An hour later, Lin Qingya and Lu Xue rode in a Cadillac car together, heading quickly towards Stockton, which was more than a hundred miles away. At the same time, Schwarzenegger also turned down the originally arranged entertainment and went with his own The campaign consultant drove to Stockton to meet with Lin Qingya.
On the way, Schwarzenegger was particularly excited about the possible in-depth cooperation with Makino Technology. Along the way, he recalled in his mind the time when Li Mu took the world by storm with a short blog. The strength and style of the major media.
Schwarzenegger has a passionate heart for politics, so he also looks forward to the day when his speech, views and attitudes can be recognized by the world like Li Mu. However, his current information delivery ability is inferior to Li Mu's. There is still a long way to go, so if you want to achieve such a goal, only by reaching an in-depth cooperative relationship with Makino Technology can everything be possible.
Thinking of this, Schwarzenegger couldn't help but sigh. The campaign consultant beside him couldn't help but ask him: "Mr. Schwarzenegger, why are you sighing?"
Schwarzenegger laughed at himself and said, "It's okay, I just thought of something regrettable."
The campaign consultant really wanted to ask him what he regretted, but seeing that Schwarzenegger had no intention of talking about it, he smiled and said, "Regrets can be made up for through hard work."
Schwarzenegger shook his head: "Some regrets are innate and cannot be made up for."
The campaign consultant didn't know what regret Schwarzenegger was talking about. In fact, in Schwarzenegger's heart, his biggest dream was not to act, nor to make money, nor to be a governor. His biggest dream was to become the president of the United States. .
According to the political structure of the United States, governors and congressmen are positions that are very easy to transition into running for president. If you win the governorship of California, according to American political logic, you will have the opportunity to run for president of the United States.
But unfortunately, even if Schwarzenegger can get the support of the majority of the people, he will never be able to run for president. The reason is that he was born in Austria, not an American born in the United States, and the United States stipulates that running for the United States The president must be a native-born American. This rule completely eliminated the possibility of Schwarzenegger running for president.
After driving for almost two hours, Lin Qingya took Lu Xue to the restaurant Schwarzenegger mentioned. To their surprise, the restaurant chose a temporary restaurant for their meeting with Schwarzenegger. Closed for business.
When the two arrived, Schwarzenegger had already arrived. His staff invited Lin Qingya and Lu Xue into the restaurant. Schwarzenegger, who was originally sitting at a table in the middle of the restaurant, immediately stood up and greeted them enthusiastically. Two people.
A middle-aged white man sitting next to Schwarzenegger also immediately stood up and followed Schwarzenegger.
"Hello, Miss Lin."
On the way here, Schwarzenegger had read some information about Lin Qingya and remembered her appearance, so he recognized her at a glance. However, Schwarzenegger had never seen Lu Xue next to her, so he thought it was Lu Xue. Lin Qingya's assistant.
"Hello, Mr. Schwarzenegger."
Lin Qingya shook hands with Schwarzenegger, and Schwarzenegger introduced the middle-aged man next to him and said, "This is my campaign consultant, Thomas Johnson."
Lin Qingya greeted Thomas Johnson very politely, then pulled Lu Xue to her and introduced: "This is my assistant, Lu Xue."
Schwarzenegger shook hands with Lu Xue hurriedly and enthusiastically, and said with a smile: "Hello, Miss Lu, nice to meet you."
Lu Xue smiled generously and said, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Schwarzenegger, I am your fan."
Schwarzenegger laughed and said: "If this is the case, you may be disappointed in the next few years. If I am successfully elected as the governor of California, I will devote all my energy to making California better. During my term in office, , I will not make any more movies or TV series."
Lu Xue said: "That is really a huge regret for us movie fans."
Schwarzenegger smiled heartily and said: "It may not really be a regret. If the election fails, I will still go back to Hollywood and continue to make movies."
Lin Qingya interjected at this time and said with a smile: "Mr. Schwarzenegger, the reason why we are here is to help you be successfully elected. Therefore, in the next few years, you may have to leave the film industry for a while. "
Schwarzenegger naturally understood what Lin Qingya meant. Her subtext was that Makino Technology would definitely help him win the election. This made him feel particularly happy. He smiled and said to the two of them: "Miss Lin, Miss Lu, please sit down. Let’s sit down and talk.”
The four of them took their seats respectively. Lin Qingya and Lu Xue sat on one side, opposite Schwarzenegger and Thomas Johnson.
Schwarzenegger glanced at Thomas beside him, hoping that Thomas would open the situation first.
