Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 263

"We have enough resources to develop comprehensively in the fields of toys, animation, traditional games, and electronic games. The future industry trend is bound to be so cross-field. After it is successful, there will inevitably be related peripheral economic effects." Tang Huan analyzed confidently, and everyone nodded, and fully understood the real motive of EA, a local tycoon, to buy Hasbro.

"Now Hasbro's peers are all focusing on video games, and Hasbro is taking advantage of this opportunity to aggressively expand the traditional field." Tang Huan's eyes fell on Stephen Hasenfeld, "I said before Yes, supporting your acquisition of good projects is not empty talk."

"I will definitely start the investigation as soon as possible." Stephen Hasenfeld nodded again.

"I've brought several plans." Tang Huan waved his hand, and the assistant brought a stack of documents.

Undoubtedly, Tang Huan took out Hasbro's masterpieces in the original time and space: "My Little Pony", "Transformers", and "The Valiant".

The original "My Little Pony" was designed by American illustrator and designer Bonnie Zacherle in 1982, and completed in collaboration with Charles Muenchinger and Steve DAguanno.

When the patent for My Little Pony was filed in 1983, Bonnie Zacherle was already working at Hasbro.

Therefore, the operation of "My Little Pony" is very simple, just take the medicine according to the prescription and find the person directly, and there should be no big time restrictions on marketing.

The operation of "Transformers" is relatively complicated, but it has a deep relationship with Hasbro from the beginning.

As early as 1970, Japan's TAKARA company bought the right to use Hasbro's leading product "Combat Joe" doll from Hasbro.

Since Japanese children didn't like toys like soldiers and soldiers at that time, TAKARA company changed "Combat Joe" into the "Biochemical Man" series.

In 1974, TAKARA improved "Biochemical Man" into "MSI Little Superman", a group of movable minifigures with transparent bodies, silver-plated heads, and a height of about one centimeter, and created a series of them. The story, launched in the form of comics.

Of course, "MSI Superman" at this time has nothing to do with deformation and robots.

Until 1982, the "MSI Little Superman" series began to add the role of robots, showing the previous humanoid technology in the form of robots, and launched the "MSI Robot" series, some of which can be easily transformed into vehicles such as aircraft. tool.

In Tang Huan's view, the popularity of any product in the market is inseparable from the general trend.

When Hasbro introduced the "MSI Robot" series under the name "Transformers" in 1984, in terms of publicity and promotion strategies, it asked Marvel Comics to create related comics.And the cartoon series "Transformers" was produced by Sunbow Productions.

In terms of the popularization of science fiction concepts, the great success of the movie "ET Aliens" released in 1982, and Reagan's "Star Wars Project" speech in 1983 may have played a certain role in promoting it.

In other words, even if a mature "Transformers" toy can be put in front of consumers now, apart from novelty, it may not lead to enthusiastic pursuit.

Therefore, the operation of "Transformers" is relatively complicated, but it is indeed possible to do preparatory work now.

As for "The Heroes", it is based on Hasbro's existing toy GI Joe's improved version "A Real American Hero" - the big hero series.

After these documents were circulated, everyone had only one thought in their minds, this is really a big deal, not to mention comics and cartoons, and there are clear copyright requirements.

By the way, isn't EA's acquisition of Hasbro to help it develop the video game market? Why is the computer mentioned in the plan?

When Stephen Hassenfeld raised a question on behalf of everyone, Tang Huan smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, my computer can provide practical functions to improve work efficiency."

Now the second-generation Fangyuan computer is relying on the database-centered information management system to drive market demand, but it has not done anything in graphics and image processing, so it is natural to take this opportunity to develop this field.

Since people today still don't know how to tap the potential of personal computers, Tang Huan naturally has to take on the responsibility of a pioneer officer. With such a chain of development, the technological hegemony in the open and in the dark will naturally come to an end. formed.

But the people in front of them obviously couldn't understand the significance of these layouts, and Tang Huan didn't need to explain them in detail.

"In addition, I have a good way to reduce production costs. I can go to a special zone in mainland China to open a factory." Tang Huan made a confident gesture, "I will do the endorsement, it is absolutely safe."

Compared with high-tech industries such as computers, toy production does not have such high quality requirements for workers, and it can provide a large number of job opportunities.

You know, with the return of a large number of educated youths there, the employment pressure is increasing. Therefore, there is nothing that can help ordinary people more than job opportunities.

Under Tang Huan's humble and gentle appearance, there is no doubt that he is strong. Hasbro's management, headed by Stephen Hassenfeld, quickly became submissive.

Any acquisition is not a simple purchase and everything will be fine. If it cannot be digested and integrated, it will lose its meaning.

