Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 687 You'd better protect the site first
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On the road where wealth and power are the scenery, there are always some shadow areas that must be crossed.Tang Huan will not be too pedantic to hold his hands and feet, but he still cherishes his goodwill very much and tries to make it as leak-proof as possible.

The high price of DRAM on a global scale is a double-edged sword. Not to mention hurting the enemy one thousand and self-damaging eight hundred, but there is still a one-third negative impact.

The ultimate goal of Tang Huan's fueling was to exhaust the competitors who hadn't taken precautions beforehand.After waiting for a year and a half, no matter what the result is, he still wants to use his backhand to suppress the arrogance of Japanese semiconductor manufacturers in the price of DRAM.

Seeing that the industry was hotly discussing the dynamic random access memory market situation, but it did not involve him, Tang Huan calmly slipped away and once again turned his attention to matters outside the scope of IT.

The movie "Mulan" tailored for Lin Qingxia was finally completed. Tang Huan placed high hopes on it and planned to make it into a work with international influence, and then help Lin Meiren achieve a higher degree of fame and fortune.

As early as 1964, Shaw Brothers Film Company put the story of Hua Mulan joining the army in place of her father on the big screen, with Ling Bo as the leading actor at that time.

In Lin Qingxia's version of "Mulan", the main line of the plot is still developed according to the storyline described in "The Poetry of Mulan", but the whole script has been greatly expanded and adapted, adding many details that are not in the original poem, as well as some self-created characters , well meet the needs of commercial movies in terms of script length, and increase the entertainment of the plot.

In addition to acting as the starring role, Lin Qingxia also has to participate in the operation of the entire project, which includes getting friends in the circle to help out. For example, she specially invited Deng Lijun, who is more famous, to sing songs from the movie.

After all this busy work, Lin Qingxia seemed a little low-key. In the two years since she came back after giving birth, she only starred in two movies, "Police Story" and "Sword Horse Dan".

"The male rabbit's feet are fluttering, and the female rabbit's eyes are blurred; two rabbits walk side by side, how can you tell me whether I am male or female? Your artistic image, charming when you are a girl, and heroic when you are a boy, can definitely overcome all kinds of cultural barriers." Full of mouth Tang Huan, who praised it, affirmed the effort put into the film.

"Isn't it taking care of your preferences here?" Lin Qingxia rolled her eyes at the man, making Deng Lijun, who was sitting next to her, chuckle.

In Japan, the sales of several albums exceeded one million, and she won many heavyweight awards. At the same time, after being invited to participate in the NHK Red and White Song Competition for three consecutive times, Deng Lijun is finally willing to slow down the pace of work.

Seven years have passed since she made her comeback in 1980 with Enwei in Baodao. Deng Lijun has maintained a constant state of personal struggle. Nervous.

After participating in the NHK Red and White Song Match, Deng Lijun first went to the United States to visit her children, and then returned to Baodao to celebrate the Lunar New Year.Apart from resigning and accepting a character interview during the Spring Festival with her old club, TTV, she has almost no work arrangements.

However, this interview caused a huge sensation in Baodao.

It turns out that Deng Lijun said frankly that she will put more energy on her family in the future, especially when she officially stated that she has a pair of biological twin sons and adopted two daughters.

Of course, she deliberately ignored who her son's father was, but this did not affect people's correct guesses at all.

You must know that at this stage, Deng Lijun's reputation in Baodao is no worse than those bluffing political leaders.How could the outside world remain calm when she said it so deliberately?As if the news had grown wings, it quickly flew out of Treasure Island and spread to Japan, Xiangjiang, and Southeast Asian regions such as Singapore and Malaysia.

Deng Lijun chose to do this mainly because her son is getting older and needs to attend more public events, and hiding it may affect the child's growth.

As for the pressure of public opinion, Deng Lijun has long been alive, so she is naturally confident in facing it.

In fact, the situation was not as bad as Deng Lijun had imagined in advance, and the reaction of public opinion fully explained what it means to be strong.

