Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Of course, the donors served by Quantum Fund are not only Tang Huan, but also Gianni Agnelli, one of the top dignitaries in Italy and the president of Fiat.

It was this well-known public figure in his early twenties who inadvertently expressed emotion to the reporter that he made more money by investing in the Quantum Fund this year than by running the car company Fiat.

Soon, London's Daily Mail reported on the front page of this issue on October 24, with a huge, bold and bold headline-The Pound Collapsed, I Made a Billion Crazy to report, accompanied by posted a picture of George Soros smiling and holding a wine glass.

Ever since, the real culprit came into public view.

Before that, although George Soros was not an unknown person, he was only limited to the circle, and now he is known to all women and children.

The British can't help but remember deeply - you know, George Soros robbed the 1 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to losing 25 pounds to every British taxpayer; or 12.5 pounds to every British man, woman and child.

In this way, the British don’t have to worry about whether they should blame Tang’s richest man for taking advantage of the fire—Britain did not offend George Soros, but the other party stole $1 billion for no reason—the hatred instantly found a vent.

George Soros didn't care about this. He needed prestige to expand his so-called philanthropy in Eastern Europe, so he accepted an exclusive interview with The Times and confirmed that he had earned 1 billion, while emphasizing that the unit was US dollars. And it appeared in newspapers the next day.

In fact, it's not just George Soros who made a lot of money, it's just that other big winners are good at keeping a low profile.

For example, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Company earned US$300 million; Paul Tudor Jones of Jones Investment Company earned US$250 million; The bank's income from currency transactions in the third quarter of this year was more than 800 million U.S. dollars more than the normal quarterly income; as for the richest man in Tang Dynasty, he ate his food in a more explicit or covert manner, and at the same time hid himself closely. ventilation.

It can be said that George Soros was found out, which can be called a happy event-most speculators hope that they hide in the dark and make a fortune silently, but George Soros is equivalent to the front, absorbing all hatred. Anyway, he himself doesn't mind this. It can be said that he seeks benevolence to obtain benevolence and seek wisdom to obtain wisdom.

It's great to let this guy be the so-called 'man who broke the Bank of England'. Who would have thought that after sniping the British pound, we shorted the Swedish krona and made $600 million. Ship Queen Christina and Tang Huan We huddled together and looked at the report, laughing so happily.

Previously, because Finland became the first victim of speculators attacking European currencies, Sweden raised the interest rate to an exaggerated 75% overnight. Although it temporarily escaped, it also put itself on the fire ——It is obvious that such a high interest rate cannot be supported for a long time, which leaves inevitable short-selling opportunities.

Sweden also understands this, and can only find a time point when it thinks the loss is the least, and adjust the interest rate back to the normal range.

Tang Huan wandered around Europe these years, but he made many good friends and made arrangements everywhere, so he made another fortune without anyone noticing.

These are quick money, but most stocks and bonds will not see substantial real returns until next year. Tang Huan said with a lot of enthusiasm.

Honey, I suddenly have the idea of ​​buying a big deal again. Christina began to act like a baby.

Tang Huan laughed dumbly and said, I'm worried for you. Is there anything I haven't bought? It can't be nothing new.

Then you can help me think about it. Although the female ship queen is over forty but well-maintained, she made a fuss, which really made the richest man a little overwhelmed.

Tang Huan joked: Rb people ran to New York arrogantly and bought Rockefeller Center a few years ago. Unfortunately, now that the economic bubble has burst, it probably won't last for a few years. You say,

At that time, how about we take over a few buildings for fun?

Christina burst into smiles when she heard this, and said with infinite admiration: Honey, you never lack genius ideas!

When the couple was getting more and more interested, there was a knock on the door, and Jinlong's voice came, Dad, Mom, can we come in?

The richest man and the ship queen hurriedly separated, quickly arranged their clothes, checked each other, and then sat upright and said, Come in.

As soon as the door opened, Jinlong, Jinfeng, Jincheng, Jinchang, Jinge, Jinming, Jinliang, Jinying, and Jinjie entered one after another. Everyone's expression seemed a little listless.

Tang Shoufu smiled and said: The polling day of the U.S. general election is coming soon, I have to go back to the U.S., you can't keep playing here, hand over your funds. By the way, how about the income?

Jin Chang sent a document and reported it: I don't make much money, please read it.

Christina teased: Son, why is your voice hoarse? Is it because of too much pressure?

Jin Chang explained embarrassingly: Mother Na, I have entered the period of changing my voice now.

The ship queen glanced at the report and continued jokingly: Oh, when I was shorting the French franc, I lost all other profits. Fortunately, I didn't listen to your lobbying and invested extra money in.

Jinlong took the words dissatisfied, Mom, you are partial, okay? Athena can take a nanny team and take a private jet to watch the US Open; we will dismantle some funds, and you will push three things and four things.

A son needs to be raised poorly, but a daughter needs to be raised rich. Christina directly moved out the parenting scriptures she learned from Tang Huan, suppressing her son's resistance, Aren't you convinced?

Jinlong was quickly defeated, and muttered: Of course, whatever you say, it will be like that.

Although there are assistants to assist, at your age, it is very rare to be able to operate until now. The richest man handed over the document to the Queen of Ships, I will give you an A grade for your work performance, as a reward And rewards, I'll give you $100,000.

It's only 100,000 dollars... Jin Ge's tone revealed a touch of disappointment.

Think about it, what is the annual income of an average middle-class family in the United States? Tang Huan asked with a smile, Are you thinking it's too little?

No, no... Jinge shrank his neck in fright, and denied it repeatedly.

Jincheng asked another question, However, how do we divide the 100,000 dollars among our nine brothers?

