Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 519
From the stunned expressions on the faces of Tang Huan and Ted Turner, it can be seen that this sudden accident had a huge impact on them, as if a nail was stuck in the sole of their foot when they were in the middle of work.

"Damn it." Ted Turner was so angry that he threw away the binoculars.

Tang Huan, who was the first to calm down, ordered his followers in a deep voice, "Go and visit our team members, and find out whose ship is destroying our good deeds."

It wasn't until the post-match dinner began that the details of the accident were fully understood. The boat that made trouble belonged to Rupert Murdoch, and the other party was unabashedly proud.

"It turned out to be this old guy." Ted Turner was furious. "Murdoch and I have been getting more and more at odds recently. I didn't expect him to disgust us here."

Tang Huan thought for a while and realized that Australia could be called Murdoch's home field.

The media tycoon was born on a farm 30 miles south of Melbourne. After inheriting his father's business, he won the first battle in Sydney and founded Australia's first national newspaper "The Australian", laying a solid foundation for his media empire.

If you are fighting in Australia, it is difficult to get a bargain.

So, Tang Huan reminded, "After returning to the United States, I will find a way to get the place back."

Unexpectedly, Murdoch was at the door of his hometown, with the prestige of a big victory, and his style was quite high-profile. He deliberately walked over and greeted him like a master.

"Don, you should actually sell Warner's shares to News Corp. I've already prepared a very attractive offer." Murdoch showed regret on his face.

"I have already reached a business-related deal with Warner, so I can only apologize." Tang Huan replied calmly.

"Business related?" Murdoch asked pointedly, "You seem to have always been obsessed with cable TV networks. Is it also for this reason?"

"Of course." Tang Huan nodded slightly, "You may not have read a paper I wrote, in which I analyzed that future cable TV networks and telecommunication networks can be connected to computer networks through technical means .”

"I wonder how long it will take to wait for this future?" Murdoch laughed sarcastically, "Your prediction will have a greater effect on increasing the stock price of the company under your name."

"Murdoch, can you stop talking so much irrelevant nonsense." Ted Turner interrupted impatiently, "Your ship sank my ship, you must give an explanation."

"There's nothing to say, it's just an accident." Murdoch's eyelids drooped, "Who let it get in the way!"

"Okay, you've finally spoken your mind." Ted Turner sneered, "Don't you like fighting? How about we go to the boxing ring in Las Vegas? How about a fight? It will be broadcast live across the United States! "

"Bullying me for being old?" Murdoch glanced at Ted Turner with disdain, and laughed, "You might as well let Tang play, he has an age advantage."

Tang Huan picked up an apple from the fruit plate, squeezed it hard, and the whole apple turned into puree.

"Are you sure, if I invite you to the boxing ring, you will agree?" Tang Huan asked with a half-smile, "I'm not just young."

Murdoch's old face instantly turned the color of pig liver, and after replying angrily, "Boring," he turned around and left.

Seeing the back of this old enemy fleeing in despair, Ted Turner laughed heartily, and the previous depression was swept away.

Tang Huan wiped his hands while frowning thoughtfully.

This post-match banquet is an open public place. Of course, the verbal conflict just now cannot escape the eyes and ears of the reporters, not to mention that it is full of explosive gossip, so it was published in the newspapers the next day, and the spread did not reach 24. Within hours, it spread from Australia to the United States.

……

"Be sure to invite Barry Diller to CNN." When sending Ted Turner on the plane, Tang Huan specially reminded him.

Ted Turner nodded in understanding, and then asked, "When are you going back to the United States?"

"It doesn't matter whether I'm in the United States or not. I don't understand the media industry such as cable TV." Tang Huan smiled playfully, "However, I can still control my subordinates remotely and give Murdoch money in the capital market." Create some trouble."

"Then you must not be merciful." Ted Turner said with lingering anger, and waved goodbye to Tang Huan.

……

Tang Huan originally planned to take another trip to Siam when he had time. Gain Funan had entered the dry season between November and April, and large-scale military operations were launched immediately. He really couldn't let go of his uncle.

As a result, Christina happily called, "Our little princess is about to be born, don't you want to come and see?"

Tang Huan slapped his thigh and almost forgot about this important matter.

Because of the experience of giving birth to her first child, the ship queen's mental state was obviously much more stable during this pregnancy. Tang Huan didn't worry much about prenatal depression and the like, so much so that she ignored it.

This was Tang Huan's first daughter, and he couldn't help but feel a little extra happy, so he rushed directly from Australia to Paris.When I saw Christina, she was already admitted to the hospital.

"I've already named the baby. The girl is named Athena Don Onassis, and the boy is named Plato Don Onassis. What do you think?" the female ship queen asked ostentatiously.

"That's right, the Onassis family includes all the three masters of ancient Greece." Tang Huan had nothing to say about the interest in naming Christina.

The female ship queen who got approval smiled happily and touched the heads of the two sons who were standing beside her, "After you have younger brothers and sisters, it will be more lively. You don't have to be like mother. Parents and elder brothers are gone. You are so lonely." very."

Having said that, Christina turned her gaze to Tang Huan, and thanked Tang Huan with infinite tenderness, "Honey, since I met you, my wishes have come true, and you are my greatest reliance."

"The delivery is imminent, so don't be emotional, so as not to disturb the baby in your stomach." Tang Huan gently held the hand of the Queen of Ships, smiling and comforting.

"Okay, with you by my side, I won't think about anything else." Christina nodded contentedly, "By the way, I should build a boat for the baby that is about to be born."

The previous Gemini ship went to the Falklands battlefield for a tour, and then completed a round-the-world voyage. It is currently providing cruise services in Miami, USA, and the business can only be said to be neither bad nor good.

