Chapter 874: The Invisible Hand

On December 9, the U.S. Congress passed the "1991 High Performance Computing Act" drafted by Congressman Al Gore, and at the same time allocated 600 million US dollars to the National Research and Education Network of the United States.

On December 19, Al Gore directly referred to the US National Research and Education Network as an "information superhighway" through the "Christian Science Monitor"-he hoped that it would become a catalyst for the establishment of a fiber optic network across the United States.

In fact, Tang Huan’s speech from the business circle and Al Gore’s bill from the political circle are only part of the vigorous Internet movement, such as the design of the tcp/ip protocol and the Internet infrastructure, which are collectively called "Internet". "Father" Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf, etc., also issued voices of promotion from the academic circles.

The promulgation of the "High Performance Computing Act of 1991" has triggered the adjustment of the policy level of the US National Information Infrastructure Construction Plan, namely nii.

Specifically, this huge plan to build a national information network will not only involve cameras, scanners, keyboards, telephones, fax machines, computers, switches, CDs, video and audio tapes, cables, satellites, optical fibers, microwave networks, televisions, etc. Visible and tangible hardware products such as computers, monitors, printers, etc., as well as software systems that provide various services such as databases and device interoperability.

In other words, Nii, starting from the national level, has created a gluttonous feast for the IT industry, just like before the end of the Cold War, military enterprises enjoyed the preferential benefits of state investment.

Having said that, in today's world, only the United States has the financial resources, talents, and enough space to play this high-end game.

The reason why Tang Huan is so enthusiastic about the Internet is not only the motivation to chase wealth that anyone can guess at random, but more importantly, the power hidden in the Internet that can affect the entire world—when all When people rely heavily on the Internet like water and air, it means that the Internet has kidnapped everyone. This is an invisible authoritative hand newly developed by human society, and of course it is also an ultimate pursuit of the new superiors.

In this atmosphere of heated discussions about the Internet, Mr. Richest Man, who has always been positive, suggested again that the National Science Foundation of the United States will turn it into a commercial one.

This round of lobbying became even more powerful, and Gein had an extra excuse, which was Tang Huan's law, which was about the value of the network, when Tang Huan gave a speech at the comdex summit forum. The greater the value.

It is no exaggeration to say that in a short period of time, Down's Law of Internet development has been thoroughly discussed and thoroughly researched, and has become a recognized industry development guideline comparable to Moore's Law, and has been cited by countless people.

However, it will take time to convert to commercial use. Because the U.S. government also wants to control the Internet, it needs a buffer time to develop encryption algorithms, security chips and other special things. Fortunately, the American people have a tradition of distrusting the government and are extremely disgusted with it. It is foreseeable that this reason for delay will soon be drowned in saliva.

Tang Huan understood that such matters cannot be rushed. It was necessary to follow the procedures step by step. Fortunately, with the concept of the Internet booming, the opportunity for AOL's IPO was almost ripe, and it was worth the fare, worthy of my patience.

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One of the functions of the Internet is to connect people into unified virtual communities across traditional constraints such as geographic location. While the United States was discussing the Internet with great interest, Europe on the other side of the Atlantic has also taken a very important step on the road to unification.

From December 9th to 10th, the 46th European Community Summit was held in Maastricht, the Netherlands. After two days of debate, the "Political Union Treaty" and the "European Economic and Treaty on Monetary Union, collectively known as the Treaty on European Union, also known as the Treaty of Maastricht.

This treaty is a revision of the 1957 Treaty of Rome,

Established goals and steps for the European Community to establish a political union and an economic and monetary union.

Among them, the "Political Union Treaty" was first proposed in April 1990 by French President François Mitterrand and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The goal is: to implement common diplomacy and defense Policies; further expand the powers of the European Community's supranational institutions; expand the powers of the European Parliament, making it a partial authority from the original advisory and supervisory body.

The richest man has no interest in this treaty. What he really cares about is the Treaty on European Economic and Monetary Union, which will be officially signed by the 12 foreign ministers and finance ministers of the European Community on February 7, 1992.

The treaty stipulates: within the European Community, that is, the future EU, to realize the free circulation of capital, to truly unify the market, and to perfectly coordinate economic policies; its ultimate goal is to establish the European Central Bank , implement a single currency.

Since unification is pursued, there must be a lot of common standards - all member states of the European Community need to achieve an inflation rate of less than 5% and a fiscal deficit of no more than 3% of the gross national product before the specified deadline. The requirement that the public debt does not exceed 60 percent of the gross national product,

"As expected." The richest man muttered, closed the file with a snap, handed it to the assistant beside him, and walked into the supercomputer center.

After finding the little cousin Meng Jing who was busy with her head down, Tang Huan asked with a smile, "How is it? Have you sorted out the results of the calculation?"

"It's almost there." Meng Jing complained: "Everyone else has gone to Christmas, so you know how to exploit me."

Tang Huan jokingly comforted him: "After you follow this project from beginning to end, you will have real talents worthy of the title of master's degree."

Meng Jing rolled her eyes, "According to your prediction, wouldn't I have to work as a coolie for nearly a year?"

"When you see the gains, you won't be so sad." Tang Huan stretched out his hand, "Show me the sterling report first."

After the rise of the Fangyuan supercomputer, Tang Huan's financial model also came into play. It is like a spreadsheet software running on a personal computer, statistics and analysis of data, and can even go further by changing environmental variables and changing different input items to predict output results.

