Chapter 523: Others Laugh at Him for Being Too Crazy, He Laughs at Others for Not Seeing Through

Johannes Reed knew that even his wife Sarah knew about Himalaya Radio and had heard the news about Himalaya Radio. He could imagine just how well-known Himalaya Radio is in America now.

The group sat down, and the dishes began to be served. Restaurants in the world are basically divided into two types, including Michelin ones: one is for eating, and the other is for showing off one's status.

Restaurants for eating might not have much fame. After all, in this day and age, doing well is not as good as blowing well. Working hard to make a meal is not as good as someone else coming up with a name, for example, "Flame Under the Ice," and just by plating it, they dare to charge 99 USD!

This Spanish restaurant entertains New York celebrities, tycoons, and powerful figures. It provides a restaurant with social attributes. Most people who come to this restaurant are not for the sake of eating this meal. The taste of the dishes made is hard to say, but the dishes made and the plating are absolutely enough to make people feel high-end and classy, and will not make both sides lose face.

The first appetizer on the plate was served in the form of an artwork. There was sprayed blue liquid in the dish, white ice-like stuff underneath, and dried fruits and other things dotted on top.

How to describe this taste? Li Dongling took a bite and felt it was just shaved ice with a bit of cocktail flavor. Then, there was no then. The portion was basically gone in one bite!

However, Mrs. Reed, Sarah, seemed quite approving of this dish. This is estimated to be basically a dish commonly used at banquets in New York's upper-class society, focusing on class and fancy presentation.

After all, they don't need physical labor, nor do they need to eat high-calorie food. Naturally, they put effort into the style of the dishes, making them look high-end and classy, fitting their upper-class status!

The second appetizer was liquid salad. Well, it was in a fish-shaped dish. The base was tomato jelly, with bean sprouts of different textures such as pepper flavor and pumpkin flavor on top.

Then there was bread wrapped in vodka, caviar, fresh cream, solid smoked caviar, mushroom crackers, onion soup, etc. Each dish was basically an artistic shape, but as for the taste, it was hard to describe.

Yao Luoying was basically the same, only tasting a few bites of those dishes. Anyway, what suited Li Dongling's taste best was the Spanish barbecue and the brandy drinks.

However, everyone came here today not for the sake of eating this meal. Reed ate a few bites, picked up his napkin, wiped his lips, and looked at Li Dongling, "I heard that the number of users of Himalaya Radio has exceeded 3.5 million?"

"Yes!"

Li Dongling looked at Reed and said, "Himalaya Radio's goal in America this year is to exceed 6 million users. In addition, after opening servers in England, Canada, France, and other places, the global number of users will exceed 8 million!"

Hearing Himalaya Radio's goal this year is to exceed 8 million users, Johannes Reed was obviously surprised.

Afterward, Reed tentatively said to Li Dongling, "I heard that anyone can create their own programs on Himalaya Radio, but the remarks made by those podcast creators on Himalaya Radio are not liked by everyone!"

Like Jori Jin Si' set, denying NASA and the Federal Space Agency, denying America's achievements in landing on the moon—it can be said that he stepped on America's proudest achievement since the 1960s of this century.

It also stepped on the IQ of America's Ivy League elite schools and rubbed it on the ground. If it could be favored by America's Capitol Hill and elite class, that would be a ghost.

The key is that public opinion is something that really makes a tiger out of three people. If one person says America faked it in the aerospace field, the old masters at NASA, the Federal Space Agency, and Capitol Hill might just smile and not bother with a fool.

But if 10,000 people, 100,000 people, 1 million, 10 million people all think this way and question the Federal Space Agency, and even further question Capitol Hill, but the Federal Space Agency cannot send another person to the moon, then such remarks will really be confirmed.

The entire Federal Capitol Hill will be shamed. In the future, the words they say, let alone in the eyes of outsiders, even in the eyes of Americans themselves, will be like farting!

Reed knew that Himalaya Radio and Feiyan Technology hoped he would endorse them, but he needed to know the troubles Feiyan Technology might encounter before he could make a decision. If the troubles Feiyan Technology encountered were too many and too big, then in the end, not only would he not get the USD, but it might even affect his path to Capitol Hill, which would be a loss that outweighs the gain.

