0228 A Man's Sense of Accomplishment
Seeing Deng Lijun appear on the stage amazingly, calmly singing the opening song, and generously greeting everyone in Chinese and Cantonese, Tang Huan couldn't help but smile slightly, the background behind the song is not ordinary, just now said that this big scene made her nervous, but as soon as she entered the performance state, she immediately switched to an invincible state.
"You know what I found in your eyes?" Although only eighteen years old, Judy is far more mature in mind than her peers? Foster asked lightly.
She came to San Francisco from Los Angeles this time, and after filming an advertisement for Tang Huan's company, she was about to go to Yale University for further study, so she was pulled by Tang Huan, who happened to meet, and sat in the box to enjoy the concert together.
"It's the same as seeing gold, greed." Tang Huan replied casually.
"You're not your average businessman, so don't use that as a cover." Foster cut off, "It should be the kind of smugness that sees yourself creating the perfect work with your own hands, or it can be said to be nice, a sense of accomplishment." ”
"This big secret was discovered by you, am I going to kill someone?" Tang Huan laughed, and at the same time was surprised by the other party's keen observation.
Foster snorted, raised his chin slightly, and his gaze fell on the stage.
"Men, they always need a sense of accomplishment." Hiding from this high-IQ girl is unpleasant, and Tang Huan did not hide his bad taste, "Now I have something to do with Hollywood, do you want to help you get a title like Best Actress at the Academy Awards?" ”
"Let's wait until you're the boss of Hollywood." Foster sarcastically remarked, "And I'm not interested in men." ”
"Since you're not interested in men, you like women." Tang Huan asked playfully.
"So what?" Foster also rolled his eyes.
At this time. There was a roar of cheers from the other side of the stage.
Originally. Deng Lijun walked off the stage while singing. Engage with your audience.
As a result, a female fan couldn't hold back her excitement, stepped forward and hugged Deng Lijun, and kissed her on the face, and the audience was in an uproar.
After Deng Lijun comforted the other party, she hurriedly walked back to the stage.
"This Miss Deng, who sings affectionately and gently like water, is already a top superstar in the East." Foster, who once released a French album, enjoyed Deng Lijun's performance with great interest.
"Basically." Tang Huan nodded, "But because of the economic foundation in Asia." Compared with the United States, there is still a long way to go, so in terms of commercial value, there is not as much money as the top stars in the United States. ”
"You are a businessman after all, you can't do without your old business in three sentences, and you can always turn your words around money." Foster scoffed.
"You're wrong, I'm an engineer first and foremost." Tang Huan corrected himself self-righteously.
At this time, the first half of the concert ended, and Wang Xuehong ran into the box to find water to drink.
, the daughter of the Wang family, is a die-hard fan of Deng Lijun. From the first stop of the North American tour, Lincoln Center, she began to follow the queen of songs, here in San Francisco. There is another little friend of Zhuang Menghua.
Originally, Deng Lijun's second North American tour only had three stops in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, but with Tang Huan's facilitation, it has now added Vancouver and Toronto in Canada, and London and Paris in Europe.
At first, Tang Huan's enthusiasm for the Chinese in Europe was not optimistic, thinking that it would be enough to sell a few hundred tickets in each of the two places, but the actual situation is much better, and so far, it has already exceeded 1,000.
In two more weekends, Deng Lijun will be able to complete the rest of the concert, and then officially return to Asia.
Seeing that his beloved woman could make a comeback in the face of adversity, how could Tang Huan not have a sense of accomplishment in his heart, which made Foster see the clues.
In addition, Christina, who was making a big fuss in England at this time, also made him feel this sense of accomplishment.
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When Tang Huan came to London, he got a copy of "TheGuardian", that is, the "Guardian" that exposed the American Prism Gate in his previous life.
Prior to the computerisation of the typographic system in 1988, the Guardian was nicknamed "TheGrauniad" by the British because of the frequent misspellings of the type, which ridiculed the Guardian for misspelling its own registration.
However, this edition does not have such a phenomenon, and it reports in detail how the treasure of Hawkson was unearthed in the courtyard of the country house that the female ship king was renovating.
Now the focus of the contradiction is that Christina plans to bring this batch of Roman gold coins of immeasurable value to Greece, and of course the British antiquities department does not agree, since you did not choose to excavate secretly, but asked us to guide the scene, you should realize that these extremely rare items cannot be disposed of by private individuals.
Christina, who was secretly protected by NATO countries, acted in an unusual manner, and offered an exchange condition without scruples, "If you want this batch of Roman gold coins, you can, then return the marble carvings of the Pardonon in Athens to us Greece." ”
The Pardnon, the temple of the Greek goddess Athena, was built in the 5th century BC and is the most important surviving building from the Greek era.
In 1806, Thomas of England? Bruce, the 7th Earl of Ergin, with the consent of the Ottoman Empire, removed some of the surviving statues and sold them to the British Museum in 1816.
