King of Hollywood Chapter 40: Flicker

"Yes, William Jefferson Clinton?" Adrian nodded and affirmed Claude's answer.

　　 "Does he have any problems?" Claude still didn't understand what he wanted to say.

　　 "He has no problem, the problem is the Albert Gore he wants to nominate and partner with himself," Adrian thought carefully and then said slowly, "You know, Uncle Anderson and the Democratic predecessor Chairman Cliff Babcock has always had a good relationship, and I happened to get from him..."

　　 "Wow, it happened." Claude whistled immediately.

　　 "Okay, okay, I intentionally-you are satisfied this time." Adrian glared at him, and then continued in his laughter: "I didn’t hear much, it was nothing. Valuable things, except for one thing, the information superhighway!"

　　 "Information highway?" Claude's interest was finally hooked.

　　 "How do I say... Although there are only self-speaking phrases, it seems that I opened a window for me to see many things that I have never seen before!" Adrian's voice became much louder and looked A little excited.

　　 "If you can, can you elaborate?" Claude made a gesture.

　　 "Well, let me think about where to start," Adrian's finger tapped back and forth on the desk a few times, "Crow, do you still have an impression of the World Wide Web? Remember before graduation, we had Are the guys in the club who want to join the Brotherhood? One of them often surfs the World Wide Web and has introduced us."

　　 "Frankly, I can't remember it, although I know the World Wide Web." Claude thought carefully and shook his head.

　　 "It doesn't matter," Adrian is also not discouraged, "Then I will simply say that, the World Wide Web five years ago is very rudimentary. To use a specific analogy, it is the building that just laid the foundation, except for the foundation. None. But five years later, small bungalows have begun to appear on this foundation."

　　 "Please continue, I am listening." Claude adjusted his posture and continued to listen to Adrian's commentary.

　　 "I won’t talk more about technical things, because I don’t understand very much, what I want to talk about now is its value," Adrian took a sip of water and moistened his throat. "We all know that they, those Guys who like the World Wide Web, where are they obsessed with the World Wide Web, visit websites, send emails to each other, and stay in the bedroom can communicate with the entire Stanford or even the entire Silicon Valley. It is also convenient and fast, unlike letters, it takes time, and it is not like a phone. That cost is huge and there are limits. Well, let’s think about it now. If the whole world is in the same network, they can communicate like Stanford students without gaps. Vice scene?"

　　 "Spread?!" Claude's eyes lit up. He was not a fool, and naturally understood what this meant.

　　 "Yes, spread!" Adrian squeezed into a fist, "Think about it, if people in Rome can access the server's website in California at any time, people in Shanghai can communicate with people in Brasilia at any time. What does it mean for the media industry? Yes, now we can only upload and download some text and some pictures on the Internet, but God knows in a few years we can upload and download music on the Internet? Can we upload and download TV, The movie? Can you even watch it on the Internet? This is not impossible. The only technical problem to be solved is the hardware problem. As for the hardware problem, don’t forget Moore’s Law!"

　　Faced with this high-spirited preaching, Claude stretched out his hand and pulled his collar. It is undeniable that Adrian's remarks impressed him, and he was also an aggressive young man himself.

　　However, after taking a deep breath, Claude smiled disapprovingly: "Your preaching is very exciting, Ed, you know, I always miss the preaching scene when you first entered the Brotherhood. However, Preaching and preaching, you can’t prove that what you say will be realized..."

　　 "But this cannot be falsified!" Adrian quickly interrupted his speech, watching Claude's eyes full of confident smiles, "No matter which expert you ask, they can't prove it. While these will certainly be achieved, it cannot be proved that these will never be achieved!"

　　 Speaking of this, he stood up and put his hands on the table: "Now the topic returns to the previous information highway. Although there is only a self-talk, I believe that if Gore becomes Clinton's partner, They will put this issue in the election program. Okay, now we come back to an earlier question, why do we all think that the Democratic Party will prevail?"

　　 After a few seconds, the two people who were watching answered: "Economy!"

　　The same words made them laugh. Adrian waved and went on: "Yes, although Bush won the first local war outside the Americas in the United States since the 1950s, he ignored it. The most important issue in the United States at the time. When the Japanese bought the Rockefeller Center, the media’s exclamation was the best proof. Although the Plaza Accord solved the Japanese, they could not solve the fundamental problem. If I were Clinton, I would definitely have a big problem in economic problems. Make an essay."

