Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 815 The Tendency of Tang’s Richest Man in the Final Stage
Of course, the financiers of Quantum Fund services are not only Tang Huan, but also one of Italy’s top dignitaries and Fiat president Gianni Agnelli.

It was this well-known public figure who was over seventy years old who accidentally lamented to reporters that this year he made more money by investing in Quantum Fund than he did by running the car company Fiat.

Soon, London's "Daily Mail" reported on the front page of its October 10th issue with a huge, bold headline - "The Pound Collapse, I Made a Billion", with the accompanying caption posted a picture of George Soros smiling and holding a wine glass.

Ever since, the real culprit came into public view.

Before that, although George Soros was not an unknown person, he was only limited to the circle, and now he is known to all women and children.

The British can't help but remember deeply - you know, George Soros robbed the 10 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to losing 25 pounds to every British taxpayer; or 12.5 pounds to every British man, woman and child.

In this way, the British don’t have to worry about whether they should blame Tang’s richest man for taking advantage of the fire—Britain did not offend George Soros, but the other party stole $10 billion for no reason—the hatred instantly found a vent.

George Soros didn't care about this. He needed prestige to expand his so-called philanthropy in Eastern Europe, so he accepted an exclusive interview with The Times and confirmed that he had earned 10 billion, while emphasizing that the unit was US dollars.And it appeared in the newspapers the next day.

In fact, George Soros wasn't the only one who made big money; other big winners were just good at keeping a low profile.

For example, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Company earned US$3 million; Paul Tudor Jones of Jones Investment Company earned US$2.5 million; while Citigroup, ****, and Chemical Bank of New York have abundant Foreign exchange banks' income from currency transactions in the third quarter of this year was more than 8 million US dollars more than the normal quarterly income. As for the richest man in Tang Dynasty, he feasted on it openly or covertly, while hiding himself. Airtight.

It can be said that everyone is happy when George Soros is found out - most speculators hope that they can hide in the dark and make a fortune silently, but George Soros is equivalent to standing in the front and absorbing all the speculation. of hatred.Anyway, he himself doesn't mind this. It can be said that seeking benevolence will lead to benevolence, and seeking wisdom will lead to wisdom.

"It's great to let this guy be the so-called 'man who broke the Bank of England'. Who would have thought that after sniping the British pound, we shorted the Swedish krona and made $6 million." Ship Queen Christina and Tang Huan We huddled together and looked at the report, laughing so happily.

Previously, because Finland became the first victim of speculators attacking European currencies, Sweden raised the interest rate to an exaggerated 75% overnight. Although it temporarily escaped, it also put itself on the fire ——It is obvious that such a high interest rate cannot be supported for a long time, which leaves inevitable short-selling opportunities.

Sweden also understands this and can only find a time when it thinks the losses will be minimal and adjust the interest rate back to the normal range.

Tang Huan wandered around Europe these years, but he made many good friends and made arrangements everywhere, so he made another fortune without anyone noticing.

"These are quick money, but most stocks and bonds will not see substantial real returns until next year." Tang Huan said with a lot of enthusiasm.

"Honey, I suddenly have the idea of ​​buying a big deal again." Christina began to act like a baby.

Tang Huan laughed dumbly and said, "I'm worried for you. Is there anything I haven't bought? It can't be nothing new."

"Then you can help me think about it." Although the female ship queen is over forty but well-maintained, she made a fuss, which really made the richest man a little overwhelmed.

Tang Huan joked: "The RB people went to New York to buy the Rockefeller Center with arrogance a few years ago. Unfortunately, the economic bubble has burst, and it may not last for a few years. You say, when the time comes, we will take over a few buildings for fun. How are you playing?"

Christina immediately beamed when she heard this, and said with infinite admiration: "My dear, you are never short of genius ideas!"

When the man and woman were getting more and more interested, there was a knock on the door and Jinlong's voice came, "Mom, dad, can we come in?"

