Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 860 Opening of Tang’s richest man’s mansion
The years are ruthless——in the past few years, Tang Huan has sent off several of his father-in-law and mother-in-law in mourning.And the rare meeting with grandpa and grandma showed the traces that time had left on them.

Fortunately, this sentimental emotion was dispelled by the vitality of the little cousin Meng Jing in the blink of an eye.

Grandma stroked Meng Jing's hair lovingly, and asked with a smile: "Has our eldest girl got a boyfriend?"

Meng Jing pouted, "Grandma, when I come back this time, I don't want to hear any boring things about blind dates."

"Stinky girl, why are you talking?" Aunt Han Anlin patted her daughter dissatisfied.

Meng Qingguan was a little dizzy and scolded: "You, with this arrogant attitude, you will probably be in trouble."

"Uncle, you are wrong." Han Siwei, the little cousin sitting straight at the edge, joked: "Many of my friends are asking about my sister."

"Why are they all targeting me?" Meng Jing complained: "I guess Sining guessed that you were going to talk about this, so she used some paper as an excuse to delay coming back together."

Tang Huan interjected to help his little cousin out of the siege and said, "Siwei, with your delicate skin and tender flesh, can you bear going to a military academy?"

Han Siwei replied heartlessly: "If you don't want to go, you have to go, otherwise my dad will beat me."

Aunt Wen Ya said angrily: "You still have the nerve to say that if you weren't so naughty and studied hard, wouldn't you be like your sister and brother, studying abroad for further study?"

Han Siwei didn't tell the difference either, and smiled silly.

Grandpa coughed lightly, "It's not bad for Siwei to go to the military academy, so don't hold on to it."

Tang Huan put down his chopsticks, and continued, "Siwei, I'll treat you to a drink after I'm done socializing."

"Brother, you have to hurry up." Han Siwei said anxiously: "Otherwise, when school starts, such a face-saving matter will not be able to fall on my head."

Tang Huan was amused all of a sudden. The image of the little kid with a runny nose when he first stepped into this house more than ten years ago seemed to appear in front of his eyes.

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After the family had a lively time together for a while, they went to work on their own.Tang Huanze, grandfather, and little uncle Meng Qingguan entered the study.

Seeing Tang Huan's hesitant to speak, Han Zhiliang smiled knowingly, "At my age, I should be content with my current state of health. After you take a walk next time, you will find that some places It may be shut down."

Tang Huan nodded with understanding, "I never talk about such issues over there, so as not to be noticed by those who are interested. This time, I just send greetings as usual. It doesn't matter whether the other party will meet or not."

"Also." Han Zhiliang continued to remind: "There should be some big changes in Yanjing, you should avoid it. At the same time, those so-called public relations bad habits of reciprocity should also be restrained, so as not to pollute the environment."

Tang Huan smiled mischievously, "Grandpa, don't worry. My social activities are all within the limits allowed by the rules."

"Then let me just believe it." Han Zhiliang waved his hand casually.

Meng Qingguan took over the conversation and said to Tang Huan: "After the failure of the Olympic bid the year before last, many infrastructure projects in Yanjing were stopped. The Oriental Plaza you participated in was also among them. My suggestion is to wait patiently first. Let's go for a while."

Tang Huan replied nonchalantly: "Then let's put it aside for now. Anyway, I have plenty of money and time."

The following topics, such as the purchase of decommissioned aircraft carriers from Russia, etc., began to make the atmosphere in the study serious.

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The content of official communication between Tang Huan and high-level officials still revolved around the economy.

U.S. exports to China increased from US$1980 billion in 30 to US$1994 billion in 380.Even the United States itself believes that China is one of the top ten emerging markets with the greatest potential for U.S. commodity exports in the future.

Therefore, it goes without saying that Tang Huan's company, like AT&T, General Motors, Boeing and other companies, is attracted by China's huge market and has become a supporter of strengthening Sino-US relations.

