Hollywood Hunter

Simon arrived in Washington at two o’clock in the afternoon. The reception at the White House was grand. The Clintons, Vice President Al Gore, the new Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and the new House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The Washington core came forward together.

By referring to the identities of the few people who came forward, Simon can roughly see the Republican Party's intention to woo him.

Otherwise, because of the position of important supporters of Simon's Democratic Party, the Republican Party will definitely send representatives to participate in this meeting, but it cannot be the two congressional leaders who have just held power.

The Clintons and Vice President Al Gore need not say much.

Bob Dole is Simon's memory of Clinton's rival in the 1996 US presidential election.

This veteran Republican politician, who is 71 years old this year, started paving the way for his presidential campaign since Clinton took office. For this reason, he did not hesitate to play Clinton with him, and promised to reach a compromise beforehand. When the vote suddenly turned back, he directly disturbed the Clintons. Do everything possible to promote the healthcare reform bill.

The disastrous defeat of the Democratic Party in the mid-term elections and the failure of health care reform are a very critical factor.

The Clintons had always used the health care reform bill as an important campaign promise to publicize the voters on a large scale, but they ended in failure. It is inevitable that the higher the praise, the harder the fall.

Of course, the reason for the disastrous defeat of the Democratic Party in this midterm election is far more than that. If you want to make it clear, you may need to write a large book.

Bob Dole is the type of politician Simon likes.

Standard neoconservative politicians advocate tax cuts and deregulation of corporate giants, and they are smooth enough to be selfish enough to be affected.

Another new speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, has a more aggressive personality.

This 51-year-old Republican congressman, who is a young and powerful but also a veteran politician, has frequently adopted confrontational provocations since he entered Congress in the 1970s to provoke bipartisan disputes. In the past two years, Clinton has been restricted from cashing out through indiscriminate obstruction. Various promises made to voters during the election campaign.

The people exchanged simple greetings. Instead of going to the famous oval office of the White House, they came to an ordinary reception room in the west wing of the White House.

The waiter quietly exited after serving coffee and snacks, and only six Simon were left in the reception room.

To Simon's surprise, Hillary Clinton first provoked the topic.

"Simon, before you come, we are still discussing the outsourcing platform that Igreat will launch soon. Newt does not believe that this platform can provide tens of millions of job opportunities every year. I read the information on the official website in advance. , I don’t quite understand, can you explain it to everyone?"

Simon was holding a cup of coffee casually. Hearing Hillary speak, he glanced at the other four men without a trace.

Clinton looked as usual, Gore seemed unheard, Bob Dole smiled, only Newt Gingrich, who was named by Hillary, frowned slightly.

Hillary's strength is notorious.

Most of the failed health care reform bill was drafted by the team led by Hillary Clinton, so the media frequently accused his wife of being involved in politics. According to the news that Simon received, the failure of the health care reform bill also triggered the couple to a large extent. Rift between.

right now.

It is conceivable that the four big Washington bosses definitely don't want Hillary to mix up this kind of occasion.

The first lady not only persisted in ignoring the pressure of the four big men, but also took the lead in provoking the topic. By the way, I did not forget to dug a hole for Newt Gingrich.

Sure enough, it is strong enough.

Thinking about this, Simon took a sip of coffee and said frankly with a smile: “In fact, this description is a bit of a stealth concept. It’s definitely impossible for tens of millions of jobs. Outsourcing platforms can provide relatively short-term part-time jobs. It may be completed in one or two hours. According to this calculation method, there will be more than enough job opportunities of tens of millions of jobs each year in the future."

Hillary continued to ignore the men around him and asked: "Can there be 1 million jobs based on the conversion of standard working hours?"

Simon directly shook his head: "No, Hillary, the Eaglet outsourcing platform is essentially a part-time platform, just to make up for the lack of human resources in Silicon Valley, while outsourcing relatively low-end work to save costs. Therefore, this A platform is actually more suitable for school students who need to earn living expenses and housewives who make money to subsidize their families in their leisure time. If someone wants to live exclusively on this platform, it’s okay, but it requires certain professional skills."

Simon is not one of these big shots in Washington. He doesn't need to pay attention to domestic employment at all times, and he will definitely not swell his face in front of these people, so tell the truth.

How can one million jobs be so easy?

At its peak in memory, Wal-Mart has only 2 million employees worldwide.

However, although it is not possible to provide 1 million jobs, it is not a big problem for the number of registered members of the Eaglet Outsourcing Platform to exceed one million in the next few years. But, as Simon and Hillary said, these are only part-time jobs after all. The number of registered members has reached one million, and it is not bad that one-tenth of active users can be achieved under daily conditions.

This is almost equivalent to a very impressive 100,000 jobs.

Noting Hillary's visibly disappointed expression, Newt Gingrich, who had just been named, suddenly uttered a sharp tone to Simon: "It seems that this is really just a gimmick."

Simon smiled and shrugged slightly: "If you have to think so, Newt, indeed."