The richest man and the ship queen hurriedly separated, quickly arranged their clothes, checked each other, and then sat upright and said, "Come in."

As soon as the door opened, Jinlong, Jinfeng, Jincheng, Jinchang, Jinge, Jinming, Jinliang, Jinying, and Jinjie entered one after another. Everyone's expression seemed a little listless.

Tang Shoufu smiled and said: "The polling day of the US general election is coming soon, I have to go back to the US quickly, you can't keep playing here, hand over the funds in your hands. By the way, how about the income?"

Jin Chang sent a document and reported it: "I don't make much money, please read it."

Christina teased: "Son, why is your voice hoarse? Is it because of too much pressure?"

Jin Chang explained embarrassedly: "Mom Na, I have now entered the period of voice change."

The ship queen glanced at the report and continued jokingly: "Oh, when I was shorting the French franc, I lost all other profits. Fortunately, I didn't listen to your lobbying and invested extra money in."

Jinlong took the words dissatisfied, "Mom, you are partial, okay? Athena can take a nanny team and take a private jet to watch the US Open; we will dismantle some funds, and you will push three things and four things."

"A son needs to be raised poorly, but a daughter needs to be raised rich." Christina directly moved out the parenting scriptures she learned from Tang Huan, suppressing her son's resistance, "Aren't you convinced?"

Jinlong was quickly defeated, and muttered: "Of course, whatever you say, it will be like that."

"Although there are assistants to assist, at your age, it is very rare to be able to operate until now." The richest man handed over the document to the Queen of Ships, "I will give you an A grade for your work performance, as a reward And rewards, I'll give you $10."

"It's only 10 US dollars..." Jinge's tone revealed a hint of disappointment.

"Think about it, what is the annual income of an average middle-class family in the United States?" Tang Huan asked with a smile, "Are you thinking it's too little?"

"No, no..." Jinge shrank his neck in fright, and denied it repeatedly.

Jin Cheng asked another question, "But, how will we divide the US$10 among our nine brothers?"

"If you don't remind me, I haven't noticed this mathematical problem." Tang Huan pretended to have woken up, "Okay, I'll give you 9 US dollars to prevent you brothers from getting into trouble."

Jincheng's small face immediately pulled down, "Dad, you don't have to worry about it—we can handle $10."

Tang Huan nodded, and stopped teasing everyone, "After you go back, you have another homework, which is to write an experience. In addition to summarizing this investment experience, you also need to think differently - if you are hedged How should the party attacked by the fund deal with it?"

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直接回到旧金山后，唐焕首先看到了智库送上来的一份报告。其评估了今年8月12日签署、并将于1994年1月1日正式生效的《North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement》——《北美自~由贸易协议》即NAFTA。

Under this framework, the officially established North_America_Free_Trade_Area - North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) was announced.It covers a population of 4.5 million in the United States, Canada and Mexico, with a gross national product of US$17.3 trillion and an annual trade volume of US$1.37 trillion. In terms of economic strength and market size, it has surpassed the European Community and has become the largest region in the world. Economic Integration Organization.

Needless to say, the emergence of the North American Free Trade Area was directed at the acceleration of the European economic integration process that began in the early 1980s.Of course, RB's aggressive offensive strategy in the US and Canadian markets is also an important reason.

As early as 1980, when Ronald Reagan was running for the presidency of the United States, he put forward the idea of ​​a "North American common market" including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Caribbean countries.

In 1983, Canada also put forward the idea of ​​establishing a free trade area between the United States and Canada in response.

By 1985, the United States and Canada began negotiations to sign a bilateral free trade agreement.

终于在1988年6月2日，《美加自~由贸易协定》正式签署，并于次年1月1日正式生效。

The "North American Free Trade Agreement", which was signed not long ago, is a derivative of the previous "US-Canada Free Trade Agreement"-joining Mexico.

Unlike the members of the European Community, which tried to reach an agreement that overrides national governments and laws, NAFTA is just an international agreement that is very much like a treaty.