When Tang Huan came to Hasbro's headquarters, he was most concerned about this point, and he relied on Stephen Hasenfeld for the specific work. After all, his excellent management ability has been proved in the original time and space, but because of the previous troubles, it happened by chance. It was collected by myself.

Seeing that he had communicated with Stephen Hassenfeld without any knots, Tang Huan stopped staying and set off across the Atlantic to Paris, France.

While reading the newspaper on the way, Tang Huan couldn't help but sigh for Las Vegas. The media was still reporting on safety issues caused by fires there, and its tourism industry was destined to experience a period of depression.

Speaking of it, Las Vegas is really tragic. After the fire at the MGM Grand Hotel on November 1980, 11, after 21 days, that is, on February 90 this year, Las Vegas A fire also broke out at the Garth Hilton Hotel.

Fortunately, the firefighters had previous experience, which greatly reduced the fatality rate of toxic smoke, and only 8 people were killed. The cause of the accident was arson by a guy named Philip Bruce Cline.

Now, MGM's current boss, Kirk Kerkorian, has a brother and sister for company.

……

Christina is about to give birth. This wealthy lady, her parents and elder brother have passed away. At this time, it is inevitable that there will be no greetings from close relatives. This kind of emotional need has nothing to do with coquettishness. Tang Huan really can't stand still in spite of.

After meeting Tang Huan, Christina showed her fragile side. She held Tang Huan's hand tightly and said with red eyes: "My dear, I thought you wouldn't come."

"How is that possible, but I was really busy before." Tang Huan smiled gently, bowed his head and kissed Christina's face.

"Honey, how does it feel to have a net worth of 20 billion dollars?" Christina, who was coaxed into a good mood, took Tang Huan's hand and asked coquettishly.

Tang Huan has already been teased by many people about this question, but his answers are different almost every time, which seems to indicate that his state of mind has changed over time.

"I'm used to it, I just hope to be worthy of your favor." Tang Huan launched a tender offensive, making the pregnant woman, the ship queen, smile.

"Honey, you are so outstanding, believe that our child will definitely grow up to be the most honorable and outstanding person in the world in the future." Christina announced proudly.

Tang Huan smiled noncommittally, and to tell the truth, even though he has climbed to the current high position as a grassroots, he still doesn't like all kinds of elite theory, but many people around him hold such thoughts , He was powerless to refute anything.

……

What Christina needs from Tang Huan is spiritual and emotional comfort. As for the material aspect, there will naturally be housekeepers and servants busy, and it doesn't look like living in a hospital at all.

After coaxing Christina, Tang Huan took the time to inspect the construction of the wafer factory. Its technical strength mainly comes from Silicon Valley in the United States, SGS in Italy, and Thomson in France. Investors include Tang Huan, Christie Na, Temasek, the royal family of Kuwait, etc.

The current mainstream wafer size is 200 mm in diameter, which is 4 inches. This is limited by the current objective conditions, and it is impractical and thankless to seek a breakthrough.

In terms of semiconductor technology, we can take a step forward. Tang Huan directly chose the latest generation technology that has achieved breakthroughs, 1.5 micron. The purpose is naturally to produce RISC architecture CPUs.

The technical issues involved were too complicated. Tang Huan, wearing a hard hat, stayed in the factory for a few days, until Prince Fahd, who happened to come to Paris, invited him to a banquet.

Although the royal family of Kuwait may not understand its specific industrial status for top-level technological products such as fabs, it still has a clear understanding of its value, especially the attention and support given by the French government, which has become an endorsement invisibly.

Therefore, the royal family of Kuwait is very satisfied with this investment, and Prince Fahd directly promised as a representative that if there is any project that is short of money in the future, just a phone call will be OK.

In the final analysis, Tang Huan's net worth soared to 20 billion U.S. dollars recently, which has become the highest rating of investment credibility.

Tang Huan naturally welcomed this, and suggested that the two sides could establish a permanent office and establish a closer liaison mechanism.

The reason why Tang Huan cooperates so openly is because he has long seen through that small countries like Kuwait and Singapore, due to their inherent insufficiency in size and population, no matter how much wealth they have, they must try their best to be cautious in terms of the rules of survival. I am too worried that the tail will not be lost, but the way of communication that "makes things happen because of people" is more important.

In other words, as long as you have a good relationship with the superior, other problems can be easily solved.

……

When Tang Huan was accompanying Christina, he would draw some simple sketches to make her smile, including some traditional Chinese flowers, birds, fish and insects.

I don't know if it's too attractive, but the baby in Christina's womb finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and was about to be born, while Tang Huan was allowed to wait outside.

For special customers like Christina, the hospital has long been prepared to take all kinds of emergencies into account, and the subsequent natural delivery process made everyone completely relieved.