Tang Huan couldn't help laughing wryly when he saw that the female ship queen had started to build a ship again.

"Both elder brothers have their own boats. If the baby in their womb doesn't exist, they will be unhappy. Honey, don't you think so?" Christina shook Tang Huan's hand and began to act like a baby.

Before Tang Huan could answer, the ship queen laughed, "Look, the baby is moving around in the stomach to protest, ouch..."

"Still protesting, this is clearly about to give birth." Tang Huan quickly called the doctor.

After Christina was pushed into the delivery room, the two little guys, Aristotle Don Onassis and Socrates Don Onassis, pulled Tang Huan together and begged, "Dad, can you tell Mom Say, don’t let us go to kindergarten?”

"Why don't you want to go to kindergarten?" Tang Huan asked back with a smile, "I think this is very good, and I can learn how to get along with other children."

The two children made a sad face and answered in unison, "Because they are too childish and have no common language, which is torture to death."

Tang Huan looked at the pair of precocious twins in a daze, thinking that it was true.

Although there is no definite evidence, after giving birth to so many twins, Tang Huan can basically come to a conclusion that the wisdom of the many elites in his mind is very likely to be passed on to the next generation in some form, otherwise it cannot be explained The existing eight sons are all so clever.Correspondingly, the conflicts in his mind are also decreasing.

It is not good for anyone to force these children with extraordinary intelligence into their peers.

Thinking of this, Tang Huan nodded, "I can help you, but I still need to find another educational solution for you."

The brothers breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly, "It's fine if you don't go to kindergarten. These few months have been really sad. There are a few kids with runny noses, so don't worry about them."

Seeing them looking like grown-ups, Tang Huan shook his head with a smile, "Come on, have a good chat with me. What are you thinking about in your little heads?"

……

Athena Don Onassis and Plato Don Onassis were born safely. The former was a bit more impatient, took the lead and became the older sister, and the latter became the younger brother.

"It's not easy, I also have a daughter." Tang Huan happily put Athena's little hand on his own.

"Look how beautiful Athena's eyes are." Christina also focused all her attention on her daughter.

As a result, Plato, who was left out on the other side, began to cry loudly.

Aristotle and Socrates, who were watching the excitement, glanced at each other, and then said in unison: "Fortunately, we were all the same at the beginning."

"Mom was wrong..." Christina hurriedly comforted her little son who was jealous since he was only a few days old.

……

Rare things are the most precious, and this daughter who is born once every ten miles really makes Tang Huan stay in Paris so happily that he doesn't want to leave.

However, a high-ranking person like him doesn't always have leisure time, and soon things are put on the desk, waiting to be dealt with.

The first one is that Commodore, which has killed all sides in the cheap computer market and even squeezed Texas Instruments out of the game, just entered January 1984, and there was a major high-level personnel earthquake—due to the intensification of conflicts with the board of directors, Its chairman announced his resignation.

Tang Huan's immediate reaction to this was that he could bring in an experienced compatible manufacturer for Fangyuan PC to prevent Japan from becoming arrogant and difficult to control.

In addition, it may be possible to fulfill the promise and help Warner find a next home for Atari.

The second incident made Tang Huan both surprised and dumbfounded—in the videotape format war between VHS and Betamax, RCA actually chose to side with Sony.

You know, the script in the original time and space was not like this.

Tang Huan was puzzled and quickly asked Japan to send more information. Only then did he understand what was going on.

It turned out that after seeing CNN, and Hollywood film companies represented by United Artists and MGM prove the commercial value of video tapes with practical applications, RCA was moved and planned to come up with such a set of things. to profit.

There is no doubt that ready-made technical solutions can be harvested directly in Japan.

Regardless of the fact that Japanese automobiles, home appliances, semiconductors and other products are in the US market, some areas still need to rely on agency mechanisms to enter the US market, just like Nintendo once tried to let Atari act as an agent for the US market of FC game consoles.

If there is no video tape, then the video recorder is meaningless, and the value of the video tape lies in the content of the program recorded on it.

The reason why Hollywood companies such as United Artists, MGM, and Paramount, as well as TV media such as American Television Network, can make money in the home consumption market by distributing video tapes is because they hold the copyrights of these program contents.

Moreover, in order not to affect mainstream media platforms such as movies and TV, the programs on videotapes are usually not time-sensitive.

If manufacturers of VCRs and videotapes directly promote their products to the US market, they will face legal risks. At this stage, the US judiciary has not yet reached a clear conclusion on the relationship between videotapes and copyright.

It can be said that there is an invisible market entry threshold.In comparison, program content providers in the United States occupy a more favorable position and have a greater right to speak.

Therefore, RCA, who felt good about itself, searched for targets in Japan with the mentality of picking up cheap ones, and fell in love with JVC's VHS format at a glance, because the video tape directly has a 4-hour length specification, and the price of the VCR can be reduced to Under $1000.

These features are simply tailor-made for NBC under RCA. The various sports events broadcast by NBC, due to the time difference between the east and the west of the United States, just need this length of videotape as a buffer.

In addition, in terms of broadcast-level video tape products, JVC is also on the same starting line as Sony, the old industry standard powerhouse in this field.

But in the process of bargaining, RCA felt that JVC was not as servile as expected.

After further investigation, RCA finally discovered that most of the new patents on the VHS format, including 4-hour length, broadcast-grade S-VHS, belonged to Epson.In return for the original cooperation, JVC can use it for free, but it does not have the right to spread it at will.

RCA, who didn't get enough benefits from JVC, used a negotiation technique and turned to JVC's competitor Sony.

This was originally done to increase the negotiating weight, but I did not expect that Sony, which relied on technology and should have a tough attitude, showed a more humble attitude than JVC. Betamax camp.

(End of this chapter)