Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 307 - 310 Preparing for the Performance

Washington, inside the House of Representatives.

As an African American female Republican congresswoman, Rice herself was already quite conspicuous.

However, at this moment, she had no mind to pay attention to the gazes of the reporters fixed on her.

Her attention was fully on the Democrat congressman from Maine who had just finished speaking, teetering back to his seat.

"If he didn’t retract his proposal in public, it would be considered a lack of political resoluteness and immature deliberation, putting an immediate end to his political career," she thought.

"This congressman, most likely, will tear his proposal into shreds and swallow it down, won’t he?"

Thinking of the other’s clumsy speech, Rice helplessly stood up.

"It seems that in the end, I’ll have to be the big villain myself."

She stood at the podium and cleared her throat, "Honorable Speaker, fellow congressmen, my proposal is that we must place restrictions on network literature."

"Since the founding of the United States, through physical publishing, world-renowned masterpieces such as ’Gone with the Wind,’ ’Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ and ’The Scarlet Letter’ were born."

"This undoubtedly proves the superiority of physical publishing," Rice said, smiling elegantly towards the audience, completely ignoring the venomous glare of the Maine congressman.

"Yet the excessively extravagant style of network literature makes it hard for the United States to produce such works again."

"Moreover, its complex payment methods make it difficult for the IRS to carry out its work."

Rice spoke while carefully avoiding phrases like "influence on minors" and "rating" that might inflict substantial damage on websites.

Although backed by media conglomerates, the Democrat Party probably wouldn’t propose actual measures affecting their financial backers.

But the Republican Party needed that bestselling author, so she remained quite thorough in her considerations.

After her speech ended, she returned to her seat with composure.

"This way, I can secure the support of conservatives, and after cooperating with Mr. Bush, I can also retain my base."

"But in some ways, I’ve also become an extremist conservative in the public eye."

But...

It was all worth it!

Looking at this year’s elections, the advantage of the Democrat Party was just too great.

To save the Republican Party, we could only prop up a political star to look forward to the elections four years later.

"Mr. Bush, you are the hope of the Republican Party!"

With this idea, she cast her vote affirmatively.

Joining her in agreement were some Republicans who had had contact with the Governor of Texas, and some Democrats who had been forgotten by the Viacom Group.

Of course, the influence of Goldman Sachs should not be overlooked.

Most of the congressmen from New York cast their votes in favor too.

But the reporters didn’t know these details.

So, they witnessed a peculiar spectacle that had not been seen since Congress opened its doors to the media in the 70s.

As the Speaker announced the voting results, the buzzing of voices began to rise in the chamber.

"Passed in one go? It didn’t even reach the stage where the parties involved were brought to Congress for questioning?" some reporters couldn’t believe their ears.

"I remember, the last time a proposal was passed in one go was after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and President Roosevelt announced the United States’ formal entry into World War II," others recalled history.

"Breaking news! Breaking news!"

"Hurry up and finish; I need to go back to the newsroom to get the front-page headline out," others, focusing solely on the sensational aspect of the event, were almost dropping their cameras in excitement.

"This is simply, too thrilling!"

Unlike the reporters’ joy, famous author Stephen King watched the TV, trying to appear unfazed.

But his slightly trembling hands, and the remote control shattered into several pieces on the floor, betrayed his inner turmoil.

"Even though Wang is not the representative pushed forward by the Writers Association, just an ordinary writer,"

"Such treatment is still too excessive!"

Although the proposal would still need to go through a Senate vote and a review by the justices of the Supreme Court to become law and truly influence an industry,

Its passage in the House of Representatives undoubtedly proved that politicians are attempting to meddle with writers’ creative realms, thereby actually achieving a restraint on public thought!

Stephen King thought for a moment and made a decision.

Although most writers disdain dealing with politicians, belonging truly to a group with no political leanings,

When faced with political oppression, they could still unite.

Stephen King thought for a moment, then first made a phone call to Neal Stephenson.

The author’s novel, ’Diamond Age,’ was a hot favorite for this year’s Hugo Award.

"Have you seen the news?"

After getting an affirmative response, the king of bestsellers made his request.

"Can you withdraw your work first? I promise, the Writers Association will nominate your novel again next year."

As expected, the author on the other end readily agreed.

Then, Stephen King called Joseph Keller.

If in the United States, he was the most influential writer,

Then globally, Joseph Keller was the calling card of American Literature.

This elder gentleman had many friends serving as judges for the Hugo Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and even the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Equally incensed was the genius programmer Wozniak.

"Microsoft and Netscape’s competition blew up in a monopoly scandal, and their proposals couldn’t even be completed for review!"

"And the proposal regarding network literature passed in one go?"

He ignored the broken computer under his feet and snatched away a subordinate’s computer.

Wozniak wanted to see the readers’ reactions on Twitter.

He desperately needed to swear at the United States government with a group who shared his views using all sorts of vulgar language!

"Passed in one go? This is utterly preposterous!"

"We’ll never get to see ’King Arthur’ again, will we?"

"Wang is just a writer, is the United States government treating him like Marx?"

"Not even Marx would be banned in one go, perhaps they’re treating him like Hitler?"

"If Wang is Hitler, then are the websites Nazis?"

"Haha, then we regular book fans who come here are the bewitched SS!"

"We need to act like the SS to protect what we love!"

"But I have no money to go to Washington..."

Wozniak watched the rapidly growing comments and finally managed to calm his anger a bit.

"Indeed, it’s not just me who can’t understand what the politicians are trying to do."

He looked at the readers who expressed a desire to protest in Washington but lacked the funds, and thought for a moment.

Then, the legendary hacker took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Larry Elson, are you interested in playing Robin Hood of Silicon Valley just this once?"

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