In order of disaster, the fire, which was caused by the overheating of the freezer wires and ignition of the surrounding combustibles, was the second largest firefighting accident tragedy in the United States after World War II, after the 119 deaths and 87 deaths caused by the fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta on December 7, 1946, most of them because of excessive toxic fumes, and 700 people were injured, including Zheru's engineers.

The sensation and reflection brought about by this accident is obvious, and it is obvious that it has directly hit the tourism industry in Las Vegas, and the United States has begun to formulate stricter fire regulations.

Of course, the responsibility for the accident must be investigated, and Kirk is the first to bear the brunt? The MGM Grand Hotel in Coklein.

At the time of the initial construction, the investment of the MGM Grand Hotel was 106 million US dollars, known as 26 floors, because there were no 3, 4, 13 floors, so in fact there were only 23 floors, with more than 2,000 rooms, and a casino of more than 6,000 square meters was opened on the first floor and the basement floor.

At the time of the fire, there were as many as 3,400 registered guests alone, and more than 5,000 people in total, including gamblers and various staff, so you can imagine the level of chaos.

Most of them fled the fire on their own, but those trapped on the upper floors had to endure the deadly threat of smoke, waiting for fire ladders and helicopters to rescue them, and even a woman jumped to her death because she couldn't stand the smoke.

Originally, the fire was followed by a protracted legal battle. MGM Grand was accused of designing, constructing, and using the hotel. There were as many as 83 violations of building safety codes. 118 defendant companies, with a total of 1,327 lawsuits.

All of the companies involved raised $223 million to set up a compensation fund to provide compensation to those killed and injured, and MGM Grand, as the main party responsible for the accident, paid $105 million in damages.

In a word, Kirk? Coklein, a wealthy man, is in trouble. It's a big deal.

The impact of this accident on Zheru is that the business of some database products represented by the hotel information management system in the Las Vegas hotel industry, due to the industry depression caused by the damage to the image of tourism safety caused by the change of customer mentality - continue to be enthusiastic or lose interest, it is still unknown.

Fortunately, Las Vegas hotels are just famous, not unique, and there are so many cities waiting to be explored.

The fire has received widespread media attention in the United States and around the world, and it is only natural that people in Silicon Valley have seen some reports on this aspect to some extent, and because their colleagues are witnesses. Zheru's employees are more empathetic to the relevant news.

On behalf of Tang Huanhe and the company, Chambers made a special trip to Las Vegas to visit the engineers. They were not seriously injured and were fine, but they still had some lingering palpitations.

For Tang Huan's various measures to strengthen the company's cohesion and network popularity, Chambers has seen the power with empathy in the process of implementation.

As the largest provider of microcomputer software, Zheru has gradually become the main target of peer poaching.

For example, Microsoft's Gates, every time he visits, his harmless appearance can't hide his pursuit of some genius programmers**.

WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE DATABASE EBase, companies outside the PC industry have begun to look for talent in this area, such as Oracle, which is also located in Silicon Valley, and even HP.

But so far, Zheru has not had a series of job-hopping incidents, and the personnel in key positions continue to work hard steadily, so that competitors can only stand aside and sigh regretfully.

The accident of the fire, although the knowledge of a small probability event, but the psychological impact on people is great, Zheru has a large number of engineers on business trips, to provide customers with consulting, maintenance, support and other services, no one dares to guarantee that they will not encounter emergencies, then by providing an additional commercial insurance, undoubtedly more able to win the cohesion of the people.

But the problem is that whether the boss can agree to this unnecessary expense is really unpredictable, and Chambers can only find a private opportunity to test it.

After Tang Huan understood the reason, he laughed loudly, "You are exquisite, you can think of the way of management from such an accident, I am not so short-sighted, I naturally hope that the company will develop in the long run, there is no reason not to agree, you are responsible for arranging specific matters." ”

Tang Huan's happiness surprised Chambers and moved him very much, this boss is really ambitious.

