Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 72

Because there were too many things going on before, after Tang Huan left the "Shanghai Beach" novel to Hu Yinmeng, he only listened to the direct results of the report and did not ask about the specific process.

So when Lu Xiaohu parked the car and Hu Yinmeng said "I'm here," Tang Huan, who was talking to Zhou Mi, accidentally looked outside and realized that the newspaper Hu Yinmeng chose to publish "Shanghai Beach" was "Sing Tao Daily" 》.

What a coincidence, Tang Huan remembered that the owner of this newspaper was also surnamed Hu, called Hu Xian.

Xiangjiang has a well-developed newspaper industry. Currently, the well-known Chinese newspapers include: Ming Pao, founded in 1959, Oriental Daily, founded in 1969, Sing Tao Daily, founded in 1938, and Cheng Cheng Daily, founded in 1939. Newspaper.

In Xiangjiang, a special place where various forces are intricately intertwined, various reasons such as positions, styles, and grievances are often hidden under various appearances.

Take newspapers as an example, Jin Yong's "Ming Pao" has a center-right position, while the Ma family of "Dongfang Daily" and the Hu family of "Sing Tao Daily" have a lot of connections with Baodao, so their positions are naturally different. It goes without saying.

For example, in the former case, the report once used the Republic of China chronology; in the latter case, this has always been the case.

Of course, after entering the 90s, these situations changed.

As a businessman, in the final analysis, you have to consider the benefits.

In terms of newspaper style, Ming Pao seldom uses headlines that shock readers, and like the Hong Kong version of Sing Tao Daily, there is no "Feng Yue Edition", the layout and color are slightly monotonous, and it tends to use neutral terms, so its credibility is quite high. As for many secondary schools and primary schools in Hong Kong, they will subscribe Ming Pao on behalf of their students.

Dongfang Daily, which claims to be the "No. [-] in sales", not only has a Fengyue edition, but also uses controversial techniques to attract attention in its reports from time to time.

Tang Huan didn't care which newspaper Hu Yinmeng published "Shanghai_Tan" as long as he didn't choose a newspaper like Dongfang Daily that was easy to lower its tone.

After Hu Yinmeng walked into the newspaper office, Tang Huan waved his hand and motioned for Lu Xiaohu to drive to the office.

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Although he didn't actually participate, the Xiangjiang subsidiary was established completely according to Tang Huan's idea. Zhuang Yinuo helped Zhou Mi and others choose a property in the commercial district of southern Kowloon, and then directly bought it as an office location. Call it a big deal.

Of course, the reason why this process went so smoothly was because of the secret help of the famous boss Huo. This was Tang Huan's borrowing from his grandfather.

When he entered the door, Lu Xiaohu said disdainfully, "When we first took over, there were a few bastards who claimed to be some kind of society to collect protection money. Be honest."

Zhou Mi snorted dissatisfiedly, "Business is all about making money with harmony, and you guys who are aggressive and ruthless are simply messing around. This is the environment here in Xiangjiang. Strong dragons do not overwhelm local snakes. If I hadn't found a way to make up for it." , can't stop."

Lu Xiaohu chuckled, "Since you wipe my ass, I have nothing to be afraid of."

Tang Huan waved his hands, and said directly: "It's good to have both hard and soft tactics."

According to Tang Huan's plan, a product showroom was set up on the first floor. This is a pure kingdom of philosophy and technology. Even the hardware platform used for demonstrations excluded Apple computers and directly used Fangyuan computers.

If we divide the personal computer era like game consoles, the Altair computer that was first supported by Gates' BASIC compiler in the mid-to-early 70s belongs to the first generation, the Apple machine in the late 70s belongs to the second generation, and then the IBM PC came out, and manufacturers all over the world 16-bit CPUs were adopted, followed by 286, 386, 486, Pentium generation... and so on.

To be honest, Tang Huan is not satisfied with Fangyuan Computer, which belongs to the second generation at present, because of the limitations of progress, technology, cost, etc., in terms of hardware, it is only Woz's second-generation Apple machine and its own enhanced display function. A combination of expansion cards, it supports printing function enhancement expansion cards and Chinese cards through expansion slots, and DOS, CGrid, and WordEasy are built in ROM for software.

Tang Huan plans to start research and development of the 16-bit Fangyuan second-generation computer next year that will compete with the IBM PC. For now, let the [-]-bit computer bloom its last splendor.

What's more, products of this type are now very recognized by the market.

Initially, Tang Huan priced Fangyuan Computer at $1500 for the people, and Hanka at $1500, and then gradually lowered the price as the factory optimized its production.

As a result, the operation situation of Baodao has doubled on this basis, and users are still buying into it. It seems that this situation will last for a long time, and it is not known how much profit distribution is involved.

This is the benefit brought by technology monopoly. If it is placed in RB, it is estimated that imitation compatible products will appear in half a year.

No matter how Baodao takes the high-end route, it is impossible to eat all the products at once. It still needs to rely on Xiangjiang, especially RB, a huge market to help digest it.

Naturally, Tang Huan would not make himself uncomfortable with pricing, and had to consider the actual situation.

But the price of $1500 seems not enough to show the high-end of Fangyuan Computer, so Tang Huan decided to try the water with a one-third increase.

Several engineers transferred from Baodao were training new employees in groups in the hall. When they saw Tang Huan arriving, they hurried over to say hello. Others also had respectful looks on their faces.

Not for anything else, Zheru's salary is generous enough, and the position in a high-tech company is enough to make everyone feel honored.

