If there is a word, it is long, and if there is no word, it is short.

In the last two months of 86 years, all the progress in career and love did not go beyond Gu Biao's plan, and it progressed smoothly.

In the sound of firecrackers, the wheel of history suddenly turned into the first month of 1987.

This year's New Year is particularly early, February 12 is already the Lantern Festival, two days earlier than the "Qingren" Festival.

The cold winter has not passed, and Mina has not been able to return to China in time for the Lantern Festival, and is temporarily tied up by business in the Middle East. But I hurried up and said that I would make up the schedule for returning to China during the "qingren" festival.

Gu Wei, who hid in Qiantang and enjoyed his leisure for a while, took care of business and listened to the reports of his subordinates during the day;

Around the Lantern Festival, his life finally ushered in some phased progress.

"It's finally finished, and the summary is very powerful, and the writing is also appreciated by both China and foreign countries. It can be taken to the editor-in-chief of McNamas and arranged for publication. ”

On this day, at the residence of Daguanyuan in Qiantang, Xiao Sui handed over the revised draft of the last draft of "The Innovator's Dilemma" to Gu Biao. Gu Biao spent a whole day, pondered and read through, savored it, and felt that Xiao Sui's ghostwriting time had arrived, so he commented.

In these two months, except for the days when he visited relatives during the New Year, Gu Biao basically "retreated" in Daguan Garden. Anyway, the filming of "Dream of Red Mansions" was completely completed before the National Day last year, and the next few months were all post-production.

The landscape of the Grand View Garden has been empty since the National Day in 86. Because it was built by Monegasque foreign donation, the property rights have nothing to do with the crew.

After the garden was idle for a month, when Gu Biao came back from the capital, he asked people to reorganize and clean up, and he lived in it at the end of last year.

Now the entire 400 acres of antique aristocratic gardens have completely become Gu Ao's private residence and personal club. Located on the east shore of Xizi Lake, across the lake hundreds of steps wide, you can enjoy the scenery of the Su Causeway. Behind it, it is relying on the Yanggong Dike Lake area, which is still silted up today. It can be called a high-end forced club for ancient and modern literati.

The days when the red sleeves are fragrant and the book is said here is really immortal.

"Finally passing the test, writing a book on business analysis is much more tiring than writing a script. After getting the adopted conclusion, Xiao Sui also breathed a sigh of relief, and the pressure that had been depressed for several months couldn't help but complain.

In order to help Gu Biao write a book, Xiao Sui has had to make up for a lot of management and marketing works in the business field in the past few months, as well as biographies and strategic interviews of famous entrepreneurs.

The most painstaking thing is that since last year, Xiao Sui has completely stopped using ān mián yào and tranquilizers, counting the days, and now there has been an 18-month withdrawal period.

It is even more painful to create in the process of getting rid of dependence.

Xiao Sui felt that his imagination and artistic sensitivity were declining. Fortunately, business writing needs more rational analysis and logical writing, which is more objective, as long as you concentrate and focus, inspiration is not very important.

After all, the inspiration was provided to her by Gu Biao, and she was only responsible for the processing of text art.

After chatting with Gu Biao for a while, Xiao Sui confessed exploratory: "I think that if I continue to be trained by you like this, I may be able to transform into a business columnist and a financial commentator in the future." Do you think I'm vulgar?"

Gu Biao was pampered and relieved: "How is it possible? Financial commentary and business columns are less humble than literature and art? That is also the arm I need for my career." You can do it, and I'm too late to be happy. Now, I will give you another proposition in the future, and you will help me write these prophetic books. ”

People who write business finance and technology industry strategy books can also be considered writers with forced qualifications, which the Chinese in the 80s may not accept, but Gu Xiao has the insight of later generations, so he will not be so narrow.

To put it mildly, those industry critics in later generations, whether they are Luo Fatzi or Wu Xiaobo, have a good social status.

The difficulty of moving from pure literary creation to science and technology strategy and financial commentary is nothing more than in terms of vision and point of view. But with Gu Ao's point, combined with Xiao Sui's literary literacy at the top literary award level, with a little effort, it is not a problem to cross the circle at all.

Gu Biao thought nonsense: If in a few years, he has an eyebrow about arranging the layout of Ma Feng, can he let Xiao Sui help him write the book "Long Tail Theory" with new materials and create momentum for the new business model?