How did he know that Tang Huan had seen large companies in Silicon Valley provide more exaggerated benefits for employees in the original time and space, and even pets would be covered, so it was no surprise for a long time.

What's more, Zheru's current financial situation is very relaxed, and his huge cash flow has been lying quietly in his bank account, ready to deal with all kinds of unexpected market risks, or eliminate a new company that suddenly seized the market opportunity through acquisitions, and has great luck but has not appeared in the original time and space.

Chambers Employee Plus Insurance Plan is not worth the expense. Besides, the insurance orders of thousands of people will definitely attract insurance companies to rush them.

Affirmation from Tang Huan, Chambers gladly accepted the order to operate this matter, and Tang Huan was concerned about the upcoming Christmas sales season. As an electronic consumer product, Xiaobawang game console and Xiaobawang palm treasure are the focus of promotion, especially the latter, just in COMDEX retail plus orders, tens of thousands of units are sold, hardware and software are their own, even if small profits and quick turnover, the income is also considerable.

In addition, Tang Huan set up a typical second-generation Fangyuan computer open hardware platform collaborators, Seagate and 3COM, after all, are external independent companies, in the early stage of cooperation, the run-in mechanism needs to be continuously improved, Tang Huan must keep an eye on.

With the support of Seagate and 3COM, the industry will inevitably yearn for the platform of the second-generation Fangyuan computer.

This is similar to the appeal of Intel and Microsoft decades later in the previous life. It doesn't happen overnight. It can only be through step-by-step cultivation and accumulation. can be built gradually.

However, compared to Seagate, which was relatively happy to cede 20 percent of its shares, 3COM's board of directors has been arguing.

For this, Robert? Metcalfe's nose is almost crooked, these guys let him increase the assets of 3COM to $60 million in a few years, but after he found a very powerful collaborator, he was unknowingly worried about luring the wolf into the house, and you found a guy from Hewlett-Packard to be the CEO. How do you have to divide the rights of me, the founder?

Hear Robert? After Metcalfe complained in his heart, Tang Huan was also very dissatisfied, and said that you East Coast investors are also called venture capital? Compared with their peers in Silicon Valley, it is inevitably too far behind, according to your thinking, it will have to be the development route in the original time and space, waiting for IBM-PC to become popular, and then sticking it to Harpy like a dog, currying favor with IBM, which pushes the Token Ring Network.

If it wasn't for Robert? Metcalfe and the name of Ethernet. Tang Huan really didn't bother to pay attention to the currently unknown 3COM.

So, Tang Huan decided. Take a trip to 3COM's headquarters in Marlborough, Massachusetts, in the eastern United States, and meet these tough guys for a while.

If some of the interests are not ceded, how can the two sides have a strong alliance relationship, this unspoken rule cannot be seen through.

It's a pity that Tang Huan, who is disdainful in his heart, still can't get out of his body, and I don't know if it's the harvest season, and all kinds of achievements are coming, and he can't let his subordinates accept it on his behalf.

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On December 1, 1980, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the world that the first case of AIDS infection had been detected and confirmed, more than seven months earlier than June 6, 1981.

Since then, humanity has waged a long battle against the number one infectious disease.

Compared with the early days when AIDS was announced in the original time and space, the medical community did not know much about it, and there was no cure, so the infected had to be tortured to death.

In this time and space, the HIV laboratory funded by the Shennong Fund has effectively disclosed the preliminary research results of this type of virus.

Therefore, although the public is not aware of the dangers of AIDS at this stage, the medical community has been shaken.

HIV Lab Director Robert ? Gallo published a related paper in Science, one of the most authoritative academic journals, which attracted great attention from his peers.

The biggest difference between the two time and space in AIDS and HIV research is that with Tang Huan's intervention, AIDS was not only discovered in advance, but also basically determined that the cause was HIV.

Of course, the patient who provided the virus sample has unfortunately passed away, and there is no medicine to control the disease.

