Returning to his seat first, Tang Huan explained to Prince Sabah in a low voice, "That's pretty much the value, but MGM's current situation is very complicated, and we need to go back and talk about it in detail after the banquet." ”

At this time, Cork? Kirkrian came over, Tang Huan nodded, got up and made way of space.

All kinds of parties are popular in the United States, especially celebrity banquets like this, which are even more sought after, and the reason for chasing them is nothing more than that they can tap opportunities on this communication platform.

Of course, banquet hosts can also expand their network from the events they organize.

Tang Huan saw it at a glance, Adam? Osborne was having a good conversation with a banker.

This guy is indeed a talent, through the transfer of shares, so that the software with the Osborne generation of machines has become a free product in disguise, but he has to find real money to support the hardware production.

But anyway, Adam? Osborne's entrepreneurial path is markedly different from that of a typical personal computer company in Silicon Valley, and he initially grasped the key point of software application.

After saying hello all the way, Tang Huan came to Andy? Sitting next to Albert, production supervisor Steven Bach - Steven? Bach is also on the list, and there is a very famous director Martin Scorsese - Martin? Scorsese.

This person and the United States co-starred in the film "RagingBull" - "Raging Bull", which received 8 nominations at the Oscars just past. Lynch's "The Elephant Man" tied for the most nominations this year.

In the end, Raging Bull won the best editing. Starring Robert DeNiro - Robert? De Niro won Best Actor.

The media rated "Raging Bull" very highly. But the box office of the movie was not satisfactory. With an investment of $18 million, the North American box office was only $23.4 million.

For this, Martin? Scorsese was worried, worried that his future career would be clouded and that he would be shunned by investors.

So, he took the opportunity of this banquet to brush up on his presence.

I have to say, Martin? Scorsese did get away with it this time. His 1976 TaxiDriver, a $1.3 million taxi driver, grossed $28.2 million and was equally critically acclaimed.

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

John? Hinckley just watched the movie and became obsessed with Judy? Foster, who fantasizes that he can be like the male protagonist, saves the heroine, and then comes to the amazing act of assassinating the president.

It can only be said. Reagan was unlucky this time, but he wasn't without gains. Public approval has risen to a higher level.

Everyone casually chatted about the topic of the movie for a while, Tang Huan vs. Martin? Scorsese showed due respect and joked that the box office is like a weather forecast, there are always times for accidents.

"Cork? What is Kirkrian doing here? "Andy? Albert finally couldn't resist his curiosity and inquired.

"Selling his MGM." Tang Huan shook his head and sighed, "You are ready, you should soon have a burden on your shoulders." ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be taken aback, but they didn't expect the pattern of Hollywood to change again.

At this time, Franklin Mieuli, a well-known radio and television producer in the Bay Area, was Franklin Mieuli? Miyuri walked over and said hello, and then directly turned to the topic: "Don, are you interested in investing in the Golden State Warriors according to the model of the Oakland Athletics?" ”

"Will you give up control?" Tang Huan asked rhetorically.

'It can't be helped, it's time for the team to make a change. Besides, can't I still be like Walter? Haas continues to represent the Golden State Warriors like the Oakland Athletics. "Franklin? Miyuri smiled bitterly, "I feel like only you can be so helpful. ”

Tang Huan smiled and bowed slightly, and said in his heart Of course, he has been working hard in the San Francisco area for so long, and he has already made a name for generosity, enthusiasm and helpfulness, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is "timely rain".

In fact, Tang Huan's interest in NBA teams is much greater than that of professional football and baseball, but the Golden State Warriors are not the right target, after all, the fledgling Los Angeles Lakers are about to sweep through the 1980s, and he doesn't want to spoil a façade-dressing team.

However, Tang Huan thought about it, and according to the plan, he was about to take the team to Baodao to carry out business exchange investigations, including professional baseball, the most popular local sport; In the second half of the year, the real mainland trip will also be launched, and it is natural to bring back an NBA team with more exchange embellishments.

Since the Golden State Warriors are easy to get started with, let's make do with it, anyway, Franklin? Miyuri is different from the previous owners of the Oakland Raiders and the Oakland Athletics, who are doing everything possible to move the team away from the local area, but really build a team that belongs to the Bay Area, but some of them can't be used.

Franklin? Miyori is a sports fan, and in addition to being the owner of the Golden State Warriors, he is also a shareholder of the San Francisco 49ers in Major Football Soccer and the San Francisco Giants in Major League Baseball.

