In addition to the Westeros system, at the macro level, the biggest lively in October was not only the presidential gossip that was still being pursued by the Republican Party, but also the large-scale publicity targeting the United States' first fiscal surplus year after 29 years since 1969.

This is naturally the work of the Democratic Party.

In the just-passed federal fiscal years from October 1997 to September 1998, the U.S. fiscal revenue was US$1.72 trillion, and the actual fiscal expenditure was US$1.65 trillion, and the final fiscal balance was US$69.2 billion.

After the data was released on October 16, just like the Republicans spent tens of millions of dollars on advertising the presidential scandal, the Democrats also invested a lot of resources to widely publicize the news, emphasizing Clinton, of course, this time it was mainly the Democratic Party, and the US economy has achieved brilliant achievements in the six years since its administration.

Compared with the zipper doors that have caused the public aesthetic fatigue, the financial and economic data closely related to themselves are obviously more touching.

According to statistics from some polling agencies, just one weekend of publicity after October 16, the Democratic Party’s approval rating rose by about five percentage points in just three days in the new week. The White House immediately seized this data and tried to reverse the popularity of Clinton’s growing depressed due to continued scandals this year.

Ultimately, it's all for the upcoming midterm elections in 1998, which will be held on November 3.

For power.

The Westeros system is therefore inevitably affected.

Still about Blockbuster.

After Simon made his big move, Daenerys Entertainment's annual financial report was released again. Considering the current terrifying scale of Daenerys Entertainment, everyone understands that if Blockbuster is determined to expand vigorously again, no matter whether it is a peer rental manufacturer or major production giants, the future will not be easy.

Finally choose to compromise.

On October 22, under the witness of the Ministry of Justice, all parties finally reached an agreement.

Then, things were stuck in the Ministry of Justice.

Clinton personally sent a message to Simon, and it was about the midterm election. The Democratic Party really didn't want too many accidents to happen. Daenerys Entertainment's acquisition of Blockbuster and the further rise of the oligarch is undoubtedly an accident that is easy to stir public sentiment. If the Republican Party attacks the Democratic Party, accusing the White House of too much of absent from the merger between giants in the past few years and causing industry monopoly, it will inevitably damage the support rate.

Anyway, I will wait until November 3rd before talking about it.

Simon can only accept it.

Not only that, Clinton also hopes that Simon can relax the suppression of the Nasdaq index, so that the Nasdaq can once again break through the 4,000-point mark before November 3.

New technology and the Internet are also the main political achievements of Clinton since he came to power.

The two sides agreed at the beginning of the year.

For the Democratic Party’s approval rating, Simon promised that the Nasdaq could be allowed to reach around 4,000 points by the end of 1998.

Now it is equivalent to hoping that this number will be two months ahead of schedule.

After Simon considered it, he agreed.

In fact, it's really a bit uncontrollable.

You know, when Simon and Clinton reached a tacit understanding, it was March at the beginning of the year, when the Nasdaq had once again broken through 3,600 points, which was not far from 4,000 points.

In order to avoid the new technology market falling into a state of fanaticism too early, Simon also launched a round of share reduction plan again. As of October, he recovered $13 billion in half a year through several share reductions, and to a certain extent suppressed the rapid rise of the Nasdaq.

But it is only a certain degree.

Simon could feel that after the Asian financial crisis, the new technology market, which had collapsed three years ahead of schedule, began to recover in just one year. Coupled with the large amount of overseas funds hit by the financial crisis, it poured into the United States for safe-haven treatment and another loose cycle that the Federal Reserve began to implement, the Nasdaq Index is equivalent to returning to its former trajectory again.

Moreover, compared with the 1990s when the Internet had only concepts and lacked performance, this time, the Westeros system has laid a solid foundation for this industry in advance with its own strength, and its fundamentals continue to develop and become more and more solid. It can be imagined that if there is no accident, this Nasdaq bull market cycle will last longer.

Therefore, the key point this time should be whether a major accident will happen again.

In any case, on October 19, when Daenerys Entertainment released its full-year financial report for fiscal year 1998, coupled with the positive stimulus of another fiscal surplus year 29 years later last Friday, the U.S. stock market rose sharply across the board. The Nasdaq Index closed on the same day, and the following days not only did not fall back and adjust, but after Simon gave up suppression, it easily broke through the 4,000-point mark.

This became the highlight of the performance that the Democratic Party camp once again promoted.

New York.

Inside a golf course in Huntington, northwest of Long Island.

Time came unknowingly on October 24th.

Saturday.

Simon arrived on the East Coast yesterday. In addition to his routine work, he was invited to play golf with General Electric's leader Jack Welch today. The main reason is that Welch hopes to communicate with Simon in person about some recent things, about Daenerys' upcoming DHO cable station, about the copyright of TV broadcasting of DC Cinema Universe, and about Blockbuster.

After taking over Time Warner and integrating NBC assets, General Electric is actually the second largest media and entertainment giant in the world. Media and entertainment has also entered GE's main business category, no longer a marginal side business that had only NBC before.

Jack Welch is therefore very concerned about this part of the business and has personally inquired about many things.

In the face of Welch's inquiry, Simon's attitude was also very clear.

DHO will definitely be on. Cable TV can be regarded as the future of the federal TV field. The growth of paid cable TV market size is also visible to the naked eye. Daenerys Entertainment cannot give up this part of the business and not do it. Moreover, it is obvious that after DHO is launched, Daenerys will definitely reduce the authorization of HBO content. This is a natural thing. Everyone will do it.

As for the TV broadcasting rights of the DC movie project, Simon did not force it, and said the same thing, it was handled according to the contract.

Daenerys will not maliciously raise the price in order to win the TV broadcasting rights of DC movies. However, compared with the past, if HBO wants to obtain the broadcasting rights, it must appropriately increase the quotation, otherwise DHO will definitely take action.

