The meeting with Al Gore lasted an hour, and at half past two, the senator left in a hurry to return to Washington.
After seeing off Gore, Simon and James Raybould returned to the reception room and sat down again. After the secretary changed the coffee and left, James said: "According to the practice of the US presidential election, the candidate and his partner should be one in the south and one in the north. , they should also complement each other in terms of age. Not only are Arkansas and Tennessee both in the South, but they are also connected, and Clinton and Gore are both very young. Are you really going to do this?"
Simon picked up the coffee and took a sip. He had quit for a while because Janet wanted to have a child, but naturally there was no need to do so now.
Putting down the cup, Simon said: "Conventions are meant to be broken. After so many years of practice, the federal people should also want to see something new. Moreover, in my opinion, the key to the success or failure of this campaign does not lie with Clinton himself."
In next year's presidential election, George Bush's advantage is simply too great.
Coming from a century-old political family, having profound political experience, and the public prestige brought by his victory in the Gulf War, etc., all of these are far beyond the comparison of Clinton, who comes from a lower class background and has a dirty background.
The only way to win in such an election is to be surprised.
Allowing Ross Perot, who also belongs to the conservative camp, to participate in the campaign as a third party to share George Bush's votes was the key to Bill Clinton's victory in the 1992 presidential election.
James understood what Simon was referring to and said: "Perot has recently established the Reform Party and has been continuously building momentum for himself in the media. However, follow-up results from Joseph's team show that the public's reaction to his candidacy next year is not Not keen.”
"This is only temporary. Bush's reputation is still at its highest due to his victory in the war at the beginning of the year, and the Democratic Party has not yet announced a candidate. If Bush's war aura begins to fade next year, the Democratic candidates will not be able to arouse public response. Perot's candidacy is likely to gain support from a large number of people."
Simon thought for a while and then said: "Let's not pay too much attention to Perot for the time being. The focus of operations before next year is to help Clinton clean up his bad things as much as possible."
"Clinton still has reservations about us and does not fully trust us. However, Hillary is very cooperative. She probably sees the sincerity of our bet this time. With her cooperation, Joseph has also helped sign three The confidentiality agreement also solved a live cattle futures operation that was a disguised way of giving money." James couldn't help but shake his head when he said this, and said: "Don't you dislike Rooney Giuliani? I think this person is actually better than Giuliani. Ni is even worse."
"This is a person who is very capable of doing things, and his shortcomings can also give us more room to operate. If it is like Jimmy Carter, how much benefit do you think we can get even if we help each other enter the White House?"
Jimmy Carter, who was in power from 1977 to 1981, gave most people the impression of mediocrity and inaction. The president also cherished feathers very much, so he seemed even more timid. During his four years in power, he basically had no outstanding political achievements. Therefore, he lost the re-election campaign to Ronald Reagan, who had a humble background as an actor.
James also nodded in agreement. In everyone's current position, if you still have too strong a moral obsession, then you really shouldn't do anything.
After finishing the work here, Simon rushed to the Daenerys Entertainment East Coast Headquarters in Greenwich to handle some matters, and set off back to the West Coast in the evening.
I left after dinner yesterday and arrived in Los Angeles, and I have just started preparing for today’s dinner.
Back at Dume Point Manor, C-girl Claire Gein is waiting for her.
Because of the success of iCam, Claire had to devote most of her energy to this company, which required her to work more than ten hours a day these days.
Simon is not a person who likes to force things. Now that his maid's career is on the right track, he readily lets her go. Claire will rush to San Francisco tomorrow to start her official full-time job.
Janet was originally chatting with Girl C. When she saw Simon coming back, she stepped forward and kissed her husband, saying that she went to see how the dinner was being prepared and then left the living room.
Simon sat down on the sofa, looked at the girl who was still wearing his favorite OL uniform, and smiled: "How do you feel about escaping from the clutches of Westeros?"
