"That's right, William Jefferson Clinton?" Adrian nodded in affirmation of Claude's answer.

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

"He has no problem, the problem is that he wants to nominate Albert Gore as his partner," Adrian said slowly after thinking carefully, "You know, Uncle Anderson and the former chairman of the Democratic Party Cliff Babcock was always on good terms, and I just happened to get from him..."

"Wow, what a coincidence." Claude whistled immediately.

"Okay, okay, I did it on purpose - now you are satisfied." Adrian glared at him, and then continued with his loud laughter: "I didn't hear much, and there was nothing wrong with it." Nothing of value, except for one thing, the information superhighway!"

"The information superhighway?" Claude's interest was finally aroused.

"How should I put it...Although there are only a few words to myself, it seems to have opened a window for me, allowing me to see many things that I have never seen before!" Adrian's voice became a lot louder, and his expression changed a little. Some excitement.

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

"Okay, let me think about where to start," Adrian tapped his fingers back and forth on the desk a few times, "Crow, do you still have any memories of the World Wide Web? Remember before graduation, we used to Those wannabe frat guys at the club who prank? One of them surfs the World Wide Web a lot and introduced us."

"Frankly speaking, I can't remember, although I know the World Wide Web." Claude shook his head after thinking carefully.

"It doesn't matter," Adrian was not discouraged, "Then I will simply say that the World Wide Web five years ago was very simple. If I want to use a specific metaphor, it is a building that has just laid its foundation. No. But five years later, small bungalows have begun to appear on the foundation."

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

"I won't talk about the technical stuff, because I don't understand it very well, what I want to talk about now is its value," Adrian drank his saliva and moistened his throat, "We all know that they, those who like WWW guys, where is the obsession with the WWW, visit websites, send emails to each other, stay in your dorm room and communicate with people all over Stanford and even Silicon Valley. And it's convenient and fast, it doesn't take time like a letter, and it doesn't take like a phone call The cost is huge and there are restrictions. Well, let's think about it now, if the whole world is in the same network, they can communicate seamlessly like Stanford students, then what will it be like? Scenes?!"

"Propagation?!" Claude's eyes lit up. He is not an idiot, so he naturally understands what this means.

"That's right, spread!" Adrian clenched his fists hard, "Think about it, if people in Rome can access the website with the server located in California at any time, and people in Shanghai can communicate with people in Brasilia at any time, this is very important for the media. What does it mean for the industry? Yes, now we can only upload and download some text and some pictures on the Internet, but God knows whether we will be able to upload and download music on the Internet in a few years? Can we upload and download TV and movies? ? Can it even be watched on the Internet? It’s not impossible. What needs to be solved is only a technical problem, and the basis of the technical problem lies in the hardware problem. As for the hardware problem, don’t forget Moore’s Law!”

Facing this high-spirited speech, Claude couldn't help pulling his collar. It is undeniable that Adrian's words moved him, and he himself is also an aggressive young man.

However, after taking a deep breath, Claude showed a disapproving smile: "Your speech was wonderful, Ed, you know, I have always missed the scene of your speech when you entered the fraternity. Preaching, you don't prove that what you say will come true..."

"But this cannot be falsified!" Adrian quickly interrupted him, looking at Claude with a confident smile in his eyes, "No matter which expert you ask, they can't prove these While it will definitely be realized, there is no way to prove that these will never be realized!"

Speaking of this, he stood up and put his hands on the table: "Now the topic returns to the previous information superhighway. Although there are only a few words to himself, I believe that if Gore becomes Clinton's partner, they will use it This issue is included in the election 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 were looking at each other answered together: "Economy!"

The unanimous words made them laugh, and Adrian waved his hands and continued: "That's right, although Bush won the US's first local war outside the Americas since the 1950s, he ignored the The most important problem at present. The exclamation of the media when the Japanese bought Rockefeller Center is the best proof. Although the Plaza Accord solved the Japanese, it could not solve the fundamental problem. If I were Clinton, I would definitely make a big deal on economic issues. article."

He couldn't help shrugging his shoulders at this point. Unfortunately, the general election was in 1991. If it was a year later, the disintegration of the Red Empire would add a lot of weight to Bush Sr.'s election. It's hard to say. Of course, it cannot be said that Clinton will definitely occupy the White House now. God knows what his arrival may change, but this is not a big deal.

"I know what you want to say, Claude," Adrian glanced at Claude who hesitated to speak, "Yes, Clinton may not necessarily be able to defeat Bush, but as long as he throws this in the campaign Issues, even if the government does not support them, there will be people pushing forward. This is the trend of the times, and the development is relatively slow at most. And Bush’s head should not be so stupid. If he is really re-elected, he will definitely shift his governance goals to the economy.”

"This is a brand new field, Crowe. If what I said is realized one by one in the not-too-distant future, how much will it change the media industry? You and I both know that there are great risks involved in a brand new field. , but once successful, the same profits will be unmatched by other industries.”

Claude moved his fingers and sat on the chair for a while without saying a word. After a few minutes, he let out a long breath: "You convinced me again, Ed, I think you should run for president."

"Come on, if I become president, I will lead the United States to hell without any scruples, I promise." Adrian waved his hand, "Let's bring the topic back."

"Okay, venture capital company, what else is there besides this?" Claude adjusted his posture.

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

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

"That's right, since it's a media company, of course it should be involved in all of these, movies, TV, records, newspapers, publishing, games..." Adrian counted with his fingers, "In short, all industries related to information .”

Having said that, he suddenly took out a floppy disk from his coat pocket and handed it to Claude, then pointed to the computer in his study: "These are some novels I wrote—popular and popular novels. You might as well Check it out now, it's not quite finished yet, but I'm sure you can see the value in it. It's just that I don't have a lot of time to spend on fiction and I'm not a professional writer, so you might have to get someone to do revisions and additions, I Don't mind signing the other party's name at the same time."

"Ha," Claude shook the floppy disk, "Obviously, you came prepared."

"Of course, in order to persuade you to win you over, I have spent a lot of effort." Adrian spread his hands and said.

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

It took about tens of minutes, and Claude roughly finished browsing Adrian's novel.

"Viruses and zombies, the female version of Indiana Jones and cyberpunk, you have so many ideas in your head, Ed." Claude smacked his lips and turned his attention to Adrian, "However, the first two ideas It can only be regarded as a second-rate popular novel at most, and the idea and structure of cyberpunk are very good, but if you want to be promoted to the first-rate, you must operate well.”

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

"Okay, what else, let's say it together, anyway, I've heard enough tonight." Claude leaned on the backrest with an expression of "Come on, I'm not afraid of you".

Adrian couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "The next step is to acquire a small brokerage company, hold shares in theaters, prepare the shell of a foreign trade company, and... pay attention to the movement of Quantum Fund."

Claude frowned: "I understand that the acquisition of a brokerage company will be beneficial to the deployment of resources in the future; I have no objection to holding shares in theaters. As long as we don't hold shares, the government won't trouble us. But prepare Shell companies for foreign trade, and paying attention to the movements of Quantum Fund, why?"

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

"This is not news, Ed, we all know it. If it might be frighteningly large before the Gulf War, but now, everyone can see its weakness. It's only a matter of time." Crowder shrugged shrugged.

"Yes, that's right," Adrian did not deny, "but what if it falls at the end of this year?"

Claude's eyelids couldn't help but jump.

"Think about it, Crowe, think about what the Soviet Union has done from the late 1980s to the present. It is full of loopholes, once this behemoth disintegrates, and if we are fully prepared, how much profit can we get from it?!" Adrian Ann stared at Claude without blinking.

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