Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 835 This slaps Tang's richest man back

Tang Huan had heard about it, and American energy companies, led by Enron, including AES Power, Jeron, Williams, Dalizhi, etc., hired a powerful public relations team to lobby California to open up existing power industry.

Once successful, traditional power companies like the Pacific Gas and Electric Company will basically give up their plans to build new power plants and sell a number of their polluting power plants such as fuel power plants. professional energy companies to purchase.

At the same time, the energy industry will use its power supply capacity to derive financial products such as futures, etc., and bring them to the market for trading—even when the conditions are ripe, they can also start trading "carbon emissions".

It can be said that this model is so beautiful that many well-known figures in the American political and business circles, like Tang Huan, are actively working on the foundation needed for the initial stage of Internet development, and spare no effort in promoting it, describing it as the general trend and becoming the mainstream. Pass.

However, ideals return to ideals, reality returns to reality, and the distance between the two has been ignored by these people. As far as Tang Huan knows, in the original time and space, after these changes were made to the rules of the game of the American power industry, including the Pacific Many electric power companies, including gas and electric companies, had to file for bankruptcy protection at the beginning of the next century.

The reason is secretive, but from Kenneth Lai's current insidious behavior, Tang Huan can guess some of it—the greedy heart of a businessman who seeks profit has lost his restraint, and he has broken the rules abruptly.

Thinking about it, if a so-called good idea can make a big deal, then the richest man should have completed the transformation of the world in the past ten years, but the reality is that just a California high-speed rail project would cost a lot of money. Zhou Zhang.

Sensing Kenneth Lai's ulterior motives, Tang Huan kept his composure—now, California Governor Pete Wilson and the Energy Committee of the State Assembly are probably eager to try, so why should he resist this so-called general trend?Anyway, the business opportunities arising from this will definitely not be missed; those factories that are sensitive to power supply will continue to be placed in other parts of the world where the cost is more advantageous.At that time, it would be a big deal for me to share with everyone the bad consequences that may remain the same.

"I have always respected the research institutions below and acted according to my own scientific plan." The richest man said in a routine tone: "Judging from the progress of the report, the evaluation report will be announced soon."

"As long as you act impartially, it's the best." Kenneth Lai, who had achieved the purpose of this trip, nodded with satisfaction.

He didn't stay too long, so as not to disturb the rich man's interest in tasting "sweetheart", so he stood up quickly and said goodbye: "I still have to go to Sacramento to meet those California Energy Commission members, we will find another time to talk in detail. "

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Watching the car that Kenneth Lay was riding in drive away, what Tang Huan was thinking about was: how to balance the value and greed of the Texas Energy Consortium in the next process of getting along - both Use it for me, but also avoid getting burned.

As for how Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which is headquartered in San Francisco, will respond, it is not difficult to imagine based on capital thinking, that is, capital reorganization and split into at least two companies - one of which continues to be regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission and is responsible for the power supply business; the other One freed from regulation, took over hydroelectric and nuclear power plants that would not be sold, and was responsible for the energy business.

It is entirely foreseeable that under such circumstances, California, whose economy is prospering due to the coming Internet era, will experience a surge in energy demand, while its dependence on external power supply will become higher and higher.

While he was thinking, little Emma staggered over, hugged Tang Huan's legs, and asked in a sweet voice - where to eat.

The richest man was amused, so he temporarily put aside these trivial matters and began to arrange the restaurant.

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After entering September, Tang Huan had one more item in his itinerary—attending the banquet held by "Forbes" magazine. His wealth list is not simply calculated and arranged to complete the task, and there are many people in the circle. operation.

Tang Huan's status as the richest man—whether in the United States or the world—is unshakeable, especially after the death of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton last year, the "Forbes US 400" has become more and more lonely.

It would also be nice to visit the East Coast of the United States. At least you will have time to enjoy the U.S. Open Tennis Open held in New York at the right time.

At this stage, the men's tennis world is dominated by American athlete Pete Sampras, while the women's tennis world is dominated by German athlete Steffi Graf.

