Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 796
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Sheldon Adelson, who has made a lot of money in the exhibition economic model, has too many ideas in business, but he went to Venice, Italy, which is known as the "water capital" for a honeymoon, and created a "water city" Crazy idea of ​​a luxury hotel in the style of a capital city.

The geographical features of Las Vegas are well known-it is located in the valley area of ​​Nevada surrounded by desolate desert and semi-desert, and there is little rainfall.

From this, it is obvious how difficult it is for Sheldon Adelson to realize his business idea.For example, in terms of funds, at least 15 billion US dollars needs to be used.

It was under such circumstances that when Softbank proposed the acquisition of COMDEX at the right time, Sheldon Adelson agreed without hesitation while taking advantage of the good market.

In this more than US$8 million deal, Sheldon Adelson can get a share of more than US$5 million, which is self-evident for him to start the "Venice Hotel" construction plan.

The media’s reaction to this was, first of all, a surprise—seeing that this year’s COMDEX Las Vegas Autumn Exhibition is about to open, those commercial achievements about the development of the Internet that will be displayed to the public are very eye-catching. Unexpectedly, the club changed people all of a sudden.

Then the question arises—can the little-known Softbank successfully hold COMDEX, the number one event in the IT industry?

In order to dispel this doubt to the public, the thin Sun Zhengyi made his debut, and was naturally successfully "star-made", becoming a commercial star with a rapidly rising reputation.

Tang Huan was happy to see the success of this, and even helped him increase his momentum.

On the other hand, Sheldon Adelson, who sold out COMDEX, in turn took the richest man who continued to be the richest man in this year's "Forbes 400 Rich List" as a lobbying object, trying to lure him into his grand business plan .

Speaking of which, Tang Huan and Sheldon Adelson have known each other for more than ten years. Although their respective careers are developing by leaps and bounds, the height of development is obviously not the same-Tang Huangui is the richest man in the world, And Sheldon Adelson is still a long way from the title of Sands Gambling King.

Sheldon Adelson came to lobby the richest man from the perspective of hotel management. He bought the Las Vegas Sands Casino Hotel in 1988, and he has a very different business perspective.

At this stage, the rooms in Las Vegas hotels are often small in size, because operators want customers to spend more time in casinos.

In contrast, Sheldon Adelson, who has summed up a set of unique experience from the exhibition economic model, adopts the opposite strategy, that is, to create luxurious rooms equipped with mini bars and large-screen TVs, so as to Create a more comfortable work and vacation space.

On the surface, Tang Huan listened carefully to Sheldon Adelson's eloquent introduction of the feasibility of this "unorthodox" business strategy, but he was not very interested in it.

It is true that in the original time and space, at least before the global economic crisis in 2008, Sheldon Adelson’s career was flourishing and he became the King of Sands Gambling. Following him to invest can be said to be worry-free and labor-saving, but Mr. Richest Man, who has more ways to get money and wealth is indeed a number to him, is a little bit jealous of his feathers and is not willing to get involved in this field.

It's just that Sheldon Adelson, a person with a long history, should still be useful in the future, especially the casino economy is of extraordinary significance to the development of certain special regions. Even in the original time and space, RB He is actively promoting the legalization of casinos, so it is not easy to sweep the opponent's face.

In the end, the richest man replied: "I am really not familiar with this field, and I am about to start a residential project for myself. The cash flow is limited, and I can only pay 5000 million US dollars."

In fact, 5000 million US dollars is not too little for the construction plan of the "Venice Hotel" with a budget of 15 billion US dollars, but it seems a bit petty because it was built by the richest man.

Sheldon Adelson, who was slightly disappointed, asked curiously: "Is Don going to build a new mansion? I don't know what it looks like."

"It mainly reflects some of my technology and environmental protection concepts, so the cost is a bit higher, and the initial budget should be around 2 million U.S. dollars." Tang Huan replied frankly.

Upon hearing this answer, Sheldon Adelson was speechless.This is really outrageous. I spent 15 billion dollars to build a hotel to do business; people just have to invest 2 million dollars just for a comfort zone.

The matter was quickly inquired by the all-pervasive media, and it was announced to the public, hyping it into the world's number one high-tech mansion.

There has never been a shortage of luxury houses in the United States. Ordinary people are no strangers to the money-burning tricks of the rich, but it is really not easy to form a cognitive impression of a luxury house that costs at least 2 million U.S. dollars for a while.

For this reason, the media gave a vivid description through the tax payment that everyone knows best - after the completion of the world's first high-tech mansion, Tang Huan has to pay more than 100 million US dollars in taxes for it every year.

With the media answering questions so tirelessly, people finally realized it and gasped. Such a mansion must have aprons, stadiums, collections and other configurations, right?
The paparazzi, who further spied on the news, broke the news in the tone of looking down on the bumpkins—these are not the key points. What this mansion pursues is the perfect integration of art, environmental protection, and technology.

First of all, in terms of the design plan, it took nearly six years until the official start of construction, and the budget has also been rising all the way, from tens of millions of dollars to [-] million dollars.

It can be seen how picky the taste of the owner of the luxury house is. In order to achieve the ideal combination of Chinese and Western, the designers have worked hard.

Of course, the environmental protection concept that the richest man has been striving for for a long time must also be reflected.Solar energy, drainage, garbage disposal, greening, etc., are said to have received a satisfactory evaluation of "harmony between man and nature".