Compared with such routine official duties, Tang Huan has been invited to participate in various civil activities, especially the "circle", which have obviously increased during his visit this time.

As for the main topics discussed, the World Trade Organization, which was officially established on January 1 this year, and Sino-US relations, which are politically cold and economically hot, are the hottest.

Regarding the negotiations on joining the World Trade Organization, Tang Huan only said in general that "skills and patience are required", while regarding the relationship between China and the United States, he specifically pointed out that for a long time, the relationship between China and the United States has been almost entirely through diplomatic means. traditional way.It is obviously not enough to fight for their own interests, and it even shows a lack of understanding of the influence of the US Congress.China needs to further strengthen non-governmental exchanges between China and the United States, so that ordinary Americans can understand China today.

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In this way, after attending various public and private events in Beijing, Tang Huan went south to inspect the projects he invested in the same way, and then returned to the United States after finishing his trip to Asia.

At this time, the U.S. stock market has already revealed the glory of a big bull market-just in February, that is, on the 2rd of last month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 23 points.

In Tang Huan's view, the Dow Jones Industrial Average seems to be following its own original trajectory in time and space, and historically breaking through the 5000-point mark within the year - the listing process of Zheru Software Company has indeed stepped on the right track. On drumbeat.

However, when this opportunity to make a fortune came, a piece of dramatic news also appeared in the public eye - Barings Bank, one of the oldest banks in the UK, announced its bankruptcy on February 2.

You must know that before this, Barings Bank had excellent performance, and its qualifications were even more impressive.

From its opening in 1762 to this year's 200-year history, Barings Bank has participated in numerous major events.

From 1798 to 1814, Barings Bank provided guarantees for the British government, so that the country had enough military expenditures to support the long war with France and fight against Napoleon who killed the Quartet.

During this period, in 1803, Barings Bank provided financing to assist the U.S. government to purchase land from France in Louisiana, thereby obtaining more than 22% of the land area of ​​the United States today, directly doubling the land area of ​​the United States at that time—— Of course, this deal indirectly financed Napoleon's military spending.

After the Battle of Waterloo, Barings believed that the future of Europe depended on a financially healthy French economy, so after discussing with the British diplomatic ambassador, it decided to provide France with a huge reparation loan.At the WYN Conference in 1815, representatives of Britain, France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia reached a consensus that without the guarantee of the Bank of Barings, there would be no peace treaty with lasting influence.
From the late 1830s to the 1840s, the European economy was in depression. In 1839, the Bank of England fell into a financial crisis, and the Bank of Barings assisted the central bank; in 1847, the Bank of Barings rescued the Bank of France under the same circumstances.

In the United States, Barings Bank was not idle either. In addition to becoming the main bank of the federal government and many state governments at that time, in addition to funding the developing American railway business at that time, it also arranged financing successively to assist the United States from Mexico buys Texas.Buy Alaska from Russia.

This shows how powerful Barings Bank is!

However, as the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, you can never get your shoes wet. Barings Bank, which is in full swing, fell into a serious financial crisis due to over-subscription of the debts of Argentina and Uruguay, until the Bank of England led a consortium to rescue the bank. , to get out of the predicament.

Since then, Barings Bank's style has become conservative and rigorous.

For example, it avoided the massive losses that other British banks suffered during the Great Recession by refusing to provide financing to post-World War I Germany.

During World War II, the British government auctioned assets in the United States and other places through Barings Bank to meet military expenditures.

It is not difficult to imagine that Barings Bank developed into a member of the British ruling group-it established contact with King George V of the United Kingdom, developed a close relationship with the British royal family, and maintains it to this day.

For example, the Queen of England is a customer of Barings Bank; five male ancestors of the Barings family were posthumously named nobles; Diana, Princess of Wales, is the granddaughter of one of the Barings' families.

In 1988, the Queen Mother of the United Kingdom presented the Outstanding Achievement Award to Barings Bank in recognition of its contribution to the United Kingdom over the past century.