Li Dongling cut a piece of steak and tasted it slowly. For American congressmen and powerful figures like Johannes Reed, there is no need to be humble. To put it bluntly, both sides are taking what they need.

Reed needs Feiyan Technology's USD donations, and Feiyan Technology needs Reed's endorsement to block the monsters and demons of the Federation from taking action against Feiyan Technology. Both sides are using each other, not saying who is whose subordinate. Reed's power today is not yet that of a Mayor of New York, Governor of New York, or Senator of Capitol Hill.

If you get soft-legged when you meet these federal congressmen and powerful figures like Reed, then just wait to be eaten clean by them. When you don't treat yourself as a person, even if you are a dog for the other party, it is estimated that you will be disliked, and you will only be knocked to the bone and sucked of marrow, and even the bone dregs will be eaten clean.

Just like the cryptocurrency exchange Liu Liu Bian, when its founder really believed America's nonsense, thinking that he could get away after paying the money, the result was that he obediently handed over a 4.3 billion USD fine, and was fined another 2.8 billion USD, and the person was detained in a federal prison as a hostage.

It is imaginable that in the future, Liu Liu Bian will basically be a dish for America. Various powerful figures in America treat Liu Liu Bian as fat meat, cutting a crop every few years until it is eaten clean!

Even countries like Nigeria, seeing Liu Liu Bian's posture so soft, couldn't help but jump out and threaten to fine Liu Liu Bian 10 billion USD. At this stage, it has basically become a dish that powerful figures from all over the world can take a bite of.

Why can those giant companies in America become big donors for federal congressmen? They really have means, and they really dare to take dark hands. If they suffer a loss, even if it takes twenty years, they will still take revenge.

Just like Hewlett-Packard, after being set up by England's Mike Lynch, Chamberlain, and others for 8.8 billion USD, HP fought a lawsuit for more than ten years, but finally lost. They couldn't extradite Mike Lynch to America to go to jail.

And just after the verdict was released, near Sicily, Mike Lynch's family "met with misfortune" on their luxury sailboat, and the whole family was wiped out, but the staff on the boat were rescued. And the other one, Chamberlain, was hit and killed by a car while running, which can be said to be precisely positioned.

Whether this matter has anything to do with HP, no one knows, but it is estimated that after the HP board of directors saw the news, they let out a breath of evil that had been held for more than ten years.

Not only HP, other American giant companies also have the strength to flip the table. This is also the reason why they, as donors, can sit on an equal footing with American federal congressmen. They really dare to take dark hands and have the ability to make those who dare to pit them pay the price.

In the future, if Feiyan Technology or Dongling Gao Ke encounters targeting by monsters and demons in America, Li Dongling will definitely not let it be like Liu Liu Bian, entrusting life and death to the thoughts of federal powerful figures. Expecting them to be "kind-hearted" is better than finding a piece of tender tofu to hit and die!

When it really comes to the critical moment, Li Dongling would rather break the pot and smash it, just like American giant companies. After being pitted by the Indians, they would rather use the name of a circuit failure to burn the data and set fire to the factory, and not let the Indians have a single screw cheaply. If Dongling Gao Ke is targeted in America in the future, it will be the same means. Alstom and Liu Liu Bian are already living examples!

At worst, after the fact, learn the fine traditions of American giant companies like HP, wait for the opportunity, even if it takes ten or twenty years, find an opportunity to let the main rival experience the experience of English tech tycoon Mike Lynch's family taking a dirt plane!

Only by using thunderous means can one show a Bodhisattva heart. Fearing the other party and blindly enduring and retreating will only make the other party step by step. A horse is ridden by others, and a person is bullied by others!

For Reed, Li Dongling's mentality is naturally very peaceful, and there is no intention of pleasing him. "I remember, the Federation has regulations that anyone has the right to express their own views, as long as they do not violate federal law!"

Reed shook his head. He is a lawyer, and he is simply too familiar with the ins and outs of this. He smiled and said to Li Dongling, "The interpretation power of federal law is also in the hands of the federal court!"

Raising the knife and fork in his hand and gesturing a few times, Reed said, "If Himalaya Radio keeps making remarks that dissatisfy the big shots on Capitol Hill, then in the future, it may never be able to make a sound again!"

