Chapter 0578 - Noise from the Semiconductor Alliance
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After Tang Huan returned to the United States, he first visited Lin Qingbian, who had just given birth to a pair of twin brothers for him this month, and named them Jinjia and Jinyan.
The genes of the reborn are really strong, this is already the sixth twin in a row, and the people close to him who know the inside story have long been surprised, and even Tang Huan is a little numb.
Father Lin and Mother Lin naturally grieved for their daughter, but Lin Qingfang saw it from the beginning, became a mother comfortably, and is now recovering her figure in an orderly manner.
Speaking of which, Tang Huan's backyard can definitely be regarded as stable and united, and after several women who belonged to the 1950s like him got on the "thief ship", they were very knowledgeable and tacitly maintained the current balanced life situation.
Of course, this result may also be related to some special factors.
The young and frivolous female ship king Christina, after experiencing several major blows in her life, focused on how to revive the Onassis family, and Tang Huan, who was chasing success, was her strongest backing, plus four children around her, her mind was naturally extremely focused.
Deng Lijun, Lin Qingbian, Lin Fengjiao, Hu Yinmeng, Zhao Yazhi, and Mi Xue are more or less bound by the traditional concepts of oriental women, and secondly, they maintain their own space with each other, that is, the so-called distance produces beauty, so they have always been at peace.
Let's take Deng Lijun and Lin Qingbian as an example, the relationship between the two is the best among them, but they don't stay after the visit and continue to work on their own concerts.
As for the little sisters in the 1960s such as Guan Zhilin, Weng Jingjing, Zhong Chuhong, Zhang Manyu, Monica Bellucci, etc., they were basically brainwashed by Tang Huan early and became admiring and adoring brain-dead fans.
After Tang Huan appeared in a big way, Father Lin and Mother Lin didn't say anything more except vaguely complaining that he was not there when the child was born, and soon gave the two of them room to be alone.
In fact. From a secular point of view, Tang Huan is already very dedicated. Originally, the Lin family all came to live in the United States, although they had a small amount of savings, but they didn't have any foundation, they basically belonged to sitting on the mountain, and his cheap uncle has always been meticulous to help. Therefore. For the title of father-in-law and mother-in-law, the second elder also acquiesced.
Tang Huan hugged his son and looked at it, while muttering, "This is my family's eleventh and twelfth, wait for two days, Daddy will give you a pair of dog tags to play." ”
With a snap, Lin Qingbian took the book in his hand and slapped Tang Huan, "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”
Tang Huan laughed, "The dog tag I'm talking about is a military identity confirmation card. Recently, I've been interested in military collections, so I've collected some, and I think it's a very masculine ornament. ”
Lin Qingbian was coquettish, "Then don't do it." ”
Tang Huan continued to quip: "What are you so busy refusing to do, maybe my son likes to play." ”
Lin Qingbian snorted, "I'm in charge, my son definitely doesn't like it, they have already received a lot of toys." ”
Tang Huan shook his head with a smile. I picked up a book and flipped through it, "I heard about my big star." I'm going to write. ”
"I had nothing to do, so I wrote some casually." Lin Qingbian looked a little embarrassed, and then added: "I'm just an occasional interest, and I'm not allowed to mention this matter to others." ”
"With such modesty, is it intended to be a blockbuster?" Tang Huan blinked narrowly.
Lin Qingfang glanced at Tang Huan, "There's you, the Great Doctor, there." How dare the little woman get an axe. ”
Tang Huan nodded, "Okay, then I'll wait patiently for the day when your masterpiece is finished." ”
Turning over this topic, Lin Qingbian changed his words and said enviously: "Li Jun's world tour has successfully come to the United States. It's a pity I couldn't go to see it live. ”
"Then let her give you a special show." Tang Huan teased his son with a rattle while casually coming up with an idea.
"I believe that after the world tour, Li Jun's career will definitely reach a new peak." Lin Qingbian's eyes flashed with envy, "After my body recovers, I want to continue my acting career, you won't object." ”
"I respect your interest." Tang Huan happily made it clear in support, "It is estimated that you also plan to follow Li Jun's example and hand over the burden of taking care of the children to the two old people." ”
"My parents don't like this brother much, after all, my sister is far away in the mainland, and it is difficult for them to have access to the third generation of children." Lin Qingbian explained carefully.
