Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 448 Human touch under the halo of wealth

With the recent close contact between Tang Huan and the public media, the reporters who got acquainted with each other asked more and more varied questions.

Soon, someone brought the topic to video games, "Don, did you know that Atari's video game "ET Alien" is selling very well, do you regret that you missed such a good opportunity?"

"Congratulations to Atari for digging a gold mine." After praising his old opponent with ulterior motives, Tang Huan said calmly, "Maybe I really missed it, but do you know how much the box office of the movie "ET Alien" was in North America? 4.1 million U.S. dollars. Therefore, one must be content.”

"Don, do you mean the box office of "ET Aliens" by your satisfaction, or is it what Hollywood is talking about, and you earn half of Hollywood's annual income?" ears.

Everyone paid so much attention to Tang Huan's wealth, because he made too much money in Hollywood in 1982, and the summer vacation with the best business opportunities was almost completely divided up by the film company under his name and Paramount.

The latter's films are "An Officer and a Gentleman" - "Officer and a Gentleman" and "Star Trek", while the former's films are "ET Alien", "Rocky 3", "Handkerchief" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - "Spring City Flowers", the number is double that of Paramount, and other films such as "Conan the Barbarian" and "First Blood" also performed well.

Among them, "ET Alien" alone earned about 2 million U.S. dollars in copy rent, and with the contribution of other blockbuster movies, the saying that Tang Huan earned half of Hollywood's annual income quickly spread. .

"Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, I can understand everyone's unbelievable feelings." Tang Huan did not evade this question, and after a sincere smile, he said carefully: "This kind of one or two companies dominate The phenomenon, in fact, just shows that the Hollywood industry with a long history has indeed fallen to the bottom, and the entire industry must think about how to rebuild its former glory."

"So, Tang, what's your opinion?" The reporters asked thoughtfully.

"In the past few decades, Hollywood has been almost completely carved up by big conglomerates. Although this has strengthened the financial strength to resist the risk of box office failure, it has not yet been done. The root cause of the problems facing the film industry lies mainly in people There are more and more diversified entertainment methods, and movies are just an option. Therefore, I personally think that Hollywood needs to integrate with other media.”

At this point, Tang Huan waved his hand, "Why do I feel like I'm off topic? Shouldn't you ask me about Fangyuan Computer's IPO and the computer industry?"

Amidst the roar of laughter, the reporters finally got down to business.

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With Tang Huan's current popularity, his words and deeds will naturally be brought to the public as quickly as possible by the major media, and then be discussed and analyzed in various ways, so as to summarize the so-called way to success, or be Deduction and ridicule to entertain the public.

A thoughtful person can more or less guess how likely this Silicon Valley upstart will compete with him in the future.

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The American media once again proved their pervasiveness. They dug up the origin of Tang Huan's bald image.

Although Tang Huan was a little reluctant about this, there was nothing he could do about it. Freedom of speech is where the power of the media lies.What's more, while they were gossiping, they also praised him for being humane.

But what happened next made Tang Huan furious.

A reporter from the "New York Post" actually sneaked into Treasure Hospital, secretly took a photo of Betty, and published it, side by side with Tang Huan's bald photo, and wrote a very misleading title - " Is this the daughter of the richest man in America?"

Undoubtedly, the story was so intriguing that the New York Post sold out of its papers for the day.

Tang Huan immediately asked his lawyer to draft a statement on his behalf, condemning the unscrupulous "New York Post" for disturbing a terminally ill child by unscrupulous means, putting him under public attention, and deliberately misleading about the relationship between Betty and himself , his heart can be punished.

The "New York Post", founded in 1801, is one of the oldest newspapers in the United States. At the end of 1976, it was bought by Murdoch. The style of the newspaper changed drastically immediately, and it began to increase news about violence and sex, as well as scandals and cases. report, and attract readers through rendering and exaggerated language.

This kind of tabloid style, all kinds of endless things are just commonplace, and Tang Huan's dissatisfaction is not a concern - "There is a huge media empire standing behind us, if you have the ability, you can bite me for such a trivial matter."
Tang Huan saw that he could not ask the "New York Post" to apologize, so he stopped talking nonsense and directly filed a lawsuit and took him to court.

Originally, readers have become accustomed to the incomprehension of the "New York Post", after all, there are more than one yellow newspaper in the United States.But unexpectedly, Tang Huan took it seriously.

But also because of this, many people began to feel that Tang Huan's insistence was justified, that certain thresholds could not be broken, and that tabloids like the "New York Post" had to be hit.

All of a sudden, saliva was flying all over the sky, while the "New York Post" was stubborn and didn't mean to bow its head in the slightest.

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In this din with dissonant notes, the time came to Friday, January 1983, 1, when the much-anticipated Fangyuan Computer Company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

At this time, the reporters discovered that these Silicon Valley guys had come up with a new trick. The listing bell was not ringing by Tang Huan, or John Chambers and other executives, but by eight middle-level executives from Fangyuan Computer Company. and grassroots employees.

Amidst the cheers, the bell rang, which symbolized the wealth of money, and Fangyuan Computer Company’s shares were launched to the public at an issue price of US$30. Within an hour, 5000 million shares were sold out.

At the close of the day, the share price of Fangyuan Computer Company closed at US$42, and the entire company suddenly became a behemoth with a market value of more than US$200 billion.

And in the days that followed, this rising momentum remained unabated, just like a small IBM.

This wave of wealth myths made several veterans who followed Tang Huan become multi-millionaires. As for millionaires, hundreds of them sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Tang Huan, who personally holds close to 40.00% of the shares, suddenly saw his net worth soar by several billion dollars, becoming the world's richest man with a net worth of tens of billions in one fell swoop.

The listing of Fangyuan Computer Company has broken and created many jaw-dropping records. In particular, how the more than 10 billion US dollars obtained in the first round of financing will be spent makes people scratch their heads with curiosity.

So the reporters stayed at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel where the investor and media appreciation dinner of Fangyuan Computer Company was held, waiting for Tang Huan to answer questions.

(End of this chapter)