Since it has been hyped by the media as the world's number one high-tech mansion, high-tech is undoubtedly the biggest feature.Many of the research and development achievements of Silicon Valley leaders will be applied to equip it into a future home that can only be found in science fiction movies.

Judging from the bits and pieces of news, the entire mansion will be covered with various sensors, which will gather all environmental changes to the control center through the network, especially the wireless network - the owner only needs one Remote control, you can do everything under control.

In addition, it would not be surprising if robots appeared to serve services such as serving tea and water, cleaning and security.

Although the media reports about this mansion, except for the confirmed cost of 2 million U.S. dollars, other aspects are somewhat unreliable, but gossipers are still talking about it, and even created rumors that there are more than 100 bedrooms alone. , the purpose is naturally to accommodate those women who are related to Tang Shoufu.

Seeing that, the hype of the world's number one high-tech mansion is about to be led crookedly, heading straight for the world's number one lewd and luxurious palace.

Fortunately, at this time, someone jumped out and stole the limelight, which diverted everyone's attention unconsciously.

Through the almost exclusive coverage of the Gulf War, CNN has soared into the sky and quickly became an internationally renowned media with global influence.

As the boss, Ted Turner's scenery, needless to say.But he didn't seem to be satisfied with this, and he made a big move, that is, to get married, and the object was naturally the two-time Oscar queen-Jane Fonda.

Speaking of it, these two are not first marriages, they are entering the marriage hall for the third time, but celebrities, every move attracts attention.

For the wedding of Tom Cruise and others, the richest man can be "too courteous", but Ted Turner's contacts at this level must not be so "negligent".

Not long after the two met, Tang Huan frowned slightly and asked, "CNN made a mistake when it broadcast the news about the black Rodney King being beaten by the white police?"

Ted Turner replied angrily: "The bastards of the local TV station KTLA in Los Angeles, for the sake of ratings, cut the beginning and end of the video tape of more than 80 seconds and edited it into a segment of less than 70 seconds, leaving out Rhodes. The key footage of Nicky King lunging at the police was given to CNN, which then spread to news programs on television stations across the country."

The Rodney King they were talking about was a black man born in Sacramento, the capital of California, in 1965. He was sentenced to probation for domestic violence in 1987; However, due to his good performance in prison, he was released on bail on December 200 last year. One of the conditions for serving a sentence outside prison is not to drink alcohol.

It is a pity that Rodney King still broke the ring-on the night of March 3 this year, while he was on parole, he watched a baseball game at a friend's house in Los Angeles and drank three bottles of strong Du Gin; after the race, and two other black friends, a total of three, drove west on Highway 3 in the same car.

The next scene, as you can imagine, is the realistic version of the popular video game "Need for Speed".

The car of Rodney King's three people was driving faster than the speed limit of the expressway, broke through 177 kilometers per hour, ran through several red lights, and almost caused a traffic accident; it was not until 0:45 at night that they After being chased and intercepted by three Los Angeles Police Department police cars and a police helicopter, they stopped in front of an entertainment venue.

Rodney King's two friends did so at the request of the police to "get out of the vehicle and lie face down on the ground according to the standard of a felony", but Rodney King himself slowly left the vehicle , twisting his buttocks, making insulting gestures to the female police officer Melanie present.

Then came the all-out violence against the super-burly man - four LAPD officers approached Rodney King, one of whom tried to put his knee on his back, only to be thrown flying; the officers then used stun guns and metal batons.

It has to be said that Rodney King, who is 1.9 meters tall, is really strong in resisting blows. The police swung their batons a total of 56 times, 33 of which were hit before he begged for mercy, was handcuffed, and handed over to an ambulance. Sent to hospital for first aid.

In the scene, from when Rodney King stood up and threw himself on the officers after being stunned a second time, to the end of the attack, nearby resident George Hallerty was shot from his apartment. It was filmed on camera, about 81 seconds long, and handed over to the TV station.

Problems followed. In order to attract attention, KTLA, the TV station that first got the videotape, edited it for sensational purposes and spread it through CNN.

The sensitivity of the issue of racial discrimination in the United States is world-renowned, and CNN's current political influence is no small matter. Once the news was broadcast, it caused an uproar.

The current results are: During the trial, Rodney King himself did not appear in court to testify under oath on issues such as drunken speeding and refusal to stop; the original charges against him for speeding and arrest were dropped; , four police officers were prosecuted for excessive violence against Rodney King; Rodney King and his lawyers sought damages of $3 million, or $15 million for 5600 baton.

According to the process, the case will not have a trial result until next year.

The reason why Tang Huan paid special attention to this matter was because in his memory, this was the cause of the riots in Los Angeles in 1992.

The richest man is a businessman with a lot of investments in California. Once there is a riot of looting, looting, and burning, the most unlucky people are often minorities like him.

Ted Turner went on to say: "It wasn't until three weeks later that CNN headquarters knew that the video they got was a cut version, and I had them make up the cut part."

Obviously, Ted Turner was only annoyed at being fooled, and he paid very little attention to the incendiary effects of this news event.

Tang Huan stressed gloomily: "However, influential media such as ABC, NBC, and CBS are still citing the deleted version of the video."

"For the sake of ratings, the media industry is now an unspoken rule. Moreover, everyone is happy to watch such explosive news." Ted Turner shrugged, "I have no choice. CNN will make up for this mistake in time. Benevolence is exhausted."

Tang Huan nodded helplessly—it seems that in the final analysis, he has to rely on his own strength to prevent it.Fortunately, guns are allowed in America.

(End of this chapter)