PS: The chapter number of the previous chapter was wrong, and 586 was missing, so there were two 587s.

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At this stage, all countries are actively promoting the popularization of mass computers, that is, personal computers, but the difference is that depending on the strength of their own national strength, there are differences in the intensity of action.

There is no doubt that the performance of the United States is the best, and it has directly reacted to promoting economic development, thus invisibly adding a lot of luster to the policies of the Reagan administration.

The situation in Asia is special. Due to the different writing systems, the informatization of Chinese characters has encountered a challenge that cannot be ignored in the technical implementation. After all, since the product is positioned as a mass computer, language localization must be supported.

In view of the limitations of the existing CPU computing speed and memory capacity, the informatization of Chinese characters cannot be realized in a pure software way, and must be achieved with the help of hardware, that is, Hanka.

It is because of this threshold that Fangyuan personal computers equipped with "Tang Code" Hanka quickly squeezed out of this market for personal computers with other architectures, even including the PC-9800 series personal computers with Japanese origin developed by NEC.

The smoke of the North American personal computer market war has spread directly to the European market, and many personal computer brands that cannot gain a foothold in the North American market, including cheap personal computers such as Commoder and Texas Instruments, have set their sights on the European market, resulting in the popularity of low-end 8-bit personal computers here.

However, due to the blockade of the West, the Soviet Union became a marginal player in this trend in the world of personal computers, and only the countries of Western Europe kept up with the pace of the times.

However, with Fangyuan personal computers, IBM-PCs, and Apple computers, which are the main forces fighting in the North American market, also came to the European market to stir up the wind and rain, the local brand personal computers of European countries have died out, and the British side has a little resistance.

It's just that when the scandal of Jimmy Saville, the host of Britain's "Uncle Nation", was revealed. The BBC's credibility suffered a serious crisis, which in turn called into question the rationality of the funding for the PC education programme, and BBCMicro, which was developed in collaboration with Akon Computer, quickly lost and gave way to Fangyuan PC.

On the French side, François Mitterrand pursued a series of socialist policies after becoming the fourth president of the Fifth Republic in 1981. These include the expansion of paid holidays, the reduction of legal working hours, the nationalization of some private enterprises, and the increase of social security contributions.

Despite a series of economic problems in the economy since François Mitterrand came to power, his Mormatiquepourtous – Mass Information Technology Project, which promoted the popularization of the universal computer, has attracted a variety of academic experts in the field of technology, including some of the biggest names in the field of technology, such as two computer science giants from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Marvin Minsky, known as the "father of artificial intelligence". and Nicholas Negroponte.

Tang Huan's participation method is, of course, a very realistic business cooperation, at this time, France, no matter how poor it is, is many times richer than China.

Like the stop in the UK, Tang Huan did not appear at Deng Lijun's public concert in Paris, but took this opportunity to visit the business results of Fangyuan Computer in France. Its excellent performance in the field of education is no longer new. It was the budding Minitel that aroused his great interest.

Minitel is part of a national network created by France itself. It is an abbreviation of the French "Médiuminteractifparnumérisationd\'informationtéléphonique", which corresponds to the English "Interactivemediumbydigitalizingtelephoneinformation", that is, "digital telephone interactive media information".

As the name suggests, Minitel is an online service built on the phone network. In 1978, it was put into trial operation in Brittany, France, and was officially launched in 1982.

You know, in the original plane. Minitel is a pioneer in the use of the Internet in France, and at its peak, the number of terminal devices installed in France reached 9 million, and the number of users reached 25 million.

For this, the then President of France, Jacques Chirac, proudly praised: "The bakers in the northern French town of Aubervellier know exactly how to check his account through Minitel." Can this happen to a baker in New York?"

Minitel was too successful. It has even hindered the development of the Internet in France. This situation is similar to the current situation in Western Europe, where ISDN must be upgraded from the entire infrastructure, to find that there are better technical solutions that can be upgraded on existing networks – a temporary advancement that leads to another fork in the road that I don't know whether to comment on right or wrong.

In fact, in addition to being a technological project, Minitel has also been given a political connotation, just as France is at odds with NATO to show its status as a great power.

Because of this, Minitel, which is operated by France Telecom, is funded by the French government, which is very different from the online services in the United States, such as Tang Huan's Pacific Online, which has recently been renamed AOL, which is mainly promoted by commercial companies.

Regardless of the differences, it's a big cake with a delicious taste. If France wants to maintain its technological independence, it can only build barriers on Minitel's back-end network equipment, and the front desk that users contact, that is, various smart terminals, it cannot monopolize it, and in the face of powerful personal computers, French companies simply cannot resist.

Due to the agreement with Apple, the 8-bit first-generation Fangyuan computer could not be sold in the United States, so it found a place in Asia and Europe, and after the launch of the 16-bit second-generation Fangyuan computer, it became the most popular Minitel terminal for French users.

The fundamental reason for this is that Fangyuan Computer Co., Ltd., through the cooperation with the Olympus Group, a partner with local operations in Europe, has launched a model suitable for the French, although the price is a little more expensive. But as a complete personal computer, it's powerful enough for users to be willing to afford the cost.

This kind of Fangyuan personal computer, first of all, supports international languages, including French, a language with extra accents, the Western European alphabet system, has been perfectly implemented by computer informatization; secondly, it supports all of Minitel's online services, such as train ticket reservations, stock inquiries, e-mails, etc.; and finally, it also supports more general-purpose personal computer functions other than Minitel's proprietary terminals.

