The Wolf of Los Angeles.

On November 2004, 11, media reporters gathered at the Los Angeles City Plaza, and Fox TV drove its TV broadcast vehicle directly over.

On the Internet, Internet media led by Twitter, Google and Yahoo all published the same news headlines on their homepages.

“Election Day!”

The past few months have been the most chaotic period in the United States since the 911/ attacks.

The reason is simple - the general election.

The donkeys and the elephants fought in many states, and each gained something.

For example, in California, the Los Angeles fire and the Ackerman family incident triggered fierce criticism from the public and media against the Donald Trump Party. Twelve years later, the Elephant Party finally reversed its support rate in California.

But after Johnny Kerry gave up California, he also launched a counterattack. At the end of October, a radical protester against 10/911 set himself on fire in front of the main entrance of the White House. Large-scale protests against the current government broke out in Ohio and several other states.

And all of this will finally come to light today.

The current Los Angeles Mayor Brian Ferguson walked out of City Hall and came to the polling station in City Plaza and cast his vote in front of the cameras of dozens of media reporters.

Then, facing the live camera, he called on the citizens of Los Angeles to support the Elephant Party and cast their votes for George Walker.

In the north-central area of ​​Los Angeles, the houses and plots of land destroyed by the fire appear much cleaner after more than two months of cleanup.

A polling station was also set up in this land of ash.

Many local residents rushed back to vote for the Elephant Party while cursing the Donkey Party.

The so-called political inclinations are not worth mentioning at all when compared with the gains and losses of destroyed homes.

South of Santa Monica, at the Silicon Beach polling station, many people were queuing to vote.

Hawke, Edward and Caroline moved forward with the crowd.

Caroline stamped her feet from time to time to shake off the dust on her red high heels.

She looked at Hawke and asked, "Will George Walker be re-elected?"

Hawke said: "High probability."

Compared to when she was working in entertainment public relations, Caroline is much calmer: "It turns out that we can influence the election."

Hawke laughed: "The future first lady will also need to please you, the operations director and board member of Twitter."

Caroline twitched one corner of her mouth and bared her fangs deliberately: "If you don't give me ten limited edition Hermès, I will have someone write gossips about her."

Edward said, "You are too easily bribed, aren't you?"

Caroline glared at him and said, "Shut up."

The three followed the line, cast their ballots into the ballot box, then left the polling station, got into a car on the side of the road, and returned to Twitter together.

In the car, Hawke was thinking, there shouldn't be any ghost soldiers passing through in this era, right?
In the memory of the previous life, although George Walker encountered very big troubles and the election results were once difficult to come by, he was finally successfully re-elected.

Now that the situation in California is becoming clearer, the outcome will soon be known.

Caroline adjusted her seat belt and said, "With the expansion of staff recruitment, things are very tight here in the office building."

Hawke nodded slightly and said, "Urge the Coast Building to speed up the progress. Invest the funds when necessary. Don't be too frugal. After January next year, we will have a new sum of money coming in."

As long as George Walker is re-elected, Twitter will definitely receive a large financial subsidy.

The money spent is federal, and every president has always been generous in this regard.

Caroline was still thinking about what to say when her cell phone rang. She quickly answered the call and started talking about work with someone in the marketing department.

Twitter has already fully carried out market development, and its main revenue currently comes from advertising.

Hawke returned to the company and went specifically to the Android division.

Since acquiring the newly established Android last year, Andy Rubin has joined Twitter with his development team and is fully responsible for the development of mobile business.

It includes Twitter's mobile app, mobile system, etc.

Today, Twitter's APP is available for client download, and smartphone users can download and install it.

In 2004, several mobile phone manufacturers launched smartphones.

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Dopod, Samsung, Siemens, HP, etc. all have their own smartphones on the market.

There is no doubt that the intelligence of mobile phones is becoming more and more popular.

Hawke also asked Peter Thiel to find out that Apple's smartphone plan had been put on the agenda by Steve Jobs.

Social networks will gradually shift from computers to mobile terminals.

In the afternoon, Hawke received a call from Megan Taylor and came to the Fox Television Center and entered her director's office.

Megan recently went on a business trip to the other side of the Pacific Ocean. She took out two porcelain jars and placed them in front of Hawke: "I went to Hong Kong City on a business trip these days and bought them there. Don't you like tea?"

Hawke took a look and found it was Longjing, and said, "That's thoughtful." Megan sat next to him and asked, "Did you come up with the news that Harley Wayne got?"

"Yeah." Megan already knew about the last time at Venice Beach Club, and Hawke didn't need to deny it: "This incident involves too many people and may cause trouble for personal safety. You are the director now, there is no need to put yourself in danger."

