Chapter 0391 - Laptop and Spy Farce
As one of the billions of individuals, how can we stand out and occupy a place in contemporary society, and even in ancient and modern history, rather than being a dispensable passer-by?
Obviously, the only way to do this is to rely on "what people can't do".
The reason why the Olympic Games, which are held every four years, has attracted so much attention is because people can fairly compete for the first place and break records through "faster, higher, stronger" to achieve their personal dreams.
Turning his gaze to the political arena, the politicians who are busy and doing their best to perform are nothing more than "capable people can't".
The first woman to be a U.S. Secretary of State in the original time and space was Madeleine Albright. Albright, the first African-American secretary of state was Colin Powell. Powell.
CondoleezzaRice – Condoleezza. Rice, by combining these two points to become the first African-American female secretary of state, has also reached the height of "being different" in life.
One of Tang Huan's resumes belongs to Rice, who is currently an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University.
Similar to the phenomenon of "3,000 diners" in China's Warring States Period, Tang Huan implemented a similar system of raising scholars beside him, but using a variety of names to cover up the essence.
Among Tang Huan's many subordinates, there are many blacks, such as the high-ranking Pacific Communications CEO Chuck Brown. Smith.
Among the three major league teams, the Oakland Raiders, the Oakland Athletics, and the Golden State Warriors, there are more blacks.
Even in Tang Huan's security assistant, a tall and strong black figure can be seen.
But a high-end female talent like Rice. Tang Huan really doesn't have one around him at the moment.
In fact, this is also determined by objective reality. To know. Rice can be classified as an exception to the group, coming from a very rare and privileged black family background, with a father who was a vice chancellor at the University of Denver and a mother who was a music teacher.
Tang Huan couldn't help but laugh secretly, the world is really wonderful, he already has a complicated connection with the Bush family, but he didn't expect that his capable hawkish general in the original time and space would take the initiative to send it to the door.
Case. I believe that it will be a good investment in contacts to "teach" the other party, and then choose an opportunity to send him to the Bush family's political and political team.
Thinking of this, Tang Huan adjusted Rice's resume to the bottom, then handed it to Tang Wenmao, and instructed: "Interview in this order." ”
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Rice's career as an elite artist is naturally more impressive, having first started in 1977 as an intern in the Carter Administration's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs.
Madeleine. Albright's father, Professor Kerber, a diplomat who had fled to the United States from Czechoslovakia, was Rice's mentor at the University of Denver.
Because of this relationship. Rice, who was only 26 years old last year, was earning a doctorate in international relations. His dissertation also focused on the political and military aspects of Czechoslovakia.
For the past two years, Rice has received funding from the Ford Foundation on Soviet and international security projects to study weapons control and disarmament programs.
The grant was limited to Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, California, and MIT, but when Rice applied to Harvard and Stanford, the former did not respond to her.
So Rice came to Stanford University and became an assistant professor of political science there.
In fact, despite Rice's outstanding ability and academic excellence, it is an indisputable social reality that black people are despised and even discriminated against, and they encounter various professional ceilings.
Let's take the current interview as an example, Tang Huan is sitting in the center, flanked by the assistant team, and at this time, he is unceremoniously and frequently asking Rice about the internal situation of her change from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party's political stance this year, and there is no respect for personal privacy at all.
In fact, don't look at the international relations topic that Rice is studying at this stage, the name is quite bluffing, but to describe the nature of his work in the words of the Chinese people, it is just two words -- "retreat", and only when the political bigwigs appreciate this concept can the value be reflected, otherwise it will be an empty cannon and a piece of paper.
According to the historical trajectory, Rice had to wait at least until 1985 to meet Brent Scowcroft, a leading figure in the foreign policy of the US Republican Party. Scowcroft will be appreciated, and he will gradually enter the team of Bush Sr.
As for now, Rice can only bow his head to the job of assistant professor to save his qualifications.
Tang Huan could see that Rice was eager for a bigger stage, and she valued the position she provided, so even if she encountered unceremonious or even sharp questions, she forbearably and patiently maneuvered.
To be a successful politician is not only talent, but also experience.
In Tang Huan's opinion, although Rice, who is about the same age as himself, has good potential, his current ability is limited to paper.
However, it is precisely because of this that it will be relatively easy to "teach" the other party, and whether it will become a hawk or a dove in the end is determined by the interests of the funders.
Seeing that after repeated verbal bombardment, Rice had always maintained a pampered and unfazed attitude, Tang Huan secretly judged that the other party was qualified, so he opened his mouth and talked about some inconsequential and easy topics in a kind tone that was different from others.
For example, Rice's first and seventh grade skips, and his dream of becoming a professional pianist.
"When I was 16 years old, I entered the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver to study piano playing, but in the summer of my sophomore and junior years of college, I was hit by the Aspen Music Festival, and some 11-year-olds could play a piece that I had to practice for a year to play at a glance, so I figured I couldn't wait until the day I played at Carnegie Hall." Lai Stanstan's words were honest.
It can be seen that Rice must have taken a special etiquette class, whether it is the tense conversation in the first half or the relaxed chit-chat in the second half, she has maintained the dignity of women.
"Everyone is faced with big choices, such as whether women want to marry well or do well. The decision you made on your own initiative at that time. Apparently he opened up another sky for himself. Tang Huan nodded appreciatively.
Rice was infected by the relaxed atmosphere. The whole person was obviously a lot more relaxed, but Tang Huan then mixed Russian, French, and Spanish considerations, which made her quickly enter a nervous state.
