strategies.

Actually, there is a plan.

For everyone on the sniper list, the Westeros system will not ignore them completely after they lose the election, but will continue to follow up. What is prevented is the endless entanglement of Craig Ames.

Because of the personal connections and connections accumulated during his tenure, after losing the election or retiring, former federal congressmen will either join some companies as director consultants or set up political lobbying and consulting companies. Basically, they will live very well.

Craig Ames is 56 years old this year. He is one of the most powerful members of the U.S. Congress. If not for the Westeros system, he would be re-elected with Craig Ames’ reputation in Wisconsin. The odds are great.

Now, since he has lost the election, this veteran politician who has been a senator for 12 years must definitely consider the future.

Craig Ames belongs to the bottom of the standard. Before entering politics, he was an ordinary worker in a local chemical plant in Wisconsin. He gained fame by helping several colleagues who were injured by the factory. At the age of 32, he tried to run for a state legislator. , Has been a high position as a senator of Congress.

The salaries of members of Congress are very generous compared to ordinary people.

Over the years, Craig Ames bought real estate in his hometown in Wisconsin and Washington, but the source of funds was innocent. However, in addition to the two houses, the congressman has no other extra assets, but still owes part of the mortgage to be repaid.

On the other hand, this congressman has a family of five. In addition to his eldest daughter, his two youngest sons are still in college. American college tuition is notoriously expensive, not to mention two at a time, so for Ames A huge burden.

If they do not engage in some other occupations after losing the election, the living standards of the Ames family will drop significantly.

Moreover, Simon also found out that because of his father’s long-term high position, Ames’ three children are not too competitive. The married daughter and son-in-law also quietly use their father’s influence to earn extra money, which is not too illegal. , But it also belongs to the kind of rubbing that is more serious.

The two sons who are studying in university are the objects of many people's flattery. They are used to publicity and their hands and feet are not clean.

These materials could have been used to attack Craig Ames during the campaign, and Simon quietly suppressed them.

This is the day waiting.

If Craig Ames stubbornly bites the Westeros system after losing the election, Simon doesn't mind the fallout.

Working properly, sending one or two people into the cell is a breeze.

After discussing with Joseph Schrapp, Simon personally called Paul Spatz, who was still based in Wisconsin, and signaled that the other party would send some materials to the former congressman tonight. After the matter was dealt with, the West Coast election The results are basically out.

The 1994 midterm elections in the United States ended in a disastrous defeat by the Democratic Party.

In the Senate, the number of Democrats dropped from 56 to 47, losing 9 seats at once. This is not the 9 places lost when all 100 senators are re-elected, but only when 34 senators are replaced.

Not only that, this failure started in 1954, and for the first time in 40 years, the Democratic Party lost its majority position in the Senate.

In the House of Representatives, unlike the one-third rotation of the Senate, all 434 seats of the House of Representatives are re-elected.

The failure of the Democratic Party is even more shocking.

Before the election, the Democrats had 256 seats in the House of Representatives, an absolute leading majority.

As a result, the Democratic Party lost as many as 52 seats in the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, and the seats in the House of Representatives plummeted from 256 to 204. Relatively speaking, the Republican Party has increased from 178 seats to 230 seats, successfully becoming the majority party in the House of Representatives.

Not only did they control the Senate and the House of Representatives in one fell swoop, the governors of 36 of the 50 states changed their terms. The Democratic Party also ended in a disastrous defeat and lost the governorship of 11 states. Taken together, the Democrats’ majority of 29 governor positions in the original 50 states in the United States plummeted to 18. The Republicans won as many as 30 governor seats, and the governors of two other states were taken away by third parties.

It is difficult for ordinary people to imagine what this large-scale political change means.

however.

That night, Washington stayed awake all night.

Greenich.

Simon also didn't rest until just over one in the morning.

The Westeros system’s ‘sniper plan’ and ‘basic disk maintenance’ plan all ended smoothly.

The two programs involved a total of 45 seats for parliamentarians, 39 of which achieved the goal, and only 6 seats were missed. Among them, there are 7 senators, and the Westeros system wins 6 seats. With 38 places in the House of Representatives, the Westeros system won 33.

Although the 21-place ‘sniper plan’ focuses on sniping, the parliamentarian who benefits from the other side will not necessarily completely fall back to the Westeros system, but the sympathy is inevitable. Therefore, after the mid-term elections, close to one-tenth of the congressmen in both houses of Congress can speak for the Westeros system.

One-tenth may seem small, but it is enough to decide too many things.

In comparison, the National Rifle Association discovered in advance has 23 sniper quotas, and only 18 have been achieved.

The plan was successfully completed, but we couldn't sit back and relax.

Next is the aftermath.

Divert the public's attention, while letting the National Rifle Association be the top spot.

As for Washington.

One-tenth of the members of Congress are parties, but relatively speaking, the least need to worry about.

After the Democratic Party’s defeat in this election, the Democratic Party realized the influence of money power in the election process. Even if many of its own parliamentarians were killed by the Westeros system’s sniper plan, they did not dare to offend Simon, the big benefactor.