Article [-] clearly stipulates that Mexico, Canada, and the United States formally establish a free trade area in accordance with the basic principles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

The purpose of its establishment is to: remove trade barriers, create conditions for fair competition, increase investment opportunities, provide appropriate protection for intellectual property rights, establish effective procedures for implementing agreements and settling disputes, and promote trilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation.The three member states must abide by the principles and rules stipulated in the agreement, such as national treatment, most-favored-nation treatment, and procedural transparency, to achieve their purpose and eliminate trade obstacles.

Obviously, the first point of the "North American Free Trade Agreement" that is most relevant to the richest man in Tang Dynasty is the protection of intellectual property rights - hardware, let alone software, including operating systems, office suites, game programs, etc., has long been the This is a problem, and the North American Free Trade Agreement will enable Mexico, a strong market, to contribute real value.

In addition, the previously established "US-Canada Free Trade Agreement" has shown Canada's advantage in intellectual cost.

Take Greater Vancouver, where there are a lot of Chinese immigrants, as an example. It has many R&D teams from Down's IT kingdom, and the biggest one may be EA's sports game department.

The richest man rarely gets involved in specific work, but the macro-level impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement falls within his scope of concern.

Therefore, Tang Huan called John Chambers, Trip Hawkins and other top executives who were directly responsible to him to communicate.

"This is indeed good news." Trip Hawkins took the lead in speaking straightforwardly: "You must know that EA has suffered from weak copyright protection for a long time, and the closed game console platform is not bad, but The open Fangyuan personal computer platform is simply a hard-hit area, coupled with the convenience of sharing brought about by the rise of the Internet, almost every newly released game, within a month, small crack patches are scattered everywhere."

At this point, Tripp Hawkins also shrugged at John Chambers, "You always nag EA that the PC platform of Fangyuan and the Overlord console platform should receive the same game release time treatment. , it stimulates sales, but how can you understand our difficulties. Of course, the more Xiaobawang game consoles are sold, the greater EA’s profits will be, but the larger Fangyuan personal computer platform has considerable demand for game software. It has not been ignored by us. It’s just that this big cake is not so easy to eat.”

John Chambers laughed, "We already understand you very well. For example, in the form of gift packages for the latest models, we have contributed a lot of genuine users to EA."

Tang Huan pondered: "Software products such as operating systems, office suites, and professional tools can be tolerated temporarily. After all, in the long run, they can be regarded as attracting and cultivating a wider user group. It really can’t be ignored.”

"My suggestion is that EA may wish to increase the added value of genuine game products; in addition, focus on the development of network functions, such as LAN battles. These measures can increase defense strength and reduce cracking efficiency."

"Due to cost considerations, these measures can only be tried on leading products first." Tripp Hawkins hesitated for a moment when he said this.Gein wanted to point out that in some games, not only the working mechanism has been cracked, but even the textures have been tampered with.However, after looking at the people in the conference room, he felt that he should find a private place to speak.

At this time, the assistant came to report that the Democratic vice presidential candidate and Senator Al Gore had arrived.

Tang Huan raised his hand to look at the time, and then said to everyone: "The congressman who proposed the "High Performance Computing Act of 1991" can be said to be close to Silicon Valley. I guess he is here to canvass votes this time. Let me entertain you. You can do whatever you want."

In the final sprint of the US election, Al Gore came to Silicon Valley, of course, to gain more support.

You know, Silicon Valley is now more like a label. In addition to Silicon Valley in Northern California, the gathering places for high-tech industries include Tech Beach in Southern California, Silicon Hills in Texas, Silicon Forest in Portland, and Massachusetts. District 128 in New York City, Silicon Alley in New York City, Research Triangle in North Carolina, and other technology centers, and Tang’s richest man’s footprints are all over the place. Anyone who wants to ignore his influence is simply blind.

(End of this chapter)