Chapter 22
get involved in the election
The biggest issue of the California governor election this year was education. As California grew, immigrants were gathering, and other language parents, children, and cultural understanding were impaired. There were also problems in various areas, such as poor quality of education and slowing of learning skills because of the education system.
In fact, education was not the most common thing in American societies when it came to elections. Oh, I’m interested, of course, but nothing comes up first, which is a little unusual. That’s how much trouble you’re in.
‘Hmm. This is… Education, Republicans, Democrats, Wind! It’s not easy.’
After meeting with Mr. Grey, I studied him in detail. I think you’ll be elected governor if you do your best.
‘Is there anything I can do to help and feel like I owe you?’
California is an enormous yellow mashup that will make it to the seventh place in the world if you hit it with just one shoe. Also, this is where I do business. Of course, I didn’t want anyone I knew to be the chief.
Grey Davis is a fugitive and has plunged into the ranks of my Democratic governor.
At first, it was difficult to raise money, so I started as the last of the three competitors, and I was able to take the lead from the last leg of the line with my unique cool tone and resourceful image.
‘experience money can’t buy!’, emphasizing the importance of education and demonstrating new and competent aspects unlike other competitors.
‘Phew! I don’t know what strategy to go into anymore. We started late, so we’ll have to catch up.’ Grey was a little concerned.
After listening to his personal reasons, Johnson, a talent who had helped him during the course of his career, did not have an outstanding brain to do something like this.
Although the Republican government has long felt weary of residents, recent economic growth has brought prosperity to California, so I am not sure if I can turn it upside down.
Even Republican candidates were making similar commitments because there could be nothing groundbreaking about education.
“Fellas. Any plausible slogans?” Mr. Grey gathers the Chief of Staff and asks,
“Oh, I’d love to just do it. Let’s push it out. ”
“How about this? ‘To Begin Anew’. Isn’t that great?”
“It’s up to you, isn’t it? ”
Everyone says what they think, but they just feel okay, and they don’t do anything about it.
“Hi, I’m Jennifer’s boyfriend John Kim.” I called first.
“Oh, John. So, how are you?” But I get a phone call soon because I met him at a family meeting.
“Yes, I called to see if you need anything. But if there’s anything I can do to help, you have to help. Your donation has already been sent. ”
“Thank you. Well. We need all kinds of things. The chief of staff quit this time, so it’s not easy to manage. I need some fresh ideas. Well, you’re young and venture capitalist, so you might have a better idea. Is there anything I can help you with? If you give me something good, I’ll do it later. Haha”
Apparently, they’re officially Democrats now, so they’re fundraising some money. Of course, the Republicans said it wasn’t as much, but it wasn’t as difficult.
When more money came in, it was much better for the election, but it was inevitable because the individual limit per person was one million won. The urgent matter is that I need something to gather my attention, but I haven’t decided yet.
“Hmm, slogans. Anything stand out? How can people remember for so long and move their minds? ’
While I was busy with technology transfer and company integration, I looked into the past elections in my own way.
But I guess elections are a way of moving people’s minds, so it’s not my area. Even if I think about it for more than a week, I can’t feel anything.
But one of the things that helped me was thinking about elections, and I used Google to do a variety of searches, and then I got inspired.
‘Wait, how do I top my search? Each site must have some kind of algorithm. This is…
I flashed and compared major search engines such as Yahoo, MSN, Lycos and Altavista. Search results rank differently depending on how you type and write web pages.
“Oh, what a discovery! If we get this right, we can artificially manipulate it to go a little higher, right? Phew… But I think there might be a place to eat this… ’
I spent days and nights researching what was important to each search engine.
I’ve told Larry and Sergey about this new fact, and they’re both crazy.
“Hey! This is a great discovery!” They are excited and analyze it in their own way.
We had a few days of discussions, and we had a lot of fun with each other studying the theories.
‘For now, if you change the content of the website slightly like this, it will come to the top.’
Gosh, if you keep putting up data like this, you’re going to keep coming up. This is a little scam, isn’t it? ‘
I found a new way to make sure my head works the wrong way, but I didn’t tell Larry and Sergey.