Apparently, Christina's request was cleanly refused. Let's change the conditions, have you ever seen the meat in your mouth spit out?
In exchange, Christina did not drag her feet, and exchanged the picture of the female historian obtained when the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded Beijing in 1900.
The black line of the British official brain, they can see it, Christina, who is all over the sky, is not going to be good at all, but there must be a reason, after a cursory investigation, the preliminary speculation is that the "Sun" has made the female ship king unhappy. Because it is preparing to sue the newspaper for its unbridled words. Then we can only wait for the other party to extinguish the fire before further negotiations. But people have to keep an eye on it.
The above plans to deal with it coldly, but the public opinion below is even more lively, and they have followed up and reported, but in view of the experience of the "Sun", they did not dare to dig up any black history, if it was blocked like the "Sun", how could they get first-hand information.
Now Christina has two more groups of fans here in the UK. flattering media outlets, as well as wary antiquities officials.
The Moscow Olympics, which are already coming to an end, have completely disappeared from the daily conversation of the British, and in their place, Christina's luck.
God loves this woman too much, she has lived the life of a princess like brocade clothes and jade food since she was a child, and when she grew up, she inherited a huge family fortune, and now she has found a treasure in the courtyard of the holiday villa, how do you let others live?
More clever men hurried to the little village. I plan to follow the treasure hunt as well, and maybe I can have unexpected gains. As a result, aborigines like the original homeowners, the Rouse family, sold them for a lot of money by providing metal detectors on the spot.
In addition to the reaction of those who are unbalanced, other gossip lovers have noticed that the cultural relics in the quid pro quo proposed by Christina are from Greece and China respectively, which is too much.
Naturally, the media understands the preferences of readers and rushes to dig deeper.
As a result, it was the Guardian who got first-hand information, and according to Christina's housekeeper, she inadvertently revealed that the reason why the female boat king chose this country house was because of the guidance of the Oriental Feng Shui master.
The East is really mysterious, there is such a mysterious method, fortunately, the robbed colony Xiangjiang is still in hand, just enough to find some information about feng shui from there.
As a result, some Chinese with compasses gradually increased in Britain, and from time to time they flickered in the newspapers, especially Christina's country house, which was boasted as a classic feng shui treasure.
In fact, as the number of treasure hunters in the small village increased, Christina had grown tired of the hustle and bustle and was about to dispose of the dwelling, while some wealthy people who were curious about it became interested in the place.
Because Christina made a big fuss in England and caused the British media to revolve around her, Tang Huan, who didn't want to be involved, just made a phone call, and then flew to Moscow to attend the closing ceremony of this Olympic Games.
Samaranch, who succeeded Kilanen as the seventh president of the International Olympic Committee, will not be able to take the stage to deliver a speech in this capacity until the closing ceremony, and the meaning of congratulations at this time will be different.
When he heard Samaranch deliver the chairman's speech, praising the organizers of this Olympic Games as "the best ever", Tang Huan couldn't help but smile.
The praise of "the best ever" has almost become a tradition of Samaranch. The only time in his history was he not given such comments at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and the organizers were heavily criticized.
Due to the fact that several countries with strong sports strength, such as the United States, West Germany, Japan, and Canada, did not participate in the competition, the results of this Games were greatly reduced.
Among them, the Soviet Union won 80 gold medals, 69 silver medals, and 46 bronze medals, and rightfully ranked first; East Germany finished second with 47 gold, 37 silver and 42 bronze medals.
Because the two countries accounted for two-thirds of the total number of gold medals, those who already had a view had all the more reason to comment that "the gold medals at the Moscow Olympics will be devalued by 50 percent."
What is even more embarrassing is that due to the opposition of the United States, the closing ceremony did not raise the flag of the United States, the host of the next Olympic Games, and replaced it with the city flag of Los Angeles.
Tang Huan looked at the mascot that made a tearful effect, Misha the bear, and unconsciously thought of the current international political pattern with the upcoming battle over personal computer standards.
There is no interest to a certain extent, just blindly tyrannical and monopoly, obviously it doesn't work, if you are too independent, who wants to play with you.
After meeting Samaranch, Prince Fahd and other acquaintances, Tang Huan inspected the office that represented Xiaobawang game consoles and Fangyuan computers.
It was a short and capable organization, consisting of only a few people, but it worked well and was extremely efficient, and he was very satisfied.
There is no big umbrella for the Olympics. Tang Huan did not plan to stay in Moscow for long. After all, no one knew that the cloud would rain.
But before leaving. Did he give a special opinion to Nelly? Kim, it turned out that there was a faint slap mark on the other party's face.
"What's wrong with you?" As the boss, Tang Huan had to take the initiative to ask.
Nelly? Kim hesitated for a moment, and finally explained aggrievedly. It turned out that because she insisted on staying in Moscow, she had a serious disagreement with her coach husband, and the other party drank some Volga, and then there was a scene of beating his wife.