If this path is feasible, the "Out of Control" and "Inevitability" that look forward to the future Internet era can also be reconstructed with Gu Biao's materials and Gu Biao's perspective.

Of course, Gu Biao doesn't disdain to do this kind of thing, he wants to write, examples and analysis angles, it must be his own. It is possible that the conclusions to be argued are the same as those of Christensen, Chris Anderson, and Kevin Kelly in history.

However, in the field of copyright protection, ideas, algorithms, opinions, these are not protected by law. Different people come up with the same opinion, and it is normal for "heroes to see the same thing".

The cases that will be cited in the three masterpieces of "Wired" in later generations have not happened now, of course, Gu Biao has to use the cases he has personally experienced. The book written in this way will be thicker, and it is no longer the prophecy of the industry's cutting-edge observers, but the layout of the real industry bosses.

In other words, this kind of book will give the world the feeling that it will no longer be an outsider predicting what will happen in a prophetic sense. It's a super-rich, industry leader who says, "I'm going to transform this industry into this world," and he really did what he said.

This is stronger than the deterrent power of the prophecy, which can make Gu Biao's industry prestige form a snowball flywheel effect, once or twice or three times after he must believe his word, do what he does, and fulfill his promise, no one dares not to follow this development.

For example, Warren Buffett said that a certain stock is awesome, even if he doesn't buy it himself, retail investors may catch up and take over, directly pushing the stock price to the height that Buffett wants.

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Gu Biao sorted out the manuscript on the same day, and then called Ma Feng and asked him to come to Daguan Garden in person and take the manuscript away.

Gu Sui's arrangement is like this: Xiao Sui's first draft is the Chinese version after all, so let the publishing house that Ma Feng just won last year put out the Chinese version.

Then, at the same time, he asked Xiao Sui to carefully translate it into English himself, and sent it to the United States after finishing it, so that McNamas could find a publishing house of the Times Department to get the English version.

Ma Feng's new publishing house was originally positioned as a crowdfunding publication for niche professional technology/business monographs, and its customers were enterprise-level customers and scientific research units, and it was also in urgent need of books that were both professional and best-selling in the start-up period to support the opening of the door.

In this case, an industry prospective book with Gu Wei's signature and Xiao Sui's proofreading/translation is undoubtedly the best choice.

After Ma Feng got the manuscript, he also said a lot of words of thanks to Gu Biao, and someone sent him a pillow when he felt sleepy, which was really lucky.

According to this progress, Ma Feng reported to Gu Biao that he would be able to see the book in China in March.

On the U.S. side, due to the delay in translation, it will probably be April Fool's Day in early April.

It is believed that after the emergence of these blockbuster works, sooner or later Wall Street and the majority of investors will react and readjust the confidence assessment model of the technology industry.

Even at first, some people will think it's an April Fool's joke and relax their vigilance. But after Wang An's performance is further frustrated, that kind of dramatic reversal will only allow Gu Biao to gain higher social attention.

At that time, in the United States, not only the American investment and industrial circles will pay attention to Gu Biao, but even ordinary people in the United States will be involved in the legend of him.

As an aside, from November last year to February this year, the stock price and business of Wang An Computer Company in the United States have declined a lot.

The annual marketing volume of fiscal year 1986 was a significant decline compared with the previous year. The problem of the loss of novelty of Wang An's main office computer and word processing machine products has led to a business decline that will gradually increase every year, which is a natural development trend.

After Wang Lie took over, his father Wang An's illness further worsened and he completely ignored the company's affairs, which further led to the stagnation of research and development work. Wang An Computer's plan to launch the next generation of products is completely chaotic to the point of being far away.

The total value of the company's shares was above $3.5 billion in November last year. Before the January earnings report came out, it had slowly fallen to $3 billion. After the earnings report came out, it fell by two percent in just over a week, and has now fallen below the $2.5 billion mark.

And that's not even the stock market crash.

During this period, in fact, Gu Biao did not do anything, all of this developed according to the original inertia of history. Under the pressure of the IBM and Microsoft alliance, even if there is no Gu Wei, Wang An and Apple's models will be suppressed separately.

It is believed that after Gu Ao's industry analysis was made in April, Wang An's company will be further hit.

