V1.C40

"Yes, William Jefferson Clinton?" Adrian nodded to confirm Claude's answer.

"Is there anything wrong with him?" Claude still didn't understand what he was trying to say.

"He has no problem. The problem is that he wants to nominate Albert Gore, his partner," Adrian said slowly after thinking about it. "You know, uncle Anderson has always had a good relationship with Clive Babcock, the former chairman of the Democratic Party. I happened to get from him..."

"Oh, it happened." Claude whistled immediately.

"Well, I meant it - you're satisfied now." Adrian glared at him, then continued in his laughter, "I don't hear much, and there's nothing valuable, except a little bit, the information superhighway!"

"Information superhighway?" Claude's interest finally got picked up.

"How to say Although there are only words to myself, they seem to open a window for me and let me see many things that I have never seen before! " Adrian's voice went up a lot and he looked a little excited.

"If you can, can you explain it in detail?" Claude made a gesture.

"Well, let me think about where I want to start," Adrian's fingers tapped back on the desk. "Claude, do you still have an impression of the world wide web? Do you remember those boys who wanted to join the fraternity in the club we played with before graduation? One of them often surfs on the world wide web and has introduced it to us

"Frankly, I can't remember, even though I know the world wide web." Claude thought it over and shook his head.

"It doesn't matter," Adrian was not discouraged, "so I'll just say it briefly. Five years ago, the world wide web was very crude. To use a specific metaphor, it was the building that had just laid the foundation, and there was nothing but the foundation. But five years later, small bungalows have begun to appear on this foundation. "

"Please go on. I'm listening." Claude adjusted his position and continued to listen to Adrian.

"I'm not going to talk about the technology, because I don't really understand. What I'm going to talk about is the value of it," Adrian sipped and moistened his throat. "We all know where they, the guys who love the world wide web, are obsessed with the world wide web, visit websites, send e-mails to each other, stay in their dormitories, and they can be with Stanford and even the whole Stanford People in Silicon Valley communicate. And it's fast and convenient. It doesn't take as much time as a letter, it doesn't cost as much as a phone call, and it's limited. Well, let's think about it now. If the whole world were in the same network, they could communicate without gap like the students at Stanford. What kind of scene would it be? "

"Spread?" Claude's eyes lit up. He was not a fool. He understood what it meant.

"Yes, spread!" Adrian clenched his fist. "Think about it. If people in Rome can visit the website in California at any time, and people in Shanghai can communicate with people in Brasilia at any time, what does this mean for the media industry? Yes, now we can only upload and download some words and some pictures on the Internet. But God knows if we can upload and download music on the Internet in a few years? Can I upload and download TV and movies? Can you even watch it online? This is not impossible. What we need to solve is only technical problems, and the basis of technical problems lies in hardware problems. As for hardware problems, don't forget Moore's law! "

In the face of this high spirited preaching, Claude could not help but stretch out his hand to pull his collar. Undeniably, Adrian's words moved him, and he was also a full of aggressive young people.

However, after taking a deep breath, Claude gave a smile of disapproval: "your preaching is wonderful, ED, you know, I always miss the preaching scene when you entered the fraternity. However, preaching belongs to preaching. You can't prove that what you said will be realized... "

"But it can't be falsified either!" Adrian quickly interrupted him, looking at Claude's eyes full of confident smile, "no matter which expert you ask, they can't prove that these will come true, but they can't prove that they will never come true!"

Speaking of this, he stood up and put his hands on the table: "now the topic goes back to the information superhighway before. Although there are only words to myself, I believe that once Gore becomes Clinton's partner, they will put this issue in the campaign platform. Well, let's go back to the earlier question. Why do we all think that the Democratic Party will prevail? "

A few seconds later, the two people who looked at each other answered: "economy!"

The same voice made them laugh. Adrian waved his hand and continued: "yes, although Bush won the United States since the 1950s, he shrugged his shoulders here. Unfortunately, the election time is 1991. If it is one year in the evening, the disintegration of the red empire will add a heavy weight to the campaign of old bush. Who will win at that time It's hard to say who will lose. Of course, it can't be said that Clinton will definitely stay in the white house now. God knows what his arrival may change, but it is not a big deal."I know what you want to say, crow," Adrian glanced at the silent Claude. "Yes, Clinton may not be able to defeat bush. However, as long as he raises this issue in the election campaign, even if the government does not support it, someone will push forward. This is the general trend. At most, the development is relatively slow. Moreover, Bush's head should not be so stupid. If he is re elected, he will surely shift his policy objectives to the economy. "

"This is a brand new field, crow. If all the things I said are realized in the near future, how much will it change the media industry? As you and I all know, there are great risks in involving new fields, but once successful, the profits will also be incomparable to other industries. "

Claude sat motionless in his chair for a long time without saying a word. After a few minutes, he said, "you've convinced me again, ed. I think you should run for president."

"Come on, if I'm president, I'll take America to hell with no scruples, I promise." Adrian waved his hand, "or pull the topic back."

"Well, venture capital, what else is there besides this?" Claude adjusted his position.

"Acquisition of a small publishing company." Adrian returned to his chair.

"Publishing company?" Claude rubbed his chin and raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, since it's a media company, of course, all of these should be involved in films, television, records, newspapers, publishing, games..." Adrian counted with his fingers, "in short, all the industries related to information."

At this point, he suddenly took out a floppy disk from his coat pocket and handed it to Claude. Then he pointed to the computer in his study: "these are some novels I wrote - popular novels. You may as well look at it now. Although it is not completely completed, I believe you can see the value of it. It's just that I don't spend much time on novels and I'm not a professional writer, so you may have to find someone to revise and supplement. I don't mind signing each other's name at the same time

"Ha," said Claude, shaking the floppy disk. "Obviously, you're prepared."

"Of course, I can spend a lot of time persuading you." Adrian said, showing his hand.

"Tut, it's really moving." Claude sighed jokingly, turned to turn on the computer, and waited for several minutes to boot up before inserting the floppy disk.

It took Claude about a few decades to scan Adrian's novels.

"Viruses and zombies, female Indiana Jones and cyberpunk, you've got a lot of ideas in your head, ed." Claude smacked his mouth and turned his attention to Adrian. "However, the first two ideas can only be regarded as second-class popular novels at most. Cyberpunk's idea and structure are very good, but if you want to be promoted to first-class, you have to operate well."

"It's all up to you," Adrian shrugged. "Don't forget, you're the CEO."

"Well, what else do you want to say? Anyway, I've heard enough tonight." Claude leaned back on the back with a look of "come, I'm not afraid of you.".

Adrian couldn't help but roll his eyes: "the next step is to acquire a small brokerage company, hold shares in the cinema, prepare the shell of foreign trade companies and Pay attention to the trend of quantum funds. "

Claude's brow frowned: "I understand that the acquisition of brokerage companies will be conducive to the allocation of resources in the future. I have no objection to holding shares in the cinema. As long as we do not hold shares, the government will not trouble us. But why are shell companies preparing for foreign trade and paying attention to the trend of quantum funds? "

"You know, I just came back from Germany, unified Germany," Adrian recalled. "I went to East Berlin on purpose, and I had a hunch that the red giant in Europe was going to fall."

"It's not news, ED, we all know. If it might have been terrifying before the Gulf War, now it's only a matter of time before anyone can see its weakness. " Claude shrugged.

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

Claude's eyelids jumped.

"Think, crow, what the Soviet Union has done since the late 1980s. Full of loopholes, how much profit can we get from this giant once it disintegrates and we are fully prepared? " Adrian's eyes were fixed on Claude without blinking.

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