The position of president of the Committee of 100 is a Chinese female elite - Yang Xuelan, vice president of Grey advertising agency, this candidate also reflects the network of the organizer Tang Huan.

Yang Xuelan, who is just over 50 years old this year, is a well-known family, her mother Yan Youyun is the first female graduate of Fudan University, and her grandfather Yan Xinhou is a staff member of Li Hongzhang, an important minister in the late Qing Dynasty. His father is the famous industrialist Yan Zijun, and his two sisters Yan Caiyun and Yan Lianyun are collectively known as the "Three Sisters of the Yan Family".

Yan Youyun's first husband was Yang Guanglu, a doctor in the United States and a professor at Tsinghua University, who later entered the diplomatic field and served as consul general in the Philippines in 1938, only to be arrested after the Japanese captured Manila in 1942, and was killed by the Japanese army on April 17 of the same year, along with seven other diplomats.

After the end of the Pacific War, Yan Youyun and her three daughters, Yang Leimeng, Yang Xuelan and Yang Baoen, went to New York to settle in the United States, and soon served as a protocol officer in the United Nations until his retirement after the end of the United Nations General Assembly in October 1959.

In September of that year, Yan Youyun married Gu Weijun, who served as a judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Naturally, this person has a bigger background, and he is a famous diplomat in Chinese history, and any textbook must mention it.

In 1919, after the end of the First World War, Gu Weijun participated in the Paris Peace Conference as a member of the Chinese delegation.

As everyone knows, at the meeting, the Japanese government demanded that, in its capacity as a victorious country, take over all the rights and interests of the defeated country Germany in Shandong, China.

For this reason, Gu Weijun prepared "Commentary on the Shandong Question", arguing that China could not give up Shandong, the birthplace of Confucius, just as Christians could not give up the holy land of Jerusalem, which immediately shocked the representatives of Europe and the United States, reversed the situation of public opinion, and won the superficial sympathy of the foreign powers.

However, in the final analysis, the international political game must return to Power.

Due to Italy's withdrawal from the Paris Peace Conference, Britain, France, and the United States feared that Japan's withdrawal would threaten the entry into force of the peace treaty and lead to the abortion of the peace conference, so they transferred Germany's colonial rights and interests in Shandong to Japan in order to win over the other party.

At that time, the head of the Chinese delegation, Lu Zhengxiang, had already left Paris. Gu Weijun actually temporarily took the authority of the head of the regiment. Under his auspices, the Chinese delegation refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles.

Gu Weijun, who did not flinch at the Paris Peace Conference, fought with Japanese representative Makino for dozens of rounds, making him stumbling left and right and unable to parry. It shocked the participants, and then won the admiration of US President Woodrow Wilson, one of the three giants of the Paris Peace Conference, and even French Prime Minister Clemenceau and British Prime Minister Lloyd George.

Clemenceau wrote in his memoirs: "Gu Weijun is like a civet cat playing with a mouse to Japan, showing his skill in escapement. ”

Since then, Gu Weijun has won the reputation of "China's No. 1 Diplomat" and has been praised by international public opinion.

Because of his long-term service in the Beiyang government and his important position, when the national government won, Gu Weijun was wanted, and then through Zhang Xueliang's mediation, he joined the national government and returned to the diplomatic community.

After the September 18 Incident in 1931, Gu Weijun was appointed by the Chinese government to participate in the League of Nations Lytton Investigation Mission. Defying Japan's obstruction and even intimidation of his life, he insisted on going to Northeast China for on-the-spot investigations and carried out a lot of work independently, and submitted a long memorandum to the investigation team exposing Japan's acts of aggression, exerting influence on the investigation team, and striving for China's interests.

In the following period before and after World War II, Gu Weijun served as ambassador to the United States for a long time, continuing to exert his influence until his retirement as ambassador in 1956, when he became a judge and vice president of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He retired in 1967 and settled in the United States.

