Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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In various intrigues in the ultimate battle of personal computer standards, he was sent away in 1986 and came in 1987.

Compared with the boom in Silicon Valley, Hollywood has become increasingly sluggish. This can be reflected from the US$180 million film "High Aspirations", the highest grossing film in the United States in 1986. Compared with the previous few years, the domestic box office of the United States has fallen below the level of less than 200 million U.S. dollars.

What is surprising is that Hollywood also has a special phenomenon of "foreign monks chanting sutras".

For example, Twentieth Century Fox received the distribution rights for an Australian comedy film """dundee"-""Crocodile" Duncan". As a result, the US box office exceeded $170 million, and it was about to catch up with "High Aspirations." .

In addition, the American Kung Fu film "thekaratekid" unearthed by Columbia Pictures-"The Kid Is Hard". After getting a box office of 90 million US dollars in 1984, it launched a sequel this year, with a box office of more than 110 million US dollars. The shooting cost was only 13 million U.S. dollars.

Generally speaking, the current Hollywood, while developing into horizontal fields such as television, while making a fuss about profit in the main business of film.

Under such circumstances, the unprecedented prosperity of the film industry in Hong Kong will inevitably emerge several works that cater to the tastes of American audiences, copying the US$850,000 investment and US$22 million that Warner received from Bruce Lee’s "Dragon Fight". The return on investment at the US box office is miraculous.

There is no doubt that Hollywood has no patience and can not have the leisure to cultivate the development of Xiangjiang movies. After Bruce Lee was unable to quickly become famous and squeezed oil and water, he lost interest, which made all the people who have no choice in Xiangjiang movies. The hearts of the people gathered to Tang Huan's side.

Kung fu movies with a complete Chinese lineup built around Li Lianjie basically have works coming out every year, and they are operated into American theaters. Until this year’s "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" and "Zhong_South_Sea Bodyguard", the box office has maintained a steady rise. The situation, the two films combined can be compared to "The Kid Is Hard", and the return on investment is even better. After all, the shooting costs in Xiangjiang are easier to control by comparison.

However, "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", which Jiahe has high hopes for, is a bit ill-fated. The lead actor Cheng Long was accidentally seriously injured while making up the shots, so don't even think about it in handy within a year.

Originally, according to Jiahe's meaning, now that "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother" has been basically completed, it should be released as soon as possible, and you can earn as much as you can earn, especially in Japan, where local audiences are obsessed with Cheng Long's movies.

Tang Huan could see that Zou Wenhuai and others had no idea about Cheng Long’s future. This was a bit eager for quick success. Cheng Long could not cooperate with public appearances to promote "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother". They were eager to make this movie. Squeezed out the oil and water.

For this reason, Tang Huan rarely said: "Even if you waited for the last year, the level of "Dragon Brothers and Tigers" is still first-class in Asia. There is no need to rush to cash out. What's more, this year's Xiangjiang Cinemas Group There are a lot of excellent film sources, and Cheng Long, the leading actor, can’t help with the promotion. The box office performance may be difficult to grasp. It’s better to wait until the second half of 1987 when Jackie Chan can make a public appearance to run the show."

Seeing that Tang Huan remained confident in Cheng Long's future, this suggestion was accepted.

As for "The True Colors of Heroes", which is sweeping Asia, the response in the United States is equally good. The heroic enthusiasm created by Wu Yusen does cater to the appreciation of this era, and Zhou Runfa, the most brilliant performer, has been catching up to the limelight. Li Lianjie in 1960, just the poster he used to light up cigarettes with fake banknotes in the movie, was snatched by fans who shouted that he was cool.

Taking advantage of this craze, "The Story of the Hachiko" starring Zhou Runfa has also begun a small-scale screening, and Tang Huan took the time to look at the copy he sent over.

In fact, the filming schedule of "The Story of the Faithful Dog Hachiko" has been delayed. The problem lies in the three Akita dogs who play the role of the loyal dog Hachiko. The director Xu Anhua's team is still a bit unaccustomed to animal actors, and the "communication" comes out. Omissions, there are a few times when the dog is not in the state, and the technical processing of the lens is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Fortunately, everyone worked hard and finally completed this work with the theme of loyalty and trust.

