Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Arranged according to the degree of disaster, the fire caused by the overheating of the freezer wires and igniting the surrounding combustibles is the second largest fire accident tragedy in the United States after World War II, second only to the Atlanta fire on December 7, 1946, which caused 119 deaths. , resulting in the death of 87 people, most of whom were unfortunate because of inhalation of excessive toxic fumes, and another 700 people were injured, including Zheru's engineers.

The sensation and reflection brought about by this accident are obvious, and it has directly hit the tourism industry in Las Vegas, and the United States has also begun to formulate stricter fire protection regulations.

Of course, the responsibility for the accident must be investigated, and the first one to bear the brunt is Kirk Kerkline's MGM Grand Hotel.

When it was first built, the investment of the MGM Grand Hotel was 106 million US dollars. It was said to have 26 floors. Because there were no 3, 4, and 13 floors, it actually only had 23 floors, with more than 2,000 rooms. The casino, which covers an area of ​​more than 6,000 square meters, is famous all over the world for its grand scale and magnificence, but it is very stingy in terms of fire protection, such as not fully installing an automatic sprinkler system.

When the fire broke out, there were as many as 3,400 registered guests, plus gamblers and various staff, a total of more than 5,000 people. The degree of chaos can be imagined.

Most of them fled the scene of the fire on their own, but those trapped on the upper floors could only endure the deadly threat of smoke, waiting for rescue by fire ladders and helicopters, and even a woman jumped to her death because she couldn't bear the smoke.

In the original time and space, protracted legal proceedings followed the fire. The MGM Grand Hotel was accused of being in the process of design, construction and use. There were as many as 83 violations of building safety codes. 118 defendant companies need to face a total of 1327 lawsuits.

All companies involved in the case raised $223 million to set up a compensation fund to provide compensation to the dead and injured. As the main party responsible for the accident, MGM Grand Hotel assumed $105 million in compensation.

In a word, Kirk Kerkline, a rich man, is in trouble. It's a big deal.

The impact of this accident on Zheru is that a series of database products represented by the hotel information management system, in the Las Vegas hotel industry, are affected by the industry depression caused by the damaged image of tourism safety. The change in customer mentality caused by it-it is still unclear whether to continue to be enthusiastic or lose interest.

Fortunately, the hotels in Las Vegas are only famous, not unique. There are too many cities waiting for Zheru to develop.

The fire has been widely concerned by the media in the United States and even the world. People in the Silicon Valley area will naturally have seen some reports in this regard, because their colleagues are witnesses.

Zheru's employees are more empathetic and concerned about relevant news.

On behalf of Tang Huanhe Company, Chambers made a special trip to Las Vegas to visit those engineers. They were not seriously injured, and they were fine, but they still had lingering fears.

For Tang Huan's various measures to strengthen the company's cohesion and network people's hearts, Chambers empathized with the power in the process of implementing them.

As the largest provider of microcomputer software, Zheru has gradually become the main target of peer poaching.

Take Microsoft's Gates, for example. Every time he visits, his innocuous appearance can't hide his pursuit of some talented programmers.

And with the success of the database ebase, companies outside the personal computer industry have also begun to eye the talents of Zheru, such as those who are also located in Silicon Valley, and even HP.

But so far, Zheru has not had any serial job-hopping incidents, and the personnel in key positions have continued to work hard, leaving the competitors standing aside and sighing regretfully.

Although the fire accident is a small probability event, it has a great psychological impact on people. Zheru has a large number of engineers on business trips to provide consulting, maintenance, support and other services to customers. No one can guarantee that they will not In the event of an emergency, providing an additional commercial insurance will undoubtedly win people over.

But the problem is that it is really unpredictable whether the boss can agree to this unnecessary expense. Chambers can only find a private opportunity to test it out.

After Tang Huan understood what was going on, he laughed loudly, You have a clever mind, and you can think of the way of management from such an accident. I am not so short-sighted, and I naturally hope that the company will develop in the long run. There is no reason not to agree. , you are in charge of arranging the specific matters.

Tang Huan's happiness surprised Chambers and was very moved. This boss really has great ambitions.

How did he know that in the original time and space, Tang Huan had seen big companies in Silicon Valley provide more exaggerated benefits for their employees, even pets were included, so he was no stranger to it.

What's more, Zheru's current financial situation is very relaxed, and the huge cash flow has been lying quietly in the bank account, preparing to deal with various unexpected market risks, or eliminating a sudden market opportunity through acquisitions, A new company with great luck but never appeared in the original time and space.

Chambers' additional employee insurance plans cost nothing. Besides, insurance orders from thousands of people will definitely attract insurance companies to snatch them up.

With Tang Huan's affirmation, Chambers gladly accepted the order to handle this matter, while Tang Huan was concerned about the upcoming Christmas sales season. As consumer electronics products, Xiaobawang game consoles and Xiaobawang Palm are the focus of promotion, especially for the latter, just by adding orders to dex retail, tens of thousands of units are sold, the hardware and software are all their own, even if the profit is small More sales, income is also considerable.

