Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 861 1 dollar and 1 billion
Athena, who had just beaten her brothers to pieces, shook her tennis racket and challenged with a smile: "Dad, let's play a game."

As the only "flower" in the Tang family, Athena's popularity can be imagined - the richest man took off his leather shoes and went straight to the stage without saying a word.

Athena would definitely not be as cruel as she was with her brothers just now, she just hit a few times for fun.

Amid the laughter, Athena boasted: "Dad, at my level, I will be able to play professional games in a few years."

The richest man was amused, "Leave me alone, your mother's consent counts."

The elite essence that Tang Huan integrated, after being passed on to his children, the first characteristic that he showed was naturally extremely high talent; and when it came to Athena, he had an extra talent like a flight attendant.

The little girl from a few years ago, still wearing baby fat, is now very slim.

No matter how tough the ship queen Christina is, she is no different from ordinary people in terms of being a parent, so she will inevitably fall into the cliché - the failures I have experienced, I must not let my children experience it again; .

Therefore, the ship queen Christina has higher expectations for her only daughter than her three sons.

In this case, tennis, equestrian, sailing and other sports, as a hobby, is not the slightest problem; but if you want to become a profession, it is definitely not possible.

During the exchange of serves, Tang Huan pointed to his daughter, "Your sports talent is at most the same as those of the European royal family members, and you can show it occasionally in events such as the Olympics."

Athena smiled innocently and said, "As long as you have a chance to show off your skills."

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After having fun with the children on the playground for a while, Tang Huan went to wash up and prepare to eat together.

Although there are many rooms in Chang'an City for the owner's house, Mr. Richest Man has no intention of arranging all the women together. Gein's doing so is purely asking for trouble.

The real significance of Chang'an City is not to provide an additional comfortable home, but to give the Tang family a spiritual totem; as for the development into a national historical landmark like Rockefeller Center, it will take time to accumulate - Tang Huan will basically Don't think about it.

If after a hundred years from Mr. Richest Man, the descendants are unable to live up to expectations, unable to bear the high inheritance tax, or unable to pay the annual property tax of millions of dollars, then the best fate of Chang'an City will be with the newspaper tycoon William Hearst. Like Hearst Castle, which was built in California, it was donated to California to continue its maintenance.

Of course, considering the current thriving development of the Tang family, it shouldn't be a problem for Chang'an City to stand for two generations.

On the huge long dining table, the richest man said earnestly: "There is no permanent banquet in the world. One day, when you are flying around like dandelion seeds, don't forget your childhood. spent time here."

This can be regarded as family training - all the boys around the napkins listened carefully.

There is no need for the richest man to make a long speech. After talking casually for a while, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "After exercising for a long time, are you hungry? Then let's start!"

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After the official opening of Chang'an City, Tang Huan held several banquets one after another according to the circles of political and business celebrities, IT, Hollywood, etc., which also made the media addicted by the way, and finally got a glimpse of the true face of Lushan here.

On this kind of occasion, showing off how luxurious and comfortable it is, too earthy and not high-grade, the spiritual food for the richest man to entertain guests is his museum.

Among them are manuscripts and paintings worth tens of millions of dollars, and there are also objects that are quite ordinary and worth tens of thousands of dollars at most, but it is quite difficult to put together a complete set or a series of objects.

It has to be said that this reflects the broad interests of Mr. Richest Man.

For example, there is a display area for the development history of personal computers in the Chang'an City Museum. From the earliest Altair_8800 to the latest model of Fangyuan personal computers, a lot of them add up, and there is not necessarily a page of authentic manuscripts that are worth money. The lineup is really not easy.

You must know that the Altair_8800 is an old antique without a display or a main box. The official sales volume at that time was only a few thousand units. Today, 20 years later, it is impossible to find a satisfactory collection. So simple as a matter of course.

In the Internet big data era more than ten years later in the original time and space, an American media once conducted an interesting experiment, that is, they found a classic PC from the Windows_95 era, which is equivalent to the current Fangyuan PC product, so that A group of middle school students operate.

The result is: Although they have been looking for the power-on button for a long time, they can basically start the computer successfully; but after entering the Windows_95 desktop, they are at a loss - even when they see the iconic "Start" menu, they are still confused. I'm confused, how to open the program?How do I access the Internet?Confused.

What's more, many children can't even shut down the computer properly.Gein, the IBM-PC in the Windows_95 era, has a feature, that is, the shutdown of Windows_95 is a "soft" shutdown, and there is no "hard" power cut-the monitor still has a picture, and the host power is still running hummingly, requiring the user to shut down. Do it manually again.

The situation reflected in this experiment is: the speed of development of personal computers is really too fast, and a gap may be created after more than ten years of replacement.

The current situation is also the same. When visitors saw the Altair_8800, a personal computer older than the Apple-II, they couldn't help asking questions: "In terms of input and output, there are neither keyboards and mice, nor monitors and printers. How should users operate?" ?”

Tang Huan explained with a smile: "See that row of devices that look like switches in a transformer box? According to the instructions, the user translates the desired operation into a binary combination and inputs it; A row of light or light combined output. As for the specific content, the user has to translate it by himself according to the instructions. "

The people who suddenly realized it couldn't help being shocked on the spot: Is this thing the first successful commercialized personal computer? People 20 years ago were really willing to pay for this tormenting thing?

Unknowingly, Tang IT's achievements in the development of the personal computer industry led by Tang IT for more than ten years have left an indelible impression on everyone through the shock of strong contrast.