　　 Speaking here, he could not help shrugging. Unfortunately, the election time was 1991. If one year at night, the disintegration of the Red Empire will add a heavy weight to Bush’s campaign. Negative is hard to say. Of course, it can't be said that Clinton will definitely stay in the White House. God knows that his arrival may change things, but this is not a big deal.

　　 "I know what you want to say, Crow," Adrian glanced at Claude, who said nothing. "Yes, Clinton may not be able to defeat Bush, but if he throws in the election, This issue will be pushed forward even if the government does not support it. This is the general trend, at most the development is relatively slow. And Bush’s head should not be so stupid. If he is really re-elected, he will certainly transfer the governance objectives to the economy."

　　 "This is a completely new field, Crow, if I say that those one by one will be realized in the near future, how much will the media industry change? You and I all know that involving completely new fields certainly has a lot of A big risk, but once successful, the same profit will be unmatched by other industries."

　　Claude was sitting on a chair with his fingers moving for a long while without a word, and after a few minutes he exhaled: "You persuaded me again, Ed, I think you should run for president."

　　 "Come on, if I become president, I will go to **** with America without any worries, I promise." Adrian waved his hand. "Let's pull the topic back."

　　 "Well, venture capital company, what else besides this?" Claude adjusted his posture.

　　 "Acquisition of a small publishing company." Adrian also sat back in his chair.

　　 "Publishing company?" Claudemore raised his eyebrows under his chin.

　　 "Yes, since it is a media company, of course, these should all be involved. Movies, TV, records, newspapers, publishing, games..." Adrian counted fingers, "In short, everything related to information Industry."

　　 Speaking of this, he suddenly took a floppy disk from his jacket pocket and handed it to Claude, then pointed to the computer in his study: "Here are some novels I wrote-popular popular novels You may as well look at it now. Although it is not fully completed, I believe you can see the value in it. It’s just that I don’t have much time to spend on the novel and I’m not a professional writer, so you may have to find someone to make changes and In addition, I don’t mind signing each other’s names at the same time."

　　 "Hah," Claude took the floppy disk and shook it. "Obviously, you are prepared."

　　 "Of course, in order to persuade you to win over you, I can spend a lot of time." Adrian said hand in hand.

　　 "Hey, it's really moving." Claude sighed jokingly, turned around and turned on the computer, and waited for a few minutes to boot up before inserting the floppy disk.

　　It took about tens of minutes for Claude to browse through the Adrian novels.

　　 "Viruses and zombies, female versions of Indiana Jones and Cyberpunk, there are so many ideas in your head, Ed." Claude sucked his eyes and shifted his attention to Adrian. "However, the first two ideas It can only be regarded as a second-rate popular novel. Cyberpunk's concept and structure are very good~IndoMTL.com~ If you want to be promoted to first-class, you must operate it well."

　　 "It’s all yours," Adrian shrugged: "Don’t forget, you are the CEO."

　　 "Well, what else, say it together, anyway, I have heard enough of it tonight." Claude leaned on the backrest with a "Come on, I'm not afraid of you" expression.

　　Adrian couldn’t help but roll his eyes: “The next step is to acquire a small brokerage company, hold a theater line, prepare a shell for a foreign trading company, and... pay attention to the trend of quantum funds.”

　　Crowder frowned: "I understand the acquisition of a brokerage company, which will be beneficial to the allocation of resources in the future; I have no opinion on holding a stock chain, as long as it does not control, the government will not trouble us. . But why are shell companies preparing for foreign trade and paying attention to the movement of quantum funds?"

　　 "You know, I just came back from Germany, unified Germany," Adrian recalled, "I deliberately went to East Berlin, I have a hunch that the red giant in Europe is going to fall."

　　 "This is not news, Ed, as we all know. If it may have been terrifying before the Gulf War, now anyone can see its weakness, it is only a matter of time." Crow De shrugged.

　　 "Yes, yes," Adrian did not deny, "But, what if it fell at the end of this year?"

Claude's eyelids jumped.

　　 "Think about it, Crow, think about what the Soviet Union did from the late 1980s to the present. Once covered with a loophole, once this behemoth disintegrates and we are fully prepared, how much profit can we get from it?! "Adrian's eyes stared at Claude without blinking.

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