Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 800 The Invisible Hand
On December 12, the U.S. Congress passed the "9 High Performance Computing Act" drafted by Congressman Al Gore, and at the same time allocated 1991 million US dollars to National_research_and_education_network - the National Research and Education Network of the United States.

On December 12, Al Gore, through the Christian Science Monitor, directly called the National Research and Education Network the "information superhighway" - he hoped it would become a catalyst for building fiber optic networks across the United States.

In fact, Tang Huan's speech from the business world and Al Gore's bill from the political circle are only part of the vigorous Internet movement, such as the design of the TCP/IP protocol and the Internet infrastructure, which are collectively called "Internet". "Father" Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf, etc., also issued voices of promotion from the academic circles.

The introduction of the "High Performance Computing Act of 1991" triggered policy-level adjustments to National_Information_Infrastructure, the US National Information Infrastructure Construction Plan, or NII.

Specifically, this huge plan to build a national information network will not only involve cameras, scanners, keyboards, telephones, fax machines, computers, switches, CDs, video and audio tapes, cables, satellites, optical fibers, microwave networks, televisions, etc. Visible and tangible hardware products such as computers, monitors, printers, etc., as well as software systems that provide various services such as databases and equipment interoperability.

In other words, starting from the national level, NII has created a gluttonous feast for the IT industry, just like before the end of the Cold War, military enterprises enjoyed the preferential benefits of national investment.

Having said that, in the world today, only the United States has the financial resources, talent, and enough space to play this high-end game.

The reason why Tang Huan is so enthusiastic about the Internet is not only the motivation to pursue wealth that anyone can guess, but more importantly, the power hidden in the Internet that can affect the entire world - when all When people are inseparable from water and air, and they rely heavily on the Internet, it means that the Internet has kidnapped everyone.This is a newly developed invisible hand of authority in human society, and of course it is also the ultimate pursuit of the new superiors.

In this atmosphere of heated discussions about the Internet, Mr. Richest Man, who has always been positive, suggested that the National Science Foundation of the United States should turn NSFNET into commercial use.

The momentum of this round of lobbying was even greater, and Gein had one more excuse, which was Tang Huan's Law published during his speech at the COMDEX Summit Forum. Among them was the one about the value of the network - the more users there are, the more the Internet will grow. The greater the value.

It is no exaggeration to say that in a short period of time, Down's Law of Internet development has been thoroughly discussed and thoroughly studied, and has become a recognized industry development guideline comparable to Moore's Law and has been cited by countless people.

However, it will still take some time for NSFNET to become commercially available.Because the U.S. government also wants to control the Internet, it needs a buffer time to develop encryption algorithms, security chips and other special things.Fortunately, the American people have a tradition of distrusting the government and are extremely disgusted with it. It is foreseeable that this reason for delay will soon be drowned in saliva.

Tang Huan understood that such matters cannot be rushed.The procedure must be followed step by step. Fortunately, with the concept of the Internet booming, the opportunity for AOL's IPO is almost ripe, and it is worth the fare and worthy of my patience.

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One of the functions of the Internet is to connect people into unified virtual communities across traditional constraints such as geographic location.While the United States was discussing the Internet with great interest, Europe on the other side of the Atlantic has also taken a very important step on the road to unification.

From December 12th to 9th, the 10th European Community Summit held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, after two days of debate, finally adopted and initialed the "Political Union Treaty" and the "European Economic and Treaty on Monetary Union, collectively known as the Treaty on European Union, also known as the Treaty of Maastricht.

This treaty is an amendment to the 1957 Treaty of Rome, which establishes goals and steps for the European Community to establish political union and economic and monetary union.

Among them, the "Political Union Treaty" was first proposed in April 1990 by French President François Mitterrand and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The goal is to implement common diplomacy and defense Policies; further expand the powers of the European Community's supranational institutions; expand the powers of the European Parliament, making it a partial authority from the original advisory and supervisory body.

The richest man has little interest in this treaty. What he is really concerned about is the Treaty on European Economic and Monetary Union that will be formally signed by the foreign ministers and finance ministers of the 1992 European Community on February 2, 7.

The treaty stipulates: within the European Community, that is, the future EU, to realize the free circulation of capital, to truly unify the market, and to perfectly coordinate economic policies; its ultimate goal is to establish the European Central Bank , implement a single currency.

Since the pursuit of unification, there must be a lot of common standards - all member states of the European Community need to achieve an inflation rate of less than 5.00% before the specified deadline, a fiscal deficit of no more than 60.00% of the gross national product, and public debt Not exceeding the requirement of [-]% of the gross national product,

"As expected." The richest man muttered, closed the file with a snap, handed it to the assistant beside him, and walked into the supercomputer center.

After finding his little cousin Meng Jing who was busy with her head down, Tang Huanxiao asked, "How is it? Have you sorted out the results of the calculation?"

"That's almost it." Meng Jing complained: "Everyone else has gone to Christmas, so you know how to exploit me."

Tang Huan jokingly comforted him: "After you follow this project from beginning to end, you will have real talents worthy of the title of master's degree."

Meng Jing rolled her eyes, "According to your prediction, wouldn't I have to do hard labor for nearly a year?"

"When you see the gains, you won't be so sad." Tang Huan stretched out his hand, "Show me the sterling report first."

After the rise of the Fangyuan supercomputer, Tang Huan's financial model also came into play.It is like a spreadsheet software running on a personal computer, statistics and analysis of data, and can even go further by changing environmental variables and changing different input items to predict output results.

