Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 767 You Think I'm Blind

PS: The editor in charge seems to be on leave, and I can't be contacted. The blocked chapter 0833 will have to wait a while before it can be processed.

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After presiding over the official operation ceremony of the San Francisco side of the California High Speed ​​Rail, Tang Huan went to visit the new Starbucks branch invested by the Tang Family Fund.

Compared with other places, in order to adapt to the Internet heat wave radiated from Silicon Valley, this place cooperates with Pacific Telecom to set up an Internet access point, which can be regarded as a fusion of leisure and technology. Otherwise, it would not attract the richest man to visit here. trip.

Under the introduction of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, Tang Huan asked his assistant to bring his laptop with great interest, and drank coffee while surfing the Internet, which was quite unusual.

After the photographer took this picture, he said with a smile: "It's so freehand, I guess it will lead to a fashion."

After clicking the World Wide Web booking system of the California High Speed ​​Rail with the mouse a few times, Tang Huan took over the conversation with a smile, "I'm afraid it won't be fashionable, and the Internet access fee is so high, I can only help some special customers as an emergency."

Closing the laptop, he then affirmed: "Although there are more gimmicks, the idea is very good. It can be listed as a separate business item to calculate the profit and loss. Even if there are some losses, it is not unacceptable."

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At this time, Hu Yinmeng, who was traveling around with Father Hu who felt that his time was short, returned to San Francisco from Uruguay, and hurriedly said, "Guess what treasure I found?"

"I can't guess." Tang Huan shook his head honestly.He was very successful in training the three views of female Wenqing, but the other party's interest was not within this range.

"I was in Uruguay at the right time to help deal with the relics of an old man, and I found a copy of a movie with a long history." Hu Yinmeng said excitedly: "Aren't you building a Chinese film archive? This definitely belongs to a town. The treasure of the store."

Tang Huan perked up after hearing this, and quickly urged: "Tell me, what is the work of which star in which era?"

"A black and white silent film produced by China Lianhua Film Company in 1931, directed by Bu Wancang, "Love and Duty" starring Ruan Lingyu and Jin Yan." Hu Yinmeng replied, admiring Tang Huan with satisfaction Surprised look.

"Such a good thing can happen to you." Tang Huan shook his head with a smile.

"Is it okay to only allow your treasure hunting company to be lucky?" Hu Yinmeng snorted unconvinced, "This year happens to be Ruan Lingyu's 80th birthday. I plan to take this opportunity to shoot a related commemorative movie."

"It's a good idea." Tang Huan nodded, "However, it's better to leave it to others to operate, and you can focus on the United States."

"This is my idea." Hu Yinmeng murmured unwillingly, "Then I can choose a heroine to play Ruan Lingyu, right?"

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll just help you figure it out." Tang Huan smiled slightly, "Maggie has just won the Best Actress at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and the Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and is currently in the United States. While on vacation, just let this newly released double actress play the role."

Hu Yinmeng rolled her eyes when she heard this, "How long has it taken you to make your decision? Aren't you afraid of leaving Beauty Lin in the cold?"

Tang Huan waved his hand nonchalantly, "After filming "The Last Nobleman", Qing Xia should slow down a bit in pursuit of awards."

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Just took a break to deal with public-private affairs, and there was another change in the circle of Silicon Valley-Robert Noyce, known as the "Mayor of Silicon Valley", died of a heart attack while swimming at the age of 62 age.For an American billionaire, it was too early.

You know, the business partners who founded Intel together with him - 61-year-old Gordon Moore and 54-year-old Andy Grove - are still fighting for the positions of chairman of the board and chief executive officer respectively.

The sudden death of Robert Noyce is not just a billionaire leaving the colorful world, but also means the fall of a Silicon Valley "sage".

In the mid-1950s, Robert Noyce followed William Shockley, the "Father of the Transistor", to Mountain View, Silicon Valley, and founded "Shockley Laboratories Inc." Soon after, he led the "Eight Rebels" to found Founded Fairchild Semiconductor, which is called the "cradle of Silicon Valley"; ten years later, it created today's Intel.

In addition to these dazzling business achievements, Robert Noyce is one of the inventors of the integrated circuit academically. Its significance to the entire semiconductor industry is self-evident - without it, there would be no microprocessor, let alone what we have today. Personal computers are in full swing.

