Chapter 267: Japanese people's great skills

When Milo, wearing a light sweatshirt and casual trousers, walked out of the cabin, facing the brightest sunshine in the afternoon in Los Angeles, he stretched his body.

It was freezing cold in New York in early December.

Some years it even snows.

But in Los Angeles in early December, the average daytime temperature is still above 20 degrees.

And it’s the dry season, so it’s comfortable most of the day.

This is why homeless people prefer Los Angeles over other eastern cities like New York or Chicago.

Because you wander around in those cities and have no fixed place to live, there is a high probability that you will freeze to death in the winter.

Los Angeles has warm and comfortable weather most of the year.

Unless you are unlucky enough to encounter the rare cold weather, it is really not easy to freeze to death as a homeless person here.

Not to mention because of the high-tech industry and Hollywood.

Los Angeles is the place with the most real and fake white leftists in the United States.

Plus the economy is good.

The relief and free food distribution to various homeless people is simply the best in the entire United States.

So being a homeless person here means you don’t have to worry about freezing to death or starving to death.

If you just want to be a Sanhe God, then Los Angeles is definitely a paradise.

It’s just that the homeless people in the United States often sacrifice the things they need for fun while wandering.

Then it will be out of control and you will definitely fall into hell.

However, it is precisely because of this trick that Los Angeles has been able to avoid becoming a disaster with homeless people.

Every year, a group of old homeless people can be eliminated with the help of these powders.

It can also be regarded as a contribution to the stability of the city.

There is a three-hour time difference between Los Angeles and New York. It is 1:30 p.m. Los Angeles time, and the flight time is about six hours.

During the few hours in the air, Milo was not idle at all.

First, a conference call was held with executives and editors-in-chief of CNN and all its newspapers.

Unified the neutral 'thought' of reporting the shooting.

Although, before acquiring these media.

Milo pledged early on that he would not interfere with the accuracy of news reporting or the free expression of opinions.

But anyone who takes it seriously is a fool.

When Murdoch acquired The Times, the British government even put shackles on Murdoch alone.

Want to limit Murdoch's power.

But in the end, Murdoch still managed to bypass all the restrictions.

He kicked out the editors who naively thought they could be unrestricted and completely turned The Times into his mouthpiece?

So, facing the orders from Milo, the big boss.

All the executives and editors who attended the conference call readily expressed that they understood and would report the news according to their boss's wishes.

Fortunately, he just remained neutral instead of standing up to support anti-gun ban speech.

Otherwise, these media people would probably feel very frustrated.

Who says that media people are naturally left-leaning, no matter which left it is?

In fact, Milo himself understood it very well.

Oligarchic capital poses a real threat to the independence of the media.

Especially after he became this kind of media oligarch, he could not help but interfere in and influence the stance of the media forces under his control.

The media oligarchs form a monopolistic competition situation in the world, take advantage of intensive industrial management and large-scale production, and provide consumers with a wide variety of cultural and media products.

Establish and maintain its oligopolistic position.

This is why Universal Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Paladin Films are also indispensable elements in his media empire.

Modern mass media has the same relationship to capital as it does to power.

Since its inception, it has been a major issue of concern to the press, academia and other sectors, as well as the general public.

There are also complex games and tangled struggles in the process.

However, power and capital are both "giants" with the nature of self-expansion, self-expansion, and self-reinforcement.

Especially in a country like the United States where money is paramount, it is really difficult to restrict it.

As long as the media oligarchs do not commit suicide or cross the minefield, basically no force is willing to offend them.

Freedom of the press? Editorial independence? Oh, no kidding.

First of all, these industries need to meet the requirements of the behind-the-scenes bosses represented by Milo.

After that, we can talk about other things! Controlling the media empire is for him, his family, and the right to speak.

In order to cater to a specific political stance, they sell their carefully set political agenda to the audience.

It is to entertain the public with entertaining, flat and vulgar programs.

Avoid critical thinking and distract yourself, allowing certain unfavorable news to be ignored.

This is also the power of media giants.

Although they don’t make the most money, their voice and influence are the most powerful among capitals.

This strength has always been the same from the past to the present.

