Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 409

As soon as Tang Huan arrived in London, England, he received a message that the meeting with the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had been postponed.

"Brother is always busy, and the itinerary was planned at least a week in advance. Why did you say you disappeared after I flew all the way to the UK? If I had known this, I might as well go to Spain to watch the World Cup." Tang Huan was very pleased Unhappily muttered in my heart.

"I only need half an hour for a meeting, or a purely private meeting. In short, I can't make a trip for nothing." Tang Huan ordered his subordinates to contact the Prime Minister's Office in Downing Street.

Tang Huan flipped through the documents while waiting for a reply, but the result he got was that the other party said vaguely, "It's not convenient."

"What do you mean?" Tang Huan frowned immediately, did he want to air himself and exert pressure?

He patted the table angrily, and reprimanded: "How do you do things? Why is the information delivered to me bit by bit like squeezing toothpaste? Can't you explain the reason for the 'inconvenience'?"

"Downing Street made such an arrangement on purpose. Although we can see it, we can't do anything about it for a while." The subordinate said aggrievedly about the details of the matter.

"You mean to say that the other party wants to play us on purpose, right?" Tang Huan narrowed his eyes, "Then you all should cooperate and run around a bit to find out the reason."

After his subordinates left, Tang Huan said to himself, "Is there any place I want to go to the British? Otherwise, why are they so confident in planning to pinch me?"

After thinking of this, Tang Huan took a closer look at the report. Game consoles, computers and peripheral equipment, software, video recorders... Sales have been increasing steadily, and they have not been affected.

As for movies, many movies headed by "ET Aliens" also landed in British theaters as usual.

I just flew over from Xiangjiang, and there is nothing serious about it.

Tang Huan was suspicious, when his subordinates finally brought back the answer, and brought over a stack of newspapers from the last week, the top one being "The Sun".

It turned out that because of the bully game console that was so popular, since its hardware platform was cracked, EA also lost complete control over its own products just like Atari did to Atari 2600.

Not only are manufacturers taking advantage of loopholes to produce illegal compatible machines, which are sold to Eastern Europe and Latin America, but also many notorious video games have emerged.

A rat droppings ruined a pot of porridge. It couldn't be more appropriate to describe the bad influence caused by these black sheep.

Of course EA is unwilling to see this situation, but there is no way to do it. Who has driven the video game industry in the North American market into a collective madness.

The Little Overlord game console and Atari 2600, which occupy an absolute market share, have now fully opened their hardware platforms, but let those who are ready to use this free environment to make money raise their glasses and celebrate with joy.

Especially after Atari lost the lawsuit to Activision, the law did not guarantee the exclusivity of its Atari 2600 hardware platform.

In short, they just want to beat local tyrants and divide their fields, what can you do?The general trend of people's hearts is against each other, nothing more than this, EA and Atari can only pinch their noses to recognize it.

The bad influence of these bad games has spread to Europe, and some elites in the UK are the first to respond to this.

For example, Jimmy Savile, the famous host of the British Broadcasting Corporation——Jimmy Savile, lashed out at the show, and directly put the responsibility on EA.

The British Broadcasting Corporation's "Top of the Pop" - "Popular Music Rankings", its status in the music industry is self-evident, and Jimmy Saville is the ace host of this ace program.

Every time he was on the show, Jimmy Savile's exaggerated style-thin figure, withered face, silver hair like a pot lid buttoned on his head like a helmet, bright waterproof tracksuit with dazzling Jewelry, and a huge cigar in his mouth, it can be said to be "incomparably coquettish", leaving a very deep impression on people.

Jimmy Saville, who was born in poverty, was originally a coal miner, but injured his waist in an accident in the 1950s, so he turned to tour in various small bars and became more and more popular.

By the late 1950s, Jimmy Saville had become the head of 45 dance halls across the UK, and he could be said to be the originator of British DJs.