In the finals of this US Open, the two defeated French athlete Cedric Piolin and Czech athlete Helena Sukova respectively, and won Grand Slam championship medals and generous bonuses.

Steffi Graf, who has returned to the number one position in the world, is also very busy - eg.This month the International Olympic Committee will decide where the 2000 Olympic Games will be held, and the popular tennis queen will speak on behalf of Germany.

Tang Huan then joked: "How about it? Do you know the speech by heart?"

Steffi Graf smiled wryly: "I estimate that Berlin will be defeated by its own divisions without waiting for its competitors to be eliminated."

For the 2000 Summer Olympic Games and the Summer Paralympic Games, a total of 8 cities submitted bids to the International Olympic Committee at the beginning, namely Australia XN China BJ Manchester United Kingdom, Berlin Germany, Istanbul Turkey, Brasilia Brazil, Milan Italy and Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Among them, Milan gave up the bid shortly after submitting the bid; Brasilia gave up the bid because the facilities were not up to standard after the inspection by the International Olympic Committee evaluation team; Tashkent's conditions need not be mentioned. In order to obtain recognition of the existence and independence of Uzbekistan, the bid was quickly abandoned.

Among the remaining five bid cities, Berlin is undoubtedly the leader.Its motive for bidding to host the Olympics was to host the first Olympics in the new millennium to commemorate the first decade after the reunification of Germany and Germany.

Although this idea is very beautiful, the strange thing is that when other cities bid to host the Olympic Games, they were united as one, but Berlin was in a fight, and even the opposition was very strong. There is a representative opposition voice—— With that kind of effort, it is better to build more houses in Berlin, where housing is tight.

Germany, which originally committed crimes of aggression during World War II, is now so powerful that it wants to bid for the Olympics and expand its influence. It is easy for people to associate it with bad things. As a result, its own people are still constrained by it. It is strange that the prospects can be improved.

It is precisely because Steffi Graf understands these circumstances that she cannot be optimistic.

"Just do your best." Mr. Richest Man comforted him thoughtfully and gently.

"Not counting Germany, which has the strongest economic strength, Australia Bar?"

This time it was Tang Huan's turn to smile wryly, "The gap between wish and reality may sometimes be so unexpectedly large."

In June this year, the U.S. House of Representatives clearly blocked China's bid to host the Olympic Games by voice vote.

During this process, there were two people who jumped the most - one was Bill Bradley, a former famous NBA New York Knicks player who currently represents any of New Jersey's federal senator seats. The other is Tom Lantos, a Democrat who represents a district below San Francisco, California.

Next, the European Parliament followed suit and showed its teeth.

It has to be said that the pressure on China to bid for the Olympic Games is very high.

Steffi Graf, who was in the game, nodded deeply and said: "This year's bidding process, including Germany, is obviously under pressure from outside sports."

"If you are good, you will help the world, and if you are poor, you will be alone. We have done what we should do, and we just have a clear conscience, and we can't control so much." The richest man pretended to be relaxed and opened his arms and smiled: "Come, I will give you Recharge."

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The rivers and lakes are deep - when the political game is in full swing, some Western media finally jumped into the arena as expected and began to stir up trouble.

Reuters, headquartered in London, England, took the lead in hyping up the topic of "China will boycott the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games in the United States to retaliate if its bid fails."

In this regard, the Western media organized a group to make a big fuss, saying that China's threat to boycott is exerting political pressure, political blackmail, and so on.

As a result, the richest man, who was studying with a group of entrepreneurs on Internet applications at the Stanford University Network School that he donated, was also harassed.

A reporter specially came over to ask, "Tang, it is said that the promotional video for Yanjing's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games was provided by Zheru, so you must be supporting Yanjing's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games?"

This world is really not quiet—the richest man, who kept complaining in his heart, replied lightly: "Providing technical support for the promotional video of Yanjing's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games is just a very common business activity. Moreover, Zheru's family is not the only one." Undertake, General Electric is also one of the collaborators."

Hmph, I know that you guys are not generally bad-minded, I have already formed a gang to make a defense——Tang Huan sneered in his heart.