Girl C poured a glass of water for Simon and handed it to her. She sat down next to her boss, leaned forward, looked at Simon with bright eyes and said, "I have not officially resigned, and I will still receive my annual salary in the next few years." , whenever the boss needs me, I can come back at any time."
"Is it okay to give up Tinkerbell?"
Girl C said without hesitation: "Of course, it was all given to me by the boss, so it doesn't matter if I give it up."
Simon looked at Girl C's delicate face, feeling the delicious fragrance around him, and said, "I suddenly want to reward you."
Claire glanced at Simon with smart eyes, and her small white hands protruding from the cuffs of her black suit slightly rubbed her hip-covering skirt, and said with obvious teasing: "I remember, but I can't do it here, Madam will go crazy. "
Simon looked at the girl's appearance and said, "Did you misunderstand something?"
Claire nodded her chin firmly and said, "No, boss, you are really difficult to handle. So, for me, some things are rewards."
"Then, will you become more ambitious or something?"
"I've had it for a long time, but in front of my wife, I think living is the most important thing."
Simon thought about it and felt that it was really possible.
Since their marriage last year, the outside world has been speculating whether the two had signed a prenuptial agreement, or what the content of the prenuptial agreement was.
The prenuptial agreement was signed.
Janet didn't ask for anything in the agreement, as if she was planning to leave the house if she got divorced. However, Simon understood that the word 'divorce' did not exist in the dictionary between the two.
If you really want to say something.
perhaps.
Only 'widowed'.
Simon's deep-down attitude towards the world is one of alienation and indifference, while Janet's unrestrained childlike temperament conceals a kind of madness that can ignore all rules at any time. When the woman said that her ideal was to destroy the world, she was really not just talking.
People with keener intuitions who have been around women for a long time will probably be able to understand the hysteria that Janet may burst out at any time.
Girl C obviously felt it, so she had no idea of 'replacing her'.
Simon and Claire chatted and laughed for a while, then got down to business.
Tinkerbell’s starting point can be said to be both very low and very high.
It's low because compared to those camera industry giants with decades of technology accumulation, Tinkerbell is like a newborn with nothing and no background.
A high starting point, and because this company is backed by the entire Westeros system.
Such a company, if taken care of well, will grow very quickly. If it cannot control the situation, it may end up being a big dream.
Girl C faces many problems, including coping with the exploding market, increasing ICam production capacity, continuing to invest in research and development, establishing retail channels, improving after-sales service, etc. If you pass this level, you will be successful; if you cannot pass it, the result will naturally be failure.
Simon has also been thinking about this company recently.
Although if Tinkerbell fails to succeed, he will introduce other camera giants to join the competition as soon as possible, but what can be left to himself will definitely be left to himself.
"As for the production capacity issue, because this camera is only for Internet users, you can try the online snap-up model. Users obtain the purchase quota through the official website snap-up page, and then pick up the goods based on the voucher at offline retail stores. This can maintain the quality for a long time The popularity of iCam can also prevent customers from being disappointed when they go to retail outlets and always encounter out-of-stock products.”
This is actually the hunger marketing that Simon remembers.
However, online shopping has not yet taken off, so we can only make certain modifications, obtain a quota online, and pick up the goods offline.
Claire maintained a very enchanting posture and listened carefully to Simon's words, and said: "At least for the next two months, we can only provide 2,000 machines per week. Just for these 2,000 machines, we will develop an online snap-up system. Isn’t it too wasteful? Even if there is no panic buying, our official website has been down several times recently due to the increase in visits.”
Tinkerbell's official website rents servers operated by Ygrit.
Because cloud computing technology is still under development, the current server leasing model is still in the traditional inelastic model. It is said that there is as much space as there is space. If it is just for the data peak in a certain period, you have to rent many times the network space you usually need. The server is indeed somewhat outweighed by the gains.
Simon thought for a while and said: "Then continue to cooperate with Ygrit. The Ygrit portal is capable of carrying such data traffic. This is a win-win situation."
Claire nodded: "I will discuss it with Mr. Bezos when I go to San Francisco tomorrow, but boss, you have to say hello to me first."
