Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 819 The dog is naughty, please Haihan
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In fact, Tang Huan, in addition to having the time advantage of being the first to strike first with his foresight, has another time advantage, that is, those big bosses who are truly worthy of wrestling with him are often old and even obey nature. Regularly die one step ahead of time.

Recently, there was such a person--Time Warner CEO Steve Ross, who died at the age of 65 because of complications from prostate cancer and treatment was ineffective.

Compared with the average life expectancy of American elites, Steve Ross can definitely be regarded as "died young", and suddenly vacated the position of Time Warner's top leader who was obtained through countless intrigues.

You must know that this media giant, which has been hailed by analysts as the product of a perfect cross-industry marriage, can only describe the smoothness of the resource integration process after the merger, so that in just two or three years, it has become the world's largest , the most profitable media group.

The departure of Steve Ross, the business tycoon, is equivalent to announcing the end of an era. The richest man is quite sad about this.

The feud between the two began with the fierce competition between Atari and EA in the field of home video game consoles; with the collapse of the North American video game industry in 1983, the golden era of sales of billions or even billions of dollars a year ended. Warner was dragged down by Atari, which was suffering serious losses, and was complaining endlessly. So Steve Ross bit the bullet and came to Tang Huan to relieve himself. The two parties finally ended the conflict and maintained a safe distance without infringement, which has been maintained to this day. .

"Steve Ross still couldn't make it to 1994 to watch the No.15 World Cup held in the United States." Tang Huan shook his head regretfully.

Steve Ross, apart from Hollywood and Wall Street, also played an important role in the promotion of football in the United States.

As we all know, in the United States, the most successful professional commercial game is rugby; followed by baseball—the basketball of the NBA, which is well-known to Chinese people, and ice hockey to compete for the third place; as for football, compared to the major European It is not an exaggeration to describe the level of development of the league as a desert.

As early as 1971, Steve Ross participated in the creation of the New York Cosmos team, and gathered players from all over the world, including Brazil's "ball king" Pele, Johan Cruyff, and Franz Beckenbauer. A number of famous players have become the strongest team in the North American Football League and have won 5 championships in total.

However, in the face of fierce competition from the "Big Four" of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, and National Hockey League, it is not easy for the North American Soccer League to get ahead.

Also in 1983, when the North American video game industry collapsed, the New York Cosmos team suffered serious losses due to insufficient income, and its strength weakened, and its performance plummeted. In 1985, it announced its disbandment, leaving only the football school.

What is even more tragic is that the North American Soccer League, which was founded in the 1970s and was the only professional football league in the United States, closed down in 1984.The commercial promotion of football in the United States suddenly fell into a trough, so that when Colombia gave up hosting the 1986 World Cup because of the economic crisis, the United States failed to compete with Mexico, which was rebuilding after the earthquake in the capital.

Fortunately, the active efforts of rich people like Steve Rose were not in vain, and FIFA was also reluctant to give up the huge commercial market of the United States, so under great pressure, at the Zurich Conference in Switzerland in 1988, the 1994 The right to host the World Cup in [-] was given to the United States, which no longer has any professional football leagues.

In the original time and space, the average attendance of the 1994 World Cup in the United States was very high, approaching 69000 people per game. The level of success could not be compared to the World Cup in France four years later, when the competition expanded from 24 to 32 teams.

It is a pity that when Steve Ross left, he not only let go of Time Warner, but also gave up the 1994 US World Cup and the results of football's bullish market in the US to others.

The sports industry under Tang Huan is actively participating in the establishment of the latest national professional football league - the American Professional Soccer League. Depending on the progress, it will be completed next year.

As for the football club, Tang Huan plans to put it in Los Angeles, which has a much larger population than San Francisco. He even decided to name it, and it will be called Los Angeles Galaxy.
As for the players, it is easier to handle. The two major clubs in Europe, AC Milan and Chelsea, will inevitably retire a group of top stars, following seniors like the "ball king" Pele, to promote football in the United States without delaying money. , happy to come.

