Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 92

In Tang Huan's view, during the period from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, the styles of Cantonese female singers had two obvious categories, namely, the vigorous atmosphere of Xu Xiaofeng and Zhen Ni, and the fresh and graceful style of Zhang Delan. Priscilla Chan and others are generally in this pattern.

In her previous life, Ye Liyi, the original singer of "Shanghai Beach", was a very experienced singer.

In 1969, Ye Liyi, who also served as an auxiliary police officer, participated in the TVB "Sambo Night" program, and Gu Jiahui, who was the judge, gave it a perfect score, so she began to enter the music scene at the age of 22.

In 1974, Ye Liyi switched from Lifeng Records to EMI Records. Since then, she has never changed the contract company. Up to now, she has released many records.

Perhaps because of the relationship with TVB, Ye Liyi was lucky enough to get the theme song of "Shanghai Beach", and then this song became her representative work, making it famous and even drawing a line between the song and the singer. equal sign.

In fact, Jenny, who has a similar style, once sang "Shanghai Beach" and performed equally well.

It can be seen that for artists who desire masterpieces and qualifications, opportunities are really important.

At the same time, it also shows that the subjectivity of art is really strong, and preconceived first impressions often play a very wonderful role.

The "Shanghai Beach" that Deng Lijun is singing now is the first in this time and space. The music skills and emotional expression are very mature, and Tang Huan doesn't feel a sense of disobedience.

From this point of view, as long as the artist's own quality is excellent, Tang Huan can rely on his memory and through professional operations to make him popular, thus enriching his cultural cards.

For example, the concept of a beautiful female singer can be clearly hyped.

Tang Huancai came to his senses and nodded in affirmation, "Perfect, this song is performed very well, which is enough to pave the way for your comeback next year. At that time, those who have slandered Your people's jaws must have dropped."

"It's just a song. As for being so exaggerated, I'm not a fledgling rookie. I still have basic calmness and patience." Deng Lijun gave Tang Huan a white look.

"Then wait and see people's reaction." Tang Huan smiled, not arguing.

"I've been living in seclusion recently. A lot of business, especially written materials, are all faxed over. Sometimes I rush together and get in a hurry. Aren't you a high-tech person, so you can't use a computer to intelligently control What?" Deng Lijun changed the subject and talked about the little trouble she encountered.

After hearing the other party's complaint, Tang Huan was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up. The data processing function of his information office solution was initially complete, but communication functions such as fax were really lacking.

In fact, fax has a long history.

In the 1840s, the Scot Alexander Bain invented facsimile technology by accident when he was studying the synchronization structure of pendulums.

In the 1850s, the British inventor F. Becker improved the structure of the fax machine and replaced the structure of the clock and pendulum with a "drum and screw" device. This drum mode has been used for more than 100 years.

In the 1860s, the Iranian Abakatier developed a practical fax machine based on the principle and structure of the fax machine proposed by Bain and Bekkar, and carried out experiments on fax communication in Paris, Lyon, Marseille and other cities in France.

In 1924, high-quality photo fax machines appeared.The American Radio Company, RCA, which has not yet been acquired by General Electric, successfully transmitted a picture of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge from New York to London via radio. This led to the invention of radio fax, which started two years later. commercial applications, and wired and wireless photo fax services have been launched one after another.

In 1968, the United States took the lead in opening up the fax service on the public telephone network. After that, especially after 1972, other countries followed suit quickly.

This has led to a sharp increase in the number of fax machines originally limited to use on dedicated lines, especially document fax machines for transmitting handwritten, printed or printed letters, documents, forms, graphics, etc., which are the most eye-catching.

Coupled with the progress of the International Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) on the fax standardization work, especially the development of fax technology itself, the mechanical image scanning method was replaced by electronic scanning, the data transmission mode was developed from analog to digital, and the transmission speed increased by a large margin. Ascension, under the joint effect, makes the communication of human beings enter into a new historical period.

Similar to 2G, 3G, and 4G in mobile phone standards in previous lives, the development of modern fax machines is also divided into stages.

Before the 1970s, G1, a type of machine, was mainly used to transmit a page of A4 format document, which took about 6 minutes.

After entering the 1970s, G2, the second-class machine, was widely used, and it took about 4 minutes to transmit a page of A3 format document.

At present, the G1, which can transmit a page of A4 format document in about 3 minute, is the third type of machine, and it has begun to enter the market promotion stage.

Compared with 3COM's Ethernet technology, the modern fax relying on the public telephone network must be much more mature. As long as it is involved in this field, it will soon produce predictable benefits.