Tang Huan shook his head speechlessly, reached out and gently touched Neli? Kim's wounded cheek. The other party's body trembled a little, but he didn't dodge.
"If you have any difficulties, you can call me, or go directly to Paris, or even the United States." Tang Huan withdrew his hand, and after explaining, he hurried and got on the plane to Paris.
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Apple's Apple II has already opened up the market in Europe, especially in the Paris branch, where the managers are very competent. And then the performance was good.
Fangyuan computers, like Xiaobawang game consoles, have also begun to be sold in Europe. The specific operation personnel all belong to Christina's side, and it doesn't seem to be a violation of the gentleman's agreement between Tang Huan and Apple.
As a veteran in the industry, Tang Huan really spent some effort on this crony company that acts as an agent for Fangyuan Computer and Xiaobawang game consoles, and gave serious guidance, which can be regarded as helping Christina's business transformation.
After that, Tang Huan took the little Lori Graff, who had already completed all the formalities, and her grumpy father, and flew back to San Francisco directly from Paris.
Because of the commercial success of the four major leagues in the United States, the sports science here is very advanced, Tang Huan has hired nutrition experts and coaches to guide Graf, and her father's part-time coach status has been further diluted, and he has almost become a simple guardian.
In fact, at this stage of tennis, the professional model of forming a team and training only one tennis player has not yet appeared, which shows that Tang Huan has invested more money on Graf.
Deng Lijun had already rushed to Canada to perform at the fourth stop, but this time Tang Huan did not accompany him, because two things happened that caught his attention.
First, IBM, which has always been low-key and steady, even played a gimmick, revealing in a secretive and shy way that they are developing a new generation of personal computers, and it is progressing smoothly.
This immediately attracted widespread attention in the industry, and stakeholders discussed and reacted differently.
Some people worry that once IBM, a giant with a stock market value of tens of billions of dollars, squeezes into the personal computer market, it will mean the end for other manufacturers.
Some people dismiss that IBM should have been launched long ago if it had succeeded in developing a cheap PC that was popular in the market, and that their salespeople had little love for products under the $20,000 standard, or else MITS would not have been as dominant as it was a few years ago.
After Tang Huan learned the news, his initial reaction was to frown. I'm rubbing, this script doesn't seem to be the same as the routine in the original time and space. Butterfly wings are flapped so hard that analyzing the ripple effects is a waste of brain cells.
Just as he pondered what that meant, a second thing related to Apple happened.
Recently, Apple Inc. registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering.
To this end, Makula asked Tang Huan to come over for a meeting to discuss further matters.
Then, at the very meeting, there was a bloodless scene in which Kutch became the unquestioned manager of the Lisa project, and Jobs not only lost control of the computer named after his daughter, but was also dismissed as vice president of research and development. As compensation, he was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the Board.
In other words, from this moment on, Jobs no longer has real power in his hands, but only represents Apple's public image.
"Do you think I'm not up to the job of managing the Lisa project?" Jobs turned his face on the spot and asked loudly.
Tang Huan snorted in his heart, isn't this asking knowingly, just look at the looks of everyone present, you can understand, the failure of AppleIII, the psychological shadow caused to everyone is still there, and IBM jumped out at this time and said that he is developing the next generation of personal computers, as long as he is a person with normal thinking, he can feel the pressure of the mountain rain coming and the wind is full of buildings, and the Lisa project can no longer make mistakes.
"Steve, the most important thing for the company now is to go public, and as a public relations image, you have a heavy burden on your shoulders, so don't be distracted by other trivial matters." Macoola tried to persuade him.
Jobs thought for a while with a depressed face, and finally nodded in agreement.
Seeing this scene, Makula let out a sigh of relief and turned her head to look at Tang Huan, "Tang, you are also responsible for public relations." ”
"Of course I am willing to help." Tang Huan nodded solemnly.
"There's no need to be so troublesome, I'll be able to handle it alone." Jobs sneered, "I know what you're afraid of, isn't it the smoke bomb that IBM threw out that is developing a new generation of personal computers, even if it's true, you wait to see what I do." ”
Makula quietly handed Tang Huan a look, which meant that now Jobs's mood has not stabilized, don't meet with him, or follow the schedule that has been discussed.
Tang Huan bowed slightly, and said in his heart that if his brother was really as knowledgeable as Jobs, he would have raised his fist a long time ago.
After the meeting, I returned to Zheru's office, and some documents were telegraphed from Xiangjiang, Tang Huan picked them up and looked at them, some of them were about DreamWorks, the TV series "The King of a Thousand Kings" and the movie "Applause" had been completed, Hu Yinmeng asked him if he came to Xiangjiang to inspect it.
Let's go over and evaluate it, but before that, according to the usual practice, Tang Huan has to sort out the affairs of the United States again.
But within two days, the means that Jobs said at the meeting were unveiled, which made Tang Huan stunned. (To be continued......)