Rebirth of the Tech Madman

After Andy Grove left, Tang Huanti gave an instruction to the investment department, "Pay attention to the decline in Intel's stock price in the next two years, and choose the opportunity to expand the number of stock holdings."

Just as he put the file aside, Madonna walked in with a gust of incense.

"Big star, the stars are dazzling recently." Tang Huan casually joked.

Although Madonna has not been in the business for a long time, her upward trend is very rapid, especially after the second album "Likeavirgin" and "Like a Virgin" was released last year, which gained global recognition.

The album has topped the music charts in many countries and became Madonna's first album to win the No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The songs of the same name "likeavirgin" and "Like a Virgin" have been on the Billboard Top 100 Singles chart for six consecutive weeks.

Of course, this album also attracted a lot of opposition, and the songs and music videos were banned by many moral preachers.

As a means of propaganda, Madonna entered the mainstream American film industry by appearing in two low-cost films from Orion Pictures that were released in the first quarter of this year.

The first movie is the romantic comedy "Quest" and "27 Seconds", in which Madonna has a guest appearance as a club singer, and the box office has about 13 million US dollars.

The soundtrack of the movie also includes two new songs by Madonna: "razyoryou", "crazy for you" and "gambler" and "gambler".

Another movie is also a comedy, called "kingsusan" and "mystery date", with a box office of more than 27 million U.S. dollars. Madonna's role in it has obviously increased a lot, and it can be regarded as a protagonist.

These two low-cost movies with good box office serve as promotional tools for Madonna's music career. It has played a very positive and positive role, and all partners in the cooperation are very satisfied. It can be said that everyone is very happy.

But no matter where it is. The phenomenon of many popular rights and wrongs is very common, and Madonna is because of the black history of the early years. In trouble.

She sighed frowningly, "It is precisely because of the starlight that I was caught up by the media watching with a magnifying glass. Tang, I am here this time to ask you for help."

Tang Huan waved his hand boldly, "Talk about it."

Madonna said quietly: "You also know that when I was 20 years old, I went to New York alone, and the financial situation was very difficult. So I took fruit photos for several magazines, and I could get 25 dollars at a time. Unexpectedly, now "Attic" "And "Playboy" are going to make these photos public. I have contacted them privately and planned to buy these photos, but they refused."

Tang Huan nodded slightly, and casually pressed the button of a phone on his desk, and ordered: "Contact me the bosses of The Attic and Playboy. I want to talk to them about something."

Then, he looked at Madonna, who looked hopeful, "Prepare for the worst in everything. Have you consulted your public relations team? If this matter cannot be suppressed, how do you face the public outcry from the outside world?"

"I was panicking. My head was so messed that I didn't even bother to think about it." Madonna shook her head.

Tang Huan reminded: "It's no big deal, think about your maverick public image."

Madonna thought for a moment, and she quickly thought of the answer, "I will maintain an attitude of no regrets and resistance."

Nodding approvingly, Tang Huan turned to ask, "Since something like this has happened, you might as well think about whether there is any other handle in the hands of others, while you are still in the take-off stage. It was relatively bearable, so I quickly solved it all at once."

Tang Huan was really right. I saw Madonna replied in a twitchy manner: "I used to make a relatively low-cost film in 1979 with a fruit lens. It was just not released. But the **** director planned to use my current reputation for This movie is going to be shown in theaters at midnight. I am discussing with the other party to see if I can buy the movie for $5,000 to prevent it from being shown."

"Anything else?" Tang Huan asked angrily.

"That's all," Madonna promised with her head down.

"I hope your memory is not wrong, otherwise, the more you drag it back, the more trouble it will be. At that time, I will not be able to help you." Tang Huan counted and reached out for the phone, "What is the director's name?"

"Steven Jon Levich." Madonna added timidly: "It's best not to be too stiff. Our relationship is still a friend. The filming of this movie cost US$20,000, and almost all the actors are I performed for free, but I got $100 to pay the rent."

"You think about friendship so much, it means that your relationship is not too stiff, but why does the other party insist on showing this movie?" Tang Huan was a little confused.

"Perhaps, he wants to realize his dream of director." Madonna explained uncertainly: "After all, if the movie is not released, he says he is the director, and no one wants to believe it."

"You can't take care of yourself, let's not worry about the situation of others." Tang Huan snorted, "No wonder I don't have any impression of such a so-called director of a wild way. I guess no major film company is willing to sign him. I still Let the private detective come forward and give me his contact information."

"Don, don't be so angry." Madonna said with a pleased smile: "Waiting now is also waiting. I'll help you put down the fire."

Tang Huan asked playfully: "How did I hear that you are going to marry that handsome guy Sean Pan?"

Sean Penn, who is born in an acting family, is not the "Golden Slam" actor who won the four best actor roles in Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Oscars in the original time and space, but he is still an eye-catcher. A talented man, and getting together with Madonna is very suitable for the media's most hyped topic.

"But I'm still single now." Madonna chuckled, "Does it make you feel very exciting?"

...

Recently, "Flower_Playboy" has threatened Zheru several times on the grounds of infringement.

The reason is that with the popularity of 2d accelerated graphics cards, the application range of image compression algorithms has become more and more widespread. The standard test chart used is the Swedish model published in the November 1972 issue of "Playboy". Lena Soderberg’s photos are strictly head and shoulders.