Megan could understand: "A few days ago, Harley Wayne was attacked in front of her Pasanadi apartment and was almost hit by falling objects. During this period, she could only live in the Fox Building and dared not go home. The company sent security personnel into her Pasanadi apartment. The apartment was horrible. Not only was it all messed up, but it was also splashed with red paint."

Hawke had heard Campos talk about the falling object incident before, so he asked, "Have you found the murderer?"

"The police were called, but they couldn't find him." Megan said simply, "Fox has offered a high reward, and it will cost them."

Hawke said: "At Twitter, I have issued a notice early on, asking employees to pay attention to their personal safety and contact the company as soon as they encounter any problems. If anyone dares to target Twitter employees, Twitter will launch a comprehensive counterattack by various means, including legal and underground means."

He put his arm around Megan's shoulders and said, "Fox TV is at the forefront. Twitter is safe for now. I hope Fox and the masterminds behind the scenes will hurt each other and make the fight more exciting."

If a high-pressure approach is not adopted in this matter, the employees of Fox TV Network will feel insecure and their work performance will inevitably be greatly affected.

Fox's enemies would think that Fox was weak and could be bullied.

Megan laughed and said, "Let Fox attract attention for you." She suggested, "Why don't you come to Channel 11? I'll do an exclusive interview with you. This will not only increase the ratings of Channel 11, but also bring some traffic to Twitter."

Hawke shook his head: "Not for now. I'm not going to take the self-marketing and god-making route at the moment."

At this point, Hawke thought of Elon Musk. Earlier this year, he and Erica's mother Mary Ferguson invested in Tesla together.

The company is burning money like crazy and the car hasn't even been built yet.

It is estimated that a new round of financing will begin.

Twitter will also be raising its second round of funding next year.

When it comes to the Internet industry, you really have to burn a lot of money in the early stages.

Hawke received a call midway and left Fox and went to City Hall to discuss the new subsidy plan with Brian.

In order to attract talent, Los Angeles is preparing to launch a talent rental subsidy plan with a total value of US$1.3 million.

Twitter, West Coast Environmental Technology and Pacific Investment Corporation are naturally ranked first.

High-tech and special-skilled talents who meet the requirements can apply for a housing subsidy of US$1000 per month.

Employees of the corresponding companies will be able to apply for this subsidy first, which will also increase its attractiveness to employees.

In the evening, due to the time difference, the media announced the voting results of some states one after another, and George Walker always maintained some advantages over Johnny Kerry.

In the early morning, Hawke was sleeping soundly with Erica in his arms, when they were suddenly awakened by the ringing of the phone.

Because she was too tired from Hawk's torment, Erica did not open her eyes for the time being. She turned over, pulled up the quilt and wanted to continue sleeping.

Hawke picked up the phone and went to the balcony to answer it.

The call was from Brian.

The guy's voice was extremely excited, almost shouting: "Hawk! Did you see it? California, we won! We won California!"

Hawke laughed: "Good news, your crow's mouth finally brought good news!"

"My mouth has been blessed by the goddess of luck!" Brian said in a high-pitched voice: "Man, we won!"

He elaborated: "After the votes were counted, George Walker received 53.2% of the votes. According to the winner-takes-all election rules, he received 55 electoral votes in California!"

Hawke was also very excited and said, "Great! Our months of planning and action have not been in vain, and we have achieved an ideal result!"

Brian was overly excited: "California has turned from blue to red, we should go out for a drink and celebrate."

Hawke looked at the time and said, "Let's wait until tomorrow." He then asked, "Did George Walker win?"

Bryan said, "Yes, with the 55 votes from California, George Walker now has 285 votes, exceeding the re-election threshold of 269, and has won."

“California played a key role.” Hawke was sure of that: “Remember to call George Walker.”

Brian said, "I'll fight now."

Hawke hung up the phone and when he turned around, he found that Erica had also gotten up.

Erica got a bottle of champagne and two glasses and asked Hawke, "It's not halftime now, is it?"

Hawke took the champagne, opened it, and said, "Of course not."

He poured the wine and they drank together.

Hawke also made a phone call, and from the conversation, it could be heard that there was a celebration at the White House.

The next morning, George Walker made his victory announcement.

Although votes in several states have yet to be counted and the lengthy confirmation process in Congress will take time, his victory is beyond doubt.

In the afternoon, Johnny Kerry gave an interview to the media and admitted his defeat.

George Walker was re-elected, and the Donald Trump Party needs to remain dormant and wait for an opportunity to make a comeback. (End of this chapter)