Tang Huan nodded, scanned around, and saw that the exhibition hall was divided into detailed areas according to product functions: spreadsheets, word processing, databases, financial accounting, purchase, sales and inventory management, Xiaobawang game consoles, etc. After the users came, , according to the needs, just ask the number directly.

Zhou Mi said in a low voice: "The eldest son of the Huo family took the initiative to purchase five computers. I could see that he was here purely for face, so I selected a few engineers with the best skills to do after-sales service. As a result, Boss Huo and the others found that these products are indeed very useful, so they placed a batch of orders seriously."

It seems that with the development of the economy, information-based office has indeed become a necessity for enterprises.

Tang Huan thought about it in his mind and asked casually, "Where is the Little Overlord game console?"

Zhou Mi smiled embarrassingly, "I don't know how to position this thing. Is it like a TV set and sold in a department store? I haven't bothered to get in touch. It's placed in the exhibition hall. No one cares about it except for the employees who secretly play with it." .”

Hearing this, Tang Huan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. He remembered that Zheru hadn't advertised his products in Xiangjiang yet, and Lin Fengjiao was invited by Baodao, and Xiangjiang also wanted to find a good person. .

On the second floor, Lu Xiaohu yelled, "Zheng Gang, Yang Qinglin, Wei Jun, hurry up and see who's here."

As soon as the words fell, the three young men ran out of an office, and after seeing Tang Huan, they shouted in surprise: "Little Master."

Tang Huan shook his head with a smile, "Hurry up and change your name, you're calling me old. I was young and ignorant at the time, and I bullied you for fun because of how many skills I knew. It can't be counted."

The three of them looked at each other, obviously at a loss as to how to address them.

Tang Huan hugged them one by one first, and then laughed loudly: "Well, in private, you are like Lao Zhou and Hu Zi. You call me Datang, and you call me Mr. Tang in front of outsiders. I like arty."

Seeing this scene from the side, Zhou Mi nodded inwardly, "I haven't seen you for a few years, Tang Dynasty has changed a lot, no wonder he became a multi-millionaire."

Tang Huan walked into the office of the three of them, and saw several ashtrays on the coffee table and desk, and newspapers were also randomly placed.

Lu Xiaohu explained on the side: "Talents like Mr. Zhou can show their talents wherever they are placed. The four of us rough guys can only run errands, get started, be on duty at night, and do some unskilled work. When I have nothing to do, I read the newspaper, and I happen to like martial arts novels. It’s really fun, and I’ve learned all the traditional Chinese characters.”

Tang Huan sighed understandingly, "It's boring you all to stay in the office like this."

"By the way, is there any free space in this property? Can we open up a place dedicated to fitness and entertainment, so that everyone's spare time life can be more colorful." Tang Huan turned to Zhou Mi.

"It can be arranged, but there will be an extra expense." Zhou Mi replied with some hesitation, obviously not in favor of such a luxury.

"It's okay, money is the last thing you need to think about, this matter is left to you." Tang Huan made a final decision.

After finishing speaking, Tang Huan picked up a newspaper and saw that it was Dongfang Daily. Just as he was about to throw it away, he suddenly focused his eyes and saw a report on it titled "Talented and Rich Women, Talented and Rich", the author Li Ao, The content is his cynicism to Hu Yinmeng's "Shanghai Beach", and he laments that such an independent-minded strange woman also played word games of obsession with men and women, and it seems that she has been successfully brainwashed by a rich man.

I wiped it, this high-level black hand is so long that it has extended from Baodao to Xiangjiang. Is it a trick played by Dongfang Daily in pursuit of sales?
Although this set is a bit annoying, it has helped to enhance the reputation of "Shanghai Beach", and it has also attracted Li Ao's attention, which can be regarded as protecting this person by the way.

Seeing Tang Huan frowned, the slightly fair Yang Qinglin pointed to another newspaper and said, "I've read the novel "Shanghai Beach". .”

Tang Huan smiled, picked up the Sing Tao Daily, and couldn't help frowning, feeling a little unhappy.

It turned out that "Shanghai Beach" identified two authors: Hu Yinmeng and Tang Huan.

Tang Huan, Tang Huan.

Is this how Hu Yinmeng got himself a pseudonym?Didn't I let her publish the novel alone? This woman didn't even tell me. It was too unscrupulous to do it like this. It seems that my boss still didn't manage the secretary well.

At this time, the front desk transferred a call from Hu Yinmeng.

"Ms. Fang Yihua from Shaw Brothers wants to meet me to talk about the adaptation of "Shanghai Beach". Shall I go to meet her?"

Now Run Run Shaw is only the executive director of TVB, and he is not the family member, so he works so hard. It seems that opportunities are really reserved for those who are prepared.

Tang Huan thought to himself, and said: "Naturally, we came to Xiangjiang this time, and we also want to see the value of "Shanghai Beach" by the way."

"Then how do I talk to the other party and what's the bottom line?" Hu Yinmeng asked hesitantly.

"The way I hope to cooperate is that we pay our own money for the filming, and the other party directly buys our finished product for broadcasting, so that we can control the copyright of the film and television." Tang Huan ordered carefully.

After understanding for a moment, Hu Yinmeng said: "I understand, let's try to talk."

Tang Huan encouraged her, "Just sit on the Diaoyutai, if it doesn't work, cooperate with ATV... Li, I believe there will always be one party who will agree."

(End of this chapter)