Such an old-fashioned bank that "will not die if you do nothing", but because of the excessive trading of derivative financial products by a trader named Nick Leeson in a branch far away in Singapore, the speculation failed and the loss was 14 billion. The dollar fell into the pit and couldn't climb out.

The British Treasury and the Bank of England have considered trying to get Barings Bank, but they can't.

When Zhuang Menghua talked about this matter, there was still a sense of disbelief in his tone, "For such a long-established bank with a century-old history, one can imagine the perfection of the operating mechanism, but the regulatory system is actually in name only, and was replaced by a small transaction." The adventures of the members, coupled with the sudden onset of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, plunged them into an abyss of eternal destruction."

"It's really hard to imagine." Tang Huan nodded sympathetically, "So, didn't Barings Bank declare bankruptcy? You can ask the price, I want to keep it."

Zhuang Menghua asked hesitantly: "Are the resources of Barings Bank worth our while?"

"Not sure yet." Tang Huan replied leisurely: "Bahrain Bank has never been listed on the London Stock Exchange, and the ownership of assets is all in the hands of senior management and charitable foundations - just take this opportunity to touch Find out. I think Barings Bank is still very useful in asset management."

Zhuang Menghua smiled knowingly, "This gap of 14 billion US dollars is really learned."

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If the publication of a book "The Road to the Future" is Tang Huan's commemoration of his forty years, then the opening of the so-called world's number one high-tech mansion that has been hyped up is the next one. gift.

This project, which carefully calculated took more than ten years and was rumored to cost $[-] million, is located not far from Cupertino, one of the core cities in Silicon Valley - at the foot of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

It covers an area of ​​several square kilometers. Surrounded by vineyards, farms, pastures, etc., the conventional mansion is embedded in it like a pearl.

This large piece of land was named "Chang'an City" by Tang Huan, which fully demonstrated the demeanor of the richest man who bought land everywhere in the United States and Canada.

Of course, the outside world is more accustomed to calling that 8000-square-meter mansion "Chang'an City".

Generally speaking, Chang'an City embodies the architectural style of a combination of Chinese and Western. The periphery is a garden, and the middle is distributed with bedrooms, guest rooms, banquet halls, fitness rooms, sports fields, swimming pools, libraries, museums, garages and other facilities-the one in the name "City" is not an exaggeration at all.

Since it is called a "city", it must have an open side.

The surrounding garden landscape, although it belongs to private territory, allows the public to play and relax.

It was not until this 8000-square-meter mansion that controls were put in place.After all, the collections in the museum alone are priceless.

In line with the gimmick that is hyped as "the world's first high-tech mansion", Chang'an City is full of technological elements. The first is the ubiquitous sensors, which collect various data and transmit them to the central computer for processing and control.

One of the mysteries of Chang'an City is that although it looks a bit exaggerated, in the face of technology, it is small enough to be controlled by the owner.

Lin Fengjiao had already arranged the layout of Chang'an City, and Tang Huan, who had finished handling some urgent matters, rushed over and saw her walking with her aunt Tang Yun on a gravel road.

"How is it? You are still used to living here." Tang Huan asked with a smile.

Tang Yun nodded with satisfaction, "You have put so much thought into it, what else can I find faulty about? Just this kind of clean and popular layout is one of a kind."

Tang Huan pointed out and joked: "If you are interested, you can also go to the vineyard over there."

Lin Fengjiao smiled and said: "Living in Chang'an City, life is like a modern version of men farming and women weaving, self-sufficient."

Tang Huan said proudly, "This is called the unity of man and nature."

Tang Yun looked at the Tang's sons playing on the sports field calmly, and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter if the place is big, the children can run away when they play around."

Tang Huan chuckled and told the steward who came over, "Bring us our own wine, fruits and other things. I want to taste them."

After he finished speaking, he walked to the sports field, and saw the joyous play on the field, and the little ones sitting on the benches off the field cheered with gusto——Tang Jiajun had already seen its scale.

(End of this chapter)