Thomas has participated in presidential campaigns and has successfully participated in many governor and congressman campaigns. He has a deep understanding of the front and back aspects of the campaign and is extremely experienced.
Thomas, who caught Schwarzenegger's look, said to Lin Qingya: "Ms. Lin, can you give us a rough idea of your company's specific attitude towards our campaign?"
Lin Qingya smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Li's attitude is very simple. He is personally very optimistic about Mr. Schwarzenegger, so he is willing to help Mr. Schwarzenegger win this gubernatorial election, and hopes to be able to serve in the next two terms." Here, we will work together with Mr. Schwarzenegger and his team to provide better publicity support to Mr. Schwarzenegger."
Thomas nodded and said, "Thank you very much for Mr. Li's recognition of Mr. Schwarzenegger. We also know the strength of Makino Technology very well, but what we want to know is, what does Makino Technology want from us?"
For Schwarzenegger's team, although they are eager for Makino Technology's help, they also want to know Makino Technology's appetite.
Lin Qingya smiled and said, "Actually, we don't have any specific practical demands yet."
Thomas and Schwarzenegger were both a little surprised and exchanged looks with each other.
From the time Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy to now, many wealthy people have expressed their intention to fund the election, and they have basically laid out conditions. Some require land, some require policies, and some require qualifications. These conditions have been clearly stated in advance.
The funder is willing to accept the reality that all money will be wasted if the candidate fails, but the candidate must also promise to fulfill the conditions according to his requirements after being elected. The candidate's campaign team will also analyze the feasibility of each condition and rationally When it comes to what money can be taken and what money cannot be taken, it is like an actuary who calculates the handicap before betting in a casino, calculating the pros and cons of each condition.
During this process, they saw all kinds of weird requests, but they didn't see anything like Makino Technology, so they didn't even think about what they wanted.
Seeing that both of them were a little surprised, Lin Qingya explained: "Based on Mr. Li's philosophy of life, he personally doesn't like the cooperation of one-to-one buying and selling. He hopes to develop long-term, stable, healthy and mutually beneficial cooperation with all partners. The cooperative relationship is the same as what we are going to talk about today.”
Having said this, Lin Qingya paused and then said: "If we make a clear request now, and you agree to it, it will be that we provide certain help during the election, and we will be rewarded after the election, and then the two parties will completely end it." Cooperation itself is not in line with Mr. Li’s philosophy of life. What we hope most is that both parties can carry out long-term and continuous cooperation;
Just like the difference between short-term investment and long-term investment, we do not want to treat this cooperation as a short-term investment. On the contrary, we hope to treat our cooperation as a long-term investment. "
Thomas nodded slightly and said: "This is also the appeal of our team. It seems that we both have many points of agreement."
"Of course." Lin Qingya smiled and said: "We have the best information distribution channels in the world. Even after Mr. Schwarzenegger takes office, we can provide him with public opinion propaganda when he is in power in California. Escort, our US branch happens to be opened in Silicon Valley, so when Mr. Schwarzenegger is in charge of California, he can also provide long-term assistance to the best of his ability for the development of Makino Technology in the United States. This can be sustained and A mutually beneficial relationship is the healthiest.”
Thomas dragged his chin and thought for a moment, then asked: "Besides Twitter, what else can you help us with?"
Lin Qingya smiled and said: "That's really too much. For example, today we can ask our reporters to write an exclusive interview with the title "From action star to running for governor--Schwarzenegger's political ambitions" ", and then write down all of Mr. Schwarzenegger's political opinions and future governance plans. Then, we publish this article on YY, and then use YY to push it to all users who log in to YY in California, so that In a very short period of time, Mr. Schwarzenegger’s advantages will be pushed to all netizens in California. If we rely on rally speeches to convey this information, how many speeches will be needed to achieve the coverage of YY’s push?”
Schwarzenegger's eyes lit up when he heard this.
He is very clear about the process of campaign speeches. The number of voters that each speech can reach is only a few thousand at most. California has a population of nearly 40 million. If he covers all of them, he may break his legs;
It is also difficult for traditional TV media and paper media to achieve high coverage. It is difficult for TV media to have enough space to explain their political opinions. Even if they have this opportunity, the coverage is far from YY’s precise push on the Internet. .
Not to mention print media. Newspapers with a circulation of more than one million have much worse coverage than YY. If Makino Technology can directly push all its political opinions, thoughts, and values to California netizens, then this channel will be of great benefit to itself. The significance is really too important!
Sorry, I'm such a jerk... I couldn't catch up on the update, so I'll delay it for another day...
(End of chapter)