"Britain's pride and entanglement are vividly and vividly reflected in the pound," Meng Jing solemnly expressed her opinion.

"Little girl is right, wait to receive the reward." After Tang Huan finished his praise, he put down the materials and lightly ordered, "Give me a copy of this report every half a month. anywhere."

"Of order." Meng Jing raised her hand in a playful salute.

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The richest man has always emphasized the antelope's horns and no traces in the way of speculation, because the invisible hand uses it frankly, but it is also very easy to attract backlash.

During this year-end and new year period when planning for the next stage, Tang Huan inadvertently discovered that the invisible hand that seemed to be able to influence the US election was taking action.

On Christmas Eve, Warner Bros. released a film directed by two-time Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone - "Killing JFK," based on Jim Garrison's novel "Stalker" and Jim Marshall. His novel "The Dilemma: The Plot to Kill Kennedy" describes the New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison's investigation into the Kennedy assassination, as well as the facts discovered later.

Oliver Stone has continued to produce excellent works in recent years. Films such as "Platoon", "Wall Street", and "Born on the Fourth of July" can be said to have gained both fame and fortune, so Warner trusted him with $4000 million; in turn, Oliver In order to make this investment look worthwhile, Stone hired "Dances with Wolves" director and star Kevin Costner to play the leading role - New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison.

It is conceivable that it is not so easy to bring such a sensitive subject as "Assassination of Kennedy" to the big screen.

After the first draft of the script came out, "JFK" was severely criticized by HSD Post national security correspondent George Lardner, and has been embroiled in a fierce controversy ever since.

After "JFK" was released, many major American newspapers wrote editorials, criticizing Oliver Stone in harsh terms for blaspheming history, disrespecting historical facts, and his treatment of Lyndon Johnson, then vice president and later successor as president. He was also accused of participating in a conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy.

For example, Bernard Venlo of the "New York Times" bad-mouthed that if Warner can make "Assassination of Kennedy" go far, it will be a miracle in Hollywood; he also called on Warner to do self-criticism in the article.

As another example, Vincent Canby of the newspaper, writing a review of the film itself, criticized: "Oliver Stone's style of filmmaking is very casual, with many very short, frequent , incomprehensible, shot after shot, with background music, noise, dialogue, and more noise, more dialogue, like a sandwich."

Some media even directly issued an article "resist the facts fabricated by Oliver Stone" to attack "Assassination of Kennedy".

Of course, there are also people in the media who appreciate "Assassination of Kennedy", such as Pat Dowell, a senior film critic of "HSD Magazine", but when he submitted his review, he was rejected by the editor-in-chief John Rimbert. Not wanting to see positive reviews of the film, he and other magazine editors agreed that the film was ridiculous; for this reason, Pat Dowell resigned immediately.

Compared with this, Roger Liebert, who has a higher reputation, can make a sound.He expressed his appreciation for "Killing Kennedy" in the "Chicago Sun-Times", "The achievement of this film is not that it solves the mystery of Kennedy's assassination, but that it is trying to awaken the past that has gradually disappeared in people's hearts since 1963." national spirit."

As a director, Oliver Stone is naturally under great personal pressure. He even received a death threat letter after being interviewed on TV.

To sort out the criticism of "Killing Kennedy", it mainly focuses on two aspects-whether the description of New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison is accurate, and in the adapted historical expansion film, artificially mixed fragments are added.

In response to the criticism, Oliver Stone wrote a 593-page book, "Killing JFK - The Book About the Movie," which included full notes on the script, plus 97 comments from supporters and critics. reviewers, and 340 research records.

In this overwhelming controversy, Warner's support for "Assassination of Kennedy" can be described as "hard support", only saying that because the film is too long, up to three hours, the number of screenings will inevitably be affected .

The richest man, who was watching with cold eyes, inquired about the relevant details while listening to the work report of his subordinates - Warner invested US$1500 million in the marketing of "Killing JFK"; and in the first week of the film's release, It tied with "Beauty and the Beast" for fifth place at the U.S. box office. It was not until the first week of January 1992 that there was an actual breakthrough. The slowly rising global box office reached 1 million US dollars, and positive reviews were on the rise. Trending and even received 5000 Academy Award nominations.

In Tang Huan's view, regardless of how many conspiracies there are in the Kennedy assassination, as far as the movie itself is concerned, Oliver Stone's directorial skills are unquestionable. He put such a complicated historical event on the big screen, and the light It's not enough hard work, otherwise, it wouldn't be able to attract the audience to sit in the cinema for such a long time.

However, having said that, no matter how talented Oliver Stone is, without financial support, the film cannot be made; without the invisible hand with greater energy to lift it up, the film must be drowned in saliva as soon as it is released.

Just as on December 1991, 12, Soviet President Gorbachev announced his resignation and handed over state power to Russian President Karma Karma. At 25:9 that day, the Soviet flag slowly lowered over the Kremlin and was replaced by the Russian flag. It's done step by step and there's nothing fishy about it, but who would believe it?

Anyway, after watching the movie "JFK", the richest man has a psychological shadow about going to Texas, the base camp of the Republican Party. However, the "Silicon Hills" that echoes California's "Silicon Valley" is located in Its capital city, Austin, cannot be inspected several times a year.

Recalling the Bush family's arrogance that they were in control of this year's election, Tang Huan couldn't help but shake his head and smile - the show was just about to begin.

At this time, a call came from Asia Xiangjiang, which made him frown.

(End of this chapter)