Bob Doer noticed some signs of Newt Gingrich’s targeting, and said, "Simon, I still don’t understand this...outsourcing platform, but since anyone in the Federation can find a job on the platform. , It must be a good thing, can you tell me more specifically?"

Simon thought for a while and said, "Amazon, Bob, you should know?"

Bob Dole nodded.

Simon said: "Amazon is currently expanding its product categories. In addition to books, video tapes and movie accessories, it will also add clothing, cosmetics, etc. next. All these products require special introduction pages. The technology at this stage cannot automatically generate data. There are millions of product catalogs, so manual filling is required. In addition, there are image classification, web page tagging, etc., similar to the most basic outsourcing tasks. Anyone who has a networked computer and understands English can receive work. Orders."

Bob Doll waited for Simon to finish, and smiled: "Sounds great, and it really suits everyone."

Vice President Al Gore asked: "Simon, what is the approximate hourly salary?"

Simon turned to Gore and said: "It depends on the proficiency of the operator and the level of outsourcing tasks. The most basic filling, marking or classification I just mentioned, the hourly salary will not be too high. If the part-timer is willing to spend time on self-learning some programming With such professional skills, the income is definitely higher than that of being a waiter in a restaurant.

Simon did not give an accurate figure, and everyone can probably guess that the average hourly wage must not meet the federal minimum wage standard.

Bill Clinton, who had been silent just now, finally interrupted at this time: "Simon, these job opportunities on the outsourcing platform should be taken away by overseas part-timers?"

Simon did not expect that Mr. President would directly hit the spot.

The Eaglet team has evaluated in advance that the most basic outsourcing task is about $1 to $3 per hour, which is shabby for part-timers in the United States. However, if it is an overseas part-timer in an underdeveloped area, the exchange rate After conversion, it may be higher than the regular income.

For example, China.

If someone in China can connect to the Internet at this stage and register as a member of the Igreat Outsourcing Platform, even if they take the most basic tasks and calculate at the lowest hourly wage of $1, work 10 hours a day, and the exchange rate is converted, it may be equivalent to the current exchange rate. Many people in China receive ten and a half months' salary.

In fact, most of the tasks of the Egreat outsourcing platform are mainly for part-timers in underdeveloped areas overseas.

Only this point will certainly not appear in the official press release.

Regarding this issue, Simon will not be as honest as just before, saying: "There will definitely be some, because the Internet is global. However, limited to language barriers and salary settlements and other factors, the outsourcing platform is mainly for part-timers in the Federal Republic. "

There are clever people in the reception room.

Simon's answer was obviously untrue, but several people did not pursue it.

The topic paused for a while. The other five people in the reception room were not eager to provoke a topic. It was hard to see the young man in front of him who had created a series of business miracles. It was absolutely beneficial to communicate more with each other.

Al Gore quickly continued: "Simon, many people think that investment in new technologies is overheated. What do you think of this problem?"

Simon said: "Overheating is inevitable, just like the federal construction of the national highway network, there must be criticism at the time that this was an excessive investment. In the end, the facts proved that it was the costly federal highway network that contributed to the US post-war period. The rapid economic development."

The nationwide interstate highway plan launched in the 1950s was proposed by Al Gore's father, Gore Sr., and the Gore family also accumulated strong political capital because of this plan.

Hearing Simon mentioning his father's accomplishments implicitly and complimentingly, Al Gore couldn't help but smile, and his affection for the young man suddenly increased.

Hillary Clinton did not give Simon a chance to easily bypass the topic: "Simon, do you think there is a serious bubble in the new technology market?"

The information superhighway plan is also an important achievement promoted by the White House team after taking office.

Since Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940s, in half a century, no president with a Democratic background has been re-elected. This matter has shrouded the White House like a cloud since Clinton took office.

After losing the midterm elections, Clinton's chances of reelection fell sharply again.

If the bubble in the new technology industry cannot survive the election two years later, it will be a fatal blow to the Clintons.

Simon doesn't really want to discuss this issue.

Facing a group of old foxes, he didn't want to be too forward-looking at all.

Moreover, for the new technology industry that is now beyond recognition by his own big butterfly, Simon can no longer see the future clearly.

It's a completely new era.

Taking all factors into consideration, the current development of the new technology industry in the United States is roughly equivalent to the level it used to be in 1997. In other words, three years in advance.

However, thanks to the large-scale publicity and agitation of the Westeros system for several consecutive years, the number of local personal computers and Internet access users in the Federation is significantly higher than the level in memory in 1997. The development of software and hardware technology is limited by time. It's not as blooming as I remembered in 1997, and it's slightly behind.

The most important Nasdaq index has skyrocketed from around 300 points in 1990 to more than 1,700 points recently, which is also the level in memory in 1997.

Based on these factors, the new technology wave can last for three years.

Not surprisingly, the 1996 election was at the peak of the Internet bubble. Taking advantage of this shareholder enthusiasm, Clinton's re-election would be very easy.

Of course, things are not absolute.

Because there are too many factors that can affect the development of an industry.

