Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Chapter 658: The Signal to Release the Pigeons of the Richest Man

Of course not. ≤,.. Facing Tang Huan's gentle but sharp gaze, Edwin Catmull hurriedly laughed and said, After receiving the news of the acquisition, we are very optimistic, and we will do animation in the future. Films no longer have to worry about resources.”

Don't worry, everyone, I will be a good boss. Tang Huan patted the other party's shoulder with a smile, I won't stay here for too long, take me around quickly to see what kind of family background I have. You know, I'm paying George Lucas $7.5 million in one lump sum, and I'm going to have to add an additional sum to run the company.

This is what the title should mean. Edwin Catmull and Elvie Smith had been prepared for a long time, and hurriedly offered their treasures as much as possible. The status of this company in the eyes of the boss will depend on today's performance.

The intellectual assets of Lucasfilm's computer department are mainly divided into two categories, one is the pixar imagesputer on the hardware - the Pixar image computer, and the other is the research results at the software level with greater weight.

Edwin Catmull and Elvie Smith try to show off their side in computer graphics with the special effects they did for Paramount Pictures' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in 1982 uniqueness.

Unexpectedly, Tang Huan's professional level far exceeded their imagination. He not only knew all kinds of technical terms and concepts including alpha channel, rendering, particle effects, and coloring, but also understood them. Very deep, let alone showing off, this group of people struggled even to respond to the big boss's reverse question, and they were immediately hit hard enough.

After calmly and quietly lecturing the somewhat rebellious new subordinates, Tang Huan began to announce his series of decisions.

You can't stay at the Lucas Skywalker Ranch in Marin County anymore, prepare to move. Tang Huan murmured and said the first point, Go to the EA campus in Redwood City, San Francisco Bay. The office environment there , transportation conditions, creative atmosphere, etc. are all very good, and maybe you can also receive some orders such as game animations in a short time.

Naturally, everyone has no objection to this instruction, and all the belongings have been sold to Tang Huan, so it is not easy to stay on Lucas' territory. Besides, Lucas Skywalker Ranch has nothing else to do but one feature. Close to nature, very secluded, everyone's life has long since faded away, wishing to change to a more modern environment.

The company's future business direction does not include computer hardware. Tang Huan pointed to the Pixar image computer for display and said: It is obviously inferior in terms of performance, programming interface, hardware scalability, and future product upgrades. For Fangyuan Graphics Workstation, it’s time to retire from the army. Let Pixar be the name of the new company, and it’s a commemoration of the previous products.”

Edwin Catmull nodded and said, That's good, we can concentrate more on animation production.

It's just that the entire creation platform is transferred to the Fangyuan graphics workstation. It takes a while.

I still have this patience. Tang Huan agreed casually, while recalling George Lucas' previous reminder that Edwin Catmull, Elvie Smith and others are not interested in developing computer hardware , it seems that George Lucas, the former boss, still knows his subordinates very well, and he also saw some clues from it by the way.

As the leaders of the team in front of them, Edwin Catmull and Elvy Smith, two Ph.D.s who are over 40 years old, still have a very high career starting point.

Edwin Catmull served as the director of the Computer Graphics Laboratory of the New York Institute of Technology as early as 1974. This research institution was at the top of the industry at the time; at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. That is, Elvy Smith, who contributed a lot to the work of xeroxparc on the graphical user interface, also joined the computer graphics laboratory of the New York Institute of Technology the following year.

However, the practical application of the research results of the Computer Graphics Laboratory of the New York Institute of Technology is not satisfactory. Joining the vigorous recruitment of important Hollywood figures such as George Lucas, and being optimistic about the prospect of combining computer animation and film, Edwin Catmull and Elvie Smith left the sluggish New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Experiment Chambers, joined Lucasfilm.

Judging from the achievements of Edwin Catmull and Elvie Smith in the professional field over the years, and their attempt to acquire Lucasfilm's computer department to go it alone, they can be described as ambitious in their bones.

Such a person is appeased. It does take a bit of skill.

Tang Huan asked his assistant to bring over the documents and handed them over to Edwin Catmull and Elvie Smith, explaining at the same time: I will hold 80% of Pixar's shares, and the rest will be reserved for your management. In addition, I Will invest another $7.5 million. Help Pixar to start the next operation in its own right.

Speaking of this, Tang Huan looked around at the crowd, and said slowly: I only focus on finance and strategy, and you are responsible for the specific daily operations. Maybe you know that I also have a computer special effects and computer program called d2 under my banner. Animation company, I hope you can catch up with its performance.

Tang Huan further emphasized: I will not limit Pixar's freedom in business cooperation. You can continue to maintain contacts with Disney and other companies, but major projects must obtain my approval.

Edwin Catmull and Elvie Smith felt their necks tense at the same time, and after looking at each other, they solemnly nodded their heads in agreement.

Then prepare to move quickly. Tang Huan stood up, I still have something to do, so I won't stop here any longer. I invite everyone to have dinner another day.

...

As the haze of the Japan Airlines Flight 123 crash gradually dissipated, the Japanese elite began to have fun again, and the number of Japanese at the Pebble Beach Golf Course also increased significantly.

Even the Japanese Minister of Finance, Noboru Takeshita, is planning to come to Pebble Beach Golf Course to relax on Sunday, September 22.

Looking at the fax, Tang Huan couldn't stop laughing, making Tang Wenmao and Zhuang Menghua next to him feel creepy.

Why are you crazy? Zhuang Menghua asked angrily.

The chrysanthemums are broken, the ground is wounded, your smile has turned yellow, and the flowers are heartbroken. I lie down quietly with my thoughts. After humming a few words happily, Tang Huan ordered solemnly: The Japanese Minister of Finance Takeshita Tona But an honored guest, you must prepare for the reception. Inform Masako Wada from Japan and come with her. Also, the Chrysanthemum Project can begin.”