After entering the 1960s, Jimmy Savile first appeared in front of the public as a radio DJ. In 1964, he joined the British Broadcasting Corporation and became popular throughout Great Britain.

Jimmy Saville has hosted more than 1964 programs since the BBC launched the first issue of "Pop Music Rankings" in the New Year of 200. His distinctive rap voice and Dadaist style outfits have become the bright spots in the program. landscape.

In 1975, Jimmy Savile appeared in the program "Jimll Fix It" - "Let Jimmy Fix It" as "Uncle Country" - the image of the uncle of children all over the UK.

At the height of the show's ratings, nearly [-] kids a week wrote in asking Jimmy Savile to fulfill their wishes, like meeting their favorite football player or being able to sing with their favorite band etc.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jimmy Savile is the supreme king of entertainment programs in this era, a top idol, and the business card of the BBC.

More importantly, Jimmy Savile is also enthusiastic about charity and very generous. It is said that up to 90.00% of his income is donated.He has raised tens of millions of pounds to build hospitals and schools, and many charitable projects are related to helping young people.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Jimmy Savile is "Saint Savile".

Due to Jimmy Savile's huge social influence, he is very close to the British royal family and successive prime ministers.

For example, the current British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is a good friend of Jimmy Savile.He could kick off his shoes at Thatcher's house without notice, sit in front of the fireplace, and watch Christmas programs with Mrs Thatcher.

It is such an extremely energetic "uncle of the country", who blatantly accused, "EA's Xiaobawang game console has affected the healthy growth of our British children," and the consequences of public opinion it has aroused must not be underestimated.

Especially at a time when Tang Huan had just severely damaged the interests of the British Far East commercial interest groups. Britain, which had already withdrawn from the quagmire of the Falklands War, was trying to find a way to remedy it. Looks kind, ready to coordinate with Tang Huan.

Now that Jimmy Savile has made such a fuss, no matter whether his motive is to become famous, or he is secretly instructed by other interest groups, it will undoubtedly give Britain a high-sounding excuse.

As for EA's grievances - those bad games were not developed by itself at all, but a sentence "Is the Xiaobawang game console your EA's" can force EA's mouth to be blocked.

Gein, Britain just needs an excuse.

In fact, even if the interests of Xiaobawang game consoles in the UK are completely lost, it will not have a serious impact on Tang Huan. What's more, this incident is still in the initial stage of fermentation, and it is still unclear how much interest will be lost in the end. .

However, this sign is not good.You know, Tang Huan also has computers and peripheral equipment, software, video recorders and other products, all of which can be used as targets. Although he is not worried that the United Kingdom dares to beat him with open fire, but the toad jumps on the feet—does not bite Shocking.

In terms of Tang Huan's behavior style, of course he had to find a way to nip the unfavorable factors in the bud.

Seeing Tang Huan silently flipping through the newspaper, his subordinate added cautiously: "The Prime Minister's Office revealed that in view of EA's ineffective supervision of its own products, the relevant British departments will make a fine decision, and before this problem is resolved, Prohibit the sale of the Xiaobawang game console in the UK."

"Very good, courtesy first and soldiers later!" Tang Huan snorted coldly, "Maybe it can be a bargaining chip with enough weight."

"In addition to the "Sun" newspapers that fear the world will not be chaotic and fight for sales, the British Broadcasting Corporation is also contributing to the flames, which is a bit strange, after all, this media organization has no need for such a commercial war. "

Every household or business in the UK must purchase a one-year television license to ensure that the BBC has enough funds to "educate, inform and entertain" the public, with the specific fees set by the government.

It is because of this particular source of funding that BBC programs do not contain any commercial breaks.

And in theory, BBC programmers are not driven by any commercial interests.

But this is only in theory. How could the BBC be completely insensible? In fact, it still needs to face pressures such as politics and so on.