If you don't remind me, I haven't noticed this math problem yet. Tang Huan pretended to wake up, That's good, I'll give you 90,000 US dollars, so that your brothers won't be in trouble at that time.

Jincheng's small face immediately pulled down, Dad, you don't have to worry about it—we can handle $100,000.

Tang Huan nodded, and stopped teasing everyone, After you go back, you have another homework, which is to write an experience. In addition to summarizing this investment experience, you also need to think differently - if you are hedged How should the party attacked by the fund deal with it?

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After returning directly to San Francisco, Tang Huan first saw a report sent by the think tank. It evaluated the north_american_free_trade_agreement signed on August 12 this year and will come into effect on January 1, 1994 - North American Free Trade Agreement or nafta.

Under this framework, the north_america_free_trade_area, the North American Free Trade Area, is officially established. Covering the population of 450 million in the United States, Canada and Mexico, the gross national product is 17.3 trillion U.S. dollars, and the annual trade volume is 1.37 trillion U.S. dollars. Regardless of economic strength or market size, it has surpassed the European Community and has become the largest region in the world. Organization for Economic Integration.

Needless to say, the emergence of the North American Free Trade Area was aimed at accelerating the process of European economic integration that began in the early 1980s. Of course, rb's aggressive offensive strategy on the US and Canadian markets is also an important reason.

As early as 1980, when Ronald Reagan was running for the presidency of the United States, he put forward the idea of ​​a North American common market including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Caribbean countries.

In 1983, Canada also put forward the idea of ​​establishing a free trade area between the United States and Canada in response.

By 1985, the United States and Canada began negotiations to sign a bilateral free trade agreement.

Finally, on June 2, 1988, the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement was officially signed, and it came into effect on January 1 of the following year.

The North American Free Trade Agreement, which was signed not long ago, is a derivative of the previous US-Canada Free Trade Agreement-Mexico was added.

Unlike the members of the European Community, which tried to reach an agreement that overrides national governments and laws, NAFTA is just an international agreement that is very much like a treaty.

The first article clearly stipulates that Mexico, Canada, and the United States formally establish a free trade area based on the basic principles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

The purpose of its establishment is to remove trade barriers, create conditions for fair competition, increase investment opportunities, provide appropriate protection for intellectual property rights, establish effective procedures for implementing agreements and settling disputes, and promote trilateral, regional, and multilateral cooperation. The three member states must abide by the principles and rules stipulated in the agreement, such as national treatment, most-favored-nation treatment, and procedural transparency, to achieve their purpose and eliminate trade obstacles.

It is obvious that the first and most important aspect of the North American Free Trade Agreement that is most relevant to Tang's richest man is the protection of intellectual property rights-hardware, software including operating systems, office suites, game programs, etc., have long been trouble, and NAFTA will make Mexico, a strong market, contribute real value.

In addition, the previously established US-Canada Free Trade Agreement has shown Canada's advantage in intellectual cost.

Take the Greater Vancouver area, which has a lot of Chinese immigrants, as an example. It has many R\u0026D teams from Tang's IT Kingdom, and the largest one may be EA's sports game department.

The richest man has seldom asked about specific work, but the macro-level impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement is exactly what he pays attention to.

Therefore, Tang Huan called John Chambers, Trip Hawkins and other top executives who were directly responsible to him to communicate.

This is indeed good news. Trip Hawkins took the lead in speaking straightforwardly: You know, EA has suffered from weak copyright protection for a long time, and the closed game console platform is not bad, but The open Fangyuan personal computer platform is simply a hard-hit area, coupled with the convenience of sharing brought about by the rise of the Internet, almost every newly released game, within a month, small crack patches are scattered everywhere.

Having said that, Trip Hawkins also shrugged his shoulders towards John Chambers, You guys are always nagging at EA that the Fangyuan personal computer platform and the Xiaobawang game console platform should get the same game release time treatment , to stimulate sales, but how can you understand our difficulties. Of course, the more Xiaobawang game consoles are sold, the greater the profit of EA, but the larger-scale Fangyuan personal computer platform has a considerable demand for game software, and It hasn't been overlooked by us. It's just a big piece of cake, not so easy to eat.

John Chambers laughed, We already understand you very well. For example, in the form of gift packages for the latest models, we have contributed a lot of genuine users to EA.

Tang Huan pondered: Software products such as operating systems, office suites, and professional tools can be tolerated for the time being. After all, in the long run, they can be regarded as attracting and cultivating a wider user group, but entertainment consumer products such as game programs are still available. It really can’t be ignored.”

My suggestion is that EA might as well increase the added value of genuine game products; in addition, focus on developing network functions, such as LAN battles. These measures can increase defense strength and reduce cracking efficiency.

Due to cost considerations, these measures can only be tried on competitive products first. Trip Hawkins hesitated for a while when he said this. Gaiqi wanted to point out that in some games, not only the operational mechanism has been cracked, but even the textures have been tampered with. However, after looking at the people in the meeting room, he felt that he should find a private place to talk.

At this time, the assistant came to report that the Democratic vice presidential candidate and Senator Al Gore had arrived.

Tang Huan raised his hand to look at the time, and then said to everyone: The congressman who proposed the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 can be said to be close to Silicon Valley. I guess he is here to canvass votes this time. Let me entertain you. You can do whatever you want.

In the final sprint of the US election, Al Gore came to Silicon Valley, of course to gain more support.

You know, Silicon Valley is now more like a label. In addition to Silicon Valley in Northern California, the gathering places for high-tech industries include Tech Beach in Southern California, Silicon Hills in Texas, Silicon Forest in Portland, and Massachusetts. District 128 in New York City, Silicon Alley in New York City, Research Triangle in North Carolina, and other technology centers, and Tang’s richest man’s footprints are all over the place. Anyone who wants to ignore his influence is simply blind.