Back in 1962, Franklin? Miurely invested $850,000 and joined forces with 32 other local investors to buy the Philadelphia Warriors, renamed the San Francisco Warriors, and after several changes to the home court, they eventually settled at Oakland Stadium, and the team's name became the current Golden State Warriors.

During this period, the team's results were poor, the number of spectators was unsatisfactory, and other shareholders were making a fuss. Miyuri paid for the shares of these people.

After reaching the finals twice in 1964 and 1967, it was in 1975 that perseverance finally paid off.

The Golden State Warriors rely on the main player Rick Barry-Rick? Barry. And two rising stars, Jamal? Wicks and Phil? Smith. Played a record of 48 wins and 34 defeats in the first place in the Western Conference. The playoffs also ended with a 4-2 win over the Seattle SuperSonics and a 4-3 win over the Chicago Bulls to reach their sixth championship game in franchise history.

At that time, the NBA was generally showing a strong East and a weak West. Hayes and Weiss? The Washington Bullets led by Unseld have a 60-22 record and are in the limelight, and the Golden State Warriors are not favored at all.

Result Rick? Barry repeatedly exploded at key moments, and the Golden State Warriors magically swept the Washington Bullets 4-0 in the championship game. became a super dark horse.

It's a pity that after the peak, it is lonely, without a large investment, the team's results can only be short-lived, and the Golden State Warriors have been going downhill in recent years, forcing Franklin? Miyuri ran to Tang Huan for help.

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

Franklin? Miyuri held out a hand and shook it in embarrassment, "In my memory. There were only five times, and more than 10,000 people attended. ”

"So sluggish?" Tang Huan couldn't help but feel a little numb when he heard this.

"It's a bit miserable, though. But don't forget, the Golden State Warriors are the only professional basketball team in the Bay Area, and as long as they are better managed and enter the playoffs, their influence will be greatly improved. "Franklin? Miyuri insisted on his idea as always, "You see how hot the Oakland Raiders' market is right now, it's not in place. ”

"Okay, let's aim for the playoffs first." Tang Huan nodded and quipped the other party, "Is there still a chance this time?" ”。

"It's been out for a long time, and I haven't been able to make the playoffs for three or four years in a row." Franklin? Miyuri blushed and waved his hand repeatedly.

"You go with Mikhail? Kogan talks about it. Tang Huan smiled and pointed, it seems that his reputation as San Francisco and timely rain is about to be confirmed.

Everyone's laughing, Cork? Kirklian walked over with a sense of ambition, "Don, let's sit together another day and talk in detail, and then take our leave." ”

……

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

Listening to Tang Huan's analysis of MGM's black history over the years, Prince Sabah laughed indifferently, "Tang, I just ask, MGM is in your hands, can you come back to life?" ”

When Tang Huan heard this, his heart sank, and he muttered to himself, is the other party testing his ability?

It seems that if anyone really thinks that the Kaizi people in the Middle East are stupid and have a lot of money, they will lose more important opportunities.

After thinking for a moment, Tang Huan nodded confidently, "Of course you can, but it will take time." With this expense, we can definitely earn more, like the new project I mentioned. ”

"What about influence?" Prince Al-Sabah asked rhetorically.

"It depends on which field has an impact, and it needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis." Tang Huan replied with a deep groan.

"Tang, I can see that you, a Chinese, are already very influential in San Francisco, and our goals are similar, and investment does not necessarily need to get real money back every time." Prince Sabah said from the bottom of his heart: "I have entrusted you with all the matters of MGM, and at the same time I will give you a 10% share, hoping that you can try to accomplish the goal I need." ”

Speaking of which, Tang Huan had no choice but to nod.

He suddenly sighed with emotion, this is the sorrow of a small country, so in times of peace to export capital and influence to the outside world, but as soon as the Gulf War starts, it will spit out all these things and exchange them for military spending.

After talking about things again, Tang Huan got up and said, "Your Highness, rest, I'll accompany you tomorrow to see what the computer exhibition here looks like?" ”

……

On April 3, 1981, the sixth West Coast Computer Festival opened, and its first edition began in 1977 by Jim Warren. Warren, a veteran computer expert and businessman.

The West Coast Computer Festival was held annually in 1978, with the exception of the second and third editions in 1978.

As a result, many iconic personal computer products were first introduced to the world at the West Coast Computer Festival, such as Chuck Peddle's CommodorePET, Watts and Steve Jobs' Apple II, etc., and correspondingly, they also became eye-catching stars at the time.

