Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 314 This COMDEX is very lively

"In addition, in order to maximize the box office revenue, "Superman 2" released by Warner started its premiere in Australia on December 12 last year, moved to Europe, and then to the United States. It will be fully released soon. We also had to stay out of the way.”

Andy Albert, who was honest and outspoken, looked at Tang Huan sincerely. He believed that the other party was an extremely smart person, and he would not be eager for quick success because of his grievances with Warner, so he could not judge the current situation clearly.

Sure enough, Tang Huan didn't hold any grudges because Andy Albert raised others' prestige and destroyed his own, but just shrugged, "I understand, after all, the audience always likes the new and dislikes the old, and "For Your Eyes Only" is already "007" "The No. 12 part."

"According to my experience, although "For Your Eyes Only" may perform quite well in the United States, the global box office has broken through the $[-] million mark, reaching the veritable blockbuster standard. It is still quite sure."

Andy Albert can be said to have rich experience in the workplace. After finishing the vaccination and pointing out that the overall situation of the summer market is severe, he began to list his own advantages.

He is aware of the unfavorable situation his young boss is facing. After entering Hollywood, many people are watching with cold eyes, waiting to see the jokes of the upstart in Silicon Valley, and this summer vacation is a sign of success or failure.

Previously, Tang Huan named and operated the low-cost film "Four Seasons", which not only hit Universal Pictures, but also made United Artists proud. It was a good start and relieved a lot of pressure.

But after all, this belongs to the boss's precise vision, and the credit of others is limited. United Artists' long-term cash cow "007" is the touchstone to show the abilities of his subordinates.

Tang Huan nodded slightly, signaling the other party to continue talking.

"James Bond has become an icon in the UK. Naturally, the box office of '007' there plays an important role in achieving the goal of over [-] million, so the world premiere is arranged in London."

Speaking of which, Andy Albert sneered, "Boss, don't you have a lot of contacts with that Prince Charles of England? If you can attract some celebrities like this to show up at the premiere, it will definitely increase the attention of the movie." Very helpful."

"It makes sense." Tang Huan nodded, muttering to himself, Charles has taken a lot of benefits from himself, and it's time to come out to the platform to pay back.

"I'll contact the British side right away." Tang Huan made an immediate decision.

Seeing that the well-connected boss was willing to help, Andy Albert was relieved that this trip was not in vain.

"MGM has made preliminary adjustments and is preparing to reopen. I have to reiterate some arrangements so that you can know what to do and avoid mutual suspicion and dilemma." Tang Huan quickly changed the topic.

Andy Albert immediately realized that what Tang Huan was about to say was closely related to his position and power, and he couldn't help becoming nervous. When he heard, "I have no plan to merge MGM and United Artists. The two companies have their own characteristics. , now it’s operating independently, it should be good.” After that, the hanging heart fell.

"If there is cooperation between the two companies, you can solve it yourself. But if there is a situation where there is mutual discord, I will have to intervene."

Feeling that Tang Huan's gaze became sharper, Andy Albert quickly smiled and assured, "United Artists and MGM have cooperated from time to time in the past. As long as this mechanism is improved, the relationship between the two parties will definitely become more harmonious."

Tang Huan nodded slightly, his eyes softened, "My expectations for United Artists and MGM are different. United Artists has four film celebrities Charlie Chaplin, David Griffith, and Mary Pickford and Since the establishment of the Fairbanks partnership, it has been very different from other Hollywood companies. By subsidizing independent producers to shoot films, it not only avoids the profit sharing of large film companies, but also allows actors to get more income. At the same time, the artistry of the work is guaranteed.”

Tang Huan smiled slightly when he saw Andy Albert's puzzled expression, "I hope that Lianmei will continue to develop in terms of the artistry of its works and the affinity of filmmakers."

Andy Albert moved his lips, thinking that you are a boss and a capitalist, and you will not squeeze the filmmakers below.If you don't pursue commercial films, there is no profit at all, but he can't say this.