Although the Republican Party was the victim of this sniper plan, now that his side has won, Simon has faintly revealed certain tendencies in this election. Even if it is not absolutely certain, some people will inevitably realize that they will win over Weiss. The Tello system is the best choice.

The key point is to make the Westeros system avoid the whirlpool of public opinion following this midterm election as much as possible.

In the early morning of the next day, the front pages of mainstream paper media were almost always words like "Democratic Rout", with various large-length articles analyzing the causes of the Democratic Party's election defeat.

It is impossible for Simon to restrain the media from reporting on such important news hotspots.

However, of course there was interference.

The key lies in the aspect of'large length'. The relevant reports in mainstream newspapers such as The New York Times and Los Angeles Times are full-page editorial analysis. People with a little intensive phobia will inevitably see these long-formed comments. His scalp was numb, and Simon didn't believe how many people could patiently finish reading some or even several pages of long articles.

On the Igreat portal, the headlines are also a large-scale analysis of the midterm election results.

However, following the midterm election news, there are two entertainment news that are more popular with the general public.

First is the news of the rehearsal for the third Victoria's Secret Show. The official released a large number of carefully taken photos of the Victoria's Secret Legion, beautiful women and editorials in advance. It is self-evident which readers would choose.

Another piece of entertainment news is also at the national level.

The famous American horror novelist Stephen King signed a contract with Igreat’s online radio site Broadcast. A large number of horror novels under the name of Stephen King will be made into audio novels and will be put on Broadcast for audience subscription.

Yuanshikong's online radio site Broadcast is a typical failure of the Internet bubble.

This time, Simon has made Broadcast more of the Himalayan website model in his memory, and also plans to serve as a genuine audio download platform for the iPlayer digital player released by Tinkobair next year.

There is a big difference between genuine audio, not genuine music.

Music is just music.

Audio can cover too many things. In addition to music, there are talk shows, audio books, educational courses and so on.

Just as an operating system requires an ecosystem, for digital players, content is the key to rapid promotion.

The iPlayer digital player that Tinker Bayer will release next year will have a considerable capacity because of the micro hard drive mode.

Relatively speaking, due to the recording industry’s instinct to maintain the benefits of traditional product sales channels, genuine online music resources will be relatively scarce in the short term. Therefore, various talk shows, audio books, educational courses, etc., especially audio books, are more important for digital broadcasting. The promotion of the device will be a great content supplement.

Moreover, how much time can it take to listen to a piece of music, compared to a book, a few hours pass without knowing it.

This is obviously also a good ‘pacifier’.

Therefore, in addition to the introduction of Stephen King's novels as a publicity stunt, Broadcast will sign contracts with more writers in the future, and will also produce a batch of free public version of the novel audio resources.

Simon also wrote a memo to Girl C in private to remind the other party to develop an automatic voice reading engine.

It may not be as good as a human reading effect, but once the automatic voice reading engine is launched, you only need to store a text file equivalent to one hundredth of the size of the audio file in iPlayer, and the player can automatically listen to the book. This will undoubtedly be Another small change.

After Wednesday, early on Thursday morning, the Eaglet portal united with many paper media to once again throw out a heavyweight news.

The "Information Age" marketing plan launched on October 31st, as of November 9th, the sales of personal computers across the United States exceeded the 500,000 unit mark in just 10 days under the strong promotion of major brands.

Prior to this, throughout October, the federal local PC shipments were only 460,000 units.

The "Information Age" marketing plan that is expected to last for two months, coupled with the peak sales season at the end of the year, the single-month shipment of personal computers in the United States is expected to reach an astonishing 1.5 million units.

Not only that, after the marketing plan was launched, the number of users accessing the Internet across the United States also rose sharply.

At the beginning of 1994, the industry originally expected that the number of Internet users in the United States for the whole year would reach about 71 million, and the number of Internet users would be 120 million. In fact, due to the rapid growth of the Internet industry exceeding expectations, this target data was achieved ahead of schedule at the end of October.

In the last 10 days, because AOL, AT-T, and many Internet service providers that followed the trend to launch large-scale marketing plans have worked together, large-scale promotional activities have enabled the increase in US Internet users to reach 1.1 million in just 10 days. After a complete two-month large-scale marketing plan, the number of Internet users in the United States is expected to increase by about 7 million.

Not surprisingly, by the end of this year, the total number of Internet users in the United States will reach 78 million, and the total number of Internet users will be 140 million.

The current population of the United States is 260 million.

The number of 140 million Internet users means that the penetration rate of the Internet in the United States has officially exceeded 50%, reaching 53%, the highest in the world.

With a large number of remaining PCs connected to the Internet in previous years, and the proportion of Internet access users has exceeded 50%, starting next year, in order to seek a better hardware experience, the replacement of PCs will accelerate, and sales will continue to grow substantially. However, Internet users' access speed will inevitably slow down.

However, on the whole, especially on a global scale, the new technology industry will be more turbulent.

Seeing the advent of a big era, the marketing plan for the "information age", as Simon expected, quickly drew the audience's attention from the midterm elections to a large extent.

However, this political earthquake that has completely changed the high-level federal power structure cannot be easily overwhelmed after all.