Chapter 939 One Dollar and One Billion

Athena, who had just beaten her brothers to pieces, shook her tennis racket and challenged with a smile: "Dad, let's play a game."

As the only "flower" in the Tang family, Athena's popularity can be imagined - the richest man took off his leather shoes and went straight to the stage without saying a word.

Athena would definitely not be as cruel as she was with her brothers just now, she just hit a few times for fun.

Amid the laughter, Athena boasted: "Dad, at my level, I will be able to play professional games in a few years."

The richest man was amused, "Leave me alone, your mother's consent counts."

Tang Huan's fused elite essence, after being passed on to his children, is naturally extremely high in talent; and when it comes to Athena, he has an extra talent like a flight attendant.

The little girl from a few years ago, still wearing baby fat, is now very slim.

No matter how tough the ship queen Christina is, she is no different from ordinary people in terms of being a parent, so she will inevitably fall into the cliché - the failures I have experienced, I must not let my children experience it again; .

Therefore, the ship queen Christina has higher expectations for her only daughter than her three sons.

In this case, tennis, equestrian, sailing and other sports, as a hobby, is not the slightest problem; but if you want to become a profession, it is definitely not possible.

During the exchange of serves, Tang Huan pointed out to his daughter, "Your sports talent is at most the same as those of the European royal family members. You can show it occasionally in events such as the Olympics."

Athena smiled innocently: "As long as there is a chance to show your skills."

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After having fun with the children on the playground for a while, Tang Huan went to wash up and prepare to eat together.

Although there are many rooms in Chang'an City for the owner's house, Mr. Richest Man has no intention of arranging all the women together. Gein's doing so is purely asking for trouble.

The real significance of Chang'an City is not to provide an additional comfortable home, but to give the Tang family a spiritual totem; as for the development into a national historical landmark like Rockefeller Center, it will take time to accumulate - Tang Huan will basically Don't think about it.

If after a hundred years from Mr. Richest Man, the descendants are unable to live up to expectations, unable to bear the high inheritance tax, or unable to pay the annual property tax of millions of dollars, then the best fate of Chang'an City will be with the newspaper tycoon William Hearst. Like Hearst Castle, which was built in California, it was donated to California to continue its maintenance.

Of course, considering the current thriving development of the Tang family, it shouldn't be a problem for Chang'an City to stand for two generations.

On the huge long dining table, the richest man said earnestly: "There is no permanent banquet in the world. One day, when you are flying around like dandelion seeds, don't forget your childhood. spent time here."

This can be regarded as family training - all the boys around the napkins listened carefully.

There is no need for the richest man to make a long speech. After talking casually for a while, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "After exercising for a long time, are you hungry? Let's start!"

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After the official opening of Chang'an City, Tang Huan held several banquets in succession according to the circles of political and business celebrities, it, Hollywood, etc., which also made the media addicted by the way, and finally got a glimpse of the true face of Lushan here.

On this kind of occasion, showing off how luxurious and comfortable it is, too earthy and not high-grade, the spiritual food for the richest man to entertain guests is his museum.

Among them are manuscripts and paintings worth tens of millions of dollars, and there are also objects that are quite ordinary and worth tens of thousands of dollars at most, but it is quite difficult to put together a complete set or a series of objects.

It has to be said that this reflects the broad interests of Mr. Richest Man.

For example, there is a display area for the history of personal computer development in the Chang'an City Museum, from the earliest altair_8800 to the latest model of the Fangyuan personal computer.

A lot of them added up, not even a single page of the manuscript is worth a lot of money, but it is really not easy to achieve such a neat lineup.

You know, the altair_8800 is an old antique without a display or a main case. At that time, the official sales volume was only a few thousand units. Today, 20 years later, if you want to find a collection that is satisfactory in quality, it is beyond your imagination. So simple as a matter of course.

In the Internet big data era more than ten years later in the original time and space, an American media once conducted an interesting experiment, that is, they found a classic PC from the Windows_95 era, which is equivalent to the current Fangyuan PC product. A group of middle school students operate.

The result is: Although they have been looking for the power button for a long time, they can basically start the computer successfully; but after entering the desktop of windows_95, they are at a loss—even when they see the iconic "Start" menu, they are still at a loss. At a loss, how to open the program? How to access the Internet? Head full of fog.

What's more, many children can't even shut down the computer properly. Gein, the ibm-pc of the windows_95 era, has a feature, that is, the shutdown of windows_95 is a "soft" shutdown, and there is no "hard" power cut-the monitor still has a picture, and the host power is still running hummingly, requiring the user to Do it manually again.

The situation reflected in this experiment is: the speed of development of personal computers is really too fast, and a gap may be created after more than ten years of replacement.

The current situation is also the same. When visitors saw the altair_8800, a personal computer older than the Apple-II, they couldn't help asking questions: "In terms of input and output, there are neither keyboards and mice, nor monitors and printers. How should users operate?" ?”

Tang Huan explained with a smile: "See that row of devices that look like switches in a transformer box? According to the instructions, the user translates the desired operation into a binary combination and inputs it; A row of light or light combined output. As for the specific content, the user has to translate it by himself according to the instructions. "

The people who suddenly realized it couldn't help being shocked on the spot: Is this thing the first successful commercialized personal computer? Twenty years ago, people were really willing to pay for this tormenting thing?

Unknowingly, Tang IT's achievements in leading the development of the personal computer industry for more than ten years have left an indelible impression on everyone through the shock of strong contrast.

In short, it is one word: convinced!