After leaving Intel's specific job in the late 1970s, Robert Noyce began to work for the entire US semiconductor industry, such as resisting dumping attacks from RB peers regardless of cost.

After combining these influences, Robert Noyce is called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" of the "Trinity", which is not an exaggeration at all.

Now that this iconic figure has passed away, how can it not cause shock in the industry?Big names in the industry, including Tang Huan, went to the capital of Texas, Austin, which is also known as "Silicon Hill" echoing Silicon Valley, to pay their respects.

After Tang Huan attended these activities, he stopped by to inspect the branch offices here, and at the same time hung around with Bush Jr.

In order to help his father win the election, the Bush family moved to HSD, District of Columbia in 1988; after the election, they returned to Texas.

It was speculated that Bush Jr. planned to participate in the 1990 Texas gubernatorial election, but this did not become a reality.

Although as early as 1986, Bush Jr. completed his abstinence from alcohol and became a "Born-again_christian"-"born again Christian", and by doing so helped his father attract a large number of conservatives who mattered to the outcome of the election campaign Christians and evangelical voters, but he knows his dark history in the early years, and it is not so easy to eliminate the bad influence caused by it, so he calms down and "raises hope", the most important move It is to buy a part of the shares of the Texas Rangers baseball team and serve as the team's partner manager.Handle public relations matters on behalf of the team.

Not to mention, Bush Jr. has become a popular star in Texas. When Tang Huan saw him, he was wearing a baseball cap with the Texas Rangers logo on it, and he was very busy.

In fact, despite the fact that Bush Jr., the eldest son, seems to be a bit "didn't do business", the strength of the Bush family is growing silently, such as the gradual control of the private equity fund Carlyle in the economic aspect.

In addition to these contacts, Tang Huan and the other party also sent some talents including Condoleezza Rice to him.

After a short chat, Bush Jr. joked, "Now, the position of 'Silicon Valley Mayor' belongs to you."

Tang Huan rubbed the center of his brows, and replied worryingly: "I don't want to stand in the shadow of others."

The death of Robert Noyce left a blank space. While commemorating his great achievements, the media couldn't help looking for the next Silicon Valley idol. Tang Huan became the unavoidable choice without much thought.

In terms of business achievements—in a word, the number one position in the Forbes 400 Rich List for many years is enough to explain everything!
On academic achievement - the earliest invention, spreadsheet software, is now in the homes of ordinary people.Wall Street elites are inseparable from this tool, and even take learning CGrid's macro language as one of the necessary subjects in order to further mine data.

Another obvious example that is directly related to making a fortune can be cited, that is, the Down's investment model that was passed on after the "Black Monday" in 1987.

It has attracted many banks, securities firms, and insurance giants to purchase a series of hardware systems such as Fangyuan servers and even Fangyuan supercomputers; as for the financial model in software, sorry, I can only teach algorithms, and you have to develop them yourself. The name is "adjust measures to local conditions, so as not to mislead".

In this way, buyers are still flocking to it-this is equivalent to an arms race. Of course, you can not buy and live behind closed doors, but this also means that sooner or later, someone else will come to your door.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg among Tang Huan, who also received a Ph.D., among many achievements in the field of invention.

As for the wider impact, is there anything more specific than the vigorous reconstruction of San Francisco after the earthquake?
In fact, Robert Noyce, who had gained the first-mover advantage, had been pushed forward by Tang Huanjiang for many years. The dead are greatly respected, Tang Huan can't say much.

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The troubles of being burdened by fame don't stop there.

Not long after Tang Huan returned to San Francisco, he was about to inquire about the preparations for the Friendship Games when his personal assistant quietly reported that an acquaintance wanted to visit.

This special person whose name is only one letter away from a Chinese rich man in the original time and space, indeed met the richest man in Xiangjiang, and recently ran to California with Xiao Mi.

"No, just say that I'm going to Asia soon." Tang Huan ordered lightly, "Don't let people say it's unkind, write him a check for retirement, he's almost 75 years old, as for running around! "

This episode made Tang Huan think of going to Asia immediately, especially in Xiangjiang, where the situation has changed a lot.

In addition to the information on the macro level, the women who come to the United States for vacation from time to time also reflect some on the micro level—what they see and hear around them.