Gu Weijun, who had a wonderful life, died in 1985, that is, last year, and Li Luye, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, also went to the McSon Avenue Quember Funeral Home to pay his respects.

Gu Weijun was 97 years old. The reason why he can live a long and healthy life is largely due to the careful care of Yan Youyun, who is 17 years younger than him.

It is precisely because of this that Gu Weijun was able to dictate the "Memoirs of Gu Weijun" in 13 volumes with a total of more than 600,000 words in his later years, which has become an important material for the study of China's modern diplomatic history.

In addition, his personal correspondence and documents, although not published, are entrusted to Columbia University for safekeeping, and researchers need to apply for special access to them.

It is not difficult to see that as long as the influence reaches a certain height, it is natural to calmly walk between all parties, and even after death, it can still continue to exert influence.

Under the influence of this family environment, it is not surprising that Yang Xuelan has become a prominent Chinese elite in the United States and entered the Committee of 100.

You must know that since 1983, General Motors of the United States has noticed Yang Xuelan because of a successful advertisement, and has diligently poached and has not given up the plan until now.

Tang Huan brought these Chinese elites together in order to share the resources inherited from the previous generation or the struggle of this generation, and echo each other - smart people always have to find ways to add value to themselves.

For this reason, after Tang Huan arrived in New York, he almost did not move, and even those affairs that should have been handled in Silicon Valley were temporarily transferred to the eastern part of the United States.

Fangyuan Computer Co., Ltd. is currently pursuing a series of large orders in the financial field. With the further maturity of computer information technology, stock trading systems such as NASDAQ, as well as futures trading systems, are brewing hardware and software upgrades.

"Who's staring at this cake at the moment?" Tang Huan shook the document with it.

"IBM, DEC, HP, are all on the list." John Chambers replied with a muse, "The strongest contender is DEC, whose VAX mini-factor is very popular in the enterprise market; Although IBM has been beaten by us in the personal computer market, it still has unique advantages in high-end applications; HP is sandwiched in the middle, which may seem inconspicuous, but it is more dangerous. ”

After listening to the other party's analysis for a while, Tang Huan nodded approvingly, I have to say that these old computer companies are living quite well by relying on the special laws of the enterprise-level market.

Fighting in the enterprise-level market, it is not only by relying on the latest and strongest hardware to succeed, but also the accounting in the application solution that plays a decisive role, and its complexity is difficult for outsiders to understand, which is also the main reason why Fangyuan Computer Company, which has killed all sides in the field of personal computers, can only be steady and steady in the field of enterprise-level applications.

Take DEC as an example, the operating system UNIX and programming language C were developed on its minicomputer PDP11, which shows the application scope of these products, and the resulting user operating habits, old versions of software and data migration, and other cost considerations are the key points for enterprise decision-makers.

It should be pointed out that the cake that several giants in the industry are desperately fighting for belongs to the application field of data processing, and its history began almost with the invention of computers, and the old computer companies have a first-mover advantage in the times.

In addition, the application fields such as graphics and image processing belong to a relatively new category, and everyone is almost on the same starting line, even if some of the old ones are also very limited, which is suitable for latecomers such as Fangyuan Computer Company to seize it.

In fact, Fangyuan graphics workstations currently occupy more than 60% of the market share, and the rest is divided by emerging computer companies such as Silicon Valley graphics and Sun Microsystems.

"Judging from these successful experiences, in addition to grabbing orders for traditional IT applications such as data processing with established computer companies, we should pay more attention to digging data and opening up new application fields such as graphics and image processing. As long as we get such market darlings, we newcomers can continue to move forward in the gap between the elderly. Tang Huan analyzed his subordinates from a high position.

"These orders in the financial field, no matter how fierce everyone fights, there are not many unexpected variables in general, but on the side of NASA, because of the Challenger space shuttle plane crash that just happened, and then the activity has fallen into a low ebb, and the orders that have been signed may be delayed or even canceled." John Chambers put this situation beyond his control in front of the big boss with some apprehension.