Tang Wenmao said: "When Steve Ross was alive, he had a lot of friends. When the New York Cosmos team was the most prosperous, Barbra Streisand, Phil Collins, Mick Jagger, Robert Redford, Muhammad Ali , Quincy Jones, Andy Warhol, Henry Kissinger, Steven Spielberg, etc., countless celebrities are all guests, and considering their strong Jewish background, the specifications of the funeral must be Can't lower it."

"In addition, in recent years, Ted Turner has always had a strong interest in Time Warner, and Time Warner's response can be said to be proactive, and the chances of a successful marriage between the two parties are extremely high. The death of Steve Ross made Ted Turner De Turner has one less competitor on the board."

"The top position at Time Warner is not that easy to grab, and Ted Turner can't even win over Barry Diller, the CEO. I really don't think he can reach the top as he wishes." Tang Huan shook his head, and turned to Asked: "By the way, didn't you come to tell me about the McCaw Cellular Phone Company?"

"As you'd expect, McCaw Cellular didn't survive the recession-accompanied mobile-phone winter, with the stock at one point falling to $20, less than half of its peak."

Tang Wenmao quickly got back to the point: "Previously, Craig McCaw sold 38% of the shares of McCaw Cellular Phone Company to AT&T for US$33 billion in order to gain support from the other party; now, AT&T The company simply bought out McCaw Cellular Phone Company for $115 billion. However, although Craig McCaw sadly exited the company he founded, the McCaw family received $26 billion from this huge deal. , it’s worth it.”

"Typically, you can win the country, but you can't sit in the country." Tang Huan snorted disdainfully, "It's not impossible to cooperate with a big company like AT&T, but you also need to have matching wisdom and skills. Now it's okay. , the peaches were directly picked by others."

"In this way, Datang Mobile Communications Company will directly compete face-to-face with AT&T." Tang Wenmao reminded with concern.

"ATT's competitors are not just us, so what is there to be afraid of?" Tang Huan waved his hand disapprovingly, "The allies of Datang Mobile Communications include Pacific Telecom in the local area and MCI in the United States. There is a loophole. Besides, the economic recession of this cycle is about to pass. The recovering market will provide everyone with enough living space.”

Speaking of which, Bush Sr., who was defeated in the US election, was really wronged. Not long after the election results came out, the latest economic data showed that the US economy, which was in severe recession, began to show signs of improvement. No wonder the Republican Party jumped up and down Unconvinced.

In fact, although the Democratic Party won the U.S. election and ended the Republican Party’s 12 consecutive years in power, compared with the support of more than half of the popular vote when Reagan and Bush Sr. won the previous victory, Bill Clinton’s data Only 43%, there is still a big distance from more than half.

This phenomenon shows that the current American society and politics are still dominated by conservatives, and Bill Clinton's governance path may not be smooth.

However, the political pushers necessary for the development of Internet commerce are still in place unaffected, after all, the drive for profit cannot stop.

After understanding the situation more or less, Tang Huan stood up and said: "There was an important meeting with the Bush family, and now there is a funeral for a big man like Steve Ross. It's very busy. Let's go, while we're here During this break, how about watching "The Bourne Supremacy" starring Jet Li?"

As soon as he arrived downstairs, Tang Huan saw Jinjie and Jinyan hurriedly walking back with pizza boxes in their arms.

"Why, are you not going to eat dinner?" Tang Huan scolded: "You are at this age, when you are growing up, you can't be picky eaters."

Jin Yan, the youngest, replied in a hurry: "Brother Jinying and Jin Jia said that this is a snack to reward everyone."

Tang Huan frowned and asked, "What are you bothering about recently? How did I hear that you seem to have taken over an office?"

"How dare you occupy it? We have agreed to temporarily borrow the Internet access point there for a few days for technical research." Jinjie quietly winked at Jin Yan and took over the words to explain.

"The pizza is getting cold. Dad, I won't talk to you anymore." Jin Yan turned around and ran away.