The two kept discussing various other details, and before they knew it, it was dinner time.
Janet did not allow the maids to go to the table, so there were only two of her and Simon, and ABCD could only eat after they had eaten.
Of course, the time after dinner will not be given up to the goblins around you.
The couple watched TV for a while and came to the bedroom on time near nine o'clock.
After taking a bath together, putting on pajamas and sitting on the big bed, Janet took out a thick folder from the bedside table and talked about a recent incident: "Our investigation team found the man who asked Igret a few days ago. The guy whose portal is down, guess who he is?"
"Your brother?"
“…”
"Okay, just kidding."
Janet rolled her eyes at Simon, pulled out a photo from the folder and handed it to Simon and said: "It's a little girl from Rhode Island, named Maya Dorent. She is only 16 years old this year, from a single-parent family, but The family situation is very good, and her mother owns a family trust of about 8 million US dollars, which is enough for them and their daughter to live comfortably for the rest of their lives if nothing happens."
Simon took the photo and looked at it.
This is obviously a secret photo. The photo shows a quiet girl, not tall, about 1.6 meters tall, with a slender figure. She is wearing a very ordinary T-shirt and jeans. She has neat short hair that reaches her ears. Judging from the side face, she can probably be regarded as a beauty.
For some reason, when Simon saw this photo, he suddenly thought of something else.
"Um, what happened to that girl at the premiere of The Dark Knight in June?"
Janet didn't expect Simon to mention it suddenly, she blinked twice and said, "You mean Jenny?"
Simon was helpless: "Yes, Jenny."
Another Jenny.
The woman showed no guilt at all and said, "She admires you so much, so of course I will let her get her wish."
"Um?"
"Jenny can't always be with you, so this Jenny can be used as an alternative. She has been admitted to Stanford and will start school soon. I plan to arrange some additional training for her. She will definitely be no better than Jenny. Difference."
"Is she willing?"
"Why is she unwilling? Even her parents would like to cry and shout to give their daughter to you?"
"Are you sure you have such parents?"
"They were just a couple of ordinary people. I gave them 1 million and it was done."
"Okay, just don't cause any trouble."
Janet said firmly: "Of course not."
Simon also skipped this matter. Thinking about it carefully, he did still lack an assistant. The female assistant also planned to have a child in a few years, which made a replacement even more important. Simon is still at ease with the girl who was trained by Janet herself.
So he turned back to what had just happened, motioned to the photo and said, "What are you going to do with this girl?"
"The investigation team has obtained direct evidence from the girl's computer. I plan to have someone showdown with the mother and daughter soon. Either we file a lawsuit and make them bankrupt, or the girl must give us a job."
Simon did not pursue the investigation team's process of 'obtaining direct evidence', but asked: "Isn't she only 16 years old?"
Janet obviously didn't think there was anything wrong, and said: "Yes, but 16 is already very old. Many girls give birth to children at the age of 16. Moreover, as long as she works for us, not only will I not restrict her life, It will also make her life better.”
If they don't want to, the trust fund of the mother and daughter will probably be wiped out.
For many ordinary people, $8 million is a huge sum of money that can be spent in a lifetime.
However, if the Yigrit Portal suffered a 20-minute downtime incident some time ago, 8 million would not be enough to compensate for it.
Simon thought for a moment, nodded, and added: "If she is really powerful enough, don't let her hang under Ygritte's door, just join our investigation team directly, and let her help find other people in the future."
“That’s what I think,” Janet said, flipping the folder back a little more, and said, “One more thing, the investigation team that found Maya Dorent recently reported to me, The leader of their group said it felt like someone was watching us.”
Simon narrowed his eyes, took a handwritten report handed over by Janet, and asked while reading: "Can't Neil and the others usually discover these?"
Janet shook her head and said: "Neal and the others are just bodyguards. They can help you dodge the paparazzi when you are stealing food, but they are not professional agents after all, so some things cannot be discovered."