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It will take another month or two for Gu Biao's book to be put on the market, and Gu Biao doesn't need to stare at it every day, so it has not affected his life at all.

Two days after the manuscript was handed in, on the "qingren" festival, Mina Xingse hurried back from the northwest.

She has finally finished dealing with the sequelae of the related industries that have been affected by the opening of arms supplies in the Middle East after the broken jar of Měi Guó Lǎo's "Persian Gate" last year.

The channel with the Lucia is finally all maintained. When this winter comes, that is, in the fourth quarter of '87, she won't have to bother to mediate in person, and it can be regarded as once and for all. {After that, when those wars are over, there will be no business to do in that piece, so I will go ashore}

Xiao Beisheng chased after her, Mina was naturally very enthusiastic and poured out her heart as soon as they met, and Gu Biao also comforted her.

The two talked about the love of a day in the Wuyuan Garden, listened to the hard work of the past few months, roared proudly, and the piano was harmonious.

In front of the TV, the most popular domestic drama of the year, "Dream of Red Mansions", which has just begun to premiere during the Lantern Festival, is playing, and by the way, it makes some noise.

The current "Dream of Red Mansions" is a real fire, which meets the needs of hundreds of millions of women across the country who love to watch romance. Even with it, there are many legends and gossip in the market, saying that the Grand View Garden of "Dream of Red Mansions" was built by Gu Lao Min according to the original 1-to-1 restoration, and in Qiantang, it is rich and luxurious to the extreme.

Although Mina has seen the world, after all, she is also a girl who likes romance. She actually likes to watch it, maybe it's the classic love on the screen, which also makes her feel more atmospheric.

The plot on TV is being put into a small gāo cháo at the moment, which is Lin Daiyu singing "Funeral Flower Yin". Maybe it's because Lin Daiyu in this life is played by Ren Yuqin, and she is born with good knowledge of musical instruments, so the director also gave her more opportunities to perform. not only used her own original ancient Wu singing voice, but also added several sets of flashback shots of Daiyu Fuqin, and they were all recorded at the same time.

"It's good to be back, this time it's once and for all, I won't let you suffer again in the future. Let's work hard for our own lives, no one can force you to arrange tasks, trust me. Gu Biao looked at Mina with fascination, pampered her, and sent a blessed kiss on the girl's forehead.

Mina came back to her senses and asked Youyou: "By the way, what about Sister Qin and Xiaoli? After filming "Dream of Red Mansions", they left? Now this Grand View Garden is empty, and it is strange that it is cold and rainy on such a cold day. ”

Gu Biao didn't expect that Mina still cared about those passer-by girls in her life, and thought about it: "Didn't Xiaoqin go back to Gusu University to teach, Xiaoli seems to have studied abroad." ”

Gu Biao did not interfere in the slightest in the decisions of these girls, and they were all left to their own discretion to decide their own hair development.

Although Xiaoli went to Canada to study, Gu Biao would not look down on her, at most, she would not cover her in the future. knew that she was not qualified enough, and she didn't have to choose other countries.

After all, Gu Biao is "persona non grata" in Canada.

Chinese students in the 80s wanted to go to the United States, Japan and Germany, and they all had extremely high requirements for their grades. Zhang Li was selected into the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions" halfway through high school, she was only 17 years old at the time, and her training and filming were delayed for a total of two years, and now she is only 19.

Therefore, if she wanted to study abroad, she could only go abroad to study for an undergraduate, instead of finishing her undergraduate studies in China and going abroad for graduate studies because of her excellent grades like most others at that time. In this way, she can only go to the British country that can go to the money and has no gold content. Later generations of knowledgeable people know that if you have money and no achievements, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand will be on it casually. If the United States, Japan and Germany are concerned, don't think about it at all before the 2010s. Of course, after the 2010s, the degenerate money-making pheasant universities in the United States gradually targeted the rich in China.

But then again, Xiaoli's character is quite good among the many actors in the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions". Historically, although I went to Canada to study as an undergraduate, I still wanted to support myself after all, and I didn't marry a foreigner in the end. Therefore, Gu Biao will not look at others with colored glasses.

Of course, in the crew of this life, the actress with the best character and the cleanest self-esteem must be Ren Yuqin, who went back to teach at the university in a low-key manner after filming.