The singer's brilliant music career achievements and the resulting huge global influence have made Baodao regard her as a treasure.

To put it bluntly, Treasure Island, where the space is getting narrower and narrower, needs to have the pride to support one's self-confidence, and Deng Lijun is an irreplaceable sign, and everyone loves it instinctively.

Besides, the relationship history between Deng Lijun and Tang Huan was spread by gossip media one after another as early as 1979. No matter how different it is from the truth, it has been regarded as fact by people over time.

The mainstream version of the story is: Without the interference of special political factors at the time, Deng Lijun, who had fallen into a low career, and Tang Huan, who was still in his infancy, would have become a couple, which would definitely create a good story.After the two separated, Deng Lijun still retained the shares of the start-up company that Tang Huan gave her. Not to mention whether this was to express a kind of sustenance, this asset is currently worth at least one billion US dollars, which is enough to become a myth.

With Deng Lijun of such wealth, her identity is obviously a lot more detached, but she is still as gentle and humble as before in dealing with people, giving people a feeling of spring breeze, and she is more and more loved by fans.

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What, too much pomp and circumstance after the song?They deserve it!
What, the post-singer is also very airy, so please don't move at all?Excuse me, do you dare to report how much the appearance fee is!

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Under such massive support, Deng Lijun took the initiative to mention that she had a pair of twin sons, and most people had the kind of reaction of "slapping the thigh, as expected".

In the eyes of more people who are busy with the secular world, the twins have a biological father who is the richest man in the United States, which is simply a blessing that others cannot envy.

This kind of reaction within the scope of Baodao is also related to the increased awareness of independence of Baodao women.

For example, just last year, Xiao Sa, a well-known female writer in Baodao, published "A Letter to My Ex-Husband" in a magazine.In this article in the form of an open_letter, she publicly accused her husband Zhang Yi, who directed the "Female Film Trilogy", and Yang Huishan, the Golden Horse Award winner, as the first public divorce process for a woman in Baodao. Conservative Taiwan society injects a fairly new sense of femininity, and it also represents the beginning of Taiwanese feminism.

All in all, Deng Lijun was not besieged by the expected storm of public opinion, so she helped Lin Qingxia promote the film with ease, and followed her to the United States.

"My preferences represent the preferences of audiences all over the world." Tang Huan smiled slightly and said confidently: "After the movie is released worldwide, you will be worth a million dollars on a single ride, almost like Li Jun. Soldiers."

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The producer of "Mulan" is Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment Company. This independent film model sometimes brings people a lot of surprises.

Just like the "Platoon" represented by Orion Films - "Platoon", in addition to selling over [-] million U.S. dollars at the US box office, it was also favored by the Academy Awards and received as many as eight nominations.

The producer of "Platoon" is an independent film company called Hemdal, which is also one of the investors in "The Last Emperor" that is being filmed.

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Tang Huan had just finished watching the movie when his assistant came over and reported in a low voice: "Gates wants to talk to you."

"What's the matter?" Tang Huan asked lazily.

"It should be related to Microsoft BASIC." The assistant explained softly, and handed over the phone.

"Hi, Bill, I'm in Los Angeles. I seem to be in a hurry to ask you something." Tang Huan greeted him in a good mood.

Gates was not as relaxed as Tang Huan, he was depressed.

Now it is getting harder and harder to find a good opportunity to have a face-to-face meeting with the richest man.Originally, he could make his wish come true on the eve of COMDEX last year, but he and Jobs met on the same road and started arguing after a disagreement, which ultimately disrupted the plan. After that, he could only find Tang Huan on the phone who was busy with the personal computer war.

Knowing that the richest man manages a lot of things every day and is not usually busy, Gates said straight to the point: "Don, I learned that Zheru's spreadsheet software CGrid, word processing software WordEasy, slideshow software PowerPresenter, database software EBase and other products will have built-in A programming language to support macro functions. I don’t know if the specific programming language has been determined. In fact, Microsoft BASIC is a pretty good choice. After all, we have been cooperating smoothly in the field of rapid development of EBase front-end applications.”