Simon glanced at the two Dolls who were equally energetic and concerned about this issue. They must hope that the new technology bubble will burst as soon as possible. This will be of great benefit to Dole's seizure of the presidency. As for the United States, which has been hit hard in the process. Economy, a standard qualified politician probably can't take care of that much.

Considering this aspect, it is difficult to say whether the Republican Party will get in the way and burst the bubble in advance through some policy measures.

After thinking about it for a moment, Simon said in the expectation of several people around him, explicitly or implicitly: “Bubbles are definitely there. New industries cannot avoid this, and they will inevitably burst someday in the future. However, compared to the previous federal economy, The cyclical recession and the burst of the new technology bubble will only trigger a short-term callback. After the water is squeezed out, the industry will continue to develop at a high speed, because the transition from the electrical age to the information age is an inevitable trend."

In fact, there are many things that are well known to those who are not short of experience.

It's just that no one will underestimate the judgment of the young man before him.

Simon did not give an accurate time limit but Clinton and several people expected it. No one could accurately predict things like economic cycles. Otherwise, every time the economy turned point, many speculators would lose their fortunes because they took the wrong direction.

When Simon finished speaking, the Clintons looked at each other.

The good and the bad are mixed.

The couple are also aware of one thing. When the new technology bubble bursts, it is definitely not just the industry itself. It will definitely be closely related to the White House's ruling measures in the next two years, and even to the political game among top Washington.

Newt Gingrich asked another question at this time: "Simon, how are you sure that the transition from the electrical age to the information age is an inevitable trend?"

Simon looked at this Republican leader with a harmless young smile on his face: "Because many core industries in the information age have already taken shape, such as personal computers, broadband networks, online websites, mobile communications, etc., these are now The scale of industries is already at the level of hundreds of billions, and will reach the level of trillions of dollars in the future. This can be said to be the economic foundation of a new era. When all these developments spread and change people’s lives in all aspects, humans will also It's like entering a new era, isn't it?"

Newt Gingrich was originally questioning the extent of the bubble in the new technology industry.

If it were all bubbles, there would be no future, and the information superhighway plan promoted by Bill Clinton since he took office would become a joke.

Now, after thinking a little bit, Gingrich realized that Westeros hadn't bluffed at all.

The foundation of a new era must be a series of emerging industries with a large enough volume, just like the electric power and petroleum industries since the beginning of the electrical era in the late nineteenth century, as well as the automotive, steel, and chemical industries derived from them. Not to mention other things at the moment, but the ‘Cisco-AOL-Igreat’ three giants controlled by the Westeros system have formed a huge emerging industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

From these perspectives, the arrival of the information age is beyond doubt.

Al Gore, who was sitting on the other side, apparently also thought of Newt Gingrich, and raised a slightly sensitive question at the right time: "Simon, don’t you think that the Westeros system will greatly affect the information age? The core industries are in our hands, have they hindered the development of the federal new technology industry? You must know that there is competition to make progress, and to further stimulate the rapid development of the industry."

Al Gore apparently refers to the antitrust investigation that the Federal Department of Justice is conducting against the ‘Cisco-AOL-Igreat’ Big Three.

These words are implying that Simon can take the initiative to make concessions.

Before coming to Washington, he heard that the White House used the topic of the new technology industry as a guise, and Simon realized that this meeting could not avoid the Department of Justice's antitrust investigation.

Simon did not hesitate this time, shook his head decisively, looked at the other people in the reception room, and said: "With the establishment of WTO, European Union, North American Free Trade Area and other international organizations, globalization has become an inevitable trend. , I don’t think you have any objections, right?"

The five people around did not know why Simon would suddenly mention globalization, but they all nodded slightly, waiting for the following.

Simon continued: "Unlike physical industries that are easily separated by regions, the Internet will be a global integrated network. Therefore, any new technology company has the opportunity to rely on this global network to expand globally. Take it For Eaglet, we have already launched portals and other businesses in many overseas countries outside the United States, including Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan. However, because these overseas countries are in the new The layout of the science and technology field is relatively lagging, and our overseas business is also restricted, and we have not yet formed a decisive advantage. Next, we need to continue to deepen these overseas markets and achieve a complete foothold. To achieve this, our new technology company , It must be as strong as our country itself."

At this point, the five people in the reception room have already understood.

Simon did not stop because of this: "A few of you here are the keys that can affect the future of the Federation, and I don't need to shy away. The core industry of the electrical age, the Federation has actually fallen behind many countries such as Japan and Germany, and we do not have the Middle East. Enriching oil reserves, these patterns are irreversible. Now, we are about to enter a new era. If the Federation wants to continue to maintain its strength in this new era, it must abandon the strict anti-monopoly strategy that restricted the development of large enterprises in the past, because we A super-large new technology company is needed to attack the world. Only if the strength is strong enough that our overseas opponents cannot catch up with the power of the country, the Federation can completely seize the hegemony of the new technology industry on a global scale and continue to lead A new era. On the contrary, if you continue to follow traditional thinking to dismantle and dismember the new technology industry giants that we have formed a huge advantage, the result is likely to be similar to the failure of the federal government in the fields of automobiles and semiconductors.