In addition, Tang Huan set up a typical partner of the second-generation Fangyuan computer open hardware platform. Seagate and 3 are external companies after all. In the early stage of cooperation, the running-in mechanism needs to be continuously improved, and Tang Huan must keep an eye on it.

With the support of Seagate and 3, the industry will definitely yearn for the second-generation Fangyuan computer platform.

This is similar to the appeal of the kings of Intel and Microsoft who raised their arms and gathered responders decades later in the previous life. It doesn't happen overnight. It can only be cultivated and accumulated step by step. can be built gradually.

However, compared to Seagate, which has happily surrendered 20% of its shares, 3's board of directors has been arguing constantly.

For this reason, Robert Metcalfe's nose was almost crooked. These guys let him increase the assets of 3 to 60 million US dollars within a few years, but after he found a very powerful partner , Unexpectedly worried about luring wolves into the house without knowing the so-called, you hired a guy from HP to take charge. How should I divide the rights of the founder?

After hearing Robert Metcalfe's heartfelt complaints, Tang Huan was also very dissatisfied, thinking that investors on the east coast are also called venture capital? Compared with the counterparts in Silicon Valley, it is too far behind. According to your thinking, then you have to follow the original development route in time and space, wait for ibm- to become popular, and then post it like a lapdog to please the power Push the ibm of the token ring network.

If it wasn't for Robert Metcalfe and Ethernet. Tang Huan really didn't bother to pay attention to the currently unknown 3.

So, Tang Huan decided. Go to the 3 headquarters in Marlborough, Massachusetts, in the eastern United States, and meet these tough guys for a while.

How can the two sides have a strong alliance relationship if they don't give up part of their interests? This unspoken rule cannot be seen through.

It's a pity that Tang Huan, who is disdainful in his heart, still can't get away. He doesn't know if it's the harvest season, and all kinds of achievements are pouring in. He can't even ask his subordinates to check and accept it for him.

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On December 1, 1980, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the world that the first infection case was discovered and confirmed, more than seven months earlier than June 6, 1981 in the original time and space.

Since then, mankind has launched a long struggle against this number one infectious disease.

Compared with the early days when it was announced to the public in the original time and space, the medical community knew little about it, and there was no cure, and the infected had to be tortured to death.

In this time and space, the laboratory funded by the Shennong Foundation has effectively disclosed the preliminary research results of this type of virus.

Therefore, although the folks are not aware of the danger at this stage, the medical world has already been shaken.

Robert Gallo, the director of the laboratory, published a related paper in one of the most authoritative academic journals, Science, which attracted great attention from colleagues.

The biggest difference between the two time and space in terms of research is that after Tang Huan's intervention, not only was it discovered in advance, but the cause of the disease was basically determined.

Of course, the patient who provided the virus sample has unfortunately passed away, and now there is no drug to control the disease.

Originally, this research result came to an end, and it had little to do with Tang Huan. He had already ordered the matter to be handled according to the procedure, and he did not participate in it. However, the White House sent an invitation, and President Carter attached great importance to it. He hoped that the Shennong Fund and the laboratory could Report it face to face.

Tang Huan, who was very busy in Silicon Valley, couldn't help scratching his head when he heard the news. It seems that in the original time and space, he was not really taken seriously by the authorities at the beginning.

However, on the way from Cupertino to San Francisco, Tang Huan roughly understood the key points.

In more than a month, Carter, who lost the election, should step down as president. It is estimated that he, who has nothing to do and has nothing to ask for, wants to leave an extra political legacy. Anyway, someone will clean up the rest of the mess.

If his successor Reagan made some achievements in this area, it would be a continuation of Carter's brilliance. If he failed to deal with it well, it would be even more foresighted by Carter.

This also shows to a certain extent that Carter is a little unconvinced about his disastrous defeat in the election. The improper handling of the Iranian hostage crisis has caused too much damage to his reputation.

In fact, since the Iran-Iraq war broke out in September, Iran's attitude has become increasingly hopeful that the hostage crisis can be resolved.

Shortly after the November election was announced that Reagan won and Carter lost, the Carter administration, with the help of intermediaries such as Algerian diplomat Abdulkalim Fleiber, began negotiations with Iran.

In exchange for the release of the hostages, the United States agreed to unfreeze $8 billion in previously frozen assets. And promised not to sue Iran for this matter.

And the previous October. Carter appears to be doing nothing on the matter.

In the original time and space. There are unconfirmed rumors that it was an illegal deal between Iran and Reagan's staff that delayed the release of the hostages.

Because the latter very much does not want to see the October Surprise, that is, before the general election in November, there will be events that will cause a large number of votes to flow to Carter, such as the release of hostages.

As a result, on January 20, 1981, minutes after Reagan's presidential inauguration, all the hostages were released. And handed over to the United States, and then these people immediately flew to the US Air Force Base in Frankfurt, West Germany.

Former President Carter received them there as the current President Reagan's special envoy. After a medical check and incident debriefing, all were flown back to Washington to a hero's welcome.

It can be said that the development of the situation is so wonderful that it is difficult for people not to think too much.

These people, when it comes to hacking their opponents, they are all thieves and thieves. Tang Huan shook his head.