Before the Fangyuan personal computer, people were in a prehistoric era!

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On this day, Tang Huanzheng and James Cameron were chatting about the movie "Titanic", and Zhuang Menghua personally sent two latest news related to Barings Bank and Russia's decommissioned aircraft carrier.

"The mess of Barings Bank, in addition to us, at least ING is also interested." Zhuang Menghua said: "The British side hopes that you can come and talk in person."

"The Bahrain family and the Berenberg family have been closely connected for nearly a hundred years, and they can always play a role at critical times." Tang Huan nodded slightly.

He is not surprised by this situation. After all, the assets of Barings Bank distributed around the world cannot be wiped out all at once, and they still have special value in the eyes of some people.

Zhuang Menghua added, "The British royal family is going to visit South Africa soon. Queen Elizabeth hopes that it is best to meet with you before leaving."

Tang Huan laughed and said, "Why, is Her Majesty worried that her money will go to waste?"

"The meaning revealed here should be that the poor performance of the Bahrain family has disappointed the whole of the UK." Zhuang Menghua analyzed: "Just last year, Peter Bahrain, the chairman of Bahrain Bank, vehemently denied the role of the balance sheet, and Bahrain The bank didn't even separate the minimum transaction and clearing process, allowing Nick Leeson to play two roles to make troubles, it can no longer be described as 'unprofessional'."

"By the way, where is Nick Leeson?" Tang Huan asked with interest.

"After his deeds were exposed, Nick Leeson left a 'I'm sorry' confession, went from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and then disappeared - the Singapore police are looking for him." Zhuang Menghua said with a smile: "No I know how Peter Baring felt when he saw Nick Leeson's letter. Why, you are also interested in this famous man?"

"It seems that Nick Leeson is going to go to jail, and he will go back to England to go to jail." Tang Huan said leisurely: "I'm really interested, what a negative teaching material this is! I think Nick Lee Sen should write a book about it, and I thought up the title for him, it's called How I Broke Barings."

"Can you stop entertaining people like this?" Zhuang Menghua laughed for a long time, and then said: "You have heated up the concept of Russian aircraft carriers. -class decommissioned aircraft carrier has expressed interest—Russia, which has always been hesitant to make a deal, seems to be up for sale and wants to convene all parties to negotiate.”

Tang Huan frowned, "South Korea is also wading into this muddy water, which company is it?"

"It should be Daewoo Group." Zhuang Menghua replied casually: "In recent years, Daewoo Group has put forward the development goal of 'global operation', relying on the Korean government's preferential policies to encourage overseas investment, and has aggressively acquired companies around the world. At the beginning of January this year, it announced a £350 million investment in the UK to build a new car factory and provide a lot of new jobs."

"A soap bubble blown up by debt dares to fight with me." Tang Huan snorted disdainfully, "The matter of the aircraft carrier is a little tight in terms of time."

The richest man is extremely shrewd, but when it comes to how much money he has, he can also count the unit of "", which seems a bit "confused".

Think about it, if the Great Hanshin Earthquake hadn’t happened, Nick Leeson might have used leverage to help Barings make a lot of money instead of losing $1.4 billion; what about the financial model run by Mr. Richest Man’s supercomputer?

Money is really just a number for the richest man.

What he needs to think about now is how to spend money-this is a profound knowledge!

According to Tang Huan's plan, Russia's fourth Kyiv-class aircraft carrier, which is the most advanced one-the Gorshkov, he wants to get to Funan.

Originally, the transformation of the Gorshkov would take time, and it would take time for the Funan Navy to fiddle with it freely—couldn’t the time be tight.

Little South Korea dares to add to the chaos - can you compare with India, a traditional customer of the former Soviet Union?

Zhuang Menghua spread her hands, "If you are dissatisfied, then go to the negotiating table and talk about it."

Tang Huan tapped his fingers on the table, "Inform the Russian team that the quotation for the Gorshkov can be mentioned—I will go to Russia after finishing my business in England."

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The richest man sat in his own Silicon Valley One. After arriving in the UK, he first met Queen Elizabeth who was preparing to visit abroad in a very low-key manner.

As a face of the UK, the preparations for the royal family’s travel are not generally cumbersome, and some places have to be paid for by themselves-if they mess up and the image of the royal family is damaged, then the existence of the royal family will also be questioned, right?

The richest man naturally understands Her Majesty's concern for Barings Bank, but he must not mention the vulgar thing of "money". It is an embarrassment that the only name left in the history of banking is the Rothschild Bank."

Queen Elizabeth also said with regret: "Many people nowadays are very impetuous; Don's chivalry that values ​​honor is really too precious."

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After chatting romantically with Her Majesty the Queen, the richest man immediately attended a roundtable meeting attended by the British Treasury, the Bank of England, and Barings Bank.

"Everyone..." British Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clark spoke first.

After the "Black Wednesday" in 1992, when the British pound was sniped, Norman Lamont, the then British chancellor of the exchequer, did not take the blame and resigned to step down. Instead, he stayed in this position until May 27 of the following year. Replaced by Kenneth Clark.

This person is an old-fashioned politician. He joined Thatcher’s cabinet in 1985 as the Comptroller of the Ministry of Finance; he became the Minister of Health in 1988; Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Norman Lamont said unhurriedly: "...If you can come up with an ideal disposal plan, Barings Bank can sell it at a symbolic price of 1 pound."

I was thinking about the richest man on the aircraft carrier in Russia, and I was really impatient with the way the other party put on a parliamentary debate, so I interrupted: "I am willing to bid $100..."