"Why do I feel that these brats are sneaking around and don't seem to be doing something good." Tang Huan muttered to himself looking at the backs of Jinjie and Jinyan.

"Children at this age have already started to have little secrets." Tang Wenmao said with a smile: "What's more, the young masters of our Tang family are all precocious. After returning from Europe this time, Jin Chang and Jin Ge have taken the initiative to go to the sports club below , find a job, and practice seriously."

At the end of the year, official duties became increasingly heavy, and Tang Huan didn't have the time to pay too much attention to the mischief of these little ones. He nodded, followed the driver to open the door, and got into the car.

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In this version of "The Bourne Shadow", in addition to Li Lianjie playing the male lead, Zhong Chuhong also played the role of a CIA agent who is not much in the role, but it is her first test in Hollywood.

In recent years, Zhong Chuhong has been a bit "lazy" in taking on roles. The reason is simply that Hong Kong's film industry has a tendency to be spoiled. Commercial films are inevitably boring, and the market has the final say - Baodao is a big box office, and even more They would like to see Baodao's female artists appear on the big screen. It is for this reason that Lin Qingxia and Wang Zuxian are overwhelmed with work.

In fact, Lin Qingxia was also picking films, such as the admiration for the King of Sunglasses, but in the entertainment industry, some human relationships are always unavoidable, so this year she couldn't refuse, and starred in "The Deer and Ding Tale II: Dragon Sect".

As a result, this movie piled up Zhou Xingchi.The movies of popular stars such as Lin Qingxia, Qiu Shuzhen, Li Jiaxin, etc., really attracted more money in Baodao than "The Deer and Ding Tale" released two months ago, and the box office approached NT$1 million.

It can be said that a suitor who wants to be an actor more than a star is a little alienated from Xiangjiang's current impetuous entertainment circle, not to mention that as the confidant of the richest man, it is impossible to have financial pressure.Zhong Chuhong, who has a straightforward personality, is even more lazy to socialize. Her latest Hong Kong film is "Across the World" directed by John Woo, which was released last year, and the two leading actors, Zhou Runfa and Leslie Cheung, used their favors to pull her into the film. crew.

"The Bourne Shadow" has already arranged a pre-Christmas schedule, and Tang Huan came over to watch the film directly.

Li Lianjie's fierce fighting action on the screen made the well-informed Mr. Richest Man nod pleasingly and said in his heart - this is definitely a unique feature of Hollywood.

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After Jinjie and Jinyan finished coping with their father's cross-examination, they found Jinying and Jinjia out of breath, and asked anxiously, "What's the matter?"

With a sullen face, Jin Jia replied with a murderous look: "This is the last stronghold of the opponent, we must kill them completely!"

"We are currently in the military network. We must make a quick decision to avoid being discovered and causing trouble." Jin Jie reminded: "On the road just now, we met Dad."

"What are you afraid of? I missed the sky, and my father will make up for it." Jin Yan smiled and put two pieces of pizza into the hands of Jin Ying and Jin Jia respectively, not at all like a good baby just now.

While eating pizza, Jinying confidently pointed to a large number of monitor screens and said, "With our brother's technology, how could it be possible to be discovered?"

"Yes." Jin Yan echoed, wiped his greasy hands, jumped on the chair, typed on the keyboard, and joined the battle group.

Jinjie shook his head and quickly sat down in his seat, so as to end the hacker secret war that had lasted for several days as soon as possible.

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Tang Huan was busy outside, when Tang Wenmao came over in a hurry and reported in a low voice: "It's broken, I don't know what happened, Jinying, Jinjie, Jinjia, and Jinyan were involved in a hacker attack on the military network After the FBI tracked down the incident, they locked the names of the four brothers based on the access records of the computer room."

"I have a hunch that these little bastards are causing trouble." Tang Huan rubbed his brows, "There's nothing rough there."

"Of course they don't dare." Tang Wenmao nodded, "However, it's best to say hello from above."

The richest man thought for a while, picked up the phone and dialed, and said: "...the dog is naughty and caused some trouble, please Haihan..."

(End of this chapter)