"To some extent, there is actually a conflict of interest between us and the BBC." Tang Huan smiled sarcastically, "I remember that the BBC is actively promoting a project called the BBC Computer Literacy Project , the purpose is to promote their BBC Micro personal computer in the education system. The personal computer products of Fangyuan, Apple, Commodore, Texas Instruments and other companies, and even the Xiaobawang game console with early education functions, are competitors and have considerable advantages. "

In fact, the United Kingdom has made quite a lot of achievements in the initial stage of the personal computer field. For example, around Cambridge University, more than ten personal computer companies including Aikon Computer have emerged.

With so much money "crowdfunded" from the public every year, the British Broadcasting Corporation certainly had to make a difference, so as early as the early 1980s, it began to pay attention to the industrial revolution that microcomputers could trigger, and its impact on the future economy and future of the United Kingdom. impact on life.

Because it received half of the funding subsidy from the government, the British Broadcasting Corporation ambitiously launched the BBC Computer Literacy Project plan to develop a personal computer with the BBC Micro standard, and the MOS 6502 microprocessor used by the British local Aikon computer Personal computer technology, favored by the BBC.

In December 1981, the plan came to fruition, and the BBC launched two personal computers of the BBC Micro standard, Model A and Model B, priced at £12 and £235 respectively.

The wish of the British Broadcasting Corporation is good, but don't forget that the current personal computer industry is a fierce competition that cannot be described.

In the price range of around US$500, BBC Micro not only has to face competition from similar products such as Sinclair Research’s ZX Spectrum in the UK, but also from the United States, including Commodore’s Commodore 64. Excellent product for the competition.

It has to be mentioned that Tandy Computer, a veteran of such products, also came to join in the fun with a brand-new attitude.

Originally, after Tang Huan acquired Radio Shack, an electronic chain store, he planned to let its personal computer product Tandy computer die naturally, and even transferred the project leader to Silicon Valley in a murderous manner, so that his team could be completely integrated into other projects. group.

But what makes Tang Huan dumbfounded is that the Tandy computer, known as a junk computer, has gained a new life by adopting the Fangyuan computer architecture in Silicon Valley.

Due to the use of the Z80 microprocessor, the ISA bus that has been completely shrunk to 8 bits, and the production in special economic zones in mainland China and other effective cost-cutting measures, the price of the new Tandy computer has easily reached the range of 500 US dollars.

Coupled with the various entry-level Zheru software and trial versions of EA games that are free of charge, the competitiveness of the Tandy computer is impressive.

Seeing that there was a cheap personal computer competitor of the Xiaobawang game console in his own product camp, Tang Huan was so worried that he simply left it to his subordinates to arrange the business strategy, and did not forcefully suppress it as previously planned.

Gein Tang Huan also understands that existence is reasonable, and "junk computers" under $500 are equivalent to no-name personal computers worth 2000 to 3000 yuan in the original time and space. There are indeed a considerable number of customers who are willing to use It was bought as a toy and brought home.

Now that the subordinates have developed such products that do not lose money, don't kill them, let them continue to toss, and maybe they can play an unplanned role.

Tang Huan's indifference, invisibly added a stronger competitor to BBC Micro, which caused the British Broadcasting Corporation's displeasure, which is not surprising.

After smoothing out the hidden complex relationship with his subordinates, Tang Huan looked at the photo of Jimmy Savile in the newspaper, and couldn't help feeling angry, "What a pious so-called uncle of the country, when is it your turn to come out and pretend to be the Virgin. "

Tang Huan waved his hand, called the most capable assistant, and ordered in a deep voice: "Find a private detective to investigate this guy secretly, especially pay attention to the scenes where he comes into contact with underage girls in residences, hospitals, schools, etc. , I want evidence like photos.”

　Some chapters are missing, which means they were blocked. Roughly, [-] to [-] words are missing. I can’t do anything about it for the time being. After all, this book can survive, so it’s quite fortunate... Well, learn to be grateful, Thanks to the book friends who are still supporting this book...

　　
　
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