The most mentioned is the tide of immigration, but it doesn't matter, most people go to Canada, and they will be "exploited" by the richest man who has been prepared for a long time.

What Tang Huan is more concerned about is that the chaos in Xiangjiang has even affected business, such as movies.

In addition, in order to stabilize people's hearts, Hong Kong governor Wei Yixin launched a huge "Rose Garden Project", but limited to financial problems, it can be said that he is struggling.

After all, although Tang Huan and Xiangjiang seem to have put aside the relationship on the surface, in fact, Tang Huan and Xiangjiang still have inextricably linked interests.

Thinking of this, Tang Huan no longer hesitated, and asked people to prepare Silicon Valley One, the first stop of his trip to Asia, which was Xiangjiang.

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In the past two years, the structure of Heung Kong Cinemas has undergone considerable changes. The most notable point is that the near monopoly of Heung Kong Cinemas Group in the local area has been broken.

The reasons are complex, but mainly can be attributed to two points.

First, there are internal interest disputes. Brainy minority shareholders like Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong jumped out and went it alone.

Second, the biggest reliance of these people is international hot money, especially the abundant funds from Taiwan.

This kind of internal and external connection seems to further prosper the Hong Kong film market, but in essence everyone is making quick money and frantically extracting the value of the Hong Kong film industry. As for the future-does anyone care about the future?
Once this general trend is formed, it will be mighty and unstoppable.

The leading point of Xiangjiang film industry in Asia is that it has accumulated enough professional talents, and investors can form a decent team with just a little money, and the films produced also have an "international style".

As long as the leading party members help out with a fair score in the local theaters in Hong Kong, they can take advantage of the "Hong Kong film" golden age of the "origin" label advantage, and go to Baodao, which is the big ticket warehouse for Chinese-language movies at this stage. Misappropriation.

The reason why these small theaters can get a share from the Xiangjiang Cinema Group is that after the implementation of the Xiangjiang film classification system, a large number of restricted film sources that have emerged are attractive to the audience.

However, this loss of benefits is nothing to the Xiangjiang Cinema Group, which has already embarked on the road of internationalization-the profit and loss of Xiangjiang is only a part of the financial statement.

Jiang Zhiqiang, the head of Xiangjiang Cinemas Group who had just returned from an inspection tour in Funan, was holding a document and reprimanding his subordinates when he heard someone laughing at the door: "Why are you so angry?"

Just by hearing the sound, Jiang Zhiqiang knew that the big boss had arrived.He hurriedly chased the other party away and greeted him in surprise, "Tang Sheng, when did you arrive?"

"I just got off the plane." Tang Huan adjusted his sunglasses, "When I arrive in Xiangjiang this time, I want to be quiet and not reveal my itinerary."

Jiang Zhiqiang nodded understandingly, and hurriedly made tea for Tang Huan who insisted not to sit upright.
"You are a senior executive of the International Cinema Group, why are you still losing your temper?" Tang Huan joked, pointing at the boss chair.

"Boss, you don't know. Since last year, there have been some bad movies under the banner of stars, and they insisted on going to Xiangjiang Cinemas to show them. For example, the movie "The Dragon and Tiger Club" starring Andy Lau and Wan Ziliang was cheated." A lot of money." Jiang Zhiqiang explained: "I saw it, this is too outrageous, this kind of film really damages the reputation of Xiangjiang Cinemas, and immediately stopped it, anyway, they are also accepted by theaters like Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong. No Thinking of it, when I came back from my investigation in Funan, I found that the slag appeared again.”

"I see." Tang Huan sighed, "This is really hard for you."

At this time, there was a quarrel at the door.

Tang Huan made an imperceptible gesture, and the assistant let go of the two people.

"Boss Jiang, why did you cancel the release plan that you agreed upon?" After the two guys walked in in a big way, the leader asked aggressively.

"It hasn't been decided at all, so why cancel it?" Jiang Zhiqiang replied flatly.

The man grinned grimly, took a box from his servant, put it on the table, and slowly opened the lid.

Seeing the guns and bullets inside, Jiang Zhiqiang's face changed drastically, "I warn you, don't mess around, this is the Xiangjiang Cinema Group."

"Don't be afraid when the police come, it's just a toy." The other party said confidently.

At this time, a faint voice came from the side, "You think I'm blind!"

(End of this chapter)