“So, John, how are you?” I called Mr Grey because I wanted to try the method I found.
“Yes, Mr. Grey. How did you do with the slogan you mentioned last time? ”
“Yeah. I’m just saying, for now, I’m keeping what I wrote last time, and I have some opinions, but nothing’s coming up.
What I have here is, “Let’s change the boredom of the Republicans for 16 years!” ’It’s a concept like this. This is not a word I’m saying. ”
I thought I’d decided something by now, but I haven’t made it yet.
You don’t have that kind of talent? Just do whatever it takes! Why do you even bother? ’
Hold still? Just do it? Just… just do it. Oh, this is nice! ’
I felt like this was going to be a very easy and intense short speech. Yes! I can feel it.
“Mr. Grey, I’ve come up with a very good one. Would you like to hear it?”
“Oh! John, really? I’m so excited! What’s that?” Mr. Grey is very pleased with what I have to say. I can’t believe you didn’t make a slogan. Heh heh.
“I’ll fax it to you. Maybe you should see it for yourself. If you like, don’t forget my help. Haha. This is making it very difficult. ”
Grey didn’t think much of John at first. When I heard that Jennifer’s niece’s boyfriend was Asian, I thought it was a bit ridiculous.
Jennifer had a pretty face and a kind heart since childhood, so her relatives liked her and were popular everywhere.
As I got older, I became even more beautiful, but I often thought that I wanted to be a model because I was prettier when I went to college. And you’re just a fucking Asian boy!
Later, when I was told that I had set up a big venture and soon sold it to Microsoft at an enormous price, I saw it differently.
Given the large amount of money and purchases from Microsoft, the largest company in the world, he thought he was an outstanding man.
Now, racial bias is a problem, but for now, it’s the American community that has to be good.
After discussing it at the last family meeting, the tall and handsome one was much different from the image of the Eastern youth he thought.
I didn’t tell him much, but I felt it would help to have a role model at a young age, and at the age of 20, I saw that I was providing technical advice at Microsoft with a lot of wealth.
I was waiting for you to think of a good slogan while I was on the phone with John today, but I really liked it. When I see the paper in the fax, I see a smile. It’s written like this.
‘Oh, this is Nike’s Just Do It. Yeah, this is it. People get bored, but they don’t want to change. Yes, do it! This will set fire to your hesitation! Haha. ”
Grey immediately summoned the chiefs.
“Oh, this is amazing! ”
“Oh! Maybe this is the right time, right? Who came up with that?” Everyone is so responsive.
Grey immediately contacted Nike through the Chief of Staff and asked the Legal team to see if there were any problems.
The phrase was actually trademarked by Nike, but it concluded that there is no relationship between politics and completely different industries. Especially, before and after that, the phrases’ Gray ‘and’ Time for Change ‘were not a problem. Even if it is true, by then the electorate will be over.
“Grey, Grey, Just Do It! Just do it! Time for Change, Just Do It! Time for Change, Just Do It! ”
The new slogan spread really, really fast. As Nike did,
he produced and broadcast five commercials in a series, including several videos asking him to change “right now” specifically about education and an advertisement asking him not to hesitate anymore.
The content was very interesting, and it was posted several times on the broadcast.
Although I am tired of the current government, it continues to provoke many voters who sneak up on me to think it’s time for something to change.
Looking at cheerful supporters below the stage, Grey smiles brightly.
‘Yes, now. Haha’ I have already opened up 10% gap with competitors over 50%, and I am not thankful every time I think about this tremendous relief and John who has kept this fever going.
“Huh. He’s a great guy. He’s a venture capitalist. I thought he was only good at making money. He’s got a lot of talent.” ‘I really wanted to be close to John, as Grey thought.
John didn’t just help plan this slogan and target the voters.
I don’t know how he did it, but “Grey Davis” and “Just Do It” on his Internet search kept him talking. I don’t know in detail, but I heard it was the best in the field, and it was a blank slate.
Through this continuous effort, the wind of “Davis Reformation, Innocence” blew, and he was able to hit and leave in less than two months.