"Britain's pride and entanglement are vividly and vividly reflected in the pound," Meng Jing solemnly expressed her opinion.

"Little girl is right, wait to receive the reward." After Tang Huan finished his praise, he put down the materials and lightly ordered, "Give me a copy of this report every half a month. anywhere."

"Of order." Meng Jing raised her hand in a playful salute.

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The richest man has always emphasized the antelope's horns and no traces in the way of speculation, because the invisible hand uses it frankly, but it is also very easy to attract backlash.

During the end of the year and the beginning of the year for the next stage of planning, Tang Huan inadvertently discovered that the invisible hand that seemed to be able to influence the US election had moved.

On Christmas Eve, Warner Bros. released a film directed by two-time Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone - "Killing JFK," based on Jim Garrison's novel "Stalker" and Jim Marshall. His novel "The Dilemma: The Plot to Kill Kennedy" describes the New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison's investigation into the Kennedy assassination and the facts that were discovered later.

Oliver Stone has continued to produce excellent works in recent years. Films such as "Platoon", "Wall Street", and "Born on the Fourth of July" can be said to have gained both fame and fortune, so Warner trusted him with $40 million; in turn, Oliver In order to make this investment look worthwhile, Stone hired "Dances with Wolves" director and star Kevin Costner to play the leading role - New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison.

It is conceivable that it is not so easy to bring such a sensitive subject as "Assassination of Kennedy" to the big screen.

After the first draft of the script came out, "Killing Kennedy" was severely criticized by George Lardner, the national security correspondent of the "HSD Post", and has been involved in a fierce debate since then.

After "Assassination of Kennedy" was released, many major American newspapers wrote editorials, criticizing Oliver Stone in harsh terms for blasphemy and disrespect for historical facts, as well as his criticism of Lyndon Johnson, who was then vice president and later succeeded as president, Also accused of participating in the conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy.

For example, Bernard Venlo of the "New York Times" sang badly that if Warner could make "Assassination of Kennedy" go far, it would be a miracle in Hollywood; he also called on Warner to do self-criticism in the article.

As another example, Vincent Canby of the newspaper, writing a review of the film itself, criticized: "Oliver Stone's style of filmmaking is very casual, with many very short, frequent , incomprehensible, shot after shot, with background music, noise, dialogue, and more noise, more dialogue, like a sandwich."

Some media even directly issued an article "resist the facts fabricated by Oliver Stone" to attack "Assassination of Kennedy".

Of course, there are also people in the media who appreciate "Assassination of Kennedy", such as Pat Dowell, a senior film critic of "hsd Magazine", but when submitting the review, he was rejected by the editor-in-chief John Rimbert for the reason Not wanting to see positive reviews of the film, he and other magazine editors agreed that the film was ridiculous; for this reason, Pat Dowell resigned immediately.

Compared with this, Roger Liebert, who has a higher reputation, can make a sound. He expressed his appreciation for "Killing Kennedy" in the "Chicago Sun-Times", "The achievement of this film is not that it solves the mystery of Kennedy's assassination, but that it is trying to awaken the past that has gradually disappeared in people's hearts since 1963." national spirit."

As a director, Oliver Stone is naturally under great personal pressure. He even received a death threat letter after being interviewed on TV.

To sort out the criticism of "Killing Kennedy", it mainly focuses on two aspects-whether the description of New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison is accurate, and in the adapted historical expansion film, artificially mixed fragments are added.

In response to these criticisms, Oliver Stone wrote a 593-page book - "Killing JFK – The Book About the Film", which includes full notes on the script, plus 97 additional entries from support and criticism reviewers, and 340 research records.

In this overwhelming controversy, Warner's support for "Assassination of Kennedy" can be described as "hard support", only saying that because the film is too long, up to three hours, the number of screenings will inevitably be affected .

The richest man who watched coldly, while listening to the work report of his subordinates, inquired about the relevant details by the way-Warner invested 15 million dollars in the marketing of "Assassination of Kennedy"; and this movie was released in the first week, Tied with Beauty and the Beast at No. 5 at the U.S. box office, it also had a real breakout until the first week of January 1992, a slow-rising $50 million worldwide while positive reviews were on the rise. Trending, it was even nominated for 8 Academy Awards.

In Tang Huan's view, regardless of how many conspiracies there were in the Kennedy assassination incident, as far as the film itself is concerned, Oliver Stone's directorial skills are unquestionable. Dead kung fu is not enough, otherwise, it would not be able to attract the audience to sit in the cinema for such a long time.

However, having said that, no matter how talented Oliver Stone is, without financial support, the film cannot be made; without the invisible hand with greater energy to lift it up, the film must be drowned in saliva as soon as it is released.

Just as on December 25, 1991, Soviet President Gehrbachev announced his resignation and handed over state power to Russian President Karma Chin. At 9:38 on the same day, the Soviet flag slowly lowered over the Kremlin and was replaced by the Russian flag. There is a step-by-step procedure here, and if there is no trick, who would believe it.

Anyway, after watching the movie "Assassination of Kennedy", Mr. Richest Man has a psychological shadow about going to Texas, the stronghold of the Republican Party, but "Silicon Hill", which echoes California's "Silicon Valley", is located in Its capital city, Austin, cannot be visited several times a year.

Thinking back to the arrogance of the Bush family's control over this year's election, Tang Huan couldn't help shaking his head and smiling—it's just the beginning of the good show.

At this time, a call came from Asia Xiangjiang, which made him frown.