However, he is not so easy to be used in vain. If you have the opportunity to hitch a ride, don't miss it.

then. In addition to Tang Huan and Robert Gallo, he also brought five second-generation Fangyuan computers on this trip, intending to find an opportunity to sell them.

Robert Gallo had a clear understanding of the reasons why he was able to achieve his famous academic achievements, so he was naturally grateful to Tang Huan.

The two had only communicated a few times on a business-to-business basis when they established the laboratory. They had a good impression, but they were far from personal. This time they flew to Washington together, and they had the opportunity to get closer.

Therefore, they had a tacit understanding, and they did not talk too much about business affairs, but chatted about various things, and even private matters. For example, Robert Gallo mentioned that the reason why he chose medicine as a profession was because My younger sister was killed early by leukemia.

Tang Huan nodded slightly. They are all people with stories. In the original time and space, this man missed the Nobel Prize in Medicine because the virus samples used were from the French Luc Montagnier group. Right and wrong, really hard to say.

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During the time when the White House staff arranged for the president to meet with the president, Tang Huan helped him find a place for the five second-generation Fangyuan computers that had passed the inspection.

One was given to Carter, and the rest were given to a special group, the White House Correspondents Association, who stayed at the White House to interview the president's press corps.

The word processing software bundled with the second-generation Fangyuan computer currently provides very complete functions.

When Tang Huanyun quickly helped a reporter type up a manuscript and printed it out, seeing the exquisite typesetting, the other party's eyes were straightened at that time, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked with difficulty: As long as this The manuscript is stored on the disk, can I modify it at any time in the future?

Of course. Tang Huan gently put the disk in his hand, However, this kind of disk needs to be taken care of normally.

I want to buy one personally, how can I contact your company. The reporter asked.

There are telephone numbers on the packing box and instruction manual, just contact us directly. There is also our branch office on the east coast. Tang Huan pointed patiently.

At this time, Carter appeared, and his relaxed mood can be indirectly seen from his attitude towards the White House reporter.

Tang, is this another big technology product of yours? The smiling Carter asked casually, and without waiting for Tang Huan to answer, he continued, The video game console you gave me last time is really good.

Thank you, Mr. President, for your compliment. Tang Huan said politely, then looked at Carter who was sitting directly in front of the computer and typed in feigned surprise, and praised, I didn't expect that Mr. President is also a technical expert who is familiar with computers.

Of course, when I was young, I used to be engaged in research work. Carter looked at a 60-year-old aunt with a smug face, and joked, Helen Thomas, look at the screen What's up?

It turned out that Carter typed out the other party's name with the keyboard just now——.

The president eagerly showed off his proficiency in the new computer, demonstrated various functions of the computer, and looked at Helen Thomas with a grin, Now look, I can even delete you.

As he spoke, Carter pressed the keyboard, , the letters disappeared on the screen one by one.

Helen Thomas and the other reporters just smiled politely at the president's joke.

The reason why Carter made fun of a reporter like Helen Thomas was because the members of the White House press corps were not simple. They could ask the president all kinds of tough questions, even if the president was not to step down on the spot. Helen ?Thomas is one of the best.

There is only one seat in the White House Press Center with the reporter's name engraved on it, which is the exclusive seat for Helen Thomas in the middle of the first row. This shows how special her status is.

In January 1961, after Kennedy was sworn in, Helen Thomas, who was just over 40 years old, began to participate in the White House presidential press conference.

She asked Kennedy for the right to attend the White House Press Conference Dinner, becoming the first female reporter to attend the dinner and the first woman accepted by the White House press corps.

Ten years later, Helen Thomas became the chief reporter of the White House press corps, and later became the head of the White House press corps.

In 1972, when Nixon visited China, Helen Thomas was the only woman among the accompanying reporters.

In the original time and space, Helen Thomas was the oldest member of the White House press corps, working until the 2000s.

In 2003, Helen Thomas pointed out that Bush Jr. was the worst president in history, the worst president in American history, and asked Bush Jr. directly why he launched the Iraq war.

This made Helen Thomas once boycotted by the White House, preventing her from asking the president.

Helen Thomas has authored five books, and her fourth book is The Watchdog of Democracy? The Decline of the Washington Press Corps and How It Lost Its Credibility.

It is not difficult to see from this that Helen Thomas is such a tough big sister and female reporter. During her tenure, she has asked nine US presidents, and they are all afraid of Helen Thomas' sharp questions. It can even be said that fear.

This also shows from another aspect that the president of the United States is just a job. After leaving office, he has to return to normal life.

Therefore, after finishing talking, in the following private meeting, Tang Huan boldly issued an invitation, After Mr. President leaves office, why not come to Shennong Fund as a director, and continue to play your role in environmental protection, medical care, education, etc. influence.

In the original time and space, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates funded the establishment of the world's largest charitable foundation - the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Its influence is so great that even the World Health Organization It is believed to have reduced its own policy-making capacity.

Shennong Fund, which currently has assets close to one billion US dollars, is not as deep and leafy as the foundations owned by veteran families like Rockefeller, but it should also be worthy of Carter's identity. This can be seen from the other party's frowning. It can be seen that one or two. (To be continued..)

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