Rebirth of the Tech Madman

"I know something about "Schindler's Ark", and I am willing to support this project as much as I can." Tang Huan replied leisurely: "However, this subject matter is a bit heavy. I am worried that Stephen, who decided to direct himself, will be emotionally affected by it. Influence, so the only prerequisite is to finish my project first."

Steve Rose raised his brows and asked in dissatisfaction: "Couldn't the priority be changed?"

"Sorry, a major goal of this project of mine is to reflect the current high level of computer technology development, with precise timeliness restrictions." Tang Huan shook his head resolutely, "I have convinced Stephen, a person who is really anxious. , I’m afraid it’s you. In fact, it should be a good thing to have more time to prepare for making "Schindler's Ark" into a movie."

Seeing that Tang Huan was only willing to cooperate to this level, even if Steve Rose was unwilling, there was no way-no one could force each other by his neck.

When the richest man directly called in a beautiful blond girl in his early 20s, the CEO of Time Warner understood that the patience that the other party gave himself-it has run out, and if you continue to pester it , It's going to be boring. After all, we can't talk about friendships at all, it's purely an improvised cooperation driven by interests.

After getting up and leaving the house, Steve Rose asked his assistant casually, "Who was that girl just now and why does it seem a bit familiar?"

"Julia Roberts, a young actor who debuted a few years ago." The assistant replied freely: "Twentieth Century Fox and MGM have just released a movie each-"Beautiful Girl in Wind and Moon" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" At the same time, the box office was selling at the same time during this season. The box office revenue of the first weekend in the past not long ago, "Pretty Beautiful Lady" reached 12 million U.S. dollars, and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" exaggerated more than 25 million U.S. dollars. I know if it has something to do with Tang's coming back to sit in the town in person. That Julia Roberts is the heroine of "Pretty Woman in Wind and Moon", and it means to become popular with this momentum."

After talking about the information, the assistant added a bit sourly, "The tabloids are all talking about that Tang not only bought 20th Century Fox, but also inherited the hobby of the former president Dali Zanuk’s "Four O'clock Girl". At the headquarters in Fox Square, there are beautiful actresses delivered on time, and it is estimated that Julia Roberts is one of them."

"What people want is your kind of envy, jealousy, and helpless response." Steve Rose, who was very aware of everything, snorted softly, "So many people are attacking Tang, but so what? , Eat the best, drink the best, play the best, and sleep the best. He wants to use this method to show his power and counter all kinds of hostility."

The assistant opened his mouth, but realized that he could only let go of his mouth, and there was a hint of understanding in his heart: The boss obviously didn't deal with the richest man, but why should he stay in touch with the ground if he can't beat it. Naturally, at least it can't be an enemy of life and death.

Alas, what a pity, another American sweetheart with great potential cannot escape the clutches of the so-called Hollywood tycoon!

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Tang Huan enjoyed the service of "Big Mouth" Roberts, especially the reluctance of the other party, which further stimulated his desire to conquer.

In fact, Julia Roberts, who was born in an acting family, cannot be ignorant of the laws of survival in Hollywood. Take this strong box office "Pretty Woman", she is not the preferred heroine candidate.

What made Julia Roberts comforted was that although she was a little uncomfortable, fortunately, Tang Huan was not annoying at least.

"Other women who want to be in the eyes of the richest man don't necessarily have that opportunity." Julia Roberts, who was only 22 years old and ambitious about her career development, thought of it as she was busy.

With half-squinted eyes, Tang Huan was thinking: "It seems that Pretty Lady in Wind and Moon is destined to make a fortune. The investment is 14 million U.S. dollars. At first glance, it seems that the scale is average, but for the theme of romantic comedy. , It's already a big investment."

Reaching out and spreading Julia Roberts’ big wavy hair to the two sides to make it easier to look at the other person’s eyes, Tang Huan continued to think, “If in a while, "Beautiful Lady in Wind and Moon" proves to be a successful work, then this type of The work is bound to become popular again, and this American sweetheart has a place to use it, so as not to bear the unkind reputation of'pull birds and ruthless' on their backs."

Of course, Tang Huan's most satisfied place is "Teenage Ninja Turtles". This is the MGM platform he used to cooperate with the Hong Kong film industry, and it is the first time that the benefit sharing has achieved such a remarkable achievement-just the box office of more than 25 million US dollars in the first week is not something that companies such as Jiahe dare to imagine.

This move also maintained the reputation of the richest man, so as not to be talked about behind the back of his followers, only DreamWorks made a lot of money, and the difference between the closeness and the closeness was too obvious.

After Julia Roberts finished packing and leaving, the secretary called and reminded: "Boss, it's time to go to the Dorothy Chandler Hall, where the Oscars are held, otherwise, there will be a traffic jam again."

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Last year's Oscars awards party, the opening of more than ten minutes of singing and dancing, felt very lively at the time, but it attracted a wave of bad reviews and became the biggest failure.

Naturally, the director of this year’s Oscars was changed to restore the previous "elegant" style, and set the theme as "Three and a half hours around the world", saying that this would be a "party around the world", the starting point It is nothing more than "The whole world is constantly changing, and I hope the award ceremony can keep up with this change."

In order to match this theme, many award-giving guests announced the award winners in various locations around the world, including Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina in South America, London, the British capital of Europe, and Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, opposite the Cold War camp. Sydney, the Australian capital in Oceania, and Xiangjiang, the emerging film production base in Asia.

Although the circles are different, the more you go up, the more you get by analogy. When the tide of globalization arrives, in addition to the large commercial companies focusing on the global layout, Oscars are also taking advantage of the trend and taking an international route. The current level of live TV technology can easily provide a corresponding implementation platform.

