Rebirth of the Tech Madman

After returning to his seat first, Tang Huan explained to Prince Sabah in a low voice, "It's almost the same value, but the current situation of MGM is very complicated. We need to go back and talk in detail after the banquet is over."

At this moment, Kirk? Kirklian approached, Tang Huan nodded, got up to let go of the space.

Various parties are popular in the United States, especially celebrity banquets like this, which are more sought after. The reason for chasing after them is nothing more than the opportunities that can be tapped on this communication platform.

Of course, the host of the banquet can also expand personal connections from the activities organized by himself.

Tang Huan saw it at a glance. Adam Osborne was talking and laughing with a banker.

This man is indeed a talent. Through the transfer of shares, the software used in the Osborne generation machine has become a free product in disguise, but he has to find real money to support the hardware production.

But in any case, Adam Osborne and the general personal computer companies in Silicon Valley have obvious differences in their entrepreneurial routes. He caught the key point of software applications at the beginning.

After saying hello all the way, Tang Huan came to Andy Albert to sit down, the production director-Steven Bach was also listed, and a well-known director-Martin Scorsese.

The film "Angry Bull" co-operated by this man and the United States, won 8 nominations at the Oscars just past, tied with "The Elephant Man" directed by David Lynch, becoming the largest number of nominations this year movie of.

Finally, "Angry Bull" won the best editing. Starring-Robert De Niro won the best actor.

The media's evaluation of "Angry Bull" is very high. But the movie's box office was not satisfactory. With an investment of US$18 million, the North American box office was only US$23.4 million.

For this reason, Martin Scorsese is very worried, worried that his future career will be overshadowed by investors.

So he took the opportunity of this banquet to brush up on his sense of existence.

I have to say that Martin Scorsese did get rid of this time. He directed "Taxi Driver" in 1976 with an investment of 1.3 million U.S. dollars and a box office of 28.2 million U.S. dollars, and was equally well received.

In the movie, the actor is still Robert De Niro, and the heroine is Judy Foster, who was only 14 years old.

It was John Hinckley who watched this movie and became obsessed with Judy Foster, fantasizing that he could save the heroine like the male protagonist, and then came up with an amazing act of assassinating the president.

can only say. Reagan was unlucky this time, but he was not without gain. The public opinion support rate has gone up to a higher level.

Everyone chatted casually for a while about the topic of the movie. Tang Huan expressed his due respect to Martin Scorsese and said with a smile that the box office is like a weather forecast, and there are always unexpected times.

"Kok? Kirklian doing here?" Andy Albert finally couldn't hold back his curiosity, and began to inquire.

"Promoting his MGM." Tang Huan shook his head and sighed, "You are ready, you should put more burden on your shoulders soon."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help being surprised secretly. They didn't expect that the pattern of Hollywood would change again.

At this time, Franklin Miyuri, a famous radio and television producer in the Bay Area, came over and greeted him, and then turned directly to the topic: "Tang, are you interested in following the Oakland Athletics model and investing money? State Warriors?"

"Are you willing to give up control?" Tang Huan asked rhetorically.

"No way, the team has to make changes. Besides, I can still continue to represent the Golden State Warriors like Walter Haas in the Oakland Athletics team." Franklin Miu Li gave a wry smile, "I feel that only you can have such help."

Tang Huan smiled and nodded slightly, and said of course in his heart. He has worked so hard in the San Francisco area for so long and has already made the name of generosity, enthusiasm and willingness to help others. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is "in time to rain".

In fact, Tang Huan’s interest in NBA teams is far greater than that of professional football and baseball teams, but the Golden State Warriors are not a desirable goal. After all, the well-established Los Angeles Lakers will sweep the entire 1980s. I don't want to make a team with a decent look upset.

However, Tang Huan thought about it. According to the plan, he was about to take his team to Baodao for business exchanges and inspections. Among them, he prepared professional baseball, the most popular sport in the region. In the second half of the year, the real trip to the mainland will also begin. , Naturally also bring back to an NBA team more communication embellishment.

Since the Golden State Warriors are easy to get started, let's do it. Anyway, Franklin Miyuri, who is different from the previous owners of the Oakland Raiders and the Oakland Athletics, did everything possible to move the team from the local area, but Sincerely building a team that belongs to the Bay Area, it's just that some of them can't do anything.

Franklin Miyuri is a sports fan. In addition to being the owner of the Golden State Warriors, he is also one of the shareholders of the San Francisco 49ers of Major League Football and the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.