It was not until more than 20 years later that short videos came out and became popular all over the world.

When all young people accept the short and fast short video output.

The huge influence of traditional media giants on public opinion and the cognition of ordinary people has only been slightly reduced.

So this is also the reason why later in the United States, no matter who came to power, they all wanted to take control and kill TK.

Who can blame them for not having TK in their hands? It has also, to a certain extent, broken the cognitive cocoon of many ordinary people in the United States and the West.

This is definitely something that capitalists will not allow.

It’s just that in the international situation at that time, a country emerged that was able to compete with the United States militarily and economically.

So even if the White House tried its best, before Milo was reborn.

They still can’t deal with TK for the time being, and can’t restore Western media hegemony.

For ordinary people, it can only be said that it is the advancement of technology, which brings them some equal rights in terms of freedom of access to information.

Milo came to Los Angeles originally to prepare for Yahoo's IPO the day after tomorrow.

But now that this has happened in Los Angeles, it's clear that Yahoo's IPO roadshow itinerary must be revised.

From being the first roadshow outside of San Francisco, it became the second to last roadshow ahead of New York.

So it can be said that Milo's trip this time was in vain.

But now that I'm here.

It's not good to just leave without doing anything.

Milo then appeared in the CNN broadcast studio that same evening.

He was interviewed by the hosts and criticized the criminals who had been arrested in the shooting case.

And mourned the poor victims together with the hosts.

A lot of nice clichés were said, and at the end everyone chanted "God Bless America" ​​together.

Since it was his own media, no host was stupid enough to ask him about his stance on gun control.

Otherwise, whatever he says could easily offend people.

Speaking of gun ban, he himself comes from an arms group.

If he is against gun control, then the down-to-earth super genius and super rich persona he originally created will probably face a wave of impact.

So just use your own media, show up and say some standard words.

The rest should be left to the donkey party in the White House and the elephant party in the opposition to worry about, perform and show off.

So the next day after he arrived in Los Angeles, he left for Seattle, the capital of Washington State, the most important city in the northern West Coast.

Seattle was founded on December 2, 1869 and was named after Chief Seattle.

Located on the Pacific coast in northwestern Washington State, between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, bordered by the Olympic Mountains to the west and Lake Washington to the east, the city is approximately 174 kilometers from the Canadian-United States border.

In a way, this could be considered Canada’s second capital…

Because there are really a lot of Canadians working and living in Seattle.

Who says Canada is America’s backyard? So Canadians are actually second-class Americans.

Originally, Yahoo’s second local IPO roadshow was scheduled to be held in Seattle.

Now, because of the shooting in Los Angeles, the first roadshow has to be moved forward.

It was done somewhat hastily.

As a result, it was not until the third day after Milo arrived in Seattle that Yahoo's first real IPO roadshow began.

The roadshow reception was held in the Golden Ballroom of the InterContinental Hotel in Seattle.

Many technology media came that day, as well as some local investment companies and consortium leaders in Seattle and local celebrities.

For example, the former world's richest man, the famous Mr. Bill Gates.

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"I have a feeling."

Bill Gates took a sip of champagne and talked to Milo, "Mr. Blackburn, once Yahoo goes public, its market value may soon surpass Microsoft's."

Now in 1997, Microsoft is already a giant with a market value of $250 billion.

Bill Gates now says Yahoo could soon surpass Microsoft.

Definitely a compliment.

"That's good for Microsoft. It will give Microsoft a powerful and steadfast ally when facing antitrust investigations." Milo responded with a smile.

As 1997 is coming to an end, 1998 is about to arrive.

Microsoft's dominant position in desktop operating systems has become increasingly unshakable.

Even if Milo had been causing trouble for more than half a year.

But he didn't give his all, as he himself is one of Microsoft's shareholders.

Therefore, the other operating systems can only disgust Microsoft at most.

It seems impossible to defeat Microsoft at the moment.

Correspondingly, Microsoft gradually fell into a monopoly position.

What followed was that the US antitrust department began to put pressure on Microsoft.

So Milo said that after Yahoo goes public, its market value will be similar to that of Microsoft.

By then, Yahoo will most likely also face the same antitrust investigation that Microsoft is facing now.