Now "Playboy" can find an excuse for the hype. He shouted from the air, saying that Zheru used his photos without permission and infringed so much. but. Although the rhetoric was fierce, I didn't see the other party actually put into legal action.

Zheru didn't respond much to this uproar. Gein's standard test chart does not come from his own creativity.

As early as 1973, when the Signal and Image Processing Institute of the University of Southern California was looking for a high-quality picture for conference papers used in the university, because they did not like the general inspection chart of the TV standard used in the early 1960s, but wanted to find A glossy image with a good dynamic range, and preferably a face image, so I used an illustration from "Playboy" that someone else happened to bring.

The reason why this standard test chart is only part, not all. It was not the scruples of the instigator, but the equipment at the time, a Hewlett-Packard 2100 minicomputer, and a muirhead wired fax scanner. The latter has been equipped with an analog-to-digital converter on each of the red, green, and blue channels.

In order to be able to put the illustration on the light drum of the muirhead wired fax scanner, the engineers first tore off one third of the illustration.

The resolution of the muirhead wired fax scanner is a fixed 100lpi, and the engineers hope to get a 512512-pixel image, so they set the scanning range at 5.12 inches above the illustration, which is just cut to the shoulder of the person.

The birth of this standard test chart is not entirely due to the boredom of many male engineers in the image processing research industry who want to find a very attractive photo of a woman.

In fact, this illustration is indeed a good test photo! It contains details such as flat areas, shadows, and textures. Both are useful for testing various image processing algorithms.

Because of this, this standard test chart derived from "Playboy" is highly recognized in the industry, and philosophers have adopted it in accordance with public opinion. "Playboy" wants to use this to squeeze himself. It's too whimsical and overwhelming. It is estimated that it also understands this point, so it just talked lively without taking any practical action. In the final analysis, it was just for hype.

However, the standard test chart incident also illustrates from the side that the first issue of "Playboy" published in December 1953 is not just as simple as a male adult magazine in the United States. It packs itself with freedom-oriented remarks, high-level articles, high-style middle-class entertainment consumption routes, and so on.

This is confirmed by an in-depth interview with the well-known "Flower_Playboy" character. Although each interview usually lasts seven to ten hours. But celebrities including John Wayne, Jimmy Carter, Castro, Russell, Martin Luther King, Jean-Paul Sartre, boxing champion Ali, etc., have all appeared in "Flower_花"Prince", even repeatedly invited Tang Huan.

Because of these entanglements. Hugh Hefner, the owner of "Playboy" who was the first to contact, seemed very enthusiastic and promised: "Isn't it just a picture of Madonna. It will not be published. By the way, I am going to hold an interesting party here. You Come and play."

"The so-called funny party is not the "Bunny Girl" of "Flower Playboy". Tang Huan sneered, watching the assistant's advice on the market and replied: "I'm a little busy lately, so I won't go to the party. Your special party. I asked people to take $125,000 to get those photos and sign the agreement. What do you think?"

"It hurts feelings to raise money." Hugh Hefner smiled brazenly. "Your request, can I still save face? Of course, it would be better if you agreed to an interview."

"It hurts money to mention feelings." Tang Huan smiled faintly, "One yard goes to one yard, that's all, I'll let someone take a check to get the photo. As for the character interview, just check it out. I'm busy lately. There is really no time to promote new products."

"That's okay." Hugh Hefner reluctantly agreed, and then asked instead: "Tang, you have to promise me that you can't accept the interview with "Attic". I know that they also have a picture of Madonna in their hands, you It must be unavoidable to deal with Warner Records for the sake of the cash cow."

As the main competitor, since the late 1970s, "Attic", which has been more aggressive in its photographic style, has not lost the consumers of "Playboy", which has caused the big brother in this field to have a significant decline in sales. Hugh Hefner tickles this hate.

In fact, with economic development and technological progress, the decline in the market share of "Playboy" is inevitable. In addition to the competition of competitors such as "Attic", the popular home video recorder is also dividing its consumer group; In the next few years, the rise of the Internet and men have access to free material, which will squeeze the living space of such publications even more.

Although Tang Huan understands this, he can't afford to spit and explain to Hugh Hefner. He just agreed: "Don't worry, I really don't have time to deal with any character interviews, and "Attic" is no exception.

But ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Compared to Hugh Hefner's knowledge and interest, Bob Guccione, the owner of "Attic", is a bit trickier.

This Sicilian **** tycoon was selected in the first issue of Forbes' 400 US Fortune List in 1982, with a personal net worth of 400 million U.S. dollars. He owns a 2000 square meter private residence in Manhattan, New York.

There is no doubt that these wealth are earned by "Attic", and the trick to surpassing "Playboy" is to get eyeballs with no lower limit, so it is unwilling to give up publishing pictures of Madonna.

"Using a line from the movie "The Godfather", I can make a condition that I cannot refuse." Tang Huan said impatiently, "What do you want?"

Bob Guccione directly showed his card saying: "Since you don't want this cash cow to get into trouble, why not ask you to replace it and accept an interview with "Attic"?"

"Please forgive me for bluntly, I can't accept the style of "Attic"." Tang Huan offered an exchange, "Well, the Pebble Beach Golf Course is hosting club activities. I can give you an invitation to attend. I know, You are looking for a financing partner, maybe you can meet new opportunities there." (To be continued.)