"Then what if Himalaya Radio can bring votes to Councilor Reed?" Li Dongling picked up his drink and took a sip.

Reed's eyes suddenly lit up, and he lowered his head to eat a bite of the dish, but this posture was just pretending to be reserved.

"Sounds like a good proposal!" Reed cast a probing look at Li Dongling.

"Jori Jin Si has 2 million, no, now he has 2.7 million supporters on Himalaya Radio!

There are many people who don't like him, thinking he is a clown without learning, but in the eyes of Flat Earth Theory supporters, he has deep influence and right to speak. He is forming the Flat Earth Theory Association. In the future, his influence on Flat Earth Theory supporters and his management ability over this group will be even stronger!"

Forming the Flat Earth Theory Association is originally for harvesting leeks, but Feiyan Technology let Jori Jin Si restrain himself a bit and not be in a hurry to harvest leeks as soon as he comes up.

This association adopts a paid membership system, under the guise of better researching Flat Earth Theory after collecting money, promoting Flat Earth Theory, letting more people in the world know the truth, etc. But in the future, whose pocket this money will fall into is hard to say.

Li Dongling looked at Reed and said, "If Jori Jin Si and the American Flat Earth Theory Association call on Flat Earth Theory supporters to vote for a certain candidate..., even if it only affects one-tenth of the supporters, that is 270,000 votes!"

"Reed, you know, those Flat Earth Theory supporters, um," Larsen pointed to his head at this time, "they are all fanatical believers. They are more fanatical and have stronger action than the fans of those Hollywood stars!"

After all, fans of Hollywood stars are just chasing a star they like, and fanatical fans are ultimately a minority. But Flat Earth Theory supporters are different. They think they are pursuing the truth, uncovering the secrets hidden in America, and fighting for the truth.

When there is "faith," the combat effectiveness of Flat Earth Theory supporters is almost completely different from those Hollywood star fans!

Reed took a slight breath of cold air. When Jori Jin Si has the ability to influence votes, he is no longer a clown, but a guest of honor for American powerful figures.

As long as there are votes, let alone Jori Jin Si, even those crooked gods and cults in the Federation have federal congressmen running over to cooperate, because the gods really have the votes of believers in their hands!

Even sometimes, when the votes of the candidates on both sides are evenly matched, thousands of votes are enough to decide the outcome.

This is also the reason why there are so many gods in America, because there are really people who believe, offer a lot of USD, and are regarded as guests of honor by local city councilors. With money and power, are you afraid that no one will be a god?

"I think the podcast creators of Himalaya Radio are very willing to cast their votes, and call on fans to cast their votes, for Mr. Reed who protected Himalaya Radio!" Li Dongling said.

"It is to vote for the Donkey Party congressmen who support Himalaya Radio and maintain federal freedom of speech!"

Reed clenched his fist, knocked on the table, and "reminded" Li Dongling, while his heart couldn't help but be a little excited.

If Himalaya Radio's podcasts can really influence votes, then Reed pulling Himalaya Radio into the Donkey Party camp is definitely a great achievement!

In this place in America where votes decide victory or defeat, even if it is really a donkey, if it has votes, it can become a mayor. The importance of votes is self-evident.

One must know that Himalaya Radio has more than just one Jori Jin Si. There are also Toni, who has huge influence on housewives, poets from engineering backgrounds, etc. These podcasts from ordinary backgrounds have even greater influence on industry practitioners.

"So, Reed, are you willing to serve as a consultant for Feiyan Technology and Himalaya Radio?" Larsen raised his glass and asked Reed.

Reed first shook his head, then raised his head, "I really can't think of a reason to refuse!"

"However, I don't want Himalaya Radio to have too many situations in America. I don't like too many accidents!"

Reed held his wine glass. He cares very much about his reputation, at least at this stage, and doesn't like to deal with broken things for Himalaya Radio every day.

"This is natural. Himalaya Radio and Feiyan Technology also don't like accidents. Inviting Mr. Reed is also to avoid "accidents"." Li Dongling also indicated that inviting him is to prevent those federal monsters and demons from taking dark hands against Feiyan Technology.

"Hope so!"

Reed raised his glass, and everyone's glasses touched together. ===== CHAPTER 524 =====