By then we will be allies.

"Of course." Bill Gates smiled and said, "You are the first major shareholder of Microsoft. So from the beginning, Yahoo and Microsoft have been allies."

Why are you so fond of plagiarizing my ITK and various applications? What? Actually, I am not much better?

That's no problem.

The roadshow reception went smoothly.

A total of twenty-five investment institutions in Seattle have subscribed to the investment.

After all, with Milo's management, Yahoo is now in a position of high expectations.

As an Internet giant, it plays the role of pushing the already hot Internet wave to its peak.

This is what most of the American financial groups like to see, and it can be said that everyone likes to see it.

At least in the United States, no one would deny face to Yahoo at this time.

So once the Seattle IPO roadshow was over, Yahoo's senior team split into three groups.

A group of people led the team to Chicago for the second roadshow.

Some people went to Houston for a roadshow.

Milo took Musk to Tokyo, Asia to serve as the mascot.

It was actually his own fault that he was looking for trouble, and he kept suppressing Yahoo, which should have been listed last year.

It was not until this year that it was launched.

It also gave Yahoo such an important Internet historical mission.

He developed all these skills.

In the end, in order to make everything perfect, Milo himself had to come out to act.

So if Yahoo’s market value cannot reach the same level as Microsoft within half a year of its listing.

Milo felt that even his performance fee was rejected.

1997.

December 10th.

Tokyo, Haneda Airport.

Holding his mixed-race son who came to pick him up at the airport, Milo held Sumitomo Junko in his other hand and sat in the back of the modified Cadillac SUV.

The good thing about the Boeing 747-B is that it is a dual-passenger and cargo aircraft.

The cargo hold in the lower part is much larger than that of a normal 747.

So it can carry Milo, and with his most commonly used modified Cadillac SUV monster model, fly around the world.

That is, every time you go to a place, you need to report to the relevant department in advance.

It's quite troublesome.

Only super-rich people like Milo who are very famous don't care.

Because someone will help him take care of everything.

The places and countries he visited basically didn't go into detail about such things.

When the convoy just left Haneda Airport and drove onto the overpass heading to the city center.

Snowflakes were actually beginning to fall from the slightly gloomy sky of Tokyo.

"It's snowing in Tokyo." Milo said to Sumitomo Junko with a smile.

The Japanese woman showed a gentle look on her face, and her smile was subtle and traditional, showing the tradition they had when facing the men who could dominate them. "Yes, it's snowing. This is the first snow of the year. It seems that Tokyo is also welcoming your arrival, my husband."

"Haha, it's just a natural change in the weather. I haven't been able to make God so kind yet."

Milo laughed, holding his one-year-old mixed-race son, and pointed at the increasingly heavy snow outside the window, "Snowing, it's snowing. Son, can you say snowing?"

After saying that, Milo turned to look at Sumitomo Junko and said, "I heard that you always speak English to Andy. Do you want English to become his native language?"

Andy is the English name of Milo's mixed-race son.

As for the Japanese name, the Sumitomo family generation number is used directly.

Basically, as long as Milo maintains his current status, his son will most likely become an important figure within the Sumitomo Zaibatsu.

It might even become a mountaintop.

When it comes to serving their fathers in a patriotic way, the Japanese are much better than the little guys next door.

It can make dads feel comfortable without making their own people feel inferior.

I have to say this is also a skill.

"Yeah. Andy's father is American, so of course his native language should be English."

Sumitomo Junko said confidently, although her voice was still as gentle as ever, "Besides, if he learns to speak Japanese first, then learn English, it will be easy for him to pick up an accent naturally, and it will be very troublesome to correct it later. So it is better to let him learn English first. It will not be too late to learn Japanese later."

Anyway, other Japanese people cannot or dare not discriminate against Andy for this reason.

"All right."

Milo laughed: "You make sense. So, Andy, tell Daddy, it's snowing, it's snowing outside."

How could a one-year-old baby know these things?

He didn't even know how to call mom and dad yet, so he just smiled foolishly at Milo, looked at the snowflakes drifting outside, and stretched out his arms and legs in his father's arms.

There is a different kind of warmth.

(End of this chapter)