Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 827 What is the Millennium Bug?
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Tang Huan was too lazy to pay attention to how Hong Kong Governor Peng Dingyi offered a set of benefits for giving birth to children free of charge to win people's hearts. After all, he still had a lot of serious things to do, and some issues needed time to be verified - a few years. The wisdom and greatness of the later richest man will naturally be remembered by his admirers.

Although it is impossible to interact with the Hong Kong Governor's Office, Tang Huan's public activities in Hong Kong will not be affected, such as giving speeches at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.

The richest man played an important role in the construction of these two young universities - when the former was built, it was vigorous, with investment soaring from HK$1988 billion in 19 to HK$1990 billion in 35. The reason was simply that it was not properly controlled. The cost directly caused the Hong Kong Jockey Club and the Hong Kong government's allocation to be unable to support the completion of the third phase of construction. Principal Wu Jiawei had to raise funds everywhere to solve the unfinished projects, and rich people like Tang Huan became natural philanthropists; The latter is the only public school in Hong Kong that specializes in cultivating performing arts talents. From preparation to construction, and even the current operation, Tang Huan is even more in charge of it.

In view of the complete deviation of Hong Kong Chinese University, Tang Huan paid more and more attention to the growth of student groups in Hong Kong institutions of higher learning.You know, here is an indispensable base of Chinese talents
Tang Huan, who donated a large number of the latest books this time, hopes that Hong Kong University of Science and Technology will become a talent engine for technological entrepreneurship like Stanford University in Silicon Valley.

The richest man said: "The economic mechanism of Hong Kong is full of crises, largely due to the hollowing out of the manufacturing industry. This will take a long time to solve, but the Hong Kong government is obviously unwilling and powerless."

"However, there is an opportunity in front of us under the general trend of the global economy, and that is the rise of the Internet."

"With the hard work of Xiangjiang Telecom, Xiangjiang can almost synchronize information with Silicon Valley in the United States through submarine cables."

"It is not an exaggeration to say that the space of the Internet is infinite. As long as you have the heart, you can not only use your ingenuity to break through the barriers of Xiangjiang's increasingly rigid social class upward path, win fame and fortune for yourself, but also help Xiangjiang to strengthen itself. economic competitiveness."

During the interactive session, some students eagerly asked the richest man to give him advice on the direction of starting a business.

"Game entertainment, media interaction, e-commerce, etc. are all very suitable." Tang Huan said with a smile: "I will specially set up a venture capital support business plan to provide everyone with more favorable conditions."

This method of winning over people's hearts is obviously better than that of Hong Kong Governor Peng Dingyi.

At the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the richest man also continued to warn of the crisis in the industry, and it was even more urgent.

He asked straight to the point: "Do you have any objections to the current Xiangjiang music scene's dependence on 'borrowing' from RB's works, and the tendency of movie themes to follow suit?"

Seeing everyone looking at each other in blank dismay, Tang Huan joked again: "It is very possible that when some of you graduate, you will face unemployment under the collapse of the entire industry."

Although there are many shortcomings in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong, young people tend to be optimistic after all, and even clever people flatter them: "DreamWorks' channels have spread all over the world. If we follow our senior brothers and sisters, we won't be so miserable."

The Xiangjiang Academy for Performing Arts, which has a history of almost 10 years, has indeed made remarkable achievements, gradually forming the academic forces that the richest man wants to see.

For example, in terms of front-stage actors, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts has emerged a group of talented young talents, including Chen Jinhong, Lu Songxian, Wei Junjie, Weng Hong, Gigi Lai, Guan Baohui, Zhu Yin and so on.

Zhu Yin, in particular, became popular through commercials and movies before she graduated. Last year, she played opposite Zhou Xingchi in "Fight Back to School 2", which shows how smooth this newcomer's star fortune is.

What's more, in the new version of "Legend of the Condor Heroes", which has already been authorized by Jin Yong, DreamWorks is about to start filming. The much-anticipated heroine——Huang Rong, the chance to play the role finally fell to Zhu Yin.

When DreamWorks officially launched this filming plan, it first praised the classic TVB version of "Legend of the Condor Heroes" in 1983, and then emphasized the focus of its work, that is, it will first reflect the technological progress of content production over the years, so that This TV series has leaps and bounds in special effects.