Especially in regions with a strong Chinese character system like RB, handwriting is more convenient than keyboard input. Naturally, fax machines can show obvious advantages over technologies such as TelePrinter, that is, teletypewriters.

Even in the era when the Internet prevailed in the previous life, home fax needs could be realized through e-mails with digital cameras or scanners, and in commercial applications, faxes were even integrated into multi-function business machines, but most business organizations did not Ditch the fax machine altogether.

After all, fax has a wide range of applications. In addition to being used to transmit documents, news photos, and weather maps, it can also play a good role in medical treatment, printing, library management, information consulting, financial data, and electronic mail.

When Tang Huan entered the fax industry, he naturally would not simply produce fax machines. That would be too low-tech.

The most obvious disadvantage of the fax machine is that it needs a special person to be in charge, and the office efficiency is low. If the same data is sent to multiple destinations, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive. However, the text and image data in the computer must be printed out before they can be sent out through the fax machine. .

As for deeper restrictions, there are more.

To solve these problems, there is no doubt that we can only use the fax server, which is Tang Huan's goal.

Logically speaking, a fax machine can be divided into three independent functional modules, scanner, modem and printer.

A scanner converts the contents of the document into a digital image, a modem sends the image data over the telephone line, and a printer at the other end converts the image into a copy of the original document.

Now, these three technologies have matured enough, and the cost is very reasonable, and it is not too difficult to put them into practical use. However, it is still a new topic to manage fax resources through microprocessors and software.

It was not until 1985 that Hank Magnuski, the founder of GammaLink, developed the first computer fax function expansion card, GammaFax.

Through the fax server, the function of the personal computer has been extended from data processing to computer communication, which is undoubtedly a huge competitive advantage and business opportunity.

It can be said that this inspiration from Deng Lijun is really important.

"Of course I can control it, and I must be able to." Tang Huan happily put his arms around Deng Lijun and kissed her deeply.

"Be serious, don't spoil the baby in your stomach." Deng Lijun slapped Tang Huan reproachfully.

"They are still so young, what can they know?" Tang Huan muttered disapprovingly.

"Of course I know." Deng Lijun stared dissatisfiedly, "I sang and played music to them, and they all responded."

"Then let me listen." Tang Huan gently pressed his cheek on Deng Lijun's raised belly, pretending to listen while asking.

Deng Lijun pinched Tang Huan's nose with a smile and twisted it mischievously.

While frolicking, there was a cough at the door, Mother Deng asked in a distasteful manner: "It's getting late, do you want to have dinner here?"

Relaxing and happy time flies by so fast. Tang Huan looked at the Rolex given by Deng Lijun on his wrist, stood up and said: "Mother-in-law, Lijun, I have to go. I have worked hard for the company's next research and development plan. I really need to rest for a few days to adjust."

Deng Lijun sent Tang Huan out, and said earnestly, "Business is temporary, but the body is permanent. You must pay attention."

"Don't worry, I'm most greedy for life and afraid of death." Tang Huan waved his hand, got into the car, and left the villa.

After Deng Lijun returned, she complained to her mother, "Why did you drive him away?"

Deng's mother sighed, "You are still too young, you don't know what is sinister and powerful. Although this villa has been kept secret, who can guarantee that it will not be discovered by those who want to, Tang Huan is not afraid, we can't do it, be careful, there is no big mistake .”

Deng Lijun nodded in understanding, and muttered to herself: "It seems that if you want to fly carefree like a bird, there is only one way, and that is to make your career bigger."

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Seeing Tang Huan came back, my aunt Tang Yun looked at the time and asked with a half-smile, "You were kicked back by your mother-in-law, didn't you have dinner?"

"My aunt still cared about me and left me food." Tang Huan sat at the dining table and sighed.

"By the way, the employees of Zheru Company and the publishing house sent a hundred books for you to pre-sign, so as not to be too busy for tomorrow's event." Tang Yun pointed to two stacks of brand new books.

Tang Huan glanced at it, and suddenly his face collapsed. This was a real effort.

His new book on MA programming techniques was published and was so popular that the book company held book signings at several universities.

In order to see his aunt and Deng Lijun, Tang Huan arranged the first stop in Los Angeles by the way.

If he wanted to improve his academic reputation, he could only rely on himself, so Tang Huan honestly signed a hundred books after dinner.

After finishing this job, he started to plan the project of fax business.

After all, Zheru is still in his infancy, and in order to achieve a certain degree of forward-looking technology, Tang Huan must also do it himself.

I have to say that under the appearance of Boss Tang's good looks, it is also very hard work.

(End of this chapter)