"It's good if they're happy." Tang Huan snapped his fingers, "I think, many people don't want you, a big star, to retire prematurely." ”
"If I hadn't personally learned that many actresses in Hollywood only entered the prime of their careers after the age of 30, I wouldn't have had the courage to compete with others." Lin Qingbian sighed.
Tang Huan couldn't help but smile, "Can you be content?" How many artists can be as popular as you in their 20s? Your achievements are high enough, but you need more experimentation and accumulation during the transition. ”
Lin Qingbian raised his hand and shook it in front of Tang Huan's eyes, "If I really have the achievements you said, why are there so few art awards?" ”
Tang Huan was a little speechless, and muttered to himself, it is estimated that Lin Meiren is about to have demons for the Golden Horse Awards. It's no wonder that Lin Fengjiao, who has always been by her aunt Tang Yun's side and is like an eldest woman, has already completed the summit, and people are afraid of comparison!
"Let's not be in a hurry, let's get back to the state first." Tang Huan hurriedly said softly with relief.
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Although the affairs at home are complicated, there is an aunt Tang Yun in charge, and Lin Fengjiao, Zhao Yazhi, Tang Wenmao, etc., and they are also in order.
Tang Huan is particularly concerned about the adjustment of his assets, because with the continuous rise in the stock prices of listed companies under his name, the extent of his paper wealth expansion can only be described as a peerless on the wealth list, and the billionaires behind him cannot be compared together.
Even if Tang Huan had already sold billions of dollars of shares of Fangyuan Computer Company in order to raise military funds for his brother-in-law Han Anyuan and buy equipment from the United States, he could not stop the fierce upward momentum.
Everything in the world pays attention to a balanced way, Tang Huan had to consult the advice of the consultant team, and then adjust the assets under his name.
Among them, the main measure is to put some rights and interests under the name of foundations, trust companies, and so on. Let Tang Huan's personal wealth be diverted into the family system, and finally maintain a scale of more than 10 billion US dollars, although it is still unbeatable, it will not be so shocking anymore.
These adjustments have gone smoothly, and now they have been basically completed, and Tang Huan's heart has also stabilized a lot.
After confirming the results of this work. Tang Wenmao asked with some confusion: "We are buying cellular phone licenses and building communication networks in the United States outside of California, and the demand for funds is already very large, so why do we send so many dollars in cash into the Japanese capital market?" Even at the expense of continuing to borrow from banks. ”
"Because there is more room for asset appreciation in Japan. I have my own plans for this, so you don't have to worry about it. Tang Huan waved his hand without explaining too much.
The appreciation of the yen and the launch of the privatization of Japan's public sector have almost all the conditions in place, and they are just short of that critical point in time.
Although the wealth I have now is very considerable, there are also many places to use it. Naturally, we must open up a wide range of financial resources.
As for bank loans, they are not borrowed for nothing.
From the perspective of the state and the bank, if a person has not taken out a loan, it does not mean how good his financial credit is, but it means zero; And those who often take out loans and repay them on time are high-quality customers with the best financial credit.
The role of Tang Huan's aura as the richest man is precisely this, he doesn't need to suffer from insufficient credit like many tycoons. Unable to lend the desired amount of money, they resort to junk bonds with high interest rates. Since banks are happy to lend money. So why don't you take advantage of it yourself? You know, a loan is also an asset.
Seeing that Tang Huan was so confident, Tang Wenmao didn't ask down with interest, and talked about another situation.
"Through the acquisition of the cellular phone license, I have learned a lot about the latest developments in the communications industry. Pacific Telecom, which provides comprehensive communications services for the Los Angeles Olympics, has recently been the focus of widespread public attention. ”
"What's the outside world saying?" Tang Huan asked with interest.
"Pacific Telecom has been very active in opening up new areas such as caller ID, network data services, cellular communications, etc. A huge amount of money has been invested, but it seems that there is no enthusiasm for upgrading the communication network. Other telecommunications companies in the United States, especially those in Europe, are discussing and even promoting ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network. In contrast, many industry commentators are singing the praises of Pacific Telecom's business strategy. Tang Wenmao cautiously fed back the unfavorable information he had gotten.