Originally, the research results came to an end, and it had little to do with Tang Huan, he had already instructed that the matter should be handled according to the process and that he would not participate, but the White House sent an invitation, and President Carter attached great importance to AIDS, hoping that the Shennong Fund and the HIV laboratory could report it in person.

Tang Huan, who was busy in Silicon Valley, couldn't help but scratch his head after hearing the news, it seems that in the original time and space, AIDS was not really taken seriously by the official at the beginning.

However, on the way from Cupertino to San Francisco, Tang Huan roughly figured out what the trick was.

There is still more than a month to go, and Carter, who lost the election, should step down as president, and it is estimated that he has nothing to do and nothing else to ask for, because he wants to leave more political legacy, and anyway, someone will clean up the next mess.

If his successor, Reagan, had made some achievements in this regard, it would have been a continuation of Carter's wisdom and prowess, and if he had not handled it effectively, it would have been even more prescient for Carter.

To some extent, this also shows that Carter is a little unconvinced by his defeat in the election campaign, and the improper handling of the Iranian hostage crisis has really hurt his reputation.

Indeed, since the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war in September, Iran has become increasingly hopeful that the hostage crisis can be resolved.

Shortly after the results of Reagan's victory and Carter's defeat were announced in November's election, the Carter administration's Algerian diplomat Abdulkarim Ghuraib, also known as Abdul Kalim? With the help of intermediaries such as Fleiber, negotiations with Iran began.

In exchange for the release of the hostages, the United States agreed to unfreeze $8 billion in assets that had been frozen. and pledged not to prosecute Iran on the matter.

And before that in October. Carter doesn't seem to be doing anything about it.

In the original time and space. There are unconfirmed rumors that it was the illegal deal between Iran and the Reagan Staff Corps that led to the delay in the release of the hostages.

Because the latter very much does not want to see the "October surprise", that is, before the start of the November election, there will be an event that will cause a large flow of votes to Carter, such as the release of hostages.

As a result, on January 20, 1981, a few minutes after Reagan's presidential inauguration, all the hostages were released. And handed over to the American side, and then the men immediately flew to the US Air Force base in Frankfurt, West Germany.

Former President Jimmy Carter, in his capacity as a special envoy of current President Reagan, received them there. After a physical health check-up and debriefing of the incident, everyone flew back to Washington and was greeted heroically.

It can be said that the situation has developed so well that it is difficult not to think about it.

"These people, black opponents, all of them are thieves and thieves." Tang Huan shook his head.

However, it is not so easy to be used for nothing. If you have the opportunity to take a ride, you can't miss it.

Thereupon. In addition to Tang Huan and Robert? In addition to Gallo, he also brought five second-generation Fangyuan computers, planning to find an opportunity to sell them.

Robert? Gallo has a clear understanding of the reasons why he was able to achieve his academic achievements in history, and he is naturally grateful to Tang Huan.

When the two first set up an HIV laboratory, they communicated a few times in a businesslike manner, and they had a good impression, but they were not yet personal friends, and this time they flew to Washington together, but they had the opportunity to get closer together.

So, they had a tacit understanding, and they didn't talk too much about business, but talked about some content from all over the world, and even private matters, such as, Robert? Gallo mentioned that he chose medicine as a career because his sister was killed early by leukemia.

Tang Huan bowed slightly, they are all people with stories, this guy was in the original time and space, because the virus specimen used came from Luc, France? The Montanier group, and missed the Nobel Prize in Medicine, the rights and wrongs of it, are really hard to say.

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In the gap between being arranged by the White House staff to meet with the president, Tang Huan helped the five second-generation Fangyuan computers that he brought to pass the inspection to find a place to go.

One was given to Carter, and the rest was given to a special group, the White House Correspondents' Association, which was stationed in the White House to cover the president's press corps.

The word processing software WordEasy bundled with the second-generation Fangyuan computer has been very complete at present.