At this year’s Oscars, the most competitive films were "Drive for Miss Daisy" by Warner Entertainment, which received nine nominations, and "Born on July 4th" by Universal Pictures, which received eight nominations. .

The latter belongs to the second part of the "Vietnam War Trilogy" created by Oliver Stone following "Field Platoon". In addition to the famous photographer Robert Richardson who has worked with him many times, he will continue to work on this film. In addition to acting as a photographer in China, he also coordinated with Tycoon Tang’s love of Tom Cruise as the male protagonist at the expense of the image. The result was a huge success after the release. Up to now, it has accounted for more than 48 million US dollars in the United States. Universal Pictures, which had received Tang Huan's "strictly sealed lock" treatment, finally had a chance to take a head, and when bargaining with Panasonic, the waist became much harder.

According to the analysis of public opinion, "Born on July 4th" is considered the most promising film to be the biggest winner of this year’s Oscars; but the fact is that it lost to nine nominations and four award-winning "For Dai "Miss Qian Driving" only got the best director and the best editing. It is rare that the best film and the best director did not have a family.

Fortunately, Tom Cruise, who sacrificed his image, was not busy working in vain. Although he was only nominated for the best actor Oscar, he had previously won the Golden Globe for the best drama actor.

Tang Huan’s work here is mainly the black comedy "crimes_and_misdemeanors"-"crimes_and_misdemeanors" directed by Woody Allen, who has maintained a long-term cooperative relationship with United States.

The film was well received and won three nominations at this year’s Academy Awards-Best Director Award, Best Supporting Actor Award and Best Original Screenplay Award.

Of course, with the personality of Woody Allen, he continued to not show up at the Oscars.

However, Tang Huan didn't care about these very much. He had been away for such a long time, and his subordinates could not take care of both fame and fortune, so it would be boring to make a fortune. It is also worthy of recognition.

However, Tang Huan was thoughtful when he saw that "Death Poetry Society" won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

After avoiding the hostile takeover in 1984, Disney’s new management began to return to the film’s old business focus. One of its major manifestations was the launch of a production and distribution brand targeted at teenagers and older audiences— -Touchstone Pictures, "Death Poetry Society" is the result of this mechanism.

What Tang Huan thinks is that it seems that in addition to cartoons, Disney needs to be taken care of in more ways.

After the Oscars ceremony was over, it was mainly the richest man who came to join in favors. He didn’t care about his empty hands compared to previous results, and he didn’t give the "respect" expected by the triumphant Steve Rose anymore. Steel_magnolias"-Julia Roberts, who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in "Steel Magnolias", continues to be happy-the freshness has not yet passed.

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The revival of Hollywood has begun to really attract money. Tang Huan, who has been "suffering" for nearly ten years, certainly will not miss the opportunity he finally waited. Sitting in the headquarters office in Fox Plaza, he really cared about his work, such as "People Projects like "Ghost Love Is Not Over" and "Home Alone" have been deliberately asked.

With these foundations, we can talk about continuing to fight for the survival of Chinese-language films in Hollywood.

According to the itinerary, after closing the Hollywood affairs for a while, Tang Huan took the Silicon Valley One and flew to Arlington County, Virginia, on the east coast of the United States.

Like the Pentagon, the National Science Foundation of the United States is also located here, and Tang Huan’s goal for this visit is it.

As an independent agency of the U.S. government, the National Science Foundation is responsible for supporting all basic research and education in science and engineering except for the medical field. Its funded projects account for 20% of federally funded basic research in American universities; in certain fields, such as mathematics, computer science, economics and social sciences, it is the main sponsor.

Starting in 1985, the big benefactor funded the creation of the National Science Foundation Network, a backbone network used for interconnection between American universities, that is, aimed at providing researchers with a convenient academic research network platform.

At the beginning, the main nodes included the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or ncar, in Boulder, Colorado, and five other new supercomputer centers.

They are the Von Neumann National Supercomputer Center at Princeton University, New Jersey, the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, California, the National Supercomputer Application Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, The Cornell National Supercomputer Research Laboratory at Cornell University in New York State, and the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center jointly operated by Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and Westinghouse Electric Company in Pennsylvania~www.readwn.com~ From this scale covering the entire United States, one can imagine that it is a big one. It can be said that it has fed computer companies including Fangyuan, Zheru, ibm, dec, etc., and even Tang Huan has established a small company specifically for router operation. Also benefited a lot.

Tang Huan is confident of advancing the terminal, software and other elements on the Internet at his own pace, but the backbone network cannot be undertaken by a commercial company like Pacific Telecom. It must rely on national funding, which is undoubtedly It is a big piece of fat, and it is very important to see from the network speed.

The initial transmission speed of the line reached 56kbps, and in July 1988, it was upgraded to 1.5mbps, and now it is planned to increase to 45mbps.

Such strength is not comparable to the data services provided by current commercial communications companies on traditional public telephone networks.

In Tang Huan's view, the resources were a bit wasted and should be opened to the public for commercial operations, so he planned to come and lobby.

At this time, ibm released a new product with great momentum-the risc microprocessor power, and the computer rs/6000 using this cpu.

Originally this is nothing, its purpose is nothing more than running ibm's own systems such as sql database db2. But the blue giant seized the opportunity of the hot rise of www, claiming to be developing a software system similar to the philosopher Internet service zis for the powerful rs/6000 to run.

According to the media jokingly, ibm should thank Tang Huan, who beat him on the personal computer standard, and save it again with the free www standard.