As early as 1962, Franklin Miyuri invested US$850,000 and combined with 32 other local investors to buy the Philadelphia Warriors, which was renamed the San Francisco Warriors. After several changes at home, he ended up in Oakland. The stadium was settled and the team's name became the current Golden State Warriors.

During this period, the team's performance was not good and the number of spectators was unsatisfactory. Other shareholders clamored to move, so Franklin Miyuri invested in these people's shares.

After reaching the finals twice in 1964 and 1967, in 1975, this persistence finally paid off.

The Golden State Warriors rely on the main player-Rick Barry. And two rising stars Jamal Wicks and Phil Smith. Played a record of 48 wins and 34 losses in the Western Conference. The playoffs also successfully defeated the Seattle SuperSonics 4-2, and then defeated the Chicago Bulls 4-3 to enter the sixth championship in franchise history.

At that time, the NBA showed a scene of strong in the east and weak in the west. The Washington Bullets, led by the strongest twin towers in the league at the time, Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld, had a record of 60 wins and 22 losses. In the limelight, the Golden State Warriors are not favored at all.

As a result, Rick Barry repeatedly broke out at critical moments, and the Golden State Warriors magically swept the Washington Bullets 4-0 in the championship game. Become a super dark horse.

It's a pity that after the peak, it was lonely. Without a lot of investment, the team's performance can only be a flash in the pan. In recent years, the Golden State Warriors have been going downhill, forcing Franklin Miuri to go to Tang Huan for help.

"How many spectators can there be on average for each game now?" Tang Huan asked casually.

Franklin Miyuri stretched out a hand embarrassingly and shook it, "In my impression. Only five times, the audience has more than 10,000 people."

"Such a downturn?" Tang Huan couldn't help but feel a numb scalp.

"Although it's a bit miserable. But don't forget that the Golden State Warriors are the only professional basketball team in the Bay Area. As long as they manage well and enter the playoffs, their influence will greatly increase." Franklin Miyuri As always, he insisted on his own ideas, "Look at how hot the Oakland Raiders market is now, but it's not in place yet."

"Well, let's aim to enter the playoffs first." Tang Huan nodded and joked to the other party, "Is there still a chance this year?".

"It's been out a long time ago, and I can't make the playoffs for three or four years in a row." Franklin Miyuri blushed and waved his hands again and again.

"You go and talk to Mikhail Cogan in detail." Tang Huan smiled and pointed. It seems that his name as San Francisco and Shiyu is going to be real.

Everyone was talking and laughing, and Kirk Kirkrian walked over smugly, "Tang, let's sit together and talk in detail another day, let's say goodbye."

...

In the presidential suite, Tang Huan and Prince Sabah sat opposite each other.

After hearing Tang Huan's analysis of MGM's black history over the past few years, Prince Sabah smiled indifferently, "Tang, I just ask, can MGM be brought back to life in your hands?"

Hearing this, Tang Huan's heart shuddered, and he muttered to himself, is the other party testing his abilities?

It seems that if anyone really thinks that the middle-east triumphant people are stupid and rich, they will lose more important opportunities.

After thinking for a moment, Tang Huan nodded confidently, "Of course we can, but it takes time. With this overhead, we can definitely make more, such as the new project I mentioned."

"What about the influence?" Prince Sabah asked rhetorically.

"It depends on which field has influence. It needs specific circumstances and specific analysis." Tang Huan replied intently.

"Tang, I can see that you, a Chinese like you, are already very influential in San Francisco. Our goal is similar. Investment does not necessarily require real money back every time." Prince Sabah said heartily: "I I have entrusted all the matters of MGM to you, and at the same time give you 10% of the shares, I hope you can achieve the goals I need as much as possible."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan nodded.

He suddenly felt a little bit emotional. This is the sorrow of the small country. He exported capital and influence in such a precarious manner, but when the Gulf War started, he had to spit out these things and exchange them for military expenses.

After talking about things again, Tang Huan got up and said, "Your Highness, take a rest. Tomorrow I will accompany you to see what the computer exhibition here looks like?"

...

On April 3, 1981, the sixth West Coast Computer Festival opened. The first session started in 1977. The founder was Jim Warren, a senior computer expert and businessman.

The West Coast Computer Festival was held every year since 1978, which was held in the second and third half of the year.

As a result, many iconic personal computer products were also first met with the world at the West Coast Computer Festival, such as Woz and Jobs, etc., and correspondingly, they have become the eye-catching ones at the time. Star.