TVB felt like an enemy of DreamWorks' "Legend of the Condor Heroes". Without authorization, they simply created "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Wang Chongyang", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and " "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Nine Yin Scriptures" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Southern Emperor and the North Beggar" to spoil the situation, and took the lead in launching "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Wang Chongyang", and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" "The Nine Yin Scriptures" will soon meet with the audience.

It can be seen from this that the DreamWorks version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is so eye-catching, and Zhu Yin's limelight has surpassed that of Weng Meiling.

After all, the number of central protagonists is limited - Akane is just one of the lucky few.

However, the students of the Drama Department of Hongkong Academy for Performing Arts are really not worried about their future.Gein's DreamWorks, whose vision has expanded to the world, has a large number of big productions like "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" every year. Even if the protagonist cannot be found, the supporting roles are quite good.

And there is a real special case at the moment, that is, the series "Bao Qingtian", which became a hit in Greater China.Each of its stories is a very independent unit.In the length of about eight episodes, the parties involved in those strange cases are equivalent to the protagonists-actors from the Hongkong Academy for Performing Arts, and they have benefited a lot from taking on these roles.

In this case, the crisis warning from the richest man actually made the students of the Xiangjiang Academy of Performing Arts, who had been under his wing for a long time, act coquettishly.

After Tang Huan heard these compliments full of trust, he laughed loudly, "Okay, after you have mentally prepared, you just need to keep working hard. I will find a stage for you to show your talents."

The richest man is really not afraid of digesting the pressure of these talents. His own experimental field - Funan, has always been short of people.

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After instilling his own ideas into these rookies who have not stepped into the rivers and lakes, Mr. Richest has the leisure to ask about the Xiangjiang film industry that seems to be hot, but in fact it has begun to fail.

Just as no matter how extravagant the media analysis is, only the central bank knows the real family background, DreamWorks has the most objective industry data in its hands.

"Currently, Taiwan's capital involved in the production of Hong Kong films exceeds NT$100 billion. Stimulated by it, the production capacity of Hong Kong's film industry has surged, reaching more than 200 films per year. It is no exaggeration to say that almost every Hong Kong film can I can see the shadow of Baodao’s funds.”

When talking about these gorgeous data, Jiang Zhiqiang didn't see much joy on his face, "Under the pressure of the United States, the currency of Taiwan has appreciated, making the impact of this hot money even stronger."

"And these funds only focus on building up stars, and don't care about the film itself. Invisibly, the financing, quality, and people's hearts of the Hong Kong film industry have been guided astray."

"Take the film "Evil and West Poison" that people in the industry are very optimistic about. When the film was sold to raise funds, it was specially emphasized that Wang Zuxian's participation was to attract funds from Baodao. But according to reliable internal information, Wang Zuxian's There are not as many roles as advertised."

"And the production process was even worse. Last year, when the film was started, the progress was slow and the funds were broken. We had to use the original crew to make a New Year's film "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: East and West" to make up for the shortfall."

"At any rate, although the progress of this project is slow, the quality is still guaranteed, and more other films cannot be complimented."

"This is also one of the reasons why Hong Kong's local box office is heavily concentrated in certain films. On the surface, it seems to break the box office record, but the overall revenue growth of theaters is limited. It is not the kind of thriving upward curve a few years ago. "

The richest man is still in his old work habits, flipping through documents while listening to his subordinates' reports.

Tang Huan really didn't have a good solution to Jiang Zhiqiang's situation.Gein, as long as the current Xiangjiang filmmakers have mixed qualifications, there is no one who does not want to start a company and do it alone. The purpose is to avoid exploitation and put as much profit as possible into their own pockets.

Tang Huan doesn't like to do things that cut people's money for no reason, but old people like Wong Kar Wai hold on to the film copyright tightly, and he has no reason to care about whether the production process is dead or alive—there are rules .

In short, the current situation is that under the impact of foreign capital, the industrial alliance created by the richest man has no control over this industry as it did in the past few years-after all, people's hearts are driven by interests. In reality, it is naturally impossible to prepare for potential crises in a planned way from the perspective of the overall situation.

"If you are successful, you will help the world, if you are poor, you will be alone. Now DreamWorks can take care of itself." Tang Huan said lazily.

