Chapter 377: Time is like water
Genius remembers in a second [Aishang Novel Network biquge.info] to provide you with wonderful novels to read.
Time flies, and more than half of the 6o years have passed at once.
After returning to the United States from Vietnam, Alex never left the country.
Even though he once thought about traveling around the world with Brigit, because Brigitte's career was in full swing, he was reluctant to miss the opportunity, which affected their plans.
In the past few years, Alex has wielded his influence to the maximum, not only has a very far-reaching impact on entertainment, technology, economy, politics, etc., but also interferes in the international situation in the world.
The impact of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States is very huge, the Chinese population is large and the labor is cheap, and under the deliberate guidance of the country's leaders, American investment and technology quickly entered and developed in this land.
Since it was not affected by the turmoil of the decade, China's economic foundation at this time was quite good, and with the injection of foreign technology and capital, its spread was no worse than that of its neighbor Japan. A large number of cheap products flocked out, and soon occupied the market for low-end products, making a huge contribution to the world economy.
As for Alex's impact on technology, it's even more terrifying. Since Alex stopped focusing on one area, he has invested in some science and technology that interests him, and has become a number of small companies. In order to find a place to accommodate these small companies, he also bought a large piece of land near Seattle's Silicon Valley and established the Ark Science Park.
This science and technology park is a bit similar to the incubation base of technology companies in later generations, in normal times. He will not pay attention to these companies, but will only send people to monitor the use of funds and the progress of research. When these companies are about to achieve results, they will further invest more money to bring new products to the market.
Under his approach, all kinds of unexpected technological products soon appeared. There are some things that even Alex himself has never seen. In fact, at first, he only provided a little money and guidance, and the rest relied on those people to do their own research, but in the end, he was able to give surprising results.
In fact, this is normal, because of the exhibition of technology. It's like a snowball. The bigger it rolls, the faster it rolls.
Under the guidance of Alex's vision of the times, the Carpenter family's company has been flying like a fly, and it has been particularly affected by the computer field, electronic appliances, rocket and aviation fields, satellite technology, and so on. From the perspective of the Hereafter. The level of technology in this era can almost be compared with that of the 90s.
In particular, the Internet, which Alex is very concerned about, has been exhibiting the fastest. It was like a big bang. It appeared in front of everyone at once, completely changing people's lives.
Because the interests involved in the Internet are too wide, and the pie of this market is getting bigger and bigger. It makes many people very greedy to watch. Even the attitude of the Venerable is not exempt from vulgarity, and they are also very excited in the face of this situation, even if Alex is their partner, it is impossible to swallow the whole big cake alone.
Today, the "Internet" is privately owned, not a public resource, as was the case in later generations, and no one can claim sole ownership of the Internet. But because of this, after a few years of Internet exhibition, there were some obstacles, because no one else wanted to sit back and watch the Carpenter family dominate the entire network.
So Alex simply came to share the benefits and let other masters also participate in the development of the Internet, but he insisted on leading the direction of the development and not letting others mess up his plan. At this point, those people are completely indisputable.
After several years of negotiation and debate, the ownership of the Internet was finally separated from the Ark Group, and a "Skynet Company" was formed. Among them, the Ark Group has invested 51% of the shares with the current ownership of the "Internet", and the other family consortiums have invested a total of hundreds of billions of US dollars, accounting for 49% of the shares.
This is a very large amount of money, although in the eyes of outsiders, up to hundreds of billions of dollars is very staggering, but in Alex's opinion, he is a little reluctant to sell the shares. Because in the future, any Internet company can have a market value of 100 billion, if it is really calculated according to that, he will lose a lot.
But fortunately, with the cooperation of all the "people", the obstacles of the Internet exhibition have finally been removed, and it has entered various countries very smoothly and grown. Skynet is only responsible for providing technology and personnel support, and as for the funds and whatever, it is up to the countries to prepare, after all, the influence of those people is not a joke.
According to Alex's estimates, in another five or six years at most, Internet technology will be truly rolled out. By that time, at least it will be the same as it was in the late 90s, but it will definitely be faster in terms of networking, because Alex is a strong supporter of fiber optic networks, and coaxial cables are absolutely not needed where fiber can be used.