When Tang Huanyun helped a reporter finish typing a manuscript and printed it out, looking at the exquisite typesetting, the other party's eyes were straight, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked with difficulty: "As long as this manuscript is stored on the disk, can I revise it at any time in the future?" ”

"Of course." Tang Huan gently placed the disk in his hand, "However, this kind of disk needs to be taken care of with the usual care." ”

"I want to buy one, how can I contact your company." The reporter asked.

"There are phone numbers on the boxes and instruction manuals, so you can contact them directly, and we also have a branch on the East Coast." Tang Huan patiently pointed.

At this time, Carter appeared, and his relaxed mood can be indirectly seen from his attitude towards the White House correspondent.

"Don, is this your other big tech product?" Carter, who was smiling, asked casually, and without waiting for Tang Huan to answer, continued: "The video game console you gave last time was really good. ”

"Thank you, Mr. President, for the compliment." Tang Huan politely said, and then pretended to be surprised to look at Carter, who was sitting directly in front of the computer and typing, and exclaimed, "I didn't expect that Mr. President is also a technical master who is familiar with computers." ”

"Of course, when I was younger, I used to do research." Carter, who looked smug on his face, looked at an aunt in her sixtieth year and quipped, "Helen? Thomas, what do you see on the screen? ”

It turned out that just now Carter typed the other party's name with the keyboard - Helen Thomas.

The president couldn't wait to show off his mastery of the new computer, demonstrate its features, and look at Helen? Thomas grinned, "Look at it now, I can even delete you." ”

As he spoke, Carter pressed the keyboard, "HelenThomas," and the letters disappeared from the screen one by one.

For this joke made by the president, the party Helen? Thomas and the other reporters just smiled politely.

Why did Carter take Helen? Thomas is a reporter who jokes because the members of the White House press corps are not simple, they can ask the president all kinds of sharp questions, even if the president can't get off the stage on the spot, and Helen? Thomas is one of them.

There is only one seat in the White House press center with the reporter's name inscribed, which is the center of the first row, Helen? Thomas's exclusive seat shows how special her status is.

In January 1961, after Kennedy was sworn in, Helen? Thomas began participating in the White House presidential press conference.

She asked Kennedy for the right to attend the White House press conference, becoming the first female journalist to attend the dinner and the first woman to be accepted into the White House press corps.

10 years later, Helen? Thomas became the chief correspondent of the White House press corps and later the head of the White House press corps.

In 1972, when Nixon visited China, Helen? Thomas was the only woman in his entourage.

In the original plane, Helen? Thomas is the oldest member of the White House press corps, having worked until the 2000s.

In 2003, Helen? Thomas pointed out that George W. Bush is "the worst president in history and the worst president in the history of the United States," and directly asked George W. Bush why he started the Iraq War.

This makes Helen? Thomas was once boycotted by the White House from asking questions of the president.

Helen? Thomas is the author of five books, and her fourth published book is WatchdogsofDemocracy? TheWaningWashingtonPressCorpsandHowItHasFailedthePublic. The Decline of the Washington Press Corps and How It Lost Its Credibility to the People".

It is not difficult to see from this that Helen? What a fierce sister and big female journalist Thomas was, she asked nine U.S. presidents during her tenure, and they all had a lot of questions about Helen? Thomas's sharp questions are feared, even fearful.

This also shows from another side that the president of the United States is just a position, and after leaving office, he has to return to normal life.

Therefore, when the matter of AIDS was talked about, in the following private meeting, Tang Huan boldly issued an invitation, "After Mr. President leaves office, it is better to come to Shennong Fund as an independent director and continue to exert your influence in environmental protection, medical care, education and so on." ”

In the original plane, Bill? Gates and Melinda? The Gates funded the establishment of the world's largest philanthropic foundation, the Bill &MelindaGatesFoundation. The Gates Foundation, whose influence is so great that the World Health Organization thinks it has diminished its policy-making capacity.

The Shennong Fund, which currently has assets of nearly one billion US dollars, although it is not as deep-rooted as the foundations owned by old families such as Rockefeller, should also be worthy of Carter's identity, which can be seen from the other party's contemplation. (To be continued......)