Mina listened to the ins and outs of these things, sighed, and couldn't tell what kind of mood she felt. She just took the opportunity to change the topic again: "Sister Suizi, how are you doing these months? I heard that you forced her to help you write a book, but she didn't tire her, right? ”

Hearing that Mina cared so much about Xiao Sui, Gu Ao's heart warmed, and he also had a hint of hallucination.

Mina and Xiao Sui, can they finally see it completely? can they care about each other so open-mindedly?

Gu Biao was overjoyed, and he couldn't help but ask for credit and reward: "How can I practice her like this! Writing business books doesn't need so much inspiration." I advised her to rest and recuperate first, and she didn't eat a single ān mián yào. ”

"I see, that's good. Mina muttered to herself, unable to hear joy or sorrow.

In her own heart, she didn't think about how to implement the plan when she came back this time. I once thought about going with the flow, and decided by looking at the environment.

If Xiao Sui really didn't cherish her body, Mina also thought about changing her husband to another sister instead of gestation.

After all, a girl who eats ān mián yào in a short period of time not only cannot donate eggs, but even as a pregnant mother, there is a quality risk. Mina is a bit of a burden if she makes decisions for herself, but if she can find the great excuse that "I'm here to have a child with my husband", she can ignore that.

As for the women around Gu Biao, there must be no shortage of them. As long as Mina is willing to arrange, find an excuse to celebrate, have a drink, and create an atmosphere, it is not a problem.

The goddess-level female secretary beside Gu Biao, the innocent female artist in charge of the jade girl under her umbrella, and even Ren Yuqin, the junior and senior sister who went to Mina to know the roots, were all naturally willing to hook up the girls.

Do you still need to doubt Gu Biao's charm?

So, after a few months of not asking about her husband's affairs, Mina wanted to grasp the whole situation as soon as she came back.

However, Ren Yuqin did not stay, and after filming "Dream of Red Mansions" after the National Day last year, she went back to the university to teach in a low-key manner. Xiao Sui is also very cooperative, which makes Mina completely ruthless to change the status quo.

The heart she fought for herself couldn't be covered for Gu Ao's good after all. If she can't find the excuse of "I'm here to be good with my husband's children" to mentally hint at herself, she can't be firm.

Then let's take another look.

Mina and Gu Ao Qinse recited poems in harmony for a few days.

Xiao Sui also knew her hard work, so she didn't come to bother during the window period for a few days, but she just lived in Gu Biao's villa and didn't come to Daguan Garden.

It was about the fifth day after Mina returned to China, and Xiao Sui finished translating part of the manuscript, so he came to the Grand View Garden to show Gu Biao, and by the way, he cared about it.

Mina has coexisted with Gu Biao and Xiao Sui for a long time, and gradually became indifferent.

While her husband was reading the English manuscript, Mina pulled Xiao Sui to sit down together, cooked tea and watched the snow scene in the garden, and by the way, chatted about Mina's gossip in the past few months, but also satisfied the little freshness of the young women in literature and art.

The perspectives of men and women are different after all, Gu Biao is a straight man, and when he is tired of being with Mina, he will not say those nuanced things, at most he will only go straight and say a few more times and love you more. So there are some things, Mina still has to talk to Xiao Sui before she notices.

Of course, Xiao Sui has no purpose, but Mina can say whatever she wants to know, all of which are unintentional words.

After the two girls cooked tea in the afternoon, Mina inadvertently asked about some revelations:

"What? Suizi, do you mean that when your husband was in the capital at the end of last year, when he suppressed Wang An's computer for business, he specially offended Wang Lie of the Wang family? That Wang Lie had a little bit of a statement to Sister Ye before, but was rejected by Sister Ye, and then driven away by her husband?"

"Yes, but these are two different things, does it matter?" Xiao Sui naturally agreed, not thinking that there was anything worth paying attention to.

Although, it is true that in the fourth quarter of last year, because of the riotous operations of the Americans, Persians, and Lucia, she has been busy, and she has not paid attention to the things around Gu Ao, so she has not paid attention to these little gossip.

Mina's grasp of Gu Ao's situation only stayed at the level of major events, so that her grasp of the details lagged behind for a full three or four months.

However, Mina is much more sensitive than Xiao Sui, and she feels that there is a crisis here. 6