Looking at the pair of mixed-race children, Tang Huan couldn't help feeling a little more fresh, and murmured in his heart, he could be regarded as having planted seeds in Europe.

"Unfortunately, there is no Athena." Tang Huan said to himself.

Christina, who was in good condition after giving birth, took up the conversation, "Honey, do you like your daughter too? Let's continue to give birth."

Tang Huan shook his head with a wry smile, "A child's coming into this world is just the beginning, and the next education is even more important. Are you sure you can take on more responsibilities competently?"

"Of course." Christina replied confidently, "Now there is a proof that I have already named my two children, named Aristotle Don Onassis and Socrates Don Onassis. Narcissus."

And with famous names like Aristotle and Socrates, the imagination of Westerners in this area is really hard to compliment.

Tang Huan just thought of this, only to hear Christina continue: "I also thought of Chinese names for them, didn't they include Tang and Jin, so they were called Tang Jinlong and Tang Jinfeng. They are dragons and phoenixes, they are outstanding enough."

Seeing Christina's smug look, Tang Huan felt the black lines on his forehead, but he had nothing to say.

After all, the fact that the Queen of Ships has learned Chinese culture to this extent shows that she has worked hard.

Needless to say, with the bond of a child, the relationship between Tang Huan and Christina has changed from a two-dimensional entanglement of love between father and daughter and business partners to a three-dimensional cross-linkage mixed with family affection, which has become more and more complicated.

"Honey, I want to build two cruise ships for the children, called the Gemini." Christina, who had a big brain, talked about her idea with great interest.

"You're a prodigal." Looking at Christina, who was overflowing with maternal love, Tang Huan felt a little headache, and simply used business as an excuse to hide away.

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Judging from the report of the Olympus Group, although it claims that its business scope covers the whole of Europe, in fact most of its profits come from Western Europe, and the competition in the market is mainly due to infighting among American companies, and Companies such as Akon Computer in the UK are watching from the sidelines.

After patiently listening to the reports from his subordinates, after the eastern camp, especially the Soviet Union, East Germany and other developed regions, began to appear counterfeit products, Tang Huan waved his hand indifferently, and said meaningfully: "Painting a tiger is not an anti-dog. , let them toss it, let go of the software shipments, and don't be tied to the hardware. In addition, even if there is a phenomenon of unauthorized software, it is enough to express dissatisfaction verbally. The important thing is to maintain trade relations. .”

In his view, there is nothing wrong with people insisting on doing something on their own. The ass decides the head, and the profit dictates it.

But the key point is that in our own product system, there are many ways of hardware and software. Even if a copycat comes out with a feasible hardware platform, it will be useless without mature software applications. After the latter problem is finally solved, the entire product line Also updated.

Tang Huan is very open-minded, and his attitude is naturally very free and easy. He simply increased the flexible way of software shipments to solve the problem of insufficient applications for the other party. In case your hardware platform cannot perfectly support my software, you can also buy my software again. hardware.

In this era, people pay more attention to hardware than software, but the operation interface that front-line users come into contact with is precisely provided by the software. The mysterious existence of "usage habits" is not so easy to change.

In the original time and space, Microsoft's operating system Windows wanted to take all PCs and tablets, but just a change to the "Start" menu made it retreat.

In other words, an industrial overlord like Microsoft can use its market monopoly position to force users to update their products, but it cannot easily force users to change their "usage habits."

Don't you want to build your own platform? I will cooperate with you, but once it involves a large project, you must use my full set of genuine system, unless you don't need technical support and after-sales service.

And in the end, even the retail market cannot get rid of the situation of dependence. Microsoft's sales strategy of condoning Windows piracy in the early days was just to achieve this goal.

To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than exchanging the immediate profit loss for the harvest in the near future.

Tang Huan has enough confidence to crush all kinds of competitors in the market, whether it comes from the official initiative or the spontaneous appeal of the people, with the breeze blowing on the face and killing people without blood.

Although the Olympus Group's operating style is very formal, it is a bit cumbersome.

However, this is not a big problem in the European market.Therefore, Tang Huan, who had dealt with various affairs, did not express his opinion on this point.

This is Christina's territory, steady and conservative subordinates, just what this prodigal bitch needs.

……

After Hu Yinmeng knew that Tang Huan had arrived in Paris, he told him by phone that Tan Jiaming's movie "Love Killing" had finished the post-production and would be released in Hong Kong soon.

Of course Tan Jiaming will not forget Tang Huan's promise, he intends to send "Love Killing" to France to test the waters through the channel of DreamWorks.

"I did take the initiative to bring up this matter. You entrust it to Lianmei through Huamei Entertainment, and then ask Lianmei to contact Gaumont in France, and just follow the procedures." Tang Huan has already arranged Huamei Entertainment as an intermediary company. In order to deal with this situation.

(End of this chapter)