At this West Coast Computer Festival. Three new heavyweight personal computer products emerged all at once: Big Blue's 16-bit personal computer ibm-; the first commercially available portable personal computer Osborne generation machine; and Apple's improved model.

The second-generation Fangyuan computer is no longer a new product. But it still made many people curious. On the software side, a new version was released.

From the perspective of cultural origin, personal computers representing freedom and equality were born with the mission of fighting against large computers representing monopoly and privilege. The West Coast Computer Festival is to provide a platform for personal computers to display, and so is the founder, Jim Warren. Thought so.

Therefore, ibm, which is almost equal to the mainframe, appeared on the West Coast Computer Festival with fanfare. The scene was a bit funny.

In Tang Huan's view. The preparation of the West Coast Computer Festival is still lacking professionalism. Compared with dex, there is a clear distance. It is estimated that after catching up with the good news of several major brands of personal computers at the same time, it will gradually decline. This is also the case. He didn't care about the main reason for this exhibition before.

I don't know if it was deliberately arranged by the exhibition organizer. The ibm- and the Osborne 1st and 2nd generation Fangyuan computers are not far away. It is like a trio of British battles with Lu Bu.

But that's okay, Tang Huan accompanied Prince Sabah to visit, saving much trouble.

Because I have seen the second-generation Fangyuan computer in detail before. Therefore, it did not attract the attention of Prince Sabah, but the Osborn-generation machine that focused on portability. It really surprised him a lot.

In fact, the Osborne generation machine has become a star in the exhibition. People are rushing to consult and even place orders directly. After all, the selling point of "portability" is too much to attract people's attention. This makes Adam Ou Spence was overjoyed.

In contrast, ibm-, which has always been talking about the cheap new generation of personal computers, is slightly less popular, but the people who follow are relatively professional, and even the well-dressed Steve Jobs early Coming from his booth to observe carefully, Tang Huan is naturally no exception.

The CPU used by ibm is the 4.77mhz intel8088, which is a shrunken version of the microprocessor based on the intel8086. It also has a 16-bit register, but the external data bus has only 8 bits.

In this way, the cost of the entire system can be reduced.

At the same time, ibm already has the authorization to manufacture 8086 family cpu, which can make it easier to price.

This is to rely on strength to crush other competitors, there is no reason to say at all.

In terms of memory, the support range of ibm- is from b to 256kb, which is quite satisfactory.

Because Kildare, the owner of a digital research company, discovered that the operating system developed by Microsoft for ibm seriously copied the cp/m developed by itself, and immediately issued a warning.

To deal with this kind of dispute, ibm is too experienced, it provides users with three operating system choices: cp/m-86, -system and, the latter is Microsoft's and, but the packaging is changed in the way of oem That's it.

Because the choice of the operating system was left in the hands of the user, ibm dismissed the relationship, and Kildare was helpless.

"What about the influence?" Prince Sabah asked rhetorically.

"It depends on which field has influence. It needs specific circumstances and specific analysis." Tang Huan replied intently.

"Tang, I can see that you, a Chinese like you, are already very influential in San Francisco. Our goal is similar. Investment does not necessarily require real money back every time." Prince Sabah said heartily: "I I have entrusted all the matters of MGM to you, and at the same time give you 10% of the shares, I hope you can achieve the goals I need as much as possible."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan nodded.

He suddenly felt a little emotional. This is the sorrow of the small country. He exported capital and influence to the outside world in peace and security, but when the Gulf War started, he had to spit out all these things and exchange them for military expenses~www.wuxiaspot.com~ talked about again. Once something happened, Tang Huan got up and said, "His Royal Highness, rest. Tomorrow I will accompany you to see what the computer exhibition here looks like?"

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On April 3, 1981, the sixth West Coast Computer Festival opened. The first session started in 1977. The founder was Jim Warren, a senior computer expert and businessman.

The West Coast Computer Festival was held every year since 1978, which was held in the second and third half of the year.

As a result, many iconic personal computer products were also first met with the world at the West Coast Computer Festival, such as Woz and Jobs, etc., and correspondingly, they have become the eye-catching ones at the time. Star.

At this West Coast Computer Festival, three new heavyweight personal computer products emerged at once: the 16-bit personal computer ibm- of Giant Blue; the first commercially available portable personal computer Osborne generation; and Apple’s improvement of. (To be continued...)

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