However, when the issue of this promotional video was mentioned, the richest man couldn't help feeling depressed.Due to factors such as concept, creativity, funding, etc., the effect of this project is a certain distance from other candidates, but there is nothing you can do. You can't roll up your sleeves and do it yourself.

After Tang Huan launched the "shield counterattack" move, the harassment process continued, and further concealed evil intentions.

Another reporter asked: "So, Tang, what do you think of the Bundestag and the European Parliament's opposition to China's bid to host the Olympic Games?"

The difficulty of this issue is obvious. The richest man who owns countless industries in the United States and Europe must show the so-called mainstream awareness, otherwise, the consequences will be self-evident.

Tang Huan, who was unwilling to violate his conscience at least, really wanted to emulate Te Langpu's behavior ten years later in the original time and space, pointing at the other person's nose, simply and directly yelled "shut up", and then ordered the security assistant to fork him out.

After he composed himself, his mind was racing, and he slowly poured out the words sentence by sentence: "We must see that China is undergoing positive changes in the direction that the West hopes. This major trend should not be ignored, and the Seoul Olympics will bring great benefits to South Korea." The gratifying changes brought about are obvious to all.”

"Therefore, for China's bid to host the Olympic Games, it should not be rudely blocked or cause confrontation. It is better to let it return to the essence of sports and operate according to its own rules."

"After all, a stable and gradual China, as well as a moderate relationship with the West, is a good thing for everyone. At this stage, only China's annual economic growth in the world can reach as high as 14% to 15%. The industry needs the Chinese market, and China also Doing everything possible to return to the world community."

After extracting the remarks made by Mr. Richest Man, the reporters left in a huddle with satisfaction. Then, it is not difficult to imagine all kinds of misinterpretations and distortions to increase the topic and attract attention.

Ever since, this wave of public opinion and speculation has become even more intense.

The collaborators who have interests with the richest man did not dare to silence him, but only suggested tactfully that it is better to avoid these sensitive topics as much as possible, so as not to affect the commercial business.

The disturbed Tang Huan called Tang Wenmao and asked in a deep voice, "How are the arrangements?"

"Don't worry, the key people have already been sent to watch." Tang Wenmao patted his chest and assured: "And there are several floors in between, even the CIA can't even try to find us."

"That's good. I'm going to let these guys bite their tongues and kill themselves. By the way, let the media under Murdoch rush to break the news. If they dare to hide private goods, they will also clean up." Tang Huan was annoyed Nodded, "These bastards simply can't look down on others, okay, have I dug their ancestral graves?"

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On September 9, the two major British gaming companies that have been betting on the bid to host the 19 Olympic Games since 1992 changed Australia's long-term leading handicap to China's number one.

On September 9, the International Olympic Committee decided at its 23st plenary meeting in Monte Carlo, Monaco, a world-famous casino, to decide who would win the right to host the 101 Olympic Games.

The competition is extremely fierce, and no one among the five cities can win decisively.

In the first round of voting, Istanbul, Turkey, which was obviously weak, was eliminated without any surprise.

Just four days ago, Germany's internal opposition to Berlin's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games reached its peak, so it lost the chain directly and was eliminated in the second round of voting.

In order to solicit votes for Manchester, British Prime Minister John Major personally came to Monte Carlo to join the war.

But this world-famous industrial city needs to rebuild its urban areas, and London landmarks appear many times in its bid video to the International Olympic Committee, so much so that it was criticized by the British media as "in an identity crisis." of bid.

So, of course, the third round voted away Manchester.

The situation suddenly became simple - choose one of the two.

Finally, International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, after thanking the five bidders, announced that Australia had won the right to host the 2000 Olympic Games - the vote was 45:43, and China defeated Monte Carlo.

Just as some Western media were gloating about the misfortune, Germany's "Stuttgarter Zeitung" suddenly released a report.Suddenly the whole world was shocked, and the kangaroo, which was happily acting cute, was even more stunned!

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PS: Some place names are directly harmonized into pinyin, which saves you from checking yourself. This is also an improvement.

(End of this chapter)