In addition, the Carpenter family is also invincible in television broadcasting and film entertainment, and ABC TV has become the leader of the three major television stations in the United States, with the largest radio network and the most resourceful programming group.
Some of the best shows and series are American Idol, Survivor, Star Trek, Forensic Records, and many more.
All kinds of wonderful variety shows, highly rated TV dramas and news programs with a wide audience were born on ABC TV, if it were not for the existence of the anti-monopoly law, ABC TV might one day swallow up the other two national TV stations.
In terms of films, DreamWorks still dominates Hollywood, becoming the world's largest and most profitable film company. Its actors, directors, and agents are all over the world, and as long as they are slightly famous filmmakers, they will try their best to squeeze into this company, even if it is gilded, it is a good choice.
During this time, DreamWorks' "Planet of the Apes", "Red Dawn", "Red Alert", "Star Wars", "Red Dead Redemption", "2oo1: A Space Odyssey" and other films were very popular, and once caused a trend of filming huge science fiction films in Hollywood, and even broke the unwritten rules, so that science fiction films won many Oscars.
On top of that, the Carpenter siblings are still on the rise, and their influence in the music industry is growing day by day, and they are almost a legendary group. In this music group, Alex has rarely appeared for a long time, but he has not announced his retirement from the music scene.
However, from time to time, he would give Richard and Cullen some advice and guidance, so that they could grow up and go their own creative paths.
At this point, Richard? Carpenter is not only a popular singer, he is also a famous composer, music producer, movie star, etc. Under Alex's guidance, he wrote many popular songs, such as "Yesterday Repeats", "Top of the World", "Please Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman", "C1O Color-to-Seduction" and other songs.
As for the younger sister of the two of them, the lovely and beautiful Karen? Carpenter, under everyone's attention, has grown up healthy and happy. She did not suffer from anorexia as she did in history, but looked a little chubby due to gluttony, but she was still a young and beautiful girl, and she was very popular with fans and fans.
The young Cullen took "Yesterday Again" to a very high level, much better than the historical version. Let Alex see this new version of "Yesterday Reappears", and immediately feel that everything he has done since his rebirth has been rewarded.
In addition to this, Alex has had the greatest influence on this world, on the other side of the globe, the great red country of the Soviet Union! His "Equatorial Ring" program, as well as its accompanying space station design, has given the country's astronauts new perspectives and ideas.
In 1961, the Soviet Union suddenly announced that it would build a permanent space station in outer space. The space station is named "Mir Space Station" and will consist of several parts. At first, it could only accommodate 3 astronauts at a time, but the eventual goal was to expand to accommodate 1oo astronauts living on it.
In the beginning, the Mir space station only had a core module, followed by several rocket launches, and soon the rest of the parts were also assembled. Until 1965, the space station had six regular in-orbit formations, namely the core module, the quantum 1 astrophysics module, the quantum 2 airlock module, the crystal real yàn module, the spectrum remote sensing module and the nature earth observation module.
Once again, the Soviets went ahead of the Americans, and with their rising national power at the time, they did what none of the capitalist countries could do. In particular, Alex's concept of a space station is indeed more in line with the technology show, and the economic return is also very large.
Through the Guò Peace Space Station, many physical techniques have been further developed, and the study of living things has also been greatly improved. Many high-yielding seeds are produced from space, allowing people to see huge economic benefits.
But this was not the goal of the Soviet Union, their goal was to finally conquer space and land on the moon. The spokesman of the Soviet space agency declared: "Before 1969, the Soviets will set foot on the moon!" ”
This moon landing program is obviously aimed at NASA of the United States, because according to the plan of the Americans, it must be on the moon in 1969! At this time, the Soviet Union said that they would land on the moon before this year, which was simply a slap in the face to the United States, and it also showed very strong confidence.
The Soviets shocked the world with their ambitions, and they succeeded in drawing everyone's attention to the moon above their heads, asking for details about the Soviet program's lunar landings. The Americans were also stunned, and they strongly demanded that the government quickly formulate a plan to go to the moon before the Soviets. (To be continued......)
ps: Otaku cat Kavin! It's painful, but it's okay now!