At the end of January, President Reagan personally presented the National Medal of Technology and the National Science Award, and at a time when technology and science were being recognized at the national level, the Space Shuttle, which had brought together many research results, had an accident.

One of the major features of the space shuttle is that it is a reusable spacecraft, and from this point of view, it may be described as "often walking by the river, how can there be no wet shoes", which can explain the proportion of man-made accidents in accidents.

Since its first flight on April 4, 1983, the Space Shuttle Challenger has been used very frequently, making three round-trips between space and Earth three times a year.

In the seventh space mission carried out on April 29 last year in 1985, Wang Ganjun, who participated in it, became the first Chinese to go to space.

This year's accident was the tenth mission of the space shuttle Challenger, and it exploded and disintegrated and crashed 73 seconds after liftoff, amid the watchful eye of live TV and live viewing. All seven astronauts on board were killed.

Bureaucracy is everywhere, and here in the United States is no exception, with NASA being the most obvious example. Prior to the launch of the Space Shuttle, there had been good reasons to suspend the launch, but it was ignored.

Of course, all conclusions will have to wait for the final decision of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry. And NASA, which spends a lot of money, will inevitably have to keep a low profile during this period.

Tang Huan was not as pessimistic as John Chambers, he said slowly: "There were two salesmen who went to an island country to sell shoes, and found that the people there were barefoot, so the first salesman didn't say a word, turned around and left, while the second person stayed, explained the benefits of wearing shoes to the locals, and then enjoyed the market exclusively and made a lot of money." ”

"Because of the Challenger space shuttle crash, NASA must have been hit hard, and many activities had to be temporarily put on hold, which in turn affected the demand for computers; However, it must be noted that the development of the space industry will not stop waiting for people because of this, and NASA will soon have to return to the current rhythm of work. ”

"At this low ebb, there are so many people in NASA, and they can't be idle, so they have to do something, right?"

Speaking of this, Tang Huan suddenly changed his words and asked: "If I'm not mistaken, the game entertainment room in Silicon Valley is already equipped with a game called "Flight Simulator" that is still in the internal testing stage, have you ever played it?" ”

John Chambers shook his head a little confusedly, not understanding why Tang Huan had this question.

"The origin of this game is a bit complicated, and the development is not done by EA alone, but uses part of the results of the flight simulator project in the Zheru R&D Center. As you know, with the maturity and popularity of 2D graphics acceleration technology, there will always be some unexpected and eye-catching developments on the microcomputer platform. ”

John Chambers suddenly came to his senses, "What you mean is that just as we use a lot of simulation software in the current scientific research on genes, let NASA increase the weight of computer simulation, and then make our products not only not neglected, but more relied on." ”

Tang Huan slapped his hands and laughed with satisfaction, "Whether you can turn this crisis into a business opportunity depends on your specific execution ability." ”

"I knew I could find the answers to your questions here." John Chambers excitedly hurriedly crossed a few strokes on the memo, and then continued: "There is another small trouble, I am considering whether to suppress it directly, and I don't have to put it in front of you, that is, John Scully of Apple's business, began to imitate us in business, such as letting the newly designed new generation of MAC enter the field of desktop publishing applications." In particular, the supporting laser printer launched is simply a label for our products. ”

"Does it have software support?" Tang Huan cut disdainfully, "Compared with a large number of programs on the AppleII platform back then, although the new generation of MAC has increased the memory from 128KB to 512KB, solved the criticized performance bottleneck problem, and even added a mechanism to connect to the hard disk, but the entire platform is still a wasteland." By the way, didn't Microsoft help MAC develop a new set of spreadsheet software, Excel, and how effective is it? ”

"Unlike the previous MultiPlan, Excel has been fully designed, implemented and optimized from the bottom of the program, and the results are good, and it is the first software on the MAC platform." (To be continued.) )