It is because of this crushing. Fangyuan Computer easily won more than half of the share of Minitel terminals, and the future growth is more optimistic.

In fact, Fangyuan's personal computer has always been fierce in replacing traditional terminals. In addition to national networks for the general public, such as Minitel, various giant manufacturing companies, including automobile manufacturers, are also promoting proprietary networks with e-commerce capabilities in order to reduce costs in the supply chain.

The predecessor of Media Asia TV, Li's TV, and its parent company, Li's Yingsheng, at the time when Tang Huan wanted to buy Li's TV, extended the tentacles of diversified business into this kind of e-commerce field.

In the beginning. The terminals it introduced were a variant of televisions equipped with computer chips, and now all of them use specific models of Fangyuan personal computers.

The sales volume of Fangyuan personal computers produced by Fangyuan company alone will easily exceed 2.5 million units this year, and the strong contributors include these specific terminal fields.

What makes Tang Huan drool the most is that due to the excellent performance of Minitel since the start of service, Western Germany, Belgium, Italy and other European countries have also moved their minds.

During his visit to Minitel, Tang Huan noticed a very obvious point about the online services provided by Minitel. It has its own AOL, and some of the online services offered by AOL are not available to Minitel.

Why? That's because Minitel's French-made backend web servers aren't powerful enough.

And so it goes. Tang Huan has the opportunity to provide a package solution including front-end terminals and back-office equipment for countries that are trying to follow up with Minitel.

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Accompanied by French government officials, France Telecom executives and other people, after visiting Minitel, Tang Huan attended a solo concert held by Danielle Mitterrand, the wife of the French president, for Deng Lijun at the Elysee Palace, and President François Mitterrand was also present.

The romance of the French is world-famous, with a number of dignitaries including François Mitterrand. They all have a love affair that does not see the light in the dark.

Therefore, Tang Huan deliberately reminded Deng Lijun in a joking tone, "Be careful of being harassed." ”

Deng Lijun, who has been to Paris several times, is not impressed, compared to the impression that she hid in the United States after the "passport incident", but was frightened by the bad security situation. She clearly has a better feel for the artistic heritage that is on display here.

As Tang Huan said, Deng Lijun's demeanor at the concert attracted the fascination of the French people in the audience.

At the end of the concert, when it was time to thank you, there were a few French men who thought they were personable, and they gave a kiss to the hand, and Tang Huan was a little tired of watching.

Unlike the first lady of the United States, Nancy, who concentrated on assisting her husband Reagan and helping her husband Reagan, Danielle Mitterrand, the first lady of France, did not honestly stay in the Elysee Palace and live a pampered life, but actively participated in social activities and was a senior social activist.

When Danielle Mitterrand visited Tang Huan's semiconductor factory FAB1 in France, she repeatedly asked the workers there about their salaries, benefits, vacations, etc., even to the point that the boss was annoyed, you can see her style.

François Mitterrand was France's first democratically elected left-wing president, and his wife, Danielle Mitterrand, was a long-time supporter of Cuba and unique in Western politics.

Therefore, another point that Tang Huan reminded Deng Lijun in advance is that we and each other are just mutually beneficial, each taking what we need, and we should pay attention to keeping a distance in personal relationships.

This reminder was listened to by Deng Lijun, but some accidents were still unguardable.

When Danielle Mitterrand handed Deng Lijun a commemorative medal for cultural exchange, he said in public: "Telisa, I heard that you have always been enthusiastic about charity and concerned about the education of children in underdeveloped areas. I'm going to visit Africa recently, so why don't you take it with you? ”

Regarding the invitation of the French first lady, Deng Lijun nodded happily and agreed, but Tang Huan on the side showed displeasure.

At that time, he didn't say much, so he had to say to Deng Lijun afterwards: "This invitation, find an excuse to resign." ”

"It's nothing? It's an invitation from the president's wife. Deng Lijun was a little puzzled, "Besides, I am still working as a goodwill ambassador with UNICEF, so I should be more concerned about this kind of activities." ”

"It's chaotic in Africa, and I really don't have a score. Tang Huan sighed and explained.

"Is there still any danger if you stay with the president's wife?" Deng Lijun, who was smiling, turned her head and comforted Tang Huan a few words, and finally said what was in her heart.

"After the concert in Paris, there is only one stop left on my world tour. If you can fight for the opportunity to hold a concert in the mainland, there are still two stops. ”

"But in any case, after the trip to Paris, I will have to return to the island, and then I will inevitably attend various public events in accordance with the official arrangements. ”

Tang Huan interrupted in a muffled voice: "I have reached an agreement with Mr. Xiao Jiang, you can refuse these interruptions." ”

Deng Lijun smiled bitterly, "You just won me the treatment of not being forced, but you can't stop the sophistication of the world, after all, my family still has to live on the treasure island." Now that I have the invitation of the French president's wife, I can calm down openly and calmly, and when the preparations for the Treasure Island concert are completed, I will go back and sing directly. ”

Tang Huan was a little speechless for a while, and just when he wanted to find other reasons to dissuade her, Corina Menzelpoulos, the hostess of Château Margaux, invited Christina and Deng Lijun to go on vacation and leave Paris.

In less than a week, the Los Angeles Olympics are about to open, and a series of activities in San Francisco are waiting for Tang Huan to attend, so he has to shake his head and take Silicon Valley One back to the United States. (To be continued.) )