In Mr. Richest Man’s view, even if Xiangjiang’s film industry is inevitably broken, the already full-fledged DreamWorks is still enough to support his digital Chinese entertainment territory—so save yourself some snacks and let nature take its course.

Jiang Zhiqiang nodded approvingly and said, "We have stopped the expansion of fixed assets such as theaters in Xiangjiang."

While the two were talking, the secretary reported: "Boss, Zhou Xingchi wants to see you."

"Let him come in." Tang Huan shook his head after giving the order, and muttered, "I remember that Zhou Xingchi is filming "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance". I don't know why he has to meet me mysteriously?"

Jiang Zhiqiang speculated: "I guess this star wants to start his own company. In 1990, he accepted 10 film contracts at once; in 1991, it was 8 films; last year, it was reduced to 7 films, but the total box office It has been climbing steadily, and even five of them have ranked among the top five in the box office rankings. The market is so hot, if Zhou Xingchi runs his own company, you can imagine how generous the income will be."

Tang Huan suddenly laughed and said: "You remind me so much, I feel that he really has the capital to start his own business."

Not long after, Zhou Xingchi, who was currently very popular in Xiangjiang, was led in by his secretary.

Jiang Zhiqiang was the first to speak: "I will give up my seat to Mr. Xing."

"Don't dare, dare not." Zhou Xingchi quickly said politely: "I interrupted Boss Jiang and Tang Sheng to talk about business."

"My work has been reported almost, and the rest of the trivial matters will be compiled and handed over to Tang Sheng." Jiang Zhiqiang waved his hand and got up to leave.

It wasn't until this time that Tang Huan broke in and followed Jiang Zhiqiang's lead and said, "Master Xing is now popular in Asia. It's really gratifying."

Zhou Xingchi kept bowing and said: "Tang Sheng said seriously, I will always be the star boy you have supported."

Tang Huan nodded slightly, "Axing, your growth rate is not ordinary. I heard that in addition to starring in "Tang Bohu Spots Qiuxiang", which is currently being filmed, you also serve as a director and screenwriter. .”

"It's just that there are some thoughts in my heart that I can't express quickly." Zhou Xingchi said modestly.

Tang Huan put down the cup and asked, "You came to me. Do you have any difficulties that need to be solved?"

Zhou Xingchi said with some hesitation: "Tang Sheng, I want to start my own film company. But don't worry, I will dare to obey any call from DreamWorks."

Tang Huanyun waved his hand calmly, "There's no need to be embarrassed, you can even be a screenwriter and director. Of course you have the capital to start your own business. DreamWorks and I are happy to see it succeed."

Zhou Xingchi let out a long breath, and said gratefully: "Thank you Tang Sheng for your understanding and support, you are the greatest boss."

"Stop flattering me, as if I'm a vampire, and for the first time, I'm just being open to one side." Tang Huan laughed and scolded, then reminded him seriously: "There are still many differences between starting your own company and working part-time. You must be mentally prepared in advance. "

"I will definitely keep Tang Sheng's advice in mind." Zhou Xingchi thanked him repeatedly, and left happily.

Tang Huan looked at his back, smiled and shook his head.

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Amidst the turmoil unique to Hong Kong, the third announcement jointly issued by Hang Seng Bank and Sun Hung Kai Bank finally aroused great attention.

The two banks will conduct a system assessment test on the Y[-]K problem the next day and suspend external services.

What is the "millennium bug"?

Hong Kong people who feel quite inconvenient are very confused about this, the media is also clouded, and dozens of licensed and registered banks in Hong Kong, as well as financial institutions such as the Stock Exchange and the Financial Secretary, have organized groups to come to the joint system of the two banks. Visit the monitoring center.

Of course, Mr. Richest Man also came to the scene - he is behind the scenes to promote this test.

上午9点30分，两家银行测试系统的时间，已经调到了1999年12月31日的23点30分。

Watching the hands of the big clock move minute by minute, the reporters who were waiting impatiently couldn't help complaining to themselves—is this game fun?Do you want to experience the legendary end of the world in advance?

Finally, the simulation time spans to the year 2000.

Then, the demo system sounded an alarm and crashed.

Seeing the smile on the face of the richest man who heard the report, the reporters were speechless—the presentation was messed up, but you are still in a good mood, this richest man is really getting more and more elusive.

(End of this chapter)