Tang Huan did not expect the commercial performance of the film to be outstanding, and he treated it from the perspective of a literary film, and there may be unexpected surprises. Just like the literary film "The Story of Rose" starring Zhang Manyu, which is adapted from the novel of the same name by Yi Shu, the box office of Hong Kong Hong Kong can exceed 10 million.

Obviously, the background of "The Story of the Faithful Dog Hachiko" has naturally moved from Japan to Hong Kong, and the male protagonist played by Zhou Runfa has become a professor at Xiangjiang University.

The challenge to the lead actor in taking this drama is not small, after all, it takes a tacit understanding with the dog to show that kind of sincere feelings. Moreover, at this stage, most of Zhou Run's roles are fringe figures who are cynical and scornful. With limited education, he really needs some hard work if he wants to interpret well as a university professor.

Looking at Zhou Runfa wearing glasses and a gentle look on the screen, Tang Huan laughed at Zhou Run who was on vacation in the United States with his wife Yu An'an, "Don't even say, stop on the university podium, a full-fledged cultural man."

"The director is good." Zhou Runfa smiled modestly. "It's not the first time I have watched this movie, but I'm still surprised by my performance."

Tang Huan pointed out: "After "The Story of the Faithful Dog Hachiko" was released in Japan, the response has been good. It is estimated that you will have to go there a few more times to increase your popularity while the iron is hot."

"It's not hard work, I'm ready." Zhou Runfa, who has always been hard-working, is not pretending to be garlic in front of Tang Huan, his performance is truly heartfelt.

Since going to DreamWorks, Zhou Runfa has undergone earth-shaking changes on the star road immediately. After so many years in tvb, he of course understands the rare opportunity of this kind of opportunity, and then he can't afford the double material film _帝's shelf. Up.

"If you can meet Miss Deng when you go to Japan, please take care of it." Zhou Runfa, who was clever-minded, began to please Deng Lijun again.

"I can't talk about taking care, if you need help, I will do my best." Deng Lijun, who was so touched by the movie, wiped the corner of his eyes, and agreed happily.

In the past few years, Deng Lijun's development achievements in Japan, let alone the first among Chinese colleagues, are not inferior to the first-line stars in Japan. Participating in the red and white song battle for the third time illustrates this point.

The reason for this is that in addition to Deng Lijun's hard work and outstanding talents, there is also Tang Huan's secret help. After all, various ranking resources are limited, and Japanese record companies have exhausted all means to arrange their own artists, let alone an outsider.

With the current achievements, Deng Lijun's help to boost the popularity of DreamWorks stars in Japan can still play some obvious effects.

It is no exaggeration to say that Deng Lijun, who has already had a strong influence, can no longer simply be regarded as a big singer. If he really wants to use it wisely, he can gather an unignorable appeal on Baodao and help Zhou Run to make this point. Being busy will inevitably waste talents.

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After the movie was over, Tang Huan said, "I have something to do, so I won't be with you anymore." He got up and went to see William McGovern, the CEO of McGovern, who was reported by his assistant and was already present.

"I'm fairly proficient in Chinese medicine, so please allow me to say something, your health seems to have a big problem." In the process of greeting, Tang Huan reminded him earnestly after looking at the other person's expressions.

"Heart surgery is almost scheduled." William McGovern flashed a gloomy look on his face, and asked bluntly: "You are so observant, did you expect me to find you for mci financing? When it comes to the problems that mci will encounter, that's why I refuse it optimistically?"

"It just feels that although AT&T has been dismantled, the eight companies that have splintered still have huge monopoly advantages. In contrast, these years, mci has only been fighting AT&T in lawsuits and grabbing territory, and in research and development. There is little accomplishment, so it is difficult to resist the competition of Bell's series that has been dismantled on the surface, but actually let go." Tang Huan did not give up the opportunity to pretend to be a magic stick and analyzed it carefully.

After the dismantling of AT&T took effect on January 1, 1984, mci did not flex its muscles in the open space as expected by the outside world. Instead, it appeared to be more and more crappy, making life sad and making investment. The person was extremely disappointed.