Look at your excitement, it's weird. Zhuang Menghua didn't know why. Roll your eyes in return, and then get busy.

...

September 22nd is Sunday, and the next day, September 23rd, is a public holiday in Japan - the day of the autumnal equinox, so it is a rare small holiday to get together, and the whole country of Japan is filled with a relaxed atmosphere .

The bigwigs in the political arena are also on vacation, and Noboru Takeshita released the rumor early that he wants to take advantage of the rare vacation to play golf. Therefore, his trip did not attract too much media attention.

only. Takeshita released the pigeon of the richest man. On September 22, he did not go to California on the west coast, but went to New York on the east coast for temporary business. Yes, at this time Tang Huan and his party had been waiting at the airport for a long time.

Being rejected by someone, the mood is unavoidably depressed, and the subordinates all hugged their boss, This little Japan keeps his identity. It's really rude.

Tang Huan was not displeased at all, he had a playful smile on his face. Before getting into the car, he said to Tang Wenmao in a deep voice: It's actually a good thing to let me go, because it means a signal. Immediately inform my little sister that the Chrysanthemum Project has entered the second stage.

...

Since the beginning of this year, the twin deficits of the U.S. economy -- the foreign trade deficit and the government budget deficit -- have become more and more serious.

The former, in particular, worries the American business community even more. Last year, that is, in 1984, the annual foreign trade deficit was as high as 160 billion US dollars, accounting for 3.6% of the gross national product—the gross national product or gnp.

In this case, established companies feel the most pressure. So they lobbied the Reagan administration one after another to take measures to increase the export competitiveness of American goods, including food exporters, automakers, and heavy industrial equipment manufacturing companies like Caterpillar, and even IBM in the high-tech field. and Motorola.

The Reagan administration, which pursues small government, big market, cannot ignore these voices, and must respond to demands and take corresponding measures. Compared with this, the US-Japan semiconductor negotiations can only be said to be nothing. .

The most effective and most appropriate measure is undoubtedly the depreciation of the US dollar. The heavyweights in the American financial circles have given verbal blowouts on various occasions early on to prepare for the depreciation of the US dollar, but they are just doing nothing. Substantial concrete actions have not been seen for a long time.

Wolf is coming is shouted more times, and the audience becomes numb and unresponsive.

No one would have thought that on an ordinary Sunday, September 22, an extremely important meeting was going on quietly.

U.S. Treasury Secretary James Baker, Japanese Finance Minister Akira Takeshita, Federal German Finance Minister Gerhard Stodenberg, French Finance Minister Pierre Bergberg, and British Finance Minister Nigel Lawson, the five The finance ministers of the most developed industrial countries and the governors of the central banks of the five countries gathered at the Plaza Hotel, a luxurious hotel next to the Grand Army Plaza at the intersection of 59th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York, USA, to reach a joint intervention agreement between the governments of the five countries. In the foreign exchange market, the dollar fell in an orderly manner against major currencies in an agreement to address the large US trade deficit.

When the Plaza Accord reached at an incredible speed was announced to the public, people who got the news suddenly realized: what should come has finally come, but this time point was hidden too deeply by the g5 government to be elusive. Japanese Minister of Finance Noboru Takeshita played so many tricks as a cover, and even released the pigeons of the richest man to hide his actual itinerary, which shows his good intentions.

It has always been a practice for governments of all countries to choose weekends to announce major news at the policy level. Because this happens to be able to catch up with the closing of the financial market, announcing news at this time can give sensitive markets a sufficient reaction buffer.

The introduction of the Plaza Accord also followed this practice. No matter how much you talk about the appreciation of the yen and the West Deutsche Mark against the dollar, you can't take action, because the global financial markets are currently closed.

Perhaps, only Tang Huan, and a few speculators who were discerning and dared to take risks, caught up with this time difference ahead of time.

It is entirely expected that the exchange rate, which originally fluctuated up and down from 1 dollar to 250 yen, will fluctuate violently after the global trading hours restart.

Undoubtedly, no matter at the G5 meeting where the Plaza Accord was finalized or at the press conference where the Plaza Accord was announced, Japanese Minister of Finance Noboru Takeshita was the most watched figure.

This is determined by the strong position of the Japanese economy at this stage. The media, in addition to g5, separately refer to the United States and Japan as g2, which is the best description and explanation.

When a reporter asked the question Why does Japan, an export-oriented economy, tolerate the appreciation of the yen, the high-spirited Takeshita Noboshi replied humorously: Because my name is 'Teng'.

In essence, Nobori Takeshita used the coincidence of the homophony of deng and sheng in Japanese to express a meaning: now Japan can do more and better in international affairs, and participate in the formulation of international currency exchange rates. in this way.

Everyone is red-faced, but why is Gerhard Stodenberg, the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany, so dark-faced? Could it be that as the party with the second largest currency appreciation rate, he is dissatisfied that his limelight has been taken away by the Japanese? Tang Wenmao stared at the picture on the TV and joked.

Tomorrow is Monday, and the global financial market reopens. It was supposed to be Tokyo's foreign exchange market located in the East Ninth Ward. It was the first to face the Plaza Accord, but the whole of Japan is on holiday, so West Germany became the first market to open. It's not easy to be the leader, I guess he has realized it. He thinks he has fallen into a trap laid by the Japanese in advance, so he is happy. Tang Huan analyzed with his legs crossed.

Everyone is red-faced, but why is Gerhard Stodenberg, the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany, so dark-faced? Could it be that as the party with the second largest currency appreciation rate, he is dissatisfied that his limelight has been taken away by the Japanese? Tang Wenmao stared at the picture on the TV and joked. (To be continued.)\u003c/dd\u003e

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