In short, it is one word: convinced!
Before the Fangyuan personal computer, people were in a prehistoric era!
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On this day, Tang Huanzheng and James Cameron were chatting about the movie "Titanic", and Zhuang Menghua personally sent two latest news related to Barings Bank and Russia's decommissioned aircraft carrier.

"The mess of Barings Bank, in addition to us, at least ING is also interested." Zhuang Menghua said: "The British side hopes that you can come and talk in person."

"The Bahrain family and the Berenberg family have been closely connected for nearly a hundred years, and they can always play a role at critical times." Tang Huan nodded slightly.

He is not surprised by this situation. After all, the assets of Barings Bank distributed around the world cannot be wiped out all at once, and they still have special value in the eyes of some people.

Zhuang Menghua added, "The British royal family is about to visit South Africa. Queen Elizabeth hopes that it would be best to meet you before leaving."

Tang Huan laughed and said: "Why, is Her Majesty the Queen worried that her money will be lost?"

"The meaning revealed here should be that the poor performance of the Barings family has disappointed the whole UK." Zhuang Menghua analyzed: "Just last year, Peter Barings, chairman of Barings Bank, also denounced the role of the balance sheet, and Bahrain The bank did not even separate the minimum transaction and clearing links, and allowed Nick Leeson to do double duty to cause trouble. It can no longer be described as 'unprofessional'."

"By the way, where is Nick Leeson?" Tang Huan asked with interest.

"After his deeds were exposed, Nick Leeson left a 'I'm sorry' confession, went from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and then disappeared - the Singapore police are looking for him." Zhuang Menghua smiled and said: "No I know what Peter Baring thought when he saw Nick Leeson’s letter. Why, are you also interested in this influential man?”

"It seems that Nick Leeson is going to go to jail, and he will go back to England to go to jail." Tang Huan said leisurely: "I'm really interested, what a negative teaching material this is! I think Nick Lee Sen should write a book about it, and I thought up the title for him, it's called How I Broke Barings."

"Can you stop entertaining people like this?" Zhuang Menghua laughed for a long time, and then said: "You have really heated up the concept of Russian aircraft carriers. South Korea, India, etc. are all interested in the remaining three Kievs. - class retired aircraft carrier has expressed interest - Russia, which has always been hesitant about whether to trade, is quite willing to sell it at a price and wants to convene all parties to discuss it.”

Tang Huan raised his eyebrows, "South Korea is also involved in this muddy water. Which company is it?"

"It should be Daewoo Group." Zhuang Menghua replied casually: "In recent years, Daewoo Group has put forward the development goal of 'global management', relying on the Korean government's preferential policies to encourage overseas investment, and has engaged in large-scale mergers and acquisitions of companies around the world." In early January this year, it announced an investment of 1 million pounds in the UK to build a new car factory and provide a large number of new jobs."

"A soap bubble blown up by debt dares to compete with me." Tang Huan snorted disdainfully, "The aircraft carrier is a little tight in terms of time."

The richest man is extremely shrewd, but when it comes to how much money he has, he can count the unit of "Million", which seems a bit "confused".

Think about it, if the Great Hanshin Earthquake hadn’t happened, Nick Leeson might have used leverage to help Barings make a lot of money instead of losing $14 billion; what about the financial model run by Mr. Richest Man’s supercomputer?
Money is really just a number for the richest man.

What he needs to think about now is how to spend money-this is a profound knowledge!

According to Tang Huan's plan, he wanted to get Russia's fourth Kiev-class aircraft carrier, the most advanced one, the Gorshkov, to Funan.

Originally, the transformation of the Gorshkov would take time, and the Funan Navy would need time to fiddle with it freely—how can the time be tight.

Little South Korea dares to add to the chaos - can you compare with India, a traditional customer of the former Soviet Union?

Zhuang Menghua spread her hands, "If you are dissatisfied, then go to the negotiating table and talk about it."

Tang Huan tapped his fingers on the table, "Inform the Russian team that the quotation for the Gorshkov can be mentioned at 1 billion—I will go to Russia after finishing my work in England."

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The richest man sat in his own Silicon Valley One. When he arrived in the UK, he first met Queen Elizabeth who was preparing to visit abroad in a very low-key manner.

As a face of the United Kingdom, the preparations for the royal family's travel are not generally cumbersome, and some places have to be paid out of their own pockets - if it is messed up and the image of the royal family is damaged, then the existence will be questioned, right?

The richest man naturally understands Her Majesty's concern for Barings Bank, but he must not mention the vulgar thing of "money". It is an embarrassment that the Rothschild Bank is the only name left in the history of banking's illustrious history."

Queen Elizabeth also said with regret: "Many people nowadays are very impetuous; Don's chivalry that values ​​honor is really too precious."

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After chatting romantically with Her Majesty the Queen, the richest man immediately attended a roundtable meeting attended by the British Treasury, the Bank of England, and Barings Bank.

"Everyone..." British Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clark spoke first.

After the "Black Wednesday" in 1992, when the British pound was sniped, Norman Lamont, the then British chancellor of the exchequer, did not take the blame and resigned to step down. Instead, he stayed in this position until May 5 of the following year. Replaced by Kenneth Clark.

This person is an old-fashioned politician. He joined Thatcher’s cabinet in 1985 as the Comptroller of the Ministry of Finance; he became the Minister of Health in 1988; Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Norman Lamont said unhurriedly: "...if an ideal disposal plan can be come up, Barings Bank can be sold for a symbolic price of 1 pound."

The richest man, who was thinking about the Russian aircraft carrier, was really impatient with the other party's parliamentary debate style, so he interrupted: "I am willing to offer $100..."

(End of this chapter)