At this year's West Coast Computer Festival. Three heavyweight new personal computer products have emerged at once: the 16-bit personal computer IBM-PC from Big Blue; the first commercially available portable personal computer Osborne generation machine; Apple's Apple II is an improved model of AppleIIe.

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

Culturally speaking, the personal computer, which represents freedom and equality, was born with the mission of confronting the mainframe computer that represents monopoly and privilege, and the West Coast Computer Festival is a platform for personal computers to be displayed. Warren thinks so too.

Therefore, IBM, which is almost equated with mainframes, appeared at the West Coast Computer Festival with great fanfare, and the scene is really a bit funny.

In Tang Huan's opinion. The preparation of the West Coast Computer Festival is still lacking in professionalism, and compared with COMDEX, there is a significant distance, and it is estimated that after inexplicably catching up with the good things released by several major brands of personal computers at the same time, it will gradually decline, which is the main reason why he didn't care about this exhibition before.

I don't know if it was deliberately arranged by the exhibition organizers, IBM-PC and Osborne's first-generation computer, AppleIIe, and second-generation Fangyuan computer are not far apart, just like a drama of three British battles against Lu Bu.

But that's fine, Tang Huan accompanied Prince Sabah to visit, which saved a lot of trouble.

Because I have seen the second-generation Fangyuan computer in detail before. Therefore, the Apple IIe did not attract the attention of Prince Sabah, but the main portability of the Osborne generation machine. It really surprised him.

In fact, Osborne's generation of machines has become the star of the exhibition, people are vying for consultation, and there are even direct orders, after all, the selling point of "portability" is too eye-catching, which makes Adam? Osborne was overjoyed.

In contrast, IBM-PC, which has always been talking about a new generation of cheap personal computers, is slightly inferior in popularity, but the people who pay attention to it are relatively professional, and even Steve Jobs, who is dressed well, has come from his booth early to take a closer look, and Tang Huan is naturally no exception.

The IBM-PC uses a 4.77MHz Intel 8088, a scaled-down version of the Intel 8086 microprocessor that also has 16 bits of scratchpads, but only 8 bits of the external data bus.

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

At the same time, IBM already has the license to manufacture the 8086 family of CPUs, which makes it easier to negotiate the price.

This is to rely on strength to crush other competitors, and there is no reason to talk about it at all.

In terms of memory, IBM-PC supports a range of 16kB to 256kB, which is decent.

Because Kildare, the boss of a digital research company, found that DOS, the operating system developed by Microsoft for IBM, seriously plagiarized the CP/M developed by himself, he immediately issued a warning.

IBM is so experienced in dealing with this kind of dispute that it provides users with a choice of three operating systems: CP/M-86, UCSDp-System and IBMBASIC/PCDOS1.0, the latter being Microsoft's BASIC and DOS, but with a change of packaging in an OEM way.

Because the choice of the operating system was put in the hands of users, IBM dissociated itself, and Kildare was helpless about it.

"What about influence?" Prince Al-Sabah asked rhetorically.

"It depends on which field has an impact, and it needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis." Tang Huan replied with a deep groan.

"Tang, I can see that you, a Chinese, are already very influential in San Francisco, and our goals are similar, and investment does not necessarily need to get real money back every time." Prince Sabah said from the bottom of his heart: "I have entrusted you with all the matters of MGM, and at the same time I will give you a 10% share, hoping that you can try to accomplish the goal I need." ”

Speaking of which, Tang Huan had no choice but to nod.

He suddenly sighed with emotion, this is the sorrow of a small country, so in times of peace to export capital and influence to the outside world, but as soon as the Gulf War starts, it will spit out all these things and exchange them for military spending.

After talking about things again, Tang Huan got up and said, "Your Highness, rest, I'll accompany you tomorrow to see what the computer exhibition here looks like?" ”

……

On April 3, 1981, the sixth West Coast Computer Festival opened, and its first edition began in 1977 by Jim Warren. Warren, a veteran computer expert and businessman.

The West Coast Computer Festival was held annually in 1978, with the exception of the second and third editions in 1978.

As a result, many iconic personal computer products were first introduced to the world at the West Coast Computer Festival, such as Chuck Peddle's CommodorePET, Watts and Steve Jobs' Apple II, etc., and correspondingly, they also became eye-catching stars at the time.

At this year's West Coast Computer Festival, three heavyweight new personal computer products emerged at once: the 16-bit personal computer IBM-PC from Big Blue; the first commercially available portable personal computer Osborne generation machine; Apple's Apple II improvements. (To be continued......)