The cooperation mentioned by Gates is indeed quite successful. PeopleSoft, an enterprise application solution provider, was developed on the basis of EBase technology. This shows how much money Microsoft can make every year through this approach.

Of course, this great money-making opportunity was not given to Gates by the richest man in vain. It involved a secret agreement, that is, throughout the 1980s, Microsoft, which developed operating systems for IBM, had to truthfully disclose progress information to Tang Huan, and then Let Fangyuan PC accurately deduce competitors' product plans.

In this shady secret agreement, Gates who lost his integrity got benefits, and Tang Huan, who was black-bellied, got key information, which made the two of them form a kind of relationship similar to "going to the window together, shooting guns together, Let's find a girl together", a close relationship far beyond the outside world.

When Zheru revealed at the developer conference that the new generation of office software will add macro functions, Gates kept his mind and wanted Microsoft's BASIC to enter this field.If it succeeds, Microsoft can not only get a very generous income, but also take this opportunity to further steal from Zheru.

In the past few years, there has been a joke in the industry: If you want to know the new functions of Microsoft's next-generation office software, it is very simple, just look at the current functions of Zheru's similar products.

The joke is certainly not indiscriminate, and largely reflects the way Microsoft operates.However, Gates has always dismissed this cynicism and didn't bother to pay attention.

Obviously, he is well aware of the truth of "the winner is the king and the loser" in the business world - if the company goes bankrupt, no matter how good its integrity is, it will not be able to make a living; on the contrary, as long as it can reach the top, any criticism can be dismissed. There is no need to pay attention to the noise that has been whitewashed.

Now, Gates is desperately wanting to fight for a brighter future for his masterpiece, Microsoft BASIC, here at Tang Huan.

Tang Huan pondered and did not express his position right away, because he was sure that according to the current situation, by next year, IBM's personal computer business would definitely be hit to the ground, and the secret information provided by Gates, a partner, would also be gone. It is too necessary.

The reason why the richest man connives at Microsoft’s expansion is mainly because he considers that competitors must exist objectively, and Gates and Microsoft are quite familiar objects, so that the opponent who has never been good at technological innovation can occupy the main position of the opposite camp. The location, in the long run, is quite a bargain.

To put it bluntly, Tang Huan is subsidizing those with ordinary aptitude to take up positions in the enemy country, so that those with amazing talents will not have a bright future, and thus weaken the overall strength of the enemy country.

Microsoft has accomplished this task very well in the past few years. The poor performance of MS-DOS on the IBM-PC platform was completely defeated by Zheru's FreeDOS, which further made the application functions of the IBM-PC platform significantly lag behind the Fangyuan personal computer platform. This is why IBM wants to jointly develop a new operating system OS/2 with Microsoft.

But Tang Huan couldn't satisfy Gates' growing appetite all the time. As the Fangyuan PC standard gained more and more advantages in the market, the value of the opponent was constantly decreasing, and there was no need to continue to get used to it.

If you put Microsoft's BASIC into the macro function plan of Zheru Office software, it will really lead the wolf into the room. Think about the original time and space, Visual Basic for Applications: You will know the status in Microsoft Office software.

"Implementing macro functions in office software is very complicated, especially considering security issues. Therefore, the plan has not yet entered the substantive stage. You don't need to rush to help Microsoft BASIC to win votes." Tang Huan resorted to delaying tactics.

"Tang, users of office software, most of them don't know much about the deep-level computer technology, but some problems encountered in the work really need to be solved by programming. The performance of BASIC in terms of ease of use is recognized No other programming language can be compared.” Gates had long expected that his plan would not be achieved overnight, so he was not discouraged, and he continued to lobby persistently.

Tang Huan made a haha, "I think you should protect your own territory first. In addition to Lotus Software, Borland has also brought a lot of trouble to Microsoft recently. Don't just patronize expansion and be overwhelmed by others." Get off your horse."

(End of this chapter)