In short, the next step is to rely on their own abilities.

Besides, Blockbuster, Simon took over this company mainly to further plan online leasing and future streaming media. He has no intention of maliciously monopolizing the market. The key is whether other competitors are strong.

All of these were expected, and Jack Welch didn't say much, just hoped that Simon could keep his promise and give everyone a relatively fair playing field.

In fact, Welch has never forgotten Simon's intention to take over GE.

Welch is 63 years old and plans to retire in 2001 after ending his current term. For GM, Welch has devoted his whole life to the point of doing so in recent years. The most important thing he has done is to select the next head of GM. If everything else is aside, Simon is undoubtedly a perfect takeover from the perspective of pure corporate development.

Unfortunately, this matter is not realistic after all.

The current scale of Westeros system is so huge that it makes many people feel depressed and fearful. If General Electric, an industrial giant, which can be called a federal artifact, is handed over to the other party, Simon Westeros will probably not be too far from becoming the de facto king of America.

Therefore, Welch tried to forget this matter as much as possible, just as Westeros had never said it.

Simon didn't mention it again.

Although Westeros has always maintained the position of General Electric as a major shareholder with more than 5% of the shares, there is no hurry. When the prestige of Welch stepped down, there will be some time.

The two sides have talked about some serious matters, and the topic inevitably turns to the most lively midterm election issues recently.

Seeing Simon score a ball, Welch, as a master, saw the white ball flying out in a crooked manner. He wanted to compliment or even comfort him, but could not find the direction. He could only ignore it and said, "Simon, maybe you already know that this year's Forbes US 400 Rich List, he should have been released this month, and in order to avoid the midterm election, he moved to next month."

Simon walked to the next hitting point with the club and smiled and said, "I know, I greet Steve Forbes in person."

Welch was a little surprised.

Simon smiled and said, "The Forbes family supports the Republican Party. If the Democrats want to greet him, Steve Forbes will definitely not listen."

Welch then reacted and smiled and said, "Speaking of all, I support the Republican Party."

"I will not limit any restrictions on which party to support, even within the Westeros system," Simon said freely: "After all, everyone is for a common ideal and make this country better."

"You're right," Welch obviously agreed, nodded and asked again, "What do you think of this annual fiscal surplus?"

"In many ways, economic improvement is one reason, but it is not the main thing," Simon said in the face of Welch, in order to whitewash the achievements of the Democratic Party's governance, saying: "No surprise, there may be a surplus in the next year or two, but in the future, the deficit will still be inevitable."

"Yes, after leaving the gold standard, it is too easy to print money, and the federal government will move towards a long-term deficit is inevitable." Welch nodded and shook his head: "I occasionally wonder if this matter will be like drug addiction, and the more serious it will become. In the long run, individuals will only go bankrupt. In fact, the same is true for the country. Moreover, once the country goes bankrupt, the collapse will only be more tragic."

"Unless you return to the gold standard immediately, or actively give up the global monetary attributes of the US dollar,..." Simon shrugged: "This ending is basically inevitable."

When Welch heard Simon say this, he couldn't help but stop: "Simon, as the richest person in the Federation, you probably wouldn't want to see this happen, right?"

"The problem is, Jack, I am pessimistic about human nature and the world."

Welch couldn't help but smile bitterly again: "So, you're implementing a 3G plan, even to escape from this planet at some of the most pessimistic moments, right?"

"Yes, not all," Simon said: "People are selfish, and so do I. So, if there is really one day, I hope that myself, or my descendants, can avoid it. In addition, although I am very pessimistic about the world, I can also see that with the continuous progress of human society, the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age until now, the Industrial Age, the Information Age, and the Level of Civilization is indeed constantly improving. Therefore, I hope to create a possibility through the 3G program, a possibility to bring human society into the next civilization era."

After listening to Simon's words carefully, Welch nodded slightly, and inexplicably thought of the expectations of the young people around him.

If... all this is true, perhaps handing over GE to the other party is the most correct choice.

Thinking of this, before he knew it, we had arrived at the next hitting point. Welch had always been rigorous in his attitude towards golf, so he threw away his thoughts, judged the terrain, looked for angles, and hit the ball with a swing.

Simon has actually explained his ideas to many people, of course not for Welch to let the other party give GE to him, but just hopes to be recognized. At least when he is carrying out some plans, these elites at the top of the pyramid will not drag themselves down, that is enough.

Obviously, Simon's words touched Welch very much. The legendary CEO no longer struggled with the midterm elections, and spent the rest of his time discussing with Simon more details of the 3G plan and his future prospects for the development of human technology.

Until the evening, when the two sides separated, Welch made it clear that General Electric would cooperate with the Westeros system to the greatest extent in projects such as nuclear fusion research and next-generation space shuttle development. For this reason, it also took the initiative to ask Simon to send a team to further discuss the details of cooperation.

Simon certainly wouldn't refuse.

Saying goodbye to Welch, Simon did not go to Huntington's manor that had just been renovated recently, but for some psychological reasons, he rushed to a property in Glenkoff nearby.

Arranged in advance.

When Simon arrived, the butler Angry Davis was already here. In addition, the group of Korean girls who had been unknowingly left by Simon for more than a month, eight carefully selected girls from the girl group, and the sixteen Korean Wei family maids guards were all pleasing to the eye.

If the butler mentioned it last night, Simon would have really forgotten it.

Since I mentioned it, there were no other arrangements tonight, so I enjoy it.

Simon got off the bus in the small square in front of the main villa and greeted the butler. When he saw the Korean girl with delicate faces and beautiful figures next to Angry, he walked towards the villa and asked, "What's your name?"
Chapter completed!