Unexpectedly, Tang Huan smiled disdainfully. "In the renewal of communication technology, we should not only take into account the pursuit of simple advancedness, but also take into account the need to adapt measures to local conditions. And there isn't necessarily a single path to advancement. ”
Seeing that Tang Wenmao looked dazed again, Tang Huan smiled and waved his hand, "I also have arrangements for this matter, you put your heart in your stomach, and it is imperative to compete for more cellular phone licenses." ”
At this time, John Chambers hurriedly came over, "Don, you have come back at the right time, I need you to shake the scene." ”
Tang Huan raised his eyebrows, "Fangyuan Computer Company is now a well-known listed company, who dares to pinch us?" ”
"It's not the U.S. semiconductor industry alliance formed by Robert Noyce, who is known as the 'mayor of Silicon Valley'." John Chambers reluctantly spread his hands, "This coalition lobbied the federal government to counter the dumping of memory in Japan's semiconductor industry, and on the other hand, put pressure on us, the computer manufacturers, to get more memory orders. ”
Seeing Tang Huan's disapproving look, John Chambers hurriedly added: "Although there are a lot of computer manufacturers, IBM takes the lead in instigating that as long as Fangyuan Computer Company, the world's largest memory purchaser, takes the lead in agreeing to the alliance's requirements, I am willing to follow and agree." ”
Tang Huan was stunned for a moment, and then burst into foul language with a smile, "Isn't this a scoundrel, I usually want to step on top of our heads to shit and pee, but at this juncture, I am willing to follow behind our ass as a little brother!" ”
"In fact, many traditional computer manufacturers like IBM are difficult to delineate their interests purely because of their wide range of business fields, and IBM is one of the members of that alliance." A depressed John Chambers continued to describe the current situation.
"This is a clear conspiracy, IBM hopes to use this to disrupt our memory supply chain and hit the cost advantage of Fangyuan Computer." Tang Huan groaned and analyzed.
"I think so too." John Chambers, who had a dry mouth, picked up the glass of water, tilted his neck, drank a fine drink, and even sucked a few tea leaves into his mouth and chewed them very ungracefully.
"As you said, a company with a history like IBM has a wide range of business fields, and it is difficult to purely delineate the attributes of interest camps, and many members of the alliance are not so concerned, right? After all, not everyone will put their eggs in a basket of storage. For example, Motorola also has processors, communication equipment and other businesses, and the slightly worse Intel also has Intel80286 as a support, and including major memory manufacturers such as Micron, have received orders from us, which is considered a vested interest, do they dare to take advantage of the fire to rob? Tang Huan asked sarcastically.
"Tang, although you have just come back, you have suddenly seen the crux of the problem." John Chambers gave a thumbs up with great admiration, "An alliance of dozens of companies, of course, cannot be monolithic, and it is indeed impossible for these vested interests you mentioned to squeeze us out so innorantly." However, Intel is the most entangled, after all, Robert Noyce, the convener of this alliance, is their founder and majority shareholder. ”
"So, apart from IBM, who in the alliance is the happiest jumper, willing to be a pawn, and charge at us?" Tang Huan's eyes flashed with a cold light and asked.
"Mostek is the largest memory supplier in the U.S. market." John Chambers replied without hesitation, "It's it, just putting all the eggs in one basket of storage, and now it's worse off than Intel, so it's even crazier." ”
The Mostek company, which has nothing to do with the company that introduced the famous 8-bit microprocessor MOS6502, is just a name proximity, and it was founded by a group of people who left Texas Instruments.
Texas Instruments, like Intel, has contributed a lot to the introduction of integrated circuits. Therefore, Mostek, who has the pedigree of Texas Instruments, has very strong technical strength.
After Intel developed 1KB dynamic random access memory, its market share was as high as 90%.
However, when the 4KB LRAM was launched in mid-1972, Intel had quality problems, and as a result, Mostek seized the opportunity to catch up, quickly occupied the 4KB RRAM market, and took the lead in introducing the 16KB RRAM chip.
By 1979, Mostek's share of the dynamic random access access (DRAM) market in the United States had reached 85 percent.
But when Japanese semiconductor companies roared and rushed into the United States, Mostek quickly fell from its peak, and its business shrank sharply.
Such an outdated overlord of the semiconductor industry didn't need to care about its life or death and clamor at all, but just like RCA and General Electric are inextricably linked, Mostek also has a backer behind him, and Tang Huan has to consider its possible reaction. (To be continued.) )