The specific performance is that in the second year after the dismantling of AT&T took effect, that is, in 1985, mci's revenue was only 2.5 billion U.S. dollars, which was less than 10% of the total revenue of the new AT&T. That year, in 1984, it was basically flat, and profits fell; by 1986, mci lost 448 million U.S. dollars, and its stock price fell to 6 U.S. dollars.

This result made William McGovern, who ambitiously looking for financing everywhere, even borrowing a lot of money from junk bonds and doing a lot of work, was speechless, facing investor doubts and even excuses for defense. Can't find it.

William McGovern is a super workaholic, and has bad habits. He drinks a lot of espresso and smokes a lot of cigars every day to maintain his vigor and handle the workload that is overloaded for ordinary people.

As a result, under this ruthless blow, his health finally had a major problem, and he had to retreat from the position of mci CEO for a long time to perform surgery, recuperation and rehabilitation.

You know, William McGovern is 60 years old this year. It's hard to say whether he can survive this test.

The situation he left behind is that mci’s main business-long-distance telephone business, has a market share of only 10%, and another new competitor, Sprint, has reached 8%. At the same time, the new American Telephone and Telegraph The company still holds 70%.

The reason why mci has been so embarrassed and retired is that the old AT&T company was dismantled, which can be used as a compensation, and the new AT&T company does not have the monopoly that the federal government had previously owned. The various restrictions imposed by status can directly let go of their hands and feet, and face the price war of challengers such as mci.

In the 1970s, mci's long-distance telephone access fee was 70% lower than that of AT&T, which became one of the strong evidence that the U.S. Department of Justice dismantled this giant.

But this advantage ceased to exist after January 1, 1984, and the new AT&T directly smoothed this gap.

At the same time, because mci's communication network was completed in surprise, there are many technical problems. It has not challenged the dragon warrior's halo blessing, so naturally it will become increasingly unable to obtain tolerance and understanding from customers; and the new United States The communication network inherited by the Telephone and Telegraph Company has the highest degree of excellence. Under the same conditions of tariffs, it is obvious what choice users make.

As a result, the new AT&T retained more than 75% of its users, while mci only snatched 10%.

This is the dilemma mci is currently facing. It has lost its original ideal color and has become a company driven purely by commercial interests. It can only accept the actual capital market and ruthlessly ridicule.

Saying those nonsense in front of someone who understands is meaningless except to waste time.

No matter how savvy William McGovern was, he couldn’t stand the difference between the strong and the weak. He was quickly overwhelmed by Tang Huan’s sturdy posture. He had to smile bitterly and said, "Well, I hope you who understand everything will not Taking advantage of the fire, you can give a fair price."

Speaking of this, William McGovern did not forget to add ~www.wuxiahere.com~ and faintly threatened: "You should know that Craig McCaw, who has acquired cellular phone operating licenses around the United States like you, Also interested in this business."

Before William McGovern abdicated, it was impossible for his successor to leave a mess with no room for reversal. Otherwise, maybe wait for him to recover and want to return to mci again, and continue to challenge AT&T on the day that the company has already closed down because it can't stand it.

Therefore, William McGovern wants to leave a considerable amount of cash to ensure that mci will not be consumed by AT&T within at least one year. With few choices, he finally decided to sell airsignal, a subsidiary operating cell phone and paging business, to cash out.

"If you don’t talk secretly, Craig McCaw, who gambling on banks and junk bonds and dare not to wean on funds, has limited confidence in spending big money, and I can also provide mci with technology, including technology, in addition to money. , Resources he doesn't have."

After Tang Huan unceremoniously debunked William McGovern’s threat as she was pale and feeble, he took a document from his assistant and handed it to the other party, saying indifferently: “My team has carefully and comprehensively evaluated it. Cellular phones and paging are not the core business of mci. The level of development is quite average, that is, the license can be called a valuable asset. Craig McCaw and others will not bid more than 130 million US dollars. I will give you an extra 10 million dollars so that mci has more possibilities to get through the difficult times when you can’t take the helm."

William McGovern, who had been suppressed in an impossibly resistant manner, moved the corners of his mouth and asked sarcastically, "Thank you Tang for your generosity. You are so ‘help’ mci from the ground. Can you tell me the reason?"