After showing an unprecedented embarrassment, Rice secretly regretted that he had known that he would not introduce his language skills in such detail on his resume, but this Mr. Tang also behaved too strongly.
Just when Rice was worried in his heart, he only heard Tang Huan say: "Our work." It should not have much conflict with your original work as an assistant professor, and you can take care of both aspects, mainly depending on how you coordinate. Well, that's it, you're through, Miss Rice. ”
Hearing this result, although Rice tried her best to control herself and maintain her dignity according to the requirements of the etiquette class, her face still showed irrepressibly joy.
She has a career on her current one. Not very satisfied, and the job opportunity offered by Tang Huan. It is a great opportunity to retire to become a business executive, and to enter from business to politics and continue her career ideals.
Rice is not the only one who has passed this round of final interviews, after all, she is now just a theoretical school on paper, and Tang Huan paid attention to her potential, and as for the other examiners, they are paying attention to those candidates who have already achieved excellent results in their majors.
At this moment, Tang Wenmao came over and whispered a message, "Two CNN reporters were locked up by the Argentine army in the Falklands on the grounds that the Fangyuan laptop they were carrying was suspected to be spy equipment. ”
Tang Huan was stunned for a while, and then said with a smile, "Nonsense, they still have the leisure to engage in this kind of farce." ”
With the help of the old ship's foundation in international trade, as early as late March, Cristina helped CNN set up a temporary communication station in Argentina, which was officially recognized by Argentina, and even the two war correspondents went to the Falklands to report to the British side.
Therefore, with the help of this first-mover advantage, CNN was the first in the United States to release some news about the landing of Argentine troops on the Falklands and the announcement of the surrender of the British side.
All of a sudden, the cable news network, which itself has the advantage of grasping the latest developments of the Fisher fleet in searching for the Titanic, has become more and more in the limelight, and the covert joint suppression of the three traditional TV networks has been smashed, and the ratings have been rising.
This is exactly what Tang Huan wants to see, Guy has been feeding the dog since he was a child, and he is the most loyal protector of the dog. Turner's support was very hard.
But now that two frontline war correspondents have been detained, the on-the-spot spotlight advantage that CNN relies on to get attention has disappeared.
It is precisely this that Tang Huan cannot tolerate, he is not interested in thinking about who is more reasonable between Argentina and Britain, to put it mildly, anyway, it is the infighting between you Europeans and colonial descendants.
Now that the cable news network's prestige war reporting has been cut off, it is not enough to maintain attention by simply discovering the aftermath of Titanic's news.
Tang Huan frowned and ordered Tang Wenmao, "There must be something here, you inquire carefully, and ask Ted. What the hell is going on with Turner. ”
It has to be said that the three traditional US television networks have always harbored a kind of malice that cannot be declared in the form of operation of the cable news network, which is full of endless vitality, for example, they have made a joint report on the troubles encountered by the cable news network in Argentina, and they have also expressed great concern for the safety of the two war correspondents, but no matter how you look at it, they all have a sense of schadenfreude.
But what the three major television networks did not expect was that their actions would arouse another interest from the audience, what kind of equipment did the two war correspondents of the cable news network carry to attract such treatment by the Argentine army occupying the Falklands.
Undoubtedly, CNN was the first to give the answer, showing the latest high-tech product of Fangyuan laptop, which weighs only 5 kilograms, on TV.
Compared with the laptops that were more than ten years later in the original time and space, except for the absence of lithium batteries, Fangyuan laptops have basically achieved no big difference.
Although there is no LCD support, the ELDs - electroluminescent displays used by Fangyuan notebook computer are also a feasible commercial implementation scheme for flat panel displays.
However, the manufacture of this kind of display has also encountered some troubles in the industrial production process, which has dragged down the market progress of Fangyuan Computer Company.
Now, the existence of Fangyuan laptops is mainly known to professional circles, and the evidence is mostly photos.
Therefore, this is the first time that Fangyuan's laptop has appeared in front of the public on a large scale, and all those who have seen the true face of this product Lushan immediately have a question of whether they are watching a science fiction movie.
In fact, Fangyuan portable computers, which also focus on mobile computers, have gradually become prominent in the consumer market, and have won the favor of consumers with their advantages in terms of software and hardware maturity far beyond the Osborne1 and KayproII, which are just $2,900 to $3,500.
Compared with the already well-known Fangyuan laptop, the weight has been reduced from 10 kg to 5 kg, which is also 9 inches, and the ELDs monitor is much more pleasing to the eye than the CRT monitor.
Regardless of whether they have a demand for computers at work, almost all the viewers who see Fangyuan's laptop have a heart of admiration for "My Fair Lady and Gentleman", so they have called CNN to ask about the price and other related information.
How do you not care about our war correspondents, but are so interested in cold computer equipment.
The depressed CNN, in addition to being aggrieved, still gave an answer, "The product we use is said to be a top-of-the-line model, worth $20,000." As for the details, you should ask the manufacturer. ”
After hearing this answer, everyone was shocked, "what an expensive thing", but after thinking about it, they felt that "such an advanced product, shouldn't it be at this price?" ”
Tang Huan didn't know how to express his opinion on this heated discussion of Fangyuan's laptop, which was completely outside the marketing plan, could it be that he wanted to thank Ma Dao's Argentine army for directing this spy farce?
Soon, further news about this incident was summarized in Tang Huan's hands. (To be continued......)