"When I took over Lianmei from Pan American, I got a total of 90.00% of the shares. After a while, when Lianmei's performance is better, and it has more value and appeal, I will specially take out some shares to share with you .”

Tang Huan could guess that Andy Albert was murmuring in his heart, but he was too lazy to pay attention and continued to talk about his plan.

In fact, United Artists is still too small. Last year, only one movie, "Heaven's Gate," failed. As a result, it suffered a loss of 4000 million US dollars, forcing it into bankruptcy. Tang Huan became the savior, which shows its scale and strength. .

In 2006 in the original time and space, Tom Cruise and his partners invested in United Artists and became its new owner.

This ending has to be said to be the fate of United Artists, or it can be attributed to the indissoluble bond between it and successful Hollywood actors.

After Tang Huan first won United Artists, he had thought about how to develop it, but after Prince Sabah stuffed MGM into his hands, he had to change his original intention.

Resources are limited, and it is impossible for both companies to expand without limit. They can only focus on their features.

As long as United Artists manages the network of Hollywood practitioners well, it can show its face at the Oscars every year.Even if he had achieved his original acquisition goal.

As for fully commercialized operations, let MGM take care of it.

This is the respective positioning of Tang Huan's two Hollywood companies in his hands, one focuses on making fame, the other focuses on making profits, and there is no delay in the two.But whether Hollywood will let Tang Huan get what he wants depends on his means.

After Andy Albert fully understood Tang Huan's thoughts, he suddenly had a feeling that he was clearly the boss' confidant.

Just like MGM president David Bigelman thought he had gained a lot, Andy Albert, the president of United Artists, also felt that the trip had benefited a lot.

All in all, the two have goals that do not conflict with each other, so they naturally work without any worries and are full of energy.

……

With the vigorous development of microcomputers, various related professional magazines, newspapers and other media have also sprung up.

But in the field of personal computers, "Byte" magazine, which was founded in 1975, has almost accompanied the growth of personal computers to the present. This kind of qualifications, coupled with professional capabilities, make its authoritative position unbreakable.

Now Tang Huan holds a copy of "Byte" magazine in his hand, and there is an introduction article on software development tools in the field of personal computers at the current stage, which he reads with gusto.

According to the survey of "Byte" magazine, among the development tools used by commercial companies today, assembly language is still the main one, supplemented by high-level languages ​​such as C, PASCAL, and BASIC.

And Zerone Macro Assemble, Zheru MA, occupies more than 50.00% of the assembly language development tool share; Zerone Cross Platform C, Zheru CPC, occupies nearly 80.00% of the C language development tool share.

If the use of unauthorized copies is considered, I believe this ratio will be higher.

In addition, among college students, the scope of exposure to and use of MA and CPC is even greater, and even many university teaching tools directly use the two.

It is hard to imagine that a commercial company like Zheru has done so much work for the industrial foundation of personal computers.

The editor of "Byte" magazine was amazed, and mentioned Zeru's latest C++ development tool Zerone C++ Buider, Zeru C++ Buider, which will be officially unveiled at COMDEX.

However, some users who have subscribed to Zheru's service for a long time have already taken the lead in getting a floppy disk copy of Zheru's C++ Builder.

Judging from the news disclosed in various aspects, the biggest difference between structured programming languages ​​such as C++ and C is that it supports the concept of object-oriented, and Zheru C++ Buider development toolkit presents all commercial software of his company as a present. The menu technology used.

If the developer's project is large, or there is a need for graphical interface operations, Zheru C++ Builder should be a good choice.

After putting down the article, Tang Huan couldn't help but laugh. He had been staring at office software all the time, and he didn't expect that the influence of professional application fields such as development tools would be so powerful unconsciously.

However, in Tang Huan's view, the professional level of "Byte" magazine is limited, and the understanding of the C++ language is somewhat one-sided. But then again, it is very good to be able to accept this new thing first. With this attitude, The level will naturally increase slowly.

From San Francisco to New York this time, Silicon Valley One has attracted many exhibitors from the same industry, mainly Japanese exhibitors.

In order to deal with these guys who were eyeing the authorization of the second-generation Fangyuan computer compatibility, Tang Huan was very nervous. After arriving at the hotel, he simply used the excuse of rest and hid.

Tang Huan was crossing his legs and sipping tea. His assistant knocked on the door and sent over the latest faxed document.

After flipping through it casually, Tang Huan couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and said to himself enviously: "Warner has made a lot of money this time, and the weekend box office of "Superman 2" is incredible."

It turned out that "Superman 2" broke through $6 million at the weekend box office on June 21, unceremoniously stepping on the $1400 million achieved by "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Four Seasons".

Industry insiders judged that this level was basically the highest weekend box office in 1981, and "Superman 2" had a box office of over 1981 million in the United States, ranking among the top ten highest-grossing movies in the United States in [-], and there would be no big problem.

Next week, we will watch the performance of United Artists' latest "007" - "For Your Eyes Only". Tang Huan really went to London to give a good cheer.

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On June 6, the three-day COMDEX New York Spring Exhibition opened.

Due to the success of commercialization, the number of exhibitors and visitors of COMDEX has grown rapidly, and the scene is very lively. The industry forum it holds has gradually become a highlight, which is quite a bellwether of the computer industry.

When Tang Huan took the stage to give a speech, the venue was packed. Everyone wanted to hear what insights this successful model who made the most money from the personal computer industry would have. It would be great if they could find business opportunities from them.

Tang Huan did not disappoint these people. He mentioned the expectation of "faster, bigger, and more" to the entire industry. "Some people may ask, why is this argument like the Olympics."

"Everyone, this is my true feeling." After the laughter in the audience, Tang Huan said seriously: "Faster refers to the running speed of various processors including the CPU; bigger refers to The capacity of memory, hard disk and other storage; more refers to the number of various functional devices.”
"Maybe some people will disagree again. These three points are simply nonsense." Tang Huan shrugged, "We Chinese have a philosophical point of view, the simple way. In the current personal computer industry, as long as you do one of these things, you can make money. And I rely on much."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan arched his hands, "But I have a lot of money, and I need Kuaihe Dalai as a support point. So I ask all hardware manufacturers to stop hesitating in the field of personal computers, and quickly bring your technology and Product jumps in."

As Tang Huan, in this kind of occasion, it's too easy to play freely.

No matter what he said, many people were impressed by his wealth, charisma in the industry, and personal style.

After Tang Huan finished his show on stage and stepped down, he quickly found an opportunity to get together with Wang An, who was participating in COMDEX.

Tang Huan tried to find a consensus with Wang An after he launched the spreadsheet software CGrid and accumulated his first pot of gold, and entered the personal computer industry together.

But An Wang, like most business leaders in the industry, is dismissive of personal computers.Tang Huan had to fight alone and went to Baodao to establish a production base.

The current main product of Wang An Computer Company is WPS - word processor, because it is extremely good, IBM's similar products have been defeated.

Wang An word processors are very popular in the Far East. In many Hong Kong movies, female secretaries are shown banging away at this device with their heads down.

However, under the competition of Fangyuan Computer, which is equipped with word processing software WordEasy and Hanka, the market share of Wang An's word processor has been greatly affected, and even the two companies have a rift.

Wang An Computer Company is a rare and successful company dominated by Chinese in the United States. Tang Huan sincerely hopes to form such an ally, so he intends to use this opportunity to turn his fight with Wang An into a jade silk.

After they had just met and exchanged a few words, Tang Huan heard someone shouting, "Gates, stop here."

He followed the prestige and saw Gates walking quickly with his head bowed in front, while Simeone angrily followed behind with strides.

This